South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-04-10
CONAN DOYLE STARTS
RAID ON AMERICAN
MATERI4LTSTIC VIEWS

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cause there is nothing else they can
do and be truthful"
So Arthur does not believe in So
called mediums. who use silver or
glass globes and cards of various de-
scriptions. weirdly moving tables,
characterizing such things as
fakes" Spiritualism is not that.
Spiritualism. he explained, is the
truth OF philosophy and religion
combined which cannot be escaped
Il have many times spoken TO my
son. Kingsley Conan Doyle" he con-
tinued. but that is not strange.
wanted 20 talk to him, he wanted TO
talk TO me. We talked kingsley
is not dead And it is interesting TO
note that from such seances the
truth about the after life is becoming
more and more apparent"
Great White Truth"
"Simplfed, spiritualism is merely
a great white truth of the Bible and
religion. 1t is pristine purity OF
thought and action com bined
There is nothing mysterious about
il. Ii is clear and open. All we have
TO do is 10 tnin6 OF life after death,
"A life Of enviable beauty and realize
that there can be no fear of death
because with spiritualism you know
exactly what is going TO happen to
you
Denis Malcolm and Dina. the
b three Doyle children. are spiritual
, lists but they have never attended
seances. The reason is that Sir Ar
, thur and Lady Doyle do not believe
b ia subjecting them TO a possible nerv-
Gus reaction.
"Why2" said Sir Arthur, Il went
TO church three times a week when
4 as a child. 1t became a sort OF
, nausea with me. l became a mate
) rl1Ist of the worst kind. So / shall
allow the children to make their
own lives. And they will be the
more ardent spiritualists because
: DO it.
Doyle a Theist.
Sir Arthur calls himself theist
+ a believer of an infinite. omnipotent
omriscient God His development in
, spuituaHsm, he said, has taken So
, years from the time he read "a book
written by the late Justice Edmunds
b. of the supreme court of New York.
g. His intense interest in he subject
/ dates from the death of his son. who
was wounded during the war and
died from pneumonia shortly after
S the armistce.
( 81 am surer of what 1 viii find in
e. the next existence he said. than !
would be if 1 were carried 10 the
} miGdIe of Africa OF OF Asia and set
T. down there. We have the most
10 minute details OF the other world.
! When l compare this knowledge with
the knowledge we have of Asia OF
Africa. 1 am taking into considera-
ton what we know of the tribes and
an conditions The change after
death is so slight at first that those
! VINO have passed into the next exist
encc are hard TO convince they are
T, dead"
The change in the spirit is gradual
! 70: period. Those who have devel-
, ope5 spiritually on this earth are
I further advanced in the next eX-
, isteuce"
, Before giving in detail his descrip-
: tion OF the next existence Sir Ar
thur summed mp his argument as
follows
That making every allowance for
fraud which has been greatly exag.
gerated and for selr-deception. which
E is far more common, there remains
{ great residuum Of proved facts
which make this psychic movement
p the most serious attempt ever made
. 20 place religion upon basis OF
p definite PROOF. which is what al
earnest minds desire.
Antidote of NIateriaIism.
1T is the one. great final antidote
/ 20 materialism. which is the cause
/ of most OF our recent world troubles
"IC we can make this good and the
| case has only 10 be clearly stated "a
! be proved, then surely America has
gooc cause 10 be proud that this
great reinforcement of the funda.
! mentals OF religion should have come
upon her soil. II has been DEGRADED
Il bv some who believe it and derided
Il by all who did not, but the time has
come 20 recognize the vital good
the is in il and TO free it from
soidid influences.
High spirits do not redescend
upon earth in order 20 tell fortunes
| 0c 10 advise on business matters
slicE cases being a curse with them
The true aim of all communication
with spirits is consolation, know
ledge OF spiritual matters. including
tae conditions OF life after death
| and SELF Improvement.
1 "Phenomena are elementary things
useful as signals which call our at
tention 20 the unseen, but tending
too often 10 distract attention from
the real spiritual knowledge 10 which
they should be an Introduction
Far from being antagonistic to
religion, this psychic movement j: