There was an extraordinary efflorescence,

这是唯灵论以及降神会
development of spiritualism, of seances.

发展的全盛时期
One of the great carriers of this message was Arthur Conan Doyle,

阿瑟·柯南·道尔就是一名忠实的信徒
who was the author of the great, the ultimate rationalist,

他创作了一部伟大的宣扬终极理性的作品
Sherlock Holmes.

《福尔摩斯》
When his son died and was missing, completely missing,

那时他的儿子在战争中死去再也不见踪影
he became one of the great figures

他便成为唯灵论发展史上
in the development of the spiritualist movement.

一位重要的人物
Churches have no part in that because speaking to the dead has no mediation.

教会无法介入因为他们无法跟死者沟通
Christianity couldn't be interested in this.

基督教对此不感兴趣
Jewish religion has no time for it.

犹太教对此也无暇顾及
Islam has no time for it whatsoever.

伊斯兰教更是如此