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<c dwelling-place of the ego" constitute the physico-meta- 

 physical basis of our spiritual and immortal bodies. 



As " side evidence " of the reality of this scientific find- 

 ing, we might recite a single instance of the existence of 

 the indissoluble strength of these neuro-dynamic bonds 

 of union and continuity. Thus, an unfortunate human 

 being loses a limb, lives, and re-enters the battle of life, 

 when he "realises" that although the limb is physically 

 lost it still metaphysically constitutes a part of his being, 

 the sensations of its presence being too insistent and real 

 to prevent the realisation of its physical absence from his 

 body. In conclusion, we are, we contend, scientifically 

 warranted in claiming that death of the body is none other 

 than the beginning of a life beyond death, the physical 

 part no doubt ceasing to exist as an organised and ani- 

 mated body, but the metaphysical part maintaining its 

 existence and individuality, entering a new phase of being, 

 and undergoing evolution in accordance with its intrinsic 

 condition and altered environment. The fabric of the 

 living spirit, being left intact when its earthly body, in 

 which it has been evolved, has become inanimate and 

 dissolves into its physical or inorganic elements, begins a 

 new life or phase of existence in accordance with the plans 

 and demands of an infinite wisdom and power behind and 

 beyond all things in which or in whom " we live, move, 

 and have our being," from whom we have come and to 

 whom we go, the " beginning and the end," the " Alpha 

 and Omega," and the " Author and Finisher " of the 

 Universe. 



Inspired by these views, we feel constrained to say that 

 the multiply confirmed doctrine of immortality is entitled 

 to become a lever for the uplifting of humanity into the 

 clear region of metaphysical reality, where the plan, design, 

 and intention of the universe become coherent and realis- 

 able, and where the clouds of pessimism are seen rolling 

 away like mists before the noonday sun, and the clear 

 skies of optimism becoming spiritually visible from 

 horizon to horizon. The evolution of the ideas of 

 ghostly forms and angelic presences is intimately related, 

 in some of its aspects, to the metaphysical transformation 

 which the human being undergoes at death ; thus, the 



