Arthur Christopher Benson

"The book that follows is an attempt, or rather a hundred attempts, to sketch some of the details of life, seen from a simple plane enough, and with no desire to conform it to a theory, or to find anything very definite in it, or to omit anything because it did not fit in with prejudices or predilections."--Introduction.

There surely may come a time for each of us, if we have lived with any animation or interest, if we have had any constant or even fitful desire to penetrate and grasp the significance of the strange adventure of life, a time, I say, when we may look back a little, not sentimentally or with any hope of making out an impressive case for ourselves, and interrogate the memory as to what have been the most real, vivid, and intense things that have befallen us by the way.

If you are interested in the "What if" and "What would it be like" in regards to the after life, then this book offers a beautiful and thoughtful vision of what that might be...Highly recommended and I intend to read it to my older relatives as they approach Crossing the Veil themselves. Beautifully non-denominational and transcends the dogma or restrictions of specific spiritual traditions but encompasses all with warmth and love. A God of truth and love could only smile at this travelogue of his "house of many mansions."