Camille Flammarion 
Mysterious Psychic Force [PDF ebook] 
An Account of the Author’s Investigations in Psychical Research, Together With Those, of Other European Savants

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. SO much the worse for them! I insist on only saying what I know; but I do say this. And if what I know is displeasing, SO much the worse for the prejudices, the general ignorance, and the good breeding of these distinguished gentry, in whose eyes the maximum Of happiness consists in an increase Of their fortune, the pursuit of lucrative places, sensual pleasures, automobile racing, a box at the Opera, or five-o’clock teas at a fashion able restaurant, and whose lives are frittered away along paths that never cross those Of the rapt idealist, and who never know the pure satisfaction of his mind and heart, or the pleasures of thought and feeling.