East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1922-06-26
OF CONAN
DOYLE ARE REHUTED
BY FAMOUS SCHOLAR
BY ARTHUR BROWNLFI5.
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PHILADELPHIA, Pa, June 20
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's lectures In
the Academy of Music here on Spir-
itism are receiving pointed criticisms
from prominent Philadelphians.
others, an answer to his
claims has come from Prof. Paul L.
s. johnson, one of the best known
Biblical scholars in America.
He claims that 'Spiritism is re-
ancient necromancy-cur-
rent among all anient heathen ma
tions as part of their religion
and that "the spirit medium is the
modern counterpart of the ancient
heather spirit familiar and necro-
mancer and of the less ancient In
dian medicine man."
Prof. Johnson declares that his
of Spiritism is not
only the teaching of the Bible on the
subject, but is also corroborated by
multitudes of reformed Spiritists,
whose experiences with the spirits
give "incontrovertible evidence that
they are the devils underling.-the
fallen angels themselves
off as the dead"
Il agree with Sir Arthur Conan
Doyle's intimation to the effect that
ne has not a soft head" declared DR..
Johnson. "On the contrary, he has
IN unusually full and level head and,
better still, good kind heart, 1t
strikes me that he has only one
empty lobe in his brain. This
vacuum in his head is the absence OF
correct knowledge on the nature OF
the spirits with whom he communi-
.ates in spiritistic seances. This lack
Of knowledge on the subject, COM
bined with his brilliant mind and
kind heart, makes him an advocate
of Spiritism.
Fails as Detective.
"Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the au-
thor of the best detective story in
existence, has failed completely as q
detective; for the persons that he is
investigating have completely de-
:eived him and thrown him off the
track as to their identity plans and
works, If the Bible is trne in its
eachings on the subject and if the
testimony of multitude sof unde-
ceived former Spirtists is to be ac-
cepted.
"Replying to the question, How
has Conan Doyle been deceived as to
the identity, plans and works of the
,pirits that he has been inveStigat-
ing?' / would say, according to the
Bible-corroborated by the expert
snce of multitudes of reformed spir-
tists-the spirits that appear In
4eances are not at all dead human
beings, but fallen angels--devils or
lemons-w impersonate the dead.
This is my reply to his request for
IN answer, as his claimed due to his
question as to the identity of his
spirits, the familiar
spirits of the Bible.
= "These demons are wonderfully In
telligent, knowing all of us intimate
ly, even in the mihutest particulars
hat most of us think are completely
secret from everybody except our
loved dead and ourselves. They are
also deeply deceitful, being the lying
spirits of the Scriptures. They use
their knowledge and cunning to palm
themselves off as dead friends and
relatives.
'.Impersonate Our Friends
"All of us know that when death
sewers us from loved ones there Is
eft an aching void in our hearts,
which yearn for the return of fellow
ship with the departed. The fallen
angels, taking advantage of this
longing. through Spiritism imperson-
ate our friends and relatives the
,.1,l,v -. H., s,.f
over us to their advantage and our \
harm. The great success that they
have achieved in this matter attests
their wonderful knowledge of our
lives and their almost unbelievable
leceitfulness.
The activity of fallen angels
sthemselves off as
our dead friends and relatives is
what genuine Spiritism is-nothing
more and nothing less. Thus Spirit
SIN is simply reyamped anciene me-
and the medium is the
modern counterpart of the ancient ,
necromancer and In
lian medicine man.
The question, why the spirits
hat Conan Doyle has been invesh-
HiAS iiiSiiN ilOI bC SOlf IIOlncIs -
tc., l would answer: According to
he Bible and human experience the
cad are dead. and therefore are un-
consequently they do not
hink. know, hear or feel--in word,
hey neither do nor can do anything.
hey will remain in that unconscious
late until the resurrection. There
ore they cannot communicate now
18th us. Hence the spirits that
aim they are our dead friends and
slatives are lying spirits--the fallen
ngels.''