The Coming of the Fairies
Esoteric WritingsBy Arthur Conan Doyle
Length3h 40m
About this audiobook
The Coming of the Fairies is Arthur Conan Doyle's famous exploration of the Cottingley Fairies case, where two young girls in 1917 claimed to have photographed real fairies in Yorkshire. In this illustrated book, Doyle recounts the discovery of the fairy photographs – delicate winged beings dancing by a brook – and presents his investigation into their authenticity. He includes the girls' testimonies (Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths) and supportive statements from believers, alongside the actual fairy photos reproduced for readers. Doyle earnestly argues that these pictures are "epoch-making" evidence of a hidden elemental world. He contextualizes fairies in folklore and suggests that modern spiritual openness allowed these nature spirits to be revealed on camera. The book also addresses skeptics, but Doyle's conviction in the veracity of the Cottingley images is clear – he saw them as a hopeful sign of humankind's expanding perception. The Coming of the Fairies thus stands as a curious and iconic piece of paranormal history: a celebrated author defending the existence of fairies with scientific zeal and sincere wonder, complete with photographs of the alleged sprites themselves.
Audiobook details
GenreSpirituality and Religion, Psychology
Length3 hrs 40 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 1, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Coming of the Fairies
6V.— OBSERVATIONS OF A CLAIRVOYANT IN THE COTTINGLEY GLEN, AUGUST 1921
2I. — HOW THE MATTER AROSE
7VI. — INDEPENDENT EVIDENCE FOR FAIRIES
3II. — THE FIRST PUBLISHED ACCOUNT: "STRAND" CHRISTMAS NUMBER, 1920
8VII. — SOME SUBSEQUENT CASES
4III. — RECEPTION OF THE FIRST PHOTOGRAPHS
9VIII. — THE THEOSOPHIC VIEW OF FAIRIES
5IV. — THE SECOND SERIES
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