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The Road to Immortality
Geraldine Cummins's fourth book, The Road to Immortality written in 1932, is a series of communications allegedly from F. W. H. Myers, the eminent psychologist and psychical researcher, who departed from the earth plane in1901. Communicating from the 'other side' Myers gives us a glorious vision of the progression of the human spirit through eternity. In the Introduction Beatrice Gibbes described the method of communication employed by Cummins. "She would sit at a table, cover her eyes with her left hand and concentrate on "stillness." She would then fall into a light trance or dream state. Her hand would then begin to write. In one sitting, Gibbes stated, Cummins wrote 2,000 words in 75 minutes, whereas her normal compositions were much slower-perhaps 800 words in seven or eight hours." Gibbes added that she witnessed the writing of about 50 different personalities, all claiming to be 'dead,' and all differing in character and style, coming through Cummins' hand. Communicating through Cummins, Myers stated: "We communicate an impression through the inner mind of the medium.... Sometimes we only send the thoughts and the medium's unconscious mind clothes them in words." Speaking of God Myers explains; The term God means the Supreme Mind, the Idea behind all life, the Whole in terms of pure thought, a Whole within which is cradled the Alpha and Omega of existence as a mental concept. Every act, every thought, every fact in the history of the Universes, every part of them, is contained within that Whole. Therein is the original concept of all. Now considered a classic in afterlife literature, The Road to Immortality takes us on a journey we may all repeat some day, and with Myers as our guide, the journey is spectacular.
- GenresNonfictionSpirituality
112 pages, Hardcover
First published July 25, 2012
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June 29, 2019
I was referred to this book by a friend as a way of understanding his beliefs and approach to life. My goal was to read it with an open mind. In the end, I cannot go along with the mythology presented here. It may be the truth or not. The fact is, I don't know and I am here now and need to deal with that.
The story here represents an elaborate hierarchy of after-life possibilities. There are many different places to exist within and varied states of consciousness to strive for. It carefully explains the existence of many spiritual teachers throughout the history of humanity. It propose a clear goal for us all to strive for, while recognizing that many will be happy to stay where they are.
The core of this is that our existence on the planet earth is only a small facet of our potential existence. That we are only temporarily separate pieces of a whole. There are many other places we can live within and experience, growing as we do so. This world is very carefully and clearly described. It can be argued that this was written in a way for humans on earth to understand is an imperfect translation of what this afterlife experience is really all about. I found it too specific and too easily structured toward ego gratification. This makes it hard for me to accept.
There are other books by the same author on similar/related topics that I may yet tackle. You may find this book very comforting, and it can be. Make up your own mind.
The story here represents an elaborate hierarchy of after-life possibilities. There are many different places to exist within and varied states of consciousness to strive for. It carefully explains the existence of many spiritual teachers throughout the history of humanity. It propose a clear goal for us all to strive for, while recognizing that many will be happy to stay where they are.
The core of this is that our existence on the planet earth is only a small facet of our potential existence. That we are only temporarily separate pieces of a whole. There are many other places we can live within and experience, growing as we do so. This world is very carefully and clearly described. It can be argued that this was written in a way for humans on earth to understand is an imperfect translation of what this afterlife experience is really all about. I found it too specific and too easily structured toward ego gratification. This makes it hard for me to accept.
There are other books by the same author on similar/related topics that I may yet tackle. You may find this book very comforting, and it can be. Make up your own mind.
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