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PART ONE: NORMAL PORTION

CHAPTER I IN MEMORIAM

RAYMOND LODGE

EPITAPH ON MEMORIAL TABLET IN ST. GEORGE'S CHURCH, EDGBASTON

REMINISCENCES BY O. J. L.

A MOTHER'S LAMENT

EXTRACTS FROM PLATO'S DIALOGUE "MENEXENUS"

CHAPTER II LETTERS FROM THE FRONT

Letters from the Front in Flanders

[ To a Brother ]

NOTE BY O. J. L.

SOME MILITARY TERMS

[ To a Brother ]

Letter from Raymond to the Mother of an Officer Friend of his who had been Killed

NOTE BY O. J. L.

Letter from Raymond to Mrs. Fred Stratton, formerly Miss Marjorie Gunn

Telegram from the War Office

Telegram from the King and Queen

CHAPTER III LETTERS FROM OFFICERS

Letter From Lieutenant William Roscoe To Sir Oliver Lodge

Letter from Lieutenant Fletcher, Great Crosby, Liverpool

Letter from Lieutenant Case to Brodie

Letter from Lieutenant Case to Lady Lodge

Letter from Captain S. T. Boast

From Captain A. B. Cheves, R.A.M.C.

Letter from a Foreman Workman

PART TWO: SUPERNORMAL PORTION

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I ELEMENTARY EXPLANATION

Further Preliminary Explanation

CHAPTER II THE 'FAUNUS' MESSAGE

Preliminary Facts

Initial 'Piper' Message

Letter from Mrs. Verrall

NOTE BY O. J. L.

Additional Piper Script

CHAPTER III SEQUEL TO THE 'FAUNUS' MESSAGE

Extracts Relating to 'Myers' from Early Anonymous Sittings

CHAPTER IV THE GROUP PHOTOGRAPH

Extract from M. F. A. L.'s anonymous Sitting with Peters on 27 September 1915

Extract from the Record of O. J. L.'s Sitting with Mrs. Leonard, 3 December 1915

Copy of what was written by O. J. L. to Mr. Hill about the Photograph on the morning of Tuesday, 7 December 1915

CONFIRMATORY STATEMENTS

Further Information about the Photograph

SUMMARY

CALENDAR

CHAPTER V BEGINNING OF HISTORICAL RECORD OF SITTINGS

FIRST LETTER FROM MRS. KENNEDY TO O. J. L.

K. K.'s DESCRIPTION OF PAUL

First Sitting of any Member of the Family (Anonymous) with Mrs. Leonard

CHAPTER VI FIRST SITTING OF O. J. L. WITH MRS. LEONARD

O. J. L. at Mrs. Leonard's, Monday, 27 September 1915, 12 noon to 1 o'clock

CHAPTER VII FIRST PETERS SITTING (ANONYMOUS)

M. F. A. L. Sitting with A. Vout Peters, in Mrs. Kennedy's House, on 27 September 1915, at 3.30 p.m.

Appendix to First Peters Sitting

CHAPTER VIII A TABLE SITTING

Note by O. J. L. on Table Tiltings

Table Sitting with Mrs. Leonard, Tuesday, 28 September 1915, at 5.30 p.m.

Contemporary Annotations for Table Sitting on 28 September

Later Information

Note by O. J. L. about the name 'Norman'

Note on the name 'Mitchell' (added later)

CHAPTER IX ATTEMPTS AT STRICTER EVIDENCE

Second Table Sitting of O. J. L. and M. F. A. L. with Mrs. Leonard, 12 October 1915, 5.30 p. m.

Note on the Reminiscences awakened by the Words 'Argonauts' and 'Dartmoor'

General Remarks on this Type of Question

CHAPTER X RECORD CONTINUED

FROM O. J. L. AND M. F. A. L. SITTING WITH MRS. LEONARD, 22 OCTOBER 1915

CHAPTER XI FIRST SITTING OF ALEC (A. M. L.)

Introduction by O. J. L.

A. M. L.'s Remarks on the Sitting

Report of Peters Sitting in Mrs. Kennedy's Room, at 11 a.m. on Saturday, 23 October 1915

NOTE BY O. J. L.

CHAPTER XII GENERAL REMARKS ON CONVERSATIONAL REPORTS AND ON CROSS-CORRESPONDENCES

Note about the Meaning of Cross-Correspondence

General Note

CHAPTER XIII AN O. J. L. SITTING WITH PETERS

Anonymous O. J. L. Sitting with A. Vout Peters at 15 Devereux Court, Fleet Street, on Friday, 29 October 1915, from 10.30 to 11.45 a.m.

