Find out what inspired Sir Arthur Conan Doyle to write about Sherlock Holmes. Delve deeper into his family background, hobbies, psychic meetings, and his fascination with spiritualism.
Patrick McNamara’s goal in Conan Doyle's Wallet, Garev Publishing International, ISBN: 978-0-9707558-9-6, 2008, is to enlighten people and give them hope about life after death. Conan Doyle studied medicine and rejected Christianity. He later studied and pursued spiritualism, believing the spirit or soul survives in the afterlife.
Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle
In Conan Doyle's Wallet, McNamara talks about the controversial relationship Doyle had with the famous magician and skeptic Houdini. Both ACD and Houdini investigated mediumship and promoted it. Since Houdini was a skeptic, he helped weed out the fakes.
Patrick McNamara goes on to explain about the different types of mediums, reincarnation and the difference between ghosts and spirit guides. For those who are highly sensitive, clairvoyant or who would like to become mediums, there’s a whole chapter dedicated to how to go about it.
The Wallet’s Contents
The wallet’s contents include touching letters from family, photos, newspaper clippings, a business card, franc notes, postcards and cards with odd cut out shapes. There are photos of each item in the book.
Patrick McNamara explains how he later finds out more interesting details about each item through clairvoyant communications with Arthur Conan Doyle.
Spiritual Philosophy
For those wanting to follow the same path, Patrick McNamara gives instructions from Conan Doyle on how to follow natural spirit laws. He touches on the law of attraction, cause and effect and understanding.
The law of cause and effect is like karma and the law of understanding means to try to be more empathetic. Since our thoughts attract more positive or negative energy, he urges people to protect their thoughts and emotions.
McNamara advises others to get to know what makes people tick This is not only in order to understand them but also to be able walk away when there’s a sense that they’re trouble makers.
He also has an interesting slant on good or evil and the tendency to lean towards the light or darkness. Instead of making money God, he encourages the focus to be on love and altruism.
There are some aspects of spiritualism that seem far-fetched in Conan Doyle's Wallet: The Secrets Within. However, the information about Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is interesting and the message of hope is uplifting.
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