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James H. Hyslop examines the question of survival after death through arguments drawn from philosophy, psychology and psychical research. He considers what kinds of evidence might bear on the issue and how an investigation should distinguish between an explanation of an unusual experience and a broader claim about the continued existence of an individual personality.
The discussion moves through materialism, religious conceptions of a future life and the relationship between mind and body. Hyslop draws on reports associated with mediumship and other psychical phenomena while considering objections and competing interpretations. Questions about memory, identity and communication remain central to his attempt to connect particular observations with a coherent account of survival.
The later portions consider what a future life might be like and how conclusions about it relate to conduct and belief in the present. This complete 1918 edition retains the original printed pages and index. It offers readers interested in spiritualism and the history of psychical research an extended presentation of Hyslop's reasoning and the issues he regarded as essential to the inquiry.