MOONSTONE'S' ACCOUNT OF HIMSELF

SUMMARY

CHAPTER XIV FIRST SITTING OF LIONEL (ANONYMOUS)

L. L.'s Sitting with Mrs. Leonard at her house, as a stranger, no one else being present, 12 o'clock, Wednesday, 17 November 1915.

Introduction by O. J. L.

Report by L. L.

CHAPTER XV SITTING OF M. F. A. L. WITH MRS. LEONARD

Sitting of M. F. A. L. with Mrs. Leonard at her house on Friday, 26 November 1915, from 3 to 4.30 p.m.

CHAPTER XVI O. J. L. SITTING OF DECEMBER 3

Sitting with Mrs. Leonard at her House on Friday, 3 December 1915, from 6.10 p.m. to 8.20 p.m.

CHAPTER XVII K. K. AUTOMATIC WRITING

CHAPTER XVIII FIRST SITTING OF ALEC WITH MRS. LEONARD

Alec's (A. M. L.'s) Sitting with Mrs. Leonard at her House on Tuesday Afternoon, 21 December 1915, 3.15 to 4.30 p.m.

Notes by O. J. L. on the A. M. L. Record

Appendix to Sitting of 21 December 1915

CHAPTER XIX PRIVATE SITTINGS AT MARIEMONT

Table Sitting in the Drawing-room at Mariemont, Thursday, 2 March 1916, about 6 p.m.

Table Sitting in the Drawing-Room at Mariemont, 9 p.m., Monday, 17 April 1916

SUMMERRLODGE.

WARNING

CHAPTER XX A FEW MORE RECORDS, WITH SOME UNVERIFIABLE MATTER

Non-Evidential Sitting of M. F. A. L. with Mrs. Leonard at her House on Friday, 4 February 1916, from 8.30 p.m. to 11.10 p.m.

Note by O. J. L.

CHAPTER XXI TWO RATHER EVIDENTIAL SITTINGS BY O. J. L. ON 3 MARCH 1916

Anonymous Sitting of O. J. L. with Mrs. Clegg

Sitting of O. J. L. with Mrs. Leonard at her House on Friday, 3 March 1916, from 9.15 p.m. to 11.15 p.m.

EXTRACT FROM O. J. L.'S SITTING WITH MRS. LEONARD, FRIDAY, 28 JANUARY 1916

CHAPTER XXII MORE UNVERIFIABLE MATTER

Sitting with Mrs. Leonard at our Flat, Friday, 24 March 1916, from 5.45 p.m. to 8 p.m.

CHAPTER XXIII A FEW ISOLATED INCIDENTS

I. SIMULTANEOUS SITTINGS IN LONDON AND EDGBASTON

Special 'Honolulu' Test Episode

Sitting of Lionel and Norah with Mrs. Leonard in London, Friday, 26 May 1916, beginning 11.55 a.m.

II. IMPROMPTU MARIEMONT SITTING

III. EPISODE OF 'MR. JACKSON'

IV. EPISODE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

Remarks by O. J. L. in concluding Part II

PART THREE: LIFE AND DEATH

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I THE MEANING OF THE TERM LIFE

Stages of Evolution

THREE EXPLANATORY NOTES

CHAPTER II THE MEANING OF THE TERM DEATH

APPENDIX ON FEELINGS WHEN DEATH IS IMMINENT

Preliminary Statement by O. J. L.

CHAPTER III DEATH AND DECAY

Transition

CHAPTER IV CONTINUED EXISTENCE

Difficulty of Belief in Continued Existence

CHAPTER V PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

On the Possibility of Prognostication

Reference to Special Cases

CHAPTER VI INTERACTION OF MIND AND MATTER

Meaning of the Term Body

Permanence of Body

CHAPTER VII 'RESURRECTION OF THE BODY'

CHAPTER VIII MIND AND BRAIN

The Seat of Memory

CHAPTER IX LIFE AND CONSCIOUSNESS

CHAPTER X ON MEANS OF COMMUNICATION

CHAPTER XI ON THE FACT OF SUPERNORMAL COMMUNICATION

CHAPTER XII ON THE CONTENTION THAT ALL PSYCHIC COMMUNICATIONS ARE OF A TRIVIAL NATURE AND DEAL WITH INSIGNIFICANT TOPICS

CHAPTER XIII ON THE MANNER OF COMMUNICATION

NOTE ON DIFFICULTY OF REMEMBERING NAMES

CHAPTER XIV VARIOUS PSYCHO-PHYSICAL METHODS

CHAPTER XV ATTITUDE OF THE WISE AND PRUDENT

Apologia

CHAPTER XVI OUTLOOK ON THE UNIVERSE

CHAPTER XVII THE CHRISTIAN IDEA OF GOD A PLEA FOR SIMPLICITY