Sherlock Holmes is renowned for being super-rational. Yet his creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, claimed to speak with the spirits of the dead. Andrew Lycett considers this paradox on the eve of the author’s 150th birthday …
THE ODD SPIRITUALISM OF SIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE
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An interesting read. I recall this was also a point of focus in the recent Kalush and Sloman Houdini biography (The Secret Life of Houdini).
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Oh secrets of wisdom how dual areth thou…hehe…just a thought ehh…
Really interesting subject.
I’m afraid I can’t see the paradox .. most people who claim to speak to the other side are quite rational .. the more serious ones. They didn’t need to use their normal emotional system either anymore.