What death really is (by Andrew J. Davis)
"I do not promise to believe tomorrow exactly what I believe today, and I do not believe today exactly what I believed yesterday. I expect to make, as I have made, some honest progress within every succeeding twenty-four hours." A. J. Davis Beyond the Valley (1885) p. 134. A ndrew Jackson Davis (1826 – 1910) was a prominent American medium (1), regarded as "John the Baptist" of Spiritualism. We present an interesting text (2) by him below (extracted from his book "The Temple"), a report of his sights at the instant of death of a person. Obviously, his description below is not valid for every person and all types of deaths (he explains some conditions for this death in his text). Even so, his vision transforms death into a glorious moment in the life of those who lived well to deserve it. Death is the word used to signify "the end of life", spoken by persons who see not that seeming death is really...