_Time_ does not seem to be a factor in the realm of spirits except as
related to people and events in the human state with which spirits have
connection.
It was, however, a source of continual wonder and surprise to note the
changing forms and _atmospheres_ in the surroundings of those with whom
I was brought in contact. I saw spirits who, when in Earth life had
been in positions of external power--usually considered “exalted”--as
of kings or rulers--the result of no “merit” or achievement of their
own, but the “incident” or “accident” of birth, who were arrayed in
their _own thought-robes_ of power, but closer observation would reveal
the poverty and meagerness of their “Robes of Royalty” and they were
sometimes seeking somewhat with which to clothe themselves, something
to _conceal_ their paucity of raiment and surroundings. Most of those,
however, who had held such positions as are the result of “titles,”
“rank” and “castes,” seemed endowed with perception enough to know that
those external conditions are not perpetuated in spirit states, unless
one has become so imbued with the _idea_ that “titles,” “wealth,” and
outward “honors” are _valuable_ in _themselves_. And that the “Divine
Right of Kings” is indeed a “right” derived from Heaven.