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to manifest itself or because we are incapable of understanding it�察�it has to 

be content with whatever comes to hand。 

     Besides�察�if we attribute too exclusively to the spirits that which comes 

from another quarter�察�the mistake is doubtless no great one in its eyes�察�for 

it is not madness to believe that it lives with that which does not die in the 

dead even as with that which does not die in ourselves�察�with that which 

does not descend into the grave even as with that which does not take flesh 

at the hour of birth。 



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     There   is   no   reason   therefore   to   condemn   the   other   theories   entirely。 

Most of them doubtless contain something more than a particle of truth�察�in 

particular�察   �the   great   quarrel   between     the   subconscious      school    and   the 

spiritualists   is   based   on   the   whole   upon   a   misunderstanding。   It   is   quite 

possible and even very probable that the dead are all around us�察�since it is 

impossible that the dead do not live。 Our subconsciousness must mingle 

with all that does not die in them�察�and that which dies in them or rather 

disperses     and    loses   all  its  importance     is  but   the   little  consciousness 

accumulated on this earth and kept up until the last hour by the frail bonds 

of   memory。   In   all   those   manifestations   of   our   unknown   guest�察  �it   is   our 

posthumous ego that already lives in us while we are still in the flesh and 

at moments joins that which does not die in those who have quitted their 

body。     Then    does    the   existence    of   our   unknown       guest   presume      the 

immortality of a part of ourselves�拭�Can one possibly doubt it�拭�Have you 

ever imagined that you   would perish entirely�拭�As   for me�察�what I   cannot 

picture is the manner in which you would picture that total annihilation。 

But�察�if you cannot perish entirely�察�it is no less certain that those who came 

before     you   have    not   perished     either�察 �and    hence    it  is  not  altogether 

improbable   that   we   may   be   able   to   discover   them   and   to   communicate 

with    them。    In   this  wider    sense�察   �the  spiritualistic    theory    is  perfectly 

admissible�察  �but   what   is   not   at   all   admissible   is   the   narrow   and   pitiful 

interpretation   which   its   proponents   too   often   give   it。   They   see   the   dead 

crowding   around   us   like   wretched   puppets   indissolubly   attached   to   the 

insignificant scene of their death by the thousand little threads of insipid 



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memories and infantile hobbies。 They  are supposed to   be here�察 �blocking 

up our   homes�察  �more   abjectly  human   than if   they  were   still   alive�察  �vague�察�

inconsistent�察�garrulous�察�derelict�察�futile and idle�察�tossing hither and thither 

their desolate shadows�察�which are being slowly swallowed up by silence 

and     oblivion�察   �busying     themselves      incessantly     with    what    no   longer 

concerns them�察�but almost incapable of doing us a real service�察�so much so 

that�察  �in  short�察  �they   would    end   by   persuading     us  that  death   serves   no 

purpose�察�that it neither purifies nor exalts�察�that it brings no deliverance and 

that it is indeed a thing of terror and despair。 



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     No�察�it is not the dead who thus speak and act。 Besides�察�why bring them 

into    the  matter    unnecessarily�拭     �I  could   understand     that   we   should    be 

obliged to do so if there were no similar phenomena outside them�察�but in 

the     intuition    and    clairvoyance       of   nonspiritualistic      mediums       and 

particularly     in   psychometry      we    obtain    communications        between     one 

subconsciousness   and   another   and   revelations   of   unknown�察  �forgotten   or 

future incidents   which are  equally  striking�察 �though stripped of   the   vapid 

gossip     and   tedium   reminiscences   with       which   we   are   overwhelmed        by 

defunct     persons    who    are   all  the  more    jealous   to  prove    their  identity 

inasmuch as they know that they do not exist。 

     It   is   infinitely    more     likely   that    there   is   strange     medley     of 

heterogeneous forces in the uncertain regions into which we are venturing。 

The     whole    of  this   ambiguous      drama�察   �with    its  incoherent    crowds�察    �is 

probably      enacted     round    about     the   dim    estuary    where     our   normal 

consciousness flows into our subconsciousness。 The consciousness of the 

mediumfor we must not forget that there is necessarily always a medium 

at   the   sources   of   these   phenomenathe   consciousness   of   the   medium�察�

