This selection in Alexander Teixeira de Mattos’s translation centres on Maeterlinck’s meditations on death: our injustice to it, the question of annihilation, the evidence for communication with the dead, our ultimate consciousness and the two aspects of infinity. He weighs reported cases with a sceptic’s caution and a mystic’s hope.
A good introduction to Maeterlinck the essayist, for readers drawn to calm, searching thought about mortality. Download the free EPUB.