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

Patrick McNamara (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 30, 2008

The inspiration for this book came to the author after he purchased Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's wallet, untouched since the day he died in 1930, at a Christie's auction in London. This true story is based upon the unique contents, which led the author to begin spiritually communicating with Doyle. Sir Arthur's wish was to enlighten those who have lost their loved ones or feel they are lacking direction in their lives. Through Patrick McNamara, Doyle explains that how we live our lives here on earth affects how we live in the afterlife. Sir Arthur was a great proponent of spiritualism and his consistent goal was to find 'evidence' of the afterlife, which could alleviate anxiety of people as they journeyed through life on earth to the afterlife. By communicating with the author, Conan Doyle provides his knowledge of the afterlife and the new world in which he lives. This is a fascinating and comforting insight for all readers that provides a spiritual philosophy for living.

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About the Author

Patrick McNamara is a well-known and respected British physical medium. He is able to see, hear, sense, and communicate with spirits. He has had this ability from an early age.

Product Details

• Paperback: 125 pages
• Publisher: Garev Publishing International (June 30, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0970755899
• ISBN-13: 978-0970755896
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,817,627 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Irish Book Worm, June 17, 2009

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gar (ireland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Conan Doyle's Wallet: The Secrets Within (Paperback)

Having received a recommendation to read this book. I am glad I did
I have read most of Arthur Conan Doyle's books, including biographies about him. He wrote about so many subjects and for such a successful and influential writer since he died there have been biographies about ACD.
In my opinion this book should be added to any fans collection.

I try to keep an open mind on any new opinions on his great literary legacy and equally ACD's inspirational spiritual legacy. He tried to entertain and inspire as many people as possible. In my opinion he worked relentlessly in many worthy areas of life and he achieved a great deal for one man.

This book contains a story between two hugely impressive men. One is the famous author who was known and loved by many as "the man in the street".
The other impressive man in this book is the physical medium Patrick Mc Namara. Patrick McNamara writes in a way I found to be genuinely insightful and down to earth. The author of this book explains and enlightens in a matter of fact way, the reality of the spirit world and how it concerns all of us.

Here is a fine book that sheds new light on Conan Doyle's life on earth and on where he is now, in the Spirit world. This book is written by a real physical medium who comes across as a real fan. The fact that a medium is able to document a meeting with ACD in spirit is a fascinating encounter to read in chapter 10. In this book we learn many things about ACD, that as ever he always determined to remain true, to what he believed to be the truth. Via the contents of his actual wallet kept under look and key since he died in 1930 we learn more about ACD as a loving family man, writer and as an ardent spiritualist.

There is a great revelation revealed about one item contained within Conan Doyle's wallet that confirms what many people have always known about ACD.

I found the author as someone akin to ACD. A genuine physical medium who tells the true life story of how his path has crossed with Arthur Conan Doyle. Within the pages, I found two men who have put together real time and real effort trying to get the message out there that the spirit world is real.

There are many super chapters in this book and one in particular stands out, Chapter 22, where we get a glimpse of the reality and the workings of Physical Mediumship. Another chapter contains a trance session with Arthur Conan Doyle where physical medium Patrick McNamara is able to document a meeting with ACD in spirit!

This meeting of paths between Arthur Conan Doyle and Patrick McNamara was meant to be. No doubt this is the type of phenomena that was of great interest to ACD in his time on earth as I am sure it is now!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Read About The Afterlife, August 12, 2008

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K. FALLON (UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Conan Doyle's Wallet: The Secrets Within (Paperback)

Summary: A very good book on life after death and 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 London, 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 Conan Doyle and his fascinating wallet.
Besides being a great read, I hope it will help bring comfort to those who have lost somebody.