Published in 1922 | 266 pages | PDF reader required
FOREWORD
This book is not for sale. It will not be found on any bookstand. It has only one excuse for being in print. During the many psychic readings which I have had, and the many "circles" and "séances" which I have attended, friends from "the other side" have asked me to show their loved ones on this side how to reach them and how to communicate with them. These are supplications from those on the spirit side of life anxious to make known their continued existence to friends on the earth plane. They involve so many persons still in the flesh that the only way they can be reached, and convinced, is to distribute the evidence among them in this way. The copies go most entirely to my own personal friends. They know me and have
confidence in my sanity and veracity, and when I say that the book cannot be bought at any price they will know that I have no pecuniary gain to expect from its publication. I am trying to carry out an obligation to friends "beyond the veil." Their friends on this side can take advantage of it or not, as they please. That's up to them.
Just a word as to the method of preparing the record: The psychic readings were all given in daylight. These were sometimes written down in full in shorthand at the time of delivery. At other times I merely made sufficient memoranda of the message and wrote it out after leaving the psychic. In the case of dark room séances, immediately after the séance was over I made memoranda of the important points while they were still fresh in my memory; then completed the record from these memoranda after reaching my room or office.
The point I wish to emphasize is that while much of the matter obtained during a period of many months would necessarily have to be omitted because of the immense volume it would make, there is no matter in the record that was not actually delivered in the psychic reading or the séance room.
There are some mediums who seem to be unable to keep from injecting their personality into a message, and where the message is not clear to them are inclined to fill it out themselves either from the conscious or sub-conscious mind. There are others who will not deliver anything in a message which does not clearly come to them "from the other side." I have had many readings from psychics and attended many séances where the message lacked the stamp of genuineness. In all such cases I have eliminated the message from the record entirely. I could well afford to do this in view of the fact that no part of this record was originally prepared for the benefit of any one except myself, and I am indifferent to the opinion and criticisms of those who do not care to accept it as authentic.
The Author
