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CONTENTS.




CHAPTER I.

HOW CAN WE KNOW ANYTHING OF THE OTHER LIFE?

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What the skeptic says. What the Christian says. The error of both. The critical spirit. Its uses. Skepticism the secret friend of religion. How. Reasonable demand of skeptics and doubting Christians. New light necessary; new light coming. How it ought to come to be satisfactory to all. The kind of revelation asked for; the kind granted. Swedenborg. What he claims. Why do we believe Euclid? The Christian seer. The biblical test, the sole test of Swedenborg's credibility
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CHAPTER II.

OUR SPIRITUAL BODIES.

Definition of death. Reality opposed to immaterialism. The substantial, neither material nor immaterial. The Human Form. The universality of man. Why do children grow in heaven? Angels were once men and women. Coexistence of two bodies. Our dual life. Opening of the Spiritual Senses. Beautiful or ugly