The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-06-30
Theories Of Conan
 Doyle Are Refuted By Famous Scholar
BY ARTHUR BROWNLEE, International News Service Special
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Philadelphia, Pa, June sO-s1r Ar thur Conan Doyles lectures in the Academy of Music here on Spiritual ism are receiving pointed criticisms
 from prominent Philadelphians. Among others an answer to his claims has come from Prof. Paul L. S. Johonson, one of the best known Biblical scholars in America
 He claims that "Spiritism is re- vamped ancient necromancy-curren
 among all ancient heather nations as
 ''the spirit medium is the modern counterpart fo the ancient heather spirit-familiar and necromancer and of the less ancient Indian medicine man."
 Prof. Johnson declares that his un- derstanding of Spiritism is not only the teaching of the Bible on the sub ject, but is also corroborated by null titudeS of reformed Spiritists, whose experiences with the spirits give fin controvertible evidences that they are the devils underlings-the fallen an- dead-7 GelsEDal"ins themselves off as the
 'I agree with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's intimation to the effect that Johnson. 'On the contrary. he has an unusually full and level head and, better still, a good kind heart. It strikes me that he has only one emp ty lobe in his brains. This vacuum in his head is the absence of correct knowledge on the nature of the spir- its with whom he communicates in spiritistic seances. This lack of knowledge on the subject, combined with his brilliant mind and kind heart makes him advocate of spiritism.
 Fails as Detective.
 Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. the au- thor of the best detective story in ex- istence, has failed completely as a detective; for the persons that he is Investigating have completely deceiv- ed him and thrown him off the track g identity if the Bible is true in it's teachings on the subject and if the testimony of multitudes of undeceived former Spiritists is to be accepted.
 Replying to the question, HOW has Conan Doyle been deceived as to the identity, plans and works of the spir- I would say. according to the Bible corroborated by the experience Of multitudes ot reformed spiritists-the spirits that appear in seances are not at all dead human beings, but fallen angels-devils or demons-who inn 1 personate the dead. This is my re ply to his request for an answer, as his claimed due, to his question as to the identity of his communicating 1 spirits, the familiar spirits of the B1- i ble.
 ''These demons are wonderfully in | telligent, knowing all of us intimate | Iv even in the rninutest particulars 1 that most of us think are completely i 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
 '.Ifnperscnate Our Friends.
 'An of us know that when death | sewers us from loved ones there IS left an aching void in our hearts, which yearn for the return of fellow ship with the departed The fallen angels taking advantage of this long ing through Spiritism impersopate .ot1r,- friends and relatives the more thoroughly to gain influence over us to their advantage and our harm: The great success that they have achieved in this matter atteStS their wonder ful knowledge of our lives and thelr a lmost unbelievable deCelttulneSS-
 .'The activity of fallen angels-de- themselves off as our dead friends and relatives is what genuine Spiritism is-noth1nS more and nothing less. Thus Spiritlsm IS simply reyamped ancient necromancy, and the medium is the modern coun- terpart of the ancient spirit-fam1liar, and Indian medicine man. II
 ''The question, why the spirits that Conan Doyle has been Investigating might not be his son, mother, etc, II would answer: According to the Bible and human experience the dead are dead and therefore are unconscious; II they do not think, know hear or feel. II