121. The individual who appears simultaneously in two different places has,
then, two bodies; but, of these, one alone is real, the other is only an appearance : we
may say that the first lives with the organic life, and the second, with that of the soul ;
on awaking, the two bodies re-unite, and the life of the soul re-enters the material body.
We have no reason to suppose that, in this state of partial separation, the two bodies can
possess active and intelligent vitality, simultaneously, and in the same degree. It
follows, moreover, from what we have just said, that the real body could not die, and
the apparent body still remain visible the approach of death always recalling the spirit
to the body, if only for an instant. It also follows that the apparent body could not be
killed, because it is not organic, and is not formed of flesh and bone; it would instantly
disappear, if any one tried to kill it.*
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* See the Revue Spirite, janvier, 1850; Le follet de Bayonne, 1859; Les Agénères; Mon ami
Hermann; mai, 1859, Le Lien entre l’Esprit et le Corps; novembre 1859, l’Ame errante; janvier 1860, l’
Esprit d’un côte et le Corps de l’autre; mars 1860, Etudes sur l’esprit de personnes vivantes: Le docteur
V. et mademoiselle I.; avril 1860, Le Fabricant de Saint-Petersbourg; Apparitions tangibles; novembre
1860, Histoire de Marie d’Agréda; juillet 1861, Une Apparition Providentielle.
