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 humanity 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 



