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A Theory of the Mechanism of Survival: The Fourth Dimension and Its Applications

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The author introduces and explains the concept of a fourth spatial dimension through geometrical analogy, then proposes a speculative hypothesis that phenomena associated with survival and psychic research may be interpreted as interactions with higher-dimensional space. He examines potential applications to reported mediumistic and postmortem phenomena, explores implications for vitality, will, and physical science, and considers a possible connecting mechanism and the religious consequences of the hypothesis. The work presents tentative arguments, acknowledges speculative limits, and concludes with a summary, appendix material, and final reflections.

INDEX

PAGE

Anæsthesia, 146, 147

Apologetics, Christian, 177

Apport.
Two-dimensional analogue of, 15, 16
Discussion of evidence for, 62, 73 sqq.

Astral plane, 35, 53

Aura, 142, 143, 161


Cantilever, Crawford's, 86-91, 145

Carrington, Hereward, 71, 74, 77, 113-141

Change—in a two dimensional world, 17, 20

Clairvoyance, 42, 48

Crawford, 86, 145, 147


Death. Loss of weight at, 143

Dimension. Definition of, 3

Direct Voice, 62

Disembodiment, cases of, 58, 150-154

Dreams, 54, 55

Electricity. Hinton's theories of, 127

Etheric double, 35, 62, 147-148

Energy, conservation of, 117, 120

Ether. Hinton's analogy, 127

Exteriorisation of Sensibility, 141


Faith and Reason, 169

Fatalism, 107-109

Flatland, 7


Geometry. Possible break down of, 124, 126


Hair-trigger theory, 116, 141

Hallucination, 50, 51

Hypothesis. Need of, 24-38
Valid, 29
True, 29

Hyslop, Dr., 77


Internal Vision, 46-49


Kilner, Dr., 142-143


Levitation, 86, 91, 145

Light. Theories, of 29, 30


Materialists, 32, 176, 177

Milan Committee, 83


Occultists 32, 34

One-dimensional space, 7


Palladino, Eusapia, 74, 83

Parallaxes, Negative, 126

Peters, Dr., 83

Phantasms, 52, 55, 57

Pogorelsky, 84

Poincaré, 124

Postvision, 42, 52

Prevision, 39, 42, 52, 103-107

Psycho-analysis, 55


Reason and Faith, 169

Reichenbach, 140

Relativity, 133-135

Religion, 32, 168-180

Richet, 31

Rotation in four space, 129


Sambor, 84

Secondary personality, 41

Sensibility. Exteriorisation of, 141

Slade, 64, 73 sqq.

Space. Objectivity of, 109-112

Spectrum, 43

Symmetry, 131-133


Telekinesis, 39, 86

Telepathy, 39, 41

Television, 46, 48, 111

Tesseract, 188, 189, 191

Theologians, 32

Theosophists, 35, 159, 160

Time, 92-103
Measurement of, 94
Bergson's views on, 96, 98
Subjective, 99

Two-dimensional world, analogy of, 7 sqq.


Ultra-violet light, 43, 144, 160


Vitality, 113-141

Vortices. Four-dimensional, 127


Will, 113-141


Zero-dimensional space, 7

Zöllner, 1, 62, 73 sqq.

E. AUSTIN AND SON, LTD.,

PRINTERS,

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