Here and Hereafter

Here and Hereafter is a book by Anthony Borgia, first published in 1959. Written in a plain, question-and-answer style, it presents the mediumistic communications Borgia attributed to Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson and other spirit sources, offering a steady-minded account of what life after death might be like.

The book moves beyond sensational claims to describe everyday activities in the spirit world, address common questions about souls and destiny, and explain methods of spirit communication and mediumship in accessible language. Readers interested in afterlife literature, spiritualism, and psychical accounts will find its pastoral tone and pragmatic detail useful for both personal reflection and research into spiritualist traditions.

Although written for a general readership, the work sits firmly in the context of twentieth-century spiritualist and trance-medium literature. Best approached as a historical piece of spiritual writing, it influenced popular ideas about the afterlife and spirit communication in mid-century Britain and beyond. Its straightforward focus on moral lessons, consolation for the bereaved, and the mechanics of spirit contact makes it well suited to collections concerned with the afterlife, mediumship, paranormal testimony, and religion and spirituality.