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to man
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L E SS O N II
T E L E P A T H Y v s C L A I R V O YA N C E
T h e t wo e x t r a ph ys i cal senses o f m an T h e e x t r a s e nse o f th e
p resence o f o th er l ivi n g thi n g s T h e t ele p a thi c sens e H o w m
m ay sense th e p resence o f o th er l ivi n g thi n g s a p ar t fr o m th e o p era ti o n
o f hi s o r di nary v e ph ys ical senses T hi s p o wer i s s t r o n g ly d e v el o p e d
i n sav a ges an d barbar i ans b ut h as bec o m e a t o phi ed i n m o s t c ivi l iz e d
m en by c o n ti n u e d di s u se I t i s n o w v es tig al i n c ivi l iz d m an b ut m ay
be d ev el o p e d by p rac tice An im als h av e thi s e x t ra sense high ly d e v el
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ene mies ; th e i r ca ptu re o f p rey t T h e s t ran g e ac ti o ns o f d o g s h o rses
e t c e x p la i ne d H o w th e g ese sa v e d R o m e b y reas o n o f thi s sens All
hu n t ers h av e e x p eri ence d evid ences o f th e e x i s t ence o f thi s sens e o n th
p ar t o f an im als T h e ph ys i cal tele p thi c sense H o w it o p era t es I n t er
es ti n g i ns t n es o f it s p o ssess io n by an im als an d sa v a g e t r i bes W o m en
p o ssess it s t r o n g ly T h e di s ti nc ti o n be tw ee n thi s f o r m o f th o u g ht
t ransfer e n c e an d cla i rv o yance
P a g e 28
LE S S O N I I I
T E L E PAT H Y E XP L A I N E D
W h a t tele p a th y m eans T h e m en t al p r o cess b y w hic h one k n ow s
a t a di s t ance T h e sen d i n g an d r ivi n g o f wa v es an d c u rren t s o f
th o ught an d feel i n g T h o ught vi bra ti o ns an d h o w th ey are ca u se d
T h e p art p laye d by th e cerebr um cerebell um an d medu lla o bl o n g a t a
th e th ree bra i ns o f m an T h e p ar t p laye d by th e s o lar p le x u s an d o the r
g rea t ner v o u s cen t res H o w th o ught m essa g es are rece iv e d H o w s t a t es
o f e m o ti o nal e x c it e m en t are t rans mitte d t o o th ers T h e P i n al Glan d ;
w h a t it i s an d w h a t it d o es T h imp o r t an t p ar t it p lays i n t ele p a th y
an d th ought t ransference M en t al a tm o s ph eres P syc hi c a tm o s ph eres o f
a udiences t o wns h o u ses s t o es e t c W h y y o u are n o t a ff ec t e d b a ll
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p syc hic fo rc e t rans mitt in g id eas an d th o ught s I n t eres ti n g cases o f
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LE SS O N V
MI N D READ I N G A N D B E Y O N D
W h a t Mi n d Rea di n g i s T h e t w o ph ases o f M i n d Rea di n g M i n d
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R ea di n g w ith ph ys ical c o n t ac t ; an d w ith o ut ph ys i cal c o n t ac t
sc i en ti c i n v es tig a t o rs m a k e th e di s ti nc ti o n W h y sc i enc e h as been o v er
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M i n d Rea di n g H o w th e th o ught wav es o w al o n g th e nerv es o f th e
p r ojec t o r an d rec ipien t Lik e t ele g ra ph y o v er w i res as c o mp are d w ith
th e w ireless m e th o d H o w t o learn by ac tu al e x p er ience an d n o t al o ne
by rea di n g b oo k s H o w t o e x p er im en t f o r y o u rself ; an d h o w t o o b t ai n
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T ransference T h e p ers o n carefu lly s tud y i n g a n d a pp ly i n g th e 9 1 1
ta ught th ere i n s h o u l d bec o m e v ery p r o c i en t i n b o th p r iv a t e an d p l ic
m an i fes t a ti o ns
P a g e 74
L E SS O N VI
C LA I R V OYA N T P S Y C H O M E T R Y
W h a t C la i r v o yance really i s ; an d w h a t it i s n o t T he fa c u l t y o f
ac q ui r i n g s up er n o r m al k n o wle dg e o f fac t s an d h a pp en i n g a t a di s t ance
o r i n p as t o r f utu re tim e in d e p en d en t o f th e o r di nary senses an d i n d e
p n d en t f t ele p ath i c rea di n g o f the mi n d s o f o th ers T h e di fferen t ki n d s
o f Ct lai rv o yance d escr i be d W h a t i s P syc h o m e t ry ? C la i r v o yan t en p
p o r rela ti o ns th e as t ral p lane w ith di s t an t p as t o r futu re h a pp en
i n g s an d ev en t s ; by m eans o f a c o nnec ti n g m a t er i al l i n k H o w t o o b t a i n
th e p syc hi c af n it y o r as t ral rela ti o n t o o th er thi n g s by m eans o f a b it
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d evel o p s the o cc u l ti s t fo r s ti ll hi g h er cla i rv o yan t p o wers
P a ge 90
L E S S O N VII
C LA I R V OYA N T C R Y S T A L GAZ I N G
T h e sec o n d g rea t m e th o d o f sec u ri n g cla i rv o yan t en r l t
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be p res rv e d fo r th e p ers o nal u se o f th ei r o wners T h e u se o f crys t als
o r o th er fo rm s o f s h i n i n g o bjec t s by di fferen t pe p les i n anc i en t an d
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an d a c q u ire d T rance c o n diti o ns n o t essen ti al t o high s t C l airv o y an c
a l th o ugh o f t en c o nnec ted th erew ith I n C la i rv o yan t Rev e i e the c l i r
v o yan t d o es n o t bec o m e u nc o nsc i o u s ; b ut m erely s hut s o ut th o ut
s id e w o rl d f s ight s an d s o u n d s S hiftin g th e c o nsc i o u sness fr o m the
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n o t d es i rable T h o ne p o i n t e d mi n d T h e C la i r v o yan t d a y d r a m
o r b o w n s tud y False p syc hi c d ev el o pm en t U o f h y p n o ti c
d r ug s s t r o n g ly c o n d e m ne d Sc ien ti c p syc h o l o gi cal meth o d s s t a t d an d
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L E SS O N IX
S I MPL E C L AI R V O Y AN C E
W h at the C l a i rv o y an t senses i n S imp l e C la i rv o yanc e P erc ept i on
o f th e A u ra an d A u r i c E m a na ti o ns o f o th ers ; P syc hi c V i br a ti o ns ; As t ral
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th r ugh a Br i c k wall T h e X Ray V i s i o n Rea di n g fr o m cl o s e d b oo k s
seale d env el o p es e t c an d h o w it i s e xp la i nable See i n g i n t o the d e th
o f the ear th an d th e occ u l t e x p lanati o n th ere of T he L aws a n d P r n ci
p les o f thi s E x t ra o r d i nary P o wer M a g n if y i n g an d D imi n i s hin g C la ihr
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LE SS O N X
C L A I R V O Y A N C E O F D I STA N T SC E N ES
T he c h a r a c t er i s ti cs o f S p ace C la i r v o yance T h e As t ral S i o f D i s
t an t Scenes ; an d th r o ugh i n t erv en i n g o bjec t s Re m ar k abl e s t an ce
o f thi s p o wer well a uth en ti ca te d an d es t abl i s h e d I n t eres ti n g a n d
i ns t r u c tiv e hi s t o r i cal cases rec o r d e d an d e x p la i ne d T es tim o ny o f th
S o c i e t y fo r P syc hical Researc h c o ncern i n g thi s ph a s e o f C la i r v o y a nc e
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wen t d own o n th e T it an i c T he imp o r t an t tes tim o ny o f Swe d enb o r g
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L E SS O N XI
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L E SS O N XII
C LA I R V OYA N C E O F T H E F U TU RE
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h a pp en i ng s an d even t s o f f utu re tim e E x p lana tio n o f P r o ph ec y P re
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L E SS O N XIII
S E C O N D S I G H T P RE V I SI O N E T C
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v o yan t P revi s i o n o r Sec o n d S ight H i s t o r i cal i ns t ances Ge o r g e F x
th e ! u a k er an d hi s Se o n d S ight T h e p r o ph ecy o f th e Dea th o f C aesar
B i bl i cal i ns t ances T h e celebra t ed case of C tt w hic h h as bec o me a
m a tt er o f hi s t o ry H o w C tt f o re t o l d th e c o mi n g o f th e Frenc h
Rev o l uti o n i ncl udi n g the fa t e o f e mi nen t p ers o na ges p resen t a t th e
tim e o f th e p ro ph ecy A s t ar t l i n g o cc u rrence w e ll w o r th y o f c aref l
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L E SS O N XIV
A ST RA L B O D Y T RAV E L I N G
A t ra l vi s i o n i n g i n C la i r v o yance an d vi s i o n in g b y m e a ns o f th
A s t ral B o dy T h e d ifferenc be t ween th e t w o ph as e s o f cla i rv o y an t
ph en o m ena T he c h arac t er i s ti cs o f As t ral B o d y t ra v l i n g H o w o ne
t rav el i n g i n th e As t ral B o d y m a y see all ar o u n d him ins t ea d o f
m erely g a zi n g a t an as t ral pi c tu r e L imit a ti o ns o f As t ral B o d y vi s io n
i n g W h a t th e As t ral B o d y really i s ; an d w h a t it i s l ik e H o w it di s
en g a ges it elf fr o m the ph ys i cal b d y an d t rav els i n s p ace M an y p er
s o ns t rav el l the as t ral du r i n g o r di nary slee p O cc u l t t eac hin g s
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o ut o n th e as t ral e x ce pt i d ream s ta te F o ls ru s h i n w h ere an els
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L E SS O N XV
S T R AN G E AS T RA L PH E N O ME N A
A dd iti o nal ph as e s o f A t ral P h en o m ena P r ojec ti o n o f T h o ught
F o r m s S o methi n g be t ween o r d i nary C la i v o yance an d As t ral B o dy
p er cepti o n W h a t a T h o ught F o r m i s H o w it i s crea ted W h a t it d oe s
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All i s e x p l a i ne d w h en th e p r i nc ip le o f th e cr a t i o n an d p r ojec t i o n o f
T h o ught F o rm s i u n d ers t o o d W h y th e H i n d u s e x cel i n thi s ph ase o f
o c c u l ti s m An i n t eres ti n g d escripti o n o f H ind M a g i c fea t s T he p o wer
o f c o n en t ra t e d vi s u al iz a ti o n T h e ph en o m ena o f L evit a ti o n o r the
m o vi g o f ar ticles a t a di s t anc e T h e o cc u l t e x p lana ti o n o f thi s ph e
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P S Y C H I C I N F LUE N C E I T S LAW S AN D P R I N CI P L ES
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and affec t an o th er mi n d Mo re th an o r di nary t ele p a th y T h e

i n du c tiv e p o wer o f m en t al vi bra ti o ns E v ery thi n g i s i n v i bra ti o n M en tal
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mu c h high er i th e scale th an are ph ys i cal vi bra ti o ns
W h a t i n du c ti o n i s H o w a m en t al s t a t e o r an em o ti o nal feel i n g t en d s
t o i du ce a s im i lar s t a t e i n an o th er mi n d M any i ns t ances c ite d T h e
t d e g rees o f vi bra t o ry i n u ence an d w h a t ca u ses th e di fference
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T he c o n t a gi o u s effec t o f a s t r o n g feel i n g W h y a s t r o n g d es i re h as a
d yna mi c e ff ec t i n cer t a in c ases T h e p o wer o f vi s u al iz a ti o n i P syc hi c
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cen t a ti o n F o c u s i n g y o u r F o rces H o l di n g th e mi n d t o a s t a t e o f o ne
p o i n ted ness W h y th e o cc u l ti s t c o n t r o ls hi s im a gi na ti o n S ugg es ti o ns
as t o p rac ti c e a n d r u les o f d ev el o pm en t A few eas i ly m as t ered p r i n
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P ER SONA L PSY C H IC I N F L U E N C E O V E R O T H E R S
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o f m en T h e ab i l it y t o i n u ence o th ers i s a s u re s ig n o f th e p o ssess i o n
o f thi s p syc hi c p o wer T he T h ree U n d erly i n g P r i ncip les o f P syc hi c I n

T h e imp o r t nc e o f s t r o n g d es i re t o i n u ence and e x er t p o wer

T h e imp o r t ance o f clear p o s itiv e m en t al pic t u res o f w h a t e ffec t y o u w i s h
t o p r o du ce T h e imp o rt ance o f th e r m c o ncen t ra ti o n o f y o u r mi n d o n
the
s u bjec t T he c rea ti o n o f a p o s itiv e p syc hi c a t m o s phe r e T h e P o s i
tiv e P syc hi c A u r a H o w t o p r ojec t y o u r P syc hi c P o wer T he P sy c hi c
S t r ugg l be tween t w o p ers o ns H o w t o h an d le y o u rself i n s u c h c o n
d i c t s o f P syc hi c P o wer
H o w t o N e ut ral iz e the P syc hi c P o wer o f o th ers
an d thu s di sar m th e m T h e O cc u l t S hi el d o f Defence V al u a ble d i
ti o ns r eg ar di n g p rac ti ce an d d evel o pm en t o f P syc hi c P ow e r Sc i en ti c
E xe rc i s e s f o r D eve l o p men t I mp o r t an t R u les o f P ra c ti c e
P a g e 25 7
L E S SO N XVIII
PSY C H IC I N F L U E N C E A T A D I ST A N C E
P sy c h ic I n u enc e o ve r o th ers m an ifes t e d w h en th ey ar e d i s t a n t f r o m
th e p ers o n e x er ti n g the i n u ence D i s t ance n o o bs t acle P syc hi c I n
du c ti o n a t L o n g Ran e H o w t o c rea t e th e en ra pp o r t c o n d iti o n w ith th e
o th er p ers o n H o w g p r o t ec t y o u r e lf a g ai ns t s u c h i n u ence a t a di s
t ance T h e P sy c hi c Ar m o r P syc h o m e t r i c M e th o d o f p r o du c i n g D i s
tan t En Ra p p o r t C o n diti o n To p r o cee d wh en th e e n ra pp o r t c o n ditio n
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sec u re d T h e sc i en ti c e x p lana ti o n o f th e o l d ta l e s ab ut s o rcery
w it c h craft s up er na tu ral i n u en c e e t c T h e e ff ec t o f fear a n d bel ief
o n the mi n d o f th e o th er p ers o n T h e e ffec t o f Den i a l T h e s ec re t o f
m any s t ran g e cases m a d e p la i n S o m e t y pi cal ca ses T h e M as t er K y
w hi c h u nl o c k s the d oo rs o f m a ny M ys t er i es L o w f o r m s o f O cc u l ti s m
an d h o w th ey m ay be d efea t e d Dan g er o u s T ea hi n g s in s o m e q u ar t ers
W arn i n g s a g a i ns t th e i r u se T h e As t ral T u be ; h o w i t i s e r e t e d u s ed
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L AW S O F PSY C H IC A TT R A C T ION
How p syc h ic vi bra ti o ns t en d t o a tt r ac t t o their cr a t o r o th er pe r
s o ns vi bra ti n g al o n g th e sa me l i nes ; an d thi n g s h a vi n g a r e la ti o n t o th e
thi n g s th o ught o f Har m o ny an d I n h ar m o ny i n the P syc hi c Wo rl d T h e
L aw o f P syc hi c Att rac ti o n T h e L a w o f P syc hi c Re pu ls i o n An im
p o r t an t ph ase o f As t ral P h en o m ena T h e L aw w o r k s t w o w ays I t
d raws o th er p ers o ns an d thi n g s t o y o u ; and y o u t o o th er p ers o ns an d
thi n g s H o w th e m en o f b ig b u s i ness o p era t e u n d er thi s L aw o f
A tt rac ti o n H o w sc h e mi n g e x p l o it ers o f th e pu bl i c ac tu ally t rea t th e
pu bl i c by p syc hi c m eans T h e v ar i o u s fo r m s o f p syc hi c i n u ence e m
p l o ye d by p ers o ns o f thi s ki n d T h e L aw o f A tt rac ti o n an d h o w it
w o r k s o ut i n B u s i ness Life T h e sc i en ti c fa c t s be hi n d th e o ut war d
a pp e rance o f thi n g s I ns t ances and e x a mp les o f th e w o r ki n g o ut o f
th ese laws and p r i nc ip les T h e L aw o f P sy c hi c A tt rac tio n i s as
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ti o n T h e C Rela ti o n o f T h o ught s an d T hi n g How w e m a y c rea t e o u r
o wn e n vi r o n m en t by P syc hi c I n u ence
P a ge 2 88
L E S S O N XX
P SY C H IC AN D M A G N E TI C H E A L I N G
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P h ys i o l o gi cal P r inc ip les i n v o l v e d H o w th As t r l B o d y i s u s d i n
P syc hi c Healin g H u m an M a g ne ti s m an d w h a t it re l ly i s All ab o ut
P rana T h e L ay i n g o f Ha d s i Heal i n g ; a n d w h a t i s bac k o f it
Wh a t h a pp ens i n M a g ne ti c He li n g T h e Se re t o f Abs e n t Heal i n g
S p ace n o barr i er i n P sy c hi c H al in g T h e H um a n A u ra an d P sych i c
H eal i n g T h e Secre t o f S ug g es tiv e T h era p euti cs T h e e ffec t o f th e
o f th e h ealers H o w th e H eal i n g C u l t s o b t a i n g oo d
f m a ti o ns
Self H eali n g by P sy c hi c P o wer Absen t Heal i n g by P syc hi c
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ti o ns an d P rac ti cal M eth o d s of P syc hi c Heal i n g T he w h o le s u bjec t c o n
d an d m a d e p la i n s o th a t it m ay be a pp lie d by a ny p ers o n o f a v er
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ac tu a l a pp l ic a ti on
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In preparing thi s serie s of l e s son s for stud en t s

of We st ern land s I have b een comp ell ed t o pro
ce e d al ong lin e s exactly o pp o sit e t o th o se which
I would hav e ch o sen had the se l e sson s been fo r
student s in I ndia Th i s becau se of th e di am etric
ally oppo sit e m ental attitud e s of t h e st u d ent s of
th e se two several land s
Th e stud ent i n India expect s th e t each er t o
stat e po sitively th e principl e s involved and th e
meth od s wh ereby th e se principle s may b e mani
f e st e d t ogeth er with fre quent illu strati on s ( gen
e r a lly in th e nature of fab le s or parabl e s )
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known th ing Th e H ind u stud ent n ever expect s

or demand s anyth in g in th e nature of pro of

o f th e t each er s stat ement s o f principl e o r m eth
h e would regard it a s an in sult t o
o d ; i n fac t
th e t each er t o a sk for th e same C on sequently
h e do e s n ot l ook for or a s k speci c in stanc e s o r
i llu st r ation s in th e nature o f scientic evidenc e
o r pro of of th e principle s taugh t H e may a s k
for m ore informat ion but solely for th e purpo se
of bringin g out som e point which h e h a s n ot
gra sped ; b ut h e avo i d s a s a pe stilence any que s
ti on seeming t o indicat e argum ent d oub t o f
w h at i s b eing taught h im or o f th e na t ure o f a
d emand for pro of or evidenc e
Th e We st ern student on t h e oth er h an d i s
a ccu s t omed t o maintaining t h e skeptical attitud e

o f m i nd t h e sci entic attitud e o f doubt and de

m and for pro o f an d t h e t eac h er so un d er stand s
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it B o th a r e a ccu s t ome d t o i ll u s t rat i on s br i n g

i n g ou t th e pr i nciple s involved but th ese i ll u s t ra
t i on s mu s t no t b e fanciful or gur a t iv et h ey
mu st b e act u al ca se s w ell a uth ent i ca t ed a nd
v ouch ed for a s evidence I n s h ort t h e We s t ern

teach er i s expect ed t o actually pro ve t o h i s

s t udent s h i s principl e s and m eth o d s b efore h e
m ay expec t th em t o b e acce p ted T h i s o f course
n o t fr o m any real d oubt o r s u sp i c i on o f t h e verac
i ty o r ab i l i ty o f t h e t eac h er but merely b ecau se
t h e We s t ern m i nd expec t s t o que stion an d b e
q u e st i oned in thi s way i n th e p roce s s o f t eac hi n g
and l earnin g
C on sequen t ly i n t hi s s e r i e s o f l e s son s I h a v e
s o u g ht t o follow t h e We st ern m e t h o d ra t h er t h an
th e H indu S o far a s i s po s sible I h av e avoide d
th e a t po sit ive statement o f pr i nc i p l e s an d m e th
od s and have sough t t o prove each s t ep o f t h e
teac hi n g Of cour se I h ave b een com pell ed t o
a s sum e th e exi st ence o f certa i n fundam en t al
pr i nci p l e s i n ord er t o a v oid lon g and t ech nical
m etaphys i cal an d p hi lo soph i cal d i scu s sion s I
h a ve al so h ad t o cont en t myself with t h e po si tiv e
a t a s sert i on o f t he exi s t en c e o f t h e A stral P lan e
A k a sh ic R ecord s P rana etc wh i ch a re funda
m en t al po s t ula t e s o i H i ndu ph ilo sop h y and o c
c u l t sciencefor t h ese are e stabl i sh ed sol ely b y
t h e experience o f t h o se w h o are abl e t o func ti on
on t h e h igh er pl ane s t h em selve s B u t beyond
t hi s I h a v e so u gh t t o prove by di rec t a nd po s itiv e
ev i dence ( adapted t o t h e We s t ern m i n d ) e v e r y
s t ep of my t eac hi ng and m et h od s
I n o ffe r i ng thi s s ci en ti c p r oo f I h a v e pu r
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m en t ion of o c cult or p syc hic phenom ena occur
rin g in In d i a a nd have conn ed mysel f t o in
s t ance s occurring i n We s t ern land s t o We s t ern
p erson s M oreover I hav e avo ide d qu o ti ng and
c iting H in du auth or i tie s and hav e in st ea d
qu ote d and cited from auth oritie s well known
and re spected in We st ern land s such a s th e So
cie t y for P syc hi cal Re sear c h and t h e p ro mi n en t
sc i en t i s t s i nt ere st e d i n th e wor k o f th e sa i d so
cie t y I n th i s way I h ave sough t t o fu rn i s h t h e
We s t e r n s t u d ent w i t h exa m ple s ca ses and illu s
t r a tio n s fa m il i ar t o h i m an d ea sily referred t o
H a d I ci t ed Indian ca se s I m ight b e accu sed of
off ering proof that coul d n o t b e ea sily v eri ed ;
an d quo t in g person s unk n own t o m y read er s
T h ere i s a wealth of suc h ca se s and illu stration s
i n In d i a na t urally b u t th e s e a s a rul e are trad i
t io n a l a nd n o t a v a i labl e i n p r i n t ed for m ; and
th e se woul d not l i k ely b e ve r y s a ti s fac t ory t o th e
We st ern stu d en t
I m u s t h owever po s itiv ely and r m l y s t a t e
t ha t wh il e th e se ca se s an d illu strat ion s th e se
qu otat i on s and cita ti on s are purely We st ern th e
princ i pl e s t h ey i llu s t ra t e and pro v e are among
t h e ol d e s t k n own t o H i n d u o ccul t sc i enc e and
ph i lo sop h y In fact h av i ng b een a ccepted a s
p r oven t r u th i n In dia f or centuri e s pa st th ere
i s very l it tl e d eman d for furth er proof th ereo f
on th e p a r t of th e Hi n du s I n t h e We st ern world
h owe v er t h e se t hi ngs a r e co mp arat i vel y n ew
an d m u s t b e pro v ed an d att e s t ed a c cord i n g ly
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str u ct i on to conform w i th th e p at t e r n f a vo r ed f o r
th e We s t ern garm en t o f k nowl e d ge S o far a s
th e illu stration s an d ca se s th e quotat i on s an d
citat i on s are concern edth e se are pure l y We s t
ern and fa miliar t o th e stud ent B ut w h en it
c om e s t o th e pr i nc i pl e s th em sel v e s t h i s i s a n
oth er matt er I m u st b e pardone d for s t at ing
t ha t th e se are th e outgrowth of H ind u th o u gh t
an d inve st i ga ti on and th a t h e wh o w o u l d d i s
cover th e i r roo t s m u st di g aroun d th e t ree of t h e
Wi sdom o f th e Ea st wh ich ha s s t o od t h e storm s
and w i nd s o f t h ou sand s o f years
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b ranch e s o f t h i s m i ghty tree are wi de s p reading
and th ere i s ro om for many We s t ern s tud en t s t o
re s t in it s sh ad e an d s h el t er
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n om i nal pr i ce an d con t ain m uch t h a t will b e
h elpfu l t o t h e s t ud e n t o f Hi nd u O c cul t S c i ence
Th ey are n ot required h owever t o com pl et e t h e
u nder stan ding o f t h e subj e c t s treat ed u pon i n
t h e se l e s son s and ar e m en ti on e d an d r e co m
m en ded m erely a s s u ppl em entary r eadin g f or t h e
s t udent w h o w i s h e s t o t ake l it tl e s i d e excur

s i on s away fro m th e m a i n t r i p co v ered i n t h e s e

l esson s
I tru s t th a t m y s t u d en t s w i ll n d th e pl e as
ur e an d sa ti s fa c t i on i n s tud y i ng th e s e l e s s on s
th a t I h a v e i n w r iti n g th e m
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AST RAL S EN SES

Th e s tu d ent o f occult i sm u sually i s q u i t e fa m il

iar w ith t h e cra s s individual wh o a ssum e s th e
ch eap skeptical att i t u d e t oward o ccul t m att er s
w h ic h a t t it ud e h e expre s se s i n hi s w oul d be

smar t remar k th at h e b elieve s only i n w h at

h i s s en se s perce i ve
H e seem s t o thi n k t h a t h i s
ch eap w it h a s nall y di sp o se d of t h e ma tt er t h e
i mpl i cat i on be i ng th at t h e o ccult i s t i s a cred

u lo u s
ea sy per son wh o b elieve s i n t h e ex i st
ence o f t hi ngs con t rary t o th e ev i d ence o f t h e
sen se s
W hi le t h e op i n i on o r v i ew s of per son s o f thi s
cla s s are o f co u rse b eneath th e seriou s concern
of any t ru e s t ud ent o f occulti sm n evert h el e s s t h e
m ental a t t itud e o f such per son s ar e wor th y o f o u r
pas sing con s i derat ion ina smuch a s it serve s t o
give u s an o bj ec t le s son regarding th e ch i ldlike

att i tud e o f t h e average so call ed prac ti cal per

son s regard in g th e matter o f th e evid en ce o f th e
sen se s
Th e se so called pract ical person s ha v e m uc h
t o say regarding t h e i r sen se s Th ey are fond of

speakin g of t h e ev i d ence o f my sen se s

T h ey
al so hav e much t o say about th e po s se s s i on of

goo d sen se o n t h ei r part ; of h av i n g sound

common sen se ; and o ften th ey mak e t h e s t range

b oa st that t h ey h ave h or se sen se seeming t o

con sider th i s a grea t po s se s sion A la s for t h e
pretens ion s of thi s cla ss o f p er son s Th ey a r e
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u s u ally fo u n d q ui t e credulou s regar di n g m a tt e rs

b eyond t h eir everyday eld of work an d t h ought
and accep t wi t hout questi on t h e m o st r i d i c u lo u s
t e a ch ings and dogma s reaching th em from th e
voice of som e claim ed author i ty whil e t h ey sn eer
at som e advanced t eac hi n g w hi ch th eir m ind s are
incapabl e of compreh ending A nything w hi c h

seem s unu sual t o th em i s deemed igh t y and

lacking in appeal t o th eir much p rized h or se

sen se
B ut it i s not my intention t o spen d t i m e i n
di scu s sing th e se in signicant half penny int el
l ec t s I have m erely a lluded t o th em in ord er to
bring to your mind th e fact that t o many p er son s

the i dea o f sen se an d that o f sen se s i s very

clo sely allied They con sid er all kn owledge and

wi sd om a s sen se ; an d all such s en s e a s bein g

d erived directly from th eir ordinary ve sen se s
Th ey i gnore alm o st compl et el y th e intuitional
pha se s of th e mind and are unaware of many of
th e h igh er proce sse s of rea sonin g
Such per son s accept a s un doubt ed anyth ing
th a t t h eir sen se s report to th em Th ey con sider
i t h ere sy t o que stion a rep ort o f th e s en se s O n e
o f th eir favorite remark s i s that it alm o st make s

m e doubt my sen se s
Th ey fail t o perceive that
th eir sen se s at th e b e st are v ery imp erfect ih
st r u m e n t s and that th e m ind i s con stantly em
ployed in correcting t h e m i staken report o f th e
ordinary ve sen se s
N ot t o speak o f th e common p h enomenon of
c ol or blindne ss in wh ich on e color seem s to b e
anoth er our sen se s are far from be i ng exact We
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m ay b y s ugg e s ti o n b e m a d e t o im a g i n e th a t we
s m ell or ta st e certa i n th i ngs wh i ch d o not ex i s t
and h ypnotic subj ect s m ay b e cau se d t o see
t hings that h a v e n o ex i stence sav e i n th e im a g
in a t io n of t h e per son
Th e familiar exper i m ent
of t h e person cro s sin g hi s r st two n ger s an d
placin g th em on a small obj ect such a s a pea or

th e t o p o f a l ea d p encil sh ow s u s h ow mixed
th e sen se o f feeling b ecom e s at tim e s Th e many
familiar i n stance s o f optical d elu sion s sh ow u s

that even o ur sharp eye s m ay d eceive u s every

conj uror knows how ea sy it i s t o d eceive th e eye
by sugge stion and fal se m ovem ent s
P erhap s th e m o st familiar exam pl e o f m i s
taken sen se report s i s that of th e m ovem ent o f
t h e earth Th e sen se s of every person report t o
hi m that th e earth i s a xed imm ovabl e b ody
an d t hat th e sun m oon plan et s an d star s m ov e
around t h e earth every twenty four h our s It i s
onl y wh en on e acc ept s th e rep ort s o f th e rea son
i n g facult ies that h e k n ow s that th e earth not
only wh irl s around on it s axi s every twenty four
h ours b ut that it circl e s around th e sun every
three hundred and sixty v e days ; and th at even
th e sun it sel f carrying with it th e earth an d th e
o t h e r planet s really move s along in space m ov
ing t oward o r around som e unknown point far
di stant from i t I f th ere i s any one particular
report o f th e sen se s wh ich woul d seem t o be be
yond doubt or que stion it certainly would b e th i s
el em entary sen se report of th e x e d n e ss o f th e
earth b en ea th our feet and th e movem en t s of th e
h eavenly bod i e s around it an d yet we kn ow that
th i s i s m erely an illu sion and that t h e fact s of
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th e ca se are t otally di ff eren t A gain h ow few

person s really r ealize that t h e eye perceive s

th ings u p sid e down and th a t th e m in d only

gradually acquire s th e tric k o f a d j u st i ng t h e im
pre s sion ?
I am not trying t o make any o f yo u d oubt th e
r eport o f h i s or h er ve sen se s That woul d b e
m o st fooli sh for al l of u s mu st n eed s d epen d upon
th e se ve sen se s in our everyday affairs and
woul d soon com e t o gri ef were we t o n eglect
th ei r report s In st ead I am trying t o acquaint
you with th e real nature of th e se v e sen se s th at
you m ay real ize what th ey ar e n ot a s W ell a s
what th ey are ; an d al so th at you may r eal ize
that t h ere i s n o ab surdity in b el ieving th at th ere
are m ore channel s of informati on o pen t o th e
ego or soul of th e per son than th e se much u sed
ve sen ses Wh en you once get a correct scie n
t ic conception of th e real nature of th e ve ord i
nary sen se s you will b e able t o int ell igently
gra sp th e natur e of th e h igh er p sych ic facultie s
o r sen se s and thu s b e b ett er tt ed t o u se th em
S o let u s tak e a few m om ent s tim e i n order t o
get th i s fundam ental knowl edge well xed in our
m ind s
Wh at are th e v e sen se s anyway Yo u r rst
a n swer will b e : Fe eling seeing h earing ta st

ing sm ellin g
B ut that i s m erely a recital of

th e d i ff erent form s of sen sing What i s a sen se

wh en you get righ t d own t o it ? Well you will
nd tha t th e dictionary t ell s u s that a sen se i s a
faculty po s se s sed by animal s of perc eiving ex
t ernal obj ect s by m ean s o f im pre s sion s made
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u pon cer t a i n organ s of th e body

Gett ing right
d own t o th e ro ot s of th e mat t er we nd that th e
ve sen se s o f man are t h e c h ann el s t hrough
which h e become s awar e o r con sciou s of in f o r
mat ion conc ernin g obj ect s out side o f h i m self
B ut th e se sen se s are no t t h e sen se organ s al on e
B ac k o f th e organ s th er e i s a p eculiar arrange
m ent o f th e n ervo u s sys t em o r b rain centre s
wh ich tak e up t h e m e s sage s r ece i ved th roug h th e
organ s ; and back o f t h i s again i s th e ego o r
soul or m ind whic h a t t h e la s t i s t h e real
K N OW E R
T h e eye i s m erely a cam era ; th e
ear m erely a receiver of soun d wa v e s ; t h e n o se
m erely an arrangem en t o f sen s i t i ve mu c ou s
m embrane ; th e m outh an d tongue s i m p ly a con
t a in e r of ta st e b ud s ; t h e n er v ou s syst em m erely
a sen sit i v e appara t u s d e signed t o tran sm it m e s
sage s t o th e brain and o t h er cen t re sall b eing
but part of th e physical m ac hi nery an d l i ab l e t o
impairm ent or de struction B ac k o f all t h i s a p
paratu s i s t h e real Knower w h o ma k e s u se of i t
S c i ence t ell s u s that o f all th e v e sen se s tha t

of Touch o r Feeling wa s th e or i g i nal th e funda

m ental sen se A ll th e re st ar e h el d t o b e b u t
mo dica t ion s o f and special ize d form s o f thi s
original sen se of feel ing I am t ellin g yo u thi s
not m erely in t h e way of int ere sting an d in str u c
t i ve scient i c information but al so b ecau se an
unders t anding o f thi s fact will enabl e you t o
m ore cl early compreh end tha t whi ch I shall h a v e
t o say t o you about t h e high er faculti e s or sen se s
Many o f th e v ery l owly and sim pl e form s o f
animal l ife have thi s on e sen se only and tha t but
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p oorly d evel oped

T h e el ementary life form

f eel s th e t ouch o f it s fo od or o f oth er obj ec t s

wh ich m ay t ouch i t T h e plant s al so h a v e som e
t h ing a k in to th i s sens e which in some c a se s
l ik e th at of t h e S en s i t i ve P lant f or i n stan c e i s
q ui t e w ell d evelope d Long b efore t h e sen se o f
sigh t or th e sen sit iv en e s s t o l ight app eared i n
animal life we nd evidence s of ta s t e an d som e
t h in g l ik e rudim entary h ear i ng or sen s i tiven e s s
t o sound s Sm el l gr a d u ally d evel oped from t h e
s en se of ta st e w i th w h ic h even now it i s cl o sel y
connec t ed In som e form s o f lower animal l i fe th e
se n se o f sm ell i s much m ore h ighly d evelope d
than i n m an k ind H earing evolved i n due tim e
from t h e r u dim entary feeling of v i bra ti on s
Sig ht th e hi ghe st o f t h e sen se s cam e la st a n d
wa s an e v ol ut ion o f th e el em en t ary sen sit iv en es s
t o li g h t
B ut yo u s ee all t h e se sen s e s are but m o d ica
tion s of th e or i gi nal sen se of feeling o r t ouch
Th e eye record s th e t ouch or feel ing o f th e lig ht
wave s w h ic h stri k e upon it Th e ear r ecord s th e
touch or feel i ng of t h e soun d wave s or v i brat i on s
of th e a i r wh ich reach it Th e t on gu e an d oth er
seat s o f ta st e record th e ch emi cal t ouch o f th e
part i cl e s of food o r oth er sub stance s coming i n
con t act w it h th e t a s t e b ud s Th e n o se record s
th e ch emical t o u c h of th e ga se s or ne particl e s
of mat erial wh ic h t ouch i t s mucou s m embran e
Th e sen sory nerve s r ecord th e pre senc e o f outer
o bj e c t s comin g in contact with th e n erve end s in
v ari o u s part s of t h e sk i n of th e b od y Y o u see
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t h a t all of t h e se sen se s m e r ely r eco r d th e c on t a ct

or touch of o u t sid e obj ect s

B ut th e sen se organ s th e m se lv e s d o n o t d o
th e k n o wi ng o f t h e pre sence o f th e obj ect s T h ey
are but piece s of delicat e apparatu s serv i ng t o
record or t o receive pr i mary im pre s sion s from
out sid e Wond erful a s th ey are th ey have t h eir
coun t erpart s in th e work s of man a s for i n s t ance
th e cam era or art icial eye ; th e ph onograph o r
articial ear ; th e del i cat e chemical apparatu s or
arti cial ta st er an d smell er ; th e t elegrap h or
art i cial nerve s N o t only th i s but th er e are a l
ways to be found n erve t el egraph wire s convey
ing t h e m es sage s of th e eye th e ear th e no se

th e tongue t o th e brain t elling th e som eth ing

in th e b rain of what ha s been felt at th e oth er end
of th e lin e S ever th e nerv e s leading t o t h e eye
and th ough th e eye will continue t o regi st er p er
f e ctly st ill n o m e s sage will reach t h e brain A nd
render th e brain uncon sciou s and n o m e ssage
w ill reach i t from th e n erve s conn ecting with
eye ear no se tongue or surface o f th e b ody
There i s much mor e to th e receivin g of sen se
me s sages t h an you would th ink a t rst you see
N ow al l thi s m ean s that th e ego o r soul o r
min d i f you prefer t h e t erm i s th e real Kn ower
wh o become s aware of th e out sid e world by
mean s of th e m e s sage s of th e sen se s C u t o ff
from th ese m e s sage s th e m in d woul d b e alm o st a
b lank so far a s out sid e obj ect s are c oncern ed
E very one of th e sen se s so cut o ff woul d m ean a
dimini shin g o r cutting o ff of a par t of th e world
of th e ego A nd l ikewi se each n ew sen se add ed

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t o th e l i s t t end s t o wi d en an d in c rea se th e worl d

o f th e ego We d o n ot real i z e t h i s a s a rul e I n
s t ead we are i n t h e hab i t o f t h inking that th e
w orl d con si st s of j u st so many th ings and fact s
an d th at we know every po s sibl e one of th em
Th i s i s th e rea son i ng of a child Think h ow v ery
m uch small er t h an th e worl d o f th e average per
son i s th e worl d o i th e per son born b lind or th e
per son born d eaf ! L ikewi se th ink h ow very much
great er and wid er an d m ore wond erful th i s
world of our s would seem were each o f u s t o n d
our selve s sudd enly endowed with a n ew sen se !
H ow much m ore we woul d p erceive H ow much
m ore we woul d feel H ow much more we woul d
know H ow m uch m ore w e would have t o tal k
a bout Why we ar e really in about th e sam e po si
t ion a s th e poor girl b orn b lind wh o sai d that sh e
t h oug h t tha t th e col or of scarlet mu st b e som e
th ing like th e sound o i a trum pet P o or thing
sh e c oul d form no conception of col or n ever hav

ing seen a ray of l igh t sh e could think and spea k

onl y in th e t erm s of t ouch sound t a st e an d sm ell
Ha d sh e al so been d eaf she woul d h av e b een
robb ed o f a still great er share of h er worl d
T hi nk over th e se th ings a littl e
Suppo se on th e contrary tha t we had a n ew
sen se w h ic h woul d enabl e u s to sen se th e wave s
of el ectr i city I n that ca s e we woul d b e abl e t o

feel wh at wa s goin g on a t anoth er place p er

h ap s on th e oth er si d e of th e world or m ayb e on
one of t h e oth er plan et s Or suppo se tha t we
h ad an X Ray sen se w e could then see through
a s t on e w all in sid e th e room s of a h ou se
I f our
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vi sion were i m pro v ed by t h e a dd it i on of a t el e

scopic a dj u stm ent we coul d see what i s going
on i n Mar s and could send an d recei v e communi
ca t ion s with th o se living there O r if with a
m icro sco pic adj u stm ent we coul d s ee all th e

secret s of a drop o f water mayb e it i s well that

we cannot do thi s O n th e o t h er hand if w e h ad
a well d eveloped t ele path ic sen se w e wo u l d b e
awar e o f th e th ought wave s of oth er s t o suc h an
ext ent that th er e woul d b e n o secre t s l eft h idd en

t o anyone wouldn t t hat alter l i fe an d h u m an

?
intercour s e a great d eal
Th e se thi ngs w ould
r eally be n o more wonderful t han i s t h e e v olu ti on
of th e sen se s we have We can d o so m e o f t h e se
th ings by a pparatu s d esigned by t h e b r a i n o f
man an d man really i s bu t an i m i t a t o r an d
adapto r o f N ature
P erhap s on so m e o t h er
world or planet th er e may b e be i ngs h a v in g
seven nin e or ft een sen se s i n s t ead o f th e poor
littl e v e known t o u s W h o k no w s !
B ut it i s no t nece ssary t o ex erci s e th e i m a gina
t ion in t h e direction o f picturing b eings on o t h er
planet s endowed with m ore sen se s th an h ave t h e
p eo pl e of earth Whil e a s th e occult teach ings
po sitively stat e th ere are b eings on o t h er planet s
wh o se sen se s are a s much high er than th e earth
man s a s th e latter s are h igh er than t h o se o f t h e
oys t er still we d o not h ave t o go so far t o nd
i n s t ance s of th e p o s se s sion o f much hig h er an d
m ore activ e facultie s than th o se e m ployed by t h e
ordinary man We h ave bu t t o con si d er th e
h igh er p sych ical facul t ie s of man r i gh t h ere an d
now i n ord er t o see wha t n e w world s are open t o
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him W h en you reach a sci enti c und erstanding

of th e se things you will see that th er e really i s
n oth in g at all sup ernatural ab out much of th e
great body of wonderful experi ence s of men in al l

time s wh ich t h e h or se sen s e man sneeringly

di smi s se s a s q u eer an d cont rary t o sen se

Yo u will see th a t t h e s e ex p erienc e s ar e quit e a s
natura l a s are tho se in which t h e ordinary ve
s en se s are em p l oyedthough th ey are super
physical Th er e i s th e gr eat e st d i ff erence be

tween supernat u ral a nd super physi cal you m u s t

real iz e
A ll occul ti st s k n ow th at m an ha s oth er sen se s
than t h e o rdinary ve al t h ough b ut few m en
hav e d evelop ed th em su ffic i ently well to u se th em
e ff ectively T h e s e super phys i cal sen se s are

known t o t h e occ u l t i st s a s th e a st ral sen se s

Th e t erm A s t ral u sed so frequently by all o c

culti st s ancien t an d m od ern i s d er i ved from th e

Greek word a s t ra m ean i n g star

I t i s u sed
t o ind i cat e th o se plane s of b eing imm ediat ely
ab ove t h e p h ys i cal plan e T h e a stral sen ses are
really t h e co u n t erpar t s o f th e physical sen se s of
man an d ar e connec t ed w i th th e a stral bo dy of
th e person j u s t a s th e ph ys i cal sen se s ar e con
n e ct e d w ith t h e phys i cal bo dy
Th e o fce of
th ese a s t ra l sen se s i s t o enabl e th e p er son t o r e
ce iv e i m pre s s i on s on th e a stral plan e j u st a s h i s
phys i cal sen se s enabl e him t o receive im pre s s i on s
on th e physical plan e O n th e phys i cal plan e t h e
mind of man rece i ve s only th e sen se im pre s sion s
o f th e physical organ s of sen se ; bu t wh en th e
mind function s and vibrat e s on t h e a stral plane i t
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r e qui re s a stral sen se s i n or d er t o rece i ve t h e im

pr e ssm n s of that plan e and th e se a s we shal l see
a re pre sen t
E ach on e of th e physical sen se s o f man h a s it s
as tral count erpart Thu s man ha s in lat ency
th e power o f seeing feel in g t a sting sm elling
and h ear i n g on th e a s t ral plan e by m ean s of h i s
ve a s t ral sen se s M ore t han th i s t h e b e st o c
culti st s kn ow t ha t m an r eally ha s seven physical
sen se s in stead of bu t v e th ough th e se two ad di
t io n a l sen se s are n ot unfold ed in t h e ca se of th e
average per son ( th ough o ccult i st s wh o h ave
reach ed a certain s t age are abl e t o u se th em
effectively )
Even th e se two extra physical
sen se s have th eir count erpart s on th e a stral
plane
P er son s wh o have d evel op e d t h e u se of th eir
a stral sen se s ar e abl e to receive th e sen se im
pre s sion s of th e a stral plan e j u st a s cl early a s
they rec e i ve th o se of th e physical plane by m ean s
of th e physical sen se s For in stance th e p er son
i s th u s ab l e t o perceive thin gs occurrin g on th e
a stral plan e ; t o read th e A k a sh ic R ecord s o f t h e
pa st ; t o p erceive things th at are h appening in
other part s of th e worl d ; to see pa st hap penings
a s wel l ; and i n ca se s of peculiar d evelopment t o
catch gl imp se s of th e future though th i s i s far
rarer than th e oth er form s of a stral sight
Aga i n by m ean s o f cla i raudience th e p er son
may h ear th e things o f th e a stral world pa st a s
wel l a s pre sen t and i n rare ca se s th e future

Th e explanation i s th e sam e in each ca se m erely

th e receiv i ng of vi bra ti on s on th e a st ral plan e in
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stead o f o n th e p h y s i c a l plane I n t h e sa m e way

t h e a stral sen se s o f smellin g t a st i ng a nd feelin g
operat e
B u t t h ou g h w e h a v e o cca sional in
stance s o i a stral feel i ng in cer t a i n ph a se s o f
p sych ic p h enomena we ha v e practically n o mani
f e st a t io n of a stral sm ell i ng or t a stin g alt h ough
th e a s t ral sens e s are t h ere ready for u se I t i s
only in in s t ance s of travell i ng i n th e a s t ral body
that th e la st two m entioned a s t ral s en se s viz
smell and ta st e are m anife ste d
Th e p h enom ena o f t el epathy or th o u g ht t ran s
ference occurs o n b oth th e physical and th e m en
tal p lan e O n th e physical plane it i s m ore o r l es s
spontan eou s and errat ic in manife sta ti on ; wh ile
on t h e a stral plan e i t i s a s cl ear rel i abl e and r e
spo n siv e t o d emand a s i s a stral sight etc
Th e ordinary per son ha s but occa sional a s h e s
of a stral sen sing and a s a rul e i s not abl e t o ex
r
i
n
e
th
e
ph
enom
enon
at
will
Th
e
t
rained
e
e
c
p
occulti st on t h e contrary i s abl e t o shif t from
one s et of s en se s t o t h e ot h er by a sim pl e act
o r e ff ort of w i ll wh en ever h e m ay w i s h t o d o so
Advanced occult i st s are o ften abl e t o func t ion on
bot h p h ysical an d a stral plan e s a t t h e sam e t i m e
th ou gh th ey d o n ot oft en d e s i re t o d o so To
v i sion a s t rally th e t ra i n ed occult i st m erely sh i ft s
h i s sen sory m echan i s m f ro m phys i cal t o a stral
o r v ice v ersa j u st a s th e t yp ewr i t er o p erator
sh i ft s fro m th e small l e t t er t ype t o t h e capital s
by simply touc hi ng th e sh ift k ey of hi s m achin e
Many p er son s su pp o se th a t i t i s n ece s sary t o
t ravel on th e a stral plan e i n t h e a s t ral b ody i n
order t o u se th e a stral sen se s T hi s i s a mi s t a k e
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In i n s t an c e s o f C la i r v oyance a s t ral vi s i on i ng
p syc h om etry e t c th e occul t i s t rem a i n s in h i s
p h ys i c a l b ody and sen se s th e p h eno m en a o f th e
a stral plan e q u it e readily by m ean s o f t h e a stral
sen se s j u s t a s h e i s ab l e t o sen se th e p h enomena
o f t h e physical plan e w h en h e u se s th e phys i c a l
o rgan sq u it e more e a s i ly i n f ac t i n m any in
stance s I t i s n ot even n ece s sary for th e occ u lt i st
t o en t er i nt o th e t rance cond it ion i n th e m aj or it y
o f ca se s
Travel i n t h e a s t ral b o d y i s q uit e a no th er p h a se
o f occ u lt ph enom ena an d i s far m ore d i fcult t o
manife s t Th e stud ent s h o u l d n ever attem pt t o
t ravel i n th e a stral b ody exce p t un de r th e in str uc
t ion o f som e competent i n struc t or
I n C rystal Gazin g th e occ u lt i s t m erely e m
pl oys th e crystal in order t o concentrat e h i s
power an d t o b rin g t o a focu s h i s a stral vi sion
Th ere i s n o sup ernatural vir t u e i n t h e crystal
i t selfit i s m erely a m ean s t o an en d ; a p i ece of
u seful apparatu s t o aid in th e pro duction of cer
tain phenom ena
In P sych om etry som e obj ect i s u sed in ord er

t o bring th e o ccu list en rapp ort with th e p er

son or th ing a s sociat ed with it B ut it i s th e
a stral sen se s wh ich are em pl oyed in d e scrib ing
eith er t he pa st environment o f th e t h i ng or el se
t h e p r e sent o r pa st d o i ngs of t h e p er son i n que s
ti on e t c In sh ort th e obj ec t i s m erely t h e lo o se
en d of th e p sych ic ball of t win e wh ic h t h e p sych o
metr i s t p roceed s t o w i n d o r un wi nd at w i ll Psy
,

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ch o m e t r y

i s m erely on e f or m o f a s t ra l s ee i ng ;
j u st a s i s c rystal g az i ng
I n wh at i s k nown a s Tel ek i n e s i s or m o v e m ent
at a d i stance th ere i s foun d th e em pl oym ent of
both a stral sen s i ng and a s t ral wi l l act i on a e co m
pa n ie d in many ca se s by ac t ual proj ec ti on o f a
p ortion of th e s u b stan c e o f t h e a s t ral bo d y
I n th e ca se of C la i rvoyance we h a v e an in
stance o i th e simpl est form o f a s t ral s ee i ng w i t h

out t h e n ece s si t y o i t h e a s soc i at e d obj ec t o f

p sych om et ry o r th e f ocal poin t o f t h e c r ystal i n
c rystal gazing
Th i s i s true not only o f th e ord i nary f orm of
clairvoyance i n wh i c h th e o ccult i s t see s a strally
t h e happ enings and d o i ngs a t som e di stant po i nt
at th e m om ent o f ob servation ; i t i s al so t rue of
wha t i s k n own a s pa s t clairvoyan ce o r a stral see
ing of pa s t event s ; an d in t h e see i n g of fu t ure
event s a s i n pro p h etic v i sion et c Th e se are all
sim ply d i fferen t form s o f on e an d th e sam e th i n g
Surely som e o f yo u may say Th e se t h i ngs
are superna t ural far ab ove th e realm o f natural

law and ye t t h i s man woul d h a v e u s b eli eve

oth erw i se
So ftly so ftly dear r eader d o not
j um p a t con clu si on s so readily Wha t d o yo u
kn ow ab ou t th e l im i t s of na t ural law and ph e
n o m en a ?
What right h av e you t o a ssert t h at all
b eyon d yo u r cu stomary range of sen se e x pe r i
?
N
ence i s out si d e o f a t ure
D o you n o t real iz e
t hat yo u ar e a tt em pt i ng t o plac e a l i m it up on
Nature wh ic h i n reali t y i s i llimi t abl e ?
Th e man of a generat i on b ac k o f th e p r e s en t
one w oul d h a v e b een e q ually j u s t i ed i n as se r t
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i n g th a t th e m arvel s of wi rele s s t el egrap h y wer e

s u pernat u ral h a d h e been t ol d of t h e po s s i bili t y
of th e i r man i festa t ion Going ba c k a li t tl e f u r
th er t h e fath er of t hat man would h ave sa i d th e
s a m e th i n g regardin g t h e t el eph one had anyon e
been so b ol d a s t o h a ve pro ph e s i ed i t Going b ac k
st i ll another gen era t ion imagin e th e O pini on of
som e o f t h e old m en of that tim e regarding t h e
t el e g raph A n d yet th e se th i ngs are sim ply th e

di scovery and applicat i on o f c er t a i n of Nature s

w onderful power s and forces
I s i t any m ore unrea sona bl e t o sup po se t h at
Na t ure ha s still a m in e of un di scovered trea sure
in th e m in d and con st itution o f man a s well a s in
i nor g anic nature ? N 0 fri end s th e se things ar e
a s nat ural a s th e physical sen se s an d n ot a w hi t
more o f a m iracl e It i s only that we are accu s
t o m e d to on e and no t t o th e oth er that m a k es
th e a stra l sen se s seem m or e wonderful th an t h e
p h ys i cal Nature s workings are al l wond erful
non e m ore so t han th e oth er A ll a r e b eyon d our
ab so lu t e c oncept i on w h en we ge t do w n t o t h eir
real e s sen c e S o l e t u s k eep an o p en m i n d !
,

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v s.

C LA I RVO YA N C E

I n th i s work I shal l u se th e t erm cla ir v o y

ance in it s broad sen se of a st ral percepti on a s

d i stingui sh ed from p erception by m ean s of th e
phys i cal sen se s A s w e proceed you w ill see th e
gen eral and special m eanings of th e t erm so
th ere i s n o n ece s sity for a sp ec i al d en i t ion o r
illu stration of t h e t erm a t th i s tim e

B y t el epathy I m ean t h e s ending and r e ce iv

ing of th ought m e s sage s and m ental and emo
t io n a l stat es con sc i ou sly or u ncon sc i ou sly by

m ean s of wh at m ay b e call ed t h e sixt h sen se of

th e physical plan e Th ere i s o f cour se a form o f
though t tran sference on the a s t ral plan e but th i s
I includ e und er th e gen eral t erm of clairvoyance
for rea son s which wil l b e explained lat er on
You will rem ember t ha t i n th e preceding cha p
t er I t ol d yo u that in addit i on to th e v e ord i nary
ph ysical sen se s of m an th ere were al so t w o oth er
phy sical sen se s co m parati v ely u nd ev eloped in
t h e aver a ge per son Th e se two extra physical
sen se s ar e re spectively ( 1 ) th e sen se of th e
p r e sence of oth er living t h ings ; an d ( 2 ) th e t el e
path ic sen se A s I al so t old you th e se two extra
physical sen se s h ave th eir a s t ral count erpart s
They al so hav e certain physical organ s w h ich
are n ot gen eral ly recognized by physi ol ogi st s or
p sych olo gi st s but wh ich are well kn own t o all

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occulti s t s I shall now con sider th e r st o f th e

two above m entioned extra physical sen se s in
order t o cl ear t h e way for our con sid era t ion o f
t h e que stion of th e d i stinct i on between ordinary
t el epathy an d that form of clairvoyance which i s
it s a stral counterpart
Th ere i s in every human be ing a sen s e w h ic h
i s not gen erally r ecogn ized a s such althoug h
nearly every per son ha s h ad m ore or l es s e x pe r i
ence regarding it s workings I r efer t o th e sen se
of th e pre sence of oth er liv i ng t h ings separate
and apart from th e o pera t ion of any o f th e v e
ord i nary physical sen se s I a s k you to under
s t an d tha t I am not claiming th a t th i s i s a high er
sen se than th e oth er physical s en se s or th at it
ha s com e to man in a high stat e of evolution On
th e contrary thi s sen se cam e t o l iving th ings far
back in the scale of evol u tion I t i s po s se s sed by
th e h igh er form s o f th e l owe r ani m al s suc h a s
th e h or se d og an d t h e m aj ority o f th e wil d
b ea st s Savage and barbari c m en h ave i t m ore
highly d eveloped than i t i s i n t h e ca se of th e
civilized man I n fact thi s p h ysical sen se may
b e t erm ed almo st ve stigal in civil i z ed m a n be
cau se h e ha s not act ively u sed it for many gener a
tion s For tha t m at t er th e p hys i cal sen se of
smell i s al so d ecient in man and for t h e sam e
rea son w h erea s in th e ca se of th e l ower animal s
and savage man th e sen s e o f sm el l i s v ery k een
I mention thi s for fear of m i sund er s t anding I n

m y littl e b ook Th e A stral World I h a v e sa id :

A ll occulti st s know that m an really ha s seven
sen se s in s t ead of m erely ve th ough th e addi
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30
t io n a l

t wo sen se s are n ot s u f c i en t ly d e v el oped

f or u se i n th e av erage p er son ( thou g h th e occu l t
i st gen eral ly unfold s th em i nt o
S om e
h a v e t a k en th i s t o m ean t h at th e o ccult i s t d e
v e lo ps th e se two ex t r a physical sen se s j u s t a s h e
do e s certa i n h igh er p sych ic or a st ra l f aculti e s
B ut th i s i s wrong Th e occulti st i n s uc h ca se
m erely r e awak en s t h e se t wo sen se s wh ich h a v e
b een alm o st l o st t o th e race B y u se an d e x e r
ci se h e th en d evelo p s th em t o a wond erful p ro
cie n cy for u se on t h e phys i cal plan e
N ow thi s sen se of t h e pre sence of ot h er l i ving
beings i s very well d evel o p ed in th e lower ani
mal s particularly in th o se wh o se safety d ep end s
u pon th e kn owl edge of th e pre senc e o f t h eir n a t
ural en emi e s A s might b e expect ed th e wil d ani
mal s hav e it m ore h igh ly d e v elop ed than d o th e
d ome sticat ed animal s B ut even amon g th e lat
ter we nd i n stance s of th i s sen se b eing in act i ve

u se in th e ca se o f dogs h or se s gee se e tc
e sp ecial l y Who o f u s i s n ot familiar w i t h th e
strange ac ti on s o f th e dog o r th e h or se w h en
th e animal sen se s th e un seen an d un h eard pre s
ence of som e per son o r anim al ? V ery of t en we
woul d scol d or puni sh th e an imal for it s pecul i a r
action s simply b ecau se we are not a b l e t o see
what i s w orrying i t H ow o ft en d oe s t h e d o g
start su d denly an d bri stl e up i t s h a i r wh en
nothing i s i n sight o r with i n h earin g d i s t ance

H ow often d o e s th e h or se grow skitt i sh or

e v en panicky w h en th ere i s n oth i n g w ithin s i gh t
o r h earing D om e st i c fowl s e specially gee se
m anifest an u nea sine s s at th e pre sence of strange
,

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31

person s or animal s though th ey may n o t b e abl e

t o see o r h ear th em I t i s a matter of h i st ory tha t
th i s sen se i n a fl oc k of gee se once saved ancient
Rome fro m an attack of th e enemy Th e n ight
w a s dark and st ormy an d th e train ed eye sight
and k een h earin g of th e Roman outpo st s fail ed t o
reveal th e approach o f t h e enemy B ut th e keen
sen se of th e ge e se felt th e pre sence o f strange
m en an d th ey start ed t o cackl e loudly a rou sed
th e guard and R om e wa s sav ed Sk eptical p er
son s have sought t o explain thi s hi storical ca s e
by th e th eory that th e geese h eard t h e approac h
ing enemy B ut th i s explanation will not serve
for th e R oman soldier s were march in g about on
th eir po st s an d guard duty and th e gee se r e
main ed sil ent until th ey sen sed th e approach of

th e small number of th e enemy s scout s wh en

th ey bur st int o wil d crie s Th e anc i ent R o m an s
th em selve s were und er n o illu sion abou t t h e

matt er th ey recognized th e exi st enc e o f som e

unu sual p ower in th e gee se and th ey g a v e th e
animal s t h e full credit th erefor
Hunt er s i n wild and strange land s h a v e tol d u s
that o ft en w h en th ey were lying conceal ed for
th e pur po se of sh ooting th e wild an i mal s wh en
t h ey cam e with i n range th ey h ave witn e ssed in
s t an ce s o f th e ex ist enc e of th i s s t range faculty i n
th e wil d b ea st s Th ough th ey coul d not see th e
conceal ed hunter s nor sm ell t h em ( a s th e w i n d
wa s in th e oth er direct i on ) al l o f a sud d en on e or
more of th e animal s ( generally an ol d femal e )
woul d start suddenl y and a s hi ver would b e seen
t o pa s s over it s b ody ; th en it woul d utt er a l o w
,
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w ar n i n g not e a nd aw a y woul d y th e p ac k
N early every hun t er ha s h ad t h e experience o f
w a t ch i ng h i s expect ed gam e wh en all of a su d
d en it woul d start o ff w i t h a n ervou s j er k an d
wit h out wait i ng t o sni ff t h e air a s i s u sual woul d
bolt precipitat ely from t h e scen e M oreo v er
many b ea st s of p rey are kn own t o sen se t h e p re s
ence o f th eir na t ural prey even w h en th e wind i s
i n th e oth er d irection and th ere i s n o sound o r
m ovem ent mad e b y th e crouching f e a r str ick e n
an i mal C ertain b ird s seem t o sen se t h e pre sence
o f pa rticular worm s up on wh ich th ey feed
th ough t h e latt er b e b uried several inch e s i n th e
earth or i n th e bark of t ree s
Savage man al so ha s th i s faculty d evel oped a s
all traveller s and explorer s well know Th ey
are a s k een a s a wil d animal t o sen se th e nearn e s s
o f en emi e s or in som e ca se s t h e approach of
man eating b ea st s Th i s d oe s not m ean tha t
that t h ese savage s are m or e h ighly d evel oped

than i s c i vilized man qu it e th e rever se Th i s

i s t h e explanation : wh en man becam e m ore civil
iz e d and mad e h im s el f m ore secure from h i s
w i ld bea st enemie s a s well a s from th e sudden
a tt ac k s o f h i s human enem ie s h e b egan t o u se
t h i s sen se l e s s and le ss Finally in th e cour se o f
many generation s i t becam e alm o st a t roph i ed
from d i su se an d cea sed reportin g t o th e brain o r
oth er nerve cen t r es Or i f you prefer vi ewing it
from anoth er angl e it may b e sai d tha t th e n erv e
centre s and b rain b egan t o pay l e s s and l e s s a t
t ention t o th e report s of th i s sen se ( tru st i ng
m ore t o sigh t and h ear i ng ) u n ti l th e con scious
.

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n e s s faile d t o awa k en t o t h e r eport s Yo u k now

h ow yo u r c on sci o u sne s s will nally refu se t o b e
awa k ened by familiar sound s ( such a s th e n o i se
o f mach inery in th e s h op or ord inary noi se s in
th e h ou se ) alth ough t h e ear s receive t h e sound
wa v e s
Well t h i s i s th e way in th e ca se of thi s n e g
le ct e d sen se for th e two rea son s j u st mentioned
th e average p er son i s alm o st unaware of it s
exi stence A lm o st u naware I have said not to
tally unaware For prob ably every on e of u s ha s

had experi ence s in wh ich we have actually felt

th e pre sence o f som e strange p erson ab out th e
p rem i se s or place Th e e ffec t o f th e report of
thi s sen se i s part icularly not iced in th e region of
th e solar pl exu s or th e pit of th e st omach I t
man ife st s in a pecul iar un plea sant feeling of

gone n e s s in that region it pro duce s a feeling

o f som ething w rong wh ich di sturb s one in a

strange way Th i s i s gen erally accompanied by

a bri stl ing u p or cre epy feeling al ong th e

spin e Th e organ s regi stering th e pre sence of a
strange or alien creatur e con si st of c ertain d eli
cat e n erv e s of th e surface o f th e skin generally
connect ed with th e root s of th e d owny hair of
the body o r re sting wh ere th e hair ro ot s woul d
nat urally b e i n th e ca se o f a hairl e s s skin Th e se
seem t o report directly to th e solar p lexu s wh ic h
th en act s quickly by re ex act ion on th e oth er
part s of th e b ody cau sin g an in stinctive feeling
t o eith er y th e scen e or el se to crouch and h id e
on eself Th i s feeling a s may b e seen at once i s
an inheritance from our savage anc e stors o r
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per h ap s from our lowly animal ance s t ral ro o t s

It i s a m o st unpl ea sant fe eling and th e rac e
e scape s m uch di scomfor t by rea son of i t s com
r
i
a
a
t
v e ab senc e
p
I hav e said that occul t i st s h av e d e v elo pe d or
rat h er r e d evelo ped t h i s sen se T h ey d o th i s i n
order to have a harmoniou s well d evel ope d s even
fold sen se syst em
I t increa se s t h eir general

awaren e ss
C ertain o t h er knowl edge of th e
occulti st n eutralize s th e unpl ea sant feature s of
th e manife station o f thi s sen se and h e n d s it
oft en a very valuabl e adj un ct t o h i s sen se s of
seeing an d h earing part icularly in th e ca se s in
wh ich h e i s app roach ed by person s having a n
t a go n ist ic or ho stil e feelings t oward hi m a s in
such ca se s thi s faculty i s particularly act ive I n
conn ection with th e t el epath ic sen se ( t o b e d e
scrib ed a littl e furth er on ) th i s sen se operat e s t o
give a per son that sen s e of warning w h en a p
r
o
a
h
d
c
e
by anoth er per son wh o se fee l ings are
p
not f ri endly t o him not matt er h ow friendly t h e
outward appearanc e of tha t p er son may b e
Th ese two extra sen se s c o opera t e t o g i ve a p er
son that in stinctive feeling o i warnin g wh ich all
of u s know in our own experience
Thi s particular a s well a s th e t el epath i c sen se
may b e cult ivated or d evel oped by anyon e wh o
wi sh e s t o tak e th e tim e and troubl e t o accomp li s h
th e work Th e principl e i s simpl em erely th e
sam e principl e t hat on e u se s i n d eveloping any of
th e oth er physical attribut e s namely u se and
exerci se Th e rst step ( a ) i s th e recognition o f
th e exi s t ence of th e sen se i t self ; th en ( b ) th e a t
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t en ti on g iv en t o it s repor t s ; t h en ( c ) freq u en t
u se an d exerci se Ju st th i n k o f h ow you woul d
proceed t o d evelo p any o f th e ve o rdinary

sen se s th e h earing sight or touch for in stanc e

t h en follow t h e sam e proce s s in th e cultivation
of th i s ex t ra sen se or two sen ses an d you wi ll
accompli sh t h e sam e kind of re sul t s
N ow l et u s con s id er th e oth er ex t ra ph ys i cal

sen se t h e t elepathic sen se o r sen se of be co m

ing aware of th e t h ought wave s or em otional
wave s of oth er p er son s N ow a s strange a s th i s
may app ear t o som e person s th e m o st of per
son s in fact thi s t el epath ic faculty i s n ot a

h igh er faculty or sen se but i s really a com

r
a
Ju s t like th e sen se j u st d e
p a t iv e ly l ow on e
scribed it i s p o s se s sed i n a high er d egree b y
m any o f t h e lower animal s and by primitive and

savage man That whic h really i s h igh er in

thi s k in d o f p sych ic ph enom ena i s t h e m a n if e s
t a t io n o f t h at h igh er form o f t el epat h y b
u
se
y
o f th e a s t ral counterpart of th i s sen se wh ich we
s h al l con sid er lat er un der th e nam e of cla ir v o y
ance for th i s i s really a particular pha se of clair
v oyance
A s strange a s it may appear t o som e of you
t h e lower animal s po sses s a kind of t el epathic
sen se A n animal i s u sually awar e of your feel
ings toward it and your purpo se s regarding it
Do m e stic animal s lo se som e of th i s by genera
t ion s o f connem ent wh il e th e wil d animal s hav e
t h e sen se h ighly d evelop ed B ut even som e o f
th e d ome s t ic animal s hav e more or l es s of i t
Y o u will read i ly recognize t h i s fact i f you h ave
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ever tr i ed t o cut o ut a certain a ni m al fro m a

h er d or oc k You w i ll n d that th e an i mal i n
som e w ay h a s sen se d your d e sign s upon i t no
matte r h o w in directly you approac h i t an d i t will
b egin circl i ng around th e oth er an imal s twi sting
in an d ou t in i t s end eavor s t o b e lo s t t o your
sigh t T h e ot h er an imal s l i k ewi se will seem t o
kn ow t h at you are aft er onl y tha t par t icular one
and will manife st bu t l ittl e fright o r di stru s t
compara ti vely
I hav e frequently seen th i s th i ng in my own
country an d in oth er s among poultry rai sers
Th e poultryman will th i n k t o h i m self N ow I
am goin g t o get t hat blac k hen w ith th e yellow

legs th at fat clum sy one an d h e will mov e

toward t h e oc k slowly an d w i th an air of u n co n
cern B ut 10 ! a s soon a s h e get s near th e crea
ture s that black h en will b e seen ed ging h er way
t o th e out er circl e o f th e ock on th e o pp o sit e
sid e from t h e man W h en t h e man move s around
t o h er side sh e wi ll b e f ound t o h ave plun ged i n t o
t h e crowd an d i t i s h ar d t o nd h er S om etim e s
sh e will actually t ry t o sn eak o ff and con ceal h er
sel f in som e dark corner o r back of som e large
o bj ect Every poultryman will sm il e wh en thi s

occurrenc e i s m ent i oned t o h im h e k nows by

experi ence that h en s have a way of sen sing wha t
h e ha s i n hi s mind regard ing th em
M oreo v e r a s every farm er kn ows th e crow
fam i ly h a s a m o st uncanny way of sen sing th e
in t ent i on s of t h e farm er wh o i s trying t o d e stroy
th e m and sh ow s great sagacity in d efeating
th o se i nt en ti on s B ut w h il e t h e crow i s a v ery

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v s.

37

i n t ell ig en t bir d one o f t h e wi se st o f th e b i rd

family in fac t it obtain s i t s k n owl edge of w h a t

,

i s in th e m i n d o f th e man n ot alone fro m gu r i ng

on h i s i nt ent i on s but rath er from tha t i n s ti n o

tive sen sing of h i s m ental stat e s T h e h en a s a ll
k now i s a v ery stupid b i rd showing but l it t l e in
t e llige n t activity
Bu t n everth el es s sh e i s v ery

q uick a bout sen s i ng th e poultryman s d e s i gn s

on h er t hough generally very stu p id ab out plan
ning out a skillful e scape
E very own er o f dogs cat s and h or se s ha s h ad
many op portunitie s fo r ob serving th e manifesta
tion of thi s sen se on th e part of th o se animal s
E very d og feel s th e emotional stat e s o f h i s
own er and oth er s Th e h or se know s wh en h i s
own er seek s t o throw th e h alt er over h i s n ec k
or wh en on th e contrary h e i s m erely walking

through th e eld C at s sen se th eir owner s feel

ings an d th ough t s an d o ft en re sent th em Of
cour se t h e lower animal s can sen se m erely el e
mentary m ental stat e s and generally onl y emo
t io n a l stat e s a s th eir m ind s are not d eveloped so
a s t o int erpret th e m ore com pl ex m ental stat e s
P rimitiv e m en lik ewi se alm o st i n stinct ively sen se
th e feelings and d e sign s o f o th er m en T h ey d o

not rea son t h e th ing out b u t rather m erely feel

th e i dea s an d d esign s o f t h e oth er s Th e w om en
of th e lower race s are m ore adept in int erpreting
th ese sen se repor t s th an are th e m en Women

are m ore s e n sitive a s a rul e than are men o n

any point on th e scal e of development
When we com e t o con sid er ordinary t elepat h y
in th e ca se of m en of civilized countr i e s we nd
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a m ore complex stat e of a ff a i r s Whil e civil iz ed

man a s a wh ol e h a s l o s t som e o f t h e quic k t el e
pa t h ic p erception o f th e l ower race s h e h as i n
som e exceptional ca se s acquired a faculty of r e
ce iv in g an d i n t erpreting m or e com pl ex t h ough t
form s an d m ental stat e s T h e i nve stigation s of
th e Society for P sych i cal R e search an d th o se of
p r i vat e i nve stigator s a s well h av e sh own u s that
a picture of a complicated geom etrical de sign
h el d in th e m in d of one p er son m ay b e carri ed to
and rece i ved by th e m i n d of anoth er p erson wh o
reproduce s th e de s i gn on paper I n th e sam e
way com p l icated th ought s h av e b een tran s
m it t e d an d recei v ed
B u t t h e se are only e x ce p
t io n a l ca se s
In many ca se s thi s sen se seem s a l
m o st dead i n t h e ordinary civilized individual
except wh en arou sed in exceptional ca se s
B ut n ever th el e ss th e maj ori t y of per son s h ave
o c ca sional a s h e s o f t el epathy j u st en ough t o
make th em r ealize tha t th ere i s so m ething in

it
Th e r enewe d int ere st in th e subj ec t o f lat e
year s h a s d i rect ed th e pub lic m i n d t o t h e ph e
and con sequen t l y m ore
n o m e n a o f tel epat h y
person s are n ow tak i ng n ot e o f t h e ca se s o f
th ought tran sference com i n g un d er th eir p er
sonal n otice I t mu st b e rem emb ered o f cour se
tha t all o f u s are c on stantly receiving t h ought
wave s an d feel i ng thoug h t in u e n ce u n co n
scio u sly
I a m s p ea k in g n ow only of t h e con
sci ou s perception of th e th ought w ave s
Many inve st i gator s have so d evel op ed t h eir
t el epath i c sen se th at th ey are abl e at time s t o
ob t a i n wonderful t e st re sult s B ut it ha s b een a
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39

sour c e o f di sappointm en t t o many o f th em to di s

co v er th a t a t oth er t ime s u n d er ap parently simi
la r cond i tion s t h eir succe s s w a s v ery slight
So
tru e i s t hi s that many auth orit i es h av e a ccept ed
t h e t h eory tha t telepathy i s more or l es s sp on
t a n e o u s and c annot b e pro duced t o ord er
Thi s
th eory i s true a s fa r a s it go es but t h er e i s a sid e
o f th e ca se t hat th e se inve stigators overlook
probably b ecau se of t h eir lack of th e occult
principl e s involved i n th e ph enom ena I mean
th i s : tha t t h eir m o st br i lliant succe s se s hav e been
obta i ned b y rea son of their uncon sciou s switch

ing on of th e a stra l t elepath ic sen se t h e clair

voyant sen se Whil e i n th i s condition th ey o b
t a in e d startling re sult s ; b ut th e n ex t t i m e th ey
tri ed th ey failed t o a w aken t h e a stral sen se and
th erefore ha d t o d epen d ent irely upon th e physi
cal t el epat h ic sen se and con sequen t ly th eir r e
su lt s were com parat i vely poor
You will under stan d th e di ff erence and d i s
t i nction b e tw een p h ysical sen se t elepathy and
a stral sen se t el epath y if you will carefully con
s i d er th e nature o f each a s I shal l now pre sent it
t o yo u I a s k your clo se att ent i on t o wha t I shall
h ave t o say on t h i s subj ect in th e rema i nin g page s
of t hi s c hap t er D o no t p a s s over t h e se explana

t ion s a s d ry fo r unle s s yo u h ave a cl ear funda

m enta l u n d er s t an d ing o f th e thin g you w il l n ever
b e abl e t o g e t t h e b e s t r e sult s Th i s i s true o f
e v ery p h a se o f l earn i ng p h ys i cal a s well a s
p sych ic a lon e mu st get star t ed r i g ht in o rder t o
obtain t h e b e st re sul t s
In t h e r st p lace every t hough t proces s e v ery
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em otional activity every cr e ation of idea s i s a c

com panied by a manife station of forc e in fac t

i s th e re sul t of th e manife stat i on o f a for ce
With out ent ering at all i nt o th e qu e st i on of wha t
mind i s i n i t self we m ay re st rm ly on t h e n at
ural fac t th at every man i fe s t ation o f m en t al or
emot i onal act i vity i s th e re sult o f an acti on o f
th e b rain o r n ervou s system manife s t ing in a
form o f v i brat ion s Ju s t a s i n th e ca se of t h e
manife station of el ectri c i ty in wh ic h certain
ch emical el emen t s are con sum ed or tran sform ed
so in th e ca se of mental o r emot i onal activ i ty
th ere i s a con suming o r t ran sforma ti on of th e
sub stance o f wh ich th e n ervou s syst em i s com

po sed Wh en I say nervou s system in t h i s

connection I includ e th e b rain o r brain s o f man
for th e se are but a par t o f h i s great nervou s
system in wh ich al l em ot ional or m ental ac ti vity
i s manife st ed
M oreover j u s t a s t h ere i s no real d e s t ruc ti on

of m att er in any o f Nature s proce s se s all seem

ing d e struction b e i ng but a tran sformation so

in th e ca se b efor e u s th ere i s a t ran sfor m ation of
th e en ergy r el ea sed in th e though t o r em otional
proce s s We may gra sp th i s id ea m ore cl early
if we con si d er w h at t a k e s place int o tran sforma
t ion o f electrical en ergy For in s t ance t ran sm it
a strong curren t of el ectric i ty over a n e w i re o r
lam ent o f carbon an d lo ! th e curren t i s t ran s
formed i nt o ligh t U se anoth er kind o f channel
of tran smi ssion and th e current i s t ran sfo rm ed
into h eat
Every el ec t ri c ligh t or el ectric
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h eat i ng apparatu s i s proof of th i s In th e sa m e

way th e el ectr i c current i s sent in t o s p ace i n t h e
form of wirel e s s wave s Th ese wa v e s com in g in
contact with certain form s o f a pparatu s are
tran sform ed int o form s of forc e which are regi s
t e r e d and int erpreted b y th e wirel e ss operato r
I n th e sam e way th e t elepathi c wav e s of
energy ar e sent forth b y th e activi t y r el ea se d by
th e t hough t or emotion stat e Th e se wave s travel
in every direction and wh en th ey com e in con
tact with physical ap paratu s su fciently sen sitive
to regi st er th em th ey may b e reproduce d or r e
tran sform ed into th ough t o r m ental stat e s simi
lar t o tho se which originally sent t h em fort h
You talk int o th e receiver of th e t eleph one and
th e sound wave s ar e tran sform ed int o wave s o f
elect ricity Th e se electric wave s travel over th e
wire s and on reaching th e oth er en d of th e t el e
ph one circuit are again tran sform ed int o soun d
wave s wh ich are h eard by th e ear of th e l i st ener
Well th en wh en your brain send s out thoug h t
wave s th es e travel until th ey are received by th e
a pparatu s in th e brain of anoth er p erson wh en
th ey are r e tran sformed int o th ought s o f th e
sam e kin d that originally cau sed th e thought
waves I wil l have much m ore to say on th i s
subj ect in th e n ext chapter I will pau se h ere t o
point out th e di ff erence between th e ph en omen a
of th i s form of t el epathy and th e h igh er for m
wh ich i s really a pha se of clairvoyance
N o w in th e ca se o f what may b e call ed a cla i r
voyant t el epathy o r a stral tel epathy th e ord i
nary th ought wave s play but a small part I n
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s t ea d o f t h ese there i s a t ran smi s s i on of force

al ong t h e channel s of th e a stral plane I t i s a l
m o st im po s sibl e t o de scri b e th e ph enomena of t h e
a stral plan e i n t h e t erm s of t h e p h ysi c al I m ay
illu strat e th e matt er i n a general way b y say i n g
t hat i s som et h in g l ike your a stral sel f ac t ually ex
t ending i t sel f ou t until it t ouch e s t h e a stral self

of th e ot h er per son an d t hu s actually feel s t h e

a stral activitie s t h ere in s t ead o f i t b e i ng a ca se
o f someth ing l ik e wav e s t ravell in g al ong space
b etween b rain and brain D o you get th i s cl ear
ly ? Th i s i s ab out a s n ear t o it a s I can explain
it t o yo u a t t h i s place Tel epathy i s simply a
matt er o f th e t ran smi s s i on and rece i vin g of
wa v e s o f vi bra t ory forc e wh ich have travell ed
al ong t h e eth er between two p er son s B ut cla i r
v oyance o r a s t ral t el epathy i s som eth in g li k e
your m i nd b eing extended out until it actually
t ouch e s t h e m ind of t h e o t h er per son an d see s
what i s t h ere
I shal l h av e m uc h t o say regarding th e wor k
i ng out o f th e proce sse s o f clairvoyance a s w e
proceed I hav e m erely g i ven th e ab ov e explana
ti on f or t h e p u rp o se o f di stingu i sh ing b etween
ord i nary t elepathy an d cla i rvoyance so a s t o
preven t yo u from fall ing int o a co m m on error
Now le t u s con sid er th e ph enomena of ordinary
t el epathy thi s i s v ery wonderful i n i t sel f a l
th ough it i s on a l ower plan e o f act ivit y th an it s
a s t r al or cla i rvoyan t co u n t e r p ar t
,

LE SS ON I I I

TE L E PAT H Y EX P LAI N E D

T elepa t hy m eanin g T h ought Tran sference

b ear s a m i sl eadin g t itl e L iterally tran slat ed it

m ean s su ff ering at a d i s t an ce
or p erhap s

feeling pain a t a d i s t ance

Th e nam e s h o u ld

r eally indicat e k now i ng a t a d i stance i n ord er

t o b e p ro p erly d e scriptive B ut a s th e t er m h a s
a c q u i red a forced m ean ing by rea son o f year s of
u sage i t will probably b e continued in popula r
favor Aft er all nam e s d o not count so l ong a s
th e m eaning i s acce p t ed and under s t o od
Wh il e th e t erm i t self h a s b een gen erally u sed
i n t h e sen se o f con sciou s and delibera t e send i ng
and rec eiving o f th o u ght wave s t h ere i s a far
w id er el d of pheno m en a really covered by it
viz th e uncon sc i ou s send i n g an d rece i v i n g o f
m en t al and emotional v i b ra t ion s I sh al l t ake up
t hi s p h a s e o f t h e subj ect i n a m omen t aft er I
h a v e call ed your attention t o th e m echani sm
w h ereby th e wave s of t h o u ght and em o ti on are
t ran smit t ed
In th e la st c h ap t er yo u will rem emb er t h a t I
called your att ention t o th e fact that t h ere i s a
m anife station of en ergy or forc e ( in th e fo rm o f
v ibration s ) in every m ental or emo ti onal state
Thi s i s true not onl y in th e ca se of d eep th ough t
or v ivid feeling but al so in th e ca s e o f general

m ental feelings an d emot i onal stat e s Dur i ng

such manife station s th ere i s a radiation of m en t al
or emo t ional vibration s from th e brain or nervou s
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centre s of th e system wh i ch ow s out in al l d i

rect ion s j u st a s d o light an d wirel e s s electrici t y
Th e principal seat s or c ent re s of th e se radiat i on s
are ( l ) th e sev eral brain s of man v i z th e cere
brum c ereb ellum an d th e m edulla oblonga t a r e
spe ct f u lly ; and ( 2 ) th e several gr eat centre s o f
nerve sub stance in th e human syst em called t h e
pl exi such a s t h e solar pl exu s e t c
T h e vibrati on s ari sing from em ot i onal exc i t e
m ent are sent out princi pally from th e pl exi or
reat
centre
s
o
f
th
e
sym
pathetic
n
ervou
s
syst
em
g
Th o se ari sing from th e m ore strictly m ental
stat e s emanat e fro m c ertain centre s and po i n t s o f
th e b rain o r brain s o f th e p er son manife s ti ng
t h em C ertain form s o f th ese vibration s con sti
tut e th e real e ssence of what i s generally call ed

h uman magneti sm which wil l b e t reated upon

in t h e p ro per place in th ese l e s son s
I d o not th ink it advi sabl e t o g o i nt o th e
technical d etail s o f th e gen eration and m echan
i sm of t ran sm i s sion o f th e se t h ought and em o
t io n a l vibration s in th e se l e sson s To und er stand
th e sam e woul d re quire a t echn ical k n owl edge o f
physiol ogy and organic ch emi stry wh ich i s n ot
po s se s sed by th e average p erson Mor eover such
d etail s ar e n eith er int ere sting n or in st ruct i ve t o
th e general stud ent o f o cculti sm B ut I th i n k i t
proper t o give at l ea st a bri ef d e scription o f th e
receiv i ng of such v i brat ory wav e s by oth er i nd i
,

v id u a ls

In th e r st place every great pl exu s or gro u p s

o f nerve ganglia in th e human sy st em i s a r e ce iv
i n g station a s well a s a sending s t ati on A per
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s on m anife s ti n g stron g e m ot i onal ex cit e m en t

t end s t o awa k en s imi lar s t a t e s in th e nervou s cen
t re s of oth er person s i n wh om th e cond it ion s are
favorabl e T h i s expla i n s w h y t h e v ibr a tion s of
anger fear pan i c are so contag i ou s I t al s o e x
plain s t h e strong e ff e ct o i t h e vibra ti on s e m a n a t
ing f rom t h e nerve c en t re s controlling t h e repro
d uctiv e syst em i n certain ca se s o f strong sexual
exci t at i on
E ach hu man sympath etic n ervou s
system contain s many rece i ving stat i on s w h ere
emotional v i bration s are received an d wh ere
th e y t en d t o b e t ran sform ed int o s i m ilar fe eling
i n th e receiving sy st em unl e s s neutralized by
o t h er m ental an d emoti onal stat e s in th e per son
Wh en w e com e t o con sid er th e ap paratu s b y
wh i ch i s re c eived th e vib ration s ari sing from

wha t may b e calle d purely m ental op era ti on s

of th e brain s uch a s intell ectual th ought c on
structi v e imag i nation etc we n d a m ore
specialized arran g em ent a s m igh t b e exp ec t ed
Th ere are several m inor rece i vin g point s o f m en
t al vibrat ion s reg a rding whi ch I do not con sid er
it worth wh il e to go i nt o d etail b ecau se o f th e
t echnical feature s involved Th e principal a p
paratu s for receiving th ought vibrat ion s o f th i s

kind i s that wh ich i s kn own a s th e pineal gland

wh i ch I shal l now de scribe
Th e pineal glan d i s a peculiar ma s s of n er v ou s
sub stance w h ich i s emb edd ed in th e human brain
in a po sit i on n ea r th e m i ddl e of th e s k ull al mo s t
directly above th e extrem e t op of th e sp i nal
col u mn It i s shap ed lik e a small con e ; and i s of
a redd i sh gray color
It l ie s i n front of t h e
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cereb ellu m a n d i s attach ed t o th e oor o f th e

th ird ventricl e o f th e brain It contain s a smal l
quantity o f peculiar part icl e s of gritty san d l i k e
sub stanc e wh ich are som etim e s call ed brain
sand
I t d erive s it s scienti c nam e from it s
shape wh ich a s I have said re semble s a pin e
con e
P hy siologist s are at sea regard ing th e
funct ion of th i s strange organ and gen erally con
t ent th em selve s with th e stat em ent that it s

funct ion s are not under stood

B ut o ccul ti st s
know that th e pineal glan d with it s pecul iar ar
rangem ent o f nerv e cel l corpu scle s an d i t s t iny

grain s o f brain sand i s th e ph ysical t el epath ic

receiv i ng in strum ent Student s of wi rel e s s t el eg
r a ph y h ave n oticed a startling re sem blanc e be
tween th e pineal glan d and a part of th e r eceiving
in strum ent em pl oyed in wirele s s t el e graph y
Th e th ought vibrat i on s com ing in contac t with
th e n ervou s syst em of th e receivin g per son set
up a pecul iar vibra t ion in th e sub stan ce of th e
pineal gland and thu s th e rst st ep in th e tran s
format ion o i th e se vibration s int o th ought form s
in th e m i nd o f t h e per son i s un d er way Th e r e
m a in d e r of th e proce s s i s to o t echnical both in
th e ph ysio logical a s well a s in th e occult sen se
t o b e tak en up in d etai l at th i s place Th e stud ent
will d o well t o get th e id ea o f th e workings of
wirel e s s t e l egraphy well xed i n h i s m ind fo r
thi s will set u p th e r i ght con ception of th e work
ing of ordinary t el epath y with out th e n ece s sity
of compl icat ed t echnical diagram s and d e scr ip
t i on s
A nd n ow t h en l et u s s e e wha t re sul t s fr o m
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th e send i n g f or t h an d re c e i v i n g of th e se m en t al
a nd em o t ional wave s of force an d en ergy I t i s a
m o s t int ere s t ing subj ect I a s sure you Wh il e
t h e ph enom ena o f th e a s t ral plane i s probably
m ore fa scinatin g t o th e average s t udent I woul d
i m pres s upon you t h e importance o f ma st ering
t h e occult ph enomena o f th e ph ys i cal plan e be
f o re pa ssing on to t hat o f th e h igh er plane s
In th e rst place a s all occulti st s know each
person i s con stantly surrounded with wh at ha s

b een call ed an at mo sph ere com po sed of m ental

an d emotional vibrat ion s which ar e emanat ed
from h i s p er sonality Th e atm o sph ere of each
p er son d ep end s upon t h e general ch aract er of th e
thought s an d feelin gs o f th e p er son in que stion
C on s equently a s n o two p er son s are prec i sely
ali k e in c h aract er it foll ow s that n o two per sonal
a t mo sph ere s are exactly al ike E ach p erson ha s
a p sych ic atmo sph ere o f h i s or h er own Th e se
a t mo sph eri c vib rat ion s d o no t ex t end very far
fro m th e pre sence o f th e per son and co n se
qu ently a ffec t only th o se coming n ear t o h im
In th e sam e way every group or crowd of per
son s ha s it s own p sych ic atm o sph ere compo sed
o f a b l ending o f th e individual p sych ic atm o s
r
h
e s o f th e
e
person s compo sin g th e crowd
p
group or a s semblage an d repre senting the gen
eral average o f th e th ough t an d feelings of th e
crowd Th ere are n o two group atmo sph ere s
exactly alike for th e rea son that n o t wo group s
o f p er son s large or small are exactly alike
A cto rs kn ow th at each aud ience wh ich th ey face
h a s it s own p sych ic atmo sph ere and th e actor s
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are a ff ect e d by it
P reach er s lawyer s and
sp ea k er s in general are quit e aware o f th i s fact
an d freely admit it th ough th ey m a y n ot b e a s
i
n
t
d
with t h e c au se s or la w s govern i ng th e
a
e
u
q
ph enom ena
Following t h e sa m e p sy chi c law it wi l l b e
foun d that every town o r large ci t y or even every
small village or section of a larger t own will be
foun d t o hav e i t s own di stinctive p syc h ic atmo s
ph e r e wh ich i s v ery p erceptibl e t o s t rangers
v i s i tin g th e place and wh ich a ff ec t th o se wh o
t ak e up th eir re sid en ce in t h e place I n large
citie s i t h a s b een n ot iced that every bu i l d i ng ha s
i t s own p ecul i ar vibration s w h ic h ari s e from th e
general charact er of th o se o ccupying it
D if
f e r e n t church build ings l i k ewi se reect th e char
acter of th e gen eral habit s o f thoug h t and feel in g
of th o se wor sh ipping in th e m L ik ew i se cert ain
bu sin e s s street s have pl ea san t or unpl ea sant vi
br a t io n s in t h eir a t m o sph ere from th e same
cau se s E v ery p er son recognize s t h e truth of
th e se sta t em ent s t h ou gh b ut few are abl e t o a c
count for th e fac t s i n a scientic manner
T h e b eginner in th e study of p sych ic ph e
n o m e n a often a sk s how th e se th ings can b e wh en
th e th ough t wh ich ha s occa sion ed th e vibration s
hav e long since pa s sed away Th e explanat ion
i s sim pl e wh en properly expla i ned I t i s som e
thing l ike th i s : j u st a s h eat remai n s in a room
after t h e stov e ha s cea sed t o t h row ou t h ea t
wave s so d o th e vibration s of th ought and feel
in g per si st l ong aft er th e th ought or feeling h a s
died away O r if you prefer a m ore material
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i ll u s t ration w e m ay say that i f a package of p er

f um e r y ha s b een op ened in a ro om and th en r e
moved t h e a i r w ill remain charged wit h th e o dor
fo r a lon g t i m e afterward s
So yo u s ee t h e sam e pr i ncipl e appl i e s in t h e
ca se of p sych ic vibration s Th e per son carr i e s
around with h im th e general atm o sph ere of h i s
characteri st i c m ental an d emotional v ibration s
A nd i n th e sam e way th e h ou se store church
s t reet t own or c i ty et c i s perm eat ed w i th th e
p sych ic vibrat i on s of t h o se wh o ha v e frequent ed
th em N early every on e real ize s th e d i ff erent
feel ing t hat i m pre s se s h im wh en h e ent er s a
strange h ou se apar t m en t store or ch urch Each
one ha s it s own difference o f p sych ic e ff ec t A nd
so d o es each per son creat e hi s o r h er p syc h ic ci
feet upon t h o se com i n g i n contact with h im or
h er or wh o come s int o hi s or h er pre sence o r
vicinity
Th e n ex t qu e stion a sked by t h e t h ought ful n ew
student i s t h i s : I f per son s are con stantly send ing
forth p sych ic v i b ration s and if such vibrati on s
per si s t for som e tim e why are we n ot over
wh elm ed with th e force of th em ; and wh y are
t h ey not al l so m ixed up a s t o l o se all th eir e ff ect
I shal l n o w an swer t h i s very im portant que st i on
In t h e r s t place th ough we are con stantly
a ff ec t ed m ore o r l e s s by th e multitud e of p sych ic
vi bra t ion s b eating upon u s still th e greater p art
o f th em d o n ot con sciou sly impre s s u s F or an
exam pl e we h av e but t o con sider h ow few of t h e
sound s or sight s o f a b u sy street are im pre ssed
upon our con sciou sne s s We h ear and see onl y
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a f ew o f th e things whic h attrac t o ur at t en ti on

an d i n t ere st Th e re st are l o s t t o u s alth ough
our eye s and ear s r ece i ve t h em all In t h e s a m e
way we are im pre s sed only by th e stronger vi
br a t io n s wh ic h reac h u s an d t h en only by th o se
which we h ave a t trac t ed t o our selve s or w hi ch
prove attrac t ive t o u s by rea son o f o ur own l i k e s
and d i sl i k e s
I n th e s econ d place t h e e ff ec t o f c erta i n
thought vi bration s i s n eutralized by th e effect of
th e v ibrat i on s o f t h ought s o f an op po sit e char
act er Ju s t a s a mixtu re o f blac k an d whit e pro
duce s th e n eutral col or o f grey so d o two cur
rent s o f o ppo sin g th ough t vib ra t i on s t end t o r e
solve th em sel v e s into a n eutral vibrat ion w h ich
h a s little or n o e ff ect upon th o se com i ng i n con
tac t w i th t h em You m ay t h ink o f num erou s
corre spond ence s t o th i s in th e worl d o f mat er i al
th i ngs F o r i n s t ance a m ix t ure o f very h ot and
very col d wat er will produce a n eu t ra l l u kewar m
l i quid n eit h er h o t nor col d In th e sam e way
two th ings o f o pp o sing t a st e cha r act er i st i c s
wh en blen de d w i ll produce a n eutral t a st e h av i n g
but l i tt l e e ff ec t u pon on e Th e pr i n ci ple i s u n i
versal an d i s readily und erst ood
In t h e th i r d place th ere i s t ha t w hi c h we m ay

call an a fni t y b e t ween t h ought s a n d fe elin g s

of a sim i lar character N o t only d o t h e v i bra t ion s
o f similar t h ou gh t s t en d t o coal e sc e an d com
b in e ; but m ore t han thi s eac h on e o f u s a tt r a c t s
t o hi m sel f or h er sel f th e thou g h t vi bra ti on s
w hi ch are i n gen eral ac c ord wi th c orre s pond i n g
t ho u ght s i n our o w n min d s o r f eel i n g s i n o u r
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o w n natur e L ik e a t trac t s like I n th e same

way th e charact er of our th o u g ht s a n d feelings
act t o repel though t o r em otional vi br ation s o f
an o ppo site or inharmon i ou s n a t u re A s all o c
culti st s kn ow everyon e d raw s t h ought v i bra
t ion s in harm ony with h i s or h er own ; and al so
repel s t h ough t vi bra t ion s o f an i n h arm oniou s
nature
Th e s e are t h e gen eral laws and p r i ncipl e s gov
erning the ph en om ena of th i s pha se of t el ep a t hi c
vibrat ion s Th er e i s much mor e t o b e said on th e
subj ect of cour se but i f you will n o t e carefully
th e l eading p rincipl e s an d l aw s o f manifestation
j u st m entioned yo u will b e abl e t o rea son co r
r e ct ly regarding any pha se o f th i s cla s s of p h e
n o m e n a wh ich may com e b efor e yo u for atten
tion Once yo u learn a gen eral rul e th e re s t be
come s m erely a matt er of a pplicat ion and in t er
r
i
t
a
t
on
e
L et u s now proceed t o a con sid erat i on
p
of oth er pha ses o f t h e gen eral s u bj ec t o f t el e
pat hi c inuence
We n ow com e t o th e pha se o f w ha t may be
called direct t elepathy t hat i s wh ere a th ought
i s con sciou sly and m ore or l es s purp o sely d i
r e ct e d t oward anot h er p er son
We com e acro s s
many i n t ere stin g ca se s o f th i s k i n d wh er e p er
son s n d t h em selve s t h ink i ng inten t ly o f cer t ain
oth er p er son s an d afterward s are t ol d by th e
oth er p erson s that I foun d mysel f thinking in

t e n t ly ab out you at s u ch an d such a t im e

et c
In som e o f th e se ca se s it i s di fcul t t o d et erm ine
w h ich one start ed th e thinkin g A gain h o w
often do we n d ourselve s thinking of a per son
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w h en a l l of a s u d d en th e p er son com e s i n t o s i gh t
Aga i n w e thi nk in t ently a nd earn estly about a
cer t ain qu e s ti on ; and th en all of a su dd en ot h er
fol k s w h om we m eet b egin talking t o u s ab out
th e sam e thing T h e se in s t ance s a re t oo common
t o need m ore than a p a s sing n o t ice
A l itt l e m ore p u rpo se i s d i splayed in tha t cla s s
o f p h en omena in wh ich w e intently w i sh t h a t a
c ert a i n p er son shall d o a certain th i n g an d l o !
we soon l earn th a t t hat certain per son ha s d one
it A n umb er o f year s ago a p opular writer
wrote an art ic l e i n wh i ch h e m entioned wh a t
see m e d t o hi m t o b e a curiou s in stance o f som e
f orm of m ental i nuence or t el ep athy H e sa i d
tha t h e h a d foun d ou t tha t i f h e would sit d own
an d carefully writ e a l ett er t o som e per son from
w h om h e ha d not h eard for a long t i m e an d th en
d e stroy t h e lett er i n stead of sending it h e woul d
b e almo s t c ertain to receiv e a l et t er from tha t
p er son w i th in a fe w day s H e did not attempt t o
a c coun t for th e phenom enon h e m erely called
t h e a tt en t ion o f h i s reader s t o i t Many p er son s
h a v e followe d t h e sug g e st i on often with v ery
w on d erfu l re sul t s There i s n othing m iraculou s
o r s u perna tu ral ab ou t such o ccurrence s It i s
m erely on e p ha se o f t el epa t hy Th e co n ce n
t r a t e d th ought o f t h e wri t er o f t h e l e t t er i s d i
r e ct e d t o w ard th e oth er p er son and that per son
b e gi n s t o th in k of t h e rst on e ; th en h e t h in k s h e
wi ll w ri t e t o him ; th en h e ac t ually d oe s writ e
Di s t a nce spa ce and d i rect i on have no i mpor t

ance in th i s exp eriment it i s n ot nece ssary to

e v en k now wh ere th e second person i s in fac t
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T h er e are often fo u nd per son s so c l o sely i n

p syc h ic h arm ony with eac h ot h er t h a t t h ey ver y
o ften are abl e t o a s k q u e s ti on s an d re c e i v e a h
sw e r s from e a c h o th er
even th oug h grea t di s
tance s separat e t h e m Som e par t icula r t i m es
th ere i s a bet t er p sych i c h armony exi s t in g be
tween t h e sam e per son s t h an i s fo u n d a t o th e r
t i me s Al l th i s o f co u r se a ff ect s t h e s u cc e s s of
th e ex p er i m ent It i s surpri s i ng w h a t w o n d er fu l
re s u lt s alon g th e se l i ne s may b e ob t a i n e d b y a l
mo st any per son o i average in t ell i gence a f t e r a
littl e careful pa t i en t c on scien ti o u s pr a c ti ce
B ut th ere hav e b een ph enom en a o b t a i n e d a s
th e re sult of l ong ser i e s o f care fu l exper im en t s
which are i n a way even m ore wonderf u l t han
the se som ewha t l e s s d el ib erat e exper i m en t s j u st
m entioned I allude t o t h e experim en t s of a n um
b er of earn e st carefu l sc i ent i c s t uden t s w h o
surrounde d th em s elve s w it h every pre c a uti on
a gain st over en t hu s i a sm fraud an d c oinc i d ence
P romin ent am ong t h i s cla s s of i nv e st i ga ti on s we
nd th o se conducted b y th e Soc i ety for P syc hi c a l
Researc h o f E ngland w h i ch r eally e stabli sh ed a
rm ba s i s for th e wor k o f oth er i nve st igat or s w h o
followe d t h e general m e th od s o f th e sai d soc i e t y
In th e fo l l ow i n g c h apt er I s h all giv e yo u a so m e
what ex t ended s t at ement o i th e re sult s o f s u c h
inve sti ga t ion s b ecau se th i s i nforma t i on i s im
p ortant t o ev ery st u den t of p syc h ic ph enom ena
not only b eca u se i t e stabli sh e s a rm sc i enti c
basi s fo r h i s studi e s an d b el iefs bu t al so becau se
it give s him im por t an t in f or m a ti on w hi c h h e may
a p ply i n th e c o u rse o f hi s own exper i men t a l
w ork
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I m ay m en ti on tha t t h e i nve stiga ti on s i n t o th e

subj e ct of t el e p athy and k indred s ubj ect s u n
d er th e a u s pi ce s of t h e society j u s t m en t ion ed
were conduc t ed by m en of careful sc i ent i c t ra i n
ing an d exper i ence a n d u nder th e gen eral supe r
vi sion and ap proval o f t h e o fficer s of th e s ociety
amon g w h ic h ha v e b een n u mb ered such em i nent
m en a s P r o f H en ry S i dgw i c k o f C ambrid g e
Un i vers it y ; P ro f B al fo u r St e w art a Fel l o w of
th e Royal S o c iety o f En gland ; R t H on A J
B alfour th e emin en t Engl i s h s t ate sman ; P ro f
William Jam e s th e e m inen t A m er i can p sych ol
o gist ; Sir William C r oo k e s
t h e g rea t c h em i st
and d i scoverer o f ph ysical law s wh o i n v ented

th e cel eb rat e d C roo k e s T u b e s with out wh ic h

t h e d i scovery o f th e X Rays rad i o act i v i t y e t c
woul d hav e b een i m po s sibl e ; Fre d eric k W H
Myers th e celebrat ed expl ore r of t h e a s t ral
plane s an d writer upon p syc hi c ph en om ena ; Si r
Oli v er Lod g e t h e p o pu lar E ngli s h sc i en ti st ; and
o t h er men o f i n t ernat i onal re p u t a ti on a n d h igh
standin g T h e c h ar a c t er o f t h e se m en a t once
g iv e s t h e s t a m p o f h one s t y and sc i en ti c a c
curacy t o all t h e w o r k o f th e soc i ety
I n orde r th a t yo u m a y u n d er stan d th e sp i r it
w hi c h ani m a te d t h e se scient i c i nve s tig a t ors i n
th eir w or k o f t h e expl or a t i on o f thi s n ew an d
strange regi on of Na t ure I a s k yo u t o carefu lly
r ead th e follow i ng wor d s of t h e pre s i dent i al a d
dre s s o f S i r Willia m C ro ok e s b efore th e R oyal
Society at B ri st ol E n gland in 1898 Remem
b er pl ea se that thi s addre s s wa s mad e b efore an
a s semblage o f di stin gui sh ed scienti st s many o f
,

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th e m r an k m a t er i a l i s t s an d quit e s k ep ti cal o f a ll
occ u l t p h enom enathi s wa s n early twenty year s
a g o rem emb er S i r Will i am C rooke s facing th i s
ga t h ering a s it s p re s i den t s a id :
Were I n ow i ntroduc i n g fo r th e r s t ti me
t h e se inquirie s t o t h e worl d o f sc i ence I sh oul d
choo se a startin g po i nt d i ff eren t from th a t of old
( wh ere we form erly began ) I t woul d b e we l l
t o b e gi n w i th Tel epat h y ; wi t h t h a t fundamental
law a s I b el i eve it t o b e t h a t th ought s an d
i m a ge s may b e t ran sferre d fro m on e m in d t o a n
oth er with out the agen cy o i th e recognized o r
g an s o f sen sethat k nowl edge m ay enter th e
human m in d with ou t being commun ica t ed i n any
hith er t o k nown or r ecogn iz e d w ays
If
t elepathy take s place w e h av e tw o physical fact s
th e physical change i n th e bra i n o f A th e sug
g e s t or and th e anal ogou s physical change in
t h e b rain o f B th e reci p ien t of t h e su gge s
ti on B e t ween t h e se t wo ph ys i cal event s th ere
mu s t ex i st a t rain of p h ysica l cau se s
It
i s u n scien ti c t o call i n t h e ai d of m ys t er i o u s
a g enc i e s w h en with every fre sh advance i n
k nowl edge it i s s h own th a t eith e r v ibration s have
p o w e rs an d a tt r i b ut e s ab un d a n t ly abl e t o any d e

m a nd even th e t r an s mi s s i on o f th ou ght
I t i s s u ppo sed by som e phys i ologi st s t h a t th e
e s sen ti al cell s o f n er v e s d o n o t a ctually t o u c h
but are separa t ed by a narrow ga p which widen s
i n sl eep wh il e it narrow s almo st t o ext i nc ti on
d u r i ng m en t al ac ti vity
Th i s condition i s s o
si ngularly lik e a B r a n ly o r L odge co h erer
( a de
vi ce w h ich l ed t o th e d i sco v e r y o f w i rel e s s t ele g
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a
s
t
o
sugge
st
a
fur
th
er
anal
ogy
T
h
e
y)
structure of brain an d nerve b e i n g s i milar i t i s
conceivabl e tha t t h ere may b e pre sen t ma s se s o f
such n erv e coh erer s in t h e bra i n wh o se s p ec i al
function i t may b e t o rece iv e i m pu l se s b rought
from wi th out thro u gh t h e conn ec t in g sequence
of e th er wave s of appropr i a t e o r d e r o f m a gn i
t ude
R oentgen h a s f am i l i ar iz e d u s w ith an o rd er of
vibrat ion s of extrem e m in u t en e s s a s compare d
with th e smalle st wave s wit h w hi c h we h ave
h ith ert o b een ac quainted ; and t h ere i s n o rea son
to sup po se th at we h a v e h er e reach ed t h e l i mit o f
f requency
I t i s k nown th a t t h e ac ti on o f
t h ought i s accom panied by cer t ain m ol ecular
m ovem ent s in th e b rain and h ere we h ave ph ys
i c al vi brat ion s ca pable from th eir extrem e m in
u t e n e ss of a cting d irect u pon ind i v id ual m ol e
cu le s wh il e t h eir rapidity approach e s tha t o f in
t ernal and ext ernal m ovement s o f t h e atom s
t h em selve s A formidabl e range o f ph enom ena
m u st b e scientically s i ft e d b efore we e ff ectually
gra sp a faculty so strange so b ew i l d er i n g and
for age s so in scrutabl e a s th e d ire ct act i on of
m ind up on m in d
I n th e ol d E gypt ian d ay s a w ell kno w n in
s cr i pt i on wa s carved over t h e portal o f th e
T em pl e of I s i s : I a m w h ate v er ha s been i s o r

ever will be an d my v e i l no m an h a t h yet l i f t e d

N o t t hu s d o m o d ern see k er s a ft e r t r u th c on f ront

N a t ure th e wo rd tha t s t and s f o r th e b a f i ng

m y s t er i e s of t h e Univer se S t ead i ly un in ch
in gly we striv e t o p i e r c e th e i n m o st h e a r t of
r a ph

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Nat u r e f rom w h at s h e i s t o r econ struct wha t s h e

ha s b een an d t o prop h esy wh a t s h e shall b e Ve i l
a ft er ve i l we h a v e l i ft e d and h er face grow s m ore
b eaut i ful augu st an d wond erfu l w it h e v ery bar

r i er th at i s w i th d r awn
Y o u w i ll n ot ice t h a t thi s a d dre s s ma d e nearly
twen t y year s ago an d from th e stand poin t of
physical sc i ence i s i n full accor d w ith t h e i de a s
of occul t i sm a s ol d a s th e hill s A n d ye t t h e
speaker had wor k e d out th e id ea i nd epend en t ly
H e al so i n v e s ti gate d hi gh er f orm s of p syc h ic
ph en o m ena with re sul t s that star t led t h e world
B ut yo u w ill n ot i ce t ha t h e doe s not at t empt t o
g ive any oth er t han p u rely p h ys i cal laws t h e
c red it for t h e ordinary ph enom ena o f t el epat h y
A n d h e wa s t h oro u ghly right in th i s a s we have
seen H e e sca p ed th e comm on error of confu s
i n g phys i cal sen se p h eno m ena w i t h th e p h enom
ena of t h e a s t ral sen se s Each pl ane h a s it s own

p h enom ena an d each cla ss i s surely wond erful

eno ugh A n d a g a i n re m emb er t h a t bot h p h y s
ical and a s t ral p h en om ena are purely natural ;
t h ere i s no n eed for see k ing any supernatural
a g en ci e s t o a cc oun t for th e se n a t u ral fa ct s
,

LESS O N I V

SC I ENTI FI C TE L E P AT HY

T h e i n v e stigator s of th e Society for P sych i c a l

Re search of E ngland start ed by givin g a b ro a d
d enit i on o f Tel epathy a s foll ow s :
Tel epa t hy
i s t h e commun i cation of im p re ssi on s of any kin d
fro m one mi nd t o an oth e r independently of th e

recogni z ed c h annel s o f sen se

Th ey t o ok th e
rational po sit i on t hat th e actual d i stance b et we en
th e proj ector and t h e recipi ent o f th e t el epath i c
m e ssage i s not mat erial ; and that all that i s r e
qu i red i s suc h a separat ion of th e two per son s
tha t no kn own o perati on of th e sen se s can bridge
th e space b e t ween t h em Th ey wi sel y h eld th at
t elepat h y b etween two person s in th e sam e room
i s a s m uc h t elepath y a s wh en th e two per son s are
l oca t ed a t o p po s i t e s id e s of t h e world
T h e inve st i gat or s t h en rul ed out all in stances
o f th ough t
t ran smi s sion i n wh ich th er e wa s even
t h e slight e s t m u sc u lar contac t b etween th e pro
and
th
e
reci
p
i
en
t
T
h
ey
h
el
d
that
th
ou
g
h
r
e
c
t
o
j
th ere m i gh t b e genuin e tel epathy in suc h ca se s
n everthel e s s th ere wa s always t h e po s sib i l ity o f
frau d or col lu s ion o r o f uncon sci o u s mu scul a r
ac t i on on th e part o f th e proj ect or T h ey d e
m a n d e d ab solut e an d actual separation o f t h e
t wo p er s on s i n ord er t ha t th eir exper i m en t s
m ight b e ab ove su s pi c i on T h ey were w i se i n
thi s for wh il e th ere i s und oubt edly a p syc hi c
commun i cat ion i n th e ca se s i n w hich t h ere i s
th e slight p h ys i cal conn e cti on b e t wee n th e tw o
,

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p erson s ( a s I s h all po i n t ou t t o yo u a l i ttl e fur

t her on ) s t i ll t h e elemen t of doub t o r su spicion
m u s t b e ent irely el i m i na t e d from a scien ti c t e st
i n ord er t o render it va l u abl e an d v alid
Th ey th erefore conned th e i r inve st i gat i on s
i n Tel epathy t o th e t wo following cla s se s viz :
( l ) wh ere a ct i o n s are p erform ed with out phys
i cal contact with t h e per son willing ; and ( 2 )
w h ere some nu m b er word or card i s gue sse d a p
r
a
p e n tly wit h o ut any of th e ordinary m ean s of
co m municat i on
Th e i nve stigat or s recogn ized
th e po s sib il ity that in th e r st of th e above men
t io n e d two cla sse s o f exp er i m ent s th ere i s a po s
sibilit y of su s p icion o f collu sion fraud or u n co n
sci ou s sugge st i on i n th e m att er o f th e motion of
th e eye s o f th e p arty or som e m emb er o f i t
wh ic h migh t b e seized upon p erhap s u n co n
scio u sly b y th e recipi en t and u sed t o guid e h im
t o th e obj ect wh ich wa s b e i ng t h ough t o f by
t h e proj ector or th e party Th ey sought t o o b
v ia t e thi s d i fculty b y blindfold i ng th e percipi ent
and by placing n on conduc t ors of soun d over h i s
B ut nally th ey cam e t o th e conclu sion
ca r s
tha t even th e s e precauti on s m igh t n ot prov e suf
cie n t ; and accord ingly t h ey d e vot ed t h e i r a t
t ention t o th e secon d cla s s o f exper i ment s i n
wh ic h all o rdinary m ean s o f communication be
tween p roj ect or an d r eci p ient were im po s sibl e
T h ey t ook th e additional precau t ion s o f l imiting
t h e i r c i rcl e t o a small num b er of i nve st igator s of
scienti c reputati on s an d well known t o each
o t her always avo i ding a promi scuou s com pan y
for obviou s rea son s
,

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On e of th e earl ie st se r i e s o f i n v e s ti ga ti on s b y
th e se special committee s of i nve s ti gator s was
t h at of th e family of th e Rev A M C r e e r y in
D erb ysh ire E ngland Th e c h i ldren o f th i s fam
ily h ad acquired a r eputation in wh a t w a s k no w
n

a s th e gu e ssing gam e i n wh ich on e o f th e ch i l

d ren previou sly placed out s i d e of th e ro om th en

returned t o th e room an d at t em pted t o gu e s s

th e nam e or locat ion of som e obj ect a gr eed up on
by th e party durin g h er absence T h e r es u lt s
were very intere sting and qu it e sat i s fac t o r y an d
h ave fre quently b een referred t o i n wor k s on t h e
subj ect written since t h a t ti m e I th ink it w e ll
t o give th e re sult s of th i s ser i e s of exper i m en t s
in som e littl e d etail fo r t h ey form a basi s for e x
on
th
e
part
o
f
th
o
se
w
h
o
read
th
e
se
i
m
n
r
t
s
e
e
p
l e s son s
P rof W F B arre tt P rofe s sor o f Ph ys i c s in
th e Royal C oll ege o f Science fo r I reland con
duc t ed th e m o st of th e exper i m ent s Th e report
t o th e S oci ety says : We b egan by sel ect i n g th e
sim p le s t obj ect s i n the r oo m ; then c h o s e name s
o f t own s peopl e date s card s ou t of a p ac k line s
from d i fferent po em s etc in fac t any th in g or
ser i e s o f i dea s that th o se p re sent coul d k eep i n
th e i r mind s steadily Th e ch il dren sel do m mad e
a m i stak e I have seen seventeen card s ch o sen
by mysel f nam ed right in succe s sion wit h out any
m i s take We soon found that a grea t d eal d e
pended on th e steadin es s w i th wh ich th e i dea s
w er e k ept b efore th e mind s o f th e th ink er s and
u pon th e en ergy with which th ey will ed th e id ea s
t o pa s s I may say that thi s faculty i s n ot by
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m ean s conned to th e m ember s o f on e fa m

i ly ; i t i s much more g eneral than we i magin e
To v erify thi s conclu sion I inv it ed t wo of a

n e i ghbor s ch ildren t o j o i n u s i n our e x per i m en t s

w i th excellent re sult s
Th e report give s th e m e th od s o f th e e xpe r i
m ent s a s follow s : T h e in quiry h a s taken pl a ce

partly in M r C r e e r y s h ou se an d par t ly in lo d g
ings or a t a h o t el o ccupi ed by som e of our num
ber H aving select ed at random on e ch ild wh om
we d esired t o l eav e th e room and w ait at som e
di stance we woul d c h o o se a pac k o f card s o r
writ e on a p i ece of paper a nam e o f a numb er
wh ic h occurred to u s at th e mom ent Generally
but not always thi s wa s sh own t o th e m emb er s
o f th e fam i ly pre sen t i n t h e ro om ; bu t n o one
m ember wa s always pre sen t and w e wer e som e
t im e s en t ire l y a l on e We th en recalled th e ch i ld
one o f u s always a s sur i n g him sel f tha t w h en th e
door w a s sud denly opened sh e wa s at a co n sid
crabl e di stance though t h i s wa s u sually a super
uit y of cauti o n a s our habit wa s t o avoid all
utt erance s of what w a s c h o sen O n r e enter i ng

sh e stoo d som etime s t urned b y u s w ith h er f ace

t oward th e wall o ften er w i t h h e r eye s di rected
toward the ground and u sually clo se to u s an d

remote from th e family for a per i o d o f sil ence

varying from a few second s t o a m i nut e till sh e
c a lled out t o u s som e numb er car d or w h a t

e v er it migh t b e

In t h e r s t exper i men t s i n g u e s s i n g th e
nam e o f obj ec t s th e chil d g u e s sed correct l y s i x
ou t o f fo u rt een S h e th en gu e s sed correc t ly t h e

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nam e o f s m a l l obj ec t s h el d i n th e h an d s o f on e

o f th e comm i ttee v e t i me s o u t o f six S h e

g u es sed ctit i ou s nam e s c h o sen by th e comm it
t eev e out of t en at t h e r s t t rial T h e com
m itt e e t hen t e ste d h er by wr i t i n g down th e nam e
o f so m e obj ect in t h e h o u se xed at ran d om and
th en a f t er all h ad t h ough t int ently of t h e t h ing
th ey sent for t h e ch il d an d bad e h er t ry t o n d
th e th i n g th ough t of th e t hought concentration
o f course continuin g durin g t h e search T h e r e
sult i s thu s reported : I n th i s way I w ro t e down

am ong oth er t h ings a hair b ru sh it wa s

brough t ; an o rangeit wa s brought ; a w i ne

gla s s it wa s b rough t ; an appl e it wa s brough t ;

and so on until many obj ect s h ad b een sel ec t ed

and found by th e child

P a ssing over th e d etail s o f many oth er e x
r
i
m
n
w
e
n
d
t
hat
th
e
followin
g
remar
k
e
e
t
s
p
abl e re sult s were ob t ained by th e comm i t t e e :
A l t ogeth er t h ree h un dred and ei ghty t wo
trial s were mad e in t h i s seri e s
I n th e ca se
o f l et t er s of th e alphab e t of card s an d of num
ber s of two gure s t h e chance s o f succe s s on
a rst trial would na t urally be 2 5 t o l 52 t o l
and 89 t o 1 re spect ively ; in t h e ca se of s u r
nam e s th ey would o f cour se b e i nn i tel y
great er C ar d s were far mo s t frequently e m
ployed an d t h e odd s in th eir ca se may b e ta k en
a s a fair me d i u m sam ple accordin g t o wh i c h
o u t of a wh ol e serie s o f three hundred and e i ghty
two trial s th e average numb er of succe s se s at th e
r st attem pt by an ordinary gues ser woul d be
se v en an d on e th ird Of our t r i al s one h undred
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a n d tw enty seven were succe s s e s on th e r s t a t

t em p t f ty six on t h e second nin eteen on th e

t h ir d m a k i n g t w o h un d r e d a n d tw o o u t o f a

Thin k
po ssi bl e th r e e hun d r e d a n d e i g h ty t w o !
o f th i s whil e th e law of average s calle d f or only
seven and on e th ird succe s se s at r st trial th e
ch ildren obtained on e hundred and t wenty s even
which given a second and th ird trial th ey rai sed
to t wo h undred and t wo ! You see th i s t ake s th e
matter entirely out o f th e po s sibility o f coin
cid e n ce o r math ematical probability
B ut th i s wa s n ot all L i st en t o th e furth er r e
port o f th e comm itt ee on th i s point :
Th e fol
l owing wa s th e re sult of on e of th e seri es Th e
th i ng selected wa s divulged t o n on e o f t h e f a m
ily and ve card s running were nam ed correct ly
on a rst tr i al Th e odd s again st thi s happenin g
once in a seri e s were con sid erably over a m il
lion t o on e Th er e were oth er similar ba t ch e s
th e t wo l onge st run s b eing eigh t con secutive
gue s se s onc e with card s and once with name s ;
wh ere th e adverse odd s in th e form er ca se wer e
over on e hundred an d forty two million s t o
on e ; and in th e oth er som et h ing incalculably

gr ea t er
Th e opinion of eminent m e th em e
t icia n s w h o h ave exam in ed t h e ab o v e re sult s i s
t h at th e hypoth e si s of m ere coincidence i s pr a c
tically exclud ed in th e scientic con sid erat i on o f
th e matt er Th e committ ee call s special att en
tion t o th e fac t th at in many o f th e m o s t im
portant t e st s n on e o f th e C r e e r y fam i ly were
cognizant of th e o bj ect sel ect ed and th at t h ere
fore th e hypothe s i s o f fraud or coll u s i o n i s a bso
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T h e co m m i t t ee n a tu r a lly c a m e
t o th e conclu s ion th a t th e p h en om ena wa s gen u
i ne and real t elepat h y
P rof B alfour St e w ar t LL D F R
wh o
w a s pre sen t a t some o f the se exp erim en t s
th oug h n ot a m emb er o f t h e com m itt ee e x
p re s sed grea t am a z em ent a t som e o f t h e re sult s
H e report s :
Th e th ought r ead er wa s out s i de
a d oor T h e obj e c t o r t h in g th oug ht of w a s
wr i tten on pa p er and s i len t ly h an d ed t o th e com
p any in th e room Th e th o u g h t read er w a s th en
called i n an d in t h e co u r se o f a mi nut e t h e a n
swer w a s given D enit e obj ec t s i n t h e ro om
for i n stance we r e r st th o ug ht o f a nd i n t h e ma
jo r ity o f t h e ca se s t h e an swe r s were correc t
T h en numb er s were t h ought o f an d t h e a n swer s
wer e gen erally r i ght t h ough o f c o u rse th e r e
w ere som e ca se s o f error T h e nam e s o f to w n s
were t h ou ght o f a nd a goo d m a ny o f th e s e were
r igh t Th en fan cy nam e s w ere th ough t of I
w a s a s k ed t o t h in k of cer t a i n fancy na m e s a n d
m ar k th em d own and han d t h em round t o t h e
com pany I t h ough t o f an d wrot e on paper

B lue b ear d To m Th u mb C i nd erella a nd th e

an swe r s were all correct !

