Life and labor in the spirit world, Miss M. T. Shelhamer

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Author

Longley, Mary T. (Mary Theresa), 1853-1928

Title

Life and labor in the spirit world Being a description of localities, employments, surroundings, and conditions in the spheres.

Original Publication

United States: Colby & Rich,1885.

Credits

Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

BF: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Psychology, Philosophy, Psychoanalysis

Subject

Spirit writings

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 69716

Release Date

January 5, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.LIFE AND LABOR IN THE SPIRIT WORLD. BEING A DESCRIPTION OF LOCALITIES, EMPLOYMENTS, SURROUNDINGS, AND CONDITIONS IN THE SPHERES.
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.PART FIRST. — CHAPTER I. SPIRIT VIOLET. — SYMPATHY. — GIRLS. — OLD AGE. — CHAPTER II. SPIRIT ECHOES. — A MEETING OF MISSIONARY SPIRITS. — A SPIRIT RETURNS TO COMFORT HER MOTHER. — JUST RECOGNITION OF RETURNING SPIRITS. — CONSOLATORY THOUGHTS FOR BEREAVED MOTHERS. — THE MINISTRATION OF SPIRITS. — THE RAIN OF THE SUMMER-LAND. — HAPPINESS OF SPIRITS IN COMMUNING WITH FRIENDS ON EARTH. — POETRY OF THE SPIRIT SPHERES. — MY MOTHER. — CHAPTER III. REAL LIFE TN THE SPIRIT WORLD. — A DARKENED SPIRIT LED TO SEE THE LIGHT. — AN OUTCAST FROM EARTH RETURNS TO AID THE FALLEN. — UNSEEN HELPERS AT A CONFLAGRATION. — ADVENT OF A MORTAL INTO SPIRIT LIFE. — CHAPTER IV. ZENCOLLIA CITY AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. — A TEMPLE OF LEARNING. — HALL OF METAPHYSICS. — THE HALL OF LITERATURE. — THE HALL OF MUSIC. — SOCIAL LIFE IN ZENCOLLIA. — INTERIOR VIEW OF ZENCOLLIA. — A CONVOCATION OF WOMEN.—EQUALITY OF SEX. — DWELLERS IN ZENCOLLIA. — A SUBURBAN VIEW. — MY HOME; ITS LIFE AND ASSOCIATIONS. — CHAPTER V. PLACES I HAVE SEEN. — THE PEOPLE OF SPRING GARDEN CITY. — CHILDREN’S LYCEUM. — HARMONIAL CITY. — A MAGNIFICENT TEMPLE. — CITY OF JOY. — FLORALIA, THE VALLEY OF FLOWERS. — THE VALLEY OF DELIGHT. — THE HAPPY HUNTING GROUND OF THE INDIANS. — CHAPTER VI. SCENES AND INCIDENTS IN THE SPIRIT LAND. — TRIAL AND TRIUMPH. — A HOME FOR THE WEARY. — THE CONDITION OF ONE SELFISH ON EARTH. — FIRST STEPS TOWARD ENLIGHTENMENT. — ENFRANCHISEMENT OF A SPIRIT. — CHILDREN’S PROGRESSIVE LYCEUMS. — METHODS OF INSTRUCTION IN SPIRIT LYCEUMS. — A GOLDEN-CHAIN RECITATION. — CHAPTER VII. HOW SPIRITS WORK. — A SPIRIT MOTHER REFORMS HER WAYWARD SON. — A SPIRIT MOTHER RELIEVES AN IMPOVERISHED DAUGHTER. — PARENTS SUDDENLY BEREAVED. — THE FATHER’S GRIEF AFFECTS THE SPIRIT. — THE SPIRIT SEEKS TO MAKE HER PRESENCE KNOWN. — THE RECOGNITION AND ITS RESULTS. — CHAPTER VIII. AN ECHO FROM THE SUMMER-LAND. — THE LESSON OF SELF-SACRIFICE. — DAYS OF DARKNESS. — WORDS OF CHEER FROM THE SPIRIT LAND. — THE MISTS CLEARING AWAY. — CHAPTER IX. THE FORTUNES OF LITTLE GEORGIE. — SHADOWS ON EARTHLY PATHS. — A SPIRIT MOTHER LEADS HER CHILD. — VISIONS OF THE NIGHT. — DREAMS THAT APPEARED STRANGE. — THE STRANGE DREAMS FULFILLED. — CHAPTER X. LUCY AIKEN’S MISSION. — UNSEEN HELPERS. — A SPIRIT’S EFFORTS TO REACH HER FATHER. — THE LAST PENNY AND THE LAST