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TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF LOUIS FIGUIER
MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1904
_Formerly published by Richard Bentley & Son. Reprinted 1904._
MAN IS THE RESULT OF THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE OF THE BODY, THE SOUL, AND LIFE.--OF WHAT DOES DEATH CONSIST? 6
WHAT BECOMES, AFTER DEATH, OF THE BODY, THE SOUL, AND LIFE? 9
WHERE DOES THE SUPERHUMAN BEING RESIDE? 16
DO ALL MEN PASS AFTER DEATH TO THE STATE OF SUPERHUMAN BEINGS?--RE-INCARNATIONS OF PERVERSE SOULS.--RE-INCARNATION OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE DIED IN INFANCY 24
WHAT ARE THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE SUPERHUMAN BEING? PHYSICAL SHAPE, SENSES, DEGREE OF INTELLIGENCE.--FACULTIES OF THE SUPERHUMAN BEING 30
WHAT BECOMES OF THE SUPERHUMAN BEING AFTER DEATH?--DEATHS, RESURRECTIONS, AND NEW INCARNATIONS IN THE ETHEREAL SPACES 55
PHYSICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SUN 61
THE SUN.--DEFINITIVE SOJOURN OF SOULS ARRIVED AT THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF THE CELESTIAL HIERARCHY.--THE SUN IS THE FINAL AND COMMON SOJOURN OF THE SOULS WHICH COME FROM THE EARTH.--PHYSICAL CONSTITUTION OF THE SUN.--THIS HEAVENLY BODY IS A MASS OF BURNING GAS 89
THE INHABITANTS OF THE SUN ARE PURELY SPIRITUAL BEINGS.--THE SOLAR RAYS ARE EMANATIONS FROM SPIRITUAL BEINGS THAT LIVE IN THE SUN.--THESE BEINGS THUS PRODUCE VEGETABLE AND ANIMAL LIFE ON EARTH.--THE CONTINUITY OF SOLAR RADIATION, INEXPLICABLE BY PHYSICISTS, EXPLAINED BY EMANATIONS FROM THE SOULS OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE SUN.--THE WORSHIP OF FIRE, AND THE ADORATION OF THE SUN IN DIFFERENT NATIONS, ANCIENT AND MODERN 104
WHAT ARE OUR RELATIONS WITH SUPERHUMAN BEINGS? 122
WHAT IS THE ANIMAL?--THE SOULS OF ANIMALS.--MIGRATIONS OF SOULS THROUGH THE BODIES OF ANIMALS 138
WHAT IS THE PLANT?--THE PLANT CAN FEEL.--HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO DISTINGUISH PLANTS FROM ANIMALS.--GENERAL CHAIN OF LIVING BEINGS 149