A FUTURE LIFE? A CRITICAL INQUIRY INTO THE SCIENTIFIC VALUE OF THE ALLEGED EVIDENCES THAT MAN'S CONSCIOUS PERSONALITY SURVIVES THE LIFE OF THE BODY, EMBRACING A DISCUSSION OF THE DOCTRINES OF RESURRECTION OF THE BODY, RE-INCARNATION, SPIRITISM, ANNIHILATION, THEORIES OF META-PHYSICIANS, PHENOMENA OF SPIRITUALISM, ETC.
Book Details + Condition: Humanitarian Review Publishing House (Los Angeles, CA). First Edition, 1907. Extremely scarce. Hardcover with sage green boards; black titling (etc) to front and spine. 168 pages with Advertisements. Includes frontis portrait of the author. Singleton W. Davis offers a critical examination of the scientific evidence suggesting that human consciousness and personality survive beyond physical death. Davis explores various theories and arguments that support the idea of an afterlife, including near-death experiences, mediumship, and reincarnation. He attempts to present a balanced and objective analysis of the evidence through analysis of scientific evidence against these theories. Chapters include:
- The Resurrection Theory
- Re-Incarnation, Metempsychosis, Transmigration of Souls
- Spiritistic Hypothesis
- Spiritism as a Working Hypothesis
- New Thought Theories of the Soul and a Future Life
- Does Spiritualism Demonstrate a Future Life?
- The Question of a Future Life From the Scientific Movement Including the Mechanical, Chemical and Physiological Point of View
An extremely scarce first edition copy with firm binding; rubbed corners and edges; wear to boards, with some mottling / discoloration present; old library call number sticker to spine; "withdrawn" stamps to Preface and opposite page; interior is otherwise clean and free of markings, save owner names to inside front & rear boards. All books are carefully packed, and shipped in boxes.
