Project Gutenberg 2016-04-12 Public domain in the USA. 225 McCabe, Joseph 1867 1955 McCabe, Antony Antony, Father Macabe, Joseph Is Spiritualism Based on Fraud? The Evidence Given by Sir A.C. Doyle and Others Drastically Examined Produced by deaurider, Martin Pettit and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Is Spiritualism Based on Fraud?" by Joseph McCabe is a critical examination of the claims of Spiritualism, written in the early 20th century. The book primarily focuses on analyzing various phenomena associated with Spiritualism, including mediums, materializations, and the alleged communications with the dead. McCabe argues against the validity of these practices, emphasizing the overwhelming evidence of fraud that underpins the movement. The opening of the work introduces the context of a debate between McCabe and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle regarding Spiritualism, setting the stage for McCabe's critique. In the preface, McCabe outlines his experience debating Doyle's claims and expresses his intent to dissect the practices of Spiritualism, touching on the role of mediums and the infamous raps and materializations associated with them. He highlights that many well-known mediums have been exposed for fraud, often preying on the bereaved, and insists that the persistence of these fraudulent practices calls into question the legitimacy of Spiritualism as a whole. The contentious nature of the debate reflects the broader societal tensions regarding belief in the supernatural and the pursuit of truth. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 70.2 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Spiritualism Doyle, Arthur Conan, 1859-1930 Mediums -- Practice BF Text Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Psychiatry/Psychology Category: Philosophy & Ethics Category: Religion/Spirituality 322117 2025-07-20T14:57:49.378457 text/html 302306 2024-10-23T00:20:12 text/html 180855 2025-07-20T14:57:52.934417 application/epub+zip 183591 2025-07-20T14:57:49.893424 application/epub+zip 183590 2025-07-20T14:57:49.624419 application/epub+zip 282647 2025-07-20T14:57:55.614394 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 251892 2025-07-20T14:57:52.653379 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 252196 2022-09-23T14:49:13.904327 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 298222 2025-07-20T14:57:49.100450 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 278259 2024-10-23T00:20:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18264 2025-07-20T14:57:55.737366 application/rdf+xml 21619 2025-07-20T14:57:49.694396 image/jpeg 3023 2025-07-20T14:57:49.660394 image/jpeg 169392 2025-07-20T14:57:49.405391 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia