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
