BY
J. ARTHUR HILL
Author of “Psychical Investigations,” “Man is a Spirit,”
“Spiritualism; Its History, Phenomena and Doctrine,” etc.
NEW YORK:
HARCOURT, BRACE & HOWE,
1920
Printed in England
Many friends and correspondents have suggestedthat I should republish a number ofarticles which have appeared from timeto time in various quarters. The present volumebrings these articles together, with some which havenot appeared before.
Each chapter is complete in itself, but there is moreor less connexion, for each deals with some aspect ofthe subject to which I have given most attentionduring the last twelve years—namely, psychicalresearch.
I thank the editors of the Holborn Review, NationalReview, World’s Work, and Occult Review for permissionto republish articles which have appeared in theirpages.
J. A. H.
Thornton,
Bradford.
| PAGE | |
| DEATH | 1 |
| IF A MAN DIE, SHALL HE LIVE AGAIN? | 11 |
| PSYCHICAL RESEARCH; ITS METHOD, EVIDENCE,AND TENDENCY | 18 |
| THE EVOLUTION OF A PSYCHICAL RESEARCHER | 43 |
| DO MIRACLES HAPPEN? | 52 |
| THE TRUTH ABOUT TELEPATHY | 58 |
| THE TRUTH ABOUT HYPNOTISM | 63 |
| CHRISTIAN SCIENCE | 75 |
| JOAN OF ARC | 88 |
| IS THE EARTH ALIVE? | 94 |
| RELIGIOUS BELIEF AFTER THE WAR | 111 |
Our feelings with regard to the terminationof our earthly existence are remarkablyvaried. In some people, there is an absolutelygenuine and strong desire for cessation ofindividual consciousness, as in the case of JohnAddington Symonds. Probably, however, this is metwith only in keenly sensitive natures which have sufferedgreatly in this life. Such unfortunate people aresometimes constitutionally unable to believe in anythingbetter than cessation of their pain. Anythingbetter than that is “too good to be true”, so muchtoo good that they hardly dare wish for it. Others,who have had a happy life, naturally desire a continuanceof