Spiritism: A Study of Its Phenomena and Religious Teachings - Hardcover

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ISBN 10: 1163689483 ISBN 13: 9781163689486

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Rudyard Kipling was reported missing in the war. The poet did not seek consolation from Spiritistic mediums, like some of his famous British contemporaries, but wrote the following poem, which hits off the mediumistic contortions for money and at the same time warns against the sorrows in store for those who go down the road to mdor.) The road toE ndor is easy to tread For mother or yearning wife. There, its sure, we shall meet our dead As they were even in life. Earth has not dreamed of the blessing in store For desolate hearts on the road toE ndor. Whispers shall comfort us out of the dark Hands ah, God! that we knew! Visions and voices look and hark! Shall prove that our tale is true, And that those who have passed to the further shore May be hailed at a price on the road toE ndor. But they are so deep in their new eclipse, Nothing they say can reach, Unless it be uttered by alien lips And framed in a strangers speech. The son must send word to the mother that bore, Through an hirelings mouth. Tis the rule of Endor. And not for nothing these gifts are shown By such as delight our dead. They must twitch and stiffen and slaver and groan Ere the eyes are set in the head And the voice from the belly begins. Therefore, We pay them a wage where they ply atE ndor. Even so, we have need of faith And patience to follow the clue. Often, at first, what the dear one saith Is babble, or jest, or untrue. (L ying spirits perplex us soreT ill our loves and our lives are well known atE
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• ISBN 10: 1163689483
• ISBN 13: 9781163689486
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