The Other World

Description

The Other World is a vision of the afterlife transmitted from Albert Pauchard, shortly after he passed away in 1934. Pauchard was the president of the Geneva Society for Psychic Studies and it seems his passion for psychical research continued after his death. In the vein of Elsa Barker's Letters From a Living Dead Man and Wellesley Tudor Pole's Private Dowding, Pauchard relays his experiences in the manner of a travel writer reporting back from some far-flung land. On 'arrival' he is surprised to find himself in the astral plane where he meets the 'guardian of the threshold'. Thinking himself to be a good person, he reflects, Once out here, and the first moments of bliss after our liberation and happy meetings have passed, we descend to a region where it is more or less dark and where we meet the famous 'guardian of the threshold'. It would seem that, according to each individual, things happen in a slightly different way. In my case, the curious thing was that while walking all by myself along a lonely path, I was attacked by wasps, or something of the kind, which threatened to sting me.' A Voice, like thunder, said to me: "Well, you cannot complain. For if they had stung you, what would have become of you?" And suddenly I realised that this was connected with all irritations, all the thoughts of criticism, which I had passively borne while on earth. If I had nourished them, the wasps would have stung me. If I had chased them away, there would have been no wasps! Pauchard explains that purgatory is indeed a real condition created by our thoughts and actions. He make a point of emphasizing the importance of dealing with unresolved issues such attachments, addictions, and negative relationships, 'before' we pass into the higher vibrations of the afterlife. Consoling a friend still on earth he advises, "as to your illness, my dear friend, do not get discouraged. Do not listen to the tempter. What you can pay off on earth will be a manifold gain in the hereafter. Rem