What is the myth of the Summerland?

On first leaving earth, you are often reminded of your earthly home and feel a longing desire to return to awaken your friends to your great discovery—to give them glad tidings from this unknown life or beautiful sphere, for it is not that uncertain visionary heaven that was taught of old, but a real, living, breathing country full of all life, vegetable, animal and spirit, all in spiritual beauty, showing forth the handiwork of the Divine Creator, and that the fullness thereof is for all.

Your spirit takes its flight through the airy realms. You seem on wings of ethereal light and feel such glorious, inward joy, astonishment, wonder, awe and thrilling joy fill your soul.

Everyone has all that he can use or comprehend, and the spheres are prepared for the reception of all adapted to their condition. 

Here they are nourished and educated to comprehend all its uses and all its blessings until prepared to enter the next abode.

Each sphere has its laws, labour and education. Every scholar has studies adapted to his taste or capacity, and thereby advances much faster in the higher knowledge by this harmonious blending.

Angels guard and guide you until you become able to establish your individuality.

Life here is very similar to that of earth and every sphere in heaven has its variety and condition adapted to the wants of its inhabitants. Many are never entirely lost and can hardly perceive the change of the chemical structure falling from their spirit body. These are so spiritually alive, as not to be aware of the change until some spirit friend reminds them of their passage to this glorious realm. They have changed their garments so easily while on the earth plane that the spiritual body superseded the structure of physical life, donning the spiritual garment so gracefully, as not to perceive it until reminded by their spiritual friends and the glorious surroundings.