Th e co m m itt ee al so con d uct e d a n um b e r o f e x
pe r im e n t s w ith oth er reci pient s w i th very sa ti s
f acto r y re sult s C ol ors wer e cor r ectly gu e s se d
w i th a p ercentage of succe s se s quit e b eyon d t h e
a v erage or p robabl e n u mber Na m e s o f t own s
in all par t s o f th e worl d were c or r ec t ly

gu e s sed by cer t a i n rec i p i en t s w i t h a wond e r

fu l degr ee of s u cce s s B u t p r ob ably m o s t won
lut e ly el i m i nat ed

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of all wa s th e correct repro duct i on of

d iagram s of geom e t rical and other gure s and
shape s In on e ca se t h e recipient in a serie s of
nine t rial s succeede d i n drawing t h em all cor
r e ct ly except that h e frequ ently rever se d t h em
ma k ing th e upp er s i d e d own an d th e right hand
side t o th e l eft T h e Society ha s publi s h e d th e se
reproduced diagram s i n i t s illu strated re port s
and th ey h av e conv i nced th e m o st skeptical of
critic s Som e o f t h e diagram s were quit e com
plicated unu sual and even grot e s qu e an d yet
they were reproduced with marvelou s accuracy
not in a h e sitat i ng manner but d eliberat ely and
cont i nuou sly a s if th e recipien t wer e actually
copying a draw i ng i n full sight Similar re sult s
have b een o bta i ned b y oth er inve stigator s wh o
hav e followed th e l ead o f th e se orig i nal on e s
S o you see th e seal of scienti c auth or i ty h a s
b een placed upon th e ph en omena o f t el epath y
I t i s n o longer in th e realm of th e supernatural o r
uncanny A s C amill e Flammarion th e emin ent
French scient i s t ha s said :
Th e action o f one

mind upon another at a d i stance th e tran s

mi s sion o f th ought mental sugge st io n co m m u
micat ion at a d i stance all th e se a r e not m ore
extraordinary than th e action o f th e magnet on
i ron th e inuence o f th e m oon on th e sea th e
tran sp ortation o f th e human voice by electrici t y
th e revolution o f th e ch emical con stituent s o f a
star by th e analysi s o f it s l ight or ind ee d al l
th e wonders of cont emporary science
Only
th e se p sych ic communication s are o f a m ore
elevated kind and may serve to put u s on t h e
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t rac k of a k nowl e d ge o f h u m an na t ure W h a t i s

certain i s : That t elepa t h y can and ough t t o b e
h enceforth con sidered b y S c i ence a s an in co n t e st
a bl e real i ty ; th at m ind s are abl e t o act u pon each
oth er with out th e int ervention o f t h e s en se s ; th at
p sych ic force exi st s t h ough i t s na t ure i s ye t u h
known
We say th at th i s force i s o f a
ych
i
c
order
and
n
ot
physical
or
ph
ys
i
olog
i
cal
s
p
o r ch emical o r m ech anical b ecau se it pro duce s
and tran sm it s id ea s and th ough t s and b ecau se i t
manife st s it self w i thout th e co operat i on o f o u r

sen se s soul t o soul mind t o m ind

I n addition t o inve sti gatin g th e above m en
t io n e d cla s se s of t el epath ic ph enom ena th e E n g
li sh Society for P sych ical R e search inve stigated
many remarkabl e ca se s o f a somewhat h igh er
pha se of t el epathy Th ey t ook d own th e st ori e s
tol d b y per son s d eemed respon sibl e an d th en
carefully examined an d cro ss exam in ed oth er
wi tn es se s to th e strange ph enom ena Th e record
of th e se exp eriment s an d inve stigation s ll a

numb er of good sized volum e s of th e Soc i ety s

report s wh ich are well worth read ing by al l stu
d en t s o f th e subj ect Th ey m ay b e found in th e
librarie s o f n early any large city I shall h ow
ever sel ect a numb er of th e m o st i ntere sting of
th e ca se s th erein report ed t o giv e my student s an
idea of th e character o f th e ph enom ena so in
v e st iga t e d and found genuine by th e committ ees
havin g thi s cla s s of t el epathy under inve stiga
t ion
A n i ntere sting ca se o f spontaneou s t el epat h y
i s th a t related by Dr E d e a s foll ows :
There
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67

i s a h o u se abou t a h alf m il e from m y own in

habited by som e ladie s friend s o f our fa mi ly
Th ey have a large alarm b ell out s i d e th e i r h ou se
O n e night I awoke sudd enly and said t o m y wife :

Iam sure I h ear Mr s F s alarm b ell ringing

A fter li st ening for som e t im e we h eard n oth ing
and I went t o sl eep again Th e nex t day Mr s
F called upon my wife and said t o h er : We
were wi shin g for your h u sband la s t night for
we were alarmed by th ieve s We were all u p and
I wa s ab out t o pul l th e alarm b ell h opin g that h e
woul d h ear it saying t o my daught er s I am sure

it will soo n bring D r E d e but we did not ring

it My w ife a sk ed wh at tim e th i s had happened

and Mr s F said th at it wa s about hal f pa st on e
That wa s th e tim e I awok e thinkin g that I h eard

th e bell
In th i s ca se th ere wa s manifested simply ordi
nary physical plan e t el epath y H ad th e b ell actu
ally b een rung and h eard p sychically it woul d
have b een a ca s e of a stral plan e h earing known
a s clairaudience A s it wa s m erely th e th ought
in th e m ind of Mr s E and h er strong idea t o
ring th e b ell cau sed a tran smi s sion o f th ough t
wave s which struc k D r E d e with great force and
awakened h im Th i s ca se i s interesting b ecau se
it i s typical of many ca se s of a similar nature
hin th e experi ence of many per son s I t i s seen
t a strong feeling o r excit ement accompani ed
a strong de sire or wi sh t o summon anoth er
son tend s to giv e great power and e ff ect t o
th ought wave s em itted
Th ey strike th e
of th e recipient like th e sud den r i ngin g o f
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an al a r m cl o ck bell
A not h er i n t ere sting ca se i s tha t o f t wo l a d i es
bo th w ell k nown t o m ember s o f t h e com mi ttee
an d v o uch ed for a s o f strict v era cit y Th i s ca se
i s u n u su a l for th e rea son th a t t wo different p er
son s r e c e iv e d th e though t wave s a t th e same
t im e H ere i s an abridgm ent o f th e ca se : L ady
G an d h er si s t er had b een spen d i ng t h e e v ening
w ith th e i r m o th er wh o wa s in h er u sual h ealth
a n d sp i ri t s wh en th ey l e f t h er I n th e middle of
th e nigh t t h e si st er awo k e i n h er fright and said
t o h er hu sban d :
I m u st go t o my m oth er at
once ; d o o rd er th e carriage I a m sure tha t sh e

i s t aken i ll
On th e way t o h er m oth er s h ou se

wh ere t wo road s m eet sh e saw L ady G s car

r ia ge approach ing
Wh en t h ey m et eac h a s k ed
t h e ot h er why sh e wa s th ere Th ey bot h related
t h e sam e experienc e and i mpre s sion W h en th ey

reach ed th ei r moth er s h ou se th ey found that sh e

wa s dy i ng an d had exp re s sed an earn e st wi sh t o

see th em
Ano th er ca se of a similar nature i s t h i s :
At
t h e siege of Mo o lta n Maj or General R th en a d
j ut ant o f h i s regiment wa s severely wounded
a n d suppo sed h im self t o b e dying H e reque sted
th a t hi s ring b e t aken o ff h i s n ger and sent t o
hi s w i fe A t th e sam e tim e hi s wife wa s at
F erozepore on e hundred and fty m il e s di s t ant
l y i ng on h er b ed in a stat e h al f way b etween
waking and sleeping Sh e saw h e r h u sban d be
i n g t a k en o ff th e eld and h eard h i s voice say
i n g : Tak e th i s ring o ff my nger and send it

t o m y w i fe
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Thi s ca se bear s th e mar k s of very strong t el e p

at h y but al so ha s a su spiciou s re semblance t o
clairvoyanc e accompanied by clairaudience O r
p erhap s i t i s a co m bination o f both tel epa th y a nd
clairvoy a nce
I t i s i mpo ssibl e t o det erm i n e
which in ab s ence of m ore detail ed i n f orma ti on
Th e m e s sage o f per son s dying o r b eli e v ing
th em selve s t o b e ap p roaching death are f r e
quently v ery stron g for c ertain r e a son s w el l
known t o occul t i st s B ut t h ere i s noth ing s u per
natural ab ou t th e p h enom ena and in m o s t ca se s
it i s m erely a ca se o f strong t elepath y
Th e S ociety al so re p ort s th e following i n t ere s t
ing ca se :
A wa s awak e and strongly willed
t o make h i m self known t o two friend s wh o a t

t hat t im e ( o n e o clock in t h e morning ) were

a s l eep Wh en h e m et th em a few days aft er

w a rd th ey b ot h t ol d him that at one o cloc k th ey

h ad awakened under th e impre s sion that h e wa s
i n thei r ro om Th e experienc e wa s s o vivid t ha t
th ey coul d not go t o sleep for som e tim e an d

l ooked at t h eir watch e s t o n ot e th e tim e

C a se s
o f th i s k in d are quit e common an d many e x pe r i
m entor s hav e h ad equally goo d re sult s with th i s
p h a se of th ought t ran sference You will reme m
ber that t h ere i s n o actual proj ection of th e a s t ral
b ody i n mo st of th e se ca se s but m erely a strong
i mp re s sion cau sed by concentrat ed th ough t
A no t h er int erestin g ca se i s that of t h e l a t e
B i sh o p Wilberforce and i s recorded i n h i s bi
o gr a ph y a s foll ow s :
Th e B i sh o p wa s i n hi s
library a t C u d d le so n with t hree or fo u r o f hi s
cl ergy with hi m a t t h e sam e tabl e T h e B i s h op
,

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sudd enly ra i se d hi s hand t o h i s h ead an d e x

cl a i med
I a m certain tha t someth ing ha s h a p

pene d t o on e o f my son s
I t aft erward s tran s

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that
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wa s badly cru sh ed b y an acc i dent on b oard h i s
sh i p th e son b eing at sea Th e B i sh op h im self
record e d th e circum s t a nce i n a l ett er t o M i ss
N oel saying :
I t i s cur i ou s th at at th e ti m e of
h i s accident I wa s so p o s se s sed with t h e d e
pre s sing con sci ou sn es s o f som e evil h aving be
fall en my son H erb ert th at at th e l a st I wro t e
d own that I wa s unabl e t o shak e o ff th e impre s
sion that som ething had happened t o h im and

no t ed th i s down for rem embrance

Th ere i s
n oth ing unu sual about th i s ca se for it ha s b een
dupli cat ed in th e exp eri ence of many p erson s It s
chief im portance lie s in th e fact th at it i s r e
corded by a man of wid e re putat ion and high
stan d i n g and al so that th e B i sh op ha d ta k en th e
precau t ion t o n ot e d own th e th ing at th e tim e
in st ead o f m erely recalling it aft er h e h ad h eard
o f th e accid ent
Yo u will notice that i n many ca se s of t hi s kin d
th e ph enom enon clo sely approach e s th e a sp ect
o f tru e clairvoyance or a stral sen sin g I n som e
ca se s th ere app ear s t o b e a b l ending of b oth
tel epathy an d a stral clairvoyance I n fact th ere
i s b ut v ery l ittl e d i fferenc e be t ween th e high e st
pha se s o f ordinary t elep ath y and th e m ore com
m on p h a se s o f clairvoyance H ere a s in many

ot h er ca se s of N a t ure s force s th er e seem s t o b e

a gradual bl en d i n g rath er than a sharp divid i ng
lin e b e t ween th e tw o cla s ses o f ph enom ena
,

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71

M oreover th e student d evel oping h i s t elepat hi c

power s will frequently nd tha t h e i s b eginnin g
t o un fold at lea s t occa s i onal a s h e s of cla i r
voyance
In t h e ca se o f t elepat h y th e rec i p i en t m erel y
sen se s w h at i s in th e m ind o f th e proj ec t or I n
som e ca se s a picture in th e mind o f t h e proj ecto r
may b e seen by th e recipi ent a nd may t h u s be
m i staken for a ca se of pure cla i rvoyance B u t
i n inve st igat in g cl o sely it will b e found that t h e
real scen e wa s sl ightly di ff erent from th e im
pre s sion i n wh ic h ca se i t show s that th e i m pre s
sion wa s simply t el epath ic C lairvoyant vi sion
show s th e scen e a s it real ly i s or rat h er a s th e
physical eye o f th e recipient woul d h av e seen i t
Th e a stral sight really se e s th e scen e an d doe s
not m erely receiv e th e m ental impre s sion of t h e
proj ector Th e rst i s original seeing ; th e sec
ond m erely a reproduction of image s alrea d y in
t h e mind o f th e proj ec t or an d colored by h i s p er
so n a lit y et c
I n th e n ext l e s son I shall g i v e you a nu m b er
o f exerci se s an d m eth od s de signed t o d evel o p
your t el epath ic power s You w i ll nd the pra e
ti ce of the se mo st interesting an d en t ertainin g
and at t h e sam e tim e mo st in structive You w ill
n d tha t a s you pract ice th e exerc i se s given
th erein you wil l b ecom e m ore an d m ore ad ept
an d procient i n producing tel epath i c ph enom
ena From th e l ower stage s you will b e abl e t o
pro c eed t o th e high er A n d in t im e yo u w i ll b e
surpr i sed to nd t h at alm o s t uncon sciou sly you
ha v e p a s sed i n t o t h e stage in wh ic h you w i ll h ave
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at l ea st occa sional manife s t at ion s of cla ir v o y

ance p sych om etry etc
I n fact ther e i s n o b et t er way known t o pr a c
tical occulti st s t o d evelo p i n a student t h e p ow
er s of clairvoyance than j u st th i s m eth o d of start
ing th e s t ud ent with th e exerci se s d e s i gne d t o
d evelop t h e tel epath ic power I t h a s b een found
by centur i e s of exper i ence t h a t th e stud ent who
d evelo p s t el epa t h ic power i n a sys t ematic way
will g ra d ually unfol d an d evolve th e clairvoyant
and p sych ometri c p ower It con sti t ut e s th e r s t
rungs on th e ladder of p sych i c d evelopmen t
O f cour se under th e h ea d of clairvoyance etc
you wil l b e given m eth od s an d exerci se d e signed

t o d evel op clairvoyan t power s som e of t h em

very valuabl e an d e ff ective m eth o d s at t h a t B ut
notwith standin g th i s I feel tha t I sh oul d im
pres s upon you th e i m portance o i l aying a rm
foundation fo r such in struction by d evelo p i ng
your sel f r st along th e line s o f t el epat hi c p ower
Such a cour se will not only keenly s h arp en yo u r
p ower s of receptivity t o such vi brat i on s a s you
may wi sh t o receive ; but i t w i ll al so train your
mind in th e direction o f tran slat in g interpreting
and recordin g such impre ssion s wh en rece i ve d
You mu st r em em b er that pro c i ency i n a m en
t a l art i s attained only by m ean s o f tra i n ing t h e
attenti on t o concent rat e upon th e t a sk I t i s th e
sam e way in clairvoyance an d p sych om e t ry
Tel epathy train s your attention t o concen t rat e
upon th e recepti on of i m pre ssion s and t o h old
th em rmly and clearly in con sciou sn e s s Th e
re sult i s th at wh en you really d evel op cla ir v o y
.

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73

an t r e c ep tivit y your a t t ention h a s already b een

traine d t o d o th e n ece s sary work I n eed not
t ell you wh a t an a d van t age th i s give s yo u ove r
th e clair v oyant wh o ha s not received t h i s t ra i n
ing for your own goo d common sen se w i ll a s
sure you o i it
So n ow for our t raining i n t elepath yn o t on ly
for it sel f but al so a s a m ean s of prepar i n g f o r
th e h i gh er s t age s
,

LESS O N V

MI N D R EA D I N G AN D B E Y ON D
,

Th e simpl er form s o f t el epath ic ph enom ena

h ave received th e nam e M ind R eading and by

som e have been regard ed a s som eth in g not quit e
within th e cla s s of real t elepath y Thi s la st im
p re s sion ha s b een h eighten ed by th e fact tha t
th ere ha s b een o ff ered th e public many spe ct a c
ular exhibition s of p seud o mind reading that i s
t o say im itation or count erfeit mind reading in
which t h e re sul t h a s b een obtained b y trick ery
collu s i on or cl ever art ice B ut n o t w ith sta n d
ing thi s fact genuin e mind reading i s actually a
ph a se of t rue t elepath y
What i s generally known a s mind read i ng
may b e di v i d ed i n t o two cla sse s a s foll ows : ( 1 )
wh ere th er e i s an actual physical contact b etween
t h e proj ector and th e receiver ; and ( 2 ) wh ere
th ere i s n o ac t ual physical contact but wh ere
th ere i s a cl o se relat ion i n space b etween th e two

par t i es a s in t h e ca se of th e willing gam e

In
th e r st cla s s be lon g all ca se s in wh ich th e pro
je ct o r t ouch e s th e r ecipient or at l ea st i s con
n e ct e d w i th him by a mat erial obj ect
In th e
secon d cla s s b elong t h o se ca se s in w h ic h th e
reci pi ent seek s t o n d an obj ect wh ic h i s bein g
th ough t of by eith er a single proj ect or or by a
numb er of p e r son s in th e sam e ro om You w i ll
notice that b oth o f t h e se cla s se s were om i tt ed
from th e exp eriment s o f t h e Society for Psy
chical Re searc h b ecau se of t h e po s sib i lity of

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75

fraud or collu s i on B ut n everth el es s t h e stu

d ent will d o wel l to acquire prociency in mani
f e sting thi s form of t el epath y not al one for it s
own sake but al so b ecau se i t na t urally l ead s to
h igh er d evelopm ent
In th e ca se o f th e rst cla s s of m i nd reading
namely th at in which actual physical contact
i s h a d b etween th e proj ect or and th e reci pien t
th ere h a s been a di spo sition on th e part of som e
auth orit ie s t o explain th e whol e ma t t er b y th e
theory o f uncon sciou s mu scular impul se of th e
p roj ector ; but th o se wh o have carefully studied
th i s subj ect and wh o h ave th em selve s perform ed
th e feat s of thi s cla s s o f m in d reading know that
th ere i s far m ore than th i s t o it Tho se familiar
with th e subj ect kn ow that th ere i s a d ecid ed
tran sferenc e of th ought wave s from th e pro
e recipient and that th e la t ter actu
je ct o r t o th

ally feel s th e sam e a s th ey strike upon h i s men

tal receivin g a pparatu s T h e whole d i ff erence
b etween th i s an d th e h i gh er form s o f t el epathy i s
t h at i n t hi s th e th ough t current s generally run
al on g th e wire s of th e nervou s syst em i n st ead
o f l eap i ng acro s s th e space b etween th e t wo per
son s
I t i s k nown t o all w h o h av e conducted th i s
cla s s o f experim ent s that at t ime s th ere will b e
experi enced a change or sh ifting in th e t ran s
m i s sion o i th e thought current s
Fo r a time
th e th ought wave s will b e fel t owing in along
the n erve s of th e hand s and arm s wh en all o f
a sudd en th i s will cea se and th ere will be e xpe r i
e n ce d th e pa s sage of th e curren t d i rec t from bra i n
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t o bra i n I t i s i mpo s sible t o d escr i b e thi s f eel

ing i n m ere word s t o t ho se wh o h av e n e v er e x
B ut th o se t o w h om i t ha s on c e b een
pe r ie n ce d it
m anife st ed will reco g n i z e a t onc e j u s t wha t I
m ean by th i s stat em ent I t i s a d i ff eren t sen sa
tion from any oth er i n th e experi ence o f a h uman
b ein g and mu st actually b e exp er i ence d t o b e u n
Th e n eare st analogy I can o ff er i s
d e r st o o d
that feel i n g experien c ed b y t h e p er son wh en a
forgot t en nam e for w h ich h e ha s vainly so u g h t
sudd enly a sh e s or l eap s i n t o hi s con sciou sn e s s
it i s felt t o com e from som ewh er e ou t s i d e of
th e con sciou s eld Well i n th e ca se of th e
t h ought curren t th e feel ing i s much th e sam e

only t here i s a full er sen se of th e ou t sid ene s s

of th e so u rce o f th e th ought
In ord er t o make you und ers t and th e d istin c
ti on b e t ween th e two cla s se s o f m in d reading
m ore cl early I will say that you m ay t h in k of
on e a s ak i n t o th e o rdinary t elegra phy over
w i re s ; and o f th e oth er a s ak i n t o wirel e s s t eleg
r a ph y
I t i s th e sam e force i n b o t h ca se s th e
di fference b e i n g sim ply one o f th e d e t a i l s of
tran sm i s sion Fix th i s idea rmly i n your m ind
and you will hav e n o t roub l e i n always h a vi ng
th e r i gh t con ception o f any k ind o f ca se o f mi nd
reading or t elepathy B ut you m u st rem em ber
th ere are ca se s in wh ich th ere i s a comb i nat i on
of b ot h m eth od s of tran smi s sion eith er si m ul
t a n e o u sly or el se sh ifting an d changin g from on e
t o t h e o t h er
I will h ere rem i nd t h e s t udent that h e w i ll l earn
m ore by a half dozen ac t ual experim ent s in mind
.

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77

rea di n g than h e w i ll by r eading a do zen b oo k s

on th e subj ect I t i s v ery g oo d t o read th e b oo k s
i n ord er t o get t h e correct t h eory wel l xed i n
min d and al so i n ord er t o l e ar n th e b e s t m et h od s
a s t augh t by tho se wh o h ave ha d a wid e e x pe r i

ence in t h e subj e c t ; bu t th e rea l h ow o f th e

m at t er i s learn ed only t h ro u gh actual experi ence
S o I s h all n ow give you advice an d in struction s
concern i n g act u al ex p erim en t al wor k
You th e stud ent sh oul d b egin b y ma ki ng

yourself a goo d recip i ent t h a t i s a goo d m ind

read er allowing o t h er s t o play th e p art of pro

r
o
e
c
t
L a t er on yo u may play t h e part of p ro
j

r
e
c
t
o
i f you so d e sire b ut th e real n e wor k i s
j
don e by th e recipient and for that rea son that i s
th e p ar t you should l earn t o play b y frequen t r e
,

h e a r sa ls

I adv i se yo u t o b egin your experimen t s w i t h

friend s wh o are i n sym pat h y with you an d w h o
a re i n t ere s t e d i n th e subj ect A vo i d parti c ularly
a l l early exper i ment s with u ncongenial o r un
sy m path et i c per son s ; an d avoid a s yo u woul d a
pe stil ence all t h o se w h o are antagoni s t i c eit h er
t o yoursel f or t o th e g en eral subj ec t o f t el epathy
and kindred subj ect s A s yo u mu s t mak e your

self e specially sen sit i ve in or d er t o succe s sfully

conduct a min d reading t e st you w i ll n d your
sel f particularly su sceptibl e t o t h e m ental a t t i
t ud e o f th o se around you at suc h t im es and
t h erefore shoul d surround yourself only w i t h
t ho se wh o are congenial and sympath etic
Yo u will n d that th er e i s a great d i ff eren c e

be tween th e several p er son s w h om you t ry ou t

,

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a s p roj ect or s Som e will b e m ore en rapport

with you than are oth er s wh o may b e equally

E n rapp ort
goo d friend s
you know m ean s

in vibrational h armony
Wh en two p er son s
are en rapport with each oth er th ey ar e lik e two
wirel e s s t elegraph i c in strum ent s perfectly a t
tun ed t o each oth er In such ca se s th ere are o b
t a in e d th e very b e st re sult s
You will soon l earn
t o di stin gui sh th e d egre e o f en rapport condition s
b etween yourself and di ff erent per son s you

soon l earn t o feel thi s condition I n th e b egin

ning it will b e well for you t o try several p er
son s on e after th e o t h er in your mind reading
experimen t s i n ord er t o pick out th e b e st one

and al so t o l earn th e feel of th e di ff eren t d e

gree s of en rapp ort condition
E ven in ca se s of p er son s in wh om th e en ra p
p ort cond ition s are go od it i s well t o e stab li sh a
rhythmic uni son b etween you Th i s i s d on e b y
b oth you and th e per son breath ing in rh yth mic
uni son a few m om ent s B egin by counting one

two three four like th e slow t ickin g of a l arge

clock Have th e oth e r per son j oin with you in
so counting until your mind s b oth work in th e
sam e rhythmi c tim e
Th en you sh oul d h ave
h im breath e in uni son with you m aking a m en
tal coun t with you at th e sam e t ime so that you

will b reath e t ogeth er C ount ( m entally ) on e

two three four a s you inhal e ; th e on e two

h olding th e breath ; and th en on e t w o th ree

four
exhal ing or breath ing out
Try thi s
several tim e s an d you will n d tha t you h ave
e stabl i sh ed a rh ythmic uni son b etween yourself
.

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79

an d t h e ot h er p erson In t h e progre s s of an ex
i
r
m
e
n
e
t i f you s h ould nd that t h e condi t ion s
p
a re not a s good a s might b e d e s i red you w i ll do
wel l t o pau se for a few m om ent s an d r e e stabl i sh
t h e proper rhythmic harm ony by th i s m et h od of
harmoniou s rhythmic breathin g
B egin b y having th e proj ector sel ect som e
promin ent obj ect in th e ro om a chair or t abl e
for in stance Th en have h im tak e your l eft hand
in hi s right ha n d R ai se your l eft hand h eld in
h i s right h and t o your foreh ead ; th en cl o se your
eye s and remain pa ssiv e a few m om ent s Have
him concentrat e h i s m ind int ently on th e selected

ob je ct a n d will th a t yo u sh oul d m ove tow a rd i t

Have h im th ink o f noth ing el se except that o b
je ct and t o w i ll you t o m ove t oward it w i th all
h i s power C lo se your eye s and qui et your m ind
opening your con sciou sn e ss t o every mental im
pre ssion t ha t h e may send you In struct h im t o

th ink n o t m erely chair for in stance but rath er

Th e main th ought i n h i s
t h e re go th ere
m ind mu st b e that of d irect i o n H e mu st will
th at you m ove t oward that chair
A fter a mom ent or two you w i ll b egin t o feel
a vague general imp ul se t o move your feet
Obey th e im pul se Ta k e a few slow st ep s i n any
direct ion that s eem s ea sy t o you S om etime s
t h i s w i ll t a k e you in an oppo sit e direction fro m

that of t h e chair but i t will ge t you going and

you w ill soon be gin t o feel that th e d irecti on i s

all wrong and will b egin t o b e m entally pulled

i n th e right d irection Yo u will h a v e t o actually
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80

expe r i ence thi s feel i ng b efore y o u will fully u n

d e r st a n d j u st w h a t I m ean
A fter som e l ittl e prac ti ce you w i ll be gi n t o
feel qu i t e di st i nc t l y th e m en t a l d i re c t i on or will
force of t h e proj e c to r whi c h wi ll see m t o t ell you

t o com e t h i s way no w s t o pno w t urn a little

t o th e r i g ht n o w a l it t l e t o t h e l e f t now sto p
w h er e you are an d pu t ou t yo u r r i g ht h and

l ower your h an d m ov e yo u r han d a l i t t l e t o th e

right that s it no w yo u h a v e go t it al l rig h t

Y o u will soon learn t o di st i ngui s h b e t ween th e

no tha t s wron g th ough t an d t h e tha t s

ri ght on e ; an d b e t ween th e g o on and th e

com e on on e B y m ak i n g yo u rsel f co m pl etely

pa ss i v e an d recept i ve and ob ed i en t t o t h e
th ou g h t and wil l i mpul se s o f th e proj ect o r you
w i ll soon act li k e a s hi p un de r th e i nuence of
th e rudd er i n t h e han d of th e p roj ec t or
Aft er yo u h ave a tt ain e d p roc i ency i n r e ce iv
i n g th e m ental impre s s i on s and d i rect i on s you
will nd yourself a tt rac t ed or d rawn li k e a piece
o f st eel t o t h e magn et t o w ar d t h e obj ec t sel ec t ed
I t will som etim e s seem a s i f you were b e i ng
m oved t o i t even again s t your own willand a s
i f som eon e el se were actually mov i ng your feet
for yo u Some t im e s th e i m p ul se will com e so
s t ron g tha t you will ac t ually ru s h ah ead o f t h e
p roj ec t or d ragging h im along w i th you i n st ead
o f h aving h im a l i ttl e i n advance or by yo u r s i d e
I t i s all a matt er o f prac ti ce
Y o u wil l soon di scover t h e gr e a t d i ff erence be
t w een d i ff eren t proj ec t ors S om e o f th em w i l l
b e i n perfec t en ra ppor t conditi on w i th you w hi l e
,

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81

o th er s w i ll f ail t o g e t i nt o tu n e wi t h you S om e
proj e ct or s do n o t seem t o k now wh at i s re quired

of t h em an d u sually for g et t o will you t o th e

obj ect I t h el p s som etim e s to t ell th em that th e
wh ol e thing d epend s upon t h eir will p ower and
t ha t th e stronger th eir will i s th e ea sier it i s for
you t o nd th e thing Th i s put s th em on t h e i r
me tt le an d make s t h e m u s e t h eir w i ll more
vi gorou sly
Yo u will soon l earn t o recogn i ze tha t pecul i ar

feel i n g of all right th a t com e s wh en yo u nal ly

stand in front of th e d e sired obj ec t Th en you
begin t o m ove your righ t hand up and d own and

around un ti l you get th e r i g ht feel abo u t th at

al so w h en you s h oul d place your h and on th e
place wh i c h seem s t o attrac t you m o st Yo u will
n d that th e hand i s j u s t a s re spon siv e t o th e
mental force a s are th e fee t You will soon l earn

t o d i stingu i s h b etween th e m en t al signal s : u p

d own
t o t h e r i ght
t o th e l ef t
s t op now

you re r i gh t e t c I cannot t ell you j u s t th e dif

ference you mu s t l earn t o feel t h em and yo u

will soon becom e expert in t h i s I t i s l i k e l earn
i ng t o ska t e run an au t om obil e o pera t e a type

writer or any th ing el se all a matter o f exerci se

and pract i c e B ut it i s a s t on i s h i ng h o w rap i dly
one m ay l earn ; and h ow a t t i me s on e s ee m s to
pro g re s s by grea t leap s an d bound s N ow I shall
gi ve you th e d i ff erent sta g e s or st ep s w h ich you
w i ll d o well t o follow i n your exerc i ses progre s s
i ng f ro m th e m ore sim pl e t o th e more com p l e x
bu t b e sure t o th oroughly ma st er th e s i mple
ones before you pa s s on t o t h e more com ple x
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one B e h one st and s t r i c t w ith yourselfma k e

yoursel f pa s s th e examination b efore p rom o

t i on in each an d ev ery step
1
L o c a ti o n s
B egin by nding part i cu la r
l oca t i on s i n a room ; corners alco v e s do or s e t c
2
L a rg e Obj e c t s Th en begin t o n d large
obj ect s such a s tabl e s ch air s boo k ca se s etc
S m al l O bj e c t s Th en proceed t o n d small
3
obj ec t s such a s b o o k s on a tabl e sofa cu sh ion s
ornam ent s pa per k nive s e t c Gradually work
down t o very small o bj ect s suc h a s scarf pin s
art icl e s of j ewelry pocket kn ive s e t c
C o nc e a l ed O bj e c t s Th en pro ceed t o nd
4
small o bj ect s that have b een concealed under
ot h er o bj ect s such a s a p oc k e t b oo k b en eath a
sofa cu shi on et c ; or a k ey in a book ; or a k ey
und er a rug e t c
M in u t e O bj e c t s T h en pro c eed t o d i scover
5
very small obj ect s eith er concealed or el se placed
in an incon spicuou s place such a s a p i n stuc k i n
t h e wall etc ; or a small bean und er a va se e tc
T h e public per f orm er s of m i nd rea di ng var y
t h e ab ove by sen sa t ional com b i nat i on s but yo u
will read i ly see th a t th e se are but i ngeniou s ar
rangemen t s of th e abov e gen eral exp er i m ent s
and tha t n o n ew pr i ncipl e i s involved A s th e se
l e sson s are d e s i gned for ser i ou s study and e x pe r i
ment and n ot for sen sati onal public perform
a n ce s I sh all n o t en t er int o t h i s pha se o f t h e sub
e
t
c
j in th e se page s Th e stud ent wh o under stand s
t h e general p rinc i pl e s and i s ab l e t o perform th e
ab ove experim ent s succes sfull y will hav e n o d if
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cult y

in repro d ucing th e genu i n e feat s of th e

public mind read er s by simply u sin g h i s in
etc
ge n uity in arranging th e stage e ff ect s
A mon g oth er th ings h e will nd that h e w i ll b e
abl e t o obtain re sult s by interpo sing a th ird per
son between th e proj ector and h im self ; or by
u sing a sh o rt piece of wire t o connect h im self and
th e proj ector Drawing p ictures on a blackb oard
or writing out nam e s on a slat e by m ean s o f
th ough t direction are simply th e result o f a n e
d evelo pm ent o f th e power o f nding th e small
th e impul se to m ove th e hand in a cer
a r t icle
tain d irect ion come s in preci sely th e sam e way
Th e public d riving feat s of th e profe s sional m i nd
read er are but a m ore compl icated form of th e

sam e gen eral princi pl e th e im pres sion o f d irce

tion onc e obtain ed th e re st i s a m ere matt er o f

d e t ail Th e o pen i ng of th e comb ination of a safe
th ough re q uiring wonderful procien cy on t h e
part of th e o perator i s sim ply an elab or a t i on of

th e direction m ovement
Som e recipient s are of course far more p ro
cie n t than are oth er s ; b ut each and every per
son any per son of average intelligence wil l be
abl e t o secure more or l e s s proci ency in th e se
experiment s provi d e d t h at patience an d pr a c
tice are em ployed Th ere i s n o such thing a s an
ab solut e failure po s sibl e t o anyon e wh o will pro
ce e d intelligently an d will practice su fciently
Somet ime s aft er many d i scouraging att em pt s

th e wh ol e th in g will a sh into on e s mind at once

and aft er that th ere will b e littl e or n o t roubl e
If you are able t o witne s s th e demon stra t ion s of
,

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so m e good m i nd reader profe s sional or ama t eur

it w i ll h el p yo u t o catch th e k nac k a t onc e

Y o u will nd th a t t h e se experim en t s w ill t end
t o gr e a t ly a n d rapid ly d evel o p your p sychi c r e
ce pt iv ity i n t h e directi on of t h e h igh er pha ses of
p syc hic ph en om ena You w i l l b e surpr i se d t o
nd yourself ca t ch i ng a sh e s or glim p se s of
hi gh er t el epa th y or even cla i rvoyance I would
advi se e v ery p erson wi sh ing t o cult iva t e th e
h ig h er p sych i c fac u lt i e s t o b egin by p erfec t ing
him sel f or h er self i n th ese simpl er form s o f m ind
readin g B eside s th e benet s obt ained t h e prae
tice pro v e s v ery in t ere s t ing an d op en s many
d oor s t o pl ea san t s o c ial ent er t a i nm ent
B ut
n ever allow th e d e s i r e fo r soc i al prai se or po pu
la r ity i n t h e se m att er s t o spoil you for s eriou s
inve s ti ga t ion an d exp erim en t
T h e S e c o n d S t e p o f D e v e l o pm e n t
T h e s tu
d en t h av i n g perfect ed hi m sel f in th e exper i m ent s
al ong t h e lin e s o f th e r s t cla s s of m i n d reading
i s n ow re a dy f or th e second step o r exp er i men t s
al on g th e l i n e s of th e secon d cla s s of m ind read
in g v iz wh ere th er e i s n o ac t ual physical contact
b etween th e proj ect or an d rec i pient but wh ere
th ere i s a cl o se relat i on i n spac e between t h e two
N o w t h e t h oughtful stu d en t w i ll nat u rally
w i s h t o a s k a q u e stion h ere som e t h i ng li k e thi s :
Yo u h a v e t ol d u s th a t t h ere i s n o r eal d i ff er
enc e b etween t el epat h y at a great d i s t ance and
th a t i n w h ich t h ere i s only th e sl igh te st di ff er
ence i n t h e p o s i t i on o f t h e proj ec t o r and rec i pient
p rov i d i n g always th a t th ere i s n o a ct u al ph ys
ic al c on t ac t Th i s b e i ng so wh y you r i n s i s t enc e
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B EYON D

u pon th e clo s e r ela ti on i n space j u s t m ent i on e d ?

w h a t i s th e rea son for th i s n earne s s ? Well

it i s l ik e th i s : W h il e th ere i s n o d i stin cti on of
space in tr u e t e l epathy s ti ll i n ex p er i m en t s s u c h
a s I s h all now d e scr i b e th e p h y s i ca l n earn es s of
th e p roj ec t or enabl e s hi m t o c on cen t rat e m ore
forcibly an d al so g iv e s con denc e t o th e n ew
beginner in rece i v i ng m ind c u rrent s T h e b ene
t i s sol ely tha t o i t h e p sychol ogic a l e ff ec t u pon
t h e mind s of th e t wo per son s an d h a s n ot hi n g t o
do w i t h t h e ac tu al po w er o f th e t el epa t h i c w a v e s
I t i s mu ch ea s i er f or a per son t o concen t ra t e hi s
thought an d w i ll u pon a per son i n actua l p h ys i c a l
sigh t b e f ore hi m than up on one o u t o f s i g ht
A n d likew i se th e recipien t n d s hi m sel f m o r e
condent an d at ea se wh en i n th e a ct ual p h ys ic al
of th e per son sending th e th o u g ht s a n d wi ll
power T h a t i s all th ere i s t o it W h en th e p er
son s hav e acquired familiar i ty w i th proj ec ti ng
an d rece i v i ng th en t h i s ob st a cl e i s overcom e and
lon g d i stance s h ave n o t er r or for t h em
Th e b e s t way for th e stud en t t o star t i n on th i s
cla ss of min d readin g i s for h i m t o exper i m en t
o cca sionally wh ile performing h i s physical con
tact m ind read i n g experim en t s
Fo r i n stance
wh i le engaged i n searc hi n g for a n obj ec t le t hi m
di sen g age h i s hand f ro m t hat of th e proj ec t or f or
a moment or so an d t hen en d eavo r t o rece i ve th e
impre s sion s witho ut c on t a ct ( T hi s sh oul d b e
don e only i n pr iv a t e exper im ent s n o t i n p u bl i c
one s ) H e wi l l soon d i s c o v e r th a t h e i s rece ivi ng
th ou ght impul se s i n spi t e of th e lac k o f phy s ic al

contac t faint per h a p s bu t s t ill percep t ibl e A

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l itt l e pr a c ti ce o f thi s k ind will soon conv i nce hi m

t h at h e i s rece i ving th e m ental current s direct
from brain t o bra i n Th i s e ff ect will b e i ncrea sed
i f h e arrange s t o h a v e se v eral p er son s co n ce n
t rat e t h e i r t h o ught s a nd wi ll p ower upon h im
d uring t h e exper i m en t F rom t h i s stage h e wi ll
gradually d e v elo p i nto th e s t age o f th e Willin g
Gam e
T h e W i l l in g G a m e q uit e popular in som e c i r
cle s i s played b y on e per son ( u sually b l ind
fol ded ) being bro ugh t i n t o th e ro om in wh i ch a
number of per son s h av e pr eviou sly agreed upon
som e obj ect t o b e foun d b y h i m th ey co n ce n tr a t
ing th e i r th ough t rmly u p on th e obj ect Th e
audience sh oul d b e t augh t t o n ot only t o th in k

but al so t o a ctively will th e progre s s o f th e

recipient from th e start t o th e ni sh of th e hunt

Th ey should will h i m al on g each st ep of h i s

j ourn ey and t h en wil l h i s han d t o th e obj ect

it self wh ere v er i t b e h i dd en
A n ad ep t i n th e receivin g en d o f th e W i llin g
Gam e w i ll b e abl e t o perform all th e exp eriment s
that I have j u st po i nt ed out t o you in th e contac t
m in d readin g cla s s I n th e Willing Gam e you
m u s t rem emb er t ha t t h ere i s n o tak i n g h old of
h an d s or any o th er form o f ph ysical contac t be
tween proj ect or and reci pi ent Th e tran smi ssion
o f th e men t al current s mu st b e d irect from b rain
t o b ra i n Ot h erwi se t h e two cla s se s of e x pe r i
ment s are alm o st id entical Th ere i s th e sam e

willin g t oward t h e obj ect on th e part o f t h e

proj ector s and th e sam e pa s sive obedience of th e
recipient A ll th e d i ff erence i s that th e curren t
.

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p a s se s over th e e t her of space a s i n th e ca se

of th e wirel es s m es sage in s t ead of over t h e wire s
of th e n ervou s syst em of th e two p er son s

Th e n ext step i s that of gues sing th e nam e

o f t h ings th ought of by th e party I can giv e you
n o bett er direction s than th o se foll owed by th e
inve stigat or s i n th e C r e e r y ch ildren a s related in
a precedi n g ch a pt er of th i s bo ok Wh en you be
com e su ff i ci e nt ly p ro cient in th i s cla s s of mind
reading you sh o ul d b e abl e t o reproduce every
experim ent th ere m enti oned with at lea st a fair
d egree of succe s s It i s all a matt er of patience
per severanc e a n d practi ce
A fter you h av e b ecom e very procient i n th i s
cla s s of experim ent s you may begin t o try ex

th at i s wh ere th e
pe r im e n t s at l o n g di stance
proj ector i s o u t o f your ph ysical pre sence I t
make s n o d i ff erence wh eth er th e d i stance b e
merely th at between two adj oining ro om s or
el se o f mile s of space A t r st h owever n ear
ne s s ad d s condence in th e maj ority of ca se s
C ond ence once gained th e di stance may b e
l ength en ed indenitel y without impair ing th e
succe s s of t h e experiment s Th e long d i stance
experim ent s may con si st eith er o f th e receiving
o f singl e word s name s etc or el se di stinct cl ear
m e s sage s or id ea s S om e nd it n o more d i fcult
t o r epro duce simile geom etrical d e sign s such a s
circl es square s triangl e s etc t h an t o reproduce
wo rd s or i dea s
I n long di stance exp erim ent s i t i s well for th e
proj ec t or t o writ e down th e word or th ought h e
wi sh e s t o t ran smit an d for th e recipien t t o writ e

n ow

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88

d own t h e i m pre ssion s h e rece iv e s T h e s e m e m o

randa will serve a s a r ecord o f progr e s s an d wi ll
moreover giv e a sc i ent i c v al u e t o t h e e xpe r i
m en t s
Som e e xpe r im e n t o r s h av e b een qu i t e s u cce s s
ful i n exp erim ent s alon g th e l ine s o f A u t oma ti c
Wr i ting from l i ving per son s produce d b y m ean s
of long di stan ce t el epa t hy In t h e se c a se s th e
re c i pien t si t s pa s sively at th e h our agree d upon
fo r th e experim ent a n d t h e proj ec t or co n ce n
tra t e s i n t ently upon a sent ence o r severa l sen
t e n ce s one word at a t im e a t th e sam e ti m e

will ing t h e oth er p er son t o wr it e th e w ord

T h e fam ou s inve sti gator o f p syc h i c p h enom ena
th e lat e W T St ead editor of a London n ew s

pap er wh o went down on th e Ti tanic wa s very

succe s sful in experim ent s of th i s k ind H i s wr i t
t en r ecord s o i th e se are very i ntere sting an d in
st ruct i v e
Y ou will o f cours e und erstan d th a t in all ca se s
of long d i stanc e t el epath i c experim ent s t h ere
sh oul d b e an und erstanding b etween t h e two p er
son s regarding th e t im e an d durat i on o f th e
experim ent so a s t o obtain t h e b e st re sul t s P er
so n a lly h owever I hav e kn own o f som e v ery ex
ce lle n t re sult s in wh ich t h e receiv i ng o f th e m e s
sage occurred several h our s af t er t h e sending
th u s sh ow i ng that t elepa t hy i s i n a m ea sure in
d epen d ent o i t i m e a s wel l a s o f spac e B u t a s
a rule th e b e s t re sult s are ob t a i n e d w h en t h e tw o

p er son s si t s i mul t aneou sly

D o not r e s t con t en t wi t h ac c ep ti ng t h e repor t s
of oth er s regardin g t h e se thi ng s Try t h e m for
.

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89

yo u rsel f Y o u wi ll o p en up a w on d er fu l wor l d
of ne w ex p er i ence s f or yours el f B u t rem e m b er
always you mu s t procee d s t ep by s t ep p er f e ct
i n g yourself a t eac h s t ep b efore p roceeding t o t h e
nex t
.

LES S O N V I
C L AI RV OY A NT

P SY C H O M ETRY

Th e word clairvoyanc e m ean s cl ear see

ing
I n it s pre sent u sage it cover s a wide eld
of p sych ic ph enom ena ; and i s u se d by d i ff eren t
writer s t o de signat e pha se s of p sych i c ph enom
ena di ff ering wid ely from each oth er Th e student
i s ap t t o b ecom e confu sed wh en h e m eet s th e se
ap parently conicting d enition s an d u sage s I n
t h e glo s sary of th e S ociety for P sych ical R e
search th e t erm i s den e d a s :
T h e faculty or
act o f perce i v i ng a s t h oug h vi sually with som e
coinci dental truth som e di stant scen e ; it i s u sed
somet ime s b ut hardly prop erly for t r a n sce n
d ental vi sion or th e p ercept ion of b ein gs r e

garde d a s on an oth er plan e o f exi st ence

M r s H enry S id gw ick a di s t ingui sh ed writer
on th e subj ect of p sych i c ph enom ena i n on e o f
h er report s t o th e Soc i ety for P sych ical R e
search says :
Th e wor d cl air v oyant i s o ft en
u se d very lo o sely an d wi t h wid ely d i ff erent
m eanings I d enot e by i t a f aculty of acqu i r i ng
supern ormally but n ot by reading th e min d s o f
p erson s pre sent a k nowl e d ge of fac t s suc h a s we
n orm ally ac quire by th e u se of our s en se s I d o
not limit it t o knowledge that woul d normal l y b e
acquired by th e sen se o f sight n or d o I lim it it
t o a knowledge of pre sent fact s A s i milar k n owl
edge of th e pa st an d if nece s sary o f future fa ct s
m ay b e includ ed On th e oth er hand I exclud e
t h e m ere faculty o f seeing apparition s or v i s i on s

w h ich i s som et im es call ed cla i r v oyance

.

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P SY C H O METR Y

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Th e above denitive explanation o f th e term

clairvoyance agrees w i th th e i dea of th e be st a u
t h o r it ie s and di stingui sh e s b etween th e phenom
ena of clairvoyance and that of tel epathy on th e
on e hand ; and b etween th e form er and th at o f
seeing apparition s on th e oth er hand I per
so n a lly accept th i s d i stinction a s b oth sc i enti c
in form an d a s agreein g with th e fact s of th e
ca se You will o f course see that th e accept
ance of th e exist ence o f th e a stral sen se s throw s
light on many ob scur e po i nt s ab out which t h e
p sych ic re search er s are in doubt and reconcil e s
many apparently o pp o sing fact s
A ll scientic auth oritie s a s well a s th e b e s t o c
culti st s d ivid e th e ph enom ena of clairvoyance
int o several well
di st in gui sh ed cla s se s Th e fol
lowing cla s sication i s s i m pl e and indicat e s
cl early th e principal form s of cl ai rvoyant ph e
,

n o m en a :

( 1 ) Simpl e C lairv oyance in wh ic h th e clair

voyan t per son m erely sen se s t h e auric emana
tion s of oth er per son s such a s th e auric vibra
tion s colors etc ; current s of th ought vibration s
etc but doe s not see ev ent s or scen es removed
in space or t im e from th e ob server
lairvoyance
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2
C
( )
voyant per son sen se s s cen e s and event s rem oved
in space from th e ob server ; and often al so i s ab le
t o sen se such th ings even wh en th ey are con
ce a le d or ob scured by i ntervening ma t er i al o b
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voyant per son sen se s scene s and even t s which
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have h a d t h eir original pla c e i n p a st tim e ; or

scen e s an d event s wh ic h wil l h a v e th e i r or i g i nal
p lace i n th e future
I shall d escribe eac h o f th e se th ree c l a sse s wi t h
t h ei r many variat i on s a s we reac h t h em in th e i r
pro p er place s in t h es e l es s on s B e fore d o i ng so
h owe v e r I wi s h t o expla i n t o yo u th e s everal
m e th o d s by wh i ch cla i rvoyant v i s i on i s u sual l y
i nd uc e d Th e se m e th o d s m ay b e d e s i gna t e d a s
foll o w s :
1
( ) P syc h o m e t ry o r th e m et h o d o f ge t t i n g
en rapport wit h th e a s t ral plane by m ean s of
som e phys i cal obj ec t connec t e d w i t h t h e person
t h i n g o r s c en e ab o ut whi c h yo u d e s i re t o b e in
form ed
( 2 ) C ry s t al Ga zi n g e tc o r t h e m et h o d o f
ge t t i ng en ra p por t w it h t h e a s t ral p lan e by m e a n s
o f gazin g int o a crys t al mag i c mi rror et c
R
lairvoyant
everie or th e m e th o d o f
3
C
( )
gettin g en ra ppor t w it h th e a s t ral plane by m ean s
of p sych i c stat e s i n wh i ch th e s i gh t s soun d s an d
th ough t s of th e ma t er i al an d p hy s i cal p lan e ar e
s h u t out o f con sc i ou sne s s
I sh all n ow proceed t o gi ve th e d e t a i l s r ega r d
i ng eac h on e of th e se t h ree grea t cla s ses o f m e th
od s inducing cla i rvoyan t vi sion o r en r a p po r t
condition s with th e a stral plan e
P sy c h o m etry P syc h om etry i s t ha t f or m o f
clairvoyant ph enomena i n wh ic h t h e cla i rvoyant
get s i nto en rapport relati on w i th th e a stral plan e
b y m ean s of t h e connect i n g l i n k o f mater i al o h
such
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s
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o f wear i n g apparel e t c w hi c h h a s h a d p re vi o u s
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s s oc i a ti on s with t h e thi n g per son o r s cen e r e

g ardin g wh i c h clairvoyant v i sion i s requ i red
W i t h out goin g i nt o t ec h nical occul t explana
t ion s I woul d say tha t t h e virtu e o f th ese a r ti cl e s
con si st s entirely o f th eir a s soc i at i ve valu e T h a t
i s t o say th ey carry in them certain v ib rat i on s of
pa st exper i ence wh ich serve a s a conn ecting l ink
or a s sociat ed lam en t with th e th ing wh ic h i s
sough t t o b e brou gh t i n t o t h e el d of cl a i r v oy a n t
vi sion
To reach cla i rvoyantly a thi n g scen e o r p er
son in th i s way i s a k in t o t h e unwinding o f a
ball o f yarn wh en you h ol d th e loo se en d in your
h and O r it i s like g i v i ng a k een scent ed d o g a
sniff at a handkerchi ef once carri ed b y t h e p er son
whom you wi sh him t o no se out for you
A well known aut h ority on th e subj ect o f
p sych ic ph enomena ha s said on thi s po i nt : T h e
untrain ed clair v oyan t u sually cannot n d any
part i cular a s t ral p ic t ur e wh en it i s wan t e d w ith
ou t som e special link to put him en rapport with
th e subj ect required
P sych om etry i s a n in
stance in p oint It seem s a s th ough th ere wer e a
sort of magnet i c attachm ent or a fn ity b etween
any particl e of matter and th e record which con
tain s it s h i storya n a fnity which enab l e s it t o
ac t a s a kin d of conduct or between that record
and th e facult i e s of anyon e wh o can read it F or
in stance I once brought from Ston eh enge a t iny

fra gm ent of stone not lar ger than a pin s h ead

and o n p utting th i s into an envelope an d h anding
it to a p sych om eter w h o h ad n o id ea w h a t it w a s
sh e a t once b egan to de scrib e that wonderful ruin

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and th e d e solat e country surrounding it a n d th en

wen t on t o pictur e v ividly what were evid ently
scen e s from it s early h i st ory sh owing that th e
in n it e ssim a l fragment had b een su fci ent t o put
h er int o communication with th e record s con
n e ct e d with th e spot from wh i ch it cam e
Th e
scene s th rough wh ich we pa s s in th e cour se of
our l ife seem t o act in th e sam e way u pon th e
cell s o f our b rain a s d id t h e h i story of Stone
h enge u pon that particle of ston e Th ey e stab
li sh a conn ect ion with th o se cell s b y m ean s of
wh ich our mind i s put en rapport with th at par
t icu la r portion of th e record s and so we rem em

b er wh at we h ave seen
O n e of th e simpl e st and m o st comm on form
o f p sych om etry i s that i n which th e psych o m
e t r ist i s ab l e t o t ell th e physical condition o f a
p er son by m ean s o f h old ing t o th e foreh ead o r
even in th e hand som e trinket or small articl e
such a s a handkerchi ef r ecently worn o n t h e p er
son o i t h e ind i vidual r egarding w h om th e in
forma t ion i s sought I n th e ca se of som e v ery
sen sitiv e p sych om etr i st s th e p sych i c p er son

tak e s on th e condition of th e ot h er p er son

wh o se form er articl e of cloth in g t rink et etc sh e
i s h olding Sh e will often actually exper i ence th e
phys i cal pain an d d i s t re s s o f th e person an d will
b e abl e t o indicat e from wh at ailm ent th e per son
i s su ff erin g S om e per son s attain gr ea t pr o
cie n cy i n thi s d irec t ion and are a great a s si stanc e
t o wi se p h ysician s w h o ava i l th em selve s of th eir
serv i ce s Som e succe s sful p h ys i cian s t h em selve s
po sses s t h i s f aculty well d eveloped an d u se i t t o
,

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gre a t a d van t age t h oug h a s a rul e t h ey k eep very

q ui e t ab out it from f ear of creat i ng unfavorabl e
comment from t h eir fellow phys i c i an s and from
t h e general publi c w h o d o not b eli eve in such

t om foolery
A s t ep furth er i s th e power of som e psych o m
e t r ist s t o correctly d escrib e th e per sonal char
a ct e r ist ics an d even th e pa s t h i st ory o f per son s
w i t h wh om th ey com e in contact o r wh o se a s

so cia t e d articl e
th ey have in th eir hand s Som e
very remarkabl e in stance s of thi s ph a se o f psy
ch o m e t r y are relat ed in th e book s containin g
t h e h i st ory of clairvoyance
A n int ere sting
ca se i s that relat ed by Z sch o kk e th e emin ent
German writ er wh o relate s in h i s aut obiogra ph y
h i s wonderful experience in th i s d irection
L i sten t o th e story in hi s own word s :
It ha s
h appened to m e occa sionally at th e r st m eet ing
with a total stranger wh en I have been li st enin g
i n silence t o h i s conver sat ion that hi s pa st l ife
up t o th e p re sent mom ent with many m inut e cir
cu m st a n ce s b elonging t o one or oth er particular
scene in it h a s com e acro s s m e lik e a dream but
di stinct ly entirely involuntarily and un sought
occupying in duration a few minut e s For a long
ti m e I wa s di spo sed t o con sider th ese eeting

vi sion s a s a trick o f th e fancy th e m ore so a s

my dream vi sion d i splayed to m e th e dr e s s and
m ov em ent s of th e act or s th e appearanc e of th e
ro om th e furniture an d oth er accid en t s o f th e
scen e ; till on one occa sion in a game som e m ood
I narrated t o my family t h e secret h i story o f a
seam stres s w h o had j u st quitted th e room I
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h a d n ever seen th e p e rs on be f o r e N e v e r th el e s s
th e h earer s w er e a s t on i s h e d an d l aug h ed a n d
w oul d n o t b e p ers u a d ed b ut th a t I h a d a pr ev i o u s
a c q ua i ntanc e with t h e form er l if e of th e per son
i na smuc h a s w h a t I h a d s t at ed wa s perfe c tly t r u e
I w a s n o t l e s s a s t on i sh ed t o n d th a t m y
d rea m vi sion agreed wit h real i ty I th e n ga v e
m or e a tt en ti on to t h e s u bj ect an d a s o ft en a s
p ro p r i e t y a l lowed o f it I relat e d t o th o s e w h o se
l i ve s h a d so pa s sed b e f or e m e t h e s u b s t ance o f
m y d ream vi sion t o ob t a i n fro m t h em it s c on
O n every o cca s i on
t r a d ict io n or conrm a t ion
i t s con rmati on followe d n o t wi t h o ut amaze
m en t o n t h e par t o f th o se w h o gav e it On a
cer t a i n fair day I w en t i n t o th e t own o f W a ld s
hut accom pani e d by t wo young fore s t er s wh o
a re st ill al ive It w a s even i ng an d t i red w ith

ou r wal k w e went i n t o an inn call ed t h e V i n e

We t o o k o u r s upper w ith a num erou s c om p a ny a t
t h e pub li c tab l e w h en it h a ppen ed th a t t hey
m a d e th e m selve s m erry over th e pecul i a r iti e s o f
t h e Sw i s s i n connect ion w i t h th e b el i e f i n m e s

m er i s m Lav a t er s phys i ogno mi cal sys t e m an d

th e l ik e On e o f m y compan i on s w h o se n a ti o n a l
pr id e w as t o u c h e d by th e i r ra i llery b eg g e d m e
t o m a k e so m e r e p ly p art icularly in an swer t o a
young m an o f s up er i o r a ppearance w h o sa t o p
i
o
s
p t e a n d h a d i ndulge d i n unre s t raine d r idicul e

I t h a ppene d tha t th e even t s o f thi s person s

l i fe h ad j u s t prev i o u sly pa s sed b e f ore m y mi nd
I tu rn ed t o him with t h e q u e s ti on wh et h e r h e
w oul d rep l y t o m e w ith t r u t h an d c an d o r i f I
narra t e d t o him th e m o s t se c re t pa s sa g e s o f hi s
.

,
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h i story h e b eing a s l i t t le k no w n t o m e a s I t o
h i m T h at wo u ld I sugge s t ed go somet hi n g be

yond L avat er s physiognomical skill H e prom

i sed that if I t ol d th e trut h h e would a d mi t i t
openly Th en I narrated t h e event s wit h wh ich
my dream vi sion h ad furni sh ed m e and th e t abl e

l earn ed th e h i story o f t h e young tra d e sman s l ife

of h i s sch ool year s h i s p eccadilloe s a nd nally
of a l ittl e act of roguery committ ed b y him on th e
strongb ox of h i s empl oyer I d escribed th e u n
inhabited room with it s w h it e wall s wh ere t o
th e righ t o f th e b rown d oor th ere h ad stoo d upon
th e tabl e th e small money
ch es t et c Th e man
m uch struck admitted th e correc t ne s s of each

circum stance even wh ich I could not expect

o f th e la st
Th e above incident i s typical o f th i s cla s s o f
p sychometry and many per son s h av e h ad at l ea st
a sh e s o f thi s ph a se o f th e p ower Th e only r e
markabl e thing ab out t h i s par t i cular ca se i s it s
faith fulne s s regarding de t ail s thi s sh ow s a very
n e d evelopment of th e a stral sen se Th e f eatur e
that make s it p sych om etric in st ead o f pure clair
voyance i s that t h e pre sence o f th e oth er p erson

wa s nece s sary to pro duce th e p h enom enon a b i t

o f cl othing woul d probably h av e an swered a s
well Z sch o kk e d oe s not seem t o h ave b een abl e
t o manife st tim e clairvoyance ind epend en t o f
t h e pre sence o f th e person concern ed h e n ee d s
th e a s sociated l ink or loo se en d o f t h e p syc hi c
ball of yarn
N ext in ord er i n th e l i s t o f t h e p h en omena o f
p sych ome t ry i s that i n wh ich th e p syc h o m e t r i st
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i s abl e t o d e scr i b e a di s t an t s c en e by m e a n s o f
a bi t o f mi neral plan t or s i milar obj e c t once
l ocat e d a t that place I n such ca se s th e psy
ch o m e tr ist get s en rapp ort with th e d i stan t scen e
by m ean s o f th e connec t ing l in k m en ti oned
Havin g obtained th i s h e i s abl e t o relat e th e
event s th a t are h appenin g on that scen e a t th a t
par ticu la r m om ent S om e v ery int ere sting ca se s
a r e m en t ioned i n wh ich th e p sych om e t ri st h a s

b een abl e t o spy in on a certain p lace by m ean s

o f som e small articl e which h a s recently b een
located in that place Fo r in stance I once gave
a young p sych om etr i st a penh old er from th e
o fce of a lawyer a friend of m in e l oca t ed ab out
eight hundred m ile s from th e p sych om e t ri st Sh e
gave a perfect picture of th e int erio r o f t h e o ffic e
th e scen e acro s s th e street vi sibl e from th e o fc e
wind ow and certain event s t hat were h a p p enin g
in t h e o f ce at that m omen t wh ich w ere v er i ed
Every
by careful inquiry a s t o per son s and t i m e
occulti st o r inve stigator o f p sych ic p h eno m en a
h a s experienced many ca se s o f th i s k ind
A noth er pha se of psych om etry i s tha t in wh ic h
th e p sych om eter i s abl e t o sens e th e con di tion s
exi stin g und erground by m ean s o f a p iece o f
min eral or m etal wh ich originally wa s l oca t e d
th ere Som e wonderful in stan ce s of ph ych o
m etr i c d i scernment o f m in e s etc h av e b een r e
cord ed I n th i s p ha se of p sych om etry all t ha t
i s n eed ed i s a pi ece o f th e coal m ineral o r m etal
wh i ch h a s com e f r om th e mine Follow i n g up

th i s p syc h ic l ea d th e p sych om etri st i s abl e t o

d e s c rib e th e v e i n s or stra t a of t h e surround i ng
,

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l a n d al th oug h th ey h a v e no t a s ye t b een un co v
ere d or d i scovered
S t ill anoth er form o f p sych om e t r i c d i scern
m en t i s t hat in whic h th e p sych om etr i st ge t s en
ra pport with th e pa st h i story o r an o bj ec t o r o f
i t s surroundings b y mean s of th e obj ect it self
In th i s way th e p sych om etri st h old ing i n h i s
hand o r pre s s i ng t o h i s h ead a bull et from a bat
tle eld i s abl e t o pi c ture th e battl e it sel f Or
given a piece of anci ent p ott ery o r ston e im ple
ment th e p sychom e t ri st i s abl e t o picture th e
time and p eopl e s connected w it h th e o bj ec t in
th e pa st som etim e s aft er many c enturie s are
pa st I onc e h anded a good p sychom etri st a b i t
o f ornam ent t aken from an E gyptian mummy
over th ree th ou sand year s ol d Th oug h th e psy
ch o m e t r ist d id no t k now what t h e o bj ect wa s o r
from w h ence i t h ad com e sh e wa s a bl e t o p i c
ture no t only th e scen e s in wh ich th e E gyptian
had l ived but al so th e scene s conn ect ed wi t h th e
m anufacture of th e ornament som e t hre e h un
dred year s b efor e that tim efor it turned out
tha t th e ornam en t it self wa s an ant i qu e wh en th e
E gy p tian ha d acquired it I n anoth er ca se I h ad
th e p sychom etri st d e scrib e in detail th e animal
l i fe and th e physical ph enom ena of th e age in
wh ich a fo ssil had exi st ed wh en al i v emany
t h ou sand s of year s ago In th e pro per plac e in
th i s boo k I will explain j u st h ow it i s po s s i bl e t o
pene t rat e t h e secret s of th e pa st by p sych om etr i c

vi s i on t hat i s t o say th e p sych ic law s ma ki ng

t h e same po s sibl e
Som e o f th e m o st remarkabl e of re c or d ed in
,

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s t ance s o r thi s form of p syc h om e t ry k nown t o th e

We s t ern worl d are th o se relat ed in th e wor k s of
a geol og i st nam ed D enton wh o som e fty year s
ago conduct ed a seri e s of in v e st igat ion s into th e
ph en om ena o f p sych om etry H i s record ed ex
r
i
m
n
B eing a geol
e
t s ll se v eral volum e s
e
p
o gist h e wa s able t o sel ect th e b e st subj ect s for
th e exp erim ent s and al so t o verify an d d ecide
upon th e acc u racy of th e report s given by th e
p sych o m etr i s t s H i s wife h er self wa s a gifted
p sych om etri s t and it h a s b een sai d o f h er by
good a u t h ority that sh e i s abl e by pu t ting a
p i ece of m att er ( whatever b e it s nature ) t o h er
h ead t o see eith er with h er eye s cl o sed o r open
all that th e pi ece of matt er guratively sp ea k

in g ever saw h eard o r experi enced

Th e fol
l owing exam pl e s will give a good i dea of th e
D enton exp erim ent s which are typical o f th i s
cla s s o f p sych ometry
D r D enton gave t h e p sych om etri st a small
fragm ent broken from a large m et eorit e Sh e
h el d it t o h er h ead an d r eport ed
Th i s i s curi
ou s Th ere i s noth ing at all t o b e seen I feel a s
i f I were in th e air N o n ot in th e air eith er
but i n nothing n o plac e I am u t t erly unabl e t o
d e scrib e it ; it seem s h igh h owever I feel a s
th oug h I were ri sing and my eye s are carried u p
ward s ; but I lo ok around in vain ; th ere i s noth
in g t o b e seen I see cl oud s n ow bu t noth ing
el se Th ey a re so clo se t o m e that I see m t o b e
i n t h em
My h ead an d n ec k and eye s are
aff ect ed M y eye s are carried up and I canno t
roll th em d own N o w th e cloud s a ppea r l i g ht er
,

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a n d lig ht er an d loo k a s th oug h th e sunlight

would burs t th rough th e m A s t h e clou d s sepa
ra t e I can see a sta r o r t wo and t h en th e m oon
i n s t ea d o f t h e sun T h e m oon seem s n ear an d
loo k s coarse and rough and paler and larger in
s i ze than I e v er saw it b efore Wh a t a strange
feeling come s over m e ! I t appea r s a s i f I wer e
going righ t t o th e m oon an d it l ook s a s i f th e
m oon were coming t o me I t a ff ect s m e t er
,

bly

ri

Dr D enton add s : S h e wa s t o o much a ff ect ed

t o continue th e experim ent longer H a d t h i s
aerolit e a t som e perio d of i t s h i s t ory co m e wi t h i n

th e sph ere of th e m oon s attract i on an d h ad it s

vel ocity so i ncrea sed that it s a u gm en t e d ce n tr if
ugal force had carr i ed it o ff int o space aga i n
wh ence d rawn by t h e superi or a t tract iv e for c e
o f th e ear t h it had fallen and end ed it s c areer

forever ?
At anot h er t i me Dr D enton te st ed th e psy
Sh e
ch o m e t r ist w i th a whal ebon e walking can e
supp o se d it t o b e wood b u t wh en sh e b egan t o
report h er p syc h ic i m pre s sion s th ey cam e a s fol
l ow s : I feel a s th ough I were a mon ster Th ere
i s n oth in g of a tree about i t an d i t i s u sel e s s fo r
m e t o go furth er I feel l i k e v omi t ing No w I
wan t t o plunge in t o t h e water I believe t ha t I
am go ing t o have a t
My jaw s are large
enough t o t ak e d own a h ou se at a gul p I n ow
k now what thi s i s it i s whalebone I see th e

in side of th e w h al e s mouth I t ha s n o t eeth

I t h a s a slimy look b u t I on l y ge t a gl i mp s e
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of i t N ow I s ee th e wh o l e animal Wha t a n

a wf ul loo k in g creature
A not h er tim e Dr D enton gav e th e psych o m
e t r ist a minut e piece o f th e enamel of th e t ooth of
a m a s t o don wh ich had b een found th irty fee t
b elow th e surface o f th e ear th Th e psych o m
e t r ist had n ot t h e s light e st knowl edge o f th e
charact er of th e tiny ake of enam el h an d ed h er
bu t n everth el es s report ed :
My i m pre s sion i s
tha t i t i s a par t o f som e m on s t rou s an imal prob
ably p ar t o f a t ooth I feel li k e a p erfect m on st er
w i th h eavy l egs unwiel dy h ead an d v ery lar g e
b o d y I go d own t o a sh all ow stream t o d r i nk
I c an hardly spea k my j aw s are so h eavy I
f eel l i k e getting d own on all four s Wh at a n o i se
come s t h rough t h e wood s I have an i mpul se t o
an swer i t M y ear s ar e very large an d l eath ery
a n d I can alm o st fancy th ey ap in my face a s I
m o v e my h ead Th ere are some old er on e s than
I I t seem s so out o f keeping t o b e tal k in g wi t h
t h es e h eavy j aws Th ey are dar k bro w n a s i f
t h ey h a d b een compl et ely tanned Th er e i s one
old fellow wit h large tu sk s tha t l oo k s v ery
t o u gh I see several younger on e s In fac t t h ere
i s a wh ol e h erd M y upper li p m ove s c u r i ou sly ;
I can ap it u p It se em s strange t o m e h ow it i s
don e Th ere i s a plant growin g h ere h i gh er than
my h ead I t i s n early a s thic k a s my wr i s t v e r y

j uicy swee t an d t en d er som et h in g li k e green

corn in t a s t e but sweeter I t i s n ot t h e ta st e it

wo u l d h ave t o a human b e i n g o h n o ! it i s s i c k

e n ish and v ery un pl ea sant t o t h e human t a st e

Th ese in stance s might b e m ul ti p l i e d in d e
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it e ly, but

1 03

th e pr i n cip l e i s th e s a m e i n eac h I n
m y own exper i ence I ga v e a s m all pi ece from
th e Grea t P yra mi d o f Egyp t t o a p syc h om etr i st
wh o wa s u n educat ed and wh o k n ew n ot hi ng o f
a nc i ent E gypt or i t s h i s t ory N otw it h stand ing
thi s sh e gav e m e such a d etail ed an d compl et e
account of th e l ife of ancient E gyp t wh i ch wa s
i n suc h c ompl e t e accor d ance with th e o pin i on s of
t h e b e st auth oritie s that I woul d h es it a t e ab ou t
p ubl i s h in g th e rep ort for i t cer t a i nly woul d b e
r eg a rd e d a s ran k im po sture b y th e average scie n
S om e d a y h owe v er I m ay pu b
t ic a uth o r it y
l i s h th i s
T h e r e are n o spec i al di rec ti on s t o b e gi ven t h e
s tu den t i n p syc h om etry A ll t ha t can b e don e i s
t o su g ge s t t h a t each p er son s h o u l d t r y th e ex
r
im
e
n
t
s
e
fo r h im sel f i n ord er t o nd o ut
p
wh eth er h e h a s or ha s n ot t h e p sych om e t r i c f a c
u lty
I t m ay b e d eveloped by th e m et h o d s t h at
wi l l b e gi ven t o d evelo p all p sych i c p owers i n
a not h er p ar t o f thi s book B u t m uch w i ll d epend
upon a c tual pract i ce and exerc i se Ta k e s t range
obj ect s a nd sitt ing in a quiet ro om w i t h th e o h
j ce t h el d t o yo u r fore h ead shut ou t all t h ough t s
o f th e o ut si d e w orld an d f orget all p ersonal
a ff a i r s I n a s h ort ti m e i f th e con di t i on s are all
r ight yo u w i ll beg i n t o h av e a s h e s of scene s
connec t e d w i th th e hi s t ory o f th e o bj ec t At r st
r a th e r d i sconn ec t e d an d m o r e or l e s s confu sed
th er e wi ll soon com e t o yo u a cl earing away of
th e s c en e and th e pi ct u re s w i ll b ecom e qu i t e
p l a i n P rac ti ce will d e v el o p t h e power P rac ti ce
o nly wh en alon e o r wh en i n th e pre s ence o f so m e
n

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sym pa th e ti c f r i en d or fr i end s Alw a ys avoid d i s

cordant and i nharm oni ou s co m pany wh en pr a c
ticing p syc h ic power s Th e b est p sych om etri s t s
u sually k eep t h e p h ys i cal eye s cl o sed w h en pr a c
t icin g th eir p ower
Y o u h a v e doubtl e s s h ear d th e sen sing of scal ed
l etter s spok en of a s clair v oyance B ut th i s i s
m erely on e form of p sych om etry Th e l e t t er i s
a very goo d connec t in g m edium i n p sych om etr i c
exp erim ent s I a d v i se you t o b egin your e x pe r i
m ent s w ith ol d l e t t er s You will b e surpri sed t o
d i scover h ow readily you w i ll begi n t o recei v e
p sychic impre s s i on s from t h e l etter s eith er from
th e p er son wh o wro t e th em or from t h e place
i n wh i ch th ey were wr i tt en or from som e on e
c onnect ed with th e sub sequent h i story On e o f
th e m o s t i n t ere sting exper i m ent s I ever w it
n e s se d i n p sych om e t ry wa s a ca se i n whic h a l e t
t er tha t h ad b een forward ed from plac e t o place
until it h ad gon e complet ely around t h e gl ob e
wa s psych o m e tr iz e d by a youn g H i n du m a i den
A lth ough i gnoran t of th e out sid e world sh e wa s
ab l e to p i cture th e p eopl e and scenery o f every
part o f th e g lob e in wh ich th e l etter h ad travel ed
H er repor t wa s r eally an i n t ere sting travel

ogue o i a t r i p around th e worl d gi ven i n

tabl oi d form You may obtain som e i nt ere st i n g

r
i
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h
m
n
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re sul t s i n psyc o e t
ol
d
l
etter
s
b
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t
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g
ways be con scient i ou s ab out it and refrain from
divul ging th e s ecr et s th at wil l b ecom e yours i n
th e cour se o f t h e s e exper i m ent s B e h on orable
on t h e a stral plan e a s well a s on th e physical
m ore so ra t h er t han l e s s
.

LE S SON VI I

C LAI RVOY A NT C RY STAL

G A ZI N G

A s I have inform e d yo u in t h e p receding l e s

son C rystal Gazing i s t h e secon d m eth o d of get
t ing e n rapport with th e a stral plan e Un der th e

general t erm C rystal Gazing I i nclud e th e e n

tir e b ody of ph enom ena connect ed wit h th e u se
o f th e crystal magi c m irror etc t h e und erlyin g
princi pl e b eing th e sam e in all o f such ca se s
Th e crystal etc serve s t o foc u s th e p sych i c
energy of th e p er son in such a way that t h e
a stral sen se s are induced t o funct ion m ore
readily than ordinarily Th e student i s cautioned
again st regardin g th e crystal o r magic mirro r
a s po s se s sing any part icular mag i c p ower in it
self O n th e contrary th e crystal or magic mi r
ro r serve s m erely a s a ph ysical in s t rum ent for th e
a stral vi sion j u st a s th e t el escop e or m icro scope
perform s a similar o i ce for th e physical vi s i on
Som e per son s are super stitiou s regarding t h e
crystal and accord to it som e weird super
natural p ower but th e tru e occult i s t under s t and
ing t h e law s o f th e ph en om ena ar i s i ng from it s
u se d oe s not fall i n t o th i s error
B ut notwith stan d ing what I h ave ju st sa i d I
woul d b e n egl ectin g my ful l duty in t h e m at t er
if I failed t o call your att ention t o th e fact t h a t
t h e cont inued u se of a particular crys t al often
ha s th e eff ect of polarizing it s mol ecul e s so a s t o
rend er it a far mor e e fcient i n s t ru m en t a s
t im e p a sse s by Th e l onger th e crystal i s u sed
,

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by on e pe r son th e bet t e r d oe s it s ee m t o se r v e
th e u se s of th at p erson I a gr ee w i th many u ser s
o f t h e crys t al in th eir beli ef that eac h p er son
s h oul d k eep h i s crystal for h i s own p ersonal u s e
and n o t al low it t o b e u sed i ndi scrimina t ely by
stranger s or p er son s n o t i n sym pathy wit h occul t
th ought Th e crystal t end s t o b ecom e p olarize d
ac c ord i ng t o th e requirem ent s of th e per son
h abitually u sin g it and i t i s fooli sh t o allow t hi s
t o b e i nt erfered with
T h e u se o f crystal s and other br i g h t sh ining
o bj ec t s ha s b een common t o p sychic inve st i
ga t or s o f all t im e s an d i n pract i cally all land s I n
t h e earl ier d ays of th e race p i ece s o f cl ear quar tz
o r s hi n i ng pebb le s were generally employed
S om et im e s pi ece s o f poli sh ed m etal wer e so u sed
I n fa ct n early every obj ect capabl e o f b eing p ol
ish e d h a s been e m pl oyed i n th i s way a t som e
tim e by som e p e r son In our own day th e sa m e
condit i on ex i s t s I n A u s t ral i a th e nat ive soo t h
sayer s and mag ici an s empl oy wa t er an d oth er
s hi n i n g o bj e ct s a n d i n som e ca se s even b r i g ht
a m e s p ar k s o r gl ow i n g emb er s
I n N ew
Z ealan d th e native s frequen t ly e m p l oy drop s of
blo o d h el d i n th e hollo w o f t h e h an d Th e Fij ian s
ll a h ol e w i th wa t er an d ga z e i n t o it S o uth
Am er ic an t r i b e s u se t h e p o l i sh ed surfac e o f blac k
or d ar k co l ore d s t one s T h e Am e r i can In d i an s
u se w a t e r or s hi n i n g p i e c e s or i n t o r q u a r tz
S hi n i n g p i ece s o f m e t al a r e f re q uen t ly u sed by
t h e prim i t iv e race s Lan g wr i t in g on th e s u b
T h ey s t are i n t o a c rystal ba l l ;
je ct h a s sa i d
a cup ; a mi rro r ; a blo t of i n k ( Egy pt an d I n di a ) ;
,

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1 07

a d r o p o f bl oo d ( th e Mao r i s o f N e w Z e a l a n d ) ;
a b o wl o f wa t e r ( Am er i can In di an s ) ; a pond
( R o m an a n d Af r i can ) ; wa t er i n a gla s s b owl
( F e z ) o r almo s t any pol i s h ed surface etc
In th e pre sent d a y rev i val o f i nt ere s t i n crys t al
ga zi n g among th e wealth ier cla s se s o f Euro pe
an d A merica som e o f t h e h ig h p riced t eac h er s
h a v e i n si st ed upon th ei r p upil s p urch a sin g pure
crystal glob e s cl a imi ng that th e se a lon e are
capabl e of serv i n g th e purpo se ful l y Bu t a s
s uc h crystal s ar e very expen sive t h i s advice h a s
p re v ent ed m any fro m experimen t ing B u t th e
a dvi ce i s erroneou s for any gl ob e o f cl ear quar t z
o r even m ould e d gla ss w i l l serve th e p u rpo se
equall y wel l an d t h ere i s no n eed of spending
twen t y v e t o f t y d ollar s f o r a pure cry s t a l
glob e
For t hat m a tt er yo u may ob t a i n v ery goo d r e
su lt s f rom th e u se o f a watc h crystal la i d o v er a
p i ece of blac k v elvet S o m e today u s e w it h th e
bes t e ffec t s mall p oli s h ed pi ece s o f silver or o th er
brig ht m etal Other s foll ow t h e ol d plan o f u sin g
a large dro p of i nk poure d i nt o a smal l butter
plat e Som e h ave small cup s pain t ed black on
th e i n s id e i n t o w h i ch th ey p our wa t erand ob
t a i n e x c ell en t r e sult s th erefrom
Abov e all I caut i on th e stud en t t o pay n o a t
t en ti on t o i n s t r u c t ion s r egarding t h e nece s si t y o f
perform i ng incan t ation s o r ceremon i e s over t h e
crystal or oth er o bj ec t e m ployed in crys t al g a z
i n g T h i s i s bu t a bi t of i dl e sup ers t i ti on a nd
serve s no u seful purpo se except po s sibly t hat of
l
l
A
ivi
ng
th
e
per
son
condenc
e
i
n
t
h
e
th
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g
.

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1 08

o f thi s ki n d h ave for th eir purpo se

m erely t h e h ol d i ng o f t h e attention of th e p er
son i nve st iga t in g and g i v i ng him condenc e in
th e re sult t h e la t t er h aving a decided p syc h o
l og i cal value o f cour se
Th ere are bu t few gen eral d i rect i on s nece s sary
for t h e p er son wi shing t o experim ent in crystal
gazing Th e principal th ing i s to maintain quiet
an d an earn e st seriou s stat e o f m in dd o not
ma k e a m erry gam e of i t if yo u wi s h t o obtain
re sult s A gain alway s have th e ligh t b ehind
your bac k in stead of f a cin g you Gaz e calmly
at th e crys t al bu t d o n ot strain your eye s D o
n ot try t o avo i d winking your eye s th er e i s a

di ff erenc e b e t ween gazing and star i ng r e

m em ber S om e good auth oritie s a dvi se mak i ng
funnel s o f th e han d s and u sing t h em a s yo u
would a pair o f opera gla sse s
I n many ca se s a num b er of trial s a re req ui red
b efore you will b e able t o get good r e sul t s I n
oth er s at l ea st som e re sult s ar e obta i n ed at th e
r st trial It i s a goo d plan t o t ry to bring int o
vi sion som eth ing that you have already seen w i th

th e phys i cal eye s som e familiar obj ect Th e

r st sign of actual p sych ic see i n g i n th e crys t al
u sually a ppear s a s a cl oudy app earance or

m ilky mi s t
th e crystal gradually l o sing i t s
tran sparency I n th i s m ilky clou d then grad u
ally a p pear s a form or face or scen e of som e
k ind m ore o r le s s plainly den ed I f yo u h a v e
ever d eveloped a ph ot ograph ic lm or plat e yo u
will know h ow t h e pi c tu re gra d ually com e s i nt o
V ie w
ce r e m o m e s

C RY STAL

GAZI N G

1 09

W T S t ead th e em i nen t Engl i s h i nve s ti ga t o r

of p sych ic ph enomena ha s written a s follows r e
garding th e p h enom ena o f crys t al ga z in g :
Th ere a re som e person s w h o cannot l o o k int o
an ord i nary glo bular bottl e w i th ou t s eeing pic
ture s form them selve s with out any e ff ort o r will
on their p art in t h e crystal glob e C rystal
ga z
in g seem s t o b e th e l ea st dangerou s an d m o st
simpl e o f all form s of experimen t ing You s i m
ply lo o k i nto a crystal glob e t h e size of a v e
shillin g piece or a water b ottl e wh ich i s ful l o f
cl ear water and wh ich i s placed so that t oo much
l ight doe s n ot fall upon it an d th en simply look
at it You make n o incantation s and engage in
n o mumb o j umb o b usine s s ; you simply l oo k at
it fo r two or th ree minute s taking care not t o tire
yo u rself win k ing a s much a s yo u plea se but x
ing your th ought u pon wh at ever you wi sh to see
Th en if you have th e facul t y th e gla s s will cloud
over with a m ilky mi st an d in th e centre th e
image i s gradual ly precipita t ed in j u s t t h e sam e
way a s a ph ot ograph form s on th e sen sitive

plat e
Th e sam e auth ority relat e s th e follo w in g i nter
e sting exp erim ent with th e crystal :
M i ss X
upon looking into th e crystal on two occa s i on s
a s a te st t o see if sh e could s ee m e wh en s h e
wa s sev eral mile s o ff saw n ot m e but a d i ff er
ent friend of min e on eac h occa s i on S h e h a d
never seen eith er of my friend s b efore b ut im
mediat ely i dentied th em b oth on see i n g th e m
af t erward at my o fc e On one of th e evenings
on wh ich we experiment ed in th e v a i n att empt s
.

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1 10

to p h o t ograp h a d oubl e I di ne d with Ma d a m C

an d h er fr i en d a t a n e igh bor i n g r e s t a u ra n t A s
s h e glan c ed at th e wat er b o tt l e M a d a m C sa w
a pic t ure b e g inn i ng t o fo r m a n d l o ok i n g a t i t
fro m cur i o sity d escrib e d with c on s id erabl e d e t a i l
an el d erly gen t l e m a n wh o m s h e h a d n eve r s een
before an d w h o m I did no t i n th e l ea s t recogn i ze
from h er d e scrip ti on a t th e m om ent
Thre e
h our s aft erward wh en t h e seance wa s over
Madam C en t e r e d t h e roo m an d recognized M r
E lliott o f M e s s r s E ll iott
Fry a s th e gentl e
man w h om sh e h ad seen an d d e scrib ed i n th e
water bo tt l e a t t h e re staurant On anot h er o c
ca sion th e pi ctur e wa s l e s s a greeabl e ; i t w a s an
ol d man ly i n g d ead in b ed with some on e weep i ng
a t hi s feet ; but wh o it wa s o r what i t relat ed

t o n o on e kn ew
Andrew L ang anoth er prominen t inve st i ga t or
o f p sych ic ph enomena give s th e followin g in t e r
e s t ing exp er i m ent i n crystal gaz i ng :
I had
g i ven a g la s s ball t o a young lady M i s s B a i llie
w h o h a d scarcely any s u cce s s w i th i t S h e l ent
i t t o M i s s Le sli e w h o saw a lar g e square old
fa s h i on ed red sofa cov ered wi t h mu slin ( w h i ch
sh e af t erwar d found in th e n ex t country hou se

sh e v i sit ed )
Mi s s B a i llie s brot h er a young
at h l et e la ugh ed a t th e se experiment s t oo k th e
ball int o h i s study and cam e back l oo k in g gey

ga s h
H e adm it t e d t h at h e h ad seen a v i sion
someb ody h e kn ew under a lam p H e said tha t
h e woul d di scover d ur i ng th e we e k w h eth er or
not h e h a d seen r i ght Th i s wa s a t
on a
S u n d ay aft ernoon On T u esday Mr B a i ll i e wa s

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a t a dan c e i n a t o w n f or t y mi l e s fr o m hi s h o m e

a n d m et a M i s s P re s t on
On S u n d a y h e sai d
abo ut h al f pa st v e you wer e si tt ing u n d er a
stand a rd lam p i n a dre s s I n e v er saw yo u wear
a blue blou se w i t h la c e over t h e s h ould er s pour
ing ou t t ea for a m an i n bl u e se r ge wh o se bac k
w a s t oward m e so t h at I only saw t h e t i p o f hi s

m u s t ach e
Why t h e blind s mu st h ave b een u p

sai d M i s s P re st on
1 wa s at Dul by sa i d M r

Baillie an d h e undeniably wa s
M i s s X th e well known contri buto r t o t h e

B orderland severa l year s

E ngli sh magazin e
ago mad e a som ewhat ext en ded in quiry i nto th e
ph enom ena of crystal gazing From h er e x pe r i
m ent s sh e mad e th e followin g cla ssication o f
t h e ph enom ena o f crys t al vi sion wh ich I h er e
w it h reproduce for your b ene t H er cla ssica
ti on i s a s follow s :
Ima g e s o f someth ing u ncon sc i ou sly o b
1
served N ew reproduction s voluntary o r spon
ta n e o u s an d bringing no fre sh knowl edge t o th e
mi nd
I mage s o f id ea s uncon sciou sl y acquired
2
Som e m emory or imagina ti ve e f
f r o m o th e r s

feet which d oe s not com e from t h e gazer s ordi

nary sel f R evival s of memory I llu strat i on s o f
th oug h t
Images clairvoyan t o r proph et i c
Pi c
3
tu re s gi ving information a s t o som eth ing pa st
p re sent or future wh ich th e gazer h a s n o oth er

c h ance of knowing
A s a m att er of fact each an d e v e r y form or
ph a se of cla i r v oyance po s sibl e u nder oth er meth
,

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C LA I R V OY A N C E

o d s o f i n d ucin g c l a i r v o ya n t vi s i on i s po s s i b l e i n
c ry s t al g a z ing
I t i s a m i s t a k e t o c on s id er
c rys t al gaz i n g a s a se p arat e an d di s ti nc t form o f
C ry stal g a z in g i s m erely
p syc hi c p h enom ena
on e particular for m or m eth od o f i nducing
p sych i c or clairvoyan t vi s i on I f you will k eep
thi s i n m ind you w i ll a v o i d m any com m on e r
r o r s a nd m i sun d er s t andings i n th e m at t er
In ord er t o give you th e b en et o f a s m any
p o i nt s of view a s po s s i bl e I s h all n ow q u ot e from
an ol d E ngli s h writ er on th e subj ec t of th e u se
o f th e crystal I d o t hi s real iz i n g tha t som etim e s
a part i cular s tu d en t will g et m or e from on e point
o f vi ew than from ano th ersom e particular
ph ra sin g will seem t o reac h h i s un derstanding
wh er e oth er s fail Th e dire cti on s of t h e E ngli sh
a uth ority ar e a s foll ows :
What i s d e sired through th e regular u se of
th e t ran slu c en t sph ere i s t o cult iv a t e a per sonal
d e gr e e o f cla i r v oyan t p o w er so tha t vi sion s o f
t h ing s o r event s pa st p re sen t and fu t ur e may
app ea r cl early t o th e in t er i o r vi s i on or eye o f
th e s o u l I n t h e pur sui t of t hi s e ff ort only t h e
crys t a l b ecom e s at once b o th a b e a utiful int er
e s ti ng and h arml e s s chann e l o f pl ea su re and i n
s t ruc t ion sh orn of danger s and rendered con
d uciv e t o m ental d e v elopmen t
To th e at t a i nm en t of thi s d e s i ra bl e end a t
t en ti on i s a s k ed t o th e following pract ical d ir e c
t i on s wh ic h if carefully foll owed will l ead t o
s uc ce ss :
S el ect a qu i et room wh ere yo u will b e
e n ti rel y undi sturb ed taking care t hat i t i s a s far
,

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G A ZI N G

1 13

a s p o ssibl e fre e fr o m mi rror s ornamen t s p i c

t ure s glar i n g color s an d th e like which may
oth erwi se d i stric t th e a tt en ti on
T h e ro om
sh oul d b e o f c om fortab le temp erature i n a c
co r d a n ce w ith th e t im e of year n eith er h ot nor
cold A b out 60 t o 6 5 deg Fahr i s suitabl e in
m o st ca se s though allowance can b e mad e w h ere
neces sary fo r natural di fference s i n th e tempera
m ent s of variou s p er son s Thu s th in n ervou s
d elicat ely organized individual s an d th o se o f
l ym phatic and soft ea sy going pa s sive t ype s r e
q uire a slightly warm er apartm ent th an th e m ore
p o sitive cla s s wh o ar e known by th eir dar k eye s
hair and complexion combin ed w ith promin ent
j oint s Sh ould a re o r any form o f a r t icial
l igh t b e n ece s sary it sh oul d b e wel l screen ed o ff
so a s t o prevent th e light ray s from b eing r e
e ct e d in or in any mann er directly reac h ing t h e
crystal
Th e room sh oul d not b e dark bu t
rath er shadowed or charged with a dull lig h t
som ewhat such a s prevail s on a clou dy or w et
da y
Th e crystal sh ould b e placed on i t s
s t and on a table or it m ay r est on a b lack v el
vet cu sh ion but in eith er ca se it sh oul d b e p ar
t ia lly surround ed by a black silk o r similar wra p
or screen so a dj u sted a s t o cu t o ff any u n d e sir
abl e r e ection B efor e b eginning t o experim en t
rememb er that mo st fre quently nothing will b e
seen on th e r st occa sion and po ssibly no t for
several sitt ings ; th ough som e sitters if strongly
gifted with p sych ic p ower s in a stat e of u n co n
sciou s and sometim e s con sciou s degree o f u m
,

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1 14

may b e fortuna t e enough t o ob t a in

go od re sult s at t h e very r s t trial I f th ere f ore
n oth in g i s perceived dur i ng th e r st few a t
temp t s d o n ot d e spa i r or b ecom e impatien t o r
imagin e t hat yo u will n e v e r see any th ing T h ere
i s a royal roa d t o c rys t al vi sion b ut i t i s o p en
only t o t h e co mbin e d pa s sword o f C almne s s Pa
and P er severance
I f at th e rs t a t
t ie n ce
tempt t o r i d e a b icycl e failure en sue s th e only
way t o l earn i s t o pay a tt ent i on t o t h e n ece ssary
rul e s an d t o per severe da i ly until t h e a bi lity t o
rid e come s naturally T hu s it i s w i th t h e w ould
b e seer P er se v ere in a ccordanc e w i t h t h e se s i m
pl e d irect i on s and s u cc e s s w i ll sooner or lat er
crown your e ff ort s
C ommence by si t t i ng comfortably w i t h
th e eye s xed u pon th e cry stal n o t b y a erc e
star e b u t w it h a s t eady calm g a z e for t en m in
ute s only on th e r s t occa sion I n t a k ing t h e
tim e i t i s b e s t to h an g yo u r w atc h a t a di st a nce
wh ere wh i l e t h e face i s cl earl y v i s i bl e th e t ick
ing i s rend ered i naud i bl e Wh en th e t i m e i s up
carefully pu t th e crystal away i n it s ca s e an d
k eep i t in a dar k place und er l o c k an d k ey allow
ing n o on e b ut your se l f t o handl e it At t h e sec
ond si t ting w h ic h sh ould b e at th e s a m e p lac e
in th e sam e p o s i t i on and at th e sa m e ti m e yo u
m ay increa se t h e l ength o f t h e e ff ort t o fteen
minut e s a nd con ti nu e for th i s p eri o d d ur i n g th e
n ext v e or s i x s i ttings aft er wh ich th e tim e m a y
b e gradually i ncrea sed but s h oul d i n n o ca se e x
ce e d on e h our
Th e preci se ord er o f repetition i s
always t o b e fol lowed until th e experim enter h a s

f o ld m e n t,

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1 15

vel oped an alm o st automatic ability to read i ly

ob t ain re sult s w h en it n eed s n o longer t o b e a d
h ered t o
A ny per son o r p er son s admitt ed t o th e
room an d allowed t o remain wh il e you sit
sh oul d ( a ) k eep ab solut e sil ence an d ( b) remain
seated at a d i stanc e from you Wh en you h ave
d evel oped your latent power s que st ion s may of
course b e put t o you by one of th o se pre sent b u t
even th en in a very gentl e or l ow and slow t one
of voice ; n ever sudd enly o r i n a forceful manner
Wh en you nd th e crystal b egin s t o
l ook dull or cloudy with small pin point s o f l i ght
glittering th erein l ik e tiny star s you may know
tha t you are comm encing t o obtain that fo r
which you see kviz crystallin e vi sion Th ere
fore p er severe with con dence Thi s cond i tion
may o r may n ot cont inue for several sitt i ngs
t h e crystal seem ing at tim e s t o alt ernat ely app ear
an d di sappear a s i n a mi st B y and by t h i s hazy
appearance in it s turn will give plac e quit e sud
d e n ly t o a blindne s s of th e sen se s t o all el se but
a blue or blui sh ocean of space again st wh ich a s
if it were a background th e vi sion w ill b e cl early
apparent
Th e crystal sh oul d not b e u se d soon
af t er taking a m eal and care sh ould b e tak en in
matt er s of diet to partak e only o f dige stibl e
food s an d t o avoid alcoholic b everage s P lain and
nouri sh in g food and outdoor exerci se w ith con
t e n t m e n t of mind or love of simplicity i n l iving
are great aid s to succe s s M ental anxi ety or
ill h ealth are not conducive t o th e d e sired end
d

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1 16

A tt en ti on t o c o r re ct b rea thi ng i s o f i mpor t ance

A s r egar d s t h e t i m e a t wh ich ev ent s
seen wi l l co m e t o pa s s each seer i s u sually im
pre s se d wit h regar d th ereto ; bu t a s a gen eral
r u le v i s i on s a ppear i ng in th e ext rem e back
groun d ind i ca t e tim e m ore r em o t e eith er pa st or
future t h an th o se p erceived nearer at hand wh il e
th o se app ear i ng in th e foreground or clo ser t o
t h e seer d eno t e th e pre sent or imm ediat e future
Two principal cla sse s of vi sion will pre
sen t t h em selve s t o th e sitt er ( a ) th e Symb olic
ind i cated by th e app earance of symb ol s such a s
a ag boat knife gold et c and ( b ) A ctual
Scen e s an d P er sonage s i n action or oth erwi se
P erson s o f a po sitive typ e of organizat ion th e
m ore active excitabl e yet d ecided typ e ar e m o st
l i k ely t o p erceiv e sym bolically o r all egorically ;
w h il e th o se of a pa s sive nature u sually receiv e
direct or l it eral revelati on s B oth cla sse s will
nd it n ece s sary to carefully cultivat e truth ful
ne s s un se lsh n e ss gratitud e for what i s sh own
and ab solut e cond ence i n th e love wi sdom an d

gui dance of Go d H im sel f

A s t h e st u d en t proceed s w i th t h e study of th e se
l e s son s h e w i ll b ecom e acquainted with variou s
d e t a i l s an d m e th od s concerne d wit h th e variou s
pha se s o f c l ai r voyance wh ich kn owl edge h e may
t h en comb i n e with th e ab ove th e wh ol e aiding
hi m i n t h e s ucce s sf u l manife station of th e p syc h ic
p h en om ena o f crys t al gaz i ng w hi ch a s I h ave
said i s merely on e ph a se of cla i rvoyance an d u m
d er th e sam e general law s and rul e s of man ife sta
ti on Rememb er that pre sent pa st an d fu t ure
.

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1 17

clair v oyance all i s po s sibl e t o th e h ig h ly d e v el

oped crystal gazer
C lo sely all ied wit h th e ph e
T h e A st ra l Tube

mom ena of crystal gazing an d that of psych o m

th e a s t ral
e t r y i s tha t which occulti st s know a s

tub e although th i s p sychic chann el may b e de

v e lo pe d i n ordinary clairvoyance by m ean s of
th e p ower of concentrat ed att ent ion e t c I shall
not enter into a detailed o r t echnical d i scu ssion
of th e a stral tube at thi s place b ut I wi s h t o
give yo u a gen eral an d com preh en s i ve vi e w o f it
and it s workings
I n ca se of th e strong conc entration o f th e
mind in ca se s of p sychom etry or crystal gaz i n g

a ch ann el or lin e of force i s set u p in th e a stral

sub stance wh ich com po se s th e ba si s of t h e a stral
plan e Th i s i s like th e wake of a sh i p mad e on
th e surfac e of th e wa t er through wh ic h th e sh i p
ha s pa s sed O r i t i s lik e a curren t of magnetic
force in th e eth er I t i s cau sed by a polariza t ion
of th e particl e s compo sing th e a st ral sub stance
wh ich manife st in a current of int en se vibrat i on s
in th e a stral sub stance wh ich thu s serve a s a
ready channel for th e tran smi ssion o f p syc h i c
force o r a stral energy
Th e a stral t ub e serve s a s a ready conduc t or o f
th e vib ration s current s and wave s of en ergy o n
th e a s t ral plan e wh ich carry t o th e a stral sen se s
of th e person t h e perception of th e th ings o b
je ct s and scene s far removed from h i m in spac e
and tim e H ow th e se th ings far rem ov ed i n
space an d t ime are p erceived by th e a s t ral seer
is explained in sub seq u ent l es son s o f th i s cour se
.

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1 18

A t thi s place we are concern ed m erely w ith t h e

chann el through which th e current s o f energy

ow and wh ich h a s b e en call ed th e a stral t ub e
A s a wr it er wel l says :
Throug h th e a stral

tub e th e a stra l sen se s ac tu al l y sen se th e s i gh t s

and of t en th e sound s b e i ng m an i fe s t ed a t a d i s
tance j u s t a s on e m ay see d i s t an t s i g ht s throu g h
a t elesco p e o r h ear di s t a n t s o u n d s th ro u g h a
t el eph one T h e a stral tub e i s u sed in a var i e t y
of form s o f p sych ic p h enomena I t i s oft en u sed
uncon sciou sly and spr i n g s i n t o ex i s t enc e sp on
t a n e o u sly under t h e s t rong i nuence o f a vivid
em otion d esire o r will I t i s u s e d by th e t ra i n ed
p sych ometr i st w ith o ut th e u s e o f any s t arting

p oin t or f ocal cen t re s i m ply by th e u s e of h i s

traine d d eveloped an d concentra t e d w i ll B ut i t s
m o st familiar an d comm on u se i s i n conn ecti on
with som e obj ect serving a s a s t ar t ing point or
focal cen t r e Th e s t art i n g p oin t or fo c a l cen t re
ab ove ment i on ed i s generally e it h er wh at i s

known a s th e a s s oc i a t e d obj ec t i n th e cla s s of

ph enom ena gen erally k n own a s p syc h o m e t ry o r
el se a gla s s o r crys t al ball or si mi lar poli sh ed

surface in w h at i s k nown a s c r y s t al g a z in g
A no th er a uth or it y t ell s hi s read er s th a t :
A stral sig ht w h en it i s cr a m p ed by b e i n g d i
r e ct e d al on g w ha t i s pract i c a lly a t ub e i s l imit e d
v ery m uc h a s ph ysical sig h t wo u l d b e un d er s im
ila r circ u m stance s th ough i f po s se s sed in per
f e ct io n i t w i ll continue t o sh ow even at t h at d i s
t an ce th e au r a s and t h erefore al l th e em o ti on s
and m o st of th e t h ough t s of th e peopl e under o h
servat i on
B ut it may b e s ai d th e m ere

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fa ct th a t h e i s u s i ng a stral sigh t ought to enabl e

him t o see th i ngs from all sid e s at once A nd
so it wo u ld if h e were u sing tha t sight in a n or
m a l way u pon an obj ect which wa s fairl y n ea r
hi m wi t h in h i s a stral reach a s i t were ; b ut at
a di s t ance o f hundre d s or th ou sand s o f mil e s th e
ca se i s very di ff erent A stral sight give s u s th e
advantage of an add it i onal dim en sion b u t th er e
i s s t ill such a thing a s po sition in that d im en sion
and it i s naturally a pot ent fact or in l imitin g th e
u se of th e power s on that plan e
Th e limi
t a t io n s re sembl e th o se of a man u s i ng a t el esco pe
on th e physical plane Th e experim ent er for
exampl e ha s a particular eld of vi ew wh ich can
not b e enlarged o r altered ; h e i s loo k ing at h i s
scen e from a certain direction and h e cannot su d
d e n ly turn it all around and see h ow it lo o k s
from th e oth er sid e I f h e ha s su fci ent p sychic
energy t o spare h e may drop altogeth er th e
t ele sco pe h e i s u sing and manufact u r e an entirely
n ew on e for h im self wh ich will approach hi s o h
i
v
e
c
t
e som ewh at differentl y ; b ut thi s i s not a
j

cour se at all l ikely t o b e ado pted i n practice

T h e student will nd that a s we progre s s
many of th e se point s wh ich now seem com
pl icated and ob scure will gradually t ake on t h e
a spect of s i m pl i ci t y an d cl earn e s s We m u st
crawl before w e can wal k i n p sych ic re search a s
well a s i n e v ery thi ng el se
.

LE SS O N V III

C LAI R VO Y ANT REVE R I E

I n t h e precedin g t wo cha p t er s I have a s k ed

y o u t o con sider th e r st two m eth od s of inducing
th e clairvoyan t ph enom ena nam ely Psych o m
e t r y an d C rystal Gazin g re s p ectively
In th e se
ca se s you h ave seen h ow th e clairvoyant get s en
ra pp ort with th e a st ral pla n e by m ean s of ph ys
ical obj ect s in th e ca se of p sych ome t ric clair
voyance ; or by m ean s of a shining obj ect in th e
ca se o f crystal gazing L et u s now con sider th e
third m e t h o d o f inducing th e clairvoyant cond i
ti on o r stat e i e by m ean s of what may b e called
C lairvoyant R everi e in wh ich th e clairvoyant
get s en rapport with th e a stral plan e b y m ean s
o f p sych ic state s in which th e sight s sound s and
th ought s of th e material and p h ys i cal plan e are
shut out of con sciou sne s s
Th e stud ent of th e gen eral subj ec t of cla ir v o y
ance will so on b e i m pre s sed with two fac t s con
cerning th e pro duct ion o f clairvoyan t ph enom
ena nam ely ( 1 ) th at in t h e maj ori t y of th e r e
cord ed ca se s o f th e inv e st iga t or s t h e clairvoyant
ph enom ena were obtained w h en th e clairvoyant
wa s in th e stat e o f sl eep or a t l ea st sem i sl eep o r
drows i n e s s th e v i sioning appearing m ore or le s s
li k e a viv i d dream ; an d ( 2 ) th at in t h e ca se of
th e clairvoyant voluntarily en t ering en rapp ort
with th e a stral plan e h e o r sh e woul d ent er into
what seem ed t o b e a kind o f trance condition in
som e ca se s an ab solu t e uncon sci ou sne s s of t h e
,

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REVE R I E

12 1

o ut s i d e worl d b e i ng manife s t e d Th e s t uden t

n oting t h e se fact s i s a pt t o arr i ve at th e con
clu sio n that al l clairvoyanc e i s accom pani ed b y
t h e condit ion of sleep or trance an d that n o
clairvoyant ph enomena are po s sibl e unle s s th i s
p sych ic condition i s r st obtained B ut th i s i s
only a half truth a s we shall see in a mom ent
I n th e r s t pla ce th e stud ent arrivin g at t hi s
conclu sion seem s t o ha v e ignored th e fact that
th e ph enomena o f p sych om etry an d crystal ga z
ing r e sp ec t ively are a s true in stance s o f clair
v oyance a s are tho se wh ich are manifest ed in th e
sleep or t rance condition I t i s tru e tha t som e
p sychom etri s t s produc e ph en om ena wh en t h ey
are i n a state of p sychi c qui e scenc e but on t h e
oth er hand many clairvoyant p sych om etri st s
m erely concentrat e th e att ention on th e obj ect
b efor e th em and remain p erfectly wid e awake
and con sciou s on th e physical plan e L i k ewi se
th e average crystal gazer remain s perfectly wid e
awak e and con sciou s on th e physical plan e
Wh en t h e student take s th ese fact s into co n sid
h e b egin s t o see that th e trance
e r a t io n
c ond ition and similar p sych ic state s are sim ply
par t icular m eth od s of inducing th e en rappor t
condition for th e cla i rvoyant an d are not in sep
a r a bly bound up w i th th e ph enom ena of cla ir v o y
ance
A s t h e s t uden t pro g re s se s m oreover h e w i ll
see t h at even in th e ca se of C lairvoyan t R everie
th e th ird met h od of inducing th e a stral en rap
por t condi t ion t h e clairvoyant d oe s no t always
lo se con sc i ou sne s s
I n th e ca s e o f m a ny a d
.

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12 2
v a n ce d

an d excep ti onally well d evelo p ed cla i r

voyan t s n o trance or sl eep c ond iti on i s i n d uced

I n such ca se s th e clairvoyan t m erely s h ut s o u t

th e out sid e worl d of sight s sound s an d th ought s
by an eff ort o f t rain ed will and th en concen t rate s
steadil y on th e ph enom ena of th e a s t ral plan e
For t hat m atter th e skill e d and advanced o c
culti st i s abl e t o function on th e a stral plane by
simply sh iftin g h i s con sciou sne s s from on e plan e
t o anoth er a s th e typi st shift s from t h e small
l ett er s of th e k eyb oar d t o t h e capital l et t er s by
a m ere pr e s sure on t h e sh ift key of th e t ype
wr i ter
Th e only rea son that many clairvoyan t s mani
fe stin g along t h e l ine s of th e third m ethod

known a s clairvoyant reveri e

fall i nt o th e
tranc e or sl eep condition i s that th ey h av e n ot a s
yet ac q uired th e rar e art of controll in g th e i r con

sciou s at t ent ion at will t hi s i s som eth ing th at

require s great pract ice Th ey n d i t ea sier t o
drop int o th e condition o f semi tran ce o r sem i
sleep than it i s to d elib erat ely shu t out th e o ut er
worl d by an act of pure will Moreover you will
nd that in th e maj ority of t h e r ecord ed ca se s of
th e i nv e stigator s th e clairvoyance w a s m ore or
l e s s spontan eou s on t h e part o f th e c lair v oyant
per son and wa s not produced by an act of wi ll
A s we pro ceed t o con sid er th e variou s form s and
pha se s of cla i rvoyan t ph en om ena in t h e s e l e s
son s you will notice th i s fac t Th ere are b ut f e w
r ecord ed ca se s of voluntary clairvoyance i n th e

book s o f th e inv e stiga t or s th e s k illed cla ir v o y

ant s and m ore parti cularly t h e a dv anced oc cu l t
-

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1 23

avo i d t h e i nvestigator s rath er t h an see k

th em ; th ey h ave no d esire t o b e rep orted a s t yp

ical ca se s o f int ere st in g p sych ic ph enom ena

th ey l eave that t o th e amat eurs and th o se t o
wh om t h e ph enomena com e a s a wonderf u l
revelation akin t o a miracl e Thi s account s for
th e apparen t p redominance of thi s form of clair
voyance th e secret i s t hat th e n et of th e in
v e st iga t o r s h a s caught only a certain k ind o f
p sych ic sh while th e o t h er s e scap e attention
A ll th i s would b e of n o practical im portan ce
h owever were it n ot for th e fact that th e aver
age stud ent i s so i mpre s sed b y th e fac t that h e
m u st l earn t o induce th e trance cond i tion i n ord er
t o manife st clairvoyant p h enomena that h e do e s
not even th ink of attem pting t o d o th e work
oth erwi se Th e power o f aut o suggestion o per

at e s h ere a s you w ill see by a m om ent s th ought

an d erect s an ob stacl e t o h i s adv a nc e alon g vol
M ore than th i s th i s mi staken id ea
u n t a r y line s
t end s t o encourage th e stud ent to cultivat e th e
trance condition or at l ea st som e ab n orm al
p sych ic condition by articial mean s I am po s i
t iv e ly oppo sed t o th e inducing of p sych ic con
d it io n s by articial m ean s for I con si der such
practi ce s m o st inj ur i ou s and h arm ful for th e p er
son u sing suc h m e t h od s Out sid e o f anythin g
el se it t end s t o render th e p er son n egative
p sychically in stead of po s i tiveit t end s t o mak e
him or h er subj ect t o th e p sych ic i nuen ce of
oth er s on bot h th e physical and a stral plan e in
s t ead o i retainin g hi s o r h er own sel f control and
ma st ery
ist s,

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124

Th e b e s t auth oriti e s am on g t h e occult i s t s in

struct th e i r pupil s th a t th e stat e o f clairvoyant
re v er i e may b e safely an d e ff ect ively induced by
th e practice of m ental concent ration al on e Th ey
advice po sitively again st articial m ethod s A
littl e comm on sen se will sh ow that th ey are righ t
in th i s matter A ll that i s need ed i s that th e con

shall
b
e
focu
sed
t
o
a
point
b ecom e
scio u sn e s s

on e point ed a s th e H indu Yogi s say Th e in

t e llige n t practic e of concentration accompli sh e s
t h i s with out th e n ece s sity of any articial meth
o d s o f d evel opm ent o r t h e induct ion of abnormal
p sychic stat e s
I f you will s t op a m om ent an d real i ze h ow
ea sily you concentrat e your att ent ion wh en you
are witn e s sing an intere sting play or li stening
t o a b eautiful rendit ion of som e great ma st er
piece o i mu sical compo sition or gazing at som e
m iracl e of art you will see wh at I m ean In th e
ca se s j u st m ent ion ed wh il e your a tt ention i s
compl etely occupied with th e intere sting th ing
b efore you so t h at you hav e alm o st com plet ely
sh ut out th e outer worl d of sound sight and
th ought you are n everth el e s s perfectly wid e
awak e and your con sciou sne s s i s al ert Th e sam e
thing i s true wh en you are reading a very i nter
e sting boo k th e worl d i s sh ut out from your
con sciou sn e s s and you ar e ob liviou s t o th e sight s
and sound s around you A t th e ri sk o f b eing
con sider ed ippa n t I would remind you o f th e
common sp ectacl e of two lover s so wrapped up

in each oth er s company that th ey forget tha t

th ere i s a smiling world of peopl e a r oun d th em
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ti m e and space are forgo t t en to th e two lov

er s t o th em th ere i s only on e world with bu t

t wo person s in it A gain h ow often h ave you

fall en int o what i s known a s a brown study

or d ay dream
in wh ich you ha v e b een so
occu pied with th e thought s and fancie s o a t
ing through your m ind that you forgot all
el se
Well then th i s will give you a com
mon sen se idea o f th e stat e that th e occulti st s
t each may b e induced in order t o enter into th e

stat e of en rap port with th e a stral plan e th e

stat e in wh ich clairvoyance i s po s sibl e Wh eth er
you are seekin g clairvoyance by th e m eth od of
p sych om etry or by crystal gazing o r by clair

voyant reveri e th i s will give you th e k ey t o th e

state I t i s a perfectly natural stat e no t hing
abnormal ab out it you will n otice
To som e wh o may th ink that I am laying to o
much stre s s on th e unde sirabil ity of articial
m eth od s of inducing th e clairvoyant condition I
woul d say that th ey are probably not aware o f
th e erron eou s an d often harmful t eachings on th e
subj ect that are bein g promulgated by ignorant
or m i sinform ed teach er s
a little l earning i s a

d angerou s th ing in many ca se s I t may sur

pri se som e of my student s t o learn that som e o f
th i s cla s s of t each er s are in structing th eir pupil s
t o practice m eth od s o f self hypno si s by gazing
st eadily at a bright obj ect until th ey fal l u n co n

sci ou s ; or by gazin g cro ss eyed at t h e t ip of

th e n o se or at an obj ect h eld b etween th e two
eyebrow s Th e se are familiar m etho d s of cer
tain sch ool s of hypnoti sm an d re sult in produc
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12 6

i ng a state o f ar ti ci al h y p no s i s m ore or l es s
d eep Su ch a s t a t e i s m o s t und e s i rab l e n o t only
by rea son of i t s imm edia t e e ff e ct s bu t a l so by
rea son o f th e fac t th a t it o f t en re s u l t s i n a c on
dition o f abnormal sen s iti ven e s s t o th e wi l l of
oth er s o r even t o th e th ough t s an d f eelings o f
oth ers on b ot h th e a stral and t h e ph ysical plan e s
o f life I em phatically warn my stud ent s again st
any suc h practic e s or anyt h in g re sembling th em
Whil e I d i slike t o d well on th e subj ect I feel
t h at I sh oul d call t h e attention o f my studen t s t o
th e fact that certain t each er s s ee k t o pro duc e t h e
abnormal p sych ic c ond it i on by m ean s o f ex h a u st
i ng breathing exerci se s wh ich ma k e t h e per son
d izzy and sleepy Th i s i s al l wron g Wh il e
rhythmic b reath ing exerci se s h av e a certa i n value
in p sychic ph enom ena and are h arml e s s w h en
properly p racticed n ever t h el e s s such p r actice s
a s th o se t o wh ic h I h ave allude d are harm ful t o
th e n ervou s syst em o f t h e p er son an d al so t en d
to induc e unde sirabl e p syc h ic condi t ion s A ga i n
som e t each er s have so u gh t t o hav e th e i r s t uden t s
h ol d t h eir breath for com p arat ively l ong per i od s
of tim e i n order to brin g ab out abn ormal p sych i c
stat es Th e sl i ghte st knowl edge of physiology
inform s on e t hat such a pract ice mu s t b e h arm
ful ; i t cau se s th e b l ood t o becom e t h ic k an d im
pure an d d e c i ent i n oxygen I t cer t a i nly will
produce a k in d of drow sine s s for t h e sam e rea
son t ha t im pure a i r in a room w i ll d o th e sam e

th ing ih b ot h ca se s th e blood stream i s po i sone d

and made i m pure T h e purpo se o f ra t iona l and
n ormal b reath in g i s t o ob vi at e j u s t thi s thi n g
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so t he se t each er s are reversing a na t ural law of

th e body i n ord er t o produc e an abnormal
p sych ic state Wit h al l t h e energy i n m e I cau
tion you again st th i s kind of th ing
A long t h e sam e line I prot e s t an d warn you
again st th e practice s adv i sed by certa i n t each er s

of p sychic d evelopment wh o see k t o have t h eir

pupil s induc e abnor mal physical and p sych ic con
d it io n s by m ean s of drugs od or o f certa i n ch em
ica ls ga se s etc
Such pract ic e s a s all t rue
occulti st s know b el on g t o th e clan s o f t h e B lack
Magician s o r devil worshipp er s o f th e savage

race s th ey have n o place in t rue occul t t each

ings C ommon sen se alon e shoul d warn per son s
a w ay from such t hings but it seem s t o fail som e
of t hem I a s sert without fear of intelligent con
t r a d ict io n
that n o t rue occul ti s t e v er coun
t e n a n ce s any such practice s a s th e se
A ll th e t rue t each er s are v i gorou s i n t h e i r d e
n u n cia t io n of such fal se t eachings an d harm ful
practice s I n thi s sam e ca t egory I place th e
meth od s which ar e taug ht by c ertain per son s
nam ely t hat of i nducing abnormal physical an d
p sychic condition of gidd i n e s s an d hazine s s by

m ean s o f whirling around in a circl e un ti l on e

d rop s from giddin e s s o r u nti l on e f eel s queer

in t h e h ead
T hi s i s a rev i val of t h e practice s
o f cer t a i n fana ti c s i n P er sia and I n d ia wh o p er
form it a s a relig i ou s rit e until th ey fal l i n t o w hat

th ey c on sider a holy sl eep bu t whic h i s n o th ing

more t h an an abnormal an d un h eal t h fu l p h ysical
an d p sych i c cond i tion
Suc h prac t ice s a r e a
d ownward step no t an upwar d o n e I t see m s a
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pi t y th a t th e n ece s sity ha s ar i sen for s u c h w arn

ings a s th e se bu t m y duty a s I see it i s very

plain To all w h o are t empted t o devel o p i n

th i s way I say po s i t iv ely
Th e sci entic rational way to d evelo p t h e
a s t ral sen se s i s t o r st acquire th e ar t o f con
ce n t r a t in g
B ear in m in d that i n concentration
th e p er son wh il e sh utt ing out t h e impre ssion s of
th e out sid e world in gen eral n everth ele s s focu se s
an d concentrat e s hi s att ention upon th e on e mat
t er b efore h im Th i s i s quit e a d i fferent th ing
from making one self sen sitive t o every current
o f th ought an d feeling that may b e in th e p sychi c
atm o sph ere
Tru e concentration rend er s on e
p o sitive wh il e th e oth er m eth od s render on e
n egat ive
C ontrary t o th e comm on op inion
p sychic concentration i s a p o sitive stat e n ot a
n egat iv e a n active stat e n ot a pa ssive on e Th e
p er son wh o i s abl e t o concen t ra t e st rongly i s a
ma ster whil e one wh o open s h im s el f t o con

t rol eith er physical or a stral i s mor e or l e s s of

a slav e t o oth er m ind s
Th e stud ent wh o will b eg i n by exper i m enting
al ong th e lin e s o f contact m in d reading an d wh o
then a dvance s along th e lin e s of true t el epath y
a s expla i ned i n th e earl ier chapt er s o f t h i s book
will hav e mad e a good s t art an d con si derabl e
progre s s al ong th e r oad t o cla i rvoyant d evel op
m ent Th e re st will b e largely a m at t er o f e x e r
c i se and prac t ice H e w i ll b e a i d ed by practicing
concentrat i on al ong th e gen eral l i ne s o f th e b e st
o ccult t each ing Such prac ti ce may con si s t o f
concen t rat i on up on al m o s t any p h y s i cal obj ec t
,

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k eep i ng t h e t h ing well b efor e th e m i n d and att en

t ion D o not t ire th e att ention by pract i cing to o
lon g at one t ime Th e foll owing gen eral r u l e s
wil l h el p you in d evelopin g concentra t ion :
( 1 ) Th e att ention attach e s m ore r ea di ly to
intere sting rath er than unint ere sting t hin gs
Th erefore select som e intere st ing thing t o s tu dy
and anal yze by concentra t ed th ought
2
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l e s s th ere i s a variation in th e st i mulu s Th ere
fore k eep u p th e power of concent ration by
eith er ch anging th e obj ect you are o b serv i ng ; o r
el se b y di scov erin g som e n e w pr o e r tie s q u al
itie s or attribut e s i n it
( 3 ) Th e th ings you wi s h t o shut out o f con
scio u sn e s s can be st b e shut o ut by your con
centration upon some oth er th ing
t h e att en ti on
can dwell only u pon on e th i ng a t a tim e i f
focu sed upon that on e thing
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att
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steady an d undi s si pated t o a singl e obj ect i s a
mark of strong will and superi or m ental di s

weak m ind s cannot do thi s Th erefore

li
n
e
cip
in cultivating concentrated att ention you are
really strength ening your mind and will
( 5 ) To d evelop concen t rated a t t ention you
m u st l earn to analyze analyze and analy z e th e
th ing upon wh i ch you are be stowing co n ce n
t r a t e d attention
Th erefore proceed by select
ing an obj ect an d analyzing it b y concentrate d
a ttention taking on e part after an oth er on e b y
one until yo u h ave analyzed and ma s t ered th e
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wh ol e obj ect Giv e i t t h e sam e atten t ion t h a t

t h e lover give s h i s l oved on e ; th e mu sician h i s
favor i t e com po sition ; th e arti st hi s favorit e work
o f art ; an d th e b ookl over h i s favorit e b oo k
when you h ave accom pli sh ed thi s yo u h av e ma s
t e r e d concentration an d will b e abl e t o ap ply th e

m ind on e p ointed u pon anyth ing you wi sh

physical or a stral ; a n d con sequently will h av e
n o troubl e i n sh uttin g out d i sturbing impre s
s i on s
( 6 ) L earn t o concentrat e on th e physical
plan e an d you will b e ab l e t o concentrat e on th e
a st ral plan e a s wel l B y th e on e wh o ha s ma s
ter e d
concentrat ion t rance s and abnormal
p sychi c stat es will n ot b e n eed ed Th e n eedl e
p ointed m ind i s abl e t o pierce th e a stral v eil a t
will whil e th e blunt point ed mind i s re si st ed an d
defeat ed by th e a st ral envelop e wh ich whil e thin
i s v ery t ough and unyi elding
A wel l known au t h ority on p sych ic d evel op
m ent ha s well said : Occa si onal a sh e s of clair
voyance som etim e s com e t o th e highly cultured
and spiritual m inded man even th oug h h e may
n ever have h eard o f th e po s si bility o f training
such a faculty In h i s ca se such glim p se s u sually
signify that h e i s approaching that stage in h i s
evolution wh en th e se p ower s will naturally be
gin t o manife st th em selve s Th eir a ppearance
sh ould serve a s an additional stimulu s t o h im t o
s t rive t o maintain th at high standard o f m oral
purity and m ental balance with out wh ich clair
voyance i s a cur se and not a bl e s sing t o it s p o s
B e t ween t h o s e w h o are en ti r ely unim
se sso r
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r
i
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a
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and tho se w h o are in full po s se s si on

of clairvoyant power th ere are many in t e r m e
diat e stage s Student s often a sk h ow thi s clair
voyant faculty will r st b e manife st ed in th em
selve sh ow th ey may know wh en th ey h av e
reached th e stage at which i t s r st faint f ore
shad owings are b eginning t o b e vi s i bl e C a se s
di ff er so widely t hat it i s i mpo ssibl e t o g i ve t o
th i s question any an swer that will b e un i ver sally
applicab l e
Som e peo pl e b egin by a plunge a s it were and
under som e unu sual stimulu s b ecom e abl e j u st
for once t o see som e striking vi sion ; an d v ery
often in such a ca se becau se th e experience do e s
not repeat it self th e seer com e s in t im e t o be
lieve that on that occa sion h e mu st h av e b een th e
victim of hallucinati on Oth er s b egin by be co m
ing int erm itt ently con sciou s of th e brilliant col
ors and vibration s o f th e human aura ; yet oth er s
nd th em s elve s with increa sing frequency seeing
and h earing som eth ing t o which th o se aroun d
them are blind and d eaf ; oth er s again see face s
land scap es or colored cloud s oat in g before th eir
eye s in th e dark b efore th ey sink t o re st ; wh il e
perhap s the commone st experience of all i s th at
of tho se wh o begin t o recollect with great er an d
great er clearnes s what th ey hav e seen and h eard

on oth er plane s during sleep

Th e authority in que stion give s th e followin g
excellent advice regarding th e subj ect of th e d e
v e lo pm e n t of cla i rvoyant p ower an d a stral vi sion
N o w th e fact i s that th ere are many
ing :
method s b y which it may b e d evelop ed bu t only
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on e w hi ch c a n b e a t al l safely re c om m en d e d for

g en e ra l u se th a t o f w hi ch we shall spea k la st
o f a ll A m ong th e l e s s advanced nation s of th e
wo rl d th e cla i r v oyan t stat e h a s b een produced in
variou s obj ec t ionabl e ways ; among som e o f th e
n on A ryan t rib e s o f In dia by th e u se o f in t o xi
c a t i n g d r u g s or th e inhalin g of s t upefying fum es ;
a m ong t h e d erv i sh e s b y wh irl ing in a mad dance
o f rel i gi o u s fervor until v ertigo an d in sen sibility
s u per v ene ; am o n g th e follower s of th e a bo m in
a bl e prac t ice s o i th e V o odo o cult by frightful
sacr i ce s an d loath som e rit e s of black magic
M et h o d s such a s th e se are happily n ot in vo gue
i n o u r own race yet even among u s large num
b e rs o f dabb l er s in thi s anci ent ar t adopt som e
plan of self hypn otization such a s gazing at a
bright sp ot o r th e rep etit ion o f som e form ula u n
til a condition o f semi stupefaction i s produced ;
wh il e yet anoth er scho ol among them woul d e n
d e a v o r t o arrive at si m ilar re sult s by th e u se of
som e of th e I nd i an syst em s of regulation of th e
b reath All th e s e m e t h od s are un equivocally t o
b e con demn ed a s quit e un safe for th e practice of
t h e ordinary man wh o ha s n o id ea of what h e
i s do i ng wh o i s simply making va gu e e x pe r i
m ent s in an unkn own worl d E ven th e m eth od
of o btain i ng clairvoyance by all owing one self t o
b e m e sm erized by anoth er p er son i s on e from
w h ich I sh oul d myself sh rin k with th e m o st de
cided d i s t a st e ; and a s suredly i t sh oul d n ever b e
att em pted excep t under condit ion s of ab solut e
tru st an d a ff ection b e t ween th e magn eti ser and
th e m a g n et i sed and a perfec t ion of purity in
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he ar t and soul i n m i nd and i n t ent ion s uc h a s

i s rarely t o b e seen among any bu t th e gre a t
e s t o i sain t s
Yet th ere i s on e practice wh ich i s ad vi sed by
all religion s alike which if adop t ed carefu lly
and reverently can d o n o harm to any human
b ein g yet from whi ch a very pure type of clai r
v oyance ha s som etim e s b een devel op ed ; and th at
i s th e practice of m editation L e t a man ch oo se

a certain tim e every day a tim e wh en h e can

rely upon b eing qui et and und i sturbed th oug h
preferably in th e daytim e rath er than at night
and set h im self at that tim e t o k eep hi s min d for
a few minut e s entirely free from all earth l y
th ought s of any kind what ev er and wh en that
i s ach ieved t o direct th e wh ol e force o f hi s be
ing t oward s th e high e st i deal that h e h appen s t o
know H e will n d that t o gain such p erfect con
trol of th ought i s enorm ou sly m ore di fcult t han
h e suppo se s b ut wh en h e attain s it i t canno t bu t
b e in every way mo st b en ecial t o him an d a s
h e grow s m ore and more abl e to el evat e and con
centrat e h i s th ought h e may gradually nd t hat
n ew worl d s are opening before h i s sight A s a
preliminary training t oward s th e sat i sfac t ory
ach ievement of such m editation h e w i ll nd i t
d esirab le t o make a practice of concentrat i on i n

th e a ff air s of daily life even in th e smalle st o f

th em I f h e writ e s a l etter l et h im th ink o f
noth ing el se but that l etter until it i s ni sh ed ;
if h e r ead s a book l et h im see t o it t ha t h i s
th ough t i s n ever all owed t o wander from h i s a u

thor s meaning H e mu st learn t o h old h i s mind

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i n ch eck and t o b e ma ster o f t h at al so a s well

a s of h i s l ower pa s sion s ; h e m u st pat iently labor
t o acquire ab solut e control of hi s th ought s so
that h e w i ll always kn ow exactly what h e i s
thinking ab out and why so that h e can u se
h i s mind and turn i t or h ol d i t still a s a pr a c
t iced sword sman turn s hi s weapon wh ere h e

will
I hav e given th e ab ove full q uotat ion from th i s
auth ority n ot m erely b ecau se that from anoth er
angl e h e state s th e sam e general principl e s a s
do I ; but al so b ecau se h i s p ersonal exp eri ence in
actual clairvoyant ph enomena i s so ext ended and
varied that any word from h im on th e subj ect of
th e d evelopm ent of clairvoyant power mu st have
a value o f it s own Whil e I di ff er from th i s
auth ority on som e point s of d etail of theory an d
practice n everth el e s s I gladly t e stify t o th e
soundn e s s of h i s vi ew s a s above quot ed and pa s s
th em on t o my student s for careful con sideration
and attention Th e student will d o well t o h eed
what h e ha s t o say and t o comb in e such opin
ion w ith wh at I h av e uttered in th e earlier part

of thi s ch apt er th ere will b e found a clo se agree

ment i n principl e and practice
A nd now l et u s pa s s on t o a con sid eration of
th e variou s form s and pha se s of th e cla ir v o y
ant ph enom ena it self Th e subj ect i s f a scin a t
ing and I am sure that you will enj oy th i s l ittl e
excur sion int o th e strange realm of th ough t r e
garding th e a stral ph enom ena o f clairvoyan ce
B ut b e sure t o ma st er each l e s son b efore pro
ce e d in g t o th e re st a s oth erwi se you will have t o
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t urn b ack t h e leave s of t h e cour se i n or d er t o p i c k

up so m e po i n t of t eac hi n g th a t yo u h a v e
ne gl e ct e d
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LESS O N I X

S I M P LE C LA I R V OY AN C E

In a prev i ou s chap t er we ha v e seen th a t t h ere

are t hree well d e n e d cla s se s of cla i rvoyance
nam ely ( 1 ) Sim pl e cla i rvoyance ; ( 2 ) C la ir v o y
anc e i n space ; an d ( 3 ) C lairvoyance in Tim e I
shall n ow con sid er t h e s e i n sequence beginning
wit h t h e r s t S im pl e C la i rvoyance
In s i mpl e clairvoyance th e clairvoyan t person
m erely sen se s th e auric emanation s of o t h er p er
son s such a s th e auric vibra t ion s col ors et c
current s o f th ough t vibration s et c bu t do e s no t
see event s o r sc en e s remov ed in space or tim e
from th e ob server Th ere ar e oth er ph enom ena
p eculiar t o th i s cla s s of clairvoyance wh ich I shall
not e a s we progre s s w it h th i s c h apter
A n auth ority on t h e subj ect o f a stral ph enom
ena ha s writt en int ere stingly a s follow s regard
ing som e of th e pha se s of sim pl e clairvoyance :
Wh en we com e t o con sider th e addi t ional facil
i ti e s whic h it o ffer s i n th e ob servation of animat e
o bj ect s we see still m ore clearly th e advantage s
o f a st ral v i sion It exh ibit s t o th e clairvoyant
th e aura o f plant s and animal s an d t hu s in th e
ca se of t h e latter th eir d e sire s an d emotion s and
whatever th ought s th ey may h ave are all plainly
sh own b efore hi s eye s B ut i t i s i n d ealing with
h uman b eings that h e will m o s t appreciat e t h e
valu e o f thi s faculty for h e will often b e abl e
t o h elp th em far m or e effectually wh en h e guide s
h im self by th e information wh i c h it give s him
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H e will b e abl e t o see th e aura a s f ar u p a s

th e a stral bo dy and though that l ea v e s all th e
h igh er par t o f a man still hidd en from hi s ga z e
h e w i ll n ever t hele s s nd it po ssibl e by careful
ob servation t o l earn a good d eal ab out th e high er
p art from what i s within h i s reach H i s ca paci t y
of examination of th e eth eric d oubl e wil l giv e
him con siderabl e advantage in locating and
cla s sifying any defect s or di sea se s o f th e nervou s
system whil e from th e appearance o f th e a stra l
body h e will at once b e awar e of all th e emo t ion s
pa ssion s d e sire s and tendencie s o f th e man be
fore h im and even of very many of hi s t hou g ht s
al so
A s h e l oo k s a t a p er son h e w i ll see hi m sur
rounded by th e luminou s m i st o f th e a stral aura
a sh ing with all sort s of b rilliant colo r s an d con
st a n t ly chan ging in h ue an d brill iancy w i th e v ery
variation of th e per son s th ought s and feelings
H e will see thi s aura oo ded with th e b ea u tiful
ro se color o f pure a ff ection th e rich blue o f d e
v o t io n a l feeling th e h ard d ull bro wn o f se lsh
n e ss th e d eep scarl et of anger t h e h orribl e lur i d
r ed of sen suality th e livid grey o f fear t h e black
cloud s of hatred and malice or any o f th e o t h er
hundredfold indication s so ea sily t o b e rea d i n
it by th e practiced eye ; an d thu s it will b e im
po s sib l e for any per son s t o conceal from h i m t h e
real stat e of th eir feelings on any subj ec t N ot
only do e s th e a stral aura sh ow him th e t emporary
result of th e emot ion pa s sing thro u g h it at th e
mom ent but i t al so give s him by an arran g e
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diti on of com parative re s t a clu e t o th e g en eral

di spo sition and ch ara cter o f i t s owner

B y simpl e clairvoyanc e in a cer t ain s t age o f
d evelopm ent th e clairvoyan t p er son i s abl e t o
sen se th e p re sen ce of th e human aura by m ean s
of h i s a stral sight Th e human aura a s al l stu
d ent s o f occult i s m know i s t h at pecul iar emana
tion of a stral vibration s tha t e xtend s from each
living human b ein g surrounding h im i n an egg
shaped form for a di stance of two t o th ree feet o n
all sid es Thi s p eculiar n eb ulou s envel o pe i s no t
vi sibl e t o th e phys i cal sight and may b e d i s
cern ed only by m ean s of th e a stral sen se s I t

h owever may b e diml y fel t b y many p er son s

coming int o th e pre sence o f oth er per son s and
con stitut e s a personal a tm o sph er e whic h i s
sen sed b y oth er per son s
Th e trained clairvoyant v i s i on see s th e human
aura a s a n ebul ou s hazy sub stance like a lumi
nou s cloud surround i ng th e per son for two or
th ree feet o n each s id e of h i s body be i n g m ore
d en se n ear th e b ody an d gradually b ecoming l e s s
d en se a s it ext en d s away fro m t h e b ody I t h a s
a pho sp h ore scent ap p earance w i th a pecul i a r
tremul ou s m otion manife sting th roug h it s sub
stance Th e clairvoyan t sees t h e h uman aura a s
comp o sed of al l th e colors o f th e sp ect r u m th e
combination sh ifting w i t h th e c h anging m ental
and emotional stat e s of th e p er son B ut i n a
general way i t may b e said t h at each per son ha s
hi s or h er or d i s t inct i ve a stral auri c col or s d e
p endin g upon h i s o r h er general c h aracter or
per sonal i ty E a c h m en t al stat e or emotional
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man i fe s t at ion h a s i t s own part icular shad e or

com binat i on of s h ade s of auric col oring Thi s
b eaut i ful k al e i d o sco pic spec t acl e ha s it s own
meaning to th e advanced occult i st wi t h cla ir v o y
an t v i sion for h e i s abl e t o read th e ch aract er and
gen eral m ental state s of th e per son by m ean s of
studying hi s a stral auric color s
I h ave ex
plained th e se auri c color s and th eir m eanings in

my little b ook entitled Th e H uman A ura

Th e h uman aura i s not always in a sta t e o f
cal m ph o sphore scenc e h owever O n th e con
f rary it som et im e s manife st s grea t am e s lik e
th o s e of a ery furnace wh ich sh oot forth in
great tongue s and dart forth sudd enly in certai n
direction s t oward th e obj ect s attracting th em
Und er great emoti onal excit em ent th e auric
am e s m ove aroun d in swift circling W h irlp ool s
or el se swirl away from a centre A gain it seem s
t o th row forth tiny gl i stening spark s o f a stral
v i bration s som e of which travel for great d i s
tance
Th e clairvoyant vi sion i s al so ab l e t o di scern

what i s call ed th e prana aura of a per son B y

th i s t erm i s ind icated that pecul iar emanation of
vital force wh ich surround s th e ph ys i cal body
of eac h an d e v ery p er son I n fact many per son s
of but sl igh t clairvoyant power wh o cannot
sen se th e auri c col or s are ab l e t o p erc eiv e th i s
prana aura without troubl e
It i s somet i me s

cal led th e h ealth aura or physical aura

It
i s colorle ss o r rath er ab out th e shad e of cl ear
gla ss diamond or wat er It i s st reaked with
very m inu t e bri stl e lik e l i n e s In a s t at e o f good
,

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h ealt h t h e s e fin e l i ne s are s ti ff l ik e t oot h bru sh

bri stl e s ; wh ile in ca ses of po or h ealth th e se lin e s
dro o p curl an d pre sent a furl ik e appearance I t
i s so m e t im e s lled with minut e sparkl i ng p ar
t icle s li k e t iny elec t r ic s p a rk s i n rapi d v ibr a t o ry
m otion

