Arthur Conan Doyle and Spiritualism Original Washington Magazine April 26 1931

Description: This original Washington Star Magazine features Arthur Conan Doyle and his involvement with spiritualism. The article provides insight into the author's beliefs and practices, making it a valuable resource for fans of spirituality and Arthur Conan Doyle. The magazine is a great addition to any collection. Original Washington Star April 26th 1931 20 Pages Doyle became convinced throughout his own life about the reality of an afterlife. As a man of his times this manifested itself in religious terms and he spent the last 13 years of his life touring the world delivering lectures on Spiritualism. He saw it as a personal duty to bring what he considered to be this hopeful, comforting and life-affirming news to as many people as he possibly could following the barbaric and devastating loss of human life caused by the First World War. Writing in his book The New Revelation of 1918 Doyle explains his shift in position over the course of his research into psychic phenomena: I was amazed to find what a number of great men – men whose names were to the fore of science – thoroughly believed that spirit was independent of matter and could survive it. When I regarded Spiritualism as a vulgar delusion of the uneducated, I could afford to look down upon it; but when it was endorsed by men like Crookes, whom I knew to be the most rising British chemist, by Wallace, who was the rival of Darwin, and by Flammarion, the best known of astronomers, I could not afford to dismiss it. It was all very well to throw down the books of these men which contained their mature conclusions and careful investigation, and to say “Well, he has one weak spot in his brain,’ but a man has to be very self-satisfied if the day does not come when he wonders if the weak spot is not in his own brain.

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