Life and Labour in the Spirit World

About this book

In the spirit world described here, death leaves people with work to do. Souls teach, learn, care for others and occupy places shaped by the lives they have led on earth.

The book presents messages attributed to a spirit-band communicating through Miss M. T. Shelhamer. Its descriptions of ordinary activity in extraordinary surroundings are often more revealing than its grander metaphysical claims. The afterlife becomes a social world with duties, disagreements and gradual development, reflecting the aspirations of nineteenth-century spiritualist communities.