THE FR INGE OF IMM ORTALITY M RY A E. I n the sight of the unwise they seemed to die and t eir de art re is taken for miser and t eir oin h p u y, h g g fro us to be tter destr ction ' but t e are in m u u h y peace . For t o t e be nis ed in the si t of men h ugh h y pu h gh , yet ll f lit ” is their hepe fu o immorta y. T W n he isdom of Solomo . NEW YORK DUTTON AND C OMP ANY E . P . P R E F AC E T s book is m s all a few m co po ed, princip y, of of the many experiences which have helped to convince the writer of the power of thought d hi r an , on t s basis , of the power of the spi it r independent of matte . Gratitude is due to the people concerned in the various cases who have most generously a l ca l owed the publi tion of incidents which , by a r a and a re ma re son of their p iv te personal n tu , y influence the hopeless outlook of those who stand ’ twixt faith and knowledge . The names and initials used are fictitious without exception . u a has a Altho gh c re been taken to ensure priv cy, and certain detail s have been omitted in deference to the wishes of the family when they have been ll a too sacred or too private to give in fu , in no c se has a fi e a a n the ddition of ction b en dded to repl ce s has advis these omi sions . It been considered CD ' able to state only the facts sufi cient to make the 9 a necess ry point and, in consequence, the evidence X for survival is less than would have been the case — r l had ui a fi s eq v lent, but ctitiou , matter been intro f d c 'duce . x P REFAC E ll fi was Fu con dence however, permitted for the late editor of The Nineteenth Century and ” a u l xam i After , who c ref l y e ined the ent re docu mentary evidence before he accepted the articles ” l as entitled Automatic Writing, Te epathy a Natural Means of Communication and The r Survival of Memo y After Death . Adequate testimony is necessary in the interests o i al a f psych c rese rch . A great deal of evidence is lost because of the haphazard nature of psychic a . a a a revel tion A cl ir udient communic tion, for a ce ma u a w and an inst n , y occ r ny here at y time there is nothing to show for it except the know ledge of details referring either to the identity of an unknown communicator or to a prediction which may be confirmed only by subsequent ail are fi events . When such det s con ded, without delay, to responsible and disinterested persons , allowing nothing to depend on the word of a di a ma single in vidu l, the matter y then be brought as v a to of a e identi l the notice the gener l public . As i e on r t me go s and expe ience increases , n on are a t ifi opinio s all subjects p to be mod ed, fi es a . intensi ed and, sometim , completely ch nged Prejudice is swept away by the tide of incoming invention impossibilities of old become every e a r al . day occurrenc s specul tive thought , e ity Theori es on abstract truths are more influenced le r c a by tangib discove ies than redit is llowed . In the middle of the last century as the prestige P REFAC E xi of a m r s a a m D rwinis inc ea ed, rem rks odern writer, ' it was almost as if the desert and the jungle had b un l a eg to voice themse ves in hum n thought . Current literature shows that evolution has had a m n on a all and arked i fluence ne rly subjects, especially is this noticeable in the modern writings on a of ai a m tters F th , when we re d the progressive views on the immediate life hereafter which was once held to be a static sleep . s An old scienti t , somewhat opposed to specula a me a and tive thought , once s id to , Study f cts you will find each one a rung in the ladder you clim and as a i a so b, e ch step w ll t ke you higher, will all fall into a true perspective when seen from the higher point of view . The advice was so all l and so a und but wil agree , none re dily as ci the s entist , that the impetus to discovery, the is a a working hypothesis , lways an ide l before it is proved a reality. The hypothesis of survival is necessary for the investigation of much that is a a ul a n tur l , though little understood fac ty of uma in . u al i a is h n be gs S rviv itself, when ndic ted, but the lowest rung in a ladder which out dis tances our greatest hope— the rung that touches a h a F cts , owever, do not ch nge , but their s la i po ition , when observed in re t on to others , gives a key which progressively unlocks the doors ca of our understanding. Be use of this pro ression the a a g , theories dv nced in these pages xii P REFAC E are l so far as x e has led and in on y e peri nce , the attention is desired of the worthies t sorte of people that gently can reade can judge . MAR Y E. Monmrm . I NTR O DU C TI ON D Mr s n r EAR s Mo m m , I am glad that you are going to make public some of your valuable experiences which I have followed with great interest and some amount of discriminating attention for the past eight years . I can testify to having carefully noted the facts as a presented to me from time to time, h ve examined the documents and the evidence pro duoed as confirming your statements and con ou l e While y have been ob iged, for evid nt as a of re ons, to conce l the identity of most the i al I v ndividu s concerned, have been pri ileged to a a and become cqu inted with some of these , have questioned them regarding the facts and the history and precise sequence of the phenomena . I therefore willingly bear testimony to the truth of your statements based on the facts presented . The Fringe of Immortality will prove a most valuable contribution to the literature of psychic and metaphysic phenomena and I l use xa and not congratu ate you on the of e ct , INTRODUCTION l c a l u s i e to infrequent y, of poeti phr seo ogy s gge t v me at h s of ri i s m old ri nd , t e , the w t ng of y f e , I am, urs a t ull Yo very f i hf y, D 'R AM LLAC E M . A AH WA , (Member of the Society for Psychical Research) a l H r ey Street , London, W Ma 1 20 . y, 9 C ONTE NTS C H AP TER P REFAC E INTRODUC TION I IC I G . AUTOMAT WRIT N S C C D E N II . P Y HI EV LOPME T I AS N RAL O II . TELEPATHY A ATU MEANS F C OMMUNIC ATION 57 I r Y D 81 v. TEE SURVIVAL o MEMOR AFTER EATH THE LANGUAGE OF ANGELS IN EDI V L I ES i . M E A T M R TH E S C ii . F OM P Y HOLOGIC AL STANDPOINT -DA iii . TO Y C DE TH E C VI . A WEL OME GREE OF AR H 'ISHOP OF C ANTER'URY VII . RELIGION The chapters entitled Automatic W riting Tele at as a Nat r l Means of C omm nication A p hy u a u , and W elcome Decree of the Arc is o of C anter r ’ are hb h p bu y, eprinted by courtesy of The Nman na' C entury and zte f r . AUTOMATIC WRITING TH E FRINGE O F I MMO RTA L I TY AUTOMATIC WRITING IT is considered that Automatic Writing has played a large part in converting people to belief a - and a in an fter life , , natur lly, it runs the gauntlet Of of severe criticism from the sceptics , some whom do not hesitate to denounce its practice as being hysterical and morbid owing to the fact that a similar form Of writing is demonstrated in hysterical cases in the great nerve hospital s Of Europe . There are two sides to every question . A distinguished French investigator classes such writing under the heading Of intellectual en o its an i e ph omena in b th m ifestations , . , the a a a is strictly autom tic, where the h nd or fore rm al and of an temporarily par ysed devoid y feeling, while the power of writing is retained and the a or inspiration l intuitional, when the automatist becomes mentally aware of the substance of the n a a all commu ic tion before the h nd moves at .