THE CONCEPT OF THE AFTERLIFE AS AN IMPERATIVE

Argument for the Life Hereafter ~ 233 ~ very cells would have disintegrated to the point of non-existence by the time of recollection. Where then was this subconscious record maintained within my body? This is clearly evidence of an empirical nature which shows that, apart from this visible and tangible body, there is another invisible, intangible entity which does not die with the death of the body. The results of psychical research—a branch of modern psychology which makes an empirical study of supernatural faculties in man—likewise establishes the existence of life after death at a purely observational level. What is most interesting is that such research does not merely establish survival; rather it establishes the survival of exactly the same personality—the entity that was known to us before death. The first institution to conduct research in this field was established in England in 1882. It exists till today under the name of “Society for Psychical Research.” In 1889, it began its work on a large scale by contacting 17,000 people for the purpose of