obscured by the condition of trance but yet the only one that possesses our 

human      speech     and   can   make    itself   heard�察  �takes   in  first  and    almost 

exclusively   what   it   best   understands   and   what   most   interests   it   in   the 

stifled and mutilated revelations of our unknown guest�察�which for its part 

communicates with the dead and the living and everything that exists。 The 

rest�察�which is the only thing that matters�察�but which is less clear and less 



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vivid because it comes from afar�察�only very rarely makes its difficult way 

through       a   forest     of   insignificant      talk。    We     may     add     that    our 

subconsciousness�察        �as   Dr。   Geley     very   rightly    observes�察    �is  formed     of 

superposed elements�察�beginning with the unconsciousness that governs the 

instinctive   movements   of   the   organic   life   of   both   the   species   and        the 

individual and passing by imperceptible degrees till it rises to the superior 

psychism whose power and extent appear to have no bounds。 The voice of 

the   medium�察  �or   that   which   we   hear   within   ourselves   when�察  �at   certain 

moments of excitement or crisis in our lives�察�we become our own medium�察�

has    therefore    to  traverse    three   worlds     or  three   provinces�此    �that   of  the 

atavistic   instincts   which   connect   us   with   the   animal�察  �that   of   human   or 

empirical   consciousness�察  �and   lastly   that   of   our   unknown           guest   or   our 

superior   subconsciousness   which   links   us   to   immense   invisible   realities 

and which we may�察�if we wish�察�call divine or superhuman。 Hence it is not 

surprising       that    the    intermediary�察      �be    he     spiritualist�察   �autonomist�察�

palingenesist      or   what    he  will�察  �should    lose   himself    in  those    wild   and 

troubled eddies and that the truth or message which he brings us�察�tossed 

and   tumbled   in   every   direction�察  �should   reach   us   broken�察  �shattered   and 

pulverized beyond recognition。 

     For the rest�察�I repeat�察�were it not for the absurd prominence given to 

our dead in the spiritualistic interpretation�察�this question of origin would 

have little importance�察�since both life and death are incessantly joining and 

uniting     in   all  things。    There    are   assuredly     dead    people     in  all  these 

manifestations�察�seeing that we are full of dead people and that the greater 

part   of   ourselves   is   at   this   moment   steeped   in   death�察  �that   is   to   say�察  �is 

already living the boundless life that awaits us on the farther side of the 

grave。 



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     We     should    be   wrong�察    �however�察    �to   fix  all  our   attention    on   these 

extraordinary phenomena�察�either those with which we unduly connect the 

deceased   or   those no   less   striking ones   in   which   we   do   not   believe   that 

they    take   part。   They    are   evidently    precious     points   of   emergence      that 

enable us   approximately  to   mark   the  extent�察�the  forms   and   the  habits   of 



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our mystery。 But it is within ourselves�察�in the silence of the darkness of our 

being�察�where it is ever in motion�察�guiding our destiny�察�that we should strive 

to surprise that mystery and to discover it。 And I am not speaking only of 

the    dreams�察   �the   presumptions�察      �the  vague     intuitions�察  �the   room    or   less 

brilliant inspirations which are so many more manifestations�察�specific as it 

were and analogous with those that have occupied us。 There is another�察�a 

more   secret   and   much       more   active   existence      which   we   have     scarcely 

begun to study and which is�察�if we descend to the bed´rock of truth�察�our 

only   real   existence。   From   the   darkest   corners   of   our   ego   it   directs   our 

veritable life�察�the one that is not to die�察�and pays no heed to our thought or 

to anything emanating from our reason�察�which believes that it guides nor 

steps。 It alone knows the long past that preceded our birth and the endless 

future that will follow our departure from this earth。 It is itself that future 

and that past�察�all those from whom we have sprung and all those who will 

spring from  us。  It   represents the  individual   not only the  species   but that 

which      preceded     it  and   that  which     will   follow    it�察 �and   it  has  neither 

beginning nor end�此�that is why nothing touches it�察�nothing moves it which 

does   not   concern   that   which   it   represents。   When   a   misfortune   or   a   joy 

befall us�察�it knows their value instantly�察�knows

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