The demonism of the ages, spirit obsessions so common in spiritism, oriental and occidental occultism / by J.M. Peebles.

  • Peebles, J. M. (James Martin), 1822-1922.
Date:
[1904]
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Credit: The demonism of the ages, spirit obsessions so common in spiritism, oriental and occidental occultism / by J.M. Peebles. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    life’s work well done, I say in my soul,—hasten the glad hour of deliverance, for a death spasm is but an uplift to a higher and better stage of existence. Dying is as en¬ chanting as bird-music in leafy June,—golden as a sun¬ set in a sapphire sea of evergreen isles. As my years lengthen, and I come nearer the translation, my heart sings like a wind-harp in calm, complacent joy. Perfect rest, perfect peace is not obtainable in the body. Wandering in lands afar, and drinking from many fountains, I still sought for more crystal waters. Feasting at many luxuriant banquets, I still hungered for that inspirational bread that comes daily out of heaven. Listening to the solos and orchestras that cheer church and palace, I cried out all the more for those fascinating melodies that thrill with joy and ecstasy unspeakable, the blessed homes of the angels. Earth’s incompleteness saddens, tires me. Tarry not, 0 beautiful death angel, for under your mask is the majesty of immortality. Often the restful face of the corpse is wreathed in a subdued smile, caused by a rift in the cloud, a glimpse of loving, waiting spirit friends. This is the glorious victory of Spiritualism. Bearing Testimony. Hundreds of preachers in recent years have borne and are bearing testimony to the truth of a conscious converse between the worlds material and spiritual. The Rev. H. W. Momerie, late professor of logic and metaphysics in King’s College, London, exclaimed in a sermon: “I say Christ’s Christianity, for there are plenty of Christianities in the world. But Christ’s consists in