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Life and Death. Sir Oliver Lodge
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CHAPTER XXI TWO RATHER EVIDENTIAL SITTINGS BY O. J. L. ON 3 MARCH 1916
Anonymous Sitting of O. J. L. with Mrs. Clegg
EXTRACT FROM O. J. L.'S SITTING WITH MRS. LEONARD, FRIDAY, 28 JANUARY 1916
CHAPTER XXII MORE UNVERIFIABLE MATTER
Sitting with Mrs. Leonard at our Flat, Friday, 24 March 1916, from 5.45 p.m. to 8 p.m.
CHAPTER XXIII A FEW ISOLATED INCIDENTS
I. SIMULTANEOUS SITTINGS IN LONDON AND EDGBASTON
Special 'Honolulu' Test Episode
Sitting of Lionel and Norah with Mrs. Leonard in London, Friday, 26 May 1916, beginning 11.55 a.m.
II. IMPROMPTU MARIEMONT SITTING
IV. EPISODE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS
Remarks by O. J. L. in concluding Part II
CHAPTER I THE MEANING OF THE TERM LIFE
CHAPTER II THE MEANING OF THE TERM DEATH
APPENDIX ON FEELINGS WHEN DEATH IS IMMINENT
Preliminary Statement by O. J. L.
CHAPTER IV CONTINUED EXISTENCE
Difficulty of Belief in Continued Existence
CHAPTER V PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE
On the Possibility of Prognostication
CHAPTER VI INTERACTION OF MIND AND MATTER
CHAPTER VII 'RESURRECTION OF THE BODY'
CHAPTER IX LIFE AND CONSCIOUSNESS
CHAPTER X ON MEANS OF COMMUNICATION
CHAPTER XI ON THE FACT OF SUPERNORMAL COMMUNICATION
CHAPTER XIII ON THE MANNER OF COMMUNICATION
NOTE ON DIFFICULTY OF REMEMBERING NAMES
CHAPTER XIV VARIOUS PSYCHO-PHYSICAL METHODS
CHAPTER XV ATTITUDE OF THE WISE AND PRUDENT
CHAPTER XVI OUTLOOK ON THE UNIVERSE
CHAPTER XVII THE CHRISTIAN IDEA OF GOD A PLEA FOR SIMPLICITY
THIS book is named after my son who was killed in the War.
It is divided into three parts. In the first part some idea of the kind of life lived and the spirit shown by any number of youths, fully engaged in civil occupations, who joined for service when war broke out and went to the Front, is illustrated by extracts from his letters. The object of this portion is to engender a friendly feeling towards the writer of the letters, so that whatever more has to be said in the sequel may not have the inevitable dulness of details concerning an entire stranger. This is the sole object of this portion. The letters are not supposed to be remarkable; though as a picture of part of the life at the Front during the 1915 phase of the war they are interesting, as many other such letters must have been.
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