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 and different organs, through which the varying sensations may be manifested. Hence the eye, the ear, the nose, the mouth and the skin, with all their beautiful organic forms—forms as necessary in the spiritual as in the natural world.

The spiritual body has, therefore, its spiritual senses; its sight and hearing, its smell, its taste, its touch.

It is very difficult for persons trained in the old theology to believe they are dead, after they have passed permanently out of the natural into the spiritual world. They find themselves men as before, in form and structure, in functions, passions and opinions. They are surrounded by a visible universe built up of forms similar to those with which they are already familiar. Towns and cities tower upon the hill-tops or gleam by the sea; the road meanders in the meadow; the river ripples in the valley: the birds sing in the air; the flocks browse in the field; the mountains lift their azure pyramids to the sky; and a great sun shines serenely over all.

The new-comer from the earth, expecting to find himself a "disembodied spirit," gazes around in mute astonishment. He questions himself, into what other strange and beautiful physical world,