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Ah, I thought, what a pity that that fact, if no other in the great economy of heaven, could not be proclaimed to the inhabitants of earth  How it would do away with the petty contentions, jealousies and rivalries of the church militant  No creeds in heaven  No controverted points of doctrine  No charges of heresy brought by one professed Christian against another  No building up of one denomination upon the ruins or downfall of a different sect  But one great universal brotherhood whose head is Christ, and whose cornerstone is Love. Do our souls survive death? Spiritualist literature is replete with affirmations transmitted to us through the minds and pens of those who have the ability to receive such information. In addition, we have countless near-death testimonies, among which Intra Muros can be categorized. It is hoped that this little book will provide the reader a satisfying glimpse of the joys and wonders that lie in store for us the next world. * * * The Life on Other Worlds Series is a selection of classic accounts of the afterlife and otherworldly life. Descriptions vary, yet a thread of similarity runs through them all. 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It was first published as four separate books: The Lowlands of Heaven (1920), The Highlands of Heaven (1920), The Ministry of Heaven (1921), and The Battalions of Heaven (1921). This volume combines all four works, and includes revised and standardized introductory pages. As described by Editor H. W. Engholm in his introduction to Book I, The Life Beyond the Veil brings us face to face with a Spiritual Universe of unimaginable immensity and grandeur, with sphere upon sphere of the realms of light which stretch away into infinity. We are told that those who have passed from our earth life inhabit the nearer spheres, amid surroundings not wholly dissimilar from those they have known in this world; that at death we shall enter the sphere for which our spiritual development fits us. There is to be no sudden change in our personality. We shall not be plunged into forgetfulness. A human being is not transformed into another being. . . . 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