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bodies�察�what words can express their stupidity and want of all proportion 

in not running halfway and more to meet the greatest ally who has ever 

intervened to change their defeat into victory�拭�What gifts this all´powerful 

ally brings with him�察�and what are the terms of his alliance�察�will now be 

considered。 



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                                CHAPTER III 



                                    THE GREAT ARGUMENTTHE GREAT ARGUMENT 

                                    THE GREAT ARGUMENTTHE GREAT ARGUMENT 



       The physical basis of all psychic belief is that the soul is a complete 

duplicate   of   the   body�察  �resembling   it   in   the   smallest   particular�察  �although 

constructed   in   some   far   more   tenuous   material。   In   ordinary   conditions 

these two bodies are intermingled so that the identity of the finer one is 

entirely obscured。 At death�察�however�察�and under certain conditions in the 

course   of   life�察  �the   two   divide   and   can   be   seen   separately。   Death   differs 

from the conditions of separation before death in that there is a complete 

break between the two bodies�察�and life is carried on entirely by the lighter 

of    the  two�察   �while    the   heavier�察   �like  a   cocoon     from    which     the  living 

occupant has escaped�察�degenerates and disappears�察�the world burying the 

cocoon with much   solemnity by taking   little pains to   ascertain what   has 

become of its nobler contents。 It is a vain thing to urge that science has not 

admitted   this   contention�察  �and   that   the   statement   is   pure   dogmatism。  The 

science which has not examined the facts has�察�it is true�察�not admitted the 

contention�察�but   its   opinion   is   manifestly  worthless�察 �or   at   the  best   of  less 

weight than that of the humblest student of psychic phenomena。 The real 

science which has examined the facts is the only valid authority�察�and it is 

practically unanimous。 I have made personal appeals to at least one great 

leader of science to examine the facts�察�however superficially�察�without any 

success�察  �while   Sir   William   Crookes   appealed   to   Sir   George   Stokes�察  �the 

Secretary   of   the   Royal   Society�察  �one   of   the   most   bitter   opponents   of   the 

movement�察�to   come   down   to his   laboratory and see the psychic   force   at 

work�察�but he took no notice。 What weight has science of that sort�拭�It can 

only     be    compared       to  that    theological     prejudice      which     caused     the 

Ecclesiastics in the days of Galileo to refuse to look through the telescope 

which he held out to them。 It is possible to write down the names of fifty 

professors   in   great   seats   of   learning   who   have   examined   and   endorsed 

these facts�察�and the list would include many of the greatest intellects which 

the world has produced in our timeFlammarion and Lombroso�察�Charles 

Richet and Russel Wallace�察�Willie Reichel�察�Myers�察�Zollner�察�James�察�Lodge�察�



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and Crookes。 Therefore the facts HAVE been endorsed by the only science 

that has the right to express an opinion。 I have never�察�in my thirty years of 

experience�察  �known   one   single   scientific   man   who   went   thoroughly   into 

this matter and did not end by accepting the Spiritual solution。 Such may 

exist�察  �but   I   repeat   that   I   have   never   heard   of   him。   Let   us�察  �then�察  �with 

confidence   examine   this   matter   of   the   ;spiritual   body�察─  �to   use   the   term 

made   classical   by   Saint   Paul。   There   are   many   signs   in   his   writings   that 

Paul was deeply versed in psychic matters�察�and one of these is his exact 

definition   of   the   natural   and   spiritual   bodies   in   the   service   which   is   the 

final farewell to life of every Christian。 Paul picked his words�察�and if he 

had meant that man consisted of a natural body and a spirit he would have 

said so。 When he said ;a spiritual body; he meant a body which contained 

the   spirit   and   yet   was   distinct   from   the   ordinary   natural   body。   That   is 

exactly what psychic science has now shown to be true。 When a man has 

taken hashish or certain other drugs�察�he not infrequently has the experience 

that   he   is   standing   or   floating   beside   his   own   body�察  �which   he   can   see 

stretched       senseless     upon      the    couch。     So    also    under     anaesthetics�察�

particularly      under     laughing      gas�察   �many     people     are    conscious      of   a 

detachment   from   their   bodies�察  �and   of   experiences   at   a   distance。   I   have 

myself seen   very  clearly  my  wife   and children   inside   a cab   while   I   was 

senseless in the dentist's chair。 Again�察�when a man is fainting or dying�察�and 

his   system  in   an   unstable   condition�察 �it   is   asserted   in   very   many   definite 

instances that he can�察�and does�察�manifest himself to others at a distance。 

These phantasms of the living�察�which have been so carefully explored and 

docketed by Messrs。 Myers and Gurney�察�ran into hundreds of cases。 Some 

people claim that by an effort of will they can�察�after going to sleep�察�propel 

their own doubles in the direction which they desire�察�and visit those whom 

they wish to see。 Thus there is a great volume of evidencehow great no 

man     can    say   who    has   not   spent   diligent    years   in   exploring     itwhich 

vouches for the existence of this finer body containing the precious jewels 

of the mind and spirit�察�and leaving only gross confused animal functions in 

its   heavier   companion。   Mr。   Funk�察  �who   is   a   critical   student   of   psychic 

phenomena�察        �and    also   the    joint   compiler      of  the    standard     American 

dictionary�察  �narrates   a   story   in   point   which   could   be   matched   from   other 



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sources。     He    tells  of  an   American      doctor    of  his  acquaintance�察      �and   he 

vouches personally for the truth of the incident。 This doctor�察�in the course 

of   a   cataleptic   seizure   in   Florida�察  �was   aware   that   he   had   left   his   body�察�

which he saw lying beside him。 He had none the less preserved his figure 

and   his identity。 The   thought   of some   friend   at   a   distance   came   into   his 

mind�察  �and   after   an   appreciable   interval   he   found   himself   in   that   friend's 

room�察�half way across the continent。 He saw his friend�察�and was conscious 

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

beside his own senseless body
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