To th e clairvoyant vi sion th e prana aura a p

p ear s l i ke th e v ibrating h eated ai r ar i sing from
a r e or st ove or from th e h eated earth in sum
m er I f t h e stud ent will clo se h i s eye s partially
an d will peer th rough narrowed eyel id s h e will
in all p rob ability b e abl e t o p erceiv e th i s prana
aura surrounding th e b o dy of som e h ealthy

vigorou s p er son particularly i f t h e per son i s

sitting in a dim light L o oking cl o sely h e will
see th e p ecul iar vibrat ory m oti on l ik e h eat ed air
at a di stance of ab out two inch e s from th e bo dy
of th e p er son It r equire s a littl e pract ice i n o r
d er t o ac quir e th e knac k of p erce i vin g t h e se

v i brati on s a littl e experim entin g in ord er t o get

j u st th e righ t ligh t on th e per son but practice
will bring succe s s and you will b e repaid for your
troub l e
In th e sam e way th e stud ent may by practice
acquire t h e facul t y t o perce i ving hi s own pr a n a
aura T h e sim pl e st way t o obtain th i s la st m en
t io n e d re sult i s t o place your nger s ( spread out
i n fan shap e ) again st a black bac k ground in a
d i m light Th en gaze at th e nger s with nar
rowed eyel i d s an d half clo sed eye s A fter a l ittl e
practice you will see a n e th in l in e surroundin g

your nger s on al l side s a sem i l uminou s b or

d er o f prana a u ra In m o st ca se s th i s border
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o f a u ra i s col orle s s b ut som etim e s a very p al e

yellow i sh h ue i s perce i ved Th e stronger th e
v ital force o f th e p er son th e stronger and
b righter will thi s b order of pran a aura a p p ear
Th e aura surrounding th e nger s will appear
very much l ik e th e sem i luminou s rad i ance sur
rounding a ga s a m e or th e am e o f a candl e
wh i ch i s familiar t o n early everyon e
A noth er pecul i ar ph enom enon of t h e a stral
plane perceived by clairvoyant s of a cer t ain d e
gre e of develo pm ent i s that wh ich i s k nown a s

th e th ough t form
A thought form i s a spe
cia liz e d grouping of a stral sub stance crystalized
b y th e strong though t impul se s o r vibration s o f a
person th inking o r manife sting strong emotional
excitement I t i s generat ed in th e aura of th e
per son in th e r st pl a ce but i s th en th rown o ff
or em itt ed from th e atm o sph ere o f th e p er son
and i s sent o ff int o space A th ough t form i s
really bu t a strongl y manife st ed t h ought or feel
ing which ha s taken form in t h e a stral sub stance
I t s power and durat ion d epend upon th e d egr e e
of force o f th e th ought or feeling manife sting it

Th e se th ought form s di ff er v ery materially

from one anoth er in form and general appear
ance Th e m o st common for m i s that o f a tiny
serie s of wave s similar to tho se cau sed by t h e
dropping o f a pebbl e in a pond o f wat er Som e
time s th e th ought form take s on th e app earanc e
of a wh i rlpool rotating around a centr e an d
mov i ng t hrough space a s well A noth er form i s
like that of th e p in wh eel rework s sw i rlin g
away f ro m it s centre a s it m ove s t h ro ugh spac e
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S t ill anot h er form i s th at of a w hi rl i ng r i ng l i ke

t h a t emitted from a smo k e stack of a l ocomo t ive

o r th e mouth o f a sm ok er th e fam ilia r ring o f

th e smoker Oth er s hav e t h e form and appear
ance o f sem i lum inou s g lob e s gl owing li k e a
giant opal
Oth er thought form s are emit t ed i n j e t l i k e
stream s like st eam p u ff ed out from a t ea kettl e
A gain it will a pp ear a s a seri es of sh or t pu ff s of
st eam like a ppearance A gain it will twi st along
l ike an eel or snake A noth er tim e it will t wi st
it s way li k e a cork screw A t oth er t im e s it will
appear a s a bomb or serie s of bomb s proj ect ed
from th e aura of th e th inker Som etim e s a s in
th e ca se of a vigorou s thinker o r sp eaker t h e se
th ought form b omb s will b e seen t o expl od e
when th ey reach th e aura of th e per son ad dre s sed
o r though t of Oth er form s a ppear lik e n ebul ou s
th ings re sembling an o ct opu s wh o se twining
t entacl e s twi st around th e per son t o wh om th ey
are directed
E ach th ought form bears th e sam e color that
it po s se s sed wh en gen erated in t h e a u ra of it s
creator th ough th e col or s seem t o fad e with t im e
Many of th em gl ow with a dull ph o sph ore scence
in st ead of brigh t colorin g Th e atm o sph ere o f
every per son an d every place i s ll ed with vari
ou s th ought form s emanat ed from th e per son o r
per son s wh o inhabit th e place E ach building
ha s it s own di stinctive th ought form s which per
m eat e it s m ental atm o sph ere an d wh ich are
cl early d i scern ible by trained clairvoyan t v i sion
I h ere tak e th e lib erty of quot ing a few para
,

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grap h s fr o m my lit t l e b ook ent i t l ed Th e A st ral

World i n wh ich th e ph enom ena o f th e a stral

plan e are expla i ned in d etail I reproduce th em
h ere in ord er t o sh ow you what you may see on
th e a stral plan e wh en your clairvoyant v i sion i s
su fciently d eveloped t o function th ere Th e
word s a re addre ssed t o one wh o i s sen sing on th e
a s t ral plane
N otice that b eaut iful spiritual blue around
t h at woman s h ead ! A nd se e that ugly m ud dy
red around that man pa s sing h er ! H ere come s
an int ell ectual giant see that b eautiful gol den
yellow around h i s h ead like a n imb u s ! B ut I

d on t exactly lik e that shad e o f red aroun d h i s

b ody and th ere i s too marked an ab sence of blu e

in h i s aura ! H e lack s harmoniou s d evelopm ent
D o you not ice tho se great cloud s of semi l um i
?
nou s sub stance wh ich are sl owly oatin g al on g
notice h o w th e color s vary in th em Th o se are
cl oud s of th ought vib ration s repre sent ing th e
compo site thought of a multitude of peopl e A l so
notice h ow each body of th ought i s drawing
t o it sel f l i t tl e fragment s o f similar th ough t
form s and en ergy You see h ere th e t end ency o f
th ought form s t o attract other s of th eir kind
h ow li k e th e proverbial b ird s of a feath er th ey

ock togeth er how th ought s com e h om e bring

ing t h eir friend s with th em h ow each man
creat e s hi s own th ought atmo sph ere
Speaking of atmo sph ere s d o you not ice that
each shop we pa s s ha s it s own pecul iar th ought
atm o sph ere ? I f you look into th e h ou se s on
either side of th e st reet yo u wi ll see that th e
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sa m e th ing i s t rue T h e v ery s t reet it sel f ha s it s

own a t m o sph er e creat ed by th e com p o s i t e
th oug h t o f th o se i nhab i tin g and fre qu enting it

N 0 ! do not pa ss d own that s i de s t reet it s a stral

atm o sph ere i s to o depre ssing and i t s col ors t o o
h orr i bl e and di sgu sting for you t o witn es s j u st
n ow you might get di scouraged an d y back
t o yo u r physical b ody for reli ef L ook at th o se
th ou g ht form s ying through th e atm o sp h er e !
What a vari ety of form and col oring ! Som e m o st
b ea ut iful t h e maj ority q ui t e n eutral i n t int an d
occa sionally a erce ery on e t ear i ng i t s way
alon g t oward i t s mark Ob serv e th o se whirl ing
an d swirl ing thought
form s a s t h ey are thrown
o ff from t h at b u sine s s h ou se
A cro s s th e street
n o ti ce t h at great octopu s m on st er of a th ought
form w ith it s great t entacl e s str i ving t o win d
around person s and draw th em int o t ha t a sh y
dan ce h all and dram sh op A d e vi li sh m on ster
w h ich we woul d d o well t o d e s t roy Turn your
concen t rat ed th ought upon i t an d will it out of

exi st en c e t h er e that s th e right way ; watch

i t si c k en and shr i vel ! B u t ala s ! more of it s kind

wi ll c om e forth from t h at place

T h e ab ov e repre sent s th e s i gh t s common t o
t h e a d v anced occult ist wh o explore s th e a stral
plan e e ith er in h i s a stral b ody or el s e by m ean s
of cla i r voyan t v i sion To such a on e th e se sight s
are ju s t a s na t ural a s th o se o f th e physical plan e
t o t h e per son functi oning by ordinary physical

sen se s On e i s a s natural a s i s th e oth er th ere

i s n oth ing supernatural ab out eith er
B ut t h ere are oth er and even m ore wond erful
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attr i b u t e s of a str a l vi sion i ng than th a t w hi ch w e

h av e j u s t related Le t u s t ake a general s u rvey
o f th e se so tha t yo u may b e familiar w it h what
you h ope t o see on th e a stral plan e an d w hi ch
you will see wh en you h a v e su fci ently d e v elo p ed
your clairvoyant power s
W h at woul d you t hi n k i f yo u coul d see

?
th rough a b rick wall
Well t h e clair v oyan t i s
abl e t o d o th i s For t ha t ma tt er th e physical
X Rays are abl e t o penetrat e throug h soli d sub
s t ance s and th e a st ral vibra t ion s are ev en m ore
subtl e than th ese I t seem s strange t o h ear of

t h i s ki n d of vi sion i ng a s purely natural do e sn t

i t ? I t smack s stron gly o f th e old supernatural
t ale s but it i s a s simply natural a s i s th e X R a y
Th e advanced cla i rvoyant i s abl e t o see th rough
th e m o st solid o bj ect s and in sid e o f anyth i n g
for t hat matter Th e a stral sen se s regi st er th e
sub t l e v i bration s of th e a stral plan e j u s t a s t h e
physical eye regi ster s th e ord inary ray s o f ligh t
energy Yo u are ab le t o se e th rough solid gla ss
w i th th e physical eye are you n ot ? Well i n
t h e sam e way th e clairvoyant see s th rough solid
st eel or granit e I t i s all a ma tt er of regi s t er i ng

vibra ti on s o f energy nothin g more and n o t h

i ng l e s s
I t i s i n thi s w a y th a t th e t r a i n e d cla i rvoyan t i s
abl e t o read from clo sed boo k s sealed l etter s etc
I n th e sam e way h e i s ab l e t o pierce th e d en se
soil an d t o see far down into th e d e pt h s o f t h e
ear th subj ec t t o cer t ain l i mitat ion s Vein s o f
coal o i l and oth er sub s t ance s have b een d isco v
ered clairvoyantly in thi s way N o t every cla i r
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v o y ant i s abl e t o d o thi s bu t th e a d vanced on e s

h a v e don e it I n t h e sam e way t h e t raine d clair
voyan t i s able t o see i n si d e th e bo d i e s of sic k per
son s an d to diagn o se th e i r a i lm en t s providin g
o f cour se h e i s familiar wi th th e ap pearance o f
th e or g an s i n h ealt h an d i n di sea se an d h a s a
su fc i ent knowledge o f phy s i ol o gy and p a t h o l
ogy t o i nt erpre t wha t h e see s
A n au t h or i ty on t h e p h enom en a o f th e a s t ral
plan e ha s wri t t en en t ertain i ngly and c orrectly
regardin g th i s p h a se of sim pl e c la i r v oyance a s
foll ow s :
Th e p o sse s s i on of th i s ex t raord i nary
and scarcely expre ssibl e p o w er th en m u s t a l
way s b e b orn e in mi n d th rough al l t h a t follow s
I t lays e v ery po i nt i n th e i n t eri or of every soli d
body ab solut ely open t o t h e gaze of t h e s eer
j u st a s every point in th e i n t erior o f a circl e l i e s
op en t o t h e gaz e of a man l ooking d o w n u pon it
B ut even t h i s i s by n o m ean s al l t ha t it g iv e s to
it s p o s se ssor H e see s n o t only t h e i n sid e a s
well a s th e out si d e o f e v ery obj ec t bu t al so i t s
a stral coun t erpart E very a t om and m ol ecul e o f
hysical
m
att
er
ha
s
it
s
corre
spon
ding
a
s
tral
p
atom s and m ol ecul e s and th e ma s s w hi c h i s b u ilt
up out o f t h e se i s clearly vi sible t o t h e cla ir v o y
an t U s u ally t h e a s t ral form o f any obj ec t pro
som
e
wh
at
b
eyon
d
th
e
physical
par
t
o
f
it
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c
t
s
j
and th u s m e t al s stone s an d ot h er things are
seen surrounde d by an a stral aura
It will b e seen at once t h at even i n th e s t u d y
of inorganic matt er a man gain s immen sel y by
th e acqui sition of t hi s vi sion Not only do e s h e
see t h e a stral part o f th e obj ec t a t w hi ch h e loo k s
,

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which befor e wa s wholly hi dd en fro m h i m ; n ot

only d oe s h e see much mor e o f it s phys i cal con
st it u t io n than h e d id b e fore but even what wa s
vi sibl e t o h im before i s now seen much m ore
clearly and truly
A noth er s t range power
o f wh ich h e may nd him self in p o s se s sion i s t h at
of magnifying at will th e minut est physical or
a stral parti cl e to any d e sired size a s through a

micro scope th ough n o m icro sco pe ever made

or ever likely t o b e made po sse s se s even a t h ou
sa n d t h part of th i s p sych i c magnifying power
B y it s mean s th e hypoth et ical mol ecul e and atom
po stulated by science b ecom e v i sibl e an d l i ving
realities t o th e o ccult student and o n th i s clo ser
examinat ion h e nd s th em t o b e much m ore com
pl ex in th eir structure than th e scient i c man ha s
yet realized th em t o b e It al so enabl e s h im t o
follow with th e clo se st att enti on and t h e m o st
lively interest all kind s of electr i cal magne t ic
and oth er eth eric action ; and w h en som e o f th e
speciali st s in th e se b ranch e s o f sc i enc e a r e ab l e t o
d evelop th e p ower t o se e th e se t h i ngs wh ereof
th ey write so facil ely som e very wonderful and
b e auti ful revelation s may b e expect ed
Th i s i s one of th e sid d ih is or power s d e
scribed in th e Oriental books a s accruin g t o th e
man wh o d evote s him self t o sp i r i tual d evelop
m ent th ough th e nam e und er w h ic h it i s th ere
menti oned might not b e imm edia t ely r e co gn iz
abl e I t i s referred to a s th e power o f making

one self large or small at will and t h e rea son o f

a de scription wh ich appear s so o ddly t o rever se
t h e fact i s that in reality th e m e t h od by which
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thi s f e a t is p e r f or m ed i s p rec i sely t ha t i n di ca t ed

i n th e se a nc i en t b ook s I t i s by th e u se of t empo
ra ry v i sua l m ach i nery o f inconceivabl e m i nute
n es s t ha t th e w orl d of t h e i nni t ely littl e i s
s o cl early s een ; an d i n th e sam e way ( or ra t h er
i n th e o p po s it e w ay ) i t i s by enorm ou sly in cr e a s
i n g th e size o f th e mac h inery u sed t hat it be

c ome s po s s i bl e t o i ncrea se th e b readt h o f on e s

vi e w in th e phys i cal sen se a s well a s l e t u s

h o p e i n th e m oralfar b eyond anythin g that
sci en c e h a s ever d reamt of a s p o s sibl e for man
So th a t th e alt erat i on in siz e i s really i n th e v e

h icle o f t h e stud ent s con sciou sn es s an d n ot in

a nyt hi ng ou t s i d e of h i m self ; an d th e ol d Ori ental
b o o k s h ave after all put th e ca se m ore accurat ely
t h an h a v e w e I h a v e i ndica t ed th ough only in
t h e r ough e s t o u tl i nes w h a t a trained stud ent
po s se sse d of full a stral vi sion woul d see in th e
imm en sely w id er worl d t o w h ich t h a t v i s i on in
t r o d u ce d h im ; b ut I h av e sai d n oth ing o f th e
s t upendou s change i n h i s m ental attitud e which
com e s from th e exper i m en t al cer t a i nty regard i ng
m at t er s o f param oun t i m por t ance Th e diff er
enc e b e t ween e v en th e pro foun de st i n t ellec t ual
con vi c ti on and th e prec i se k nowl edge gained by
d irect p er sonal experience m u s t b e fe l t i n order

t o b e apprec i a t ed
N o w h ere a t thi s pla c e I wi s h t o c a ll th e a t
t en ti on o f t h e s t u d en t t o th e fac t th a t whil e th e
abo v e stat ed ph enom ena s t ric t ly b elong t o t h e

cla s s o f s i mpl e cla i r v oyance rat h er than t o

space cl a i r v oyance or t i m e clairvoyance r e

spe ct iv e ly
n e v er th el e s s th e sa m e ph enomena
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m ay b e m an i fe st e d i n conn e cti on w i th th a t o f
th e se oth er c la s se s of clair v oyance F or i n stance
in s p ace cl a i rvoyance t h e t rain ed cla i r v oyan t i s
abl e n ot o n ly t o p erce i v e t hings h appen i n g at
point s far d i s t a nt bu t may al so ( i f h ighly d evel
o pe d p sych ically ) b e able t o perceive t h e d e t ail s
j u st m entioned a s well a s i f h e w er e at t h at di s
t ant point i n p er son L i k ew i se i n t i m e cl a ir
voyance th e clairvoyan t m ay exerc i se th e p o w er
of magn i fying v i sion regard i n g t h e obj ec t f a r
di stant in tim e j u st a s i f h e w ere l i v i n g i n t ha t
tim e S o h er e a s el s ew h er e we n d t h e d iff er
ent cla s se s o f ph enom ena shad ing and blend i n g
into each oth er A t t h e b e st cla ss i cation s ar e
u seful principally fo r convenience i n i n t ell e ctu al
con sideration and rea soning
In th e sam e way th e clairvoyan t m ay man i fe s t
th e ab ov e m entioned form s o f a stral sen s i ng i n
ca se s when th e a s t ral v i sion h a s b een a w a k ene d
by p sych ometry or by crys t al ga z ing a s w e ll a s
in tho se ca se s in w h ic h th e cond it i on ha s b een
brought about through m ed i ta t ion or s imi la r
m eth o d s
I woul d al so call th e at t ent i on of t h e st u den t
t o th e fac t that i n t h e above d e scri pt i on o f t h e
ph enomena of sim p l e clairvoyance I hav e mad e
n o m ent ion of t h e sig ht s of t h e a stral plan e wh i c h
o ft en b ecom e vi sibl e t o t h e clair v oyan t an d
wh ich h ave t o d o w it h a s t ral bodie s a s t ral s h ell s
t h e d i sembodied soul s o f th o se w h o h a v e pa s se d
on t o o th er plane s o f exis t ence etc I s h all t a k e
u p th es e m att ers i n oth er par t s o f thi s cour s e and
shall no t d well upon t h em i n thi s pl a ce B u t I
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w i sh yo u t o rememb er t h a t th e sa m e p o w e r
wh ic h enab le s you t o sen se oth er o bj ect s by
m ean s of th e a stral scen e s i s th e sam e tha t i s
called i n t o o perat i on i n t h e cas e s t o wh ich I h a v e
j u st referred
Th e a s t ral p lan e i s a w on d erfu l p lan e o r el d o f
being con t ainin g m any s t r a nge an d w onderful
b ein gs an d thi ng s T h e per son liv i n g on th e
physical p lane m ay v i s it th e a s t ral plan e i n t h e
a stral b ody ; and a gain h e m a y perceive t h e h ap
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t ica lly d eve l ope d clairvoyant t o m an i fe st t h e
wel l round ed power t o perce i ve th e ph enomena
of th e a stral plane i n it s won derful entire t y
Finally yo u w i ll see by reference t o oth er
chapt er s o f th i s b ook th a t on e may manife st sim
ple cla i r v oyant p ower s ( a s well a s t h e m ore com
plica t e d on e s o f t i m e and space cla i rvoyance ) no t
only i n t h e ord i nary wa ki ng s t at e but al so in th e
stat e o f d rea m s I n f a c t so m e of t h e m o s t str ik
in g p syc hi c ph eno m ena are man if e s t ed wh en t h e
seer i s i n th e d rea m s t a t e A s we proceed yo u
w i ll n d th a t e v ery ph a se of th e great s ubj ec t w i ll
t i n t o it s place a nd will b e fo u nd t o blen d w it h
every oth er ph a se Th er e w i ll b e found a lo gi cal
h armony an d uni t y of th ought pervad i ng t h e
wh ol e subj ec t B u t we m u st u se singl e br i c k s

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L E SS ON X

C LA I R V OY A N C E O F D I STA NT S C ENES

Le t u s now c on s i d e r th e p h eno m ena of th e se c

ond cla s s o f clair v oyance namely C l a i r v oyance
i n Space
I n space clairvoyance t h e cla i rvoyan t per son
sen se s scene s an d event s removed i n sp ace from
th e ob server t h at i s to say scen e s and even t s
s it ua t ed ou t s i d e of th e range o f t h e p h ysical
v i sion of th e clairvoyant I n thi s cla s s al so i s in
cluded certa i n ph enomena i n wh ich th e cla ir v o y
an t vi s i on i s abl e t o di scern things t ha t may b e
concealed or ob scured b y int erven i ng mat er i al
obj ect s S om e of th e many di ff eren t form s an d
pha se s of space clairvoyance are illu strat ed b y
t h e following exampl e s all t a k en from th e b e s t
so u rce s
B ushnel l relat e s t h e follow i ng w ell k nown
ca se of space clairvoyance :
C ap t Yount o f

Nap a Vall ey C alifornia one m i dwin t er s nig h t

had a dream i n wh ich h e saw what a ppeared t o
b e a company of emigrant s arre st ed by th e sn ow s
o f th e m ounta i n s an d per i sh in g rapid ly by col d
and hunger
H e n o t ed th e very ca st o f th e
scenery mar k ed by a huge perp endicular front
o f w hi t e rock cl i ff ; h e s aw t h e m en cu tti n g o ff
w h a t a p p eared t o b e t r ee t op s ri sing o ut of dee p
gu lfs of snow ; h e d i s ti n gu i shed th e very fea t ure s
of t h e per son s an d t h e i r l o ok of p ecul iar d i stre s s
H e a wo k e profoundly i m p re ssed by th e di st i nc t
ne ss and a ppa r en t r eal it y o f t h e dre a m H e a t
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length f ell a s l ee p an d d r ea m e d exac t l y th e sa m e

d ream over again In th e m orn i n g h e could n o t
expel i t from h i s m in d Falling i n s h or t ly aft er
wit h an ol d h un t er comrad e h e t ol d hi s story
an d wa s only th e m ore d ee p ly i m p re s se d by h i m
recognizing with out h e si t a t ion th e scen ery o f t h e
dream Thi s comrad e ca m e over t h e Sierra by
t h e C ar son Valley P a s s and d ecl a re d th a t a s pot
i n th e P a s s exac t ly an swere d hi s d es c r i p ti on
B y th i s th e un soph i st i cal p a t riarc h w a s d e
ci d ed H e i mm ediately c oll ec t ed a co mp any o f
m en with mul e s and blan k e t s an d all n ece s sary
p rov i s i on s Th e n eigh b or s were lau gh in g m ean

tim e a t h i s creduli t y N o mat t er h e said I am

abl e t o d o thi s and I w i ll f or I v er i ly b el i e v e

t hat t h e fac t i s accord ing t o m y d ream

Th e
m en were sen t i nt o th e m ountain s on e hun d red
an d fty m i le s d i stant direct t o th e C ar son Val
l ey P a s s A n d t h ere th ey found t h e co m pany
exactly in t h e c ond iti on o f th e d rea m a nd

brough t i n th e r emnant al iv e
In conne c t i on wi th t h i s ca se s om e l e a di ng
occul ti st s are o f t h e o p i n i on th a t t h e th o u g ht
wave s fro m t h e mi n d s of t h e d i s t re s se d lo st per
son s reac h ed C a pt Youn t i n hi s s l eep and
awa k en ed hi s sub con sc i ou s a tt en ti on H a v i n g
natural cla i rvoyan t power th ough prev i o u sly un
aware o i it h e na t urally d irect ed hi s a s t ra l v i s i on
to t h e so u r c e o f t h e m ental current s and pe r
ce iv e d cla i r v oy a n t ly th e scen e d e s cr i bed i n th e
story N o t h a vi n g any a cqua i n t ance w i t h any o f
th e l o st p ar t y i t wa s only b y rea son o f th e m en
t al c u r ren t s o f di s t r e s s s o s en t ou t th a t h i s a tt en
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1 53

ti on w a s a t t ra ct ed T h i s i s a v ery i n t e r e s ti n g
c a se b ecau se se v eral p sy c h i c fa ct or s a r e i nvolved
i n it a s I have j u st said
I n th e following ca se t h ere i s foun d a connect
i ng l i n k o f acquaintance w i t h a p er son playin g a
prom inent part i n t h e scen e alth ough t h ere wa s
n o con sc i ou s appeal t o th e c l airv oyan t n or con
sc i ou s i nt erest on h er p ar t regar di n g t h e ca se
Th e story i s well k nown an d a p pear s in t h e P ro
ce e d in gs o f th e Soc i e t y for P syc hi ca l Re searc h
It run s a s follow s :
Mr s B roughton awo k e one n i ght i n 1844 and
rou se d h er h u sband tell i ng h im tha t som e th in g
dreadful h a d h app en ed i n France H e b e g ge d
h er to go a sl eep again an d no t t ro u bl e h im Sh e
a s sured him tha t sh e wa s n ot a sleep wh en sh e

saw wha t sh e i n si st ed on t elling h im what

sh e saw in fact Sh e saw r st a carriage acci
d ent or rat h er t h e scen e of such an acc i dent
which h ad occurred a few mom ent s b efore

What s h e saw wa s th e re sult o f th e acc i den t a

broken carriage a crowd collec t ed a gure
gently rai sed and carr i ed int o th e neare s t h ou se
th en a g u re lyin g on a b ed wh ich s h e recog
Gradually fr i end s
n iz e d a s t he Du k e of Orlean s

coll ec t e d around th e bed am on g th em sev eral

memb er s of th e F renc h royal familyth e q ueen
t h en t h e ki n g all silen t ly t ea r fully w a tc h i ng t h e
evid en t ly dying duk e On e m an ( s h e c o u l d s ee
h i s bac k bu t d i d n ot know wh o h e wa s ) w a s
a d oc t or H e s t oo d b end i ng o v er t h e d u k e feel
i ng h i s pul se wi th h i s wa t c h in th e o th er h an d
A nd t h en all pa s se d aw a y an d s h e s a w no m ore
.

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A s soon a s i t wa s d ayl i ght s h e w r o t e d own i n

h er j ournal all t h at sh e had seen I t w a s b efore
th e days o f th e t el egraph and t wo or m ore days
pa ssed b efor e th e n ew spaper s announced Th e

D eath of th e Duk e of Orl ean s Vi sit i ng P ar i s a

short t im e afterward s sh e sa w an d r ecogn iz e d
th e place of t h e accid ent an d receive d t h e e x
plana t ion o f h er i m pre s sion Th e d oct or w h o
attend ed t h e dyin g duk e wa s an ol d fri end of
h er s and a s h e wa tch ed by th e b e d h i s mind h ad
b een c on stan t l y o ccup i ed w i th h er an d h er

family
I n many ca se s o f cla i rvoyance o f t h i s ki nd
th er e i s foun d t o exi st a stron g connecting lin k
o f mutual intere st o r a ff ection over whic h ows
th e strong att ention
arou sing force o f n ee d or
di stre ss which call s i nt o operation t h e cla ir v o y
ant vi sionin g
I n oth er ca se s t h ere seem s t o b e lac k ing any
connecting l ink alt h ough even in suc h ca se s
th ere may b e a subcon sci ou s l in k connecting t h e
clairvoyant w i th th e scen e or ev ent A n i ntere st
i ng exampl e o f th i s la st m ent ioned pha se i s that
r elat e d by W T Stead th e Engl i sh ed it o r an d
auth o r a s h aving happen ed t o hi m sel f
Mr

Stead s recital follows

I got in t o b ed an d wa s n ot abl e t o go t o
sl ee p I shut m y eye s and wait e d fo r sleep t o
com e ; i n st ead o f sl eep h owever t h ere ca m e
to m e a succe s s i on o f cur i ou sl y vivid clai r v oyan t
picture s Th ere wa s n o li gh t i n t h e r oo m a n d
it wa s perfectly dark ; I h ad my eye s s h u t al so
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wa s con sc i o u s of l oo ki n g a t a scen e o f s i ngul a r

bea u ty I t wa s a s if I saw a l ivin g minia t ure
abo u t t h e s i ze o f a ma g ic lant ern sl i d e A t th i s
m om ent I can recall t h e scen e a s i f I saw i t a gain
I t wa s a sea s i de piece Th e m oon wa s sh ining
u pon t h e wat er w h ich r i ppl ed sl owly on t o th e
b each Righ t b efore m e a l on g m ol e ran i nto t h e
water On eith er sid e of th e mol e irre gular ro c k s

stoo d u p ab ove th e sea l ev el On t h e sh ore s t oo d

several h ou se s s quare and rud e w hi ch re sembl ed
n ot h in g that I ha d ever seen in h ou se arch i
f ecture
N o on e wa s st irr i ng but th e moon wa s
th ere an d th e sea and t h e gl eam of th e m oon
light o n th e rippling water s j u st a s i f I h ad b een
l ooking on th e ac t ual scen e I t wa s so b eautiful
that I rememb er t hin k ing t h at if it continued I
sh oul d b e so int ere sted in l ook in g a t it th at I
sh oul d n ever go a sleep I wa s wide awa k e an d
a t th e sam e t i m e t ha t I saw t h e scen e I di stinc t ly
h eard th e dripping o f th e rain out si d e t h e w i n
dow Th en suddenly with out any apparen t o b
je ct or rea son th e scen e changed
Th e m oonlight sea vani sh ed and i n i t s place
I wa s l ooking righ t into th e int erior of a read
ing ro o m I t seemed a s if it had b een u se d a s a
sch oo l room in th e day ti m e an d wa s empl oyed
a s a read i ng room i n th e evenin g I re m emb er
seein g on e reader w h o h ad a curio u s r e sem blance
t o Tim H arringt on alth o u g h it wa s n o t h e h old
u p a maga z in e or b oo k i n h i s h an d and laugh
it wa s th er e
I t wa s n ot a p i c t ure
T h e scene
wa s j u st a s if yo u w ere loo ki ng thro u gh an o pera
gla s s ; you saw t h e play of t h e mu scl es t h e
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1 56

gl ea mi n g o f th e eye every move m en t of th e n u

k nown p er son s in t h e unnamed place i nt o w h ich
yo u were gazing I saw all tha t wi t h out opening
my eye s n o r did my eye s h ave anyth in g t o d o
w ith it You see such th ings a s th e se a s i f it
were w it h anot h er sen se w h i c h i s m ore i n sid e
your h ead t han in your eye s Th e p icture s were
a p rop o s of n othing ; th ey h a d b een sugge sted
by noth ing I ha d b een reading or t alk i ng o f ; th ey
sim ply cam e a s if I h ad b een ab l e t o l ook th rough
a gla s s at wh at wa s occ u rring som ewh ere el se in

th e worl d I had my p eep an d th en it pa s sed

A n intere sting ca se o f space cla i rvoyance i s
that relat ed of Swedenborg on th e b e s t auth or
i t y Th e st ory run s t hat in th e la tt er part of

Sept em b er 1 759 a t four o cl ock on e Saturday

aftern oon Swedenb org arrived h om e from E n g
land and d i sembar k ed at th e t own of Got h en
burg A fri end Mr W C a st el m et h im and in
v it e d h im t o dinn er
a t w h ic h m eal th ere were
ft een per son s gathered around t h e t abl e in

h onor of th e g u e st At s i x o cloc k Swed enborg

went ou t a few minu t e s re tu rning t o t h e tabl e
sh ortly th ereaft er l o o ki ng p al e an d exc i t ed
Wh en que stion ed by t h e g u es t s h e repli ed that
th ere wa s a re at S t ockh olm t wo h un dred m ile s
di stant and t hat th e re wa s s t ead i ly spread ing
H e grew very restl e s s an d frequentl y l eft t h e
room H e said t hat th e h ou se o f one o f h i s
friend s w h o se nam e h e m entioned wa s already
in a sh e s and tha t h i s own wa s in danger A t

eig h t o cl ock a fter h e had b een out again h e

return ed crying ou t ch eerfu lly Thank h ea v en !
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th e r e i s out th e t hird d oor from my h o u se !

T h e n ew s of th e strange happening greatly ex
c i t ed th e peopl e o i th e town and t h e city o fficial s
m ad e inquiry regarding it
Swedenborg wa s
summ oned b efore th e auth orit ie s and requested
t o relat e in d etail what h e had seen A n swering
th e q ue sti on s put t o h im h e tol d w h en and h o w
th e re start ed ; h ow it had begun ; h ow wh en
an d wh ere it had stopped ; th e t im e i t had las t ed ;
th e number of h ou se s d estroyed o r damaged and
t h e numb er o f per son s injured O n t h e foll ow
ing Monday morning a courier arrived from
Stockh olm bringin g new s o f th e re having l eft
t h e town whil e it wa s still burnin g O n th e n ext
day aft er Tue sday m orning anoth er courier ar
rived a t t h e city hall with a full repor t o f th e re
wh ich c orre sponded preci sely w i th th e v i sion o f
Swedenborg Th e re h ad sto pped preci sely a t

eight o clock th e v ery m in u t e tha t Swed e nborg

had so announced i t t o t h e c om pany
A similar ca se i s relat ed by St ead ha v ing b een
t ol d t o h im b y th e wife of a D ean in t h e E p i scopal
H e relat e s it a s follows :
I wa s stay
C h urch
i n g in V i rginia som e hundre d mile s a w ay from

h om e w h en o ne morning ab o u t el even o clock I

felt an ov erpowering sleepine s s w h ic h d r o w si
n e s s wa s quit e unu sual an d wh ich cau sed m e t o
lie down In m y sl eep I saw qui t e d i st inctly my
hom e i n Richmon d in am e s
T h e re had
broken out in on e w i n g of th e h o u se w hi ch I saw
with di smay wa s wh ere I k ept all my b e st
dre s ses Th e peopl e were all t rying to ch ec k th e
am e s bu t i t w a s no u se My hu sband wa s there
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wal ki ng abou t b efore t h e burn i ng h o u se carry

ing a p or t rait in h i s hand E veryth in g wa s qu i t e
cl ear an d d i stinc t exact ly a s if I had ac t ually
b een p re sen t and seen everyt h ing A ft er a t im e
I wo ke up and going down s t air s t ol d m y fr i en d s
th e strange dream I had had Th ey laugh ed at
m e and mad e such gam e of my v i sion that I d i d
my b e st t o th i nk no m ore about i t I wa s t ravel
ing ab out a day or two pa sse d an d wh en Sun
day came I found myself in a church wh ere som e
r elative s were worshipping Wh en I entered
th e p ew th ey l o o k ed very strange an d a s soon a s
th e service wa s over I a sked th em wha t wa s t h e

matt er
D on t b e alarm ed th ey said t h ere i s

n oth ing seriou s

Th en th ey hand ed m e a po s t
card from my hu sban d wh ich sim ply said H ou se

burn ed out ; covered by in surance Th e day wa s

th e da t e upon which my dream o ccurred I h a s
t ened h ome and t h en I l earn ed t ha t everyth ing
had hap pene d exactly a s I ha d seen i t Th e re
had brok en ou t in th e w ing I h ad seen blazin g
My cloth e s were all burn ed and th e o dd e s t th ing
about it wa s that my h u sban d having re sc u ed a
favorit e p icture from t h e burning b uilding h ad
carried it about am ong th e crowd fo r som e t i m e
b efore h e co u l d n d a plac e in wh ic h t o pu t it

safely
A n ot h er ca se relat ed by St ead th e sa m e a u
t h o r it y run s a s foll ow s :
Th e fath er of a son

wh o had sail ed on th e Strathm ore an emigran t

ship outb ound from th e C lyd e saw on e nigh t th e
sh ip found ering ami d t h e wave s and saw t ha t
hi s son with som e oth er s h ad e scaped safely t o a
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d ese r t i sland near w h ic h t h e wrec k h ad ta k en

p l a c e H e wa s so much impre ssed by th i s v i sion

t h at h e wrote t o t h e owner of th e Stra th more

t ell i ng h im what h e h a d seen H i s information

wa s scouted ; bu t aft er a while th e Strat h more

b ecam e overdue and t h e own er b ecam e unea sy
Day followed day an d st i ll n o t i dings o f th e m i s

s i ng sh ip Th en like P h ara oh s butler th e owner

remembered hi s sin s on e day an d hunt ed u p th e
l e tt er d e scrib i ng th e vi s i on It supplied at l ea s t

a th eory t o account for th e s h ip s di sapp earan ce

A ll outward bound sh ip s were r eque sted t o l ook
out for any survivor s on th e i sland ind i cated in
th e vi sion Th e se ord er s were ob eyed and th e

survivor s of th e Strathm ore were found exac t ly

wh ere th e fath er h ad seen th em

Th e S oc i ety for P sych i c al R e search m ention s
anoth er i n t ere sting ca se a s follow s :
Dr Go
li u ski a physician of K r e m e ut ch u g Ru s sia wa s
ta k ing an aft er dinn er nap in th e afternoon

about h alf pa s t t hree o cl ock H e h ad a vi sion

in w h i c h h e sa w h im sel f called ou t on a pro ie s
sio n a l vi s it
whi ch t ook h im to a li t tl e ro om
w i th dar k hangings To t h e right of t h e d oor h e
saw a c h e st of drawer s u p on wh i ch rested a l i t
tl e pa r a in e lam p of spec i al pa t t ern d i ff erent
fro m anyt h ing h e h ad ever seen b efore On th e
l ef t of th e d oor h e saw a woman su ff ering from a
severe h emorrhage H e th en saw h im sel f giv
ing h er profes s i onal treatment Th en h e awok e
suddenly an d saw that it w a s j u st hal f pa s t fo u r

o clock W i t hi n t en m i n u te s af t e r h e awo k e h e
wa s call e d o u t on a profe ssional vi s it a n d on e n
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t er i n g th e b e d roo m h e s a w al l th e d e t a i l s th a t h a d
appeared t o h im i n h i s vi sion Th er e wa s th e

ch e s t of drawers th ere wa s t h e p eculiar lam p

th ere wa s th e wo m an on th e b ed su ff ering from
th e h em orr h a g e
U pon inqui r y h e fo u nd th at
sh e had grown w ors e b e t ween th ree and four

o cloc k an d ha d anx i ou sly d e sired that h e com e

t o h er abou t tha t ti m e nally d i s p at c h ing a m e s
senger for hi m a t h al f p a s t fo u r th e m o m en t a t
which h e a w o k e
A n oth er and a mo st pecul i ar ph a se o f s p a c e
cla i rvoyanc e i s tha t i n which certain per son s so
awaken th e a stral sen se s of oth er person s t h at
th ese per son s perceive th e rs t per son u sually
i n th e form of seemingly see i ng t h e person pre s
en t i n th e imm ediat e vicinity j u s t a s on e woul d
see a gho stly vi sitor I n som e ca se s th ere i s
m anife sted doubl e cla i rvoyance both per son s
v i s i on i ng cla i rvoyantly ; in o t h er ca ses only th e

p er son vi si t ed a s t rally sen se s th e occurrenc e

T h e follow i ng c a se s ill u stra t e t h i s f orm o f space
clair v oyance
W T St ead rela t e s th e ca s e o f a la d y wel l
k n own to h im wh o s p ontaneou sly d evelo pe d th e
power o f a w a k en i ng a s t ral p erception in ot h ers

S h e see m ed t o mater i alize i n th e i r pre sence

H er power i n t h i s d irecti on b eca m e a so u rce o f
con s i d erab l e anx i ety an d worry t o h er fr i en d s t o
w h o m sh e woul d pay unexpect ed and in v o lun
tary vi sit s fr i ght en in g th em out of th eir w i t s by

th e appearance o f h er gh o s t
T h ey na tu rally
t h o ugh t that sh e h ad di ed s ud denly an d ha d a p
T h e la d y h er
pe a r e d t o t h em in gh o s t ly f o r m
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se l f wa s t o t ally u ncon sc i o u s of th e appearance

t h oug h sh e adm itt ed that a t or about th e t im e s
o f t h e appearance s sh e had b een th in ki ng of h er
fr i end s whom sh e v i sited a strally
T h e German writ er Jung Still i n g men t ion s
th e ca se of a man of good character wh o h ad d e
v e lo pe d power o f thi s kind
but al so wa s con
sciou s of h i s vi si t s
H e exerted th e p ower
con sciou sly by an e ff ort of will it seem s A t one
t im e h e wa s con sulted by t h e wife of a sea cap
t ain who se hu sband wa s on a l ong voyage t o
E urop e an d A sia ( sailing from A m erica )
His
sh ip wa s long overdue and h i s wife wa s quit e
worried about h im Sh e con sulted th e gent le
man in que st ion and h e promi sed t o d o what
h e coul d for h er L eaving th e room h e th rew
h im sel f on a couch and wa s seen by th e lady
( wh o peered through th e half o pen ed d oor ) t o
b e in a stat e of semi trance Finally h e return ed
and told h er that h e had vi sited h er h u sband in a

co ff e e h ou se in L ondon an d gave h er h u sban d s

rea son s for n ot writ ing adding that h er h u sband
would soon return t o A merica Wh en h er h u s
hand returned several month s lat er t h e w i fe
a sked h im about th e matter H e inform ed h er

that th e clairvoyant s report wa s correct in every

particular Upon b eing introduced to th e clair
voyant th e captain manife sted great surpri se
sayin g that h e had m et th e man in que s t ion on a
certain day in a co ff ee h ou se in L ond on and that
th e man h ad t ol d h im th at h i s wife wa s worri ed
about him and that h e had tol d th e man that h e
had b een prevented from writing for se v eral rea
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son s an d that h e wa s on th e e v e o f b e gi nn i ng h i s
return voyage t o A m erica H e added tha t wh en
h e lo o k ed for th e man a few momen t s af t erw ard s
th e stranger had a pparentl y lo st h im sel f i n th e
crow d d i sappeared an d w a s s een n o m ore b y
h im
T h e S oc i ety for P syc hi cal Rese a rc h g i ve s
prom i nence to t h e celeb rated ca se o f th e m em
b er o f t h e L ondon Stock E xchange wh o s e iden
tity it conceal s under the initial s S H
wh o
p o sse s sed th i s p ower of v oluntary awa k en i ng of
a stral sigh t in oth er s by m ean s o f h i s appear

anc e t o th em Th e man r elat e s h i s exp erience

t o th e S ociety a s follow s
O n e Sunday ni g ht
in N ovemb er 188 1 I wa s in Kil dare Garden s
wh en I willed very strongly that I woul d v i sit i n
th e spirit two lady friend s t h e Mi s se s X wh o
were l iving three m il es o ff in H ogart h Road I

willed that I sh oul d d o th i s at on e o cloc k i n th e

m orning and having willed it I went t o s l eep
N ext Th ursday wh en I rs t m et m y friend s
th e eld er l ady tol d m e that sh e wok e u p and saw
m y ap pariti on a dvancing t o h er be d sid e Sh e
scream ed and woke h er si sters wh o al so sa w

me
Th
e
r
eport
includ
es
th
e
si
gn
ed
stat
ement
(
o f th e lad ie s giving th e t im e of th e ap p earance
and th e d etail s th ereo f )
A gain on D ecemb er 1 1882 I w a s at
S outhal l A t half pa st nin e I sat d own t o e n
d e a v o r t o x my mind so strongly u pon th e in
t e r io r o f a h ou se at Kew wh ere Mi s s V and h er
s i s t er l i ved t h a t I seemed t o b e actually in t h e
h o u s e I wa s con sc i ou s b u t wa s in a k i nd o f
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m esm eric sl eep Wh en I went t o b ed tha t n i g h t

I willed t o be in t h e front bedro om of tha t h ou se
at Kew at twelve an d t o mak e my pre sence felt
b y t h e inmat e s N ex t day I wen t t o Kew M i s s

V s marri ed si ster told m e with out any prom pt

ing from m e tha t s h e had seen m e in th e p a s sage
going from on e room t o anoth er at half pa st nine

o cl ock and tha t at twelve wh en sh e wa s wide

awake sh e sa w m e com e t o th e front b edroom
wh ere sh e sl ept a nd t ake h er hair w h i ch i s very
lon g i nt o my hand Sh e said I th en t o ok h er
han d and gazed i nto th e palm intentl y Sh e said
You n eed not l oo k at t h e line s for I n ever have

any troubl e
Sh e t h en woke h er si st er W h en
Mr s L t ol d m e th i s I t ook out th e entry th at I
had mad e th e previ ou s night and r ead i t t o h er
Mr s L i s quite sure sh e wa s n ot dreaming Sh e
had only seen m e on ce b efore two year s previ
o u sly
A gain on March 2 2 1884 I wrot e t o M r
Gurn ey o f th e P sychi cal R e search Soc i ety t ell
ing him that I wa s going t o mak e my pre senc e
felt by M i s s V at 44 N orland Square at m id
night
Ten days afterward s I saw Mi s s V
wh en sh e voluntarily told m e that on Sat u rday
at midnight sh e d i stinctly saw m e wh en sh e wa s

quit e wide awake

Th e r ecord s o f th e p sych ic re searcher s are
lled with num erou s account s of ca se s in wh ich
a stral proj ecti on s have occurred wh en th e
n wa s on h i s or h er d eath b ed but wa s s ti ll
i ve I t woul d seem tha t under such c i r c u m
a n ce s th e a stral sen se s ar e very much freer
om t h e i n t erference of t h e physical sen ses and
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t en d t o m an ife s t v ery strongly in t h e for m o f

a pp earance s t o p er son s in wh om th e dy i ng p er
son i s a t tach ed by th e t ie s o f a ffect ion M any
wh o read th i s c o u r se h av e known of ca se s of t h i s
k i nd for th ey are of quit e frequent occurrence
T h e student will n otice t hat in th e maj or i ty of
th e ca se s cit ed in thi s chapt er t h e clairvoyant h a s

b een i n a s t a t e of sl eep or semi sleep often i n

a dream condition B ut yo u mu st not j um p t o
th e conclu sion that th i s condition i s alway s n ec
e s sary f or th e manife station o f th i s ph en om enon
On th e contrary th e advanced an d well d evel
o pe d clairvoyant s u sually a ssum e m erely a con
d it i on of d eep reve r ie o r m editat ion sh utt ing out
th e sound s an d th ought s o f th e physical plan e
so a s t o b e abl e t o function b ett er on th e a stral
plan e
Th e rea son that so many r ecord ed ca se s h av e
o ccurred wh en th e clairvoyant per son wa s a sl eep
and t h e v i sion appeared a s a dream i s simply be
cau se in such a condit ion th e physical sen se s o f
th e person are stilled and a t re st an d th ere i s l e s s
likeliho od of int erferenc e from th em and a b etter
o pportunity for th e a stral sen se s t o function
e ffect i vely It i s l ike th e familiar ca se s in wh ich
on e b ecome s so wrapp ed up in vi ewing a b eau
t i ful wor k of art or in li stenin g t o a beautiful
mu s i cal rend ition that h e o r sh e forget s all about
th e sight s and sound s o f th e world out sid e O n e
som etime s get s into th i s sam e condition w h en
reading an int ere sting b ook or wh en witne ssing
an int ere sting play Wh en th e p sych ic powers
are concen t rat ed upon any on e channel of vi sion
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th e ot h er s fa i l t o reg i s t er a cl ear impre s sion T h e

sam e rul e h old s g oo d on th e a s t ral pl a ne a s on
th e physical
Th ere are c ertain p sych ic condition s w hi ch are
e specially conducive t o th e manifestat ion o f clair
voyant ph enom ena a s all stud ent s o f th e subj ec t
kno w v ery well Th e se cond it ion s are som ewha t
h ard t o i nduce at l ea s t until t h e clairvoyant ha s
had con siderable exp eri ence and p ractic e B ut
in t h e stat e of sleep th e person induce s th e d e
sired condition s in many ca se s th ough h e i s n ot
con sciou sly doing so A s migh t naturally b e
expect ed th erefore th e maj ority of th e recorded
ca se s of clairvoyance have occurred wh en th e
clairvoyan t per son h a s b een a sleep
I sh ould al so s t at e onc e m ore tn a t in many
ca se s in wh i ch t h e clairvoyant ha s witne ssed th e

ap p earance o f anoth er per son a s in th e ca se s

such a s I have j u st m ention ed th ere i s always
th e po s sib i lity of th e p er son having ac t ually a p
r
i
n
h
i
s
a
stral
b
ody
uncon
sciou
sly
t
o
h
im
d
e
a
e
p
self o i course N o one but a skill ed o ccul ti st i s
ab l e t o di stingui sh between ca se s o f t h i s ki nd
Th e line b etween th i s cla s s of cla i r v oyance an d
a stral appearanc e i s very th i n and i n fac t t h e
t w o cla s se s of ph enomena shade an d bl end i nto
eac h o t h er I n reality wh en on e get s d own t o
b ot t om p rinc i ple s th er e i s very littl e di ff erence
b etween t h e ac t ual a ppearance in th e a stral b ody

an d t h e strong p roj ect i on o f on e s p re senc e by

m ean s of w i ll con sciou s or uncon sc i ou s al ong
th e l ine s of awa k en i n g th e clairvoyan t v i sion o f
oth er s To a tt e m p t t o explain t h e sl i ght po i n t s

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o f d i fference h ere w o uld only i nvolve th e st ud ent

i n a ma s s o f t echn i cal d e scr i p ti on whic h woul d
t en d t o confu se rat h er than t o enligh ten h i m
fro m th i s I r efrain
,

LES SON X I
C L AI R VO Y AN C E

O F T H E P AS T

Th e t hi r d g reat clas s o f cla i rvoyan t p h e

n o m e n a known a s T i m e C la i rvoyance i s d ivid ed
in t o two sub cla s se s a s follow s : ( 1 ) P a s t Tim e
C lairvoyanc e ; and ( 2 ) Future Tim e C la ir v o y
ance Th e charact eri st i cs of eac h o f th ese s u b
cla s se s i s i n di cated by i t s nam e
P a st T i m e C lairvoyance a s i nd i ca t e d b y th e
na m e i s tha t cla s s of clairvoyant ph enomena
wh i c h i s c oncern ed with th e p ercep ti on of fact s
e v ent s and h appenings of pa s t t im e Wh eth er
th e h appen i ng i s th at o f v e m i nu t e s ago o r o f
v e thou sand year s ago th e princ i pl e s in v olved
ar e preci sely th e sam e O n e i s n o m ore o r l es s
won derful than i s th e oth er
M any s t udent s confes s th em selve s perpl exed
w h en t h ey are r st confront ed with t h i s cla s s of
phenom ena Whil e th ey nd it com para ti vely
ea sy t o s ee h ow by a stral vi sion th e cla i r v oyan t
i s a bl e t o sen se event s happening a t t h a t m o m en t
thoug h th ou sand s o f m il e s away from th e o h
ser v e r t h ey cannot a t r s t u nder s t an d h o w on e

can s ee a t h ing n o longer i n ex i s t ence but

w h i c h d i sappeared f ro m sight t h ou sand s o f year s
ago Na t ural ly t h ey a sk t o b e in form ed h ow
th i s i s p o ssibl e b efore proceed in g t o d evelo p th e
facul t y it self B elie vi ng t h a t t h i s que s ti on i s n ow
b e i ng a s k e d b y you th e student of the se l e sson s
I s h a l l pau se for a few m om en t s and s h ow yo u
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j u s t h o w th i s won d er f ul thi ng b e c o m e s p o s
sibl e t o th e clairvoyant
I n th e rst place i t woul d undoubt edly b e im
po s sibl e t o p erceive a th ing even by a stral vi sion
i f i t had ent irely d i sa ppe a r e d at som e t im e i n th e

pa st thi s would b e b eyon d all natural p owers

a s t ral a s well a s phys i cal B u t a s a matt er of
fact th e th ings of th e p a s t h a v e n o t en ti rely d i s
app eared b ut on th e contrary whil e hav i ng di s
app eared on th e physical p lan e t h e y s t ill ex i st on
t h e a stral plane I shall endeavor t o expla i n t hi s
won derful fact of na t ure t o you in plain t erm s
alth ough it belongs t o on e o f th e m o s t m ys
t e r io u s cla s se s of th e occul t fac t s of th e un i verse
I n th e occult t each i ngs w e n d many refer

th e A k a sh ic R ecord s or w ha t i s som e
e n ce s t o

t i m e s called th e record s of th e A stral L ight

Wi t h ou t going int o t echnical occult d enit i on s
and explanation s I will say t o you t h a t t h e gi st
o f th i s o ccul t t each in g i s t hat i n that h i gh form
of th e univer sal sub stance w h ich i s call ed th e
Un iver sal E th er th ere i s foun d t o b e r ecord ed all
t h e h appenin g s o f th e ent ir e World C ycl e o f
whic h th e pre sen t t im e i s a par t A l l t hat h a s
h app ened fro m th e v ery b eginnin g of th i s Worl d
C ycl e m illion s o f year s ago i s pre ser v e d on th e se
a stral record s an d may b e r ead by th e advanced
clair v oyan t o r oth er per son po s se s s i ng o ccult
power s o f t h i s k ind Th e se record s peri s h only
wi t h th e t erm i nation o f a Worl d C ycl e which
w i ll n o t happen for million s o f year s yet t o com e
To t h o se wh o canno t accept th e rea sonabl ene s s
o f th i s o ccult fac t I w o u ld say t hat t h ere are
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analogi e s t o b e f oun d on oth er plane s of natural

manife station
F or in stance a s a strono m y
t each e s u s a star may b e blotted ou t o f exi s t ence
and yet it s ligh t will per si st l ong aft e r ( p erhap s
until th e end o f world tim e ) travel i ng al ong at
th e rat e o f
mile s each second Th e light
that we now see coming from th e d i st a n t s t ar s

ha s left th o se star s many year s a go in som e

ca se s th ou sand s of year s ago We see th em not a s
th ey are now but a s th ey were at th e t im e th e ray
of light l eft th em many year s ago Th e a st r o n o
m er s inform u s that if one of th e se star s had been
san d s ) of year s a g o we woul d still see it a s
in actual exi stence I n fac t it i s b elieved that
som e o f th e se star s which w e see twinkling a t
nigh t h av e actually been b lotted out hundred s o f
year s ago We will not b e aware o f thi s fac t
unt i l th e ligh t rays sudd enly cea se reaching u s
after th eir j ourney of b illion s o f m il e s and hun
dred s o f year s A star blotted out of exi stence
to day woul d b e seen by our ch ildren and chil
dren s children
Th e h eat from a sto v e will b e felt i n a room
long after th e stove ha s b een rem oved from i t
A room will long contain t h e odor of something
th a t ha s b een rem oved from i t I t i s said that in
one of the old m o sque s of Pe r SI a t h ere m ay b e
perceived th e faint odor o f th e mu sk th a t wa s
expo sed t h er e h un d r d s of year s agoth e v ery
w all s are saturated w i th th e pungent odor
A ga i n i s it not wonderful tha t our mem or i e s pre
serv e th e image s o f th e sound s and form s which
w ere placed th ere perhap s fty years an d m ore
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a g o ? H o w d o t h ese m e m ory i ma g e s s u r viv e a nd

exi st ? Th ough we may h av e t h ou ght of th e p a s t
t hin g f o r h alf a lifetim e yet sudd enly i t s im age
a sh e s i n t o our con sc i ou sn e s s Surely t hi s i s a s
wond erful a s th e A k a sh ic Record s th o u g h i t s

commonn e s s ma k e s it lo se it s won derful a p

r
n
t
o
u
s
a
c
e
e
a
p
C a m il l e F lammar i on th e eminent F ren ch a s

i n a b oo k written over t wenty v e

tr o n o m er
year s ago an d wh ich i s n ow out of prin t I be
lie v e p ic t ured a po s sibl e cond ition of a ffair s in
wh i c h a di sem bodi ed soul woul d b e abl e t o p er
ce iv e e v en t s th at happen ed in t h e p a st by sim ply
t ak i n g a po sition i n spac e in w hi ch h e would b e
abl e t o c atch th e ligh t w ave s tha t emanat ed from
a d i s t a n t plan et at that particular t im e in th e pa st
t h e ha p p enings of which h e want ed t o p ercei v e

I advi se
Th e l i t t l e b o ok wa s call ed L um e n
yo u t o r e a d it if you can nd i t in yo u r p u blic
l ibrar i e s
A no t h e r wr it er h a s wr i t t en som ewh at alon g
t h e sam e l i n e s I h erewit h g i v e yo u a quotation
f r o m hi m t hat you may get th e i d ea h e w i sh e s

t o ex p r e s s ii w i ll h elp you in your conception of

t h e A k a sh ic R ecord s H e says : Wh en we see
anyth i n g wh e t h er it be t h e bo o k we h ol d in our
h an d s o r a sta r m illion s o f m ile s away w e d o so
by m ean s o f a v i bratio n i n t h e e t h er commonl y
calle d a r ay o f ligh t wh ic h pa sse s from th e o b
je ct seen t o o u r eye s N ow th e spee d wit h wh ic h
thi s v i bra ti on pa s se s i s so greatab ou t

m i l e s i n a second that wh en we are con s i d er i n g

any obj ec t i n our own world we m ay regard i t a s
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p rac ti c a l ly i nst a n t a neo u s W h en h owe v er we

c o m e t o d eal w it h i n t erplanetary d i s t anc e s w e
h a v e t o t a k e th e speed of ligh t in t o c on sid erat ion
for a n a ppreciabl e per i o d i s o ccup i ed i n travers
ing th e s e va st space s
F or example it take s
eight m inut e s and a quar t er for light t o t ra v el t o
u s from th e sun so t h at wh en we look at t h e solar
orb we see i t by m ean s of a ray of l ight wh ich l ef t
it m ore than eight m i nu t e s ago From th i s f ol
l ows a v ery curiou s r e sult Th e ray o f lig ht b y
w h ich w e see th e sun can obviou sly report t o u s
only th e stat e of a ff air s wh ich ex i sted in tha t
l uminary wh en it s t ar t ed on i t s j ourn ey an d
w o u l d no t b e i n t h e l ea st aff ec t ed by any th ing
tha t happened af t er it l ef t ; so t hat we really see
t h e sun not a s i t is bu t a s it wa s e i ght m inute s
ago Th a t i s t o s ay t hat i f any t h ing im por t an t

too k pl a c e i n t h e s u n th e forma ti on o f a n ew
sun spo t for i n stancea n a stronomer w h o w a s
watch i ng th e orb th rou gh h i s tel e scope a t th e
t im e would b e unaware o f t h e inci dent wh il e it
w a s h ap p ening sinc e th e ray o f ligh t b earing th e
n e w s w oul d no t re a ch him unt i l m ore than e i g ht
m i nut e s lat er
Th e d i fference i s m o r e s t r i king w h en w e c on
s i der th e xed s t ars b eca u se in th eir ca s e t h e
d i s t a nce s are so enormou sly greater Th e pol e
star fo r exam pl e i s so fa r o ff tha t light t ra v el i ng
a t th e i nconcei v abl e speed ab ov e m ent ion ed
t a k e s a l it tle m ore t h an fty year s t o reac h our
eye s ; a nd from th a t follow s t h e s t range bu t in
e v i t abl e inference t ha t we see t h e p ol e s t ar n ot
a s or w h ere it i s a t t h i s m o m en t bu t a s and w h ere
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it w as fty year s ago N a y i f tom orrow som e

co s mic cata s t roph e were t o shatt er th e pol e star
int o fragment s we shoul d still see it p eacefully
shining in th e sky all th e re st of our l i ve s ; our
ch ildren woul d grow u p t o middl e age an d ga t h er
th eir children ab out th em in turn b efore th e
n ews o f that t rem en dou s accid ent reach ed any
t e r r e st ia l eye
In th e sam e way th er e are oth er
star s so far di stan t th at light take s th ou san d s o f
year s t o travel from th em t o u s an d w ith refer
ence t o th eir condition our informat i on i s th er e
fore th ou san d s o f year s b ehind t im e N o w carry
th e ar g ument a st e p farth er Suppo se that we
were abl e to place a man at th e di s t anc e of
m i l e s from th e earth an d yet t o endow
h im wi t h the wond erful faculty of being abl e
from that d i stance t o see what wa s h ap pening
h ere a s clearly a s th ough h e were still cl o s e be
s i d e u s I t i s eviden t tha t a man so placed woul d
see e v eryth ing a secon d aft er th e tim e it really
h ap p en ed an d so at t h e p re sent m om ent h e
woul d b e seeing w h at hap pened a secon d a go
D oubl e that di s t ance and h e would b e two s ec
o n d s b eh ind tim e and so on ; rem ove h im t o th e
d i s t anc e of th e sun ( still all owing h im t o pre
s erve th e sam e myst eriou s power of sight ) a n d
h e woul d l oo k d own and wa t ch you d o i n g n o t
w ha t you ar e doing n ow but wha t yo u were
doing eight m i nute s and a quar t er ago C arry
him t o th e pole star an d h e would see pa s sin g
b efore h i s eye s th e event s o f fty year s ago ; h e
woul d b e wat ch i ng t h e ch i ld i sh gamb ol s of tho se
wh o a t th e sam e mo m en t were really m iddle
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a g ed m en M a r v ello u s a s thi s m ay sound it i s

l i terally an d s ci en ti cally t r u e an d c annot b e

d enied

Flamm a rion i n h i s story c a lled Lu men

make s h i s spir i t hero pa s s at will along th e ray
o f ligh t from th e earth seeing th e th ings o f
d i ff eren t era s of earth tim e H e even m ad e h im
t ravel backward al ong that ray t hu s seeing th e
happ enin g s in reverse ord er a s in a moving p ic
t ure r u nnin g backward Th i s story i s of th e
great e st i nt ere st t o th e occulti st for w h ile th e
A k a sh ic Record s are not th e sam e a s th e l ight
record s yet th e anal ogy i s so marked i n many
ways that th e occulti st see s h ere anoth er ex
as
e m plica t io n of th e ol d o ccul t axiom t hat

ab o v e so b elow ; a s b elow so above

I ta k e th e l ib erty of quoting h ere fro m my

l i t t l e book Th e A s t ral World in ord er to giv e

you som e furth er i dea of t h e nature of th e se
r eco rd s in th e A stral L igh t Th e reader i s sup
po sed t o b e travelling in h i s a stral b o dy having
th e ph enom ena o f th e a stral pointed out to h im
by a comp eten t occulti st acting a s h i s guid e Th e
o c c ul ti st guid e says t o th e student : C hanging
our v ibra t ion s we nd ourselve s entering a
strange region th e nature of wh ich you at r st
fa i l t o d i scern P au sing a m om ent until your
a stral v i sion b ecom e s at t uned t o th e pecul iar
v ibration s o f th i s region yo u will n d that you
are b ecoming gradually aware o f what may b e
cal le d an i mmen se picture gallery spreading out
in all direction s and ap parently bearing a d irect
r e l a ti on t o e v ery point of space on th e surfac e of
.

