COMMUNICATIONS FROM THE SPIRIT WORLD.—Remarks introductory to my spirit father’s communication—My father’s communication—Communication from a spirit son of the author—Additional communications from spirits who died while infants—Communication from a very young spirit child to its parents 85 OF SPIRITUAL BIRTH.—Narratives given by spirits of their translation to the spirit world—Narrative of his spiritual birth, by W. W., a most benevolent spirit—The spirit Maria’s narrative—My sister’s account of her translation to the spirit world—My brother’s account of his spiritual birth, &c. 101 CONVOCATION OF SPIRITS.—Sixty-four queries addressed to a convocation of worthies from the spirit world; also their replies to the same, (through the mediumship of Mrs. Gourlay,) confirmed under conditions which no mortal could pervert 113 EXPOSITION OF THE INFORMATION RECEIVED FROM THE SPIRIT WORLD 119 APOLOGY FOR MY CONVERSION.—Reasons for my change of opinion, and belief in the existence and agency of spirits—On the whereabout of heaven—Correspondence with Mr. Holcomb, of Southwick, Massachusetts 125 MORAL INFLUENCE OF SPIRITUALISM 136 THE HEAVEN AND HELL OF SPIRITUALISM CONTRASTED WITH THE HEAVEN AND HELL OF SCRIPTURE 141 INSTINCTIVE IMPRESSION AS TO HEAVEN BEING OVERHEAD.—Discordance as to the whereabout of the scriptural heaven 149 “THE TRUE DOCTRINE.”—The Rev. H. Harbaugh’s opinion respecting heaven 151 OF MEDIUMSHIP 159 OF COUNTER-MEDIUMSHIP.—On the influence of the ill-treatment of media on spiritual manifestations—The author’s discovery of his powers as a medium 166 ON PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLANATIONS OF SPIRITUAL MANIFESTATIONS 168 ALPHABETIC CONVERSE WITH SPIRITS.—Modern process for alphabetic converse with spirits as new as that of electric telegraph 173 INFLUENCE OF MUNDANE WEALTH IN THE WORLD TO COME.—According to the spiritual code, riches elevate or degrade according to the morality displayed in their acquisition and employment 176 MRS. GOURLAY’S NARRATIVE OF HER CONVERSION TO SPIRITUALISM 179 PRACTICAL BENEFIT OF SPIRITUALISM.—Illustration of the practical benefit of Spiritualism, in the happiness imparted by the conversion of an unbeliever to a belief in immortality—Letter from a spirit daughter—Correspondence with a spirit brother 192 MARRIAGE ON EARTH AND IN HEAVEN.—The hymeneal tie in the spirit world grows out of the necessity of the connubial union in the mundane sphere—“Free Love” imputation refuted 204