In giving the following record of life beyond the grave, I shall endeavor to give it exactly as it was revealed to me by one who passed beyond this vale of tears several years ago.

The person referred to was, for many years before his release from this earth, in close communion with me and we were in perfect harmony of both mind and spirit. So closely did our minds accord that either had but to think and mentally express a wish and the other recognized it and responded.

We both felt satisfied that the truth regarding the after life had never been told, that it is barely imagined by the few and that the vast multitude are in absolute ignorance of what awaits them beyond the border. It is true that what we call instinct constantly urges us to expect a future life, but of what character or where, that has been the unanswerable question.

Much did my companion and I dwell upon this subject, with little result except to confirm our belief in a definite place to which we would go when we stepped out of this house of flesh. Believing it just as reasonable for two souls in harmony to communicate with each other after death as on the earth plane, we formed a compact, agreeing that the one who passed out of the material body first, should at the first opportunity communicate with the other and reveal to him what he had learned of the after life.

My companion passed from this life peacefully and without regret, assuring me that he would keep his promise. His passing brought me not a moment of sorrow, so confident was I that it was not a permanent separation, but only a spiritual transformation.

While from time to time I have had, to me, satisfactory evidence of his continued harmony and closeness to me, it was ten years before a communication came sufficiently strong for me to take it down in detail. In the many soul talks between us during the past year he transmitted to me the information I am now writing. Careful note was made of each communication and on comparing them I find no contradiction of any previous statement; each rather served to strengthen and prove the truth of the others. I recorded this information exactly as it was given to me and I am giving it to the public because I believe it solves humanity's greatest question. Because I think it will make clear to us our duty to self and to others. Because it will serve to make each man and woman who reads it a better being. Because it points out the way to the greatest happiness thro' a certainty of a future and greater life to come. Because it teaches us that we are the makers of our own destiny, here and hereafter; that we can be what we really desire to be.