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daily cares and earthly tasks. A com- 

 plete knowledge of life in a future ex- 

 istence would probably disturb and dis- 

 tract us to such a degree that we 

 would lose interest for our present evo- 

 lution in this existence. It may be suf- 

 ficient for us to know whether there be 

 another life, and if so, whether our 

 dealings and actions in the present life 

 are of any importance for that life. 

 It would, no doubt, suffice if we could 

 acquire a knowledge with regard to 

 that life corresponding to what we know 

 about those distant worlds in space 

 which we discern with our bodily eyes 

 and which we further investigate with 

 our astronomical resources. The fol- 

 lowing conditions must be fulfilled in 

 order to make the cases similar: First 

 of all, such a transcendental world 

 must exist, and emit rays of light. 

 Further, we must be equipped with 

 some special organ, a spiritual eye, 

 which we could direct towards it and 

 by which we could make our investiga- 

 tions here on earth. Do we possess 



