83. Proofs of the Immortality of the Soul

But these very researches usually show in the clearest way that one does not consider how different spiritual-scientific evidence must be from natural-scientific evidence if they both arise from the same scientific way of thinking. Such thinkers, who have formed their opinions about science through natural science, try to approach the spiritual world in the same way that one approaches nature. They want to conduct experiments in the field, as they do in the laboratory. I do not want to talk here about the attempts of the so-called spiritualists. People should not come into consideration who do not want a sufficient judgment about a scientific control in investigations. But at present, personalities may be mentioned in this field who have the will and seriousness for scientific research. Of course, the experiments and observations of Gurney, Myers, Podmore, Hodgson, Oliver Lodge, James, Wallace and many others may be considered prejudiced, perhaps even childish; but only someone who is thoroughly prejudiced can deny these men scientific spirit.