Life and labor in the spirit world: Being a description of localities, employments, surroundings, and conditions in the spheres.
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LIFE AND LABOR IN THE SPIRIT WORLD. BEING A DESCRIPTION OF LOCALITIES, EMPLOYMENTS, SURROUNDINGS, AND CONDITIONS IN THE SPHERES.
PREFACE.
PART SECOND.
CHAPTER XV. INTRODUCTORY.—SPIRIT MAY.
THE COUNCIL OF THE FLOWERS.
FOR THE LITTLE ONES.
WHO CAN TELL?
WORK.
TO MY SISTER GENEVIEVE.
GRANDMA’S PET.
TWO BIRDIES.
EVENING.
THE AWAKENING OF THE FLOWERS.
BABY NELLIE.
A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
SNOW DROPS.
AN EVENING SONG.
CHILDREN.
SNOW FLAKES.
CHAPTER XVI. A STORY FOR THE CHILDREN.
CHAPTER XVII. THE CHILDREN OF THE SUMMER-LAND.
CHAPTER XVIII. LITTLE BERTIE AND OTHERS.
CHAPTER XIX. GOLDEN NEST AND OTHER PLACES.
HEAVENLY LOVE.
PART THIRD.
CHAPTER XX. JOHN CRITCHLEY PRINCE.—HIS EXPERIENCES IN THE SPIRIT WORLD.
I COME TO THEE.
HEART TREASURES.
“AND HE WILL MAKE IT PLAIN.”
DOWN BY THE SEA.
COMING HOME.
A FRIEND’S ADVICE.
THE WELCOME ANGELS GIVE.
CHAPTER XXI. MY LIFE AND EXPERIENCES ON EARTH.
CHAPTER XXII. MY LIFE AND EXPERIENCES IN THE SPIRIT WORLD.
CHAPTER XXIII. THE POET’S COUNCIL.
CHAPTER XXIV. A VISIT TO ROBERT BURNS.
CHAPTER XXV. MY SPIRITUAL WORK
CONTENTS.
THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE
PART FIRST.
CHAPTER I. SPIRIT VIOLET.
SYMPATHY.
GIRLS.
OLD AGE.
CHAPTER V. PLACES I HAVE SEEN.
THE PEOPLE OF SPRING GARDEN CITY.
CHILDREN’S LYCEUM.
HARMONIAL CITY.
A MAGNIFICENT TEMPLE.
CITY OF JOY.
FLORALIA, THE VALLEY OF FLOWERS.
THE VALLEY OF DELIGHT.
THE HAPPY HUNTING GROUND OF THE INDIANS.
CHAPTER VI. SCENES AND INCIDENTS IN THE SPIRIT LAND.
TRIAL AND TRIUMPH.
A HOME FOR THE WEARY.
THE CONDITION OF ONE SELFISH ON EARTH.
FIRST STEPS TOWARD ENLIGHTENMENT.
ENFRANCHISEMENT OF A SPIRIT.
CHILDREN’S PROGRESSIVE LYCEUMS.
METHODS OF INSTRUCTION IN SPIRIT LYCEUMS.
A GOLDEN-CHAIN RECITATION.
CHAPTER VII. HOW SPIRITS WORK.
A SPIRIT MOTHER REFORMS HER WAYWARD SON.
A SPIRIT MOTHER RELIEVES AN IMPOVERISHED DAUGHTER.
PARENTS SUDDENLY BEREAVED.
THE FATHER’S GRIEF AFFECTS THE SPIRIT.
THE SPIRIT SEEKS TO MAKE HER PRESENCE KNOWN.
THE RECOGNITION AND ITS RESULTS.
CHAPTER VIII. AN ECHO FROM THE SUMMER-LAND.
THE LESSON OF SELF-SACRIFICE.
DAYS OF DARKNESS.
WORDS OF CHEER FROM THE SPIRIT LAND.
THE MISTS CLEARING AWAY.
CHAPTER IX. THE FORTUNES OF LITTLE GEORGIE.
SHADOWS ON EARTHLY PATHS.
A SPIRIT MOTHER LEADS HER CHILD.
VISIONS OF THE NIGHT.
DREAMS THAT APPEARED STRANGE.
THE STRANGE DREAMS FULFILLED.
CHAPTER X. LUCY AIKEN’S MISSION.
UNSEEN HELPERS.
A SPIRIT’S EFFORTS TO REACH HER FATHER.
THE LAST PENNY AND THE LAST APPEAL.
THE INFLUENCE OF THE SPIRIT BEGINS TO SHOW ITSELF.
THE SPIRIT DAUGHTER’S PRESENCE.
HAPPY RESULTS OF SPIRIT EFFORTS.
ANGEL VISITS NOT FEW NOR FAR BETWEEN
CHAPTER XI. EXPERIENCES IN SPIRIT LIFE.
THE VARIOUS CLASSES OF SPIRITS NEAR THE EARTH.
THE POWER AND EXTENT OF PERSONAL INFLUENCE.
BEULAH, A SPIRIT MISSIONARY
BEULAH’S SELF-SACRIFICING BENEFICENCE.
REFORMATION OF SPIRITS IN THE LOWER SPHERES.
ILLUSTRATIVE INSTANCE OF THE REFORMATION OF A SPIRIT.
THE WORK CARRIED TO COMPLETION.
THE REFORMED SPIRIT RETURNS TO EARTH TO REFORM OTHERS.
FIRST SENSATIONS UPON ENTERING SPIRIT LIFE.
THE ULTIMATE REIGN OF PEACE AND HAPPINESS ON EARTH.
CHAPTER XII. SANITARIUMS IN SPIRIT LIFE.
LOCALITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS.
METHODS OF TREATMENT.
MUSIC AS A MEANS OF RECUPERATION.
RESTORATION OF THE MENTALLY DISEASED.
IMPROVED MEDICAL TREATMENT ON EARTH.
ONE OF THE SANITARIUMS OF SPIRIT LIFE.
INTERESTING INCIDENT: A MOTHER FINDS HER CHILD.
CULTIVATION OF INHERENT TALENTS.
CHAPTER XIII. SURROUNDINGS AND CONDITIONS OF SPIRITS.
REASONS FOR DIFFERENT VIEWS OF SPIRIT SURROUNDINGS.
EARTHLY CONDITIONS THAT RETARD SPIRITUAL PROGRESS.
WORLDLY SUCCESS OFTEN A MISFORTUNE.
EARTHLY CONDITIONS CONTINUED IN SPIRIT LIFE.
AN ILLUSTRATION.
EXTERNAL SURROUNDINGS PRODUCED BY MENTAL CONDITIONS.
MATERIALISTIC SCIENTISTS IN SPIRIT LIFE.
THE DAWNING OF SPIRITUAL LIGHT.
THE LIBERAL-MINDED SCIENTIST.
CONTRASTED CAUSES AND EFFECTS.
THE SIMPLY INTELLECTUAL.
CHEERLESSNESS OF A WANT OF SPIRITUALITY.
BLENDING OF THE SPIRITUAL AND INTELLECTUAL.
HAPPINESS DERIVABLE ONLY FROM WITHIN.
THE HUMAN NATURE OF SPIRITS.
RIGHT AND WRONG STATES OF CONTENTMENT.
CHAPTER II. SPIRIT ECHOES.
A MEETING OF MISSIONARY SPIRITS.
A SPIRIT RETURNS TO COMFORT HER MOTHER.
JUST RECOGNITION OF RETURNING SPIRITS.
CONSOLATORY THOUGHTS FOR BEREAVED MOTHERS.
THE MINISTRATION OF SPIRITS.
THE RAIN OF THE SUMMER-LAND.
HAPPINESS OF SPIRITS IN COMMUNING WITH FRIENDS ON EARTH.
POETRY OF THE SPIRIT SPHERES.
MY MOTHER.
CHAPTER XIV. OUR CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES.
EARTHLY REFORMS ORIGINATE IN SPIRIT LIFE.
DIVISIONS OF SPIRIT MISSION OF LABOR.
WOMAN SUFFRAGE.
THE INDIANS.
PEACE ARBITRATION.
HEREDITY.
AN ORGANIZATION OF SPIRITS FOR THE ELEVATION OF EARTH’S INHABITANTS.
CARE AND PROTECTION OF MEDIUMS.
DEVELOPMENT OF NEW MEDIUMS.
“OUR CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY.”
WHAT CONSTITUTES MEMBERSHIP.
ITS PLANS, PURPOSES, AND INFLUENCE.
CHAPTER III. REAL LIFE TN THE SPIRIT WORLD.
A DARKENED SPIRIT LED TO SEE THE LIGHT.
AN OUTCAST FROM EARTH RETURNS TO AID THE FALLEN.
UNSEEN HELPERS AT A CONFLAGRATION.
ADVENT OF A MORTAL INTO SPIRIT LIFE.
CHAPTER IV. ZENCOLLIA CITY AND ITS SURROUNDINGS.
MY HOME; ITS LIFE AND ASSOCIATIONS.
A TEMPLE OF LEARNING.
HALL OF METAPHYSICS.
THE HALL OF LITERATURE.
THE HALL OF MUSIC.
SOCIAL LIFE IN ZENCOLLIA.
INTERIOR VIEW OF ZENCOLLIA.
A CONVOCATION OF WOMEN.—EQUALITY OF SEX.
DWELLERS IN ZENCOLLIA.
A SUBURBAN VIEW.
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