that there is something higher than his mountains, and
more precious than his yaks, then to that extent it is
good. We must not be censorious in such matters.

There is one point which may be mentioned here
which is at first startling and yet must commend itself
to our reason when we reflect upon it. This is the
constant assertion from the other side that the newly
passed do not know that they are dead, and that it is a
long time, sometimes a very long time, before they can
be made to understand it. All of them agree that this
state of bewilderment is harmful and retarding to the
spirit, and that some knowledge of the actual truth
upon this side is the only way to make sure of not
being dazed upon the other. Finding conditions
entirely different from anything for which either
scientific or religious teaching had prepared them, it
is no wonder that they look upon their new sensations
as some strange dream, and the more rigidly orthodox
have been their views, the more impossible do they find
it to accept these new surroundings with all that they
imply. For this reason, as well as for many others,
this new revelation is a very needful thing for
mankind. A smaller point of practical importance is
that the aged should realise that it is still worth
while to improve their minds, for though they have no
time to use their fresh knowledge in this world it will
remain as part of their mental outfit in the next.

As to the smaller details of this life beyond, it