Published in 1871 | 470 pages | PDF reader required
PREFACE
Mine is the task of an amanuensis, writing that which is revealed to me. Doubtless I have often failed in my endeavour to comprehend the meaning of the impressions I have received, or in clothing them with appropriate words. I presume many questions remain unanswered. The field of inquiry is vast as space and time; and often there are not words to describe the spiritual realities and relations which hitherto have not been unfolded to mortal understanding.
I have faithfully, carefully, and conscientiously presented my impressions as they have been given me by my masters, the invisible spirits, claiming neither the honour nor dishonour pertaining thereto. I have written in hours of pleasure and of pain; when life was a joy, and when, overtasked, it became a weariness: but ever have I been cheered by the presence of spirit-friends, and, bathed in their magnetism, been supremely blessed. I cannot resist expressing my thanks to the many friends who have aided me in publishing and disseminating my previous works, and my appreciation of the kind words they have spoken and written. Many of them I may never meet on earth; but they will be ever cherished in most sacred remembrance, until we clasp each other's hands on the "Ever Green Mountains of Life."
H. T.
Boston, 1870.
