The Unseen Universe or Physical Speculations on a Future State

by Balfour Stewart, Peter Guthrie Tait

In 1875, the geophysicist Balfour Stewart and the mathematician P. G. Tait published the second edition of The Unseen Universe. The book's aim had been 'to overthrow materialism by a purely scientific argument', and its initial success, and the controversy it aroused, prompted this revised edition. The treatise suggests that science and religion could be reconciled, and that by using science, it could be proved that the soul survives after death. The book begins with a historical account of the beliefs about the afterlife of ancient Egypt, the Greeks, Buddhism and Christianity. The authors then refine a Ptolemaic vision of the universe in which the material universe is surrounded by concentric, invisible universes. The Unseen Universe discusses the nature of matter and ether, Newton's laws, and the idea that, through electromagnetism, the soul upon death transfers molecularly from the visible to the invisible universe.

Genres: Philosophy

Hardcover

First published January 1, 1875

About the author

Balfour Stewart was a Scottish physicist and meteorologist.

Reviews

[Steven Chernikeeff · Rating 5 out of 5]

Superb book referred to by H.P.Blavatsky many times.

[Lejon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Haha, zoveel van mijn bronnen staan er ook gewoon op