Conan Doyle's Wallet: The Secrets Within [Paperback]

Summary: An excellent book on life after death combined with the story of a great man who brought to the world "Sherlock Holmes" in the 20th century. Even now 78 years later he promotes the afterlife in the 21st century.

Reviewer: A reader from England.

If you have never read anything about Arthur Conan Doyle the author, like I did, but have read his books about Sherlock Holmes, then this book will help fill in the gaps as to why he was a genius writer; and certainly one of the most successful in his time.
You will discover how Arthur lived his life from a spiritual basis. He was a decent, honourable, and a loving family man who earnestly believed in promoting life after death. He travelled the world and spent nearly a million pounds of his own money (a fortune in his day) doing so. There are chapters dedicated to his life describing how he brought cross country skiing to Switzerland, help found Portsmouth FC and played in goal, was a great cricketer playing for M.C.C at Lords, a keen boxer, played rugby, golf and an excellent billiard player. He was a keen photographer who wrote articles for The British Journal of Photography, fought campaigns for two prisoners and got them released, the result of which inspired the Court of Appeal to be setup. Not forgetting he was a Doctor, war reporter, served on two ships as a medical officer, historian, psychic investigator, and stood for parliament twice, unsuccessfully unfortunately. He never stopped writing, producing over 60 books and wrote plays.
The contents of the wallet are a treasure trove of his life, personal letters from his children, photographs of his family, spiritual messages from different circles he attended, letters from advocates of spiritualism, and two special paper cards, the significance of which were unknown till now and were revealed by Sir Arthur to the author who is a spiritual medium.
Within the book the author promotes the simple truth that, there is no death when we die and that it's how we lead our life here on earth will determine how we progress in the afterlife once we die. We are responsible for all our thoughts and actions. He explains that once you pass over you live on in a world of spirit and a world of thought. It's difficult for us to understand this concept, but Patrick the author and Sir Arthur try to describe how the two worlds interact, and unknown to most of us there are spirit guides helping us to progress in our life's tasks on earth. The Author is obviously using Arthur Conan Doyle's wallet and Sir Arthur's spirit inspiration to get the message across that if you have lost someone dear to you then be assured that they are still alive now and are still the same person now as they were one minute before death.
Conan Doyle and Houdini are usually linked together, but were on opposing ends of whether the afterlife exists. I think the score is 1-0 to Sir Arthur on that part. The book has some chapters on Harry Houdini and how he destroyed mediums and exposed fraudulent ones as well, but the author felt that were a threat to his own career. Was he really a seeker after the truth? The author describes one particular case with Mina Crandon, a medium, where his ruthless nature is exposed as tried to show by cheating himself that the medium was faking in an experiment he devised, whereas in fact she was the real thing. This whole incident backfired on him and shows a deep flaw in his personality. It seems that because he could not understand that when she was actually producing phenomena he faked a situation to show up Mina as he could not explain the results through "his magic" trickery. He encased her in a wooden box he created for gods sake, and she still produced phenomena. There is also a fascinating chapter on Houdini's communication from spirit where Houdini's 10 part secret code was revealed over 10 psychic circles by the medium Arthur Ford, and subsequently verified by Houdini's wife as being the code they had agreed before his death.
There are many spiritual chapters on Physical Mediumship, Reincarnation, Spiritual Growth, Spirit Guides, Ghost and Spirit Guides and the Dark Regions in spirit, including how to develop spiritually and much more. There is a nice true story of printed email communication between a father who lost his son through suicide and Patrick's clairvoyant evidence from his son all replied through electronic email communication. There was no physical or voice contact which is impressive to say the least and no cold readings there. For me it's a really good spiritual book and a great story about Arthur Conan Doyle and his fascinating wallet.
Besides being a great read, it will help bring comfort to those who have lost somebody.

'Conan Doyle's wallet: the secrets within' uplifts the reader with spiritual truths given to Patrick through his Mediumship and his communications with Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, discussing what happens when we die, the science behind it and comforts a family with his excellent evidence of life after death.

Patrick also gives an insightful biography of Conan Doyle's varied career from schooling, work in the medical profession, his creation of Sherlock Holmes, and his promotion of spiritualism/ life after death. Conan Doyle's wallet also reveals his love for his family and includes personal letters sent to him.

I recommend this book to anyone who has an interest in Conan Doyle, the after-life or to anyone who are curious about the nature of the book.

A spiritual book by a spiritual person.

J.L.Wilkins

A great book that discusses the afterlife and shows that death is not the end. The author adds very interesting biographical information on Arthur Conan Doyle that his fans would appreciate. For those who want to explore Mediumship, spiritual truths, and what it's like when you die, this is a must have book in your library. Recommended.