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th e e a r t h At r s t yo u nd it di f cul t t o d e ci p h e r
th e m eaning of t h i s great array of p i ct u re s T h e
t ro ubl e ari se s fro m th e fac t t ha t t hey ar e a r
r an ged no t on e aft er t h e ot h er i n sequenc e on a
a t plan e ; but ra th er i n sequen ce on e a fter
anoth er i n a peculiar o rder wh ich may b e call ed

th e o rd er of X n e s s in space b ecau se i t i s n e i t h er
t h e d im en sion of l ength breadth o r d epth it i s
pr a c ti cally th e ord er o f th e fourth dim en si on i n
space which canno t b e de scrib ed in t erm s o f ordi
n ary spa t ial d imen sion A gain you nd up on
clo s el y e x am ining th e picture s th at th ey are very
m in u t e practically m icro scopic i n size an d r e
qu i r e th e u se o f th e peculiar magnifying power of
a st ra l vi s i on t o b ring th em up t o a size capabl e of
being r ecognized by your faculty o f v i sual re c og
.

it io n

T h e a stral vi s i on wh en d evel oped i s c apabl e

o f m agn i fyin g any obj ect mat erial or a stral t o
an eno rm ou s d egree for in stance th e t ra i n ed
occulti st i s ab l e t o p erceive th e wh irling at om s
an d corp u scle s of matter by m ean s of th i s peen
lia r it y o f a s t ral vi sion
L ikewi se h e i s abl e t o
plainly p erceive m any n e v ib rat i on s o f l i gh t
wh i ch are i nv i sibl e t o th e o rdinary sigh t In
fac t th e pecul iar A stral L igh t wh ich p ervade s
th i s region i s du e t o th e power o f th e a s t ral v i s i on
to perce i ve and regi s t er th e se n e v ibration s of
light B r i ng th i s power o f magn ify i ng int o o per
at ion an d you will see that each of th e little
poin t s an d d e t ail s o f th e great world p i cture so
spread b efo re you i n th e A stral L igh t i s really a
compl e t e s c en e o f a cer t a i n plac e on ear t h at a

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c er t ain p e r i o d i n th e h i s t ory o f th e e ar t h I t r e
semble s on e of th e small v i ews i n a s er i e s o f m o v

ing p ic t ure s a singl e v i e w of a roll lm I t i s

xed an d not i n m ot i on and yet we can m ove
forward al ong th e fo u rth dim en sion a n d thu s
o b t ain a m ovin g pi cture o f t h e h i st ory o f any
point on th e surface of t h e earth o r e v en com
bin e th e vari ou s point s in t o a lar g e m oving p i c
ture in th e sam e way L et u s prov e th i s b y
ac t ual exp erimen t
C lo se your eye s for a
mom en t whil e we t ravel back i n tim e ( so t o
speak ) along th e ser i e s of th e s e a stral record s
fo r i ndeed th ey t ravel back t o th e b eginning o f
t h e hi story of th e earth N o w open your eyes !
L o ok i n g around you you perce i ve t h e pic t ured
repre sentation of strange scen e s lled w ith per

a
son s wearing peculiar garb b u t all i s s t ill n o
life n o motion
N ow l e t u s m ove forward i n ti m e a t m uc h
h i gh er ra t e than than i n wh i c h t h e a stral v i ews
were reg i s t ered You n ow see y i ng before you
th e g reat m ovem ent of l ife on a certain poin t o f
space in a far di stant age From birth t o d eat h
you see th e life of th e se s t range peopl e all i n th e
space o f a f ew m oment s
Great battl e s are
fought an d c i ti e s r i se b efore your eye s all in a
grea t moving p i c t ure y i ng at a trem en do u s
speed N ow sto p an d th en le t u s move bac k
war d i n t i m e st il l gazin g at th e m ovin g pic t ure s
Yo u see a stran ge sigh t l i ke t h at o f rever s i n g

th e lm in a m oving pic t ure You see every

t h i ng m oving bac k ward cit i e s crumb l ing i nto
n o t h ingne ss men ar i s i n g f rom t h eir grave s an d
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gro wi ng youn g e r e a c h second un ti l th ey a r e

n a lly born a s bab e s e v ery th ing m ov i ng b a c k

w ard i n t ime in s t ead of forward Yo u can thu s
w i t n es s any great hi s t or i cal e v en t or fol low t h e
career o f any great p er sonage from b i r th t o d eat h
o r bac k ward Yo u will n o t ice m oreo v er tha t
e v erythin g i s sem i t ran sparent an d th a t a ccord
in gly y ou can see th e p i cture o f wha t i s go i ng on
in sid e o f buildings a s well a s ou t sid e o f th em
N oth in g e scap e s t h e A stral Li ght Record s
N oth i n g can b e c oncealed from i t B y t raveling
t o any p oin t i n tim e on t h e four t h d i m en s i on
you m ay b eg i n at t h at point an d see a m ovin g
p i ct u re o f th e h i story o f any par t of t h e earth

fro m th at t im e t o th e pre sent o r you m ay t e

v e r se th e sequ ence by trav ellin g bac k ward a s we
h a v e seen You may al so t ravel in th e A s t ral
on ordinary s p ace d imen sion s an d t h u s see wha t
h ap p en ed s i multaneou sly all over th e earth a t

any sp ec i al mom en t o f pa s t ti m e if yo u w i sh
N ow I d o not for a m om ent w i sh you t o under
s t an d th a t th e ab ov e exper i ence i s po ssibl e t o
eve r y c lairvoyan t w h o i s abl e t o s en se pa st t im e
even t s an d h ap pen i ngs O n t h e con t rary th e
ab ove exp eri ence i s po s sibl e only t o th e advanced
o ccul t i st or t o th e stud ent wh om h e may t ak e
w i th hi m on an a s t ral tri p in th e a stral b ody
Th e cla i r v oyant m erel y catch e s glim p se s of cer
t a i n ph a se s and eld s of th e great a stral record
reg i on or s t a t e F o r that matt er th e ord inary
clairvoyant m erely see s a r ee ct i o n of th e t rue

A stral L ight picture s a re ection sim ilar t o

t hat o f a land scape reect ed in a p ond More
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o v er th i s ree cti on m ay b e ( an d fre q uen t ly i s )

d i sturb ed a s i f by th e ri p pl e s and wa v e s of t h e
pond in wh ich th e land scap e i s r ee ct ed B u t
st i ll even t h e ordinary clairvoyant i s abl e t o se
cur e r es u lt s wh ich are wond erful enough i n all
tr ut h and wh ich far t ran scend th e power o f th e
p er son func t ionin g on th e physical plan e alone
P a s t tim e clairvoyanc e i s fre q uently induced
by m ean s o f p sych omet ry i n w h ich th e clair

voyant i s a bl e t o h ave th e l oo se end t o unwind

th e ball o f tim e B ut still in som e ca se s t h e
cla i rvoyant i s abl e to ge t en rappor t w i th th e
a stral record s o f pa st tim e by th e ordinary m et h
o d s o f m editation et c Th e main ob stacl e in t h e
l a st m ent ioned ca se i s th e d i ffi culty of com i ng in
c on t act with th e exac t period o f pa st tim e sought

for in p sych om etry th e v ibrat i on s of th e a sso

cia t e d obj ec t
suppl ie s th e m i s sing lin k

Lacking th e a s sociated o bj ect

th e clair
v oyant may obtain th e link by b rin gin g i n t o th e
imagination som e a ssociat ed scene o f that tim e
som eth in g el se that happ en ed ab out th e sam e
t im e A ll that i s needed i s to get h old of som e
th in g a s sociat ed in space or in tim e wit h th e
sough t for scen e A ll that i s needed i s t h e l oo se

en d o f a ssociati on Somet i m e s th e clairvoyant

sen se s som e pas t tim e exper i ence th e place an d
t im e o f w hi c h i s un k nown t o h im I n such ca ses
i t i s nece s sary for h im t o ge t h ol d o f som e loo se

en d b y which h e may wor k out th e solution

For i n stance th e picture of a certain building o r
per sonage or h i storical hap pening may give t h e
key t o t h e myst ery
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I n v ery h igh form s o f pa s t t im e clairvoyance

t h e clairvoyan t i s abl e no t only t o perceive th e
actual happenin g s of th e pa st bu t al so t o a ct ually
sen s e t h e t h ough t an d feelings of th e a ct or s
therein f or t h e se t o o a r e recorded on t h e a s t ral
plane In o t h er ca se s th e clair v oyan t p er son i s
abl e t o p ic t ur e scene s and hap p en i ngs relatin g t o
h i s pa s t i ncarna t ion s even th ough h e i s not abl e
t o sen se oth er pa s t ti m e event s and scen e s B u t
h ere aga i n many g o o d pa s t time clairvoyan t s are
n ot able t o ca t ch the s e glimp se s of t h eir own pa st
l i v es t h ough abl e t o p erc e i ve t h o se o f o th er per
son s A ll th e s e v a ria ti on s a re du e t o certain
t echnical di ff erence s i n t o wh i ch I canno t go in t o
d etail at thi s p la c e A g a i n s om e per son s are
able t o p erce i ve even t s tha t h av e h a pp en e d t o
p er son s p re sen t b efore th em but are not able
t o contac t pa st t im e event s in t h e ordinary w ay
Th ere are a t h ou sand and on e v ar i a t ion s i n c la i r
voyan t w or k Only th e h ig h ly a dvan ced o c cu l ti s t
i s ma ster of all of th em B ut st i ll e v ery on e m ay
d e v elo p h im self o r h er sel f fro m h u m bl e beg i n
-

n in

gs

I n c on c l u d i n g thi s l e sson I wi s h t o c a l l y o u r
a t tent i on t o t h e following a d v i ce fro m a m an
well advanced in th e knowl edge o f th e a stral
plan e H e says :
I t wo u l d b e w ell f or all s t u
d en t s t o b ear i n mi n d t ha t occul ti sm i s th e
a po t h eo si s o f co m m on sen se and t ha t ever y
v i sion t ha t come s t o th em i s no t n ec e ssar i ly a
picture from th e A k a sh ic Record s nor e v ery ex
It i s far b e t
pe r ie n ce a revel at i on from on h igh
t e r t o err on th e s i de o f h ealthy s k ep ti c i s m th an
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of over creduli t y ; and it i s an a dm irabl e rul e

n ever to hunt ab out for an occul t explanation o f
anything wh en a plain and ob v iou s physical on e
i s availabl e O u r duty i s t o e n d e a v e o r to k e ep
our balance always and n ever t o l o s e our self
control b ut t o tak e a rea sonabl e common sen se
V iew of what ever may happen t o u s
so that we
may be wi ser occulti st s and m ore u seful h el per s
than we h ave ever b een before
We n d exam ple s of all d egree s o f t h e power

t o see into thi s m emory of nat ure from th e

t ra i n ed man wh o can con sult th e record s for h im
self at will d own t o th e per son wh o get s n othing
but occa sional vagu e glimp se s or ha s perhap s
h ad only once such glimp se B ut even th e man
w h o po s se s se s th i s faculty only part i ally and
o cca s i onally still nd s i t of t h e d eepest int ere st
Th e p sych om et er wh o n eed s an obj ec t p h y sically
conn ect ed wi th th e pa st in or d er t o bring it all
i n t o l i fe again around h im ; an d th e crystal ga z er
w h o can som et ime s direct h i s le s s certain a stral
t el e scope t o som e h i storic scen e of l on g ago may
bo t h d er iv e t h e grea t e st enj oym en t from th e
exerc i se o f t h ei r re spect i ve g i ft s e v en t h ough
th ey m a y no t always under stan d exactly h ow
th e i r re s u lt s are obtained and may not h ave t h em
f ully under control und er all circum stances
I n m a ny ca se s of th e lower mani fe station s o f
e se power s w e n d that th ey are exerci sed n u
Many a crystal gazer watch e s
n scio u sly
5 f rom th e pa st with out bein g abl e t o di s
m from vi sion s o f th e present A nd
nd s picture s
e r so n
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c o n s t a ntl y a r i s i n g b efore hi s eye s without ever

r e a l izi ng th a t h e i s in e ff ect psych o m e t r iz in g th e
v ar i ou s obj ec t s aroun d h i m a s h e happen s t o
t o u ch t h em or stan d near t h em A n int ere sting
var i an t of t h i s cla s s o f p syc h ics i s th e man wh o
i s abl e t o p sychom e t r i ze p er son s only and not
inan i ma t e obj ect s a s i s mor e u sual
I n mo st
ca se s th i s fac u lty sh ow s i t self errat i cally so that
suc h a p sy c hic will wh en in t roduced t o a
s t ranger oft en see in a a sh som e prom in ent

e v en t i n th a t stran ger s earl ier life but on sim ilar

occa s i on s w i ll r e ceiv e n o special i mpr e s sion
More rarely we m eet with som eone wh o get s
d etailed v i sion s o f th e p a st life of nearly everyone
w h o m h e encount er s
I t m ay ea sily happen
mor e o v er t ha t a per son may see a pict ure of th e
pa s t wi th ou t r ecogn i zin g i t a s such unl e ss th ere
h ap p en s t o b e i n i t s ometh ing w h ich attract s spe
su c h a s a gu re i n arm or or in
cia l a tt en ti on
an ti que co s t um e I t i s proba bl e t h erefore that
occa sional g lim p se s o f t h ese a stral re ection s of
th e a k a sh ic r ecord s are com m oner t han t h e pub

lish e d a c count s woul d l ead u s t o b el i eve

I w oul d say t o my stud ent s mak e ha s t e sl owly
D o no t t ry t o ru sh d evel opm en t t o o rap i dly
P erfect a nd d e v el op yoursel f i n on e l in e of
p syc hi c p owe r b efore see ki n g anoth er Ta k e
t h in g s c ooly an d d o no t lo se you r h ead because
you h a p pen t o ac h i eve s o m e wond erful p h e
n o m en a
D o no t b ecom e conceited an d vain
glor i o u s An d nally d o no t pro s ti tu t e you r
power s t o i gnobl e end s and m a k e a ch ea p sh ow
o f t h e m B y c h ea p en i ng and pro st it uting th e
,

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hi g h er p s y c h i c power s th e s t uden t f requen t ly

en d s by l o s i ng th em altoget h er M o deration i n
all thi ng s i s th e safe p olicy A nd i t a l w a y s i s
wel l f or th e occult i st t o re si st t em ptat i on t o u se
h i s p ower s for u nwort h y s en sa ti onal or p urely
se l s h pu r p o s e s
,

L ESSON XI I

C LAI R VOY A N C E O F TH E F UTURE

F u tu re T im e C l a irvoyan c e as i nd ic ated by i t s
nam e i s th a t c la s s o f cla i rvoyant ph enom ena
wh ich i s c on c ern e d wi t h th e percept i on o f f act s
even t s an d h a pp enin g s o f f u tu re t i me I n th i s
cla s s o f c la i r v oyan t p h eno m ena n a t urally fall all
genu i n e ca se s o f p roph e c y p r ev i sion foret ellin g
second s i g h t e t c H i story t h eol og i cal an d secu
lar i s lled with i n s t ance s o f t h e f o r e t ell i ng of
th e f ut ure b y p ro ph e t s wi se m en an d o t h er s
B y many such power s ar e gene r ally regarde d a s
supernat u ral o r d i v i ne W i th o ut wi s hi ng t o com
bat suc h th eor i e s and b el i efs I w ou l d say t h at
t h e a d van ce d o ccult i s t s acco u n t f or all s uch p h e
n o m e n a un der th e gen er a l la w s o f cla i r v oyance
B ut w hi le th e p h enom ena it s el f i s v ery well
known an d i s accep t ed a s g en ui n e i n e v en many
ca se s i n w hi c h pa st ti m e clairvoyance i s d oubt ed
st i ll it i s e ven m ore di f cul t t o expla i n t han i s
pa st ti m e cla i r v oyance base d on th e A k a sh ic
Recor d s o r th e A s t ral L i g ht To t h e person n ot
well v erse d i n o cc u l t k nowl e d ge an d e so t er ic
p rinc i pl es it i s d eemed im po s sibl e t o i n t el l i gen t ly
accoun t fo r th e p ercep t ion o f an e v en t before it

h a s ac t ual ly h appened perh a p s years b efo r e it s

a ctual h ap p en i ng Wh il e I cannot h ope t o m a k e
t h i s matter ab solut ely clear t o t h e person w h o i s
n o t an advanced stud ent o f occulti sm st i ll I s h all
t ry to throw at l ea s t some l i ght on t h e und erly i n g
principle s of t h i s won d erful cla s s o f occult p h e
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Th e ma i n po i nt for th e stud ent t o

realize i s that th ere are natural laws und erlying
th i s ph enom enon an d th at it i s not a matt er o f
supernatural power or n ece s sar i ly o f divin e
special d i spen sation
I n t h e r st place i n s om e o f th e sim pl er form s
o f future tim e clairvoyan ce th ere i s m erely a
hi gh d evelopm ent o f subcon sci ou s rea sonin g
from analogy That i s to say th e sub con sciou s
m ental facultie s of th e per son rea son out t h a t
such an d so be i ng th e ca se th en it foll ow s tha t
unle s s som eth ing entirely
so and so will re sult
un expect ed sh oul d preven t or int erv en e Th i s i s
merely an exten s i on o f certain form s o f rea son
in g t hat we perform ord inarily Fo r in s t ance
we se e a child playing with a sharp t ool and we
nat u rally rea son that it will cut it self We see
a man actin g in certain ways which generally
lead t o certain end s an d we naturally rea son th at
th e expect ed re sult will occur The mo re e x pe r i
ence that th e ob server ha s had an d th e k eener
h i s fa c ulty of perception an d h i s p ower of d e
d uct iv e rea soning th e wid er will b e th e range o f
h i s power in th e d irect ion o f pre d i cting future
re s u l t s from pre sent h appenin gs and condi t ion s
I n t hi s connec t ion w e mu st rem emb er t h a t t h e
ordinary clairvoyant ha s ea s i er acce s s t o h i s sub
con sc i ou s m entality t han h a s th e average per son
Th e subcon sciou s mind perceive s and not e s many
l i tt l e th ings that t h e con sciou s m ind overlo o k s
and t h erefore h a s b et t er data from whic h t o
rea son M o r eover a s al l studen t s o f th e sub
c on sc i ou s kn ow t h es e wond erful s u b con sc i o u s
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m en t al f a ctu ltie s h av e a very high ly d evel oped

power of rea soning d educt ively from a given
premi se or f act I n fact th e subcon sciou s f a cul
tie s are almo st perfec t rea soning mach in e s pro
v id in g th ey are sup p li e d wit h correc t dat a i n th e
rs t place M uch of t h e so call ed i ntu i tive rea

soning of p er son s ari se s from th e o peration s of

th e sub con scio u s m ental fac u l ti e s j u st m en
.

t io n

ed

B u t yo u m ay say th i s i s v ery in t ere sting bu t

it i s n ot clairvoyance C ertainly go od s t ud ent
but st ill clairvoyanc e plays an i m por t an t p ar t
even i n t h i s elem entary form of previ sion and
future seeing You mu st rememb er th at by clair
voyan t vi sion th e r eal th ought s an d feelings of a
per so n may b e perceived B ut unl e s s t h e atten
tion o f t h e clairvoyant i s specially direc t ed to
th i s th e con sciou s m ind d oe s n ot n ot e it and th e
ma t ter reache s t h e subcon sciou s faculti e s with
out i nt erference o r con sciou s knowl edge on th e
p art of t h e clair v oyant Th i s b ein g so it will b e
seen that t h e sub con sciou s m in d o f th e clair
voyan t i s abl e t o rea son d eductive l y in such
c a s e s far b eyon d th e power o f even t h e sub
con scio u s m in d o f th e ordinary p er sonit ha s
full er data and m ore com pl et e mat erial t o work
upon o f cour se
I t h a s b eco m e a proverb o f t h e race tha t com

ing event s ca s t th eir shadow s b efore ; and many

p er son s frequently h ave littl e a sh e s o f future
tim e seein g w i th out real i zin g tha t t h ey are real l y
e x erci sing el em entary clairv oyan t p owers T h e
comb ination o f even a sim pl e form o f cla ir v o y
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ance and an active subcon sciou s m ind will o ften

prod uc e very wonderful re sult s al t h ough n ot of
course th e m ore compl ex phenom ena of full cla i r
v oyance and previ sion
S om e p er son s h a ve
claim ed that even t h i s form o f previ s i on implie s
som eth ing like f at e or pred e stination but t h i s i s
no t fully true fo r we mu st rem em ber th e f ac t
t hat i n som e ca se s i t i s p o s s i bl e t o so ac t i n a c
co r d a n ce with a clairvoyan t w arning of thi s k ind
t hat th e imp ending calamity may b e e scaped
B ut on th e oth er hand we mu st al so remember
t h a t e v ery even t i s th e re sult o f cer t ain precedin g
event s with out which it coul d n ot h ave h ap
pen ed and whic h exi st ing it m u st happ en unl e s s
som e n ew el ement intervene s Th ere i s suc h a
t h in g a s cau se and e ff ect we mu st rememb er
and if we can rea son cl early from on e t o t h e o th er
with su fcient clearne s s th en we may actually
proph e sy certain things in advance always mak
ing allowance for th e intervention o f th e un e x
.

d
e
t
e
c
p

A n auth ority says on thi s pha se of t h e que s

ti on : Th ere i s no doub t what ever tha t j u st a s
what i s hap pening now i s th e re sul t of cau se s set
in m o t ion in th e pa st so what will h appen in t h e
f u ture will b e t h e r esult o f cau se s already i n
E ven on t hi s p lan e of l i fe we can
operat ion
c a lculat e th at if cer t ain act i on s are perform ed
certain re sult s w i ll fo l low ; b u t our rec k oning i s
con stantly l i abl e t o b e di s t urbed by t h e i n t er
ference o f fact or s w h ich we have not been abl e
t o tak e into accoun t B ut i f we ra i se our con
scio u sn e ss to t h e h igh er planes w e can see much

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fur th e r i n t o t he re sult s of o ur act i on s We can

t ra ce f or exampl e th e e ff ec t o f a ca sual word
n o t on l y u p on th e p er son t o wh om i t wa s a d
d re s sed b ut th rough h i m on many oth er s a s i t
i s p a s sed on i n widening circle s until it seem s t o
h a v e a ff ect e d t h e wh ol e country ; and on e glim p se
o f such a v i sion i s m ore e fcient t han any numb er
o f m oral p recept s in i mpre s sing upon u s th e
neces s it y o f extrem e circum spection in th ough t
word an d d eed N o t only can we from that plan e
see th u s fully th e re sul t o f every action but w e
c an al so se e w h ere and i n wha t way th e re sult s o f
o t h er action s a pparently quit e unconnect ed with
it w i ll int erfere with and modify i t I n fact it
m ay b e said that th e re sult s of all cau se s a t
p re sen t i n act i on are cl early vi sibl e that th e f u
t u re a s i t w oul d b e if n o entir ely n ew cau se s
sh oul d ari se lie s open b efo re our gaze

N ew cau se s of cour se do ari se b ecau se man s

will i s free ; but in th e ca se of all ordinary peopl e
th e u se whi ch th ey make of th eir freedom m ay
b e calculat ed b e forehan d with con siderabl e a c
cu r acy Th e average m an ha s so l ittl e real w i ll
t hat h e i s v ery much th e creature o f circum
stance s ; hi s action in pr e v io u s live s place s him
am i d certain surroundings and th eir inuence
upon h im i s so v ery much th e mo s t im portant
fac t or i n h i s l ife story that h i s future course may
b e predicted w it h alm o st math emat ical certa i n t y
With th e d eveloped man th e ca se i s di ff er en t ; for
h im al so t h e main event s of l ife ar e arranged b y
hi s pa st act ion s but th e way i n wh ic h h e w i ll
allow t h em t o a ff ect h im th e m et h o d s by w h i ch
.

'

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h e wi ll deal with th em an d p erhap s triumph over

th e m th e se are all hi s own and th ey cannot be
foreseen e v en on th e m ental plane except a s
probabilitie s

L o o ki n g down on man s life in thi s way from

ab o v e i t seem s a s though hi s free will could b e
exerci se d only in certain cri ses in hi s career H e
arr iv e s a t a point in hi s life wh er e th ere are
o bv i ou sly two or three alternat iv e cour se s open
b efore h im ; h e i s ab solutely free to ch oo se wh ich
of t h em h e pl ea se s and alth ough som eon e wh o
kn ew h i s nature thoroughly wel l might feel
almo st certain what h i s cho ice woul d b e such
knowl ed ge on h i s frien d s part i s in n o sen se a
comp ellin g force B ut wh en h e h a s cho sen h e
ha s to go t hrough with it an d take th e co n se
having
ent
ered
upon
a
particular
path
n
c
e
s
u
e
;
q
h e m ay i n many ca se s b e forced t o go on for a
v ery long tim e b efore h e h a s any opportunity t o
turn a side H i s po sition i s som ewhat lik e that
o f a driver o f a train ; wh en h e com e s t o a j unc
tion h e m ay h ave th e point s set eith er thi s way
o r th at and so can pa s s on t o which ever line h e
p lea se s but w h en h e h a s p a s sed on t o on e o f
t h e m h e i s compelled t o run on alon g th e l ine
w h ic h h e ha s s el ected until h e reach e s anoth er
se t of p oint s wh ere aga i n an opportunity of

c h oice i s o ff ered t o h im
B u t int ere stin g and won derful a s thi s pha se
of future time cla i rvoyance und oubt edly i s it
pal e s b efor e t h e full er and mor e com pl et e p h a se s
And in th e la t ter we mu st l ook el sew h ere for th e

explanation o r app roach t o an explanation

,

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T h e explanation o f t hi s h i gh er f orm of future

t im e clair v oyance m u st b e looked for in a n ew
conception o f th e nature an d meaning of tim e It
i s di fc u lt t o approach th i s que stion with out be
coming at once involved in t echnical m e t a ph ysi
cal d i scu s sion A s an exam pl e of th i s di fculty
I inv i t e you t o con sider th e following from Sir
O liver L o dge i n h i s ad dre s s t o th e B riti sh A s so
cia t io n at C ard i ff several year s ago
Wh il e wh at
h e says i s very cl ear to th e min d of a p erson
trained al ong th e se line s of subtl e th ought it
w i ll b e almo st lik e Greek t o th e average per son
Sir Oliver L odge sa i d :
A lum i no u s an d h el pful i dea i s th a t t i m e i s
but a relat ive m ode of regarding t hings ; we pro
gre s s through ph enomena at a certain denite
pace an d t h i s subj ectiv e advance we i nterpret i n
an obj ec t ive m anner a s i f event s m oved n e ce s
sa r ily i n t h i s o rd er an d at th i s prec i se ra t e
B ut
th at m ay b e only on e mod e o f regard i ng t h em
T h e e v ent s m a y be in so m e s en se of e x i sten c e
a lw a y s bo th pa st a n d f ut u r e and i t may b e we
wh o are arr i ving at th em not t h ey wh i c h a re
ha p p en i n g Th e anal ogy of a travell er in a rail
way train i s u seful ; i f h e coul d n ever l eave t h e
t rain n or alter it s pace h e woul d probabl y co n
sider t h e land scape s a s n ece s sarily s u cce s s i ve and
b e unabl e t o conceive t h e i r co exi s t ence
We perceive t h erefore a po s sibl e fourth d im e n
sio u al a spec t ab out tim e th e in exo rabl en e s s o f
w h o se ow may b e a natural par t o f our p re sen t
limi t a t ion s A nd i f we once gra sp t h e i dea th a t
pa s t and future may b e ac t ual ly exi st in g we can
.

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r eco gn i z e t h a t t h ey may have a controll ing in u

ence on all pre sent ac t ion an d th e t w o t ogeth er

may con st i tut e th e higher plan e o r totality o f

things after which a s it seem s t o m e we are im
t
o
see
k
in
connection
with
th
e
d
irecting
o
f
ll
d
e
e
p
form or d et ermini sm and th e ac t ion of livin g
b e i ng con sciously direct e d t o a d enit e and pre

conceived end

Sir Ol i ver s illu stration i s som ewhat akin to

t ha t of a p er son wh o see s a moving picture sh ow
for th e r st tim e and do e s not know h ow it i s
p ro duced To h im it look s a s if th e event s of th e
p ictured story actually were d eveloping an d hap
pening in tim e wh erea s in reality th e wh ol e pic
ture i s exi st ing at on e tim e It s pa st pre sent and
future i s already pictured an d may b e seen b y
one wh o know s th e secret an d h ow t o l ook for
t h e pa st o r future scen e ; whil e t o th e ord inary
ob server th e scen e progr es se s in sequence th e
pre sent being followe d by something el se wh ich

i s at th i s m oment in th e future an d th erefore

un k nowab le To th e sen se s of th e ordinary o h
server only th e pre sent i s in exi stence ; wh ile in

fact th e future i s equally truly in exi st ence at

th e sam e t im e although n ot evident t o th e sen ses
of t h e o b server Thin k over thi s a littl e and let

th e idea sink into your min d it may h el p you t o

understan d something con cerning th e myst ery of
future tim e clairvoyance previ sion or second
sigh t
Tim e you k n ow i s far m ore relat i ve t han we
generally conceive i t I t i s a scientic fact t h a t
a p er s o n in t he dream stat e may cover year s of
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t im e i n a dream tha t occ u p i e s only a f e w s econd s

o f tim e P er son s h ave n o d ded an d awak ened
i mm ediat el y aft erward s ( a s proved by oth er s

pre sent in th e ro om ) and ye t i n tha t mom ent s

tim e th ey h ave dreamed of l on g j ourn eys t o for
e ign land s g reat cam pa ig n s o f wa r
etc M ore
o v er a l oud soun d ( a p i stol s h ot for in stance )
wh ich ha s awaken ed a sleep in g p er son ha s al so
set int o e ff ec t a dream stat e tra in of circum
stance s con stituting a l on g d ream stat e story
which aft er m any event s and happ enings t ermi
n a t e d in th e sh ot of a r in g sq u a d
a n d th en th e
man awok e N o w i n th i s la st m ention ed ca se no t
only ha s th e dream er ex peri enced event s covering
a long tim e all in th e sp a ce o f a secon d o f t ime ;
b ut al so th e v ery sou n d wh ich t erm inat ed t h e
dream al so induced it from th e very b eginning
th e la s t th ing cau sed th e rst th ings t o appear
and proceed i n sequence t o th e la st ! P er son s u n
d er th e inu enc e of chloroform o r laugh in g

ga s have similar experience s oft en th e rst

sound h eard at th e m om ent of recovering con
scio u sn e s s seem s t o b e th e la st th ing in a l ong
d ream wh i ch preced e d i t th ough th e l on g d ream
w a s really cau sed by t h e nal soun d N o w r e
m emb er t hat h ere no t only di d pa st pre sent and
future ex i st a t t h e sa m e m om ent of t im e ; bu t
al so t h e fut u re ca u sed t h e pa s t and presen t t o
com e i nt o b ein g
On th e p h ys i cal p l an e w e h ave analogi e s
i ll u stra t ing th i s fac t I t i s sa i d tha t i n every
acorn re st s an d ex i s t s i n m i n i ature th e f or m of
th e fut u re oa k A nd som e g o so far a s to say
.

'

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19 1

t ha t t h e oa k i s th e u l tim a t e ca u s e of th e acorn
t ha t th e i d e a o f t h e oa k cau sed th e a co rn t o b e

a t all I n th e same way th e i d ea o f t h e man

m u s t b e i n th e i nfan t bo y fro m th e m om en t of
bir th and even from th e mom en t o f concept ion
B ut l e t u s pa s s on t o th e b ol d concept ion o f th e

m o st advanced m etaphys i cian s th ey h ave a still

m ore daz z ling ex p lanation l e t u s li st en t o it
Th e se occul t i st s and m e t aph ysician s w h o h ave
tho u ght long and d eeply upon th e ult imat e fact s
and n a ture o f th e univer se hav e dared t o th ink
that th ere mu st exi st som e ab solut e con sci ou sne s s

some ab solut e m ind which mu st p erc eive th e

pa st pre sent an d fu t ur e o f th e univer se a s o n e
h a ppe n in g ; a s simultan eou sly and act i vely pre s
ent a t on e m omen t o f ab solut e t im e
Th ey
r ea son t h at j u st a s man m ay see a s on e happen
i n g of a mom en t o f hi s t im e som e part i cular even t
whic h m ight app ear a s a year t o som e m inut e
form o f l ife an d m ind th e micro scopic creature s
i n a d ro p of wa t er for i n stance ; 5 0 t hat wh ic h
seem s a s a year or a hund red years t o th e m ind
o f m a n m ay a ppear a s th e h appenin g o f a singl e
m omen t of a h igh er scal e o f time t o som e exalt ed
B e i n g or form o f con sci ou sn e s s on a h igh er plane
Yo u rememb er t hat it i s sai d that a t hou sand
year s i s but a s a day to th e L ord and t h e H indu
Veda s t el l u s tha t t h e creati on durat i on and d e
s t ructi on of t h e un i ver se i s a s bu t t h e tim e o f th e

t win k lin g o f an eye t o B rah m an

I shall no t
p roceed f u rth er along t h i s l i n eI h ave g i ven yo u
a v ery s t rong h in t h ere ; you m u s t wor k it o ut
for your sel f i f you f eel so d i spo se d B ut th ere

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are certa i n con sequence s a r i s i n g fro m t hi s u l ti

ma t e u n iv er s a l f a ct w hich I mu s t m en ti on be
fore p a s sing on
Th e high occ u l t t eac h ings h ol d th a t t h ere i s a
plan e o f th e h igh er a stral world wh ich may b e
sa i d t o carry a reection of th e Un i ver sal M ind
j u st a s a lake contain s a re ection of th e d i s
t ant mountain
Well th en th e clair v oyant
v i sion at tim e s i s ab le t o p en etrat e to th e realm
of that a stral re ecting m edium and see som e
what dimly wha t i s pictured th er e A s th e f u
ture m ay b e di scern ed in t h i s re ec t ed p i c t ure
by t h e cla i rvoyant mind w e see h ow fu t ure see
ing previ sion an d secon d sigh t m a y b e ex
plain ed scientically
A writer ha s said :
On thi s plan e i n s om e
manner which d own h ere i s t otally inexplicabl e
th e pa st th e pre sent an d th e future ar e all th ere
exi sting simultaneou sly On e can only accept
th i s fact for i t s cau se l ie s i n t h e faculty of t ha t
ex a lt ed p lane an d th e way in wh ich thi s h igh er
f aculty work s i s naturally quit e incom prehen sibl e
t o t h e physical b rain Yet n ow an d th en one
m a y m eet with a h in t that seem s t o bring u s a
t ri e n earer t o a d im p o s sibility of co m pr e h e n

sion Wh en t h e pupil s con sciou sn e s s i s fully d e

v e lo pe d upon th i s high er plane
th erefore p er
f eet previ sion i s po s sibl e t o h im th ough h e m a y

n ot nay h e certainly will n ot be abl e t o b ring

t h e whol e re sult of h is sight t h roug h fully and
i n order int o h i s p h ysical con sciou sne s s Still
a great d eal o f clear fore sight i s obviou sly w i th i n
hi s p ower wh enever h e like s t o exerc i se i t ; an d
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e v en wh en h e i s n o t e x erc i si n g it f re quent
a sh e s of foreknowled g e com e through int o h i s
ordinary l ife so t ha t h e oft en h a s an in stantane

ou s i n t ui t ion a s t o how th i ngs w i ll turn ou t

Th e sam e writ er say s :
Sh ort o f perfect pre
v i sion we nd that all d e g ree s o f thi s type of cla i r
voyance exi st from th e occa sional v ague pre
m onition s wh ich canno t i n any true s en se b e
call ed sigh t at all u p t o frequent an d fairly com
second
sight
Th
e
faculty
t
o
wh
ich
th
i
s
l
e
t
e
p
latt er somewh at m i sl ead i ng nam e ha s b een g i ven
i s an extremely intere st i ng on e and woul d well
repay m ore careful and syst ematic study than ha s
h ith ert o b een given t o i t I t i s b est known t o
u s a s a not infrequent po s ses sion o f t h e S co t t i sh
H i ghlanders though i t i s by n o m ean s conn ed
t o th em Occa sional i n stance s of i t have a p
in
almo
st
every
nation
but
it
ha
s
always
r
e
e
a
d
p
b een comm one st among mountaineer s an d m en
of lonely li fe With u s i n E ngland i t i s o fte n
spoken of a s if it were th e exclu sive a ppanage
of th e C eltic race but in reality it h a s a ppeared
among similarly situat ed people s th e worl d over
i t i s stated for exampl e t o b e very comm on
among th e \V e st ph a lia n pea santry
S om etim e s th e second
sight con si st s o f a
p i cture cl early fore sh owing som e coming e v en t ;
more frequently p erha p s th e glimp se o f th e f u
t ure i s given i n som e sym bolical a pp earance It
i s n ot eworthy t hat t h e event s fore seen ar e in

variably unpl ea sant on e s d eat h b eing th e co m

m on e st o f all ; I do not recoll ect a singl e i n s t a nce
in w h ic h th e second sig ht h a s s h own any thi ng
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w hi c h wa s no t of th e m o s t gl oomy na tu r e I t

ha s a gha stly symb ol i sm of it s own a symb ol

i sm o i shroud s and corp se candl es and oth er
fun eral h orror s I n som e ca se s it ap pears t o b e
t o a certain ext ent dep endent u pon locality for
it i s s t a t ed tha t inhab i tan t s of th e I sl e of S k ye
wh o p o s se s s th e faculty o ft en l o se i t wh en th ey
leav e th e i sland even though i t b e only t o cro s s
t o th e mainlan d T h e gift of such sig ht i s some
tim e s h ereditary in a family for generation s bu t
th i s i s not an invariabl e rul e for i t often appear s
sporadically in on e m emb er o f a fam i ly other
wi se fre e from it s lugubri ou s inuenc e
Th er e may b e still som e p eopl e w h o d eny th e
po ssibil ity of previ sion bu t such d enial simply
sh ow s th eir ignorance of th e evidence on t h e sub
je ct Th e large numb er o f auth enticat ed ca se s
l eav e n o ro om for doubt a s to th e fac t bu t many
of th em are o f such a nature a s t o ren der a rea
sonabl e explanat ion by n o m ean s ea sy t o nd I t
i s evid ent that th e E go po s se sse s a certa i n
am ount o f previ sional faculty and if th e event s
fore seen wer e always of great imp or t ance on e
might suppo se that an ext raord inary stimulu s
h ad enabl ed h im for that occa sion only t o make a
cl ear im pre s si on of what h e sa w up on h i s lower
personal ity N o doubt that i s th e explanation
of many o f th e ca se s i n wh ic h d ea th or grav e
d i sa st er i s foreseen but th ere are a large num
ber of in stance s on record t o wh ich i t d oe s not
seem t o a pply sinc e th e even t s foret old are f r e

q uently t rivial and unimp ortant

I n t h e following chapt er I shall pre sent t o
.

,
.

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19 5

yo u r c on s i d erat i on som e v ery r emar k abl e ca se s

o f fut ure time clairvoyance previ sion o r second
sight ; som e of t he se are h i stori cal ca se s an d al l
are vouch ed for by th e b e st author i t i e s I q u o t e
th e se ca se s not merely for t h eir own in t er e st i n g
feature s b ut al so to give you an i dea o f h ow
remarkabl e som e o f th ese in stance s are ; and al so
t o give you a clear conception o f th e w ay i n
w h ich th i s form o f c l a i rvoyance t en d s t o mani
fe s t it s elf
B efore pa s sin g o u t o t h ese int ere sting c ase s
h owever I wi sh t o rem i n d you that i n future
t i m e clairvoyance a s wel l a s in pa st tim e clair
voyance t h e ph enom enon may b e manifest ed in
many ways and according t o s everal m et h od s
T h at i s t o say t h a t i n future tim e clairvoyance
th e v i s i on may com e in t h e stat e o f m editat ion
or rever i e ; it may com e along th e l ine s o f psy
ch o m e t r y som e a s sociat ed obj ec t o r p erson sup
ply i ng t h e connect i ng l ink ; o r again it may
com e a s th e re sult of crystal gazin g etc T h i s
i s a s we might naturally expect fo r t h i s form of
clairvoyanc e i s m erely on e special and par tic ular
pha se of clairvoyance in general and o f cour se
come s u nd er th e general law s and rule s govern
i ng al l clairvoyant ph enom ena
Fu t ure t im e clairvoyance prev i s i on an d sec
ond s i gh t m ay li k e any other form o f cla ir v o y
ance b e d evelo ped and un fol d ed b y m ean s o f
t h e sam e rule s and m eth od s t hat I hav e already
sug g e sted t o yo u i n t h e p reced i ng l e s son s I t i s
all a m at t er o f a tt en t ion application pa ti ence
exerc i se a n d p rac ti ce I may say h oweve r th a t
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t h e s t ron g d e s ire and wi s h fo r th e p er c ep ti on of

f utu re e v en t s h el d rmly in m ind during th e
prac ti c i ng an d exerci sing will t end t o unfol d
an d d e v el o p th e clai r v oyant fac u lt i e s i n t h i s par
t icula r d irect ion
Strong d e sire an d earn e st a t
t ention i n t h e d e s i re d d i rection will d o muc h t o
c u l t i v a t e d evelop an d u n fol d any p sych i c facul t y
J u st a s m ed i tation an d reveri e ab ou t pa st time s
and t h i ngs t en d t o d evel o p pa st t im e cla ir v o y
an ce s o w i ll m editat i on and rever i e about future
ti m e an d t h ings t en d t o d evel op prev i sion and th e
see i n g o f fu t ure t h i n gs Thi s i n dee d i s t h e very
r st st e p t oward t h e attainm ent of th i s form o f
c l a i r v oyance Th e at t ention cl ear s th e p sych i c
pat h over w h ich th e a stral facult ie s travel In
th e a s t ral a s o n t h e physical th e rul e i s : always

l o ok wh ere you are going l o o k ah ead on th e

p a th o v e r w h ic h yo u w i sh t o tra v el
,

LESSON XI I I
SE C O N D

SI G H T PR EVI SI ON
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ETC

o t w i th stand ing th e d i fculti e s i n th e way of

an i nt ell i gent explanation o f th e ph enom ena of
future t im e cla i rvoyance second sight p re v i s i on
etc o f w h ic h I h av e spoken in th e precedin g
le s son th e human race ha s always had a l i vely
remind er o f th e exi st enc e of such ph enom ena ;
an d t h e re c ord s o f th e race h ave always con t ained
many i n s t ance s o f t h e manife station th ereof
A m on g al l peopl e s in all land s in all t i me s t h ere
have b een n ot ed remarkabl e i n stance s o f th e
p ower o f c ertain per son s t o peer into an d cor
r e ct ly rep ort from
t h e myst eriou s region s o f
t h e f u tu r e P a ssing from th e traditional repor t s
of t h e ra ce and th e m inor in stanc es k nown t o
alm o s t every p er son we nd that t h e scien t i c
inve s ti ga t or s o f p sych i c ph enom ena h ave gath
ered t oget h er an enormou s array o f well a u th e n
t ica t e d ca se s o f thi s cla s s
Th e rep ort s o f th e
Soci e t y for P sych ical re search contain hundred s
o f such ca se s which th e stud ent may rea d an d
study w i t h i n t ere st and pro t
I t i s n o t m y i nten ti on t o p resen t a fu ll hi s t ory
o f t h e report s o f th i s charact er Ra t h er I shal l
call yo u r a t t ention t o a few stri ki ng ca se s i n o r
d er t o i ll u strat e th e ph enomen on clearly an d
forc i bl y Th ere i s such a wealth o f material o f
th i s k in d t hat i t e m ba r r a se s one wh o w i sh e s t o
select from it H owever I s h al l d o t h e b es t I
can in t h a t d ire c tion F ollow i ng t o co mm enc e
N

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wi th I g i ve yo u extract s from a well k nown ca se

r ep ort ed by a prominent m emb er o f th e Th eo
sop h ical S oci ety which ha s attracted much att en
t i on I t wa s relat ed to th i s person by on e of th e
a ct or s i n t h e scen e I t h app ene d in I ndi a A
party o f Engl i sh army o f cer s wa s enter i ng a
d en se j ungl e Th en foll ows th e story a s b elo w :
We plunged i n t o t h e j ungl e an d h ad wal k e d
on for ab out an h our with out m uch succe s s wh en
C am eron wh o h app ened t o b e n ex t t o m e
stopped suddenly turn ed pal e a s d eat h and
p ointin g s t raigh t b efore h im cr i e d i n accen t s o f

horror : See ! see ! m erciful h eav en s l oo k t h ere !

Wh ere ? w h at ? what i s it ? we all sh out ed con

f u se d ly a s we ru s h ed up t o h im and lo oked

aroun d in expectation o f encount ering a ti ger a

cob raw e hardly kn ew kn ew what bu t a s
sur e d ly som ethin g t erribl e since i t h ad b een su f
cie n t t o cau se suc h evident em otion i n our
u sually sel f contained com rad e
B u t n eith er
t iger n or cob ra wa s vi sibl e n oth ing bu t C a m
eron pointing wit h gh a stly haggard face an d
s t art i ng eyeball s at som et h ing we could n o t see

C ameron ! C am eron ! cried I se i z i n g hi s

a rm for h eaven s sak e speak ! Wh at i s t h e mat
t er
Scarcely were t h e word s ou t of my m outh
wh en a l ow b u t very peculiar sound struck u pon
my ear an d C am eron dropp i n g h i s p ointing
hand sa i d in a h oarse strained vo i c e Th ere !

yo u h eard it ? Than k God i t s over ! and fell

t o th e ground i n sen sibl e Th ere wa s a m om en
tary confu s i on wh il e we unfa st ened h i s collar
and I da sh e d i n h i s face so m e wa t er w h ich I
,

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f ortuna t ely h ad i n my a sk w h il e anoth er tri e d

t o pour brandy b e t ween h i s cl ench e d t ee t h ; an d
und er co v er of i t I wh i sp ered t o t h e man n ext t o
m e ( one o f our grea t e s t s k ep ti c s by t h e way )

B eauchamp did yo u h ear anyth i ng ?

Why

ye s h e repl i ed a cur i ou s sound very ; a sort of

cra s h or rattl e far away in th e di stance yet very
di st inct ; i f th e thin g were not utt erly im po s sibl e
I could hav e sworn that i t wa s th e rattle of mu s

Ju s t my impres sion murmured I ; but

k e tr y

h u sh ! h e i s recovering
In a minut e or two h e wa s abl e t o spea k feebly
and b egan t o than k u s and apologize for giving
trouble ; and soon h e sat up l eaning again st a
tree an d in a rm th ough low voice said : My
d ear fr i end s I feel that I owe you an explanation
o f m y extraord i nary b ehavior It i s an explana
ti on th at I would fain avoid gi ving ; bu t it mu st
com e som e t im e and so may a s well b e given
now You m ay perhap s have noticed that wh en
durin g our v oyage you all j oined in sco fn g at
dream s por t ent s and vi sion s I invariably
avo i d ed giv i n g any op inion on th e subj ec t I
d id so b ecau se whil e I had n o d e sire t o cour t
ridicul e or p rovok e d i scu s sion I wa s unabl e t o
agree with you k nowing only t oo well from my
own dread experience th at th e world wh ich m en
agree t o call that of th e supernatural i s j u st a s

real a s nay p er h ap s even more real th an t h i s

w orld we see ab out u s In oth er wor d s I lik e
many of m y countrymen a m cur sed w ith th e

gif t o f secon d sight t h at awful fac u lty w h ich

,

'

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2 00

foret e l l s in vi sion cal amiti e s that ar e sh ortly t o

occur
Suc h a vi sion I h ad j u s t n ow an d it s e x ce p
t io n a l h orror moved m e a s you h a v e seen
I saw

b efore m e a corp se n ot that o f on e w h o h a s d i ed

a peac eful natural d eat h b ut th a t o f t h e victim
of som e t erribl e acc i den t ; a gha s t l y s hapele s s
ma ss with a face swoll en cru sh e d u n r e co gn iz
abl e
I saw th i s d readful obj ec t placed in a
co fn an d th e fun era l servi c e perform ed over i t
I saw th e burial
gro u nd I saw t h e cl ergyman :
and th ough I h ad n ever seen e i th er b efore I can

p i c t ure bo t h perfectly in my m in d s eye n ow ; I

saw you mys el f B eaucham p al l o f u s an d many
m ore stand ing roun d a s m ourner s ; I sa w th e sol
dier s rai s e th eir mu sket s after th e servic e wa s

r
over ; I h ear d th e voll ey th ey e d and th en I

kn ew no m or e
A s h e spo k e o f th a t v oll ey of
mu sketry I glanced acro s s w i th a shudd er at
B eaucham p an d th e lo o k o f stony h orror on that

han d som e Sk ept i c s face wa s n o t t o b e forgot t en

Omittin g th e so m ewha t l ong rec it al o f event s
which followed I woul d say t h a t la t er in th e
sam e day th e party o f young o fcer s and sold ier s
d i scovered th e bo dy o f th eir commandin g o fcer
in t h e sh oc k ing cond i ti on so vividly an d graph i c
ally d e scribed by young C a m eron T h e s t ory
proceed s a s follow s :
W h en o n th e following even i ng we arr i ved
at our d e stinat i on an d our m elanch oly d epo s i
t ion had b een t a k en d own b y th e proper auth or
iti e s C am eron an d I w en t ou t for a qu i e t walk
t o end eavor wit h t h e a ss i s t ance o f t h e soothin g
.

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i n u ence o f nature t o sha k e o ff someth ing of t h e

gloo m w h ich paralyzed our Spiri t s Su d denly h e
clut c h ed m y arm and p ointin g th roug h som e
rud e ra i lings said in a t rembl in g vo i ce Ye s

th er e it i s ! that i s t h e b ur i a l groun d of ye st er d ay
A nd wh en lat er on we were i ntroduced t o th e
c h aplain of th e po st I noticed th oug h my fri end s
d id no t th e i rrepre s sible sh udder with wh ic h
C am eron t oo k h i s h and an d I k n ew th a t h e had

r ecognize d t h e cl ergyman of h i s vi sion

Th e story conclud e s w ith t h e stat em ent that
i n all th e littl e d etail s a s wel l a s th e ma i n point s
th e scen e a t th e burial o f th e commanding o fcer
corre sponded exactly w it h t h e vi sion of C am eron
Thi s s t ory br i ngs ou t t h e fact tha t th e Scot c h
peopl e are e specially given t o manife station s of

second Sig ht par t icularly t h e H ighlander s or

m ountain peopl e of that land I t i s h ard t o nd
a S cotchman w h o i n h i s h ear t do e s n ot b el ieve

in secon d sight an d wh o ha s n o t k nown of som e

well auth enticate d in stance o f it s manife station

In o t h er land s c er t ain race s or sub race s seem

t o b e special l y favored ( or cur sed a s C am eron
a s ser t ed ) wi t h t h i s p ower I t w i ll b e n oticed
u sually t h at such peo pl e dwel l or h av e dwelt i n
th e h ighlan d s o r m ountain s of t h e i r country
Th ere seem s t o b e som eth ing in t h e m oun t ain s
an d h ill s wh i ch t end s t o d evel op an d encourage
th i s power i n t h o se dwelling a m ong t h em Th e
story i s al so r emarkabl e in t h e fact th a t th e im
pre s sion wa s so s t rong in th e m i nd of C am eron
tha t it actually commun i ca t ed it sel f by cla ir a u d i
ence t o t h o se n ear t o himt hi s i s q uit e unu sual
.

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th ou gh n o t with out cor r e s p ond ence i n ot h er

ca se s
Oth erw i se t h e ca se i s m erely a t ypical
on e a n d m ay b e d u pl i cated i n t h e exper i en c e o f
t h o u s a n d s o f o th er m en an d women
Geor g e F o x th e pioneer ! u a k er had t h i s fa c
u lty wel l de v el o ped and numerou s in stances of
i t s man ife s t a t ion by hi m are recorded For i n
s t ance h e fo ret ol d t h e death o f C romwell wh en
h e met h im ridin g a t H am p t on C our t ; h e sa id

th a t h e f el t a waf t o f death aroun d an d ab o ut

C romwell ; and C romwell died sh ortly aft er w ard s
F ox al so publ i cly foretol d th e d i s sol ution of th e
R u m p P arliam ent o f E n g land ; th e re storation o f
C harl e s I I ; an d th e Grea t Fire of L ondon t h ese
are hi s t or i c a l fac t s rem emb er For that ma tt e r
h i s t ory conta i n s many in stance s o f th i s kin d : t h e

proph ecy o f C ae sar s death and it s furth er pre

v i s i on by hi s w i fe for i n stan ce Th e B ibl e pro
i
h
e
e
c
s an d prediction s
maj or and m i nor giv e
p
u s sem i hi s t or i cal i n s t ance s
A c elebrate d h i s t or i cal in s t a n c e o f re m a r k ab l e
s econ d s i ght an d previ s ion i s that o f C a z o tte
wh o se w onderful pred ict ion and it s l i tera l f u ll
m en t are m a t ter s o f Frenc h h i s t ory D uma s ha s
w ov en th e f a ct into on e of hi s s t orie s i n a d ra

mat ic m anner but even so h e d oe s n ot m a k e t h e

tal e any m or e wond er f ul t h an th e bare fac t s
H ere i s th e rec i tal of t h e ca se by L a H arpe t h e
F renc h wr it er wh o wa s a p er sona l wit n es s of t h e
o ccurrence and wh o se t e st i mony wa s co r r o b
orated b y many oth ers w h o w ere pre sen t a t th e
tim e L a H arp e says :
I t appear s a s b ut ye s t er d a y a n d ye t n e v e r th e
.

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2 03

it w a s a t th e beg i nn i ng o f t h e year 1788 We

were d inin g wi th on e of our bre t hren at t h e

Ac a demy a man o f con si d e r ab l e wealth and

geniu s T h e conver sat ion b ecam e s eriou s ; much
a dm i ra ti on wa s expre s se d on th e revolut ion i n
th ough t which Vol t aire had effect ed an d it wa s
a greed t h a t it w a s h i s r st claim t o th e r eputa
t ion h e enj oyed We concl ud ed t hat t h e r e v o lu
t ion mu st soon b e con summated ; that it wa s in
d i spen sib l e tha t sup er st it i on an d fanat ic i sm
shoul d give way t o ph i lo sophy and w e b egan to
calculat e th e probability of th e perio d wh en thi s
sh ould b e and wh i ch of th e pre sent company
sh oul d l iv e t o see i t Th e old e st com pla i n ed that
t h ey coul d scarcely a t ter t h em selve s with t h e
h ope ; th e yo u nger rej oiced t h at t h ey m igh t e n
t e r t a in th i s very probabl e expectat ion ; and th ey
congratula t ed th e A cadem y e special ly for hav
i ng prepared t h i s great work and for h aving b een
th e rallyin g point th e centre and th e prim e
m over of th e liberty o f th ought
On e only o f th e gu e s t s h ad no t t a k en part
i n a l l th e j oyou sne s s o f thi s conver sa t ion and
h ad even gently an d ch e erfully ch ecked our
s p lendid enthu s i a s m
Thi s wa s C a z o tt e an
a mi abl e an d o r i g i nal man but un h appily in f a tu
a t e d w i th th e rev erie s o f th e illum a n it i H e
spo k e an d w ith th e m o st ser i ou s tone say i ng :
Gen t leman b e s a ti s ed ; you will all see thi s
grea t and subl im e revolution wh ich you so muc h
d e sire Y ou k now tha t I am a l i t t l e inclined t o

p ro ph e sy ; I rep eat yo u w i ll see it

H e wa s a n
sw e r e d by t h e common rej oind er :
On e n eed not
le ss ,

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b e a conj uro r t o see th at

H e an swered : B e
it so ; but perhap s on e mu s t b e a littl e m ore than
conj uror for wh a t remain s for m e t o t e l l yo u
D o you k now what will b e t h e con seq u ence s o f
t h i s revolut i on what w i l l b e th e c on sequence t o
all of you and w hat w ill b e th e imm ediat e re sul t
t h e well e stabl i sh e d e ff ect th e th oroughly
recogn iz e d c on se quence s t o all of yo u w h o are

h ere pre sent ?

A h said C ondorce t w i th h i s i n sol ent and

h alf suppre s sed sm il e let u s h ear a ph il o soph er

i s not sorry t o encount er a proph et l et u s h ear !

Yo u Mo n sie r d e C ondorc e t
C a z o tt e r epl i ed :
yo u w i ll y i el d u p your la s t b reat h on t h e oo r
o f a dungeon ; you w i ll d i e from poi son wh ich
you will have t a k en i n ord er t o e scap e fro m
execut i on from p oi son wh ic h t h e happin e s s o f
tha t t i m e w i ll oblige yo u t o carry ab ou t your
per son You Mon sieur d e C h a m f o r t you w i l l
o pen your vein s w i t h t wenty t wo cut s o f a ra z o r
and yet wi ll no t d i e t ill som e m ont h s af t e r

ward
Th e se p er sonage s l ooke d a t each o t h er
an d laughed again C a z o tt e con ti nued : Yo u

Mon si eur V i cq d A z ir yo u w ill n o t o pen yo u r

own ve i n s b ut you will cau se yo u r sel f t o b e
bled six t im e s i n on e day during a paroxys m o f
th e gout i n ord er t o ma k e m ore sure o f you r end

and yo u will d i e i n t h e n i gh t
C a z o t t e wen t on : Yo u M on sieu r d e N icola i
you will di e on th e sca ff old ; you M on sieur B ailly
on th e scaff ol d ; yo u Mon sieur d e Mal e sh erbe s

on th e sca ff old Ah Go d b e t han k ed excla i me d

R o uch e r
and wha t o f I ?
C a z o t t e replie d :

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Y o u ? you al so w i ll die on t h e scaff old

Yes r e

p l i e d C h a m f o r t but wh en will all thi s h app en ?

C a z o t t e an swered : S i x year s wi l l not pa s s o v er
b efore all that I h ave sa i d t o yo u s h all b e a cco m

pl i s h e d
H ere I ( L a Harp e ) spo k e s ay i n g :
H ere ar e som e a st oni sh i ng m i racle s b u t you

have n ot includ ed m e in your li st

C a z o tt e a n
sw e r e d m e say i ng :
B u t you will b e t h ere a s an
equally extraordinary miracl e ; you will th en b e
a C hri stian ! V eh ement exclamation s on all

sid e s followed th i s startl ing a s sertion Ah ! said

C h a m f o r t I am co n f o r t e d ; if we sh all p eri sh only
when L a Harpe shall be a C h ri stian we are im
m ortal
Th en ob served Madam e la D uch es se d e
Grammont : A s for t hat w e women we are
happy t o b e count ed for noth ing i n the se r e v o lu
tion s : wh en I say for n o t hing it i s n ot t ha t we
do n o t always mix our selve s up w i th t h em a l i t
tl e ; but it i s a rece i ved maxim t h at t h ey take n o

notice of u s and of our sex

Your sex ladie s
said C a z o t t e your sex will not protect you th i s
tim e ; and you had far b et t er m eddl e w i t h n oth
ing for you will b e treate d entirely a s m en w i t h

out any diff erence whatever

B ut what th en
are you really t elling u s of M on sie u r C a z o tt e ?

You are preaching t o u s th e en d of th e world

I know n othin g on tha t subj ect ; b ut w h at I do
kn ow i s that you Madam e la D uch e sse will b e
conducte d t o the scaff ol d yo u an d m any o th e r
ladie s w i th you i n th e cart o f th e executioner
and w i th your hand s t ied b ehin d your back s
A h ! I h ope tha t in tha t ca se I s h all at l ea st have
.

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a carr i age h ung in black

N o mad a m e ; hi g h e r
lad i e s than your sel f will go l i k e you i n th e com

mon car with th eir h an d s t ied b ehind t h em

H igh er ladi es ! what ! th e p rinces se s o f th e

?
bloo d
Yea an d still m ore exal t e d p er s ona g e s
replied C a z o t t e
H ere a se n sible emot i on pervad ed t h e whol e
comp any an d th e countenance o f th e h o st wa s
dark an d loweringth ey b egan t o feel that t h e
j oke wa s b ecom ing to o seriou s
Madam e d e
Gramm ont in ord er t o d i s sipat e th e cloud took
no n ot ice of th e reply and content ed h er sel f w i t h
saying in a carel es s t on e : Y o u see that h e w ill

not leave m e even a confe ssor ! N o madam e !

replied C a z o t t e you will not hav e on eneith er
you n or any on e b e sides Th e la st v ictim t o
wh om thi s favor will b e a ff ord ed will be
H ere
h e sto ppe d fo r a m om ent
Well ! wh o then w ill
b e th e hap py mortal t o wh om th i s prerogative

will b e given ? C a z o tt e replied : I t i s th e only

o n e wh ich h e wi ll have th en re t ain ed and that

wil l be th e King o f France !

Th i s la st start
ling predict ion cau sed th e com pany to d i sband
in som eth ing l ik e t error an d di smay fo r th e
mere ment i on of such th ing wa s aki n t o trea son
Th e amazing sequel t o th i s strange story i s
that within th e six year s allott ed b y th e pr o ph
e cy every d e t ail thereof wa s v er i ed ab solutel y
Th e fact s ar e k nown t o all student s o f th e Frenc h
Revoluti on an d may b e veried by reference t o
any hi story o f that t erribl e p eriod To a ppr e
ciat e th e startl i ng nature o f th e pro ph ecy wh en
m ad e one n eed s b ut t o b e acquaint ed w ith t h e

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o
s
iti
on
an
d
charact
eri
stic
s
o
f
th
e
person
s
wh
o
se
p
de st i n i e s wer e for etold Th i s celebrated in stan c e
of h igh ly ad v anced fut u re ti m e clai rvoyance o r
previ s i on h a s n ever b een equall e d Th e rea son
perhap s i s t h a t C a z o tt e i ndee d wa s an a d v anced

and hig h ly d e v e lo pd occul t i st th e accoun t m en

tion s thi s you will no t ice T hi s cla s s o f p er son s
for rea son s
v ery sel d om proph ecy in th i s way
known t o all o cculti st s Th e ordinary ca se s r e
corded are th o s e in which th e manifestation i s
that o f a per son o f l e s ser p ower s and l e s s perfect
d ev elopm ent
A dvanced occulti st s know th e danger of a care
l ess u se o i th i s power Th ey know that ( omit
ting other an d v ery imp ortant rea son s ) such
r evelation s woul d wor k a terribl e e ff ect upon t h e
mind s of p er son s not su fciently well balanced t o
s t an d th e d i sclo sure M oreover t h ey k now t h at
if th e a v erage per son k n ew th e principal d e t ail s
of hi s fu t ure l ife on earth t h en h e woul d l o s s all
in t ere st i n itit woul d becom e stal e and would
l o se th e a ttraction o f th e unknown In such a
ca se th e pl ea sant th ings t o com e woul d lo se th eir
attractivene s s by rea son o f having b een dwelt on
so long that th e i r avor wa s l o st ; an d th e u n
plea sant th i n gs woul d b ecom e unbearable by rea
son o i t h e con t inual an t ic i pation o f th em We
are apt t o di scount our pl ea sure s by d welling t oo
much upon th em i n anticipation ; and a s we all
k now th e d rea d of a com i ng evil oft en i s wor se

t h an t h e t h in g i t self w e su ff er a th ou san d pangs

i n anticipat i on t o on e in reality B ut a s I have
in t imated th ere are oth er and still m ore seriou s
.

'

C LA I R VOY A N C E

2 08

re a son s wh y th e ad v anced occul t i s t s d o not in

It is
d ulge in public proph ec i e s of th i s k ind
probabl e t hat C a z o tt e d ecided t o and wa s p er
m it t e d to m ak e h i s celebra t ed pro ph ecy for som e
important o ccult r ea son o f which L a H arp e h ad

n o knowl edge it d oub tl e s s wa s a part of th e

working ou t o f so m e great plan a n d i t may h a v e
a ccom pl i s h ed r e sult s undreamed of b y u s A t
any rat e it wa s som e th ing very much o u t of t h e
ord i nary even in th e ca se o f advanced o cculti st s
a n d ma st ers of e sot eric knowl edge
A n oth er ca se wh ich ha s a h i storic value i s th e
well known ca se concernin g t h e a s sa s sinat ion of
Sp encer P erceval t h e C hancellor o f th e E x
ch equer i n E n glan d whi c h occurred in th e l obby
o f th e H ou se o f C ommon s Th e p erson s wh o
h av e a kn owledge o f th e ca se report th at som e
n i n e days b efore th e t ragic occurrence a C orni sh
m i ne manager nam ed J ohn William s h ad a
v i s i on t hree tim e s i n succe ssion in wh ich h e saw
a small man dre s sed in a blue coat an d wh i t e
wai s t coa t ent er th e l obby o f t h e H ou se o f C o m
m on s ; wh ereupon anoth er man dre s sed in a
sn u ff col ored coat st epp ed f orward and draw
i ng a p i s t ol from an in sid e p ock et red at and
s h o t t h e small man th e bul let l odging in th e
lef t bre a st I n t h e vi sion Wi lliam s tu rn ed and
a s k ed som e b ystand er th e nam e o f th e vic ti m ;
th e bystan d er repl i ed th a t the str i cken m a n wa s
M r S pencer P erc eval th e C h ancell or of t h e E x
ch e quer T h e valuabl e feature o f th e ca se from
a sc i entic stand point li e s in t h e fact that Wil
l i a m s wa s very much impre s sed by h i s th r ice
.

