The nineteenth-century British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace was
a major influence on Darwin's theory of natural selection. He was
later moved by a variety of personal experiences to examine the
concept of spirituality, but his exploration into the potential for
compatibility between spiritualism and natural selection alienated
him from the scientific community. The three controversial essays
in this 1875 book attempt to reinforce his beliefs and validate his
claims. The first, written in 1871 and read before The Dialectic
Society, reconsiders the credibility or incredibility of miracles.
The second, 'The Scientific Aspect of the Supernatural', had been
published in a secularist periodical several years earlier, and 'A
Defence of Modern Spiritualism' appeared in the Fortnightly Review
shortly before this book was published. Wallace's book takes the
modern reader to the heart of the raging debates engendered by
Darwin, many of which continue over a century later.
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