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that   his   friend   saw   him。   He   afterwards   returned   to   his   own   room�察  �stood 

beside his own senseless body�察�argued within himself whether he should 

re´occupy  it   or not�察  �and   finally�察  �duty  overcoming   inclination�察�he   merged 

his   two   frames   together   and   continued   his   life。 A  letter   from   him  to   his 

friend explaining matters crossed a letter from the friend�察�in which he told 

how he also had been aware of his presence。 The incident is narrated in 

detail in Mr。 Funk's ;Psychic Riddle。; I do not understand how any man 

can examine the many instances coming from various angles of approach 

without recognising that there really is a second body of this sort�察�which 

incidentally goes far to account for all stories�察�sacred or profane�察�of ghosts�察�

apparitions and visions。 Now�察�what is this second body�察�and how does it fit 

into modern religious revelation�拭�What it is�察�is a difficult question�察�and yet 

when science and imagination unite�察�as Tyndall said they should unite�察�to 

throw a searchlight into the unknown�察�they may produce a beam sufficient 

to outline vaguely what will become clearer with the future advance of our 

race。   Science   has   demonstrated   that   while   ether pervades   everything   the 

ether   which   is   actually   in   a   body   is   different   from   the   ether   outside   it。 

;Bound;   ether   is the   name   given   to this�察  �which   Fresnel   and   others   have 

shown to be denser。 Now�察�if this fact be applied to the human body�察�the 

result would be that�察�if all that is visible of that body were removed�察�there 

would still remain a complete and absolute mould of the body�察�formed in 

bound      ether   which    would     be  different    from   the   ether   around     it。  This 

argument is more solid than mere speculation�察�and it shows that even the 

soul may come to be defined in terms of matter and is not altogether ;such 

stuff as dreams are made of。; It has been shown that there is some good 

evidence for the existence of this second body apart from psychic religion�察�

but to those who have examined that religion it is the centre of the whole 



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system�察�sufficiently real to be recognised by clairvoyants�察�to be heard by 

clairaudients�察�and even to make an exact impression upon a photographic 

plate。 Of the latter phenomenon�察�of which I have had some very particular 

opportunities of judging�察�I have no more doubt than I have of the ordinary 

photography of commerce。 It had already been shown by the astronomers 

that the sensitized plate is a more delicate recording instrument than the 

human retina�察�and that it can show stars upon a long exposure which the 

eye has never seen。 It would appear that the spirit world is really so near to 

us that a very little extra help under correct conditions of mediumship will 

make all the difference。 Thus the plate�察�instead of the eye�察�may bring the 

loved   face    within    the   range   of  vision�察  �while    the  trumpet�察  �acting    as   a 

megaphone�察  �may   bring   back   the   familiar   voice   where   the   spirit   whisper 

with    no   mechanical       aid  was    still  inaudible。    So   loud   may     the  latter 

phenomenon   be   that   in   one   case�察  �of   which   I   have   the   record�察  �the   dead 

man's dog was so excited at hearing once more his master's voice that he 

broke his chain�察�and deeply scarred the outside of the seance room door in 

his   efforts   to   force   an   entrance。   Now�察  �having   said   so   much   of   the   spirit 

body�察�and having indicated that its presence is not vouched for by only one 

line of evidence or school of thought�察�let us turn to what happens at the 

time of death�察�according to the observation of clairvoyants on this side and 

the posthumous accounts of the dead upon the other。 It is exactly what we 

should   expect   to   happen�察  �granted   the   double   identity。   In   a   painless   and 

natural process the lighter disengages itself from the heavier�察�and slowly 

draws itself off until it stands with the same mind�察�the same emotions�察�and 

an exactly similar body�察�beside the couch of death�察�aware of those around 

and yet unable to make them aware of it�察�save where that finer spiritual 

eyesight   called   clairvoyance   exists。   How�察  �we   may   well   ask�察  �can   it   see 

without     the   natural   organs�拭   �How     did  the   hashish    victim   see   his  own 

unconscious body�拭�How did the Florida doctor see his friend�拭�There is a 

power of perception in the spiritual body which does give the power。 We 

can   say   no   more。   To   the   clairvoyant   the   new   spirit   seems   like   a   filmy 

outline。 To the ordinary man it is invisible。 To another spirit it would�察�no 

doubt�察�seem as normal and substantial as we appear to each other。 There is 

some   evidence   that   it   refines   with   time�察  �and   is   therefore   nearer   to   the 



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material   at the   moment   of   death   or   closely  after   it�察 �than   after   a lapse   of 

months or years。 Hence�察�it is that   apparitions of the dead are most   clear 

and most common about the time of death�察�and hence also�察�no doubt�察�the 

fact that the cataleptic physician already quoted was seen and recognised 

by his friend。 The meshes of his ether�察�if the phrase be permitted�察�were still 

heavy with the matter from  which they had only just been   disentangled。 

Having disengaged itself from grosser matter�察�what happens to this spirit 

body�察�the precious   bark which bears our  all in   all upon   this voyage  into 

unknown   seas�拭  �Very   many   accounts   have   come   back   to   us�察  �verbal   and 

written�察�detailing the experiences of those who have passed on。 The verbal 

are    by  trance    mediums�察    �whose     utterances    appear    to  be   controlled    by 

outside intelligences。 The written from automatic writers whose script is 

produced      in   the  same     way。   At   these    words    the   critic  naturally    and 

reasonably      shies�察  �with   a   ;What    nonsense�      �How    can    you   control    the 

statement of this medium who is consciously or unconsciously pretending 

to   inspiration�拭─  �This   is   a   healthy   scepticism�察  �and   should   animate   every 

experimenter       who     tests  a  new    medium。      The    proofs    must   lie  in   the 

communication   itself。   If   they   are   not   present�察  �then�察  �as   always�察  �we   must 

accept natural rather than unknown explanations。 But they are continually 

present�察�and in such obvious forms that no one can deny them。 There is a 

certain   professional   medium   to   whom   I   have   sent   many�察  �mothers   who 

were in need of consolation。 I always ask the applicants to rep
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