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The History of Spiritualism – Arthur Conan Doyle. This vintage work contains a comprehensive treatise on the history of spiritualism, being a narrative which covers in a way the whole history of the Spiritualistic movement.

In October 1916, Conan Doyle announced in the journal light his conversion to spiritualism. During the last years of his life, he became the crusader of this movement that preaches salvation of humanity through science. Thus, from 1920 to 1923, he gave a series of lectures about spiritualism in Australia, in USA, and in Canada. He published his autobiography, Memories and Adventures, in 1924 and opened a bookstore dedicated to spiritualism, The Psychic Bookshop in London, where he handled the editing of his own works.

'One of the best books about the paranormal I have read... Uncannily good' DANNY ROBINS 'A fascinating testimony to our nervous hunger to map the hazy, haunted territory at the edges of the rational... engrossing, entertaining and distinctly unsettling' SARAH WATERS 'Shiversomely eerie... so...

In October 1916, Conan Doyle announced in the journal light his conversion to spiritualism. During the last years of his life, he became the crusader of this movement that preaches salvation of humanity through science. Thus, from 1920 to 1923, he gave a series of lectures about spiritualism in Australia, in USA, and in Canada. He published his autobiography, Memories and Adventures in 1924 and opened a bookstore dedicated to spiritualism, The Psychic Bookshop in London, where he handled the editing of his own works.

The creator of Sherlock Holmes investigates the true story of two young girls who claimed to photograph fairy creatures in rural England.

Glauben Sie daran, dass man mit Toten sprechen kann? Der berühmte Autor Arthur Conan Doyle ("Sherlock Holmes", "Die vergessene Welt") glaubte nicht nur daran, er sah es sogar als erwiesenes Wissen an. In diesem Hörbuch erfahren Sie alles über seine persönlichen Überzeugungen und Erfahrungen zum Thema "Spiritismus", die er in den Kapiteln "Auf der Suche", "Die Offenbarung", "Das Leben nach dem Tode", "Probleme und Begrenzungen" und "Die nächste Phase unseres Lebens" abhandelt.

History comes alive in this textured account of the rivalry between Harry Houdini and the so-called Witch of Lime Street, whose iconic lives intersected at a time when science was on the verge of embracing the paranormal. The 1920s are famous as the golden age of jazz and glamour, but it was...