The Wanderings of a Spiritualist Arthur Conan Doyle Author

1. The inception of the enterprise; The Merthyr Séance; The Holborn luncheon; Is individual proof necessary?--Excursion to Exeter; Can spiritualists continue to be Christians?--Their views on Atonement.”2. Gibraltar; Spanish right versu... Read more

1. The inception of the enterprise; The Merthyr Séance; The Holborn luncheon; Is individual proof necessary?--Excursion to Exeter; Can spiritualists continue to be Christians?--Their views on Atonement.”2. Gibraltar; Spanish right versus British might; Religion on a liner; Differences of vibration; The Bishop of Kwang-Si; Religion in China; Whisky in excelsis; France’s masterpiece; British errors; A procession of giants; The invasion of Egypt; Tropical weather; The Russian Horror; An Indian experiment; Aden; Bombay; The Lambeth encyclical; A great novelist; The Mango trick; Snakes; The Catamarans; The Robber Castles of Ceylon; Doctrine of Reincarnation; Whales and Whalers; Perth; The Bight.3. Mr. Hughes’ letter of welcome; The great drought; The wine industry; Clairvoyance; Meeting with Bellchambers; The first lecture; The effect; The Religious lecture; The illustrated lecture; Premonitions; The spot light; Mr. Thomas’ account of the incident; Correspondence; Adelaide doctors; A day in the Bush; The Mallee fowl; Sussex in Australia; Farewell to Adelaide.4. Speculations on Paul and his Master; The Prince of Wales; Victorian football; Rescue Circle in Melbourne; Burke and Wills’ statue; Success of the lectures; Reception at the Auditorium; Luncheon of the British Empire League; Mr. Ryan’s experience; The Federal Government; Mr. Hughes’ personality; The mediumship of Charles Bailey; His alleged exposure; His remarkable record; A second sitting; The Indian nest; A remarkable lecture; Arrival of Lord Forster; The future of the Empire; Kindness of Australians; Prohibition; Horse-racing; Roman Catholic policy.5. More English than the English; A Séance; Geelong; The lava plain; Good-nature of General Ryrie; Bendigo; Down a gold mine; Prohibition v. Continuance; Mrs. Knight MacLellan; Nerrin; A wild drive; Electric shearing; Rich sheep stations; Cockatoo farmers; Spinnifex and Mallee; Rabbits; The great marsh.6. The Melbourne Cup; Direct healing; Chaos and Ritual; Government House Ball; The Rescue Circle again; Sitting with Mrs. Harris; A good test case; Australian botany; The land of myrtles; English cricket team; Great final meeting in Melbourne.7. Great reception at Sydney; Regulation of Spiritualism; Surfing at Manly; A challenge; Bigoted opponents; A disgruntled photographer; Outing in the Harbour; Dr. Mildred Creed; Leon Gellert; Norman Lindsay; Bishop Leadbeater; Our relations with Theosophy; Incongruities of H.P.B; Of D.D. Home.8. Dangerous fog; The six photographers; Comic advertisements; Stevenson and the Germans; Position of De Rougemont; Mr. Clement Wragge; Atlantean theories; A strange psychic; Wellington the windy; A literary Oasis; A Maori Séance; Presentation.9. The Anglican Colony; Psychic dangers; The Maori tongue; Their origin; Their treatment by the Empire; A fiasco; The Pa of Kaiopoi; Dr. Thacker; Sir Joseph Kinsey; A generous collector; Scott and Amundsen; Dunedin; A genuine medium; Evidence; The shipping strike; Sir Oliver; Farewell.10. Christian origins; Mithraism; Exercising boats; Labour Party; Journey to Brisbane; Friends and foes; Psychic experience of Dr. Doyle; Birds; Criticism on Melbourne; Spiritualist Church; Ceremony; Sir Matthew Nathan; Alleged repudiation of Queensland; Billy tea; The bee farm; Domestic service in Australia; The “Orsova.”11. Medlow Bath; Jenolan Caves; Giant skeleton; Mrs. Foster Turner’s mediumship; A wonderful prophecy; Final results; Failure of State Control; Retrospection; Melbourne presentation; West Australia.12. Visit to Candy; Snake and Flying Fox; Buddha’s shrine; The Malaya; Sea snakes; Chained to a tombstone; Berlin’s escape; Lord Chetwynd; Lecture in the Red Sea.13. The Institut Metaphysique; Wonderful musical improviser; Camille Flammarion; Test of materialised hand; Sitting with Mrs. Bisson’s medium, Eva; Round the Aisne battlefields; Anglo-French Rugby match; Madame Blifaud’s clairvoyance.(See full table of contents for all entries) Less