On the whole, people do not mind being deceived; they hate being instructed, and the trouble of thinking for themselves is almost too much for them.

Therefore "Zadkiel" is certain to flourish for many and many a long day, while the lightning instinct of prophecy dormant in every human being remains unused and utterly forgotten except by the rare few.
* * * * * I have little more to say.

I feel that those among my readers who idly turn over these pages, expecting to find a "NOVEL" in the true acceptation of the term, may be disappointed.

My narrative is simply an "experience:" but I have no wish to persuade others of the central truth contained in it--namely, THE EXISTENCE OF POWERFUL ELECTRIC ORGANS IN EVERY HUMAN BEING, WHICH WITH PROPER CULTIVATION ARE CAPABLE OF MARVELLOUS SPIRITUAL FORCE.

The time is not yet ripe for this fact to be accepted.
The persons connected with this story may be dismissed in a few words.
When I joined my friend Mrs.Everard, she was suffering from nervous hysteria.