SE C O N D SI GHT PR EVI SI O N
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ETC

2 09

re p ea t e d vi s i on a n d wa s g rea t l y di s t urbed t h ere

by H i s a nx i e t y w as s o g rea t th a t h e spoke o f
th e m a t t er t o se v eral friend s an d a s k ed th em
w h e t h er i t wo u l d n ot b e w ell f or h im t o go to
London for th e purpo se of warning M r P erceval
Hi s fr i end s ridi cu led th e whol e mat t er and per
sua d e d h im t o give up t h e i d ea of vi siting L ondon
fo r th e pur p o se nam ed T h o se wh o h ad a knowl
edge o f t he vi sion wer e gr eatly star t l ed and
s h oc k ed w h en several day s afterward th e a ssa ssi
n a t ion occurre d a gree i ng in p erfec t d etail with
t h e v i sion of th e C orni shman T h e ca se v ouch ed
f o r a s i t wa s by a numb er o f reliabl e person s wh o
h a d been con sulted by Will i a m s attracted muc h
a tt ention a t t h e t im e an d h a s s i nce pa s sed in t o
th e h i story o f remar k abl e i n stance s of previ si on
In som e ca se s h owever t he pr ev i sion seem s t o
come a s a warning an d i n many ca se s t h e h eed
ing of th e warning ha s prevented t h e un pl ea sant
fea t ure s fro m ma t erializing a s seen i n th e vi sion
U p t o th e po i nt o f th e action upon th e warning
th e occurr ence agree perfectly w i t h t h e vi sion
but th e m om ent th e warn ed per son act s so a s t o
prevent th e occurrence t h e w h ol e tra in o f c i r
cum st a n ce s i s broken
T h ere i s an occul t ex
planati on o f thi s but it i s t oo t ec h n i cal t o m en
ti on a t thi s place
What i s k nown t o p syc hi c re search er s a s t h e

Hanna h Green ca se i s of t h i s ch aracter T hi s

story br i ey i s t hat H annah Green a h ou se
keeper o f O x f o r d sh ir e dreamt that sh e h avin g
been left al on e in t h e h ou se of a Sunday even i ng
h eard a knoc k a t th e do or Op ening t h e do or sh e
,

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2 10

found a tra m p wh o tried t o f orce hi s w a y i n t o

th e h o u se S h e s t ruggle d t o p re v en t hi s e n
t rance b u t h e struck h er w i t h a bludgeon an d
ren dere d h e r in sen sib le w h ereup on h e ent ered
t h e h o u se an d robbed i t Sh e relat ed th e v i sion
t o h er fri en d s but a s no thi n g happened for som e
t i m e th e m at t er almo s t pa s sed from h er m in d
B ut s om e se v en year s afterward sh e wa s l eft
i n charge o f th e h ou s e on a cer t a i n S unday ev e
n ing ; dur i ng th e evening sh e wa s startl ed by a
sudd en kn ock at th e door an d h er former vi sion
wa s recall ed t o h er memory qui t e v ivi dly Sh e
refu sed t o go t o th e d oor rem emb ering th e warn
ing b ut in s t ead went up t o a landing on th e stair
and l ooked out t h e wind ow sh e saw at th e door
t h e very t ram p wh om sh e h ad seen i n t h e v i sion
som e seven year s b efore arm ed with a b ludgeon
an d striv i n g t o f orce an entranc e i n t o th e h ou se
Sh e t o o k step s t o fright en away t h e ra scal an d
sh e wa s saved from th e unplea san t conclu s i on o f
h er vi s i on Many similar ca se s ar e recorded
In som e ca se s p er son s hav e b een warned by
sy m b ol s o f v a riou s k ind s ; or el se have had pre
vi sion in th e sam e way For in stance m any ca se s
are kn own i n w h ic h th e vi sion i s t h a t o f th e u n

d e r t a k e r s wagon standing b efore th e d oor o f th e

per son w h o di e s som et i me a f t er w ard O r th e
per son i s vi s i on e d clad i n a s h roud T h e var i
S pea k t o
a t io n s o f t hi s cla s s are innumerabl e
t h e av erage dwell er i n th e highland s o f S c otland
or cer t ain count i e s in I reland regar d ing t hi s
yo u w i ll b e furn i sh e d w i t h a we a l t h o f ill u s t r a
tion s and exampl e s
.

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2 11

Th i s p h a se o f th e general subj ect of cla ir v o y

ance i s v ery fa scinatin g t o t h e stud en t an d in
v e st iga t o r
an d i s on e in wh ic h th e h igh es t
p sych ic or a stral power s o f sen sing are call ed i n t o
play In fact a s I h ave said th ere i s h ere a r e
e ct io n o f someth ing very much h i gh er th an th e
a st ral or p sych ic plan e s o f b eing Th e student
ca t ch e s a glimp se o f re gi on s innitely h i gh er
and grand er H e b egin s t o real i ze at l ea s t som e
thing o i th e exi stence of that Un i ver sal C o n
in wh ich we live an d m ov e and hav e
scio u sn e ss

o u r b e i n g ; and of th e reali t y o f th e E ternal

N ow i n w hi ch pa st pre sen t and future a re
bl end ed a s one fact of innit e con sciou sne s s H e
see s th e s i gnb oard po i nt i ng t o m a r v elou s t ru t h s !
,

LESSON X I V
A ST RA L

B ODY

TRAVE L I N G

T here i s mu c h confu sion exi st in g in th e mind s

o f th e a v erage s tu den t s o f occulti sm concern i ng
t h e d i s t inc ti on b e t ween a stral v i sioning by m ean s
of t h e a s t ra l sen se s in cla i r v oyance an d th e
vi sioning o f th e a stral sen se s d uring th e travel s
o f th e a s t ral b ody away from th e physical b ody
T h ere i s suc h a cl o se conn ect ion b etween th e two
se v eral p h a se s of occult ph enom ena th at it i s
ea sy t o m i sta k e on e for t h e oth er ; in fact th ere
i s oft en such a b l end ing o f th e t wo that it i s quit e
di ffic u l t t o di stin gu i sh b e t ween th em H owever
in th i s l e s son I shall endeavo r t o br i n g out th e
charact eri stic s of a s t ral b ody vi sionin g th at th e
s t udent may l earn t o di stingui sh th em from th o se
of th e ordinary cl airvoyant a stral vi sioning and
reco gnize them wh en h e experi ence s t h em
Th e main p oint s o f d i stinction are th e se :
W h en vi sioning cla i rvoyantly by m ean s o f th e
a stral sen se s a s d e scrib ed in th e preceding chap
ter s of t h i s book th e clairvoyant u sually p er
ce iv e s th e s c en e per son o r e v ent a s a p i ct ure on
a at s u rfac e It i s t rue th a t t h er e i s gen erally
a perfec t p er spec ti ve s i milar t o t hat o f a good
s t ereo sco pic vi ew o r t ha t o f a h igh grad e m ov

i ng p i c t ure p h o t ogra ph th e gu re s s t and out

and d o n o t app ear a t a s in th e ca se of an ordi

na r y p h o t ograph ; bu t s ti ll a t th e b e s t it i s li k e
l oo ki n g at a m ov i ng p i cture ina smuc h a s th e
wh ol e s c en e i s all i n front o f you V i s i oning in
t h e a s t r a l b ody on t h e con t rary give s you an all
,

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B ODY

TR A VE L I N G

2 13

around v i ew of th e scene Tha t i s t o say i n

s u c h ca se you see th e th ing j u st a s you would

w er e you th ere in your p h ysical b ody you see

i n front of you ; on th e sid e s of you ou t of th e
c orner o f yo u r eye ; i f you turn your h ead you
may se e in any d irection ; and you may turn
around an d see what i s happen i ng beh ind you
in th e r st ca se you are m erely gazing a t an
a s t ral pictur e in front of you ; wh il e in t h e second
p lace yo u are a ctu a ll y th er e in pe r so n
Th er e ar e som e l imita t i on s t o thi s see i ng all

around wh en in th e a s t ral body h owever wh i c h

I s h oul d n ot e in pa s sing For in stance i f wh en
in th e a stral b ody you examin e th e a k a sh ic rec
ord s o f th e pa st or el se p eer into th e scene s of
th e future you will see t h e se things m erely a s a
picture and will not b e con sc i ou s o f b e i ng pres
ent p er sonally i n th e scene ( A n apparen t e xce p
t ion i s t o b e noted h ere al so v i z i f your pa s t
tim e vi sioning include s th e p erception of your
sel f in a former incarnation you may b e c on
sci ou s o f living and acting in your form er p er
so n a lit y ; again i f you are psych o m e tr iz in g from
fo ssil remain s or anyth ing con cern e d w it h a l i v

in g crea t ure of t h e pa s t you may t a k e on t h e

m ental or emotional cond i tion s o f t hat crea t ure
an d seem to sen se things from th e i n s i d e ra th er
than from th e out sid e Thi s o f co u rse i s al so a
charact eri stic o f t h e o r d i nary cla i rvoyan t v i s i on
of th e p a st ) B ut wh en in th e a s t ral b o d y y ou
p erceive a pre sent t i m e scene i n spac e yo u are
t o all i n t en t s and p urpo ses a n act u al part i c i

pan t you are actually pre sen t at th e plac e an d

.

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2 14

t i m e Th e s en se o f being actually pre sent in

th e body i s t h e l eading charact eri st i c o f t h e

a stral body vi s i oning an d d i stingu i s h e s i t from

t h e p i c t ure seeing sen s i n g o f ordinary cla ir v o y

ance Th i s i s stat ing t h e mat t er i s a s pla i n an d
simpl e form a s i s p o ss i bl e ign or i ng many t ech
n ica l d etail s and p articular s
You be i ng a student of occulti sm of course
know t ha t t h e a s t ral bo dy i s a n e count erpart
of th e physical b o dy comp o sed o f a far m ore
sub tl e form of sub stanc e t han i s th e latter that
under c ertain condi t ion s you may travel in your
a s t ral b ody d etach ed from your phys i cal body
except
b
eing
connect
ed
with
it
with
a
sl
end
er
(
a stral cord b earin g a cl o se re semb lance t o th e
umbilical cord wh ich connec t s th e n ewborn bab e
with th e placenta in th e womb o f it s m oth er )
an d expl ore t h e realm s o f th e a st ral plan e T h i s
proj ec t ion o f th e a stral b ody a s a rul e occur s
only w h en th e p h ysical b ody i s st i ll ed i n sleep or
in tranc e condi t ion In fact t h e a s t ral bo dy f r e
quen t ly i s proj ec t ed by u s dur i n g th e cour se o f
our ordinary sl eep but we f ail t o rem emb er w h at
we h av e seen i n our a s t ral j ourn eys exce pt o c
d im ash e s o f part i al recoll ect i on
ca sio n a lly
u pon awa k en i ng In som e ca se s h owever our
a st ral v i s i on i ng i s so di s ti nc t an d vivid that we
awaken wi t h a sen se o f h aving h ad a p ecul i ar
exper i ence an d a s hav i ng actual ly b een out o f
th e p h y s i cal b ody at t h e tim e
In som e ca se s th e person traveling in t h e
a stral i s abl e t o ac t ually t ak e part in th e d i stant
s c en e an d may under c ertain c i rcu m stance s a c

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B O DY

TRAVE L I N G

2 15

t ua lly

m a t er i al iz e h i m sel f so a s t o b e seen by
per son s i n their physical bod i e s I am spea k
i ng now of cour se of th e u n t rain e d p er son Th e
t r a ined and d eveloped occulti st o f cour se i s abl e
t o d o t h e se things d eliberat ely and con sciou sly
i n s t ead o f uncon sciou sly an d with out int ention
a s i n th e ca se o f th e o rdinary per son I shall
quo t e h ere from an oth er writer on th e subj ect
w h o se point of V i ew in connection with m y own
may serve t o bring ab out a cl ear und er stand ing

i n t h e m ind o f th e stud ent it i s always well t o

vi ew any subj ect from a s many angl es a s po s sibl e
Thi s writer says :
We ent er h ere upon an entirely n ew variety
of clairvoyance in wh ich th e con sciou sn e s s of
th e seer n o longer remain s in or clo sely connect ed
with h i s physical bo dy but i s d enitely tran s
f erred t o t h e scen e wh ich h e i s examining
T h oug h i t h a s n o doubt great er danger s for th e
un t rained seer t han eith er o f th e oth er m etho d s
it i s ye t quit e th e mo st sati sfactory form o f clair

voyan ce o pen t o h im In th i s ca se th e man s

body i s e i t h er a sleep or in a trance an d it s organ s
are con se quently n ot availabl e for u se wh il e th e
v i sion i s going on so that all d e script ion o f wha t
i s seen and all que st ioning a s t o furt h er par
t icu la r s mu st b e po stpon ed until th e wanderer
re t urn s to thi s plane O n t h e ot h er h and th e
s i ght i s much fuller and m ore perfec t ; t h e man
h ear s a s well a s see s everyth i ng wh ic h pa s se s be
f ore h im an d can m ov e abou t freel y at will wit h
in th e very w id e l i m i t s o f t h e a stral plan e H e
ha s a l s o th e i mm en se a d van t age o f b eing abl e to
.

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2 16

ta k e par t a s it w ere i n th e scene s which c o m e be

fore h i s eye s o f con v er sin g at will w it h v ar i o u s

entitie s on th e a s t ral plan e an d from w h om so
m uch i nformation th a t i s cur i ou s and i n t ere st i ng
may b e obta i n ed I f i n a d d iti on h e can l earn h ow
t o ma t er i alize h im self ( a ma tt er of n o grea t di f
cu lty for h im w h en once th e k nac k i s acquired )
h e will b e abl e t o ta k e part i n physical e v ent s or
conver sati on s a t a d i st a n c e a n d to s h o w h i m sel f
to an ab sen t fr i en d a t will
A ga i n h e w il l ha v e t h e a d d iti ona l power o f
be i n g ab l e t o h un t ab out for wh at h e want s By
m ean s of th e ot h er v ari et ies of clairvoyance for
all pra ctical purpo se s h e may nd a per son or
pl a ce only wh en h e i s alrea d y a cquainted wit h i t ;
o r w h en h e i s pu t en rapp ort w i th i t by t ouch ing
som eth ing physically connect ed wit h i t a s i n
p syc h om e t ry B y th e u se o f th e a stral body
h owev er a m an can m ove ab out quite f r e e ly a n d
rapidly i n any direc t ion and can ( fo r exampl e )
nd witho u t d i fculty any place p oin t ed ou t upon
a m a p w i t h out ei th er any prev i ou s knowledge of
th e spo t o r any obj ec t t o e s t abl i sh a connection
w it h i t H e can al so readily r i se h igh i n t o t he

a i r s o a s t o ga i n a b i rd s eye vi ew of t h e coun
t ry w hi ch h e i s e x am i n i ng so a s t o ob serv e i t s
ex t ent th e con t our of i t s coa s t l i n e or i t s general
charac t er I n d ee d I n e v e ry way h i s power an d
freed om are far gr e a t er w h en h e u se s t h i s m eth o d
t h an t h ey a re i n any o f t h e l e s s er for m s of cla i r

voyance
I n many we l l aut h en ti ca t e d c a se s we may se e
t h at t h e soul o f a dy i ng per son one w h o se p h ys
,

AS T RA L B O DY
-

T RA VE L I N G

2 17

ic al en d i s a pp roac hi ng vi s i t s fri end s and rela

t iv e s i s th e a s t ral body a nd i n many ca se s mate
r ia liz e s and even sp ea k s to th em
I n suc h ca se s
th e dy i n g per son acco mp l i sh e s th e fea t o f a stral
man ife s t ati on without any special occul t k nowl
edge ; t h e wea k ened l i nk s b e t ween t h e ph ysical
and th e h i gh er pha se s of th e soul rend er th e t e m
pa
s
sing
out
comparat
ively
ea
sy
an
d
th
e
r
r
a
o
y
p
stron g d esire of th e dyin g per son f u rn i sh e s th e
m otiv e p ower n ece s sary S u c h vi si t s h owev er
a re often foun d t o b e m erely t h e strongly c h arged
thought of th e dying per son along th e lin e s o f
t elepa th y a s I h av e previo u sly explained to you
B u t in many ca se s th ere can b e n o doub t that th e
ph enom enon i s a cl ear ca se of a s t ral vi s it a ti on
an d mat erial iza t ion
T h e record s o f th e Socie t y for P sychical R e
search con t a i n many in stance s o i t hi s k ind ; an d
similar in stance s are t o b e found i n oth er record s
of p sych ical re search I shall q u ot e a few of
th e se ca se s for you t hat yo u may get a cl ear
id ea o f th e charac t eri stic s th ereo f A nd rew L an g
an em i nent st u d en t and inve stigator along th e
line s of t h e p syc h i c and occult give s u s t h e fol
lowin g ca se o f w h ic h h e says Not many s t or i e s

h ave such goo d evidence i n t h ei r fa v or

Th e
st ory a s relat ed by Mr Lang in on e o f hi s boo k s
i s a s follo w s :
Mary
t
h
e
w
if
e
o
f
J
o
h
n
Go
e
o
f
o
c
h
e
s
t
e
r
f
f
R

b e i ng a f i cted w i t h a lon g illn e s s r e m o v e d t o

h er f a t h er s h o u se a t We st Mallin g ab o ut n i n e
m i l e s fro m h er own Th e day before h er d ea th
s h e gr e w v ery i m p a ti en t ly d es i ro u s t o s ee h e r tw o
,

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2 18

ch i l d r en wh om sh e h ad l eft a t h om e t o t h e care
o f a n u r s e Sh e wa s to o ill t o b e m oved and be

t ween on e an d t wo o cl oc k i n t h e mornin g s h e
fel l i nto a tranc e
On e w i dow Turner w h o
watch ed w i th h er th a t night says t ha t h er eye s
w ere open and xed an d h er j aw fallen M r s
Turn er pu t h er han d t o h er m ou th bu t coul d
perc eiv e n o breath Sh e th ough t h er t o b e i n a
t and doub t ed w h eth er sh e were d ea d o r al ive
Th e n ex t m orning th e dying woman t ol d h er
m oth er tha t sh e had b een at h om e with h er ch il
d ren say i ng I wa s w i th th em la s t n i ght wh en I

w a s a sleep
Th e nurs e a t Roch e st er w id ow A l ex and er by

na m e a frm s that a littl e b efore two o clock that

m orning sh e saw th e lik en es s o f th e said Mary
Go ff e com e out o f th e n ext chamb er ( wh ere th e
el der ch il d lay in a b ed by it self ) th e d oor b eing
l eft op en an d st ood by h er b ed sid e for about a
qu art er of an h our ; t h e younger ch ild wa s th ere
lying b y h er H er eye s m oved and h er m outh
wen t bu t sh e sai d n othing Th e n ur se m ore
over says t ha t sh e wa s p erfect ly awak e ; it w a s
th en dayl i gh t being on e o f th e lon ge st days o f
th e year Sh e sa t u p i n b ed and l oo k ed stead
fa stly on th e apparition I n th a t t im e sh e h eard
t h e bridge cl oc k s t r ik e two an d a w h il e after
said : In t h e nam e of th e Fat h er Son an d H oly

G h o s t w h at ar t th ou ? Th ereupon t h e appar i
t ion removed and went away ; sh e slippe d ou t o f

h er cl ot h e s and foll owed bu t w h a t be c a m e o n t

s h e canno t t ell
In th e ca se ju st m ent i one d Mr Lan g s t a t e s
,

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t h a t t h e nurse wa s so frigh t en ed that sh e wa s

a f rai d to return to b ed A s soon a s th e n eigh
bor s wer e up and ab out sh e t ol d th em o f what
sh e had seen ; but t h ey tol d h er that sh e had b een
dreamin g I t wa s only wh en lat er on n ew s
cam e o f wha t ha d happ ened at th e oth er en d of
th e l ine th e b ed sid e o f the dying woman that
t h ey realized j u st what had hap pen ed
In a work by R e v F G L e e th ere are sev eral
ot h er ca se s o f thi s kind quoted all o f which are
s t at ed by M r L ee t o b e thorough ly well a u th e n t i
In on e of th e ca se s a m oth er wh en dying
ca t e d
i n E gypt app ears t o h er children in Torquay and
i s cl early seen in broad daylight b y all ve ch il
dren an d al so by th e nur semaid I n anoth er a
! uaker lady dying a t C o ck e r m o u th i s cl early
seen and recognized in daylight by h er thre e chil
dren a t Seattle th e remainder of th e story b eing
almo st i d ent ical with t hat of th e Go ff e ca se j u st
quot ed
In th e record s of th e Socie t y for P sych ical R e
search th e following ca se appears th e per son
reporting i t b eing sai d t o b e of goo d character
an d reputat i on for t ruthfulne s s and rel iability
T h e s t ory i s a s follow s :
O n e m orning in D e
1836 A had th e following dream o r
ce m be r
h e woul d prefer to call it reve l a t ion H e found

h i m sel f suddenl y at t h e gat e o f Maj or N M s

avenue many m il e s from h i s h om e C lo se t o h i s
wa s a group of per son s on e o f wh om wa s a
woman w i th a ba sket on h er arm th e re st were
m en f our of whom were t enant s of h i s own
w h il e th e o th er s were un k n own t o him S om e o f
.

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t h e s t r a nge rs seem ed t o b e a s saulting H W o n e

o f hi s t enan t s and h e i n t erfered A says I
s t r u c k vi ol ently a t t h e man on m y l e ft and th en

w i th grea t er v iol ence at t h e man s face on my

righ t F i nd i ng to m y surpr i se tha t I h ad no t
knoc k ed down e it h er I s t ruck again an d aga i n
w i t h a ll th e v i ol ence o f a man fren zi ed a t th e

s i g ht of m y poor f r i en d s mu r d er To my grea t
ama z em ent I s a w m y arm s al th ough v i sibl e t o
m y eye wer e w ith o ut sub s t ance a nd t h e bod i e s
o f th e m en I str u ck a t an d m y own cam e cl o s e
t o g e t h er aft er e a ch blow t hrough t h e shado w y
arm s I s t r u c k w i t h M y b l ow s were d eliver e d
w ith m ore ex t rem e v i ol ence t han I ever t h in k I
exert ed bu t I b ecam e painfully conv i nced of my
incom p e t ency I h a v e n o con sciou sn es s o f wh a t
ha p pen ed after th i s feeling o f un s u b s t an ti al it y

cam e up on m e
N ex t m orn i ng A exp er i enced th e s ti ff ne s s
an d soren e ss o f v i ol en t bodily exerc i se an d w a s
inform e d by h i s w i fe t h at i n t h e cour se of th e
nigh t h e h a d mu c h alar m ed h e r by s t r ik ing o ut
again an d aga i n i n a t erri c m anner a s if gh t

i ng fo r hi s life H e i n t urn i nform e d h er of h i s

dream an d b egged h er t o rem emb er t h e name s
of th o se ac t or s in it wh o were known t o h im On
th e m orning o f t h e foll ow i n g day ( We d ne s d ay )
A rece i ved a le tt er from h i s agent wh o re s i d ed
i n th e t own clo se t o th e scen e of t h e d ream in
form i n g him t ha t h i s t enant h ad b een found on

Tue sday m ornin g a t Maj o r N M s gat e speec h

le s s an d apparently dy i ng from a fracture of t h e
.

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22 1

sk u ll an d th a t th ere w as n o t r a ce of th e mu rd er
,

er s

T h a t n i ght A s t arte d for t h e t own and ar

r iv ed th er e o n T hur sday m orning O n h i s way
t o a m eetin g o f magi strat e s h e m et th e sen i or
magi st ra t e o f th at part of th e country and r e
q u e st ed h im t o give order s for th e arre st o f th e
t hre e m en wh om be side s H W h e ha d recog
n iz e d in h i s dream and t o have th em examined
separa t ely Th i s wa s at once don e Th e t h re e
m en gave id entical account s of t h e occurrence
an d all nam ed th e woman who wa s w i th th em
S h e wa s t h en arre sted an d gave preci sely simil a r
t e st i m ony Th ey said t hat b etween el even and
t w elve on th e M on day night th ey had b een wal k
ing h om eward s altogether along th e road wh en
th ey were overtaken b y t hree stranger s two of
whom savagely a s sault ed H W w h il e th e oth er
prevented h i s friend s from in t erfer i ng H W
di d n o t die but wa s n ever t h e sam e man aft er

ward s ; h e sub sequently emigrat ed

S t ead t h e E ngli sh editor an d p sych ical r e
search er rel a t e s th e following ca se wh ich h e a c
ce pt s a s truth ful and correct
aft er careful in
v e st iga t io n o f th e circum stance s an d o f th e char
ac t er an d reputation of th e per son relat i ng i t
Th e s t ory proceed s a s follow s :
St E glo s i s situated ab out t en mi l e s from t h e
A tlant i c an d no t qui t e so far from th e old mar k e t
to w n o f T r e bo d w in a H art an d George North ey
were b roth ers and from childho od th e i r l ive s
h ad been marked by th e stronge st b roth erly a i
H ar t and George N ort h ey h ad n ever
f e ct io n

,
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b een se p ara t ed from t h eir birt h un ti l George be

came a sail or Hart m eantime j o i ning h i s fath er
in bu sin es s O n th e 8th o f F eb r u ary 1840 wh i l e

George N orth ey s sh i p wa s lying in p ort a t St

H elena h e had th e fol lowing strange drea m :
L a st night I dreamt th a t m y b r o t h er wa s
a t T r e bo d w in a M ark e t and that I wa s with h im
quit e clo se b y h i s side during th e w h ol e of th e
marke t tran saction s A lth ough I coul d se e an d
h ear wh ich p a ssed around m e I f e l t sure that it
wa s not my b odily pre sence wh ic h thu s a e com
i
h
im
b
ut
my
shad
ow
or
ra
th
er
my
spir
n
d
e
a
p
it u a l pre sence for h e seem ed qu i t e uncon sciou s
that I wa s n ear him I felt th at my b eing thu s
p re sent in th i s strange way b et oken e d som e h id
d en dan ger wh ich h e wa s d e stined t o m eet and
wh ich I know my pre sence coul d no t aver t for

I coul d not speak t o warn him of hi s p eril

Th e story th en proceed s t o rela t e h ow H ar t
collecte d con siderabl e m oney a t T r e bo d w in a
Mar k et an d t h en start ed to rid e h om eward
George t ell s what happen ed t o hi s b ro t h er on th e
way a s follow s :
My t erro r gradually i ncrea sed a s H ar t a p
r
p o a ch e d th e hamlet o f Po lk e r r o w unt il I wa s i n
a p erfect frenzy frantically d esirou s yet u m
ab l e to warn my brot h er i n som e way and p re
v ent h i m from going furt h er I suddenl y b eca m e
aware o f two dar k shadows t h rown a cro s s th e

roa d I felt t h at my b rot h er s h our h ad com e

and I wa s powerl e s s t o aid h im ! Two m en a p
r
e
a
e d w h om I i n stantly recogn i zed a s n otor i ou s
p
poacher s w h o l iv e d i n a lon ely wo od n ear St
,

,
,

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B ODY

T RA VELI N G

E glo s

22 3

Th ey wi s h ed h im Goo d night m i s t er !
c i villy enough H e replie d an d en t ered i nto con
ver sat i on w ith t h em about som e wor k h e had
prom i sed them A fter a f ew minu t e s th ey a sked
h im for som e money T h e el der o f th e two broth

ers wh o wa s standing n ear th e h orse s h ead

said :
Mr N orth ey we know yo u h av e j u st
com e from T r e bo d w in a Mark et wit h pl enty of
m oney i n your pocke t s ; we are d e sperat e m en
an d you b ean t going t o l eav e th i s place unti l

we ve got that mon ey ; so han d over ! My

broth er mad e no reply except to sla sh at h im with
th e wh ip and spur th e horse at h im
Th e younger of th e r u fa n s in stantly drew a
pi stol an d red Hart dropp ed lifel es s from th e
saddle and on e o f th e v illain s hel d h im by th e
throa t with a grip of i ron fo r som e m inute s a s
t h ough t t o make a ssurance d oubly sure and
cru sh out any parti cl e o f l ife my poor b rot h er
migh t hav e l eft
Th e murd erer s secured th e
hor se t o a t ree in th e orchard and having ried
t h e corp se th ey dragged it u p th e s t ream con
ce a lin g it und er th e overhangin g bank s o f th e
wat er course Th en th ey carefully covered over
all mar k s o f blood on t h e roa d an d hi d t h e pi st ol
i n th e th atch o f a di su sed bu t clo se t o th e road
side ; th en se t ting th e h or s e free t o gallop h om e
al one t h ey d ecamp ed a cro s s th e co u ntry t o th e i r

own co t tage

T h e story th en relate s h ow George N ort h ey s

ve ssel l eft St H el ena the next day aft er th e
dream and reac h ed P lymout h i n due t ime
George carr i ed w it h hi m a very v i v i d r e co lle c

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2 24

ti on o f h i s vi s i on on th e re t urn v oyage and ne v e r

d oubted for an in s t an t that hi s broth er had b een
ac t ually murd ered in th e manner and by t h e per
son s nam ed a s seen in th e vi sion H e carr i ed
with h im th e d et erm inat ion t o b ring th e villain s
t o j u stice and wa s lled with th e conviction that
through hi s e ff or t s retr i b ut ion woul d fall upon
t h e murderer s

I n E ngland j u st ice wa s at work but th e

mi ssing link wa s n eeded
Th e crim e arou sed
univer sal horror and indignat ion and th e auth or
iti e s l eft n othing undone in th e direction of
d i scov ering th e murderer s and bringing th em t o
j u stice Two brother s nam ed H igh t w o o d were
susp ect ed and in th eir cottage were found b lood
B ut no pi st ol wa s found
stain ed garm ent s
alth ough th e youn ger broth er adm itt ed h avin g
own ed b u t lo st on e Th ey were arre sted and
brough t b efore th e magi st rat e s Th e evid ence
again st t h em wa s purely circum stantial and n ot
any t o o s t rong at t h at ; but th eir action s were
th o se of gu i l t y m en Th ey were committ ed for
t r i al E a ch confe s sed in h ope s of saving hi s life
and obtainin g im pri sonment in stead B ut b oth
were conv i ct ed an d sen t enced t o b e hanged
T h er e wa s doub t in th e m ind s of som e h owever
abo ut th e pi st ol T h e story con ti nue s :
B e for e th e execution George N ort h ey a r
r iv d from S t H el ena and d eclared t hat th e p i stol
wa s i n th e t ha t ch of th e old cottage cl o se b y th e
place wh ere th ey h ad murd ered Hart N or th ey

and wh ere th ey had hid it H o w d o you k n ow ?

h e w a s a s k ed George re p l i e d : I saw th e f oul
,

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d eed com mi tt ed in a dream I had th e night o f th e

murder wh en at St H elena
Th e pi stol wa s
found a s George N o r th e y had pred ict ed in th e

tha t ch of th e ruined cottage

Inve stigat ion r e
vealed that th e d etail s o f th e crim e were identical
with th o se seen in th e vi si on
I t i s a fact known t o all occulti st s that many
per son s frequently travel in th e a stral b ody dur
ing sleep ; and in many ca se s retain a faint r e co l
l ect ion of som e of th e th ings th ey h ave s een and
h eard during th eir travel s in th e a stral N early
everyon e kn ow s th e experi ence o f waking u p i n
th e m orning feeling ph ysically t ired an d u sed

u p;
in som e ca se s a dim recollection of wal k
ing or working during th e drea m b ein g h ad
Wh o among u s ha s not had th e experienc e of

walkin g on th e air or in th e air with out th e

feet touching th e ground being propell ed sim ply
b y th e e ff ort of th e wi ll ? A nd wh o o f u s ha s
h ad not experienced that d readful
falling

th rough space sen sation in dream s with th e

sudd en awakening j u st b efore we actually struck
earth ? A nd who ha s not had th e m ortifying
dream ex p erience of walking alon g th e street
or i n som e publ ic place an d b eing sud denly over
com e b y th e con sci ou sn e ss th at w e were in our
n i ght cl ot h e s or p erhap s wit h out any clothin g
at all ? A ll o f th e se th ings are more o r l es s d i s
t o r t e d recollect i on of a stral j ourneyings
B ut whil e th e se dream excur sion s i n th e a s t ral
are harmle s s th e con sciou s going out in th e

a s t ral i s n ot so Th ere are many plane s of th e

a stral i n t o w h ic h i t i s dangerou s an d unplea sant
.

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f o r t h e unin struct ed per son t o trav el ; u nl e s s a c

com panied by a capabl e occulti st a s gu i de
Th erefore I caution al l stu d ent s again st t ry i ng
t o force d evelo p ment i n tha t d irecti on Nature
surround s you wit h sa fe gu ard s an d i nt erpo se s
ob stacl e s for your own pro t ection and go od D o
n o t t ry t o brea k through th e se ob stacl e s wit h ou t
knowledge o f what you are do i ng
Fool s ru sh

in w h ere angel s fear t o tread rem emb er ; and

a littl e l earning i s a dan gerou s th in g

Wh en
you h ave rea ch ed th e stage of d evelo pm ent in
which it will b e safe for you t o un dertak e con
sci ou s a stral expl oration s th en will your guid e b e
at hand an d th e in struc ti on furni sh ed you by
th o se capabl e o f giv i ng it t o you D o not try t o
break int o th e a stral with out du e preparation
an d full kn owl ed ge l e s t you nd you r sel f in th e
stat e of th e sh wh o leaped out o f th e wat er on
t o th e ban k s o f th e stream Your d r e a m t r ips
are safe ; th ey will increa se in var i ety and cl ear
n e ss and you will rem emb er m or e ab out th em
all thi s b efore you m ay b egin t o t ry t o con sciou s

ly go out int o th e a stral a s d o th e occulti st s B e

cont ent t o crawl b efore you may walk L earn
to add multipl y sub tract and divid e b efore you
und er t ak e th e h igh er mat h emat i c s algebra
geom e t ry etc o f occult i s m
.

LESS O N XV
ST RANGE AST RA L

P HENO MENA

T h ere ar e se v e r a l p h a se s o f a s t r a l ph enom ena

o t h er t h an t h o se m ention ed i n th e p reced i ng
chap t er s which it will b e b e t ter for t h e student
t o becom e a c quain t ed w i t h i n or d er t o roun d out
h i s general k n owled ge of t h e subj ec t althoug h
t h e m anife stat ion s are comparatively rare and
no t so gen erally recognized in work s on thi s sub
,

j e ct

On e of th e r st o f th e se several pha ses of a st ral

phen om ena i s that wh ich may b e call ed Th ought
Form P roj ection Th i s manife station com e s in
th e p lace on th e p sychic scal e j u st between ordi
nary clairvoyance on th e one han d an d a stral
body proj ection on th e oth er I t ha s som e of t h e
charact eri stic s of each and i s ofte n mi staken for
on e or th e oth er of th e se pha se s
To under stan d thi s ph enomena th e stud ent
shoul d know som eth ing regarding the fact that
th ought frequently takes on a stral form and that
the se man ife station s ar e known a s th ough t
form s I have spoken o f th e se i n som e o f th e
precedin g le sson s Th e o rdinary thought form
i s quit e sim ple a s a rul e and d oe s n ot b ear any
particular re semblance t o th e send er th ereof B ut
in som e ca se s a per son may con scio u sly o r u m
con sc i ou sly strongly and cl early thin k o f h im
self a s pre sent a t som e oth er place and t h u s a ctu
ally creat e a th ought form of h im self a t that
place w hi ch may b e di scern ed by t h o se h av i n g
.

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228

cl a i rvoy a n t vi sion M oreover t h i s t h o ught form

o f h im self i s connect ed p syc h ically with him sel f
and afford s a c h annel o f p sych ic information for
him A s a r u l e t h e se t h ought form s are only pro
je ct e d by t h o se wh o have t rained th eir mind s and
will alon g occul t l ine s ; bu t occa sionally und er t h e
s t re s s o f s t ron g emot ion or d e sir e an ordinary
per son m ay focu s hi s p sych ic power t o such an
ex t en t th at th e ph en om ena i s manifest ed
H ere I wi l l quot e from an E ngli sh inve stigato r
o f a s tral ph enomen a wh o ha s had much e x pe r i
enc e on that plan e H e says : A ll stud ent s are
a w are t hat th ought take s form at any rat e u pon
i t s own plan e an d in th e maj ority of ca se s u pon
t h e a s t ral plan e al so ; but it may not b e so gener
al ly k nown that if a m an think s strongly of h im
sel f a s pre sent a t any given place th e form a s
sum ed b y that particular thought will b e a like
n e s s of th e th in k er h im sel f wh ich will a pp ear
at th e place in que s t ion E s sent ially th i s form
mu st b e com po sed of th e m atter o f th e m ental
pl an e b ut in very many ca se s it woul d draw
r oun d it sel f matter o f th e a stral plan e al so and
so wou ld ap proach much n earer t o vi sibility
T h ere are in fact many in stance s in wh ich it
h a s b een seen by th e per son th ought o i m o st
probabl y by m ean s of th e uncon sciou s inuence
emanat ing from th e original th ink er N one of
t h e con scio u sn e s s o f th e thinker would h owever
b e inclu d ed within thi s th ought form
Wh en
onc e sent out from h im it woul d n ormally b e a
qu it e s eparat e entity not ind eed ab solutely u n
connect ed with it s maker b ut practically so a s
-

'

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22 9

f ar a s th e po s sib i lity of rece i ving any im p re s s i on

throu g h i t i s concerned
Th i s ty p e o f clairvoyance con si st s t h en in
t h e power t o retain so much connection wi t h and
so m uch hol d over a newly creat ed t hou g h t for m
a s will ren der i t po s sibl e t o rece iv e i m p re ssion s
by m ean s of it Such impre ssion s a s wer e mad e
upon th e form would in th i s ca se be tran smitt ed

t o th e think er not along an a stral t elegraph

l in e but by a sym path etic vibrati on In a p erfec t
ca se o f thi s kind of clairvoyance it i s alm o st a s
th ough th e seer proj ected a part of hi s con sciou s
n e s s into th e th ought form an d u sed it a s a kind
o f out po st from which ob servation wa s po s sible
H e see s alm o st a s well a s h e woul d if h e h im self
s t o od i n th e place of h i s th ought form
Th e
gure s at which h e i s l ookin g will app ear t o h im
a s of life size and clo se t o han d in stead of t iny
and at a di stance a s in th e ca se of som e o t h er
form s o f clairvoyance and h e will n d it po ssibl e
t o sh ift hi s p oint of view if h e wi sh e s t o d o so
C lairaudience i s perhap s l e s s frequen t ly a s so
cia t e d w i th th i s ty pe o f clairvoyance than with
t he ot h ers but i t s place i s to som e ext ent ta k en
by a k ind of m ental perception of th e t houg ht s
an d int ent ion s of t h o se wh o are seen

Since th e man s con sciou sn e s s i s s t ill i n th e

physical b ody h e will b e ab le ( even w h en e x e r
ci sing th i s faculty ) t o h ear and t o spea k in so far
a s h e can do thi s with out a n y di straction of h i s
attention Th e moment that the i nt entnes s o f
h i s th ought fail s th e wh ol e vi sion i s gon e an d
h e w i l l h a v e t o c o n s t r u ct a f r e s h th ought for m
.

before h e can re sum e it In stance s l n wh ic h t h i s

kin d of sight i s p o s se s sed with any d egree of per
f e ctio n by untrained peopl e are naturally rarer
than in th e oth er type s o f clairvoyance b ecau se
th e ca p acity for m ental control required an d th e

gen erally n er nature o f th e force s empl oyed

I may m ention that th i s part icular m eth od i s
fr equently employed by advanced occulti s t s of
all countr i es b eing p referred for variou s rea son s
S om e o f t h e rea son s o f th i s pr eferenc e a s foll ow s :
a
Th
e
ability
t
o
sh
ift
th
e
vi
sion
and
t
o
turn
( )
a r oun d alm o st a s well a s in th e ca se o f a ctual

a st ral b o dy proj ection th i s give s quit e an a d

v anta ge t o t hi s m eth od over th e m eth od o f o rd i
nary clairvoyance ; ( b ) it d oe s away with certain

d i sadvantage s of goin g out int o th e a stral i n

th e a stral b ody wh ich only tra in ed occulti st s
r ealize it giv e s alm o st th e sam e re sult s a s
a stral b o dy clairvoyance with out a number o f
di sadvantage s and inconvenience s
In India e specially th i s form of clair v oyan ce
i s com parat ively frequent Thi s b y rea son of th e
fac t that th e H indu s a s a race are far m or e
p sychi c th an a re th o se o f th e We st ern lan d s al l
el se con sidered ; and b e s i de s t h er e are a m uch
greate r numb er o f h ighly d evel op e d occult i st s
th ere t h an in t h e We st M oreover th ere i s a
cer t ain p sych i c atm o sph ere surrounding India
by r ea son o f it s th ou sand s of year s of d eep in
t e r e st in th ings p sychi c and sp i ritual all o f wh i ch
rend ers t h e pro duction o f p syc hi c ph enomen a far
ea s i er than i n oth er land s
I n India m oreover we nd many in stance s o f
.

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23 1

a noth er form o f p sychic or a stral ph enom en a I

allude t o th e p ro duction of thought form p i cture s

wh i ch are pla i nly vi sibl e t o one or m ore per son s
Thi s p h a se of p sych ic ph enom ena i s th e real b a si s
for many of th e wonder tal e s w h ic h We st ern
t ravell er s bring back with them from India T h e
wonderful ca s e s of magical appearanc e o f l i ving
creature s and p lant s and oth er obj ect s ou t of th e
clear air are th e r e sult of th i s p sychic ph enom ena
That i s t o say th e creature s an d o bj ect s are not

really pro duced th ey are bu t a stral ap pearance s

re sultin g from th e proj ection of powerful
th ought f orm s f rom th e m ind o f th e magician o r
o t h er wond er worker o f wh om India h a s a ple n
tiful supply E ven t h e i gnorant fakir s ( I u se th e
word in it s t ru e sen se not in t h e sen se given it by

A merican slan g ) even th e se itin e r e n t sh owm en

of p sych i c phenom ena are abl e t o produce ph e
n o m e n a o f th i s kind wh ich seem s miraculou s to
t h o se witne s sing t h em A s for th e t rain ed o c
c u l ti s t s of India I may say that their fea t s ( wh en
th ey d eign t o produce th em ) seem t o overturn
every t h eory an d principl e o f material i stic ph i
lo so ph y and science B ut in n early every ca se th e
explanation i s t h e sam e th e proj ection o f a
s t rong and clear thought form on a large scal e
A l th oug h I h av e purpo sely omi tt ed reference
t o H i ndu p sych ic ph enom ena in th i s b ook ( for
th e rea son given i n my Intro duct ion ) I nd i t
nece ssary t o quot e ca se s in India in th i s connec
ti on f o r t h e simpl e rea son t h a t th ere are but few
count erpart s i n t h e We st ern world T h ere are
no it in e r e n t w onder wor k er s o f th i s k i nd i n
.

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2 32

We stern land s and th e t rained occulti s t s of t h e

We st of cour se woul d n ot con sen t t o perform
feat s o f t h i s kind for th e amu sem en t o f per son s
seeking m erely sen sation s Th e trained will s of
th e W e st ar e given rath er t o m at erial izing o b
e
c
t
i
v
l
e
j
y on th e physical plan e creat ing great
railroad s buil dings bridge s etc from th e m en
tal pict ure s rath er than d evoting th e sam e t im e
energy and will to th e pro duction of a stral
th ough form s an d p icture s Th ere i s a great d if
ferenc e in t emperament a s well a s a di ff erence in
th e gen eral p sych ic atm o sph ere b etween E a st
and We st wh ich serve s t o explain matt er s of
th i s kind
A n A m erican writer truly say s :
Th e rst
principl e underlying th e wh ol e bu sin es s of H indu
wond er working i s that o f a strong will ; and th e
r st neces sary condition o f pro ducing a magical
e ffect i s an increa se in th e power of th ought Th e
H indu s owing t o that int en se l ov e for solitary
m editation wh ich ha s b een on e of th e m o st pro
n o u n ce d charact eri stic s from tim e immemoria l
hav e acquired m ental facultie s o f w h ich we of th e
We st ern and younger civilizat i on are totally ig

Th e H in du h a s attain ed a pa st ma st er s
morant
degre e in speculat iv e ph ilo sophy H e ha s for
year s retired for m editation to th e silent place s
in hi s land l ived a h erm it subdued th e body and
d evel oped th e m ind t h u s winnin g control over

oth er mind s
I n I n d ia I hav e seen scene s o f far di stant place s
ap pearing a s a m irage in cl ear air even th e colors
b eing pre sen t to t h e s c ene s T h i s t h o u gh som e
,

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wh at uncommon wa s simply a remarkable in

stan ce o i thou g ht form proj ection from th e m i nd
of a man highly d ev elo ped along o ccul t l i ne s
You m u st rem emb er that i n ord er t o produce a
pictur e in th e a stral of thi s kind th e occulti s t
mu st n o t only h ave th e p ower of will and min d to
cau se such a picture to mat erialize but h e mu st
al so h ave a remarkabl e m em ory fo r d etail i n t h e

p ictur e for noth ing app ear s in t h e picture u m

l e s s it ha s already b een pictured in th e mind o f
the min d of th e man h im self Such a m em ory

an d p erception of d etail i s very rare in th e

We st ern world it i s po sses sed by only exceptional
arti st s ; h owever anyone may cultivat e thi s p er
ce pt io n and m emory if h e will give th e t im e an d
care t o it tha t th e H indu magician s do
Yo u have h eard of th e H indu Mango Trick in
wh ich th e magi cian take s a mango seed plant s
it in th e groun d wav e s hi s h an d s over it an d
then cau ses r st a tiny sh oot t o appear from th e
surface of th e groun d th i s followed by a tiny
trunk and l eave s wh ich grow and grow until at
la s t app ear s a full sized mango t ree wh ich rst
sh ow s blo s som s an d th en ripe fruit I n sh ort in
a few m om ent s th e magician ha s produced t h at

w h ich N ature require year s t o d o that i s b e a p

r
d
oe
s
thi
s
What
h
e
really
do
es
i
s
t
o
a
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n
t
l
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produce a wonderful thought form in th e a stral
from seed stage t o t ree and fruit stage ; th e a stral
picture reproducing perfectly th e p icture i n h i s
own mind I t i s a s if h e were creatin g a m oving
picture lm roll in h i s m i nd and th en proj ecting
th i s upon th e screen of th e air T h ere i s n o
,

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2 34

m a ngo t ree th ere and n ever wa s ou t si d e of th e

m i n d of th e m agician and th e mind s of hi s
audience
I n th e sam e way th e magician will see m t o
thro w th e end of a rope up in t o th e air It travel s
far up unt i l t h e end i s lo st sigh t o f Th en h e
send s a b oy climb i n g up after it until h e t oo di s
a ppear s from sight Th en h e cau se s th e whol e
thing t o di sapp ear and lo ! th e boy i s seen stand
ing am ong th e audience Th e b oy i s real o f

cour se b u t h e never l eft th e spot th e re st wa s

all an ap p earance cau sed by th e m i n d and w i ll
o f th e mag i cian p i ctured i n t h e a stral a s a
t h ough t f orm I n th e sam e way th e ma gi cian
w i ll seem t o cu t t h e boy i nt o b it s an d th en cau se
t h e se v er ed par t s t o sprin g to geth er and r e a sse m
bl e th em selve s Th e se feat s may b e varied in
d en i tel y but th e principl e i s ever th e sam e
th ought form proj ection
We s t ern vi sitor s h av e sough t t o obtain ph oto
grap h s o f th e se feat s o f th e H indu magician s but
th e i r pla t e s and lm s i nvar i ab ly sh ow no t h i ng
wha t eve r excep t th e ol d fak i r sittin g q u i etly i n
th e c en t re w i th a p eculiar expres sion i n hi s eye s
T hi s i s a s mi gh t b e expec t e d for th e p i cture
ex i s t s only i n t h e a stral and i s perce i ved only by
th e awa k ene d a s t ral sen se s o f t h o se pre sen t
wh i c h h ave b een s t im u la t e d i nt o ac ti vity by t h e

p ower o f th e m ag i cian by sym path et i c vibra

t i on t o b e exac t Moreover i n certain i n stance s
it h a s been fo u nd th at th e vi sion i s conn ed t o a
lim i t ed area ; p er son s out s i d e o f th e lim i t r i n g se e
noth ing and tho se m oving n earer t o t h e ma g i c ian
,

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A STRA L P H ENO MENA

235

l o s e s i g h t of w h a t t h ey had previou sly seen

T h er e are sc i en ti c rea son s for th i s la st fact
whi c h n ee d no t b e gone int o a t thi s place Th e
m a i n po i nt I am seekin g t o brin g out i s th at th e se
w on d erful scen e s are simply an d w h olly thought
f orm p i cture s i n t h e a stral perce i ved by t h e
a w a k ened a s t ral vi sion of th o se pre sent Th i s t o
b e s u re i s wonderful enough b ut still no m iracl e
ha s been worked !
I may m ention h ere that the se ma gi c i an s be gi n
t h e i r training from early youth I n add ition t o
certa i n in struction concerning a stral ph enom ena
which i s handed down from fath er t o son among
th em t h ey are se t t o wor k practicin g v i sualiza

tion o i th ings previou sly perceived Th ey are

set t o wor k upon say a ro se Th e y m u st im
pre s s upon th eir m em ory th e perfec t picture o f
th e ro se n o ea sy matter I m ay t ell you Th en
t h ey p roceed t o more di fcul t obj ect s sl owl y and
gradually along well known prin cipl e s of
m emory d evelopment
A long with th i s th ey
pr a ct ic e th e ar t of reproducing that w h ich t h ey
rememb er proj ecting i t in th ought form sta t e
A nd so t h e yo u ng m a gic i an pro ceed s from s im
p l e t o com ple x th ings ; from ea sy t o di fcult ;
u nt i l nally h e i s pron ounced t t o give publ ic
e x hi bit i on s
A l l t h i s ta k e s year s and years
so m etime s t h e b oy grow s t o b e a m i d dle aged
m an b efore h e i s allowed t o publ i cly exh ib i t h i s
power Imagine a We st ern boy or man b e i n g
wi lling t o study from earl y c h ildh oo d t o mid dle
a g e b e f ore h e may h ope t o b e abl e t o s h ow w h a t
h e h a s b een l earn i ng ! Verily t h e Ea s t i s Ea s t
.

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2 36

an d t h e We st i s We st
th e two pol e s of h uman
a ct iv i ty an d ex p re s sion
A n oth er p h a se o f p sych ic a stral phenom ena
w h ic h s h oul d b e m ent i oned although i t i s mani
f e st e d but com p aratively seld om i s that which

ha s b een call ed Telekin e si s B y th e t erm t el e

kin e si s i s m eant that cla s s of ph en om ena wh ich

manife s t s in th e m ovement of physical obj ect s
with ou t physical con t ac t with th e p er son r e spo n
s i bl e for th e m ovem ent I und er stan d that th e
t erm it self wa s coined b y P rofes sor C owe s with
wh o se work s I am not per sonally familiar It i s
d er i ved from th e two Greek word s tel e m eaning

far o ff and k ine si s m eanin g to m ove

Thi s cla s s o f ph enom ena i s kn own bett er in th e
We st ern w orl d by rea son of it s manife station in
spir it uali st ic circl e s in th e m ovem en t of tabl e s
etc ; t h e knocking or tappin g on tab le s an d d oor s
etc ; all of wh ich are u sually attribut ed to th e

work of spirit s but which occulti st s know are

generally produced co n cio u sly or uncon sciou sly
by m ean s o f th e power i n th e m edium o r oth er s
pre sent s om etim e s b oth I woul d say h ere that
I am n ot t ry i n g t o di scred i t genuin e spir i tual i stic

ph enom ena I am n ot con si dering th e sam e in

th e se l e sson s A ll that I wi sh t o say i s tha t many
o f th e ph enom ena commonly att ribu t ed t o

sp i rit s are really but re sult s o f th e p syc hi c

force s inh erent in th e living human b eing
Under certa i n condition s t h er e may appear i n
t h e ca se of a per son strongly p sychic and al so
st rongl y charged with prana th e ab il ity t o ex
t end a port ion of th e a s t ral b ody t o a con siderabl e

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2 37

di s t a n c e and t o there pro duce an e ff ec t upon

s o m e ph ys i cal obj e ct Th o s e w ith s t ron g c la i r
v oyan t vi s i on may actually p erce iv e th i s a stral
ex t en s i on u nder favorabl e c i rcum stan c e s Th e y
p e r c e iv e th e a stral arm of th e per son s t retching
o ut dimin i shing in size a s it ext en d s ( j u st a s a
piec e o f exibl e rub ber shrink s in d iam et er a s i t
expand s i n l ength ) and nally com ing i n contac t
with th e physical o bj ect it w i sh e s t o m ove o
s t ri k e Th en i s seen a strong ow of prana along
i t s lengt h which ( by a p ecul iar form of co n ce n
t r a t io n ) i s abl e t o produce th e physical e ff ec t
I
cannot ent er into th e subj ect of a st ral physic s a t
th i s p lace for th e subj ect i s far t oo t echnical t o
b e trea t ed i n l es son s d e sign ed fo r gen eral study
I m ay at l ea st partially explain th e ph enom en on
h owever by sayin g that th e proj ect ed a stral ar m
a ct s in a manner almo st p reci sely lik e tha t o f an
e x t end ed phys i cal arm were such a t h in g po s
s i bl e in nature
T h i s a stral b ody ext en sion produce s sp i r it r ap s
on tabl e s ; tab l e tilting and m ovem ent ; l evitation
or t h e l ifting o f solid o bj ect s in th e a i r ; play i n g
up on mu sical i n strum ent s such a s th e guitar a c
co r d ia n
etc In som e ca se s it i s abl e t o actually
l ift th e per son h im self from th e o or and carry
h i m th rough th e air in th e sam e way I t may
a l so cau se th e movem ent o f a pencil in a cl o sed
slat e or b i t of chal k upon a blackboard In fac t
i t m ay p ro duce almo st any form o f m ovement
p o s si bl e to th e physical hand In th e ca se of the
l evita t ion o f th e person h im sel f th e a stral arm s
a n d som e t ime s t h e legs a s well ex t en d to t h e
,

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2 38

o or and p u sh u p th e physical body in t o th e a i r

and th en propel it along Th ere are many co m
plex t echn i cal detail s t o t h e se manife station s
h owever and in a gen eral sta t e m en t t h e se m u s t
b e om i tt ed
S om e wh o are rmly wedd ed t o t h e spir iti s tic
th eory re sent th e stat em ent o f occulti st s that
th i s form of ph enom ena may b e explained w ith i

o ut th e nece s sity o f th e spirit s

B ut th e b e s t
gro u nd for th e st a t em en t o f th e o ccult i st s i s tha t
many a dvan ced occulti st s are abl e t o pro duce
such ph en om ena con sciou sly by an ac t o f pure
w i ll accom panied by th e p ower o f m ental p ic
t uring Th ey r st pictur e th e a stral exten sion
and th en will th e proj ection of th e a stral and th e
pa s sage o f th e prana ( or vital forc e ) aroun d th e
patt ern of th e m ental image
In th e ca se of
som e very h igh ly d evelo ped occulti st s th e a stral
t h ought form of th eir body b ecom e s so charged
with prana th at it i s abl e t o m ove phys ical o h
Th
er
e
are
n
ot
m
ere
th
eorie
s
for
th
ey
may
s
t
c
e
j
b e veri ed by any occulti st of sufficiently h igh
d evel o pm ent
I d o not wi sh t o intimat e that th e m edium s
are aware of th e true nature of th i s ph enom ena
an d con sciou sly d ec eive th eir foll owers O n th e
cont rary m o st of th em rm ly believe that it i s

th e spir it s wh o d o th e work ; unaware th at th ey

are uncon sciou sly proj ecting th eir a stral bodies
c h arged with p rana and perform i n g t h e feat
t h em selve s Th e b e st m ediu m s h owever w i ll

generally t ell you t h a t th ey strongly w i s h

t h a t th e th ing be d one and a l ittle cro ss e xa m i

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2 39

n a ti on wi ll reveal t h e fact that th ey g en erally

m a k e a c l ear m ental pict u re o f th e actual hap
p enin g j u st before it occurs A s I h a ve already
stat ed h owever t h e b e s t p roof i s t h e f act tha t
a dvance d o cculti st s are abl e t o d u pl i cat e th e ph e
n o m e n a d elib erat ely con sciou sly an d at will
I
d o not t h ink that d etra ct s from th e wond er an d

i n t ere st in t h e so called spiriti sti c ph eno m ena ;

on th e con t rary I th ink t h at it add s t o it

A ga i n i nvading th e realm of th e sp i rit s I

wo u l d say that o cculti st s kn ow that many ca se s

o f so c alled materializati on o f spirit form s

t ake place b y rea son o f th e uncon sci ou s pr o je c
ti on o f th e a stral body o f th e m edium M oreover
s u c h a proj ection of th e a stral body may tak e on
t h e appearance o f som e depart ed soul by rea son
o f th e m en t al picture of that p er son in t h e mind
o f t h e m edium
B ut it may b e a sk ed i f th e
m ed i um h a s n ever seen th e d ead person h ow can
h e or s h e mak e a m ental picture o f h i m o r h er
T h e an swer i s that t h e m in d s o f th e p er son s
p r e s ent w h o k new th e d ead per son t en d t o in u
en ce t h e appearance of th e n eb ul ou s sp i rit for m
In fac t in m o st ca se s th e medium i s unabl e t o
produce th e ph enom enon with out th e p sychic
a ssi stance o f tho se in th e circl e In th i s ca se
al so I would say t hat t h e advanced occulti st i s
able t o duplicat e th e ph enom ena at will a s all
w h o h ave enj oyed th e privil ege o f clo se ac qu ain t
ance with such p erson s are aware
T h e fact th e m edium i s u sually i n a t ranc e con
di t ion aid s mat erially in th e ea se w i th w h i c h th e
ph enomena are p roduced W i t h th e con sc i o u s
.

