by Conan Doyle · Cluster: Spiritualism · Faith and Doubt · The Afterlife

Abstract

The concluding volume surveys later mediums led by Eusapia Palladino, the Society for Psychical Research, ectoplasm and spirit photography, Continental Spiritualism, and the movement’s wartime and religious significance, ending with Doyle’s account of the Spiritualist vision of the afterlife.

Capitoli / Chapters

Readability (prose)-48.9 Flesch ease38.5 FK grade42 Fog31% complex74 words/sent

Connections

Forms & Genres: Essay, Biography, Nonfiction Themes & Concepts: Spiritualism, Immortality of the Soul, Argument from Authority, Heaven and the Afterlife, Rationalism Motifs: Ghosts, Supernatural, Uncanny, Soul Historical References: First World War, Christianity Settings: London, Italy, Europe Characters: Emanuel Swedenborg Archetypes: Prophetess Seer, Prophet

Also relevant to: Faith · Providence · Divine Love