6th Printing 5,000 Copies December 8, 1972 In comformity with the decrees of Pope Urban VIII, the author formally declares that the preternatural or seemingly supernatural facts recorded in this historical narrative rest of purely human authority, and consequently he does not in any way intend to pronounce a fial judgment, or to anticipate any future decision of lawful church authority as to their nature. Background of the Manuscript:     In November 1873 Sister M. de L. C. of a convent at V. began to communicate with the departed Sister M. G.  Sister M. G. is a suffering soul in Purgatory and communicates with Sister M. de L. C.- at times the conversation is noted, but primarily the Sister M. de. L.C. is writing the words of the dead nun.