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Though best remembered as the brilliant writer responsible for bringing master detective Sherlock Holmes to life, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle was a well-regarded thinker with wide-ranging interests, and he addressed many metaphysical and esoteric topics in a series of essays penned over the course of his career. In this volume, Conan Doyle offers some of his insights into the value of personal spiritual experiences and their relationship to traditional
...Today, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's name is synonymous with detective fiction, and, most notably, the indelible character of Sherlock Holmes, with the master investigator and savant who was Conan Doyle's most memorable fictional creation. However, the author was also a leading figure in the Spiritualism movement and was regarded as one of the most important mystical thinkers of his era. This volume details Holmes' belief in the possibility of communication
...In this collection of insightful essays, science fiction master H. G. Wells sets forth his views on life, ethics, religion, and a host of other moral, ethical and metaphysical matters. First and Last Things offers a fascinating glimpse into the mind and manner of thinking of a groundbreaking creative genius.
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