Spirit Texts
LETTERS
FROM A
LIVING DEAD MAN
WRITTEN DOWN [probably from Judge David P. Hutch] BY
ELSA BARKER [1869-1954]
WITH AN INTRODUCTION
COPYRIGHT 1914 BY
MITCHELL KENNERLEY
CONTENTS
LETTER
PAGE
INTRODUCTION
5
I.
THE RETURN
15
II.
TELL NO MAN
16
III.
GUARDING THE DOOR
18
IV.
A CLOUD ON THE MIRROR
19
V.
THE PROMISE OF THINGS UNTOLD
21
VI.
THE WAND OF WILL
22
VII.
A LIGHT BEHINE THE VEIL
94
VIII.
THE IRON GRIP OF MATTER
26
IX.
WHERE SOULS GO UP AND DOWN
28
X.
A RENDEZVOUS IN THE FOURTH DIMENSION
30
XI.
THE BOY—LIONEL
35
XII.
THE PATTERN WORLD
40
XIII.
FORMS REAL AND UNREAL
44
XIV.
A FOLIO OF PARACELSUS
47
XV.
A ROMAN TOGA
51
XVI.
A THING TO BE FORGOTTEN
56
XVII.
THE SECOND WIFE OVER THERE
64
XVIII.
INDIVIDUAL HELLS
70
XIX.
A LITTLE HOME IN HEAVEN
71
XX.
THE MAN WHO FOUND GOD
78
XXI.
THE LEISURE OF THE SOUL
84
XXII.
THE SERPENT OF ETERNITY
90
XXIII.
A BRIEF FOR THE DEFENDENT
97
XXIV.
FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE
101
XXV.
A SHADOWLESS WORLD
104
XXVI.
CIRCLES IN THE SAND
109
XXVII.
THE MAGIC RING
115
XXVIII.
EXCEPT YE BE AS LITTLE CHILDREN
121
XXIX.
AN UNEXPECTED WARNING
126
XXX.
THE SYLPH AND THE MAGICIAN
131
XXXI.
A PROBLEM IN CELESTIAL MATHEMATICS
139
XXXII.
A CHANGE OF FOCUS
147
XXXIII.
FIVE RESOLUTIONS
153
XXXIV.
THE PASSING OF LIONEL
158
XXXV.
THE BEAUTIFUL BEING
167
XXXVI.
THE HOLLOW SPHERE
173
XXXVII.
AN EMPTY CHINA CUP
179
XXXVIII.
WHERE TIME IS NOT
187
XXXIX.
THE DOCTRINE or DEATH
195
XL.
THE CELESTIAL HIERARCHY
205
XLI.
THE DARLING OF THE UNSEEN
210
XLII.
A VICTIM or THE NON-EXISTENT
219
XLIII.
A CLOUD OF WITNESSES
228
XLIV.
THE KINGDOM WITHIN
235
XLV.
THE GAME OF MAKE-BELIEVE
237
XLVI.
HEIRS OF HERMES
241
XLVII.
ONLY A SONG
247
XLVIII.
INVISIBLE GIFTS AT YULETIDE
250
XLIX.
THE GREATER DREAMLAND
258
L.
A SERMON AND A PROMISE
265
LI.
THE APRIL OF THE WORLD
273
LII.
A HAPPY WIDOWER
276
LIII.
THE ARCHIVES OF THE SOUL
284
LIV.
A FORMULA FOR MASTERSHIP
288
