The soul is always affected by the remembrance by those whom they loved and cared for during their Earth Life, far more than the ordinary person has any idea; for, if they are happy on earth, this remembrance adds to their happiness; if they were unhappy or had great misfortune and sorrow on earth it affords them much consolation to know that they are remembered by their friends and loved ones after they have passed to Spirit Life. Every Soul is attracted toward its friends upon the earth by the return of the day which in some countries, especially India, is consecrated to the memory of those who have passed to Spirit Life, and they always make it a point to go and mingle with those who on that day go to pray beside the graves where their mortal remains are interred, as every spirit or soul will readily answer to the call of affectionate remembrance on that day, as they do at any other time. Spirits ofttimes go to the cemeteries when called there by the thoughts of a loved one who may go to sorrow over their grave, but no spirit will go to a cemetery for any other than their friends.

Upon spirits coming to these places, if they were to render themselves visible to their friends, their form and appearance would be the same as during their Earth Life, Spirits who are forgotten and whose graves no one ever visits, and for whom no one has any affection, very seldom ever visit their graves, because there is nothing to attract or attach them to it Whenever a friend or loved one visits the grave of the dead it is a sign given to the spirit that he is not forgotten; but it is deep prayer that sanctifies the action of the memories; the place where it is offered is of little importance, whether it be at home or in the cemetery. Whenever head stones, monuments or statues are erected at the graves of the dead their spirits are present at this time and can witness these ceremonies with pleasure and satisfaction, greatly to the envy of the more unfortunate in Spirit Life, but some spirits, of course, attach less importance to the honors paid to them than to the remembrance in which they are held

Some spirits desire to be buried in one place rather than another. This, of course, is a sign of inferiority on the part of a spirit that he should attribute importance to a matter purely material. To an elevated spirit one spot of earth is the same as another, and he realizes that his soul will be united with those whom he loves, even though their bones are separated; consequently it is unnecessary to bring together the mortal remains of all members of a family in the same burial lot, as this reunion is of very little importance to spirits, but it is useful to those whose remembrance of the spirits who have gone before them is thus strengthened and rendered more serious.

Every soul upon its return to spirit life is gratified by the honors paid to its mortal remains. However, when a spirit has reached a certain degree of advancement it becomes purified from the terrestrial vanities, for it comprehends their futility. But there are many spirits who, in the early periods of their return to immortal life, take great pleasure in the honors paid to their memory, or they are much disturbed and concerned at finding themselves completely forgotten, for they still retain some of the false ideas they held during their Earth Life. Many spirits attend their own funeral, but in some cases, without really understanding what is going on, being, of course, still in that state of confusion that always follows death. They, of course, feel more or less flattered by the presence of a large number of persons at their funeral. Especially so if it is pure sentiment that has brought them together. Spirits are mostly always present at the meeting of their heirs, especially where there has been a will left for the disposition of their property and earthly possessions. Providence has so ordained it for the spirit's own instruction and for the chastisement of selfishness.

The deceased is thus enabled to judge of the worth of the many protestations of affection and devotion addressed to them during their earth life; their disappointment on witnessing the rapacity of those who dispute the property they have left is often very great; however, the punishment of their greedy heirs will fall to them in due time. The respect which mankind, in all ages and among all people, has always instinctively shown to the dead, is to be attributed to an intuitive belief in a future state of existence. The one, of course, is the natural consequence of the other; for were it not for this belief such respect would have neither object or meaning. Two souls who have known and loved each other upon the earth plane may meet and recognize one another upon the Astral Plane. The attraction resulting from the ties of a previous existence upon the earth plane is often the cause of the most intimate unions of a subsequent existence. It often happens upon the earth plane that two persons are attracted together by conditions which appear to be merely fortuitous, but this is really due to the attraction exercised upon one another by two spirits who are unconsciously seeking each other amidst the crowds by whom they are surrounded.

Two spirits existing upon the Astral Plane who are in harmony naturally seek one another, even if they have not been previously acquainted with each other upon the earth plane. The instinctive repulsion sometimes excited in persons Who see each other for the first time is due to the latent antipathy of their spirits, who divine each other's nature and recognize one another without the need of speaking together. This instinctive antipathy of course cannot always be taken as a sign of an evil nature on the part of one or both of the parties who feel it, as two spirits are not necessarily evil because they are not sympathetic, as this antipathy may have its origin from a want of similarity in their way of thinking. But in spirit life as the soul ascends these degrees of difference are effaced and their antipathy will disappear. On the Astral Plane an evil spirit feels an antipathy against any person who is able to judge and unmask him. On meeting such a spirit for the first time he knows that he will be disapproved by him, and his repulsion changes into hatred or jealousy and inspires him with a desire of doing harm to the object of his antipathy.

A good spirit always feels repulsion for an evil one, because it knows that it will not be understood by it, and that they do not share the same sentiments; but, strong in his own superiority, he feels neither hatred nor jealousy toward him and contents himself with avoiding and pitying him.