by Conan Doyle · Cluster: Spiritualism · Faith and Doubt · The Afterlife
Abstract
Doyle’s final book is a passionate defense of Spiritualism, opening with a detailed portrait of his troubled friendship and rivalry with Houdini, whom Doyle believed to be a suppressed physical medium turned medium-baiter. It goes on to recount ghost sightings, psychic mail, and personal encounters offered as evidence for survival after death.
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Forms & Genres: Essay, Nonfiction Themes & Concepts: Spiritualism, Unseen The Hidden, Immortality of the Soul, Deception, Faith and Doubt Motifs: Ghosts, Supernatural, Uncanny, Death Characters: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle Archetypes: Prophet