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Did They Find Out if Their Son Was Dead?
A lot of people turned to spiritualism simply to be convinced that even if their son or their father was dead, that they were happy in their after life. There was another celebrated spiritualist of the time, sir arthur conan doyle, the creator of sherlock holmes. He lost his son, kingsley, in 19 18. And in 19 19, he and his wife attended a seance session in portsmouth and made contact for first time with kingsley. When asked how are things kensley replied, i am so happy. This is what the parents wanted to know, if they believed in spiritualism, that their children were happy.
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