CHAPTER II. 

 Man's Spiritual Body. 



IF WE survey the stages of evolution 

 through which humanity hitherto has 

 passed, we find that all peoples, from 

 prehistoric times up to our own days, 

 have believed in a spiritual body which 

 is essential to the soul in a future life. 

 Is humanitv then mistaken in this uni- 

 versal manifestation of religious intui- 

 tion? On this question we need no 

 longer remain uncertain, no longer be- 

 lieve; we know that man possesses such 

 a spiritual body. For many years, even 

 centuries, this has been a fully demon- 

 strated fact, which may be directly ob- 

 served, and which also has been the 

 subject of scientific research. 



But what do we mean by spiritual 

 body? The term conveys something of 



