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Although born in Australia, I became an early member of the Society of Psychical Research in London and have spent many long hours exploring the claims of mystics, mediums and spiritualists. My most famous (and controversial) work is a 200 page expose of Madame Helena P. Blavatsky. Although she was remarkable in the complexity of her fraud, she was unfortunately far from remarkable in the fact of her fraud. Virtually every case I have investigated has revealed less of the mysterious than of the credulous.
For many years now I have been in America where I have been helping Dr. William James, the eminent psychologist, establish the American Society for Psychical Research. There we have discovered the rather amazing Mrs. Piper whom James has called our "one white crow." This, of course, refers to his aphorism: "In order to disprove the law that all crows are black, it is enough to find one white crow." With Mrs. Piper, we may have proved that not every medium is a fraud.
With the ASPR doing well, I decided to return to London for an extended visit where I can reacquaint myself with the many friends I made during my time here. Most especially I look forward to renewing my talks with Arthur Doyle. These are always spirited affairs since he views me as an unrepentant and closed-minded skeptic, while I view him as a charming and intelligent dupe. I also hope to take part in such investigations as may arise during my stay, but to be completely honest, I really just hope to spend my time in long conversations over good food and fine wine. I have been working too hard and the rest would do me good.
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