1.8.C. 10 Proes. of the Asiatic Soc. of Bengal. [(N.S., XVIII, 
been polarised by prejudice until the contrary has been shown. 
It follows that under such conditions no test can be made really 
onvincing except the mos i i 
the departed are 
not really dead, until the routine of ordinary life includes the 
ndin e , and of com i 
tions from (and to) the ‘‘ dead,’’ which shall be so common 
so we i 
sonality as to leave no practical 
elaim to be, and not the work of self-deception, subliminal 
memories, devils or cosmic Absolutes. Or, in other words, until 
the ultra-physical world has been rendered continuous with t 
world we live in, and this world and the ‘‘ next ” practically 
interpenetrate.”’ 
Inasmuch then as this strangely acquired knowledge claims 
the right to be tested by the touchstone of scientific investiga- 
tion, it must take a part in our fuller professional life whether 
we will or not. From the point of view of a rather sceptical 
space in @ manner similar to that in which spirit is related to 
matter ?’’—an answer to which question I think will not be 
easily found. ee 
1 loc. cit., Vol. 1, No. 3, p. 220. 

