Arthur Conan Doyle: Esoteric Writings

Book excerpt: Arthur Conan Doyle had a longstanding interest in mystical subjects and remained fascinated by the paranormal. At the height of the Great War a change came over his beliefs. The deaths he saw around him made him rationalize that spiritualism was a "New Revelation" sent by God to bring solace to the bereaved. Doyle found solace supporting spiritualism and its attempts to find proof of existence beyond the grave. He wrote many books and papers on the subject:_x000D_ The New Revelation_x000D_ The Vital Message_x000D_ The Wanderings of a Spiritualist_x000D_ The Coming of the Fairies_x000D_ The History of Spiritualism_x000D_ Pheneas Speaks_x000D_ The Spiritualist's Reader_x000D_ The Edge of the Unknown_x000D_ Stranger Than Fiction_x000D_ Fairies Photographed_x000D_ The Mediumship of Florence Cook_x000D_ The Houdini Enigma_x000D_ The Uncharted Coast_x000D_ The Law of the Ghost_x000D_ A New Light on Old Crimes_x000D_ The Shadows on the Screen_x000D_ An Old Story Retold_x000D_ The Absolute Proof_x000D_ A Worker of Wonders_x000D_ Memories and Adventures: An Autobiography_x000D_ Arthur Conan Doyle (1859-1930) was a British writer best known for his detective fiction featuring the character Sherlock Holmes. The Sherlock Holmes stories are generally considered milestones in the field of crime fiction. Doyle is also known for writing the fictional adventures of Professor Challenger and for propagating the mystery of the Mary Celeste. He was a prolific writer whose other works include fantasy and science fiction stories, plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction and historical novels.