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accompanied by assertions about this life of ours which prove to be correct; 

and which are beyond the possible knowledge of the medium after every 

deduction   has   been   made   for   telepathy  or   for unconscious   memory。 The 

third   is;   that   they   have   a   remarkable;   though   not   a   complete;   similarity 

from whatever source they come。 

     It may be noted that the differences of opinion become most marked 

when   they   deal   with   their   own   future;   which   may   well   be   a   matter   of 

speculation   to   them   as   to   us。   Thus;   upon   the   question   of   reincarnation 

there   is   a   distinct   cleavage;   and   though   I   am   myself   of   opinion   that   the 

general   evidence   is   against   this   oriental   doctrine;   it   is   none   the   less   an 

undeniable   fact      that   it   has  been   maintained   by   some       messages      which 

appear in other ways to be authentic; and; therefore; it is necessary to keep 

one's mind open on the subject。 Before entering upon the substance of the 

messages I should wish to emphasize the second of these two points; so as 

to reinforce the reader's confidence in the authenticity of these assertions。 

To this end I will give a detailed example; with names almost exact。 The 

medium   was   Mr。   Phoenix;   of   Glasgow;   with   whom   I   have   myself   had 

some      remarkable      experiences。      The     sitter  was    Mr。    Ernest    Oaten;    the 

President   of   the   Northern   Spiritual   Union;   a   man   of   the   utmost   veracity 

and precision of statement。 The dialogue; which came by the direct voice; 

a trumpet acting as megaphone; ran like this: 

       The Voice: Good evening; Mr。 Oaten。 Mr。 O。: Good evening。 Who are 

you? The Voice: My name is Mill。 You know my father。 Mr。 O。: No; I don't 

remember anyone of the name。 The Voice: Yes; you were speaking to him 

the other day。 Mr。 O。: To be sure。 I remember now。 I only met him casually。 



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The Voice: I want you to give him a message from me。 Mr。 O。: What is it? 

The Voice: Tell him that he was not mistaken at midnight on Tuesday last。 

Mr。 O。: Very good。 I will say so。 Have you passed long? The Voice: Some 

time。 But our time is different from yours。 Mr。 O。: What were you? The 

Voice: A Surgeon。 Mr。 O。: How did you pass? The Voice: Blown up in a 

battleship   during   the   war。   Mr。   O。: Anything   more?   The   answer   was   the 

Gipsy   song      from   〃Il  Trovatore;〃     very   accurately   whistled;   and      then   a 

quick…step。 After the latter; the voice said: 〃That is a test for father。〃 This 

reproduction       of   conversation      is   not   quite    verbatim;     but   gives    the 

condensed   essence。   Mr。   Oaten   at   once   visited   Mr。   Mill;   who   was   not   a 

Spiritualist; and found that every detail was correct。 Young Mill had lost 

his   life   as   narrated。   Mr。   Mill;   senior;   explained   that   while   sitting   in   his 

study at midnight on the date named he had heard the Gipsy song from 〃Il 

Trovatore;〃 which had been a favourite of his boy's; and being unable to 

trace the origin of the music; had finally thought that it was a freak of his 

imagination。   The   test   connected   with   the   quick…step   had   reference   to   a 

tune which the young man used to play upon the piccolo; but which was 

so rapid that he never could get it right; for which he was chaffed by the 

family。   I   tell   this   story   at   length   to   make   the   reader   realise   that   when 

young Mill; and others like him; give such proofs of accuracy; which we 

can test for ourselves; we are bound to take their assertions very seriously 

when they deal with the life they are actually leading; though in their very 

nature we can only check their accounts by comparison with others。 Now 

let   me    epitomise     what    these   assertions    are。   They    say   that   they   are 

exceedingly happy; and that they do not wish to return。 They are among 

the friends whom they had loved and lost; who meet them when they die 

and   continue   their   careers   together。   They   are   very   busy   on   all   forms   of 

congenial   work。 The   world   in   which   they  find   themselves   is   very   much 

like that which they have quitted; but everything keyed to a higher octave。 

As in a higher octave the rhythm is the same; and the relation of notes to 

each   other   the   same;   but   the   total   effect   different;   so   it   is   here。   Every 

earthly thing has its equivalent。 Scoffers have guffawed over alcohol and 

tobacco; but if all things are reproduced it would be a flaw if these were 

not reproduced also。 That they should be abused; as they are here; would; 



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indeed; be   evil tidings; but nothing of the sort has been said;  and in  the 

much discussed passage in 〃Raymond;〃 their production was alluded to as 

though   it   were   an   unusual;   and   in   a   way   a   humorous;   instance   of   the 

resources of the beyond。 I wonder how many of the preachers; who have 

taken advantage of this passage in order to attack the whole new revelation; 

have     remembered        that  the   only   other    message     which     ever   associated 

alcohol with   the life beyond   is   that of   Christ  Himself; when  He  said:   〃I 

will   not   drink   henceforth   of   this   fruit   of   the   vine   until   that   day   when   I 

drink   it   new   with   you   in   my   Father's   kingdom。〃   This   matter   is   a   detail; 

however; and it is always dangerous to discuss details in a subject which is 

so enormous; so dimly seen。 As the wisest woman I have known remarked 

to me: 〃Things may well be surprising over there; for if we had been told 

the facts of this life before we entered it; we should never have believed 

it。〃 In its larger issues this happy life to come consists in the development 

of   those   gifts   which   we   possess。   There   is   action   for   the   man   of   action; 

intellectual   work   for   the   thinker;   artistic;   literary;   dramatic   and   religious 

for   those   whose   God…given   powers   lie   that   way。   What   we   have   both   in 

brain and character we carry over with us。 No man is too old to learn; for 

what he learns he keeps。 There is no physical side to love and no child… 

birth; though there is close union between those married people who really 

love each other; and; generally; there is deep sympathetic friendship and 

comradeship between the sexes。 Every man or woman finds a soul mate 

sooner or later。 The child grows up to the normal; so that the mother who 

lost   a   babe   of   two   years   old;   and   dies   herself   twenty   years   later   finds   a 

grown…up   daughter   of   twenty…two   awaiting   her   coming。   Age;   which   is 

produced       chiefly   by   the   mechanical      presence     of  lime    in  our   arteries; 

disappears;      and    the  individual     reverts    to  the   full  normal     growth     and 

appearance of completed manor womanhood。 Let no woman mourn her 

lost beauty; and no man his lost strength or weakening brain。 It all awaits 

them   once   more   upon   the   other   side。   Nor   is   any   deformity   or   bodily 

weakness there; for all is normal and at its best。 Before leaving this section 

of   the   subject;   I   should   say   a   few   more   words   upon   the   evidence   as   it 

affects the etheric body。 This body is a perfect thing。 This is a matter of 

consequence        in   these   days    when     so  many     of   our   heroes    have    been 



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