“It was only when she got older and moved along a different set of psychics that she realized how vulgar and stupid Morris really was.  Other mediums have spirit guides with a bit more about them – dignified impassive medicine men or ancient Persian sages – but she had this grizzled grinning apparition in a bookmaker’s checked jacket, and suede shoes with bald toe caps.”

~ excerpt from a 2005 novel by Hilary Mantel entitled “Beyond Black”…

[pic archive.org:  Cover page to “Persia, the land of the Magi” (1913) by S. K. Nweeya… for educational purposes only]