The idea of the "spirit world" brought Houdini and Doyle together through attempts to contact Houdini's mother. However, this same idea separated them when Houdini spoke publicly that he did not believe in spiritualism.
We can arrive at this answer because:
- Harry Houdini became a very depressed person after his mother died, as he missed her so much.
- Arthur Conan Doyle was someone who believed in spiritism and wanted to help Houdini communicate with his mother.
- Houdini did not believe in spiritism, as he had false experiences with spirit sections, but he accepted his friend's invitation.
- In this spirit section, the medium contacted Houdini's mother, where she supposedly wrote in perfect English and showed various signs of the cross.
- However, Houdini's mother could not write in English, besides being a Jew and wife of a rabbi, so her spirit would not show the sign of the cross, nor would she write in perfect English.
Houdini knew the spirit section was a hoax, but he said nothing in the name of friendship with Doyle. This brought the two together, as Doyle believed Houdini shared his faith.
However, Doyle began to introduce Houdini as someone who had great faith in spiritism. Houdini didn't like it and said publicly that it wasn't true and that spiritualism was a big hoax.
This cooled their friendship and caused them to drift apart.
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