Excerpt from Realms of the Living Dead: A Brief Description of Life After Death AS far as we are aware no previous attempt has been made to Classify the various regions of the Astral World on any logical or scientific basis. We therefore endeavor to present the subject in a way that can be readily grasped, not only by students of the occult, but by the average intelligent reader. Although there is no sharp demarcation between the Realms herein described, they are not entirely arbitrary divisions, for they follow and correspond to the seven-fold division of man and nature so well known to students. We are well aware that there is a certain group of mental scientists, such as the followers of Hudson, Warman, etc., who consider all manifestations of the Astral World as due to the subconscious mind, suggestion, auto-suggestion, telepathy from the liv ing, hypnosis, etc. While we cheerfully admit the influence of all these factors, as described herein, they still leave unexplained large gaps in our knowl edge Of the Astral World and much of the undeniable phenomena unaccounted for. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.