Sir Oliver Lodge

Life and Death


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href="#ulink_6fdf5ab6-fd59-5ae8-a066-6bc49c7985f3">Non-Evidential Sitting of M. F. A. L. with Mrs. Leonard at her House on Friday, 4 February 1916, from 8.30 p.m. to 11.10 p.m.

       Note by O. J. L.

       CHAPTER XXI TWO RATHER EVIDENTIAL SITTINGS BY O. J. L. ON 3 MARCH 1916

       Anonymous Sitting of O. J. L. with Mrs. Clegg

       Sitting of O. J. L. with Mrs. Leonard at her House on Friday, 3 March 1916, from 9.15 p.m. to 11.15 p.m.

       EXTRACT FROM O. J. L.'S SITTING WITH MRS. LEONARD, FRIDAY, 28 JANUARY 1916

       CHAPTER XXII MORE UNVERIFIABLE MATTER

       Sitting with Mrs. Leonard at our Flat, Friday, 24 March 1916, from 5.45 p.m. to 8 p.m.

       CHAPTER XXIII A FEW ISOLATED INCIDENTS

       I. SIMULTANEOUS SITTINGS IN LONDON AND EDGBASTON

       Special 'Honolulu' Test Episode

       Sitting of Lionel and Norah with Mrs. Leonard in London, Friday, 26 May 1916, beginning 11.55 a.m.

       II. IMPROMPTU MARIEMONT SITTING

       III. EPISODE OF 'MR. JACKSON'

       IV. EPISODE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS

       Remarks by O. J. L. in concluding Part II

       PART THREE: LIFE AND DEATH

       INTRODUCTION

       CHAPTER I THE MEANING OF THE TERM LIFE

       Stages of Evolution

       THREE EXPLANATORY NOTES

       CHAPTER II THE MEANING OF THE TERM DEATH

       APPENDIX ON FEELINGS WHEN DEATH IS IMMINENT

       Preliminary Statement by O. J. L.

       CHAPTER III DEATH AND DECAY

       Transition

       CHAPTER IV CONTINUED EXISTENCE

       Difficulty of Belief in Continued Existence

       CHAPTER V PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE

       On the Possibility of Prognostication

       Reference to Special Cases

       CHAPTER VI INTERACTION OF MIND AND MATTER

       Meaning of the Term Body

       Permanence of Body

       CHAPTER VII 'RESURRECTION OF THE BODY'

       CHAPTER VIII MIND AND BRAIN

       The Seat of Memory

       CHAPTER IX LIFE AND CONSCIOUSNESS

       CHAPTER X ON MEANS OF COMMUNICATION

       CHAPTER XI ON THE FACT OF SUPERNORMAL COMMUNICATION

       CHAPTER XII ON THE CONTENTION THAT ALL PSYCHIC COMMUNICATIONS ARE OF A TRIVIAL NATURE AND DEAL WITH INSIGNIFICANT TOPICS

       CHAPTER XIII ON THE MANNER OF COMMUNICATION

       NOTE ON DIFFICULTY OF REMEMBERING NAMES

       CHAPTER XIV VARIOUS PSYCHO-PHYSICAL METHODS

       CHAPTER XV ATTITUDE OF THE WISE AND PRUDENT

       Apologia

       CHAPTER XVI OUTLOOK ON THE UNIVERSE

       CHAPTER XVII THE CHRISTIAN IDEA OF GOD A PLEA FOR SIMPLICITY

      THIS book is named after my son who was killed in the War.

      It is divided into three parts. In the first part some idea of the kind of life lived and the spirit shown by any number of youths, fully engaged in civil occupations, who joined for service when war broke out and went to the Front, is illustrated by extracts from his letters. The object of this portion is to engender a friendly feeling towards the writer of the letters, so that whatever more has to be said in the sequel may not have the inevitable dulness of details concerning an entire stranger. This is the sole object of this portion. The letters are not supposed to be remarkable; though as a picture of part of the life at the Front during the 1915 phase of the war they are interesting, as many other such letters must have been.

      The second