The History of Spiritualism

Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

BY ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE, M.D., LL.D.

PRESIDENT D’HONNEUR DE LA FEDERATION SPIRITE INTERNATIONALE
PRESIDENT OF THE LONDON SPIRITUALIST ALLIANCE
PRESIDENT OF THE BRITISH COLLEGE OF PSYCHIC SCIENCE

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Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's most substantive book on Spiritualism is the two-volume set, The History of Spiritualism.

Addressing the remarks of his critics, he writes in The History of Spiritualism the following:

"The sight of the world which was distraught with sorrow and which was eagerly asking for help and knowledge, did certainly affect my mind and cause me to understand that these psychic studies, which I had so long pursued, were of immense practical importance and could no longer be regarded as a mere intellectual hobby or fascinating pursuit of a novel research. It was this realization which, from early in 1916, caused me and my wife to devote ourselves largely to this subject, to lecture upon it in many countries, and to travel to Australia, New Zealand, America and Canada upon missions of instruction."