The Washington times., 1920-03-29

definite description OF heaven will be
gained from the quoted spirit mes
sages TO follow.
Mrs. De Koven's sister, during one
sitting. related her experience during
the hrst moments after her physical
death she described death came TO
her. Just as II must come TO each and
every one OF us; that she rebelled at
the separation OF the soul from the
body, and OF her reception into
heaven, The message, as quoted In
the book. follows:
Food Is given to material spirits:
sort OF haky stun like snow was
given 10 me. (Shows a vision OF her
body PROSTATE with someone bending
over her, feeding her this snowy mix
ture.) A blow, as II / had been
knocked down, Frustrated. This re-
viyed me and enabled me to collect
myself. Frustrated by the shock OF
going over suddenly"
Assuming that the book Is correct.
death then must come as a sudden
was asked: 'Avho gave you this
food?" The answer came through the
medium:
"SpiritA" Clad In White.
"a man with gray beard and clad
in white garment. He chose to
assume this venerable appearance be-
cause IL was more comforting. The
first thing l saw latter physical
death) was this venerable man. Then
to my restricted vision there appeared
relays OF benign spirits whom l first
took to be nurses, as they were clad
In white. They bent over me and
ministered to me In words OF inc fable
sweetness and wisdom, explaining
that death was like birth. eptailing a
separation from previous conditions.
"A wrench.
81 rebeiled against the necessity OF
the separability OF the soul from the
body. tried to express my unwiil-
ingness to accept this, my horror at
the operation, In vain pantomime.
Then In an instant response to
this mute appeal appeared my parents
and my brother. They bent over me.
and at first sight l thought they were
whispering. Then perceived strange.
delicate sounds. liquid. yet vibrant,
which did not strike upon my audi
tory nerves. but pierced to tn" center
OF the brain. They were like no
earthly sounds, and / perceived that
they revealed their command over the
telepathic means Of communication"
sired to come back. Mrs. de Koven's
sister said through the medium:
mo. for / realize that ! cannot
come back and I have accepted the
Inevitable"
On another occasion, the medium
received this message:
THE Christ spirit pervades the
universe from darkest depths OF the
earth to celestial spheres"
"Do any souls see Christi" was the
question put. bringing the reply:
None that ] have ever met have
seen Him
Come From Other Planets.
Tho next question was: "Do souls
go from one planet to another
The answer was:
simultaneously Mercury, Venus.
the Earth and Mars disgorge into
eternity. The earth contains rarer
specimens of mental eNuberance
than planets in the descending scale
from the sun. Hence. the origin OF
the sun and light worshippers
Ethereal beings may enjoy a plunge
through the orbits OF various plan
cts, but earthly development makes
unnecessary a sojourn upon another
planet"
in one message. replying to the
question or government IN heaven,
thecsister said zone o. the FIRST laws
is that OF harmony" 1t was on this
occasion that temples of learning,
presided over by professors or mas
ters" was disclosed.
There are several instances where
the merriment of the departed is re-
corded. One one occasion Mrs. de
Koven says her mother sent The fol-
lowing message:
Il have learned that religion is
not of necessity serious. come
to you nowoxith a playfulness diffi.
cult for you to understand.