THE SPIRIT WORLD
Book Details + Condition: The Progressive Thinker Publishing House (Chicago). First Edition, 1908. Very scarce. Hardcover with blue boards; black titling (etc) to front and spine. 222 pages with Advertisements. Author Mrs. M.T. Longley explores the concept of the Afterlife and the existence of a spirit world. She focuses on defining the organization of the spirit world's various parts - as well as the jobs or roles assigned to spirits. Longley examines the role of mediums and psychics in communicating with the spirit world, offering insight into the experiences of people who claim to have had contact with the Afterlife. The book also discusses the implications of belief in the spirit world for our understanding of life and death, and how it can help us to cope with grief and loss. Finally, the various religious and philosophical beliefs about the nature of the spirit world and its relationship to the physical world are considered. Chapters include:
- Studies, Work and Experiences in the Spiritual Spheres
- Prose and Poetry, Music and Song, From the Spirit Realms
- The Building of a Temple and its Dedication
- The Value, Utility and Offices of Indian Spiritual Messengers and Guards
- Undeveloped Spirits; the Unfortunate and Unhappy; Others Who Are Mischievous and Malicious
- The Life of a Soul
- The Spiritual Planets
- Innumerable Spirit Worlds
- Death and Beyond; Narratives of Spirit Experiences
- Mediumship, Its Office and Source of Power
- And MUCH more.
A solid and clean copy of a very scarce first edition, with firm binding; rubbed corners and edges; wear to boards, with some darkening and discoloration; chafed spine ends; interior is clean and free of markings.
