Maeterlinck sets out to look death in the face without terror and asks what, if anything, survives it. Chapter by chapter he examines annihilation, the survival of consciousness, the theosophical hypothesis, apparitions, messages from the dead, the cross-correspondences of the psychical researchers and reincarnation, weighing each with a poet’s sympathy and a sceptic’s caution.
A humane, searching meditation from the Belgian Nobel laureate, written for anyone who has wondered what lies past the grave. Download the free EPUB.