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The History of Spiritualism
The History of Spiritualism | Arthur Conan Doyle
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One of the greatest proponents of spiritualism was Arthur Conan Doyle, best known as the creator of Sherlock Holms. Spiritualists believe in the continuation of life after death and that we can communicate with those on the other side in ways that can be helpful. In the early 1900's there was a large Spiritualist movement taking place in the world and Doyle chose to document its entire history in this two volume set. Chapters include The Story of Swedenborg, Edward Irving: The Shakers, The Career of the Fox Sisters, First Developments in America, The Dawn in England, The Career of D. D. Home, The Davenport Brothers, The Researches of Sir William Crookes, Collective Investigations of Spiritualism, and much more. To this day the movement has continued to grow, with Spiritualist churches existing around the world. Many people believe in their principles or have experienced them first-hand, making this work important to those who wish to investigate further.
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The History of Spiritualism | Arthur Conan Doyle
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In honor of Doyle‘s birthday, I post something besides Sherlock Holmes .Doyle became obsessed with these topics after the death of his son in WWI.

Bookwomble Doyle's adherence to spiritualism caused a rift between him and Harry Houdini, the latter actively using his talents to expose the frauds committed by spiritualists upon grieving relatives. After Houdini's death, Doyle held a seance in which he claimed the spirit of Houdini manifested to confirm that Doyle had been right all along. Funny, that! 👻 5y
Bookwomble Sorry for the info dump! I had a flashback to the tagged book when I saw your post!! 😄 5y
Leftcoastzen @Bookwomble No,that‘s great ! I think a lot of people are curious about Doyle beyond Holmes and about Houdini!👍 5y
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