Transcriber's Note. A list of the changes made can be found at the end of the book. Mark-up: _italic_ =bold= THE DAY AFTER DEATH [Illustration] THE DAY AFTER DEATH OR Our Future Life according to Science TRANSLATED FROM THE FRENCH OF LOUIS FIGUIER _ILLUSTRATED BY TEN ASTRONOMICAL PLATES_ A NEW EDITION London MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1904 _Formerly published by Richard Bentley & Son. Reprinted 1904._ CONTENTS. PAGE INTRODUCTION 1 CHAPTER THE FIRST. MAN IS THE RESULT OF THE TRIPLE ALLIANCE OF THE BODY, THE SOUL, AND LIFE.--OF WHAT DOES DEATH CONSIST? 6 CHAPTER THE SECOND. WHAT BECOMES, AFTER DEATH, OF THE BODY, THE SOUL, AND LIFE? 9 CHAPTER THE THIRD. WHERE DOES THE SUPERHUMAN BEING RESIDE? 16 CHAPTER THE FOURTH. DO ALL MEN PASS AFTER DEATH TO THE STATE OF SUPERHUMAN BEINGS?--RE-INCARNATIONS OF PERVERSE SOULS.--RE-INCARNATION OF CHILDREN WHO HAVE DIED IN INFANCY 24 CHAPTER THE FIFTH. WHAT ARE THE ATTRIBUTES OF THE SUPERHUMAN BEING? PHYSICAL SHAPE, SENSES, DEGREE OF INTELLIGENCE.--FACULTIES OF THE SUPERHUMAN BEING 30 CHAPTER THE SIXTH. WHAT BECOMES OF THE SUPERHUMAN BEING AFTER DEATH?--DEATHS, RESURRECTIONS, AND NEW INCARNATIONS IN THE ETHEREAL SPACES 55 CHAPTER THE SEVENTH. PHYSICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION OF THE SUN 61 CHAPTER THE EIGHTH. THE SUN.--DEFINITIVE SOJOURN OF SOULS ARRIVED AT THE HIGHEST DEGREE OF THE CELESTIAL HIERARCHY.--THE SUN IS THE FINAL AND COMMON SOJOURN OF THE SOULS WHICH COME FROM THE EARTH.--PHYSICAL CONSTITUTION OF THE SUN.--THIS HEAVENLY BODY IS A MASS OF BURNING GAS 89 CHAPTER THE NINTH. THE INHABITANTS OF THE SUN ARE PURELY SPIRITUAL BEINGS.--THE SOLAR RAYS ARE EMANATIONS FROM SPIRITUAL BEINGS THAT LIVE IN THE SUN.--THESE BEINGS THUS PRODUCE VEGETABLE AND ANIMAL LIFE ON EARTH.--THE CONTINUITY OF SOLAR RADIATION, INEXPLICABLE BY PHYSICISTS, EXPLAINED BY EMANATIONS FROM THE SOULS OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE SUN.--THE WORSHIP OF FIRE, AND THE ADORATION OF THE SUN IN DIFFERENT NATIONS, ANCIENT AND MODERN 104 CHAPTER THE TENTH. WHAT ARE OUR RELATIONS WITH SUPERHUMAN BEINGS? 122 CHAPTER THE ELEVENTH. WHAT IS THE ANIMAL?--THE SOULS OF ANIMALS.--MIGRATIONS OF SOULS THROUGH THE BODIES OF ANIMALS 138 CHAPTER THE TWELFTH. WHAT IS THE PLANT?--THE PLANT CAN FEEL.--HOW DIFFICULT IT IS TO DISTINGUISH PLANTS FROM ANIMALS.--GENERAL CHAIN OF LIVING BEINGS 149 CHAPTER THE THIRTEENTH.