Excerpt from The Spirit World: Its Inhabitants, Nature, and Philosophy The problems of the ages, have been, What are we? Whence came we? And, Whither are we bound? Of these the last is the most momentous, and it is the object of this work to aid in the solution of this problem so that other investigators may be assisted in advancing a step further, and in their turn enlighten the paths for others who may succeed them in exploring the realities and mysteries of that world to which we are all hastening, and of which even a little knowledge may be of service in preparing us for our introduction to it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.