Science: Beyond

People who believe in ghosts met last week in Paris—the International Spiritualist Congress. How to greet a ghost when you meet him, was one question that immediately arose. The French delegates said to say: "Welcome, friend." English folk present demurred, said to teach children so would be to frighten them of apparitions in advance.

Then there was the question as to whether or not spiritualism is a religion, a philosophy or a moral code. None could decide that, save for himself alone.

There was the matter of an international spiritualist flag, and one...

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