Ithasbeenshownthatthereissomegoodevidencefortheexistenceofthissecondbodyapartfrompsychicreligion，buttothosewhohaveexaminedthatreligionitisthecentreofthewholesystem，sufficientlyrealtoberecognisedbyclairvoyants，tobeheardbyclairaudients，andeventomakeanexactimpressionuponaphotographicplate。Ofthelatterphenomenon，ofwhichIhavehadsomeveryparticularopportunitiesofjudging，IhavenomoredoubtthanIhaveoftheordinaryphotographyofcommerce。
Ithadalreadybeenshownbytheastronomersthatthesensitizedplateisamoredelicaterecordinginstrumentthanthehumanretina，andthatitcanshowstarsuponaPage59
longexposurewhichtheeyehasneverseen。Itwouldappearthatthespiritworldisreallysoneartousthataverylittleextrahelpundercorrectconditionsofmediumshipwillmakeallthedifference。Thustheplate，insteadoftheeye，maybringthelovedfacewithintherangeofvision，whilethetrumpet，actingasamegaphone，maybringbackthefamiliarvoicewherethespiritwhisperwithnomechanicalaidwasstillinaudible。
Soloudmaythelatterphenomenonbethatinonecase，ofwhichIhavetherecord，thedeadman’sdogwassoexcitedathearingoncemorehismaster’svoicethathebrokehischain，anddeeplyscarredtheoutsideoftheseanceroomdoorinhiseffortstoforceanentrance。
Now，havingsaidsomuchofthespiritbody，andhavingindicatedthatitspresenceisnotvouchedforbyonlyonelineofevidenceorschoolofthought，letusturntowhathappensatthetimeofdeath，accordingtotheobservationofclairvoyantsonthissideandtheposthumousaccountsofthedeadupontheother。Itisexactlywhatweshouldexpecttohappen，grantedthedoubleidentity。InapainlessandnaturalprocessPage60