Are there human beings in other planets?

You said you were away, that you were not here when I spoke about you. What do you do when you are away?

I go direct to our own sphere. I am sometimes sent off by my master on other missions unconnected with earth. We have always something to do.

Who is it you refer to by the term, master?

He is our father. He gives the orders, and these are transmitted from servant down to servant. You remember our medium's visit to the moon. We were on a mission then, otherwise, we could not have taken him.

What is the state of the inhabitants of the other worlds?

The inhabitants of the other planets can see spirits. They can walk and talk with us. They are just formed like other men on the earth, only of finer material. They do not die, but change, not leaving the body, but carrying it with them.

In reply to various questions, he said—

I believe Christ rose with the same body in which he was crucified. It would undergo a change when passing from earth to heaven. He converses with spirits, as with brethren. 

No—He is not looked up to as the great God, but He is acknowledged, as the highest creature, the highest we can see. 

It is not by a profession of belief you get to the higher spheres. Very few of mankind enter into the heavenly spheres. Infants do—all others must come here.

On a subsequent occasion, Steen said—I think the question was asked some time ago—What are your employments in the spirit world?

I said we were sometimes sent on missions. I will now give you an account of the first one I was sent on. I was summoned to enter the great Temple. Thousands were assembled there. 

A messenger had arrived from the Grand Centre, bringing with him messages from the great Spirit to other planets.

He commenced first with the old and tried—those who had been on missions before. Then I was called up. I said I was not worthy to undertake such a work. But he said—

I send you as an ambassador to a far off world. 

I started on my course, which took me amid stars and planets innumerable. Arrived at my destination, I went before the king, who seemed to expect me. He led me to understand that evil was about to make war on them, and that they had called on the great Spirit for help. 

The message with which I had been entrusted was a promise of help—that the great Spirit would send them armies to do battle with the evil ones, the same that had ravaged the earth.

Do you mean by that term what are called evil spirits?

The same, as those that fight against the guardian spirits.

Are these evil ones the spirits of deceased men?

No—they are more like those who come from the better land—they are not dark, like the evil spirits of men. They must, as far as I know, have been embodied at one time. They seem to have a leader, and were going to take the city by storm. The inhabitants could see their opponents.

Do the inhabitants of these other worlds know anything about our Bible?

No—they have a revelation to themselves.

Do you have a special mission in coming to us, I mean, in connection with these paintings?

No—we are left entirely to our own choice in this matter. We are thereby showing to man the reality of the spirit life, and that the spirits of the departed can, and do communicate with those in the body.

Will you describe the planet or the city you were sent to on your first mission?

I have given the medium a panoramic view of it, and will impress it in such a way on his memory that when he comes out of trance, he will be able to recall it. I do not know the name of the planet, but to us, it is known by the name of Beautiful. The earth is known in the spirit world as the earth only.

What appearance do the inhabitants of the planet present?

They are in human form, but pure as spirits.

In reply to several other questions, he said—

The natural scenery is like that of earth, but much grander. There are animals, but not exactly like those of the earth. The people are ever happy, but are now in terror because of the threatened evil.

Hafed, Prince of Persia—His Experiences in Earth Life and Spirit Life