PART THREE: LIFE AND DEATH

INTRODUCTION 283

I. THE MEANING OF THE TERM LIFE 289

II. THE MEANING OF THE TERM DEATH 296

III. DEATH AND DECAY 302

IV. CONTINUED EXISTENCE 308

V. PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE 312

VI. INTERACTION OF MIND AND MATTER 317

VII. 'RESURRECTION OF THE BODY' 322

VIII. MIND AND BRAIN 326

IX. LIFE AND CONSCIOUSNESS 332

X. ON MEANS OF COMMUNICATION 338

XI. ON THE FACT OF SUPERNORMAL COMMUNICATION 345

XII. ON THE CONTENTION THAT ALL PSYCHIC COMMUNICATIONS ARE OF A TRIVIAL NATURE AND DEAL WITH INSIGNIFICANT TOPICS 349

XIII. ON THE MANNER OF COMMUNICATION 355

XIV. VARIOUS PSYCHO-PHYSICAL METHODS 362

XV. ATTITUDE OF THE WISE AND PRUDENT 367

XVI. OUTLOOK ON THE UNIVERSE 374

XVII. THE CHRISTIAN IDEA OF GOD 378

INDEX 397

ILLUSTRATIONS

RAYMOND _Frontispiece_

PAGE

RAYMOND WHEN TWO YEARS OLD 8

RAYMOND, 1915 78

GROUP OF OFFICERS, AS SENT US BY MRS. CHEVES ON DECEMBER 7, 1915, SHOWING AN ARM RESTING ON RAYMOND'S SHOULDER 110

ANOTHER EDITION OF THE GROUP-PHOTOGRAPH, WITH LEG TOUCHING SHOULDER INSTEAD OF HAND 112

GROUP SUBSEQUENTLY OBTAINED, EVIDENTLY TAKEN AT THE SAME TIME, BUT PRESSURE ON SHOULDER REMOVED 114

MARIEMONT 224

RAYMOND AND BRODIE WITH THE PIGEONS AT MARIEMONT 224

LARGE DOUBLE-COMPARTMENT TENT IN ITS FIRST FORM (1905) (BUILT AT MARIEMONT AND TAKEN TO WOOLACOMBE) 250

THE TENT IN ITS SECOND FORM (1906) MADE OUT OF THE REMAINS OF THE FIRST 250

FIRST EDITION OF THE SANDBOAT (1906) AT WOOLACOMBE, WITH ALEC ON BOARD 252

RISING GROUND BEHIND OLDER TENTS ON WOOLACOMBE BEACH 252

"GRANDFATHER W." 258

"MR. JACKSON" WITH M. F. A. L. AT MARIEMONT 258

SECOND EDITION OF SANDBOAT, AT MARIEMONT, BEFORE BEING UNSHIPPED AND TAKEN TO WOOLACOMBE, 1907 260

RAYMOND WORKING AT THE SANDBOAT IN THE BOYS' LABORATORY AT MARIEMONT 260

"CURLY" AND "VIX." CURLY BEING THE SHAGGY ONE. VIX WAS THE MOTHER OF RAYMOND'S DOG "LARRY" 278

RAYMOND IN HIS "NAGANT" MOTOR, 1913. OUTSIDE A FRIEND'S HOUSE IN SOMERSETSHIRE 278