XX. A FEW MORE RECORDS, WITH SOME UNVERIFIABLE MATTER 226 XXI. TWO EVIDENTIAL SITTINGS OF MARCH 3 237 XXII. MORE UNVERIFIABLE MATTER 262 XXIII. A FEW ISOLATED INCIDENTS 271 PART THREE: LIFE AND DEATH INTRODUCTION 283 I. THE MEANING OF THE TERM LIFE 289 II. THE MEANING OF THE TERM DEATH 296 III. DEATH AND DECAY 302 IV. CONTINUED EXISTENCE 308 V. PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE 312 VI. INTERACTION OF MIND AND MATTER 317 VII. 'RESURRECTION OF THE BODY' 322 VIII. MIND AND BRAIN 326 IX. LIFE AND CONSCIOUSNESS 332 X. ON MEANS OF COMMUNICATION 338 XI. ON THE FACT OF SUPERNORMAL COMMUNICATION 345 XII. ON THE CONTENTION THAT ALL PSYCHIC COMMUNICATIONS ARE OF A TRIVIAL NATURE AND DEAL WITH INSIGNIFICANT TOPICS 349 XIII. ON THE MANNER OF COMMUNICATION 355 XIV. VARIOUS PSYCHO-PHYSICAL METHODS 362 XV. ATTITUDE OF THE WISE AND PRUDENT 367 XVI. OUTLOOK ON THE UNIVERSE 374 XVII. THE CHRISTIAN IDEA OF GOD 378 INDEX 397 ILLUSTRATIONS RAYMOND _Frontispiece_ PAGE RAYMOND WHEN TWO YEARS OLD 8 RAYMOND, 1915 78 GROUP OF OFFICERS, AS SENT US BY MRS. CHEVES ON DECEMBER 7, 1915, SHOWING AN ARM RESTING ON RAYMOND'S SHOULDER 110 ANOTHER EDITION OF THE GROUP-PHOTOGRAPH, WITH LEG TOUCHING SHOULDER INSTEAD OF HAND 112 GROUP SUBSEQUENTLY OBTAINED, EVIDENTLY TAKEN AT THE SAME TIME, BUT PRESSURE ON SHOULDER REMOVED 114 MARIEMONT 224 RAYMOND AND BRODIE WITH THE PIGEONS AT MARIEMONT 224 LARGE DOUBLE-COMPARTMENT TENT IN ITS FIRST FORM (1905) (BUILT AT MARIEMONT AND TAKEN TO WOOLACOMBE) 250 THE TENT IN ITS SECOND FORM (1906) MADE OUT OF THE REMAINS OF THE FIRST 250 FIRST EDITION OF THE SANDBOAT (1906) AT WOOLACOMBE, WITH ALEC ON BOARD 252 RISING GROUND BEHIND OLDER TENTS ON WOOLACOMBE BEACH 252