Chapter I: Front Matter

WAR LETTERS
FROM THE
LIVING DEAD MAN

_BY ELSA BARKER_

THE SON OF MARY BETHEL
THE FROZEN GRAIL
THE BOOK OF LOVE
THE SONG OF SAVITRI
STORIES OF THE NEW TESTAMENT FOR
CHILDREN
THE SCAB
LETTERS FROM A LIVING DEAD MAN
WAR LETTERS FROM THE LIVING DEAD
MAN

WAR LETTERS
FROM THE
LIVING DEAD MAN

WRITTEN DOWN
BY
ELSA BARKER

_WITH AN INTRODUCTION_

NEW YORK
MITCHELL KENNERLEY
1915

COPYRIGHT, 1915, BY
MITCHELL KENNERLEY

CONTENTS

LETTER PAGE

I. THE RETURN OF “X” 17

II. A DWELLER ON THE THRESHOLD 22

III. AN ASSURANCE 27

IV. THE WAY OF UNDERSTANDING 28

V. ASTRAL MONSTERS 32

VI. THE ARCHDUKE 38

VII. THE “CHOSEN PEOPLE” 43

VIII. SPECTRES OF THE CONGO 49

IX. UNSEEN GUARDIANS 54

X. ONE DAY AS A THOUSAND YEARS 60

XI. MANY TONGUES 66

XII. THE BEAUTIFUL BEING 67

XIII. THE BODY OF HUMANITY 71

XIV. THE FOEMAN WITHIN 76

XV. LISTENING IN BRUSSELS 82

XVI. THE SIXTH RACE 88

XVII. AN AMERICAN ON GUARD 95

XVIII. A MASTER OF COMPASSION 100

XIX. THE ROSE-VEILED STRANGER 108

XX. ABOVE THE BATTLEFIELDS 118

XXI. A SOUL IN PURGATORY 125

XXII. PEACE PROPAGANDA 139

XXIII. THE MYSTERY OF DESIRE 143

XXIV. THE SCALES OF JUSTICE 148

XXV. FOR LOVE’S SAKE 155

XXVI. A MASTER OF MIND 164

XXVII. INVISIBLE ENEMIES 172

XXVIII. THE GLORY OF WAR 178

XXIX. A FRIEND OF “X” 181

XXX. THE ROSE AND THE CROSS 189

XXXI. A SERBIAN MAGICIAN 196

XXXII. JUDAS AND TYPHON 202

XXXIII. CROWNS OF STRAW 207

XXXIV. THE SYLPH AND THE FATHER 216

XXXV. BEHIND THE DARK VEIL 223

XXXVI. THE “LUSITANIA” 232

XXXVII. VEILED PROPHECIES 237

XXXVIII. ADVICE TO A SCRIBE 239

XXXIX. ONE OF THESE LITTLE ONES 245

XL. THE HEIGHT AND THE DEPTH 255

XLI. A CONCLAVE OF MASTERS 256

XLII. A LESSON IN THE KABALA 260

XLIII. THE SECOND COMING 263

XLIV. POISON GASES 269

XLV. THE SUPERMAN 274

XLVI. THE ENTERING WEDGE 283

XLVII. THE NEW BROTHERHOOD 296

XLVIII. IN THE CRUCIBLE 301

XLIX. BLACK MAGIC IN AMERICA 303

L. THINGS TO REMEMBER 311