FOREWORD

Since facts, no matter how prepared, clothed or presented, are the stepping stones and guiding stars to truth, light and vision, this work presented in the following pages is but a stepping stone for those who may desire to grasp, or those who are grasping the spiritual principles linking the past and present in a homogeneous ascendancy to that wonderful future and supreme hope life after death.

The work is incorporated as an autobiography consisting of two parts, the first dealing with events in my life while in the convent, and the second, with experiences as a medium and healer. No notoriety is expected, or inflated statements recorded; but, a presentation of the truths heretofore tabooed and retarded by the hands of opposition and prejudice which have occurred as personal incidents or achievements in my life.

An apology is necessary to the reader for not recording a more detailed account of my life. Owing to the circumstances of my early life living within the perpetual darkness of convent walls days, months and years passed in a monotonous procession, marked here and there with incidents unforgettable, which are stated in the work.

If the reader has any antipathy toward Spiritualism and challenges the veracity of the statements in this work, I would be pleased in every instance to give the names and addresses of the anonymous persons mentioned. The reason for preserving and withholding the name is simply a question of deference. People concerned if living might object to the use of their names, hence, I have taken the alternative of merely telling the incident but reserving the right of supplying the correct names.

Lastly, Spiritualism withholds nothing and emphatically demands the truth and nothing but the truth hence, if this work attracts and causes some sensible-minded individuals to see the light where darkness has heretofore existed, and furthermore causes them to enter circles the doorway to spiritual infoldment and knowledge in pursuit of further enlightenment, the effort spent in preparing this work will be well compensated.