83. Proofs of the Immortality of the Soul

On the basis of this insight, another kind of spiritual research seeks its results precisely where the natural scientist does not want to look if he does not want to modify the meaning of research in line with the spiritual realm. This other spiritual science asks whether the human soul can find the spiritual realm through its inner life, how it finds the memories of past experiences through this inner life. The way in which these memories emerge from the hidden depths of the soul into consciousness is a purely inward one. Is it not possible for a spiritual world, if there is one, to enter the soul through inner experience? Is it impossible for a purely spiritual, disembodied being to speak directly to the soul, as a thought emerging in memory speaks to it?