[DOYLE, ARTHUR CONAN, SIR. 1859-1930.] A small archive related to Pheneas Speaks, containing some 26 typescript and manuscript pages, relating to the project, comprising: 5pp. Manuscript list of predictions of events that would happen in several world regions and countries. Countries and sample of predictions include: Russia ('Great strife in Russia'), England ('Will suffer - but less'), Spain ('A revolution in Spain'), South America ('Fearful earthquake in N. Brazil.'), Africa ('An upheaval in Egypt'), Arabia ('Suffers severely'), Pacific ('Happenings in Islands N. of Australia'), India ('A man in Central India will unite Indian places'), Germany ('Is done for'), Japan ('Will suffer very badly soon'), France ('A shock in Burgundy'), Ireland ('Collapse, physical, moral'), China ('Great upheaval'), Italy ('Rome half destroyed'), Persia ('Great earthquake'), West Indies ('Cyclone in Jamaica'), and Asia ('Uprising of river Euphrates'). 1p. Manuscript, 'Earthquakes from Jan. 1 1925' Includes dates and a list of earthquakes and other disasters around the world in 1925 and 1926, including incidents in New York, Canada, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, the South Pacific, Venice, China, Peru, Asia Minor, and Hawaii. 4pp. Mimeograph[?] with manuscript annotations at top of first page ('Confidential' and 'Please Return to Windlesham Edenborough') and with manuscript initials 'ACD' at end. A warning of sorts about the messages received by Doyle and his family and friends: 'These various forecasts of the immediate future of the world should be used with the utmost discretion. We have above all to avoid sensationalism and undignified newspaper stunts.' [With another partial mimeographed[?] copy.] 1p. Autograph note on Windlesham, Crowborough, Sussex stationery in Doyle's hand, September 30, 1927. Notes on sales of copies of Pheneas Speaks: '7985 copies of which 3120 are unsold.' 13pp. Carbon Copy Typescript, 'A Short Synopsis of some Corroborations,' c.1924 or later. With manuscript annotations at top of first page ('Private & Confidential. Please return when finished with. No. 3. ACD'). Comprising 87 corroborations of predictions, concluding (in type) 'There have been at least thirty more, mostly verbal'. 1p. Carbon Copy Typescript, 'Extract from Account of Seance held at Fairbourne on Sunday June 23rd 1930.' In part: 'When asked if Spiritualism would bring about the change of heart needed, White Eagle (the Control) said, 'Yes - eventually...'' With an envelope annotated in an unknown hand regarding the 'Danish Incident,' a 'seance in the Forest when Pheneas & the Man came through...' Arthur Conan Doyle's 1927 work, Pheneas Speaks, documents channeled communications mediated through his wife Lady Jean Conan Doyle and others. To prepare the work, Doyle acted as editor, rather than author, compiling the messages Lady Doyle and others received from a spirit guide named Pheneas. Much of the text was prepared through automatic writing, during which Lady Doyle would enter a trance-like state, and, holding a pen, her hand would write out messages uninfluenced by conscious thought or planning. These sessions usually happened during private family séances held in the psychic room of the Doyle home in Windlesham. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle would sit with his wife during these sessions, and members of the family would ask Pheneas questions and the spirit would write back answers. Doyle collected and organized the writings, primarily executed between 1921 and 1927, and he selected those transcripts he believed would be most beneficial to the public. He omitted many of the apocalyptic messages received from Pheneas. Doyle believed the work was a divine message sent to humanity through his wife. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing