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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...late spiritualist husband Lady Doyle declared: "I happen to know that [since his death] he could have gone very high, but deliberately remained behind in order to keep contact with the earth and influence the spiritualist movement." Thus did she refute recent testimony by a spiritualist medium that the soul of Sir Arthur was "earthbound...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Dec. 29, 1930 | 12/29/1930 | See Source »

...Atheist 2) Mohammedan 3) Buddhist 4) Mormon 5) Spiritualist Episcopal 6) Roman Catholic 7) Jew 8) Greek Orthodox 9) Christian Scientist 10) Unitarian 11) Adventist 12) Universalist 13) Pentecostal 14) Salvation Army 15) Protestant Episcopal 16) Disciple 17) Lutheran 18) Friend 19) Baptist 20) Congregational 21) Presbyterian 22) Methodist...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Protestant Antipathies | 12/8/1930 | See Source »

...Five groups, the atheist, the Mohammedan, the Buddhist, the Mormon, and the Spiritualist . . . are disapproved cordially and with one accord...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Religion: Protestant Antipathies | 12/8/1930 | See Source »

Interviewed on his 71st birthday. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, spiritualist, detective-story writer, testily told newshawks that Sherlock Holmes, his most famed character, was "definitely dead." "I've done with him," he said. "To tell the truth, I'm rather tired of hearing myself described as the author of Sherlock Holmes. One would think that I had written nothing but detective stories."* Asked if there was a prototype for his celebrated sleuth, said he: "Most certainly there was. He was an Edinburgh doctor under whom I studied. He had an uncanny gift of drawing large inferences from small...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 2, 1930 | 6/2/1930 | See Source »

Incensed. Sir Arthur retorted: ". . . [The work of the Society] is an evil influence-is anti-spiritualist." He called for other members to resign with him. Replied the Society: "There is nothing but an honest difference of opinion. While Sir Arthur regards spiritualism as a 'cult,' the Society was founded to carry on critical investigation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Houdini, Doyle | 3/31/1930 | See Source »

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