Raymond, or Life and Death
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"Raymond, or Life and Death" is a 1916 spiritualist book by physicist and psychical researcher Sir Oliver Lodge, presenting purported communications with his deceased son and arguing for the survival of consciousness after death.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Raymond, or Life and Death canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4878380 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Raymond, or Life and Death Context triple: [Oliver Lodge, notableWork, Raymond, or Life and Death]
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A.
Dead Man’s Footsteps
Dead Man’s Footsteps is a crime thriller novel by British author Peter James, featuring Detective Superintendent Roy Grace as he investigates a mystery linked to the 9/11 attacks and a long-buried secret.
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B.
D’entre les morts
D’entre les morts is a 1954 French crime novel by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac that served as the literary basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s film Vertigo.
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C.
The Man Who Finally Died
The Man Who Finally Died is a 1963 British thriller film, based on a television serial, about a man investigating his supposedly dead father's mysterious past in a small Bavarian town.
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D.
A Night This Side of Dying
"A Night This Side of Dying" is a song by Carole King featured on her 1974 album *Wrap Around Joy*.
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E.
Fatelessness
Fatelessness is a semi-autobiographical novel by Nobel laureate Imre Kertész that portrays a Hungarian Jewish boy’s harrowing experiences in Nazi concentration camps and his struggle to comprehend them afterward.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Raymond, or Life and Death Target entity description: "Raymond, or Life and Death" is a 1916 spiritualist book by physicist and psychical researcher Sir Oliver Lodge, presenting purported communications with his deceased son and arguing for the survival of consciousness after death.
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A.
Dead Man’s Footsteps
Dead Man’s Footsteps is a crime thriller novel by British author Peter James, featuring Detective Superintendent Roy Grace as he investigates a mystery linked to the 9/11 attacks and a long-buried secret.
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B.
D’entre les morts
D’entre les morts is a 1954 French crime novel by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac that served as the literary basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s film Vertigo.
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C.
The Man Who Finally Died
The Man Who Finally Died is a 1963 British thriller film, based on a television serial, about a man investigating his supposedly dead father's mysterious past in a small Bavarian town.
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D.
A Night This Side of Dying
"A Night This Side of Dying" is a song by Carole King featured on her 1974 album *Wrap Around Joy*.
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E.
Fatelessness
Fatelessness is a semi-autobiographical novel by Nobel laureate Imre Kertész that portrays a Hungarian Jewish boy’s harrowing experiences in Nazi concentration camps and his struggle to comprehend them afterward.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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spiritualist literature ⓘ |
| aim |
to comfort bereaved readers during wartime
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to provide evidence for survival after death ⓘ |
| associatedWithMovement |
psychical research movement
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spiritualism ⓘ |
| author | Oliver Lodge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorFullName | Sir Oliver Lodge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorHonorific | Sir ⓘ |
| authorOccupation |
physicist
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psychical researcher ⓘ |
| basedOn | purported communications with the author’s deceased son ⓘ |
| centralClaim | consciousness survives bodily death ⓘ |
| claims |
continuity of personal identity after death
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possibility of communication between living and dead ⓘ |
| contains |
accounts of sittings with mediums
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detailed descriptions of an alleged post-mortem environment ⓘ interpretations of purported evidential messages ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| depicts | afterlife experiences of Raymond Lodge ⓘ |
| featuresCharacter | Raymond Lodge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
parapsychology
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psychical research ⓘ religious non-fiction ⓘ spiritualism ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | pro-survivalist view of mind ⓘ |
| hasReputation |
controversial among scientists
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influential in early 20th-century spiritualism ⓘ |
| historicalContext | published during World War I ⓘ |
| influencedByEvent | death of Raymond Lodge in World War I ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| notableFor |
linking scientific authority with spiritualist claims
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popularizing spiritualist ideas among educated readers ⓘ |
| philosophicalStance | dualism ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1916 ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
World War I bereavement literature
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history of psychical research ⓘ |
| structure | combination of personal narrative and purported spirit messages ⓘ |
| subject |
life after death
ⓘ
mediumship ⓘ spirit communication ⓘ survival of consciousness ⓘ |
| targetAudience |
bereaved families of soldiers
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general reading public ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
mediumistic sittings
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psychical investigation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Raymond, or Life and Death Description of subject: "Raymond, or Life and Death" is a 1916 spiritualist book by physicist and psychical researcher Sir Oliver Lodge, presenting purported communications with his deceased son and arguing for the survival of consciousness after death.
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