PREFACE
In a former volume, "SPIRIT WORLD AND SPIRIT LIFE," the
conditions and activities which prevail in the future life are quite
clearly portrayed by selections from our records received through
automatic writing. In giving to the world a second volume based
on these records,—which have been received mostly through Miss
Dresser's pencil,—we have in Part II emphasized a phase of that
life that most books of this nature have mentioned but little. It
seems so vital to our friends on the other side, and they have made
it seem so vital to us, that we feel it a duty to present it fully. Some
may question our judgment in giving space for so many of the
accounts; but we want to try to make the world understand that it
is a very real condition. Time and time again it is impressed upon
us that most people here are, through ignorance, and sometimes
through willful ignorance, placing obstacles in the path of their
progress which will cause them much trouble and delay when
entering upon their spirit life. It is with the hope that these
accounts will remove a little of that ignorance, and aid in
understanding the life on the other side of the veil, that they are
given to the public. They are not fiction by any means, as the
reader will soon ascertain if he uses his brain to try to comprehend
what they really mean.
The other sections of the book are given over to further
selections from our records on various subjects, some of which are
more fully treated in the previous book. It is hoped that this
volume will meet with as friendly a reception as did its
predecessor.
As stated in the introductory chapter, the editor of these writings
did not acquire the ability to receive messages until some two
years ago. A number of the various articles that have come through
his pencil are included, and it may be
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