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	== Florizel von Reuter and Arthur Conan Doyle ==		== Florizel von Reuter and Arthur Conan Doyle ==

	[[Arthur Conan Doyle]] affectionately called Florizel by the nickname "Fuzzy". See ~~the following letter~~ [[Letter to Fuzzy (5 september)\|Letter to Fuzzy]].		[[Arthur Conan Doyle]] affectionately called Florizel by the nickname "Fuzzy". See [[Letter to Fuzzy (5 september)\|Letter to Fuzzy]].

	During the 1920s, Florizel's mother, Grace Reuter, developed apparent psychic powers by receiving supposed spirit messages through automatic writing. Florizel became closely involved with this and acted as a medium and as recorder of the findings, which were first described in [[The Psychic Experiences of a Musician]] (in Search of Truth) (1928) with a foreword by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]].		During the 1920s, Florizel's mother, Grace Reuter, developed apparent psychic powers by receiving supposed spirit messages through automatic writing. Florizel became closely involved with this and acted as a medium and as recorder of the findings, which were first described in [[The Psychic Experiences of a Musician]] (in Search of Truth) (1928) with a foreword by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]].

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[[File:florizel-von-reuter.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Florizel von Reuter]]

Florizel von Reuter (21 january 1890 - 10 may 1985) was an American-born violinist and composer, a child prodigy who went on to an adult career, mainly in Germany, as distinguished soloist and teacher of violin. He was also a psychic and medium and the author of several books on his alleged mediumistic communications with deceased musicians.

== Florizel von Reuter and Arthur Conan Doyle ==

[[Arthur Conan Doyle]] affectionately called Florizel by the nickname "Fuzzy". See the following letter [[Letter to Fuzzy (5 september)|Letter to Fuzzy]].

During the 1920s, Florizel's mother, Grace Reuter, developed apparent psychic powers by receiving supposed spirit messages through automatic writing. Florizel became closely involved with this and acted as a medium and as recorder of the findings, which were first described in [[The Psychic Experiences of a Musician]] (in Search of Truth) (1928) with a foreword by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]].

In 1928, Florizel contributed an essay on "Nature Spirits" to the revised edition of [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s [[The Coming of the Fairies]].

On 29 july 1928, [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] wrote a review "[[Florizel's Book]]" published in the [[Sunday Express]].

In 1930, [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] wrote the foreword of von Reuter's [[The Consoling Angel]]. He also published a letter in the magazine [[Light]] (24 may 1930) : [[Florizel von Reuter (letter 24 may 1930)|Florizel von Reuter]].

[[The Psychic Press]], the publishing company created by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]] within his [[The Psychic Bookshop|Psychic Bookshop]] published von Reuter's books between 1928 and 1930 as well.

== Selected Bibliography ==

* [[The Hesperus-Additor]] (1927) : introduction by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]].
* [[The Psychic Experiences of a Musician]] (1928) : foreword by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]
* [[The Consoling Angel]] (1928) : foreword by [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]
* [[Nature Spirits]] (1928) : chapter in [[Arthur Conan Doyle]]'s [[The Coming of the Fairies]] (1928 edition only)

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