APPEAL. — THE INFLUENCE OF THE SPIRIT BEGINS TO SHOW ITSELF. — THE SPIRIT DAUGHTER’S PRESENCE. — HAPPY RESULTS OF SPIRIT EFFORTS. — ANGEL VISITS NOT FEW NOR FAR BETWEEN — CHAPTER XI. EXPERIENCES IN SPIRIT LIFE. — THE VARIOUS CLASSES OF SPIRITS NEAR THE EARTH. — THE POWER AND EXTENT OF PERSONAL INFLUENCE. — BEULAH, A SPIRIT MISSIONARY — BEULAH’S SELF-SACRIFICING BENEFICENCE. — REFORMATION OF SPIRITS IN THE LOWER SPHERES. — ILLUSTRATIVE INSTANCE OF THE REFORMATION OF A SPIRIT. — THE WORK CARRIED TO COMPLETION. — THE REFORMED SPIRIT RETURNS TO EARTH TO REFORM OTHERS. — FIRST SENSATIONS UPON ENTERING SPIRIT LIFE. — THE ULTIMATE REIGN OF PEACE AND HAPPINESS ON EARTH. — CHAPTER XII. SANITARIUMS IN SPIRIT LIFE. — LOCALITIES AND CHARACTERISTICS. — METHODS OF TREATMENT. — MUSIC AS A MEANS OF RECUPERATION. — RESTORATION OF THE MENTALLY DISEASED. — IMPROVED MEDICAL TREATMENT ON EARTH. — ONE OF THE SANITARIUMS OF SPIRIT LIFE. — INTERESTING INCIDENT: A MOTHER FINDS HER CHILD. — CULTIVATION OF INHERENT TALENTS. — CHAPTER XIII. SURROUNDINGS AND CONDITIONS OF SPIRITS. — REASONS FOR DIFFERENT VIEWS OF SPIRIT SURROUNDINGS. — EARTHLY CONDITIONS THAT RETARD SPIRITUAL PROGRESS. — WORLDLY SUCCESS OFTEN A MISFORTUNE. — EARTHLY CONDITIONS CONTINUED IN SPIRIT LIFE. — AN ILLUSTRATION. — EXTERNAL SURROUNDINGS PRODUCED BY MENTAL CONDITIONS. — MATERIALISTIC SCIENTISTS IN SPIRIT LIFE. — THE DAWNING OF SPIRITUAL LIGHT. — THE LIBERAL-MINDED SCIENTIST. — CONTRASTED CAUSES AND EFFECTS. — THE SIMPLY INTELLECTUAL. — CHEERLESSNESS OF A WANT OF SPIRITUALITY. — BLENDING OF THE SPIRITUAL AND INTELLECTUAL. — HAPPINESS DERIVABLE ONLY FROM WITHIN. — THE HUMAN NATURE OF SPIRITS. — RIGHT AND WRONG STATES OF CONTENTMENT. — CHAPTER XIV. OUR CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETIES. — EARTHLY REFORMS ORIGINATE IN SPIRIT LIFE. — DIVISIONS OF SPIRIT MISSION OF LABOR. — WOMAN SUFFRAGE. — THE INDIANS. — PEACE ARBITRATION. — HEREDITY. — AN ORGANIZATION OF SPIRITS FOR THE ELEVATION OF EARTH’S INHABITANTS. — CARE AND PROTECTION OF MEDIUMS. — DEVELOPMENT OF NEW MEDIUMS. — “OUR CO-OPERATIVE SOCIETY.” — WHAT CONSTITUTES MEMBERSHIP. — ITS PLANS, PURPOSES, AND INFLUENCE.
5. 5.PART SECOND. — CHAPTER XV. INTRODUCTORY.—SPIRIT MAY. — THE COUNCIL OF THE FLOWERS. — FOR THE LITTLE ONES. — WHO CAN TELL? — WORK. — TO MY SISTER GENEVIEVE. — GRANDMA’S PET. — TWO BIRDIES. — EVENING. — THE AWAKENING OF THE FLOWERS. — BABY NELLIE. — A HAPPY NEW YEAR. — SNOW DROPS. — AN EVENING SONG. — CHILDREN. — SNOW FLAKES. — CHAPTER XVI. A STORY FOR THE CHILDREN. — CHAPTER XVII. THE CHILDREN OF THE SUMMER-LAND. — CHAPTER XVIII. LITTLE BERTIE AND OTHERS. — CHAPTER XIX. GOLDEN NEST AND OTHER PLACES. — HEAVENLY LOVE.
6. 6.PART THIRD. — CHAPTER XX. JOHN CRITCHLEY PRINCE.—HIS EXPERIENCES IN THE SPIRIT WORLD. — I COME TO THEE. — HEART TREASURES. — “AND HE WILL MAKE IT PLAIN.” — DOWN BY THE SEA. — COMING HOME. — A FRIEND’S ADVICE. — THE WELCOME ANGELS GIVE. — CHAPTER XXI. MY LIFE AND EXPERIENCES ON EARTH. — CHAPTER XXII. MY LIFE AND EXPERIENCES IN THE SPIRIT WORLD. — CHAPTER XXIII. THE POET’S COUNCIL. — CHAPTER XXIV. A VISIT TO ROBERT BURNS. — CHAPTER XXV. MY SPIRITUAL WORK

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