The Washington times., 1922-04-11
A. CONAN DOYLE
TALKS Of LIFE
BEYOND GRAVE
Declares Spirits Wed, but
There Are No Births In
Next World.

NEW YORK. April 11.-Sir
Arthur Conan Doyle who, on his
arrival here. announced that he
had talked with twenty of his
dead" yesterday gave his views on
life beyond the grave in an inter
view.
For twenty-six years Sir Arthur
has pressed his quest into the
"beyond-life. Now he comes to Amer
lea, a land which he says has an
atmosphere peculiarly conducive TO
mediumistic power. and gives us
axioms CLEANED from his journey
ings into the strange realm where
spirits live. He says:
THE next world Is unbelievably
happy. There liking draws people
together. One doesn't knock up
against disagreeable persons there.
Marriages, But No Births.
There are marriages in paradise,
of a less gross nature than many
on this earth. They grow out of
true affinities, much deeper and
more spiritual than the alliances
down here. Unless the true affinity
is found. there is no marriage.
There are no children born there.
Children are only of this earth.
There are spheres above US into
which we pass after death. The
Immediate sphere above US lasts
about forty years. Life is eternal
, but there is a passing from sphere
to sphere in infinite progression.
There likewise are spheres OF
purgatory in which great suffering
prevails. This suffering is all men.
tai. A spirit may so live its life
through any of the spheres of
paradise or purgatory as TO pass on
to better or worse one.
Suicide does not offer an escape
from suffering. One who has COM
mitted suicide is very unhappy un
the other side. One cannot force
Gods hand by cutting off life.
Sees Great Field Here.
Sir Arthur, though a scholar. and
skilled in the fine use of words.
talked yesterday Of his ventures into
the spirit world and Of the things
he had found there with utmost sim.
plicity.
He believes that spiritualism
within the next fifty years is going
to wipe out the established church.
but that Il will revivify religion.
"I describe myself as Christien.
not a theist," the gray-haired, gray
moustached apostle OF the yet
strangle saith, said.
Not Opposed to Religion.
"SpirituaIism is not opposed TO re.
ligion, but rather is a stimulant.
The voices of those who have passed
are communicated to us through the
medium, usually. OF some person pc
culiarly sensitive to this spirit force.
The medium goes into trance.
or semi-trance, in which he or she
no longer is the controlling force.
but is subjected completely to the
will of the spirit.
When say the atmosphere OF
America seems favorable TO me-
diumistic power mean that when
the spirits come down to this planet
they must obey its physical laws. 1
have known persons OF the most di-
verse types who have mediumistic
power. / can only compare IL with
the ear for music.
The spirit entering this world
takes on a definite form and Is of
definite chemical composition.
This composition Is called ectopiasm,
and comes In part from the medium
and In part from a Vaporous sub
stance of the atmosphere. This has
been proved by the mediums loss
of weight during a seance."
Talks With Dead Son. @.
Sir Arthur pointed to the return
of his sons spirit soon after he was
killed in battle, as the period in
which his belief In spirituslsm was
unalterably fixed.