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Chapter 9
Interrogatedastowhetherlifethereresembledourexperienceinthefleshhestatedthathehadheardfrommorefavouredbeingsnowinthespiritthattheirabodeswereequippedwitheverymodernhomecomfortsuchastālāfānā,ālāvātār,hātākāldā,wātāklāsātandthatthehighestadeptsweresteepedinwavesofvolupcyoftheverypurestnature.Havingrequestedaquartofbuttermilkthiswasbroughtandevidentlyaffordedrelief.AskedifhehadanymessageforthelivingheexhortedallwhowerestillatthewrongsideofMāyātoacknowledgethetruepathforitwasreportedindevaniccirclesthatMarsandJupiterwereoutformischiefontheeasternanglewheretheramhaspower.Itwasthenqueriedwhethertherewereanyspecialdesiresonthepartofthedefunctandthereplywas:Wegreetyou,friendsofearth,whoarestillinthebody.MindC.K.doesn’tpileiton.ItwasascertainedthatthereferencewastoMrCorneliusKelleher,managerofMessrsH.J.O’Neill’spopularfuneralestablishment,apersonalfriendofthedefunct,whohadbeenresponsibleforthecarryingoutoftheintermentarrangements.BeforedepartingherequestedthatitshouldbetoldtohisdearsonPatsythattheotherbootwhichhehadbeenlookingforwasatpresentunderthecommodeinthereturnroomandthatthepairshouldbesenttoCullen’stobesoledonlyastheheelswerestillgood.Hestatedthatthishadgreatlyperturbedhispeaceofmindintheotherregionandearnestlyrequestedthathisdesireshouldbemadeknown.
