Transcriber’s Note: struck-through text is indicated ~like this~. THE SEVEN PURPOSES _The_ SEVEN PURPOSES _An Experience in Psychic Phenomena_ BY MARGARET CAMERON [Illustration] _Harper & Brothers Publishers New York and London_ THE SEVEN PURPOSES Copyright, 1918, by Harper & Brothers Printed in the United States of America Published October, 1918 “_That is what we hope to establish as a recognized truth in your life there; that a force as yet unknown to science is operating between the planes, and can be developed and used in your life._” “_A force compared to which electricity is spring water._” “_Some day your scientists will discover and prove by experiment certain laws now unrecognized._” “_If you will only believe and know that I am not dead._” “_Come, all ye who struggle and strive! Perceive once and forever the purpose of life. Join now the forces of construction, and bring to all men brotherhood._” “_A great brotherhood is only possible when its component parts are great._” “_Forget the class and remember the man. Forget the price and remember the pearl. Forget the labor and remember the fruit. Forget the temple and remember God._” INTRODUCTION Twenty-five years or more ago my attention was attracted to the entertaining possibilities of a planchette, and, like other young persons, I played with one at intervals for several years. Like others, also, I speculated concerning the source of the remarkable statements sometimes obtained in this way, but the assumption that these statements were dictated by disembodied personalities always seemed to me rather absurd. At no time has my interest in the matter been sufficient to lead me to read anything describing or discussing psychic phenomena, with the exception of an occasional magazine article. Neither have I read philosophies to any extent. I have been always a busy person, taking life at first hand, without much regard to what students have said about it. Such faith as I have had in anything, human or divine, has been based upon works, and, without convincing demonstration, it has been impossible for me to be sure that individual life continued.