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BEYOND
BY
HENRY SEWARD HUBBARD
BOSTON
ARENA PUBLISHING COMPANY
Copley Square
1896
Copyrighted, 1896,
BY
HENRY SEWARD HUBBARD.
All Rights Reserved.
Arena Press.
BEYOND
TO
LOVERS OF THE TRUTH,
WHATEVER
LAND MAY CLAIM THEM FOR ITS OWN,
TO THE
EARNEST MEN AND WOMEN
OF MY TIME,
THIS BOOK IS RESPECTFULLY
DEDICATED.
PREFACE.
A word of explanation in reference to my title may be appropriatelygiven here. By Beyond, I mean what is sometimes called the unseen world,but which might better be called the immaterial world, since that whichdistinguishes it from the world proper is not merely that it isinvisible, but that it cannot be made visible to mortal eyes.
However, I have not assumed to treat of all that the word might be madeto cover, but have confined myself mostly to that territory, with theentrance to it, which may be said to adjoin the earth, and whichtherefore is more immediately interesting and important to be acquaintedwith, and have addressed myself especially to those who[8] seem to beconstitutionally unable to perceive the reality of this other world,although willing and anxious to be convinced.
If there is any one thing more than another which I hope to convey, itis that the truths which pertain to the superior life do not conflictwith common sense, however they may rise beyond the perfect grasp ofthat power of the mind.
Henry Seward Hubbard.
INTRODUCTION.
To my Brothers and Sisters,
Greeting.
I had known for some time that I had a book to write, but not exactlyhow I was going to set about it, when there fell un