Sara Weiss

Weiss' birth date is uncertain.^[1] She was born in Rushville, Ohio,^[2] to a farmer and had little formal education.^{[3][page needed]} She was married to A. M. Weiss,^{[3][page needed]} who outlived her.^[4]

Weiss was a spiritualist medium.^[5] She claimed that her debut work Journeys to the Planet Mars... (1903) was a factual work that had been communicated to her via psychic messages,^[6][7] from 6 October 1892 to 16 September 1894, which she wrote as an amanuensis.^[8] The book covered the history of a peaceful utopian society on the plant Mars^[6] and depicted a heroic Martian race which had advanced transportation and feats of civil engineering, such as canals.^[9][10] The book also included thirteen botanical drawings of "Martian flora" and a note about pronunciation of the Martian language.^[11] The book was intended to validate spiritualism.^[12]

Her second work Decimon Hûŷdas: A Romance of Mars...^[13] was published posthumously in 1906.^[3] This recounted the story of two lovers and described the Martian religion.^[5]

Weiss died in St. Louis, Missouri, on 23 March 1904.^[14]

• Journeys to the Planet Mars or, Our mission to Ento (Mars): Being a Record of Visits Made to Ento (Mars) by Sara Weiss, Psychic, Under the Guidance of a Spirit Band, For the Purpose of Conveying to the Entoans a Knowledge of the Continuity of Life, Transcribed Automatically by Sara Weiss, Under the Editorial Direction of (Spirit) Carl De L'Ester (1903)^[6][11][15]
• Decimon Hûŷdas: A Romance of Mars: A Story of Actual Experiences in Ento (Mars) Many Centuries Ago, Given to the Psychic Sara Weiss and by her Transcribed Automatically Under the Editorial Direction of Carl De L'Ester (1906)^[6][11][15]