Project Gutenberg 2020-12-15 Public domain in the USA. 182 Smith, W. Whately (Walter Whately) 1892 1947 Smith, Walter Whately Carington, Whately A Theory of the Mechanism of Survival: The Fourth Dimension and Its Applications deaurider, Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "A Theory of the Mechanism of Survival: The Fourth Dimension and Its Applications" by W. Whately Smith is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The work presents an exploration of four-dimensional space as a means to understand phenomena associated with survival and the existence of consciousness beyond physical death. In it, the author examines mathematical and theoretical concepts supporting the hypothesis of higher dimensions, suggesting implications for psychic research and the nature of human personality. The opening of this text introduces the notion of four-dimensional space, drawing on historical references and mathematical definitions to elucidate the concept for readers. The author acknowledges the speculative nature of his hypotheses and emphasizes that historical limitations have hindered comprehensibility of such advanced ideas. He provides a detailed analogy using a two-dimensional world to illustrate how beings limited to two dimensions might struggle to comprehend the existence of a third dimension, thereby paralleling this with human limitations in comprehending higher dimensions and their implications for consciousness, psychic phenomena, and the potential for survival after death. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 53.4 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Fourth dimension Parapsychology BF Text Category: Philosophy & Ethics 301298 2025-07-25T10:20:00.806893 text/html 275028 2024-10-18T09:07:25 text/html 439975 2025-07-25T10:20:07.165874 application/epub+zip 441473 2025-07-25T10:20:02.600943 application/epub+zip 199940 2025-07-25T10:20:01.775989 application/epub+zip 404703 2025-07-25T10:20:10.583925 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 373544 2025-07-25T10:20:06.503863 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 316265 2022-09-28T20:51:47.023199 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 257259 2025-07-25T10:20:00.189927 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 237103 2024-10-18T09:07:25 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16362 2025-07-25T10:20:10.716843 application/rdf+xml 11172 2025-07-25T10:20:02.002892 image/jpeg 1927 2025-07-25T10:20:01.862903 image/jpeg 366091 2025-07-25T10:20:00.858889 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia