Chapter 7 portrays the spirit world as socially and historically active. Ancestors, resentments, good and evil spirits, and returning spirits continue to affect the conditions of earthly life rather than remaining sealed off from it.
That means faith on earth is never private. The chapter argues that what descendants do can either prolong division or open channels for help, reconciliation, and liberation across generations.
Its core claim is that restoration is collaborative across visible and invisible history. Earthly life matters so much because it can reorder more than itself.