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2 40

mi n d s t illed and th e sub con sc i o u s m ind act i ve

t h e a stral phenom ena are p ro duced with much
l es s troubl e than would b e th e ca se i f th e m edium
were in th e ordinary cond i t i on
N o w I wi sh t o i m pres s up on t h e mind s of
t ho se of my r eader s wh o h ave a strong sym pathy
for th e spiriti stic t eachings that I recognize th e
validity and genuin en e s s of much of the ph e
n o m e n a of spiriti sm I kn o w th ese th in gs t o b e
t rue for that matt er ; it i s not a matt er o f m ere
belief on my part B ut I al so know that much of
t h e so call ed sp iriti stic ph enomena i s po s sibl e

with out th e ai d of spirit s but by th e employ

m en t o f th e p sych ic a stral force s and power s a s
stat ed in th e se l e sson s I see n o rea son for any
h one st inve sti gator o f spiriti sm t o b e o ff end ed at
such stat em ent s for it d oe s not take away from
th e wonder o f th e ph enomena ; and do e s not d i s
cred i t th e motive s and p ower of th e m ed ium s
We mu st search for truth wh erever it i s t o b e
fo und ; and we mu st n ot seek t o d odge th e result s
o f our inve stigation s Th ere i s to o much won
d e r f ul ph enomena in sp iriti sm t o b egrud ge th e
explanation tha t th e occulti st o ff er s for certain of
i t s p h a se s
W h il e I am on th e subj ect of mat erial ization
h owever I would direct the att ent ion of th e stu
d ent t o m y l ittl e book entitl ed Th e A stral

World i n which I have explain ed b riey th e

ph enom ena o f th o se plane s of t h e a stral in which
dwell th e ca st o ff sh ell s o f soul s wh ich have
m oved on t o th e h igh er plan e s of th e great a stral
world
I hav e th ere sh own t h a t many a stral
,

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24 1

s h ell s or s h a d e s or ot h er a stral semi en ti ti e s m a y

b e ma t erialized and t hu s m i staken for t h e

sp i rit s of d epar t ed friend s I hav e al so ex

plained in th e sam e littl e b ook h ow th ere are cer
tain powerful thought form s which may b e m i s
tak en for spirit mat erialization s
I h ave al so
sh own how many a h one st m edium i s really a
good clairvoyant and by reading th e record s o f
th e a stral ligh t i s abl e t o give inform ation wh ich
seem s t o com e from th e depart ed soul A ll of
t he se t h ings sh ould b e familiar t o th e earn est in
i n ord er that h e may b e
v e st iga t o r o f spiriti sm
abl e t o cl a s sify th e ph enom ena wh ich h e w i t
n es se s and t o avoid error and di sapp ointm ent
I n thi s conn ect ion b efore pa s sing on t o th e
c on sideration of oth er pha se s of psychic ph e
n om en a
I would say that on e of th e be s t m e
d ium s known t o th e m odern We s t ern world a
m edium wh o h a s b een con sulted by eminent m en
university pro fe s sor s p sychologi st s and oth er s
and wh o se revelation s regarding pa st pre sent
and future a stound ed careful an d intelligent m en
of i nt ern ationa l reputationth i s m edium at th e
h e i gh t of h er pro fes sional succe s s mad e a public
announcem en t t ha t sh e f elt com p ell ed fro m con
scie n t io u s m o t ive s to a s ser t t hat sh e had com e
t o th e c onclu s i on t h a t h er m e ssage cam e not from

depar t e d s p i r i t s bu t ra t h er from som e n u

known r ealm o f b eing brough t h ith er by th e
exerc i se o f som e faculty i nh erent i n h er an d de
v e lo pe d t o a h igh power in h er for som e rea son
which p ower seem t o man i fest more e ff ec ti vely
wh en sh e shut o ff h er ordinary physical facul ti e s
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and f u n tio n e d on a plan e h igh er t h an th e m I

t h ink that th e s t udent o f t h e pre sen t l es s on s wi l l
b e ab l e t o p oin t out th e nature o f th e ph eno m en a
m an i fe st ed b y t hi s me di um an d al so th e source
o f h er power I f n o t I s h all f ee l di sa p po i n t e d a t
my w o r k o f i n s t r ucti on
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P SY C H I C I NF LUE N C E ; I T S L A W S AN D
P R I N C I P LE S
On e of t h e pha se s of p sychic phenomena t h at
ac tiv ely engage th e att ention of t h e stud en t from
th e very beginning i s that which may b e called
P syc hi c Inuence B y thi s t erm i s m ean t th e in

u e n cin g of one m ind b y anoth er t h e e ffect of

one m i n d over anoth er Th ere ha s been m u c h
wr i t t en an d said on thi s pha se of th e general sub
j cet i n recen t year s but few wr i ter s h o w e v e r
ha v e gone d eeply i nt o th e mat t er
In t h e r s t place m o st o f th e wr it e r s o n th e
s u bj ect s ee k t o explain t h e w h ol e t hing by m e a n s
of ord inary t elepathy B ut th i s i s m erely a one
s i ded view o f t h e t ru th o f th e ma t ter F o r wh i l e
ordinary t el e p at h y plays an i m p or t an t p a r t i n t h e
ph enom ena still th e h igh er form of t el epathy
i e a s t ral th ought tran sference i s frequently in
v olve d T h e s t ud en t wh o h as followed m e i n t h e
preced i n g l e sson s w i ll und er stand read i ly wh a t I
m e a n wh en I say t hi s so t h e r e i s n o n e c e ss it y f o r
repet iti on o n thi s po i n t a t thi s p lace
A t t h i s poin t h owever I mu s t a s k th e s tud en t
t o con s i der th e i dea o f p sych ic v i bration s and th e i r
in d uc ti v e po w er I t i s a great pr i nci pl e o f occult
i sm a s well a s o f m od ern science that every
th ing i s i n a sta t e of vibration everyth i n g h a s
i t s own rat e o f vib ration and i s con stantly man i
fe s t in g it E v ery m ental stat e i s accom pan i e d by
v ibr a tion o f it s own plan e ; every em ot ional sta t e
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o r f ee l i n g h as i t s own part i cular rate o f v i br a

ti on Th e se ra t e s of vibration s manife st j u s t a s
d o t h e v ib ra ti on s o f mu sical soun d wh ich pro duc e
th e s everal no t e s on th e s cal e on e r i sing ab o v e
t h e ot h er i n ra t e o f v i brat i on B ut th e scal e of
m en t al an d em otional s tat e s i s far m ore compl ex
a nd far m or e ext end ed than i s th e m u sical scal e ;
th ere are thou sand s of di ff erent note s and half
n o t e s o n th e m ental scal e Th ere are harm onie s
an d di scord s on t hat scal e al so
To t h o se t o wh om vib rat ion s s eem to b e som e
th i ng m erely conn ecte d with sound wave s et c
I w oul d say th a t a gen eral a nd ha sty glance at
som e el em en t ary wor k on physi cal sci ence will
show th at even th e di ff erent shade s hue s and
t i n t s o f t h e color s p erceiv ed by u s ari se from dif
f e r e n t ra t e s of vibration s
C olor i s noth i n g more
t h an th e re sul t o f certain rat e s o f vibration s of
ligh t record ed b y our sen se s and inter pret ed by
our m ind s From th e l ow vi brat ion s o f red t o
th e h ig h v i brat ion s o f v i ol e t al l th e variou s col or s
o f t h e sp ec t rum h av e t h eir own particular rat e of
vi bra ti on A n d more than th i s sci ence know s
th a t b el ow th e l owes t red v i brat i on s and above
th e high e s t v i ol et vib ration s th ere are ot h er vi
br a t io n s which our sen se s ar e unab le t o r ecord
b ut w hi ch scient ic i n strument s regi s t er T h e
rays o f lig h t b y wh i c h photograp h s are t a k en are
n o t percei v ed by t h e eye Th ere are a n umber of
so c alle d c h em ic a l rays o f lig h t w hi c h t h e eye
d oe s no t p erce iv e bu t wh i c h may b e caught by
d el i ca t e i n s t r ument s Th ere i s what sc i ence h a s

ca l l e d d ar k l i ght w h ich will pho t ograp h i n a

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room wh ich appear s pi tch dark t o th e h uman

si ght
A bove th e ordinary scal e of l i g h t vi bration s
are th e v i bra ti on s o f t he X R ays an d o t h er ne

force s th e s e are not p erce i ved by t h e eye but

are ca u ght by d el i cat e i n s t rum en t s a nd r ecorded
M oreover th o ugh scienc e h a s n o t a s ye t d isco v
erd t h e fa c t occu l ti s t s know t h a t th e vi bra ti on s
o f mental an d emo ti ona l stat e s are j u s t a s t rue
and regular a s are th o se o f soun d or l igh t o r
h eat A ga i n ab ove th e pl a n e o f th e p hys i cal
v ibration s ari sing fro m th e bra i n an d ner v ou s
syst em th ere are th e v ibration s o f t h e a s t r a l
counterpar t s o f th e se wh ich are m uc h h ig h er i n
th e scal e F or even th e a stra l fac u l ti e s an d o r
gan s whil e ab ov e t h e phys i c a l st i ll are u n der t h e
univer sal rul e o f vibration and h a v e th e i r own
rat e thereof Th e ol d occult axiom : A s ab ove

so b el ow ; a s b elow so ab ove i s always s een t o

work out on al l plane s of un i v er sal en ergy
C lo sely follow i ng th i s i dea o f the un i vers a l i ty
of vibration s and i n t imat ely c onn ec t ed th ere

w ith w e h ave t h e p r i ncipl e o f i nduc ti on w hi c h

i s lik ew i se univer sal and foun d m an i fe st i ng on

al l pla rie s of en ergy

W h a t i s i n du c ti on ? you
may a s k Well it i s very s i mpl e or v ery co m

pl ex j u s t a s yo u may look a t it T h e princ i pl e

o f i nduct i on ( on any pl a n e ) i s th a t in h e r e n t
qu a l i t y o r a t t r i but e o f e n e r gy by whi ch th e m an i
f e sta t io n o f e nerg y t e n d s t o r e pr o duc e i t se l f in a
se c o n d o bje c t by se tt in g up c o rr e spo n d in g vibra
tion s t h e re i n t h o ugh with o ut dir e c t con ta ct o f
th e t w o o bj e c t s
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Th u s h ea t i n on e obj ec t t end s t o i nduce h e a t

i n an o t h er obj ect with in i t s ran ge of i nduct ion

t h e h eat ed o bj ec t throw s o ff h ea t vi brat i on s

wh ich se t up corre spon d i n g vi b rat i on s i n th e
n ear by secon d obj ect and m ak e it h o t Lik ewi se
th e vibration s of l igh t striking upon oth er obj ect s
rend er th em capabl e o f radiat i ng l i ght A gain
a magnet will i nd u ce m agn et i sm i n a pi ece o f
st eel su sp end ed n e a rby t h ough th e t w o obj ect s
d o not ac t ually t o u ch each o t h er A n o bj ec t
which i s el ectri ed will by induct ion el ectrify
anoth er obj ect s i tuated som e d i s t an ce away A
no t e sounded on th e p iano or v i ol in will cau se a
gla s s or va se in som e d i stan t part o f th e room t o

vibrat e an d s i ng
und er cer t a i n con diti on s
A nd s o on i n every form o r ph a se o f th e mani
f e sta t io n o f energy d o we see t h e prin cipl e o f in
duction in full o perat i on an d manife station
O n th e plane of o rdinary thought an d em o t ion
we nd m any i n stance s of t h i s princi pl e o f i nduc
tion We know that on e p er son vibrat ing strongly
w i th h app i n e s s o r sorrow c h eerfuln es s or anger
a s th e ca se may b e t en d s t o commun icat e h i s
feeling an d emo ti onal s t a t e t o th o s e w ith w h o m
h e c om e s in contact A ll of you h a ve seen a
whol e room full of p er son s a ff ect ed and in u
e n ce d i n t h i s way under certain c i rcum s t ance s
Yo u have al so seen h ow a magn et ic orato r
preach er s i nge r or ac t or i s ab l e t o i nduce in h i s
audience a stat e of em otional vibrat ion corre
spo n d in g t o t hat manife sted b y h im sel f
In th e

sam e mann er th e m ental a t mo sph ere s o f t own s

c i tie s et c are ind u ced
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A w el l k nown w r i t er o n t hi s subj ec t h a s
t r uth fully t ol d u s
We all know h ow gre a t
w a v e s of feeling s p rea d o v er a t o w n c i ty o r
c oun t ry sweepin g p eopl e o ff t h eir b al ance Grea t
w a v e s o f polit ical en t h u sia sm or war spir i t or
prej u d i ce for or again s t certain p er son s sweep
o v er place s and cau se m en t o act in a manner
t h at th ey w i ll afterward regret wh en th ey com e
to th em sel v e s and con sider th eir act s in cold
b lood Th ey will b e swayed by d emagogue s or
magne t ic l ead er s wh o wi sh t o gain th eir vot e s or
p a trona g e ; and th ey will b e l ed into act s of mob
viol ence or sim ilar atrociti e s by y i el ding to
the se wave s o f contagiou s th ought O n th e oth er
h and w e al l know h ow great wave s o f religiou s
feeling sweep over a community upon th e occa

sion of som e great revival excitement or fervor

Th e se things being perceived and recognize d
a s t rue th e n ext que stion that pre sent s i t self t o
th e m ind of th e int el li gent stud ent i s thi s : B u t
w h at c au se s th e di ff erence in p ower and e ff ect be
tween th e t h ough t and feeling vi brati on s of d i f

f e r e n t per son s ?
Th i s que stion i s a valid on e
an d ari se s from a perception o f th e underlying
v a riety and di ff erence in th e thoug ht vibration s
of d i ff erent p er son s Th e difference my student s
i s ca u se d by three principal fact s viz ( l ) di ff er
ence i n degree of feeling ; ( 2 ) d ifference in degree
o f v i sual ization ; and ( 3 ) di fference in d egree o f
concentrat ion L et u s exam in e eac h o f th e se su c
ce ssiv e ly so a s to get a t th e underlying princi ple
Th e element of em otional feelin g i s like th e
el emen t of re i n t h e prod u ct i on of steam Th e
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m or e v i v i d and inten se t h e feel i ng or emo t ion

th e gr ea t er th e degree of h eat and force t o t h e
th ou g ht wav e or vibratory stream proj ec t e d
You will b eg i n t o see why th e th ough t vib rat i on s
of t ho se anima t ed and lled with strong d e sire
s t ron g w i sh s t ron g amb i t i on et c mu st b e m ore
forcef u l t h an th o s e o f per son s o f th e o p po s it e
type
Th e person wh o i s ll e d w i t h a strong d e s i r e
w i sh or a m bi ti on wh ic h h a s b een fann ed int o a
erce bl a ze by att ention i s a dynam i c power
among oth er per son s and hi s i nuence i s felt In
f a c t i t may b e a s sert ed tha t a s a gener a l rul e n o
p er son i s a bl e t o i n u ence m en an d th ings unle s s
h e h a ve a s t rong d esire wi sh or ambition with in
h im Th e p ower o f d e sir e i s a wond erful on e a s
all o cc u lt i s t s k n ow and i t w i ll accompli s h muc h
even if t h e oth er el em en t s b e l acking ; w h il e i n
proper comb i na ti on with o t h er principl e s it w i ll
accom pli s h wonder s L ikew i se a s t rong i n t er e s t
i n a t h ing w i ll cau se a certain strength t o th e
thought vibra ti on s connect e d th er ew i th Int er
e s t i s really a n em ot i onal feeling t h ou gh we gen
e r a lly th i n k o f it a s m erely some t h ing conn ec t ed
with th e intell ect A col d int ell ectual th ought h a s
very l i ttl e force unl e s s bac k e d u p by strong in
t e r e st an d concentrat i on
B u t any i ntell ect u al
t h oug h t backed u p w i th in t ere s t an d focu sed by
concentration will produce very strong t h ou gh t
v ib rat i on s with a mar k ed ind u ct i ve p ower
N ow le t u s con sider th e subj ect o f v i suali z a
t i on Every per son k now s t hat th e per son w h o
w i sh e s t o accom pl i sh anyt hi n g or wh o exp ec t s
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t o d o g o od wor k a l on g any l i ne m u s t r s t k now

w h at h e wi sh e s t o accompli s h I n t h e d egree that

h e i s abl e t o see th e t h in g i n h i s min d s eye t o

picture th e th ing i n h i s i mag i nat i on ln tha t de

gre e will h e t end to manife st t h e t h i ng i t self i n
ma t erial form and e ffec t
S i r F ran ci s Gal t on an em i nen t au th or it y u p on
p sych ology says on th i s p oint : Th e free u se of
a high v i sualizin g faculty i s of much imp ortance
in connect ion wit h th e high er p roce sse s of gen
e r a liz e d t h ought
A vi sual i mage i s t h e m o st
perfect f orm of mental r epre sentat ion wh erever
th e shape po sition and relation s o f obj ect s t o
space ar e concern ed
Th e b e s t workm en are
th o se wh o vi sualize th e wh ol e of w h a t t h ey pro
po se t o d o before th ey take a to ol in t h eir hand s
Strat egi st s arti st s of al l d enomination s physic
ist s wh o contrive n ew exp eriment s and in shor t
all wh o do not foll ow rout in e h ave n eed of it
A faculty th a t i s of im portance in all t echnical
and ar t i sti c o ccupation s tha t give s a ccuracy t o
our p ercepti on s and j u stic e t o our generaliza
t ion s i s starved by lazy d i su se in s t ead of be ing
cultivat e d j udic i ou sly in such a way a s wi l l on
th e wh ol e brin g b e st return I bel i e v e t hat a
seriou s s t udy of th e be st way of d evel o pi ng and
u tilizing thi s faculty wit h out prej udice t o t h e
practic e o f ab s t ract t h ought i n symb ol s i s on e
of t h e p re ss i n g d e sir a t a i n th e ye t u n forme d
sc1 e n ce o f education
Not only on t h e ord i nary plane s i s th e f or mi n g
o f st r ong m en t al image s i mpor t an t a n d u seful
b ut w h en we com e t o con sider t h e p h en om en a o f
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th e as t r al p lan e we b e gi n t o see w h at an im
p o rt a n t part i s played th ere b y s t ron g m ental
im age s or vi sualized i dea s Th e b e t t er you k n o w
what you d e sire wi sh or a spire t o th e stronger
wil l b e your t hought vibrati on s of that t hing o f
cour se Well th en th e stronger that you are

abl e t o picture th e th ing in your mind t o vi sual

i z e i t t o your self th e stronger will b e your

actual kn owl edge and thought form o f t h at th in g
In stead o f your th ought vibration s b eing groupe d
in n eb ul ou s form s lac k ing shap e an d d i stinct
gu re a s in t h e ordinary ca se ; wh en yo u form
s trong cl ear m ental i mage s of what you d esire
o r wi s h t o accompli s h th en d o th e th ough vibra
t i on s group th em selve s in clea r strong di st inct
form s Th i s being done wh en th e m ind o f oth er
per son s are aff ected by in duction th ey get th e
clear i dea o f th e th ought and feelin g in your
min d and are strongly inu enced th ereby
A l i ttle later on I shall call your attention t o
th e A ttract ive P ower of Th ought B ut at th i s
point I wi sh t o say t o you that wh il e th ough t
c ertainly attract s t o you th e th ings that you
t h in k of th e mo st still th e power of th e attrae
i on d epen d s very m at erially upon t h e cl earn e s s
an d di stinctne s s of the m ental image or th ought
vi sualizat ion of th e de s i red th i ng that you have
s e t u p in your mind Th e nearer you can actually
see th e thing a s you wi sh it t o happen even t o
th e general d etail s th e stronger will b e t h e a t
t ra ctive force t h ereof B ut I s h all l eave t h e d i s
cu ssio n of th i s pha se o f the subj ec t u n ti l I reac h
i t i n i t s p r oper order For th e p r e se n t I s h a ll
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c o n t en t m yself w ith urgi n g u pon yo u th e i mport

ance of a cl ear m ental i mage or v i sual i ze d
th o ugh t i n th e m a t ter o f giv i ng force and d ir ce
ti on t o th e i dea i n d uced in th e m ind s o f oth er
p er son s In ord er for t h e o th er p erson s t o actu
a ll y per c e iv e clearly t h e i dea or feeling i nduced
i n t h em it i s n ece ssary t h at th e idea or feeling b e
s t ron g ly vi sualized i n t h e m in d orig i nating i t ;
th at i s t h e w h ol e t hin g in on e senten ce
T h e n ext poin t of i mpor t ance in t h ou ght in u
ence by induct ion i s that wh ich i s con cern ed
wi t h t h e p ro ce s s of concentration C oncentra
t i on i s t h e act of m ental focu sing or bringing t o
a singl e p oint or centre I t i s like th e work of
th e sun gla s s th at converges th e rays of th e sun
t o a singl e t iny p oint thu s imm en sely increasing
it s h eat an d power O r it i s lik e th e n e p oint of
a ne edl e tha t w i l l force it s way through wh ere a
blunt thing cannot p enetrate O r it i s l ike th e
s t rongly concentrated e s sence of a ch emical sub
s t ance o i wh ich on e d rop i s a s powerful a s on e
p int of th e original th ing Think of th e coneen

r
t
it
t a e d powe r of a tiny drop of attar of ro se s
h a s w i thi n it s tiny space th e concentrated odor
o f thou san d s o f ro se s ; on e drop of it will mak e
a pint o f extract an d a gallon of weaker per
f um e r y ! Th i n k of th e concentrat ed power i n a
l igh t ning a sh a s c ontra sted with th e sam e
a m oun t of el ectricity di ff u sed over a large area
O r t h i n k o f t h e harmle s s a sh of a smal l amount
o f gun p owd er ignit ed i n th e open air a s con
t r a st e d with t h e i gni ti on of th e sam e amoun t of
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p owder co m p elled to e sca p e th rough th e smal l

op ening in th e gun barrel
Th e occul t t eachings lay great s t re s s upon t h i s
p ower of m ental concentration A ll stud ent s o f
t h e occul t d evo t e much tim e and care t o th e cult i
va t ion o f t h e power s o f con centration and th e
d evelo pm ent of th e ab il i ty t o em pl oy th em Th e
a v erage per son po s se s ses but a very small am ount
o f c oncen t ration an d i s abl e to concentrat e hi s
mind for b ut a few m om ent s at a t im e Th e
t ra i ned t h inker obtain s muc h of h i s m ental
power from h i s acquire d ab ility to concentrat e on
h i s ta s k The o cc u lt i st train s h im sel f in xing
h i s concen t rat ed attent i on u pon th e matter be
fore h im so a s t o br i ng t o a fo c al c entre all o f
hi s m ental forc e s
Th e m ind i s a very re stl e s s th in g and i s in
clin e d t o dance from one thing t o anoth er t i rin g

o f each t hi ng aft er a few moment s con sid erat ion

thereo f T h e av erage p er son allow s h i s in v o lun
t ary a tt en ti on t o re st upon every triin g t h ing
and t o b e d i strac t ed by th e idl e st appeal s t o t h e
sen ses H e nd s it m o st di f cult t o eit h er s h u t
out th es e di strac ti n g ap p eal s t o th e sen se s and
e qually h ard t o h ol d th e a tt ent i on t o som e un i n
t e r e st in g t hi ng
H i s att ent i on i s almo st free o f
control by t h e w i ll and th e p er son i s a slave t o
h i s p ercept i ve power s and t o h i s imagina t ion in
s t ead o f b e i ng a m a s t er of b oth
Th e o cculti st on th e contrary ma s t er s hi s a t
t ent i on and control s h i s imagina t ion H e force s
t h e on e t o concentrat e wh en h e wi sh es i t to d o
so ; an d h e com pe l s t h e la tt er t o form th e m en t a l
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im a g e s h e w i sh e s t o v i sualize B ut th i s a fa r dif
f e r e n t t h ing from th e self hypn otization wh ich
s om e person s imagin e to b e concentration A
writer on th e subj ect ha s well said : Th e t rained
occulti st will concentrat e upon a subj ect o r o bj ect
with a wonderful inten sity seemingly complet ely
ab sorb ed in th e subj ect or obj ect b efore h im an d
obliviou s t o all el se in th e world A n d yet th e
ta sk accom pli sh ed or th e given t im e expired h e
will d etach h i s mind from th e obj ect and will b e
perfectly fresh watch ful an d wid e awake t o th e
n ext matt er before h im Th ere i s every d i fference
between being controll ed by involuntary att en
tion wh ich i s specie s of self
hypnotization and
th e control o f the attention wh ich i s an evid ence

of ma stery
A n eminent French p sych ologi st
once said :
Th e auth ority o f th e att ention i s
subj ect to th e superior auth ority o f th e E go I
yi eld it or I withh old it a s I pl ea se I direct it
in t urn t o several point s I concentrat e it up on
each point a s lon g a s my will can stand th e

e ffort
In an earl ier l e s son o f thi s ser i e s I h ave ind i
ca t e d in a general way th e m eth od s w h ereby on e
may develop and train h i s p ower s o f concentra
t i on Th ere i s n o royal road t o concentration ; i t
may b e d eveloped only by practice an d exerci se
Th e secret con si st s in mana ging th e att ention so
a s t o x it u pon a subj ect n o matt er h ow u n
int ere sting ; and t o h old it th ere for a rea sonabl e
l ength of t im e P ract i c e upon som e d i sagreeab le
s t udy or oth er t a sk i s goo d exerci se for it serve s
to t rain th e will in spit e of th e i nuence of m ore
.

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at t rac ti ve obj ect s or subj ect s A n d th i s al l serve s

t o train th e will r em emb er ; for th e wil l i s a c
t iv e ly concerned i n every act o f v o lu n t a r y atten
t i on I n fact att ent ion o f th i s k in d i s on e o f th e
m o st im portant and charact er i stic act s of th e wi ll
S o a s you s ee i n ord er t o b e succe s sful i n in
u e n cin g th e m ind s o f oth er s by m ean s of m ental
i nduct ion you mu st r st cult iva t e a strong feel
ing o f intere s t i n th e id ea wh ic h you wi sh t o ih
d uc e in th e oth er p er son or a strong d e sire t o
pro duce th e thing Int ere st an d d e sire con sti
tute th e re wh ich generate s th e stream of will
from th e wat er o f m ind a s som e occulti s t s h ave
stated it
S econdly you mu st cultiva t e th e
faculty o f form in g stron g an d cl ear m en t al
image s o f th e id ea or feel in g you wi sh t o so in

duce ; you mu st l earn t o act ually see th e th ing

i n your imaginati on so a s t o give th e i dea
strength an d cl earne s s Th irdly you mu s t l earn
t o concen t rat e your m ind an d attention u pon th e
id ea o r feel ing sh utting out all oth er id ea s an d
feelings for th e t im e b ein g ; thu s you give con
ce n t r a t e d forc e and power t o th e vi brat ion s an d
th ought form s which you are proj ecting
Th e s e th re e principl e s un derl ie all of th e m a ny
form s o f m ental induction or m ental inuen c e
We n d th em in act ive op erat i on i n ca se s i n
wh ich t h e person i s seekin g t o attrac t t o h i m self
certain condit i on s environm en t per son s th i ngs
o r channel s o f expre s sion by se t ting i nt o m ot i on
th e grea t law s o f mental a tt rac t ion We see
th em al so e mp loye d w h en t h e per son i s en d e a v o r
i ng t o pro d u c e an e ff ec t u pon t h e mi n d o f some
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p a r tic ular person o r numb er o f per son s W e see

t h em in force in all ca se s of m en t al or p sychic
h ealing und er what ever form it may be em
ployed I n short th ese are general principl e s
and m u st th erefore underl ie all form s and ph a se s
of m ental or p sych ic inuence Th e sooner th e
student real ize s thi s fact and th e more actively
doe s h e set h im self t o work in cultivating and
d evel oping th ese principle s within him sel f th e
more succe ssful and e f ci ent will h e becom e in
th i s el d o f p sych ic r esearch and inve st igation
It i s largely in th e d egree of th e cult ivation of
th e se three m ent a l princi pl e s that th e occulti st i s
di stingui sh ed from th e ordinary man
I t may b e th at you are not d e sirou s of culti
y ating or p racticing th e power o f inuencing
other per son s p sych ically Well that i s for you
to d ecid e for your self A t any rat e you wil l do
well t o d ev el op your selve s along th e se line s at
lea st for self prot ecti on Th e cultivation o f
he
se
three
m
ental
principle
s
will
t
end
to
make
t
you active and po sitiv e p sych ically a s contra st ed
w i th th e pa s sive n egat ive m ental stat e of th e
average p er son B y b ecomi n g m entally active
and po sitive you will b e abl e t o r e si st any p sychi c
inuence that may b e directed toward your self
an d t o surroun d yoursel f with a prot ect ive aura
of po sitive act ive mental vibrat ion s
A nd moreover if you ar e d e sirou s of p ur suing
your inve stigat ion s o f p sych i c and a stral ph e
you will nd it of great importance t o
n o m en a
cultivat e and d evel op th e se th ree principl e s i n
your mind For th en you will b e able t o bru sh
.

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a sid e all d i stracting inuenc e s an d t o proceed a t

once t o th e ta sk b efore you with power cl ear
ne s s an d strength o f purp o se and m eth od
In th e following chapters I shal l give you a
m ore o r l e s s d e t ail ed pre sen t ation o f th e variou s
pha se s or form s of p sych ic inuence Som e o f
th e se may seem at r st t o b e som eth ing inde
p end ent of th e general principl e s B ut I a sk that
you carefully analyze all o f th e se so a s t o di s
c ov er that th e sam e fundam ental principl e s are
und er an d back o f each an d ev ery in stance pre
sent ed Wh en you once fully gra sp th i s fact an d
perfect your selve s in th e few fundam ental pr i nci
pl e s th en you are well started on th e road t o
ma stery o f all th e variou s pha se s o f p sych ic ph e
In st ead o f puzzl ing your mind over a
mom ena
h u ndred d i fferent pha se s o f d i sconn ected ph e
n o m e n a it i s b ett er t o ma st er th e few actual el e
m entary pr i ncipl e s and th en rea son deductively
from th e se t o th e variou s mani festat ion th ereo f
M a st er t h e p r i nc i ple s an d th en l earn t o apply
th e m
,

LESS O N XVI I

P ERSONA L P SY C H I C I N F L UEN C E OVE R

OTHERS
P s y c h i c In u ence a s t h e t erm i s u sed in th i s
bo ok may b e sai d t o b e di v i d ed i nt o three gen
eral cla s se s v iz ( 1 ) P ersonal Inuence i n wh ich
the m in d of anoth er i s d irectly inuenced by in
duction while h e i s i n th e pre sence of t h e p erson
inuencing ; ( 2 ) Di s t ant In u encin g in wh ich th e
p sychic i n duct io n i s d irectly manife st ed wh en
th e per son s concerne d are d i s t ant from on e
anoth er ; an d ( 3 ) I ndirec t Inuence in wh i ch th e
induction i s man i fest ed in t h e m ind s of variou s
person s com ing i n contac t wit h t h e t h ought v i
br a t io n s o f t h e per son manife st ing th em though
n o attempt i s made t o d irec t ly inuence any par
t icu la r per son
I sh all n ow p re sent eac h o f th e se
th re e form s o f p sych ic inuenc e t o you for con
sideration on e after th e oth er in th e ab ove ord er
P ersona l Inuence a s ab ove d en ed range s
from ca se s in wh ich th e strongest control ( gen
e r a lly known a s h ypnoti sm ) i s manife st ed down
t o th e ca se s in wh ich m erely a slight inuence i s
exerted B ut th e gen eral p rin c i pl e und erlying all
o f t h e s e ca se s i s preci sely th e sam e Th e great
charact er s o f h i story such a s A l exand er th e
Great Napol eon B onaparte an d Jul iu s C aesar
manife st ed thi s p owe r t o a great d egree and
were ab l e t o sway m en according t o th e i r will
A ll great leader s o f m en h ave t hi s powe r stron gly
m anife st ed el se t h ey would not b e abl e t o in u
,

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ence t h e mi n d s o f m en Grea t ora t or s p reac h er s

st at esmen and oth er s of t hi s cla ss likew i se man i
f e st th e power strongly I n fact t h e v ery sign of
abili t y t o inuen ce and m anage ot h er p er son s i s
ev i d ence of th e po s se s s i on an d m ani f e stat i on of
th i s mighty p ower
In d evel oping t hi s po w er t o i n u ence ot h er s
d irec t ly an d personally yo u sh oul d b e gi n by im
p r e s s i ng upon your mind th e princi pl e s stat ed in
t h e preceding chapt er nam ely ( 1 ) Stron g D e
sire ; ( 2 ) C l ear V i sualizat ion ; an d ( 3 ) C o n ce n
,

t r a t io n

You mu st b egin b y encouraging a s t rong d e

s i re in your m i nd to b e a po s i tive ind i v idu al ; t o
exert an d manife st a po sit ive inu ence o v er
oth er s wit h whom you com e i n contac t and
e s p ecially over th o se wh om you wi sh t o inuence
i n som e par t icular mann er or direction You
mu s t l et th e re of d e sire burn ercely wi th i n
you until it b ecom e s a s stron g a s p hysical h unger

or th i rst You mu st want t o a s you want t o

breath e t o l ive You will n d t hat th e m en w h o
accom pl i sh th e great things in l ife ar e th o se wh o
h ave strong d e sire burnin g i n th ei r b o som s
There i s a st rong radiative an d i nductive power
in strong d e sire and wi sh in fac t som e h a v e
th ought th i s th e main feature o f what we gen er
ally call stron g wil l power
T h e n ex t step of cour se i s th e for mi n g o f a
cl ear po sitive d i stinct an d d ynam ic m ental pi c
ture of th e i dea or feel in g that you wi sh t o i n duce
i n t h e ot h er per son I f it i s an idea you sh oul d
m a k e a s t ron g cl ear picture of i t in your imagina
,

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ti on so a s t o give i t d i st i nctn es s a n d f orc e an d a

c lear outline I f i t i s a feeling you sh ould picture
it in your imagination I f it i s som et h ing t hat
you w i sh th e oth er per son t o d o or some way in
which you wi sh him t o act yo u sh oul d picture
h i m a s doing t h e th ing o r act ing in th a t pa r ticu
lar way B y so d oing you furni sh th e patt ern or
d e sign for th e induced m en t al o r emotional stat es
you wi sh t o induce i n th e oth er p erson Upon
th e cl earne s s and strength o f th e se m ental pat
tern s of th e imaginat ion d epend s largely th e
p ower of th e induced im pre ssion
Th e th ird step o f course i s th e concentrat i on
o f your mind upon th e impre s sion you wi sh t o in
duce in th e m in d o f th e oth er per son You m ust
l earn t o concentrat e so forcibly an d clearly that
th e idea will stand out clearly in your m ind l ike a
bright star o f a dark night except t hat th ere
mu st b e only on e star in st ead of th ousand s By
s o d oing you really focu s th e entire force of you r
m ental an d p sychic energi es into that on e par
Thi s make s it act l ike
t icula r id ea o r th ought
th e focu sed ray s in th e sun gla s s or like th e
strong pip e
stream of wat er that will brea k
down th e th i ng upon wh i ch i t i s turned D i ffu sed
t h ought h a s b ut a comparat ively wea k e ff ect
wh erea s a concen t ra t ed stream of th ough t vib ra
t i on s will forc e i t s way t h rough ob stacle s
R em emb er always th i s threefold m en t al con
dition : ( l ) ST R O N G D E S I R E ; ( 2 ) C L E A R
M E N T A L P I C TU R E ; an d ( 3 ) C O N C E N
T R A T E D TH O U GH T T h e great er th e d egree
i n w h ich you can man i fe s t th e se th ree men t al
,

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c on diti on s th e gr ea t er w i ll b e yo u r s ucce s s i n any

fo r m o f p syc h ic i nuence d irect o r indirect per
sona l or g eneral pre sen t or di stan t
B e f ore yo u p rocee d t o d evelop th e power t o
imp re s s a par t icular i dea or f eel i ng u pon th e mind
o f a no th er per son yo u sh oul d r s t acquire a po si
ti ve m en t a l atmo sph ere fo r your self Th i s m en
t a l atmo s p h er e i s pro d uced in preci se l y th e sam e
w a y tha t you i n d uc e a sp ec i al id ea or feeling in
th e m i nd o f t h e oth er per son That i s t o say you
rs t s t rongly d e sir e it th en you cl early picture it
an d th en yo u apply concentrated th ought upon i t
I w i l l a s s u m e t h at yo u are lled with th e s t rong
de s i r e fo r a po sitive m ental atmo sph ere around
yo u Y ou w a n t th i s very much indeed and actu
a lly c ra v e an d h u nger for it
Th en you mu s t be
g i n t o p ic t ure your sel f ( in your i magination ) a s
s urro u nd ed with an aura o f po sitive t h ought
v ib ra t ion s which pro t ect yo u from th e th ough t
f orce s of ot h er p erson s and at th e sam e t im e
im pre s s th e s t rength o f your p er sonal ity upon
th e per son s w i t h wh om you com e in contact
Y o u will b e ai d ed in ma k ing th e se strong m ental
p i c t ure s by h ol din g t h e i d ea in your concentra t ed
t h ough t and at th e sam e t im e sil entl y stat i ng
t o your m ind ju st w h at you expect t o d o i n th e
d e sired di rection In stat ing your o rder s t o your
m i nd alway s spea k a s i f th e th ing were already
a ccom p l i sh e d at th at particular m om en t N ever

s a y t h a t i t will b e but always h ol d fa st t o th e

it i s
T h e f oll ow i n g will give you a good ex
a m pl e o f t h e m ental statem ent s wh ic h o f cour se
s h oul d b e accom panied by th e concen t rat ed i dea
,

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o f th e th ing and th e mental p ic t u r e o f yo u r self

a s be i n g j u st wha t you s t at e
H er e i s t h e m en t al stat ement f or th e c re a ti on
o f a s t r ong p o sit i v e psyc hi c atm o sph ere :
I am
s u rrounded by an a u ra of strong po sit i ve dyna
m ic thoug ht vi brat i on s Th ese ren der m e p o s i
t i ve t o oth er p er son s an d rend er t h em n ega tiv e
t o m e I am po s i t iv e of th eir th ough t v i bration s
but th ey ar e n ega ti ve to m i n e T h ey feel th e
s t rength o f my p sych ic a t mo sph ere w hi le I e a s i ly
repel th e power of th e i r s I d ominat e th e sit u a
t ion and manifest m y p o s i t i ve p sych i c q ualitie s
over t h e i r s M y atm o sph ere creat e s t h e v i br a
tion o f strength and p ower on al l s i d e s o f m e
wh ich a ff ect oth er s w i th wh om I com e i n c on t ac t
M Y P SY C H I C A TM O S P H E R E I S ST R O N G

A N D P OS ITI V E !
T h e n ext step i n P er sonal Inuence i s th a t o f
proj ecting your p sych ic power d i rec t ly u pon an d
int o th e m in d of t h e oth er p er son wh om you wi sh
t o i nuence S om etime s if t h e p er son i s q uit e
n egative t o you th i s i s a v ery simple a n d ea sy
matt er ; bu t wh ere th e p er son i s n ea r yo u r own
d egre e o f p sychic p o s i t i vene s s yo u wil l have t o
a s sert your p syc h ic s u perior i ty t o h im an d g e t

th e p sych ic upper han d b efore you can pro c eed

furth er Th i s i s accompl i sh ed by throwin g i nto
your p sych ic atmo sph ere som e par ti c u l a rly
st r ong m ental stat ement s accom p anie d b y c l ear
v i sualizat ion s or mental p i cture s
Ma k e p o s i t i v e your p sych ic atm o sp h e r e pa r
t icu la r ly t o w ard s t h e person wh om yo u see k t o
in u ence b y s t a t em en t s and picture s som e thi ng
,

,
.

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along t h e f ollow i n g l i ne s : I am po sit iv e t o t h i s

man ; H e i s n egativ e t o m e ; H e f eel s m y

p ower and i s b eginning t o y i el d t o it ; H e i s n u

abl e t o inuence m e i n t h e slighte s t w h il e I can

inuenc e him ea sily ; My power i s b eginning t o

operat e upon h i s m in d an d feel ings

T h e exact
word s are n ot important but th e idea b eh i nd
t h em g i ve s th em th eir p sych ic force a n d p ower
Th en sh oul d you b egin your direc t a tt ac k upon
h i m or rath er up on hi s p sych ic power s Wh en I

s ay attack I d o not u se th e word in t h e sen se

o f warfare or a ctual d e sire t o harm th e ot h er per

son th i s i s a far di ff erent matt er What I m ean

t o say i s th at th ere i s u sually a p sychic battl e for
a longer or sh ort er period b etween two p er son s
of s i milar d egree s of p sych ic power an d d evelop
m ent From th i s battl e on e always em erge s vic
t o r a t th e tim e an d on e always i s b eaten fo r t h e
t i m e b eing at lea st A nd a s i n all battl e s vic
t ory oft en goe s t o h im wh o strike s t h e r st hard
bl ow Th e o ff en s i ve tac ti cs are t h e b e s t i n c a se s
o f th i s k i nd
A c elebrat ed A m erican auth or Ol i ver Wendall
H olme s in on e of hi s b ook s make s m ention of
t h e se duel s of p sych ic force between ind i vidual s
a s foll ow s : Th er e i s that d eadly Indian h ug i n
w h ic h m en wre stl e with t h eir eye s over i n ve
secon d s b u t wh ich br eak s one of th eir t wo back s
and i s go o d for three score year s an d t en on e
trial enough settl e s th e wh ol e m att erj u s t a s
wh en two feath ered songst er s of th e b arnyard
ga m e and d u nghill com e t o geth er A ft e r a j um p
or two a nd a f ew s h arp k i c k s th ere i s an end t o

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it ; a nd i t i s A fter yo u m on sie u r w i th th e b e a t en
par t y in a ll th e social rela t ion s for al l t h e r e s t o f

h i s days
A n E ngl i sh phys i c i an D r Fot h ergill by nam e
wrot e a numb er of year s ago about th i s struggl e
o f will s a s h e called it but whic h i s really a
s t ruggle of p sych ic power H e says : Th e con
ict o f will th e power t o comman d oth er s ha s
been sp oken o f frequently Y et what i s t h i s will
p ower t ha t inuence s oth er s ? W h at i s it that
ma k e s u s accept and adopt to o th e advice o f on e
per son wh il e preci sely th e sam e advice from
an oth er h a s b een rej ected ? I s it th e weigh t of
force of wil l wh ich in sen sibly i nuence s u s ; t h e
fo r c e o f w i ll b ehind th e advice ? That i s what
it i s ! T h e per son wh o thu s force s h i s o r h er a d
v ice upon u s ha s no more power t o en force i t
th an other s ; b ut all th e sam e we d o a s reque ste d
We accept from on e what we rej ect from anoth er
On e p er son says o f som eth i ng contemplat ed O h

but you mu st not yet we d o it al l th e sam e

th ough t h a t p er son m ay b e in a po s i ti on t o mak e
u s re g re t t h e rej ection o f that coun sel A noth er

person s a ys Oh b ut you mu stn t and w e d e si s t
thoug h we may i f so d i sp o se d set th i s latter per

son s o pinion a t d ean ce w i th impunity It i s not

t h e fear o f con sequence s n or o f givin g offen se
which d e t er m in e s t h e ado p tion o f t h e la t t er per

son s a d v i ce w hi l e it h a s b een rej ec t e d wh en

giv en b y th e r s t It dep end s upon t h e c h aracter
or w i ll power of t h e i nd iv i dual adv i sing w h eth er
w e a ccep t t h e advice o r rej ec t i t Thi s c h aract er
of t en depend s l itt l e i f a t all in so m e ca s e s upon
,

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th e i n t el l ect or even u pon t h e moral q ual i t i es t h e

goodne s s or badn e s s of t h e ind i v id u a l I t i s i t sel f
an im pond erabl e som eth i ng ; ye t i t carrie s weigh t
with it Th er e m ay b e abler m en clev erer m en ;
b ut i t i s th e on e p o s se s se d o f w i l l wh o r i se s t o

th e s u rfac e at t h e se tim e s th e on e wh o can by

som e s u btl e p ower mak e ot h er m en o b ey h im
T h e will power go e s on un i ver sally I n t h e
youn g a r i stocrat wh o get s h i s ta i lor t o ma k e
anoth er a dvance in d eance of h i s convi ction t ha t
h e will n ever get h i s money back I t goe s on be
tween l awyer and cl ient ; b e t w i x t d oc t o r and
pa t ien t ; b etween banker an d borrower ; b etw i xt
buyer and sell er I t i s not tact wh ich enable s th e
person b eh in d th e count er t o i nduc e cu s t om er s t o
b uy wh at t h ey di d no t int en d t o buy and w hi ch
b ought gi v e s th em n o sat i sfact i on t h ough i t i s
l inked th erewith fo r th e e ff ort t o b e succ e s sful
Wh en ever t wo p er son s m eet i n b u s i n e s s or in
any oth er rel a t ion i n l i fe u p t o l ove making
th ere i s th i s will gh t goin g on comm only
enoug h wit h ou t any con sciou sne s s o f th e st rug
gl e T h ere i s a dim con sciou sne s s o f th e re sul t
but n on e of th e proce s se s I t often ta k e s year s
o f th e i ntimacy o f marrie d l ife t o n d out w i th
wh om o f th e pair th e m a st ery really lie s O ften
th e far s t ronger c h aract er t o all app earan c es h a s
t o y i el d ; it i s t h i s will el em ent wh i c h und erl i e s
th e stat em en t : T h e race i s n o t al ways t o th e

sw i ft n or t h e battl e t o t h e s t ron g I n M i ddle

march we nd i n L yd gat e a gran d aggregat i on

of qual itie s ye t s h allow h ard sel sh Ro sam ond
ma s t er s h im th orough ly i n th e end H e wa s n ot
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in will power ; po sse s sed more th an an

average amount of character ; but in t h e ght h e
went down at la st under th e on slaught of th e in
t en se s t ubb orn will of h i s narrow m ind ed spou se
Their will conte st wa s th e colli sion o f a large
warm nature like a capabl e human han d with a
h ard narrow sel sh nature l ike a st eel b utt on ;
t h e hand only brui sed it self whil e t h e bu t ton r e

ma i ned una ff ect ed

You mu st n ot however i magin e tha t every
person with wh om you engage in on e of th es e
p sych ic duel s i s con sciou s o f what i s going on
H e u sually recognize s that som e sort of conict
i s under way but h e d oe s not know th e law s and
principl e s of p sych ic forc e and so i s in th e dark
regarding th e proc e dure You will nd that a
littl e p rac t ice o f th i s kind in which n o great
que stion i s involved w ill giv e you a certain knack
or trick of h andling your p sych ic force s an d will
be s i de s g i ve you that cond ence in yourself that
come s only from actual practice and exerci se I
can po i nt ou t th e rul e s and give you th e p rinc i
pl e s bu t you mu st l earn th e l ittl e bit s o f t ech
nique yo u r sel f from actual pract i ce
W h en you h ave cro s sed p sychi c sword s wi t h
th e oth er p er son gaze at h im intently but not
ercel y an d sen d him thi s p o sitive strong
t h ought V ib ration : I am stronger than yo u an d

I s h all win ! A t th e sam e t i m e p i cture t o your

sel f your force s b eating d own h i s and overco mi ng
h i m H ol d th i s id ea and p i cture in your mi n d :
My vibra t ion s are stronger than are your s

am b eating you ! Foll ow th i s u p w i t h t h e id e a

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a n d p i c tu re of : Yo u are wea k enin g an d g i v i n g

in you ar e b eing overpo w er ed !

A very power
f ul p syc h ic wea p on i s th e follow i ng : M y v i bra
t ion s are s c a tt ering your force s I am breaking

your force s into bit s surrend er surrend er n ow

I t el l you !
A nd n ow for som e i n t ere s t ing an d very valu
abl e information concerning p sych ic d efen se
Yo u will no t ic e that in th e off en sive p sychic
w eapon s th ere i s alway s an a s sert ion of p o siti v e
stat em ent of your power and it s e ff ect Well
t hen i n u sin g th e p sych ic defen sive w eapon
again st on e of strong will or p sych ic forc e you
r ever s e th e pro c e s s T h at i s t o say yo u d e n y th e
force of hi s p sychic power s and force s an d pic
t ure th em a s m eltin g int o n ot h in g n e s s Get thi s
idea well xed in your mind for it i s v ery i mp ort
an t in a conict of thi s k ind Th e e ff ect of th i s

i s t o ne u tralize all of th e o t h er per son s power so

far a s it s e ff ect o n your sel f i s concern ed yo u
real ly d o n ot d e stroy it in him t otally Yo u
s i mply ren d e r h i s f orce s p owerl e s s t o a ff ect yo u
Thi s i s impor t ant n o t only wh en i n a p sych ic con
ict of t h i s kind but al so wh en yo u wi sh t o ren
de r yoursel f i mm u ne from t h e p sych i c force s of
ot h er p er son s Yo u m ay s h u t yourself u p in a
s t rong d efen s iv e armo r i n t h i s way and ot h er s
w i ll b e powerl e s s t o a ff ect you

In t h e po s iti ve statemen t I d en y ! y o u h av e
t h e Occul t Sh ield of D efen se wh ich i s a m ighty
prot ection t o yo u Even i f yo u d o no t feel d i s
po se d t o c u lti v a t e and d evel op your p syc h i c pow
er s in t h e di rec ti on of inuencing oth er s you

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s h o u ld a t l e a s t d e v elop yo u r d efen s i v e p ower s s o

a s t o r e s i s t any p sychic a tt ac k s up on your self
Y o u w i ll n d it h elpful t o pract ice t h e se o i
f en s i ve an d d efen s i ve weapon s wh en you are

a lon e stand ing b efore your m irror an d playing

t hat your ree cti on i n th e gla s s i s th e oth er p er
s on
S end th i s imaginary oth er per son the
p sych ic vi bration s accompani ed by th e m en t al
picture suitabl e for it A ct t h e part out seriously
and earn e stly j ust a s i f th e reected image were
really ano t her p er son Th i s will give you co n

dence in your self and that in d e n a ble knack

of handling your p sych ic weapon s that com e s
only from pract i ce You will do well to p erfec t
your self in th e se r eh ear sal s j u st a s you woul d in
ca se you were try i n g t o ma ster anyth ing el se B y
frequent earn est reh ear sal s you will gain no t
only familiarity with th e proce s s and m e t hod s
but you will al so gain real power an d strength by
th e exerci se o f yo u r p sych ic facult ie s wh ich have
h eret ofore lain dormant J u st a s you may de
v e lo p th e mu scl e o f your arm b y ca list h e n t ic e x e r
ci ses until it i s abl e to p erform real mu scular
w ork o f s t reng t h ; so you may d evelo p yo u r psy
chic facultie s in th i s reh ear sal work so tha t you
wi ll b e s t rongly equipped and arm e d for an actual
p syc h ic conict b e sid e s h aving l earn ed h ow t o
h andl e your p sychic weap on s
A fter you hav e practiced su fc i ently along th e
g en eral o ffen siv e an d defen sive line s and have
l earned h ow to manifest th ese force s in actual
conict you will do well t o pract ice sp ecial and
specic command s t o o t h er s in th e sam e way
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T h at i s t o say prac t ice th em r s t on your r e

e ct e d image in t h e m irror
Th e foll owing com
mand s ( with m ental picture s of cour se ) will giv e
you goo d practice Go about th e work in earne st
and act out t h e par t ser i ou sly Try th e se e x e r

ci se s :
H ere ! lo ok at m e !
Give m e your u n

d ivi de d att ent i on !

C om e thi s way !
C om e

t o m e a t once !
Go away from m e l eav e m e

at once !
You lik e m e you l ike m e v ery

much !
Yo u are afraid o f m e !
You wi sh t o

pl ea se m e !
You will agree t o my prop o siti on !

You will d o a s I t ell you ! A ny special com

man d yo u w i sh t o conv ey t o anoth er per son
p sych ical ly you will d o well t o prac t ice befor e
th e mirror in thi s w ay
W h en you h ave mad e sati sfac t ory progres s i n
t h e exerci se s abov e m ention ed an d are ab l e t o
d em on strat e th em with a fair degree o f succe s s
in actual p ra ctice you m ay p roceed t o exp erim en t
with p er son s al ong th e lin e s of special and d irect
co m man d s by p sychic force Th e following w i ll
giv e yo u a cl ear idea of th e natur e o f th e e xpe r i
m ent s in qu e stion but you may enlarge u pon an d
vary th em indenitely Rem emb er th ere i s n o

virtu e in m ere word s t h e e ffect com e s from th e

power o f t h e th o ugh t b eh in d th e word s B u t
n ev erth el e s s y ou will nd that po sitive wor d s
u s e d in t h e se sil ent command s will h el p you t o
t in yo u r feel ing t o th e word s A lways ma k e
t h e comman d a real C OM M A N D n ever a m ere
en t rea t y o r a ppeal A s sum e th e m en t al at ti tud e

o f a ma s t er o f m en o f a command er an d rul er o f
oth e r m en H ere follow a numb er o f i nt ere st i ng
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ex p er i m en t s along th e se l i ne s wh ich will b e very

u seful t o you in acq u iring th e art o f p er sonal
inuence of thi s ki n d :
,

SEVEN V AL U AB L E EXER C I SES

E xer ci s e 1 : Wh en walking down th e s t ree t
behind a per son make him turn around in a n sw e r
t o your m ental command S el ect som e per son
wh o do e s not seem t o b e too much r u sh ed o r too

busy select som e per son w h o seem s t o h av i ng

nothing particular on h i s m ind Th en d e s i re
earn e stly that h e sh all turn aroun d wh en you
mentally call to h im t o d o so ; at th e sam e t im e
p i cture h im a s t urn in g around i n an swer t o your
call ; a n d at th e sam e tim e concentrat e your atten
tion an d though t rmly upon h im A f t er a few
m oment s o f preparat ory th ought sen d h i m th e
following me s sage silen t ly o f cour se with a s
mu c h forc e po sitivenes s an d vigor a s p o s sibl e :
H ey th ere ! t urn aroun d an d loo k at m e ! H ey !

turn around turn around a t once ! Wh i l e in

ue n cin g h im x your gaze at th e po i nt on h i s
n eck wh er e th e skull j oin s itr i ght at th e b a se o f
th e bra i n i n t h e bac k In a numb er o f ca ses you
will n d t hat th e per son will l oo k aroun d a s if
someon e had a ctually call ed h im aloud In o t h er
ca ses h e will seem puzzled an d will look from
sid e t o sid e a s i f seeking som e on e A ft er a l ittl e
practice yo u will b e surpri sed h ow m any p e r son s
you can a ff ect in th i s way
E x erc i se 2 : Wh en in a publ i c place suc h a s a
c h urc h concer t or t h ea t re se n d a s im ilar m e s
sage t o som eone seat ed a l ittle di s t ance i n front
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o f you U se t h e sam e m e t ho d s a s i n th e r s t
e x erci se an d you will obt ain sim i lar re sult s I t
w i ll seem queer t o you a t r st to not i ce h ow th e
o t h er per son will begin t o d ge t an d m ove
around i n h i s seat and nally glance fur ti vely
aroun d a s if t o see what i s cau sing him th e di s
t u r ba n ce
You o f cour se will n ot let h im s u s
pe ct that i t i s you but in st ead will gaze calmly
ah ead o f you an d pret end not t o n otic e h im
E xerci se 3 : Thi s i s a variation of th e r st
exerci se I t i s practiced b y sending t o a p erson
ap proach in g you on th e street or walkin g ah ead
of you in th e sam e d irect ion a comman d t o turn
t o th e right or to th e l eft a s you prefer Y ou
will b e surpri sed t o see h ow o ft en you will b e suc
ce ssf u l i n th i s
Exerci se 4 : Th i s i s a variation of th e second
exerci se I t i s practiced by sending t o a p erson
seat ed in front of you i n a publ ic place th e com
mand t o l ook t o th e right or t o th e l eft a s you
prefer D o n ot practice on th e sam e p er son to o
long a fter succeeding at r st it i s no t righ t to
t orm ent peo ple rem emb er
Exerci se 5 : A ft er havin g atta i ned prociency
in th e foregoing exerci se s you m any proceed t o
command a p er son t o perform certain un im po r t
ant motion s suc h a s ri sing o r sitt ing d own
taking o ff h i s hat taking ou t h i s han dkerch ief
laying down a fan u mb rella etc
E x erc i se 6 : Th e n ext step i s t o comman d p er
son s t o say som e particular word h a v m g no 1 m;
po rtant m ean ing ; t o put word s i n h i s mo ut h
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wh ile t a l ki n g t o h im Wai t until th e other p er

son pau se s a s if in search of a word and th en
sudd enly sharply and forcibly put t h e word in t o
h i s m outh silently o f course In a very su sce p
t i bl e p er son well under your p sychic control you
m ay succeed in sugge sting entire sent ence s and
phra se s t o him
Exerci se 7 : Thi s i s th e summ it of p sychic in
u e n cin g and o f course i s th e m o st di fcult
B ut you will b e surpri sed t o see how well you will
succeed in many ca se s after you hav e acquired
t h e knack and hab it of sen ding th e p sych ic m e s
sage I t con si st s o f commanding th e person t o
obey th e spoken command or reque st that you ar e
about t o m ake t o h im Thi s i s th e art and secret
o f th e succe s s of many sal e sm en solicitors an d
oth er s working al ong th e lin e s of inuencing
o t h er peopl e I t i s acquired by b eginning with
smal l th ings an d gradual ly proceeding t o
great er an d still greater A t thi s point I should
warn you th at all th e b e st occult t each ings warn
s t ud ent s again st u sing thi s power fo r ba se end s
improper purpo se s etc Such practice s tend t o
react and rebound again st th e p er son u sin g them
like a b o om erang B eware again st u sin g p sychic
or occult force s for im pro per purpo se s th e
p sychic laws puni sh th e o ff end er j u st a s do th e
physical law s
F i nally I caution th e stud ent again st talking
too much ab out hi s d evel oping power s B eware
of boa stin g o r bragging about th e se things
Keep sil ent and keep your own coun sel Wh en
you make known your power s you set into opera
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t ion t h e a dver se an d anta gon i s t ic th o u g h t of per

son s aroun d you wh o may be j ea l ou s of you an d
w h o woul d wi sh t o see you fail or make yourself
r idi cul ou s Th e wi se h ea d k eepet h a still t on gu e !
On e of th e ol d e st o ccult maxim s i s :
L earn !
D are ! D o ! Keep
You w i ll d o well to
a dh ere s t r ict ly t o thi s w ar n i ng c a uti on
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P S Y C H I C I N F L UEN C E A T A D I ST A N C E
Th e second pha se o f P sych ic Inuence i s that
called Di stant P sych ic Inuence in which
p sych ic induction i s mani fe st ed wh en t h e person s
are d i s t ant i n space from on e a noth er not in th e
presenc e o f each oth er H ere of cours e we see
th e principl e of t el epathy involved in conn ection
with th e proce s s o f m en t al induction ; a n d in som e
ca se s even th e a stral t elepa t hic sen se i s call ed
into op erat i on
Th e student wh o ha s followed my explanation
and cour s e o f rea soning in th e preceding le sson s
will readily p erceive that th e principl e involved
i n th i s di stant pha se of p sychic inuence i s pre
cise ly th e sam e a s tha t em ployed in d i rec t p er
sonal p syc h ic inuence A s I have explained in
an early l e s son it matter s l it tl e wh eth er th e space
t o b e covered by th e p sychic vib ratory wave s i s
b ut on e foot or a th ou sand mile s t h e pr i ncipl e i s
exactly th e sam e Th ere are o f cour se oth er
princ i pl e s i nvolved i n th e ca se o f two per son s
m eeting face to face and call ing i nto force th ei r
p sych ic power s ; for i n s t ance th ere i s th e el em ent
of sugge s t ion an d a s sociat i on a n d other p sych o
l ogical principl e s whic h are n o t in force wh en the
tw o per son s are out o f th e ac t ual p re sence of each
o t h er B ut so far a s th e t el epa t h ic or a stral
p syc h i c power s are concerned th e m ere ext en
s i on o f space do e s not change th e principl e
Th e s t udent w h o ha s d eveloped hi s power of
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p sychic induct i on in th e p ha se s m ent i oned in t h e

preceding chap t er may be gi n t o experiment an d
practic e p sych ic induct ion at long range i f h e
so wi sh e s Th a t i s t o say i n st ead o f cau s i ng
p sych ic i n duction i n t h e m ind s of p er son s actu
ally in h i s pre sence an d s i ght h e m a y produce
sim ilar re sult s in person s o ut o f h i s s i ght and
pre sen ce Th e per son may b e brough t i n t o pre s
ence an d p sychi c contact for all pract i cal pur
p o se s by u sing th e vi sual izing power s for th e
purp o se o f bringing h im int o th e en ra p p or t con
di t ion That i s t o say by u sing th e i magination
t o br i ng int o t h e m i nd a s t rong cl ear picture of
th e oth er p er son you m ay i nduce an en ra pport
con dit ion in wh ich h e w i ll be pract i cally in th e
sam e p sych i c relat i on t o yo u a s i f h e were
actually b efore you O f cour se if h e i s suffic i en t ly
well i n form ed regardin g occult matters h e m ay
sh u t you ou t by draw i ng a p sych i c c i rcl e aroun d
h im sel f w h ich you canno t pene t ra t e o r by sur
round ing h im sel f w i t h p sych i c arm or o r atm o s
ph e r e such a s I h ave al ready m ent i oned i n pre
ced i n g l e s son s B u t a s h e w ill n ot li k ely k now
anyth ing o f t hi s th e average per son may be
reac h e d i n t h e m anner j u s t m en t ion ed
Or again you m ay e s t abli s h en rap p or t cond i
tion s by p sychom etric m eth od s b y h old i ng t o
your fo reh ead an articl e wh i ch h a s b een in t h e

oth er p er son s po sse s sion for som e t i me ; an

art i cl e worn by h im ; a pi ece o f hi s h air ; e t c O r
a g a i n you m ay u se t h e crystal t o b r i n g u p hi s
a s t ral v i s i on be f ore you O r aga i n you m a y

erect an a s t ral t ub e such a s I w i ll m en ti on a

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l i t t le furth er on in thi s chapter an d thu s e stabl i sh

a strong en rappor t condition
Having e stabli sh ed th e en rapport condition
with th e oth er p er son an d h aving th u s pr a ct i
cally brought h im into your presence p sych ically
speakin g you may proceed t o send h im com
mand s o r d emand s j u st a s you did in th e pha se
of per sonal p sychic inuence previou sly m en
You act preci sely a s if th e other p erson
t io n e d
wer e pre sent b efore you and state your com
mand s or demand s t o him j u st a s you would were
h e seated or standing in your presence Thi s i s
t h e keynot e o f th e whol e thing ; th e re st i s simply
a n elaboration and stating of d etail s of m eth od s
e t c With th e correct principl e once e stabl i sh ed
you m ay a pply th e sam e accordin g t o your own
wi sh e s and di scretion
Th i s pha s e o f d i stant p sych i c inuenc e i s at t h e
b o t tom of all th e wond erful tal e s st orie s and
l egend s o f supernatural power s witch craft
sorcery et c with wh ich th e page s o f h i story are
lled Th ere i s of cour se alway s t o b e found
much d i st ortion an d exaggeration i n th e se
legend s and tal e s but they hav e t ruth at th e bo t
t om of th em In thi s connection l et m e call your
a tt en t ion t o a very imp ortant p sych ic pr i ncipl e
involved I h ave t old you that by denyin g th e
power o f any person over you you practically
neutralize h i s p sychic p ower th e stronger and
more po sitive your b el ief in your i mmunity and
your d enial o f h i s power over you th e more d o
you rob h i m o f any such power Th e average
per son no t knowing thi s i s m ore or l es s pa s sive
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p sy chic i n u ence s of oth er person s a n d m ay

be a ff e c t ed by t h em t o a great er or l e s s ext ent
d epen din g u pon t h e p sychi c d ev elopm ent of th e
perso n see k in g t o i nuence h i m A t th e extrem e
of th e sen s i tiv e p ol e of p sych i c i nuence we n d
th o se p e r son s w h o bel i e v e r m l y t h a t t h e oth er
person ha s p ower over th em and wh o a r e m ore
Th i s b el ief and fear act s
o r le ss a f r a id o f h im
t o ma k e t h e m part icu l arl y sen sit ive an d im pres
sio n a ble an d ea sily a ff ect e d by hi s p sychi c i nduc

tion T hi s i s t h e rea son that th e so call e d witch e s

and s orcerer s an d oth er s of evil repute have b een
ab l e t o ac qu i re suc h a power over th eir v i ct im s
and t o cau se so mu c h t roubl e Th e secret i s th at
t h e vi c ti m s be l i e v e d in th e pow e r o f t h e o t h er pe r
so n a n d f ea r e d t h e i r po we r
Th e great er th e be
l i ef in an d fear o f t h e p owe r o f th e p er son th e
great er th e su sceptib ility t o h i s inuence ; th e
great er th e sen se of power of n eutral izing t h e
power an d t h e di sb el i ef i n h i s power t o a ff ec t
t h em th e g r e a t er th e d egre e o f i mmunity : thi s i s
t h e ru l e !
A cc o r di ngl y w e n d th a t p er son s i n v ar i o u s
s t a ge s of th e h i s t ory of th e worl d h ave b een a i
f e ct e d by t h e i nuence s of wi t ch e s sorcerers an d
o th e r un pr i nc i pl ed person s I n m o s t ca se s th e s e
so called w i tc h e s an d sorcerer s t h em selve s were
un d e r t h e d elu si on t h a t th ey w ere a s s i st ed by th e
d ev i l or s om e oth er su pernatural b e i ng T h ey
di d n o t real iz e th a t th ey w e r e s im pl y u s i ng per
f e ctly na t ura l m e t h o d s a n d e m pl oy i n g p erfectly
natural f orce s For th a t ma tt er you mu st r e
m e m b er t h a t m agne ti sm a nd elec t ricity i n
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anci en t days were con sidered a s supernatural

force s in som e way connect ed with demonic
power s
Studying th e h i story of w i tch craft sorcery
black magic and th e like you will n d that th e
devote e s th ereof u sually employed som e p sych o
m etri c m eth od In oth er ca se s th ey woul d m ould
littl e gure s o f clay o r of wax in t h e general
shape an d appearance o f th e per son whom th ey
wi sh ed t o a ff ect I t wa s th ought tha t th e se li t tl e
gure s were end owed with som e s u p ernat u ral
p ower s o r attribut e s bu t o f course t h i s wa s m ere
super stition Th e wh ol e p ower of th e se littl e
gure s aro s e from th e fact t h a t th ey aided th e
imagination of th e spell work er i n form ing a
m ental image of th e person sought t o b e in u
e n ce d ; and thu s e stabli sh ed a strong en rapport
condition A dd ed t o th i s you mu st rem emb er
t hat th e fear and b el ief o f th e public greatly aid ed
th e spell
worker an d increa sed h i s power and in
u e n ce over th e se poor per son s
I will giv e you a typ i cal ca se taken f rom an old
German book which th orough ly illu strat e s t h e
principl e s involved in ca se s of th i s kind Un der
stand thi s ca se an d you will have t h e secret a n d
working principl e o f t h em al l T h e s t ory i s t ol d
by an em in ent German p h ys i cian of th e la st cen
tury H e rela t e s that h e wa s con sult ed by on e o f
h i s pat i ent s a weal th y farm er l i vin g n ear by
Th e farm er compla i n ed th at h e wa s di sturb ed
every night b y strange n o i ses wh ic h soun de d li k e
som eon e pounding i ron T h e di sturbance s o c

cu r red b etween t h e h o u r s o i t en o cl oc k an d mi d
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n ight eac h and every night Th e phys i cian a s k ed

him i f h e su spect ed anyon e o f cau sin g th e strange
troub l e Th e farm er an swer e d tha t h e su spect ed
an old en emy of h i s an ol d v i llage blac k smith
l iving s everal mil e s a w ay from hi s farm It a p
pear s that a n ol d l ong s t and i n g f e u d b etween
th em had b ro k en o u t afre sh and t h a t t h e black

sm ith h ad made t h rea t s o f em pl oy i ng h i s h ex

Th e
( wit chcraft ) power s o n th e ol d f arm er

black sm it h wa s repu t ed t o b e a sor t of h ex or

mal e w it c h and t h e farm er b el i eved in h i s dia
h ol i c po w er s and wa s v ery m uch i n fear o f th em
S o yo u see t h e i d eal cond iti on fo r p sy chic recep
t iv ity w a s pre sen t
T h e phys i c i an call e d on t h e blac k sm i t h and
tak i ng h im by surpr i se ga z in g s t ernly int o h i s
eye s an d a sk ed h im :
What d o yo u d o every

?
nig ht b etween t en and t welv e o cl ock
Th e
black sm i th f r i g ht en ed an d d i s t urb ed stam m ered
ou t : I h am m e r a bar o f i ron every n i ght a t th at
t i m e an d all th e wh il e I t hin k i n t ently o f a b ad
n e i gh bo r o f m in e wh o once ch ea t e d m e ou t o f

s om e m oney ; an d I w ill a t t h e sam e ti m e th a t

th e n o i se will d i s t urb h i s re s t until h e w ill pay

m e bac k m y m on ey t o get p eac e an d qu i e t

Th e
p h ysic i an bad e h im t o d e s i s t from hi s e vi l prae
ti ce s under th rea t s o f dire puni shm en t ; an d t h en
w ent t o th e farm er an d made hi m s t ra i ght en ou t
th e nanc i a l d i sput e b etween t h e t wo T h e r e
a ft e r th ere wa s n o m ore t roubl e
S o yo u see i n th i s ca se all t h e n e c e s sary el e
m ent s were pre sent Fir st th ere wa s th e b el i e f
o f th e black sm i t h in h i s own po w ersthi s ga v e
,

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him self co n d e n ce and p s y ch i c power Th en

t h ere wa s th e b eli ef an d fear on th e part of th e
f a r m erthi s made him an ea sy subj ect and very
su sceptibl e t o p sych ic i nduction etc Th en th ere
w a s th e ac ti on o f t h e black smith b eating th e iron
th i s gave f or c e an d cl earne s s to h i s v i suali z a
t ion of th e i d e a h e wi sh ed t o induce in th e mind
of th e ot h er A n d nally th ere wa s h i s will em
pl oyed i n every strok e goin g out in th e direction
of th e concentrated wi sh and purpo se o f in u
You see th en that every
e n cin g th e farm er
p sych ic el ement wa s present It wa s n o wond er
that th e old farm er wa s d i sturb ed
A mong th e n egro e s of th e South i n A m er i ca ;
and am ong t h e Hawaiian s ; we nd mar k ed in
stance s o f th i s kind Th e negro V o odoo m en a n d
wom en work black magic on th o se of th eir race
wh o are su pe r sitio u s and credul ou s an d wh o
have a mortal fear o f th e V o o d oo You see th e
condition s obtained are much th e sam e a s i n th e
case of t h e German ca se j u st cit ed Traveller s
wh o hav e vi sited th e countrie s in wh ich th ere i s
a large negr o p opulation h ave many int ere sting
tale s t o recit e o f th e t erribl e workings of th e se
V oodo o black magician s
In som e ca se s sic k
n e ss an d even death i s th e result B ut mar k you
thi s ! i t i s onl y th o se wh o b elieve i n and fear th e
power of t h e V ood oo s that are a ff ect ed In H a
wa i i th e Ka h una s or nat ive magician s a r e r e
n o w n e d for th e i r power t o cau se sic k n e s s and
deat h t o t h o se wh o h ave o ff ende d t h em ; or t o
th o se w h o h ave o ff en d e d som e client o f t h e Ka

hu n a and wh o have hi re d th e la t ter t o pray t h e

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en em y t o sickn es s or d ea t h Th e poor i gnoran t

H a w a l ia n s b el ieving implic it ly in t h e pow er of
th e Kah u na s an d b eing i n d eadly f ear o f th em
are v ery su sce p ti bl e t o th e i r p syc h ic i nuenc e
an d natura l ly fal l ea sy vi ct i m s unles s t h ey buy of
t h e Kahuna or mak e peace wit h h i s cl i ent Whit e
per son s l i vin g i n H awai i are n ot a ff ected b y th e
Kahuna s for th ey do n o t bel i eve i n t h em n eith er
d o th ey fear t h em
Uncon sciou sly but still
s t rongly th ey d e n y th e power an d ar e immun e
So yo u see th e principl e working out h ere al so
Onc e yo u h av e th e ma s t er k ey you may unloc k
many do or s o f mystery w hi c h have h ere t o fore
been cl o sed t o you
.

,
,

We d o n o t h a v e t o fal l bac k on ca se s o f witch

craf t h owever i n or d er t o i llu s t ra t e thi s p h ase o f
th e u se of p syc h ic inuenc e for sel sh end s I n
E u rop e an d A m erica t h ere are t each er s o f a l ow
form of occul t i sm wh o in struct th eir pupil s in th e
art o f pro duc i ng ind u ced m ental stat e s i n th e
m in d s o f o t h er s f or purpo se s of nancial ga i n or
o th er sel sh en d s Fo r in stance th ere i s a We s t
ern t each er w h o i n struc t s h i s pup i l s t o induce d e
sired m ental s t at e s i n pro spec ti v e cu s t om er s o r
oth er s wh om th ey m ay w i s h t o in u ence fo r
sel s h r ea son s Th i s t each er t ell s h i s pup i l s t o :
Imagin e your pro spec ti ve cu stom er or o th er
per son a s sea t e d i n a c h a i r b efore wh ic h you are
s t an din g Ma k e t h e imagined p i c t ure a s s t ron g
a s po s sibl e f o r upon th i s d epend s your succe s s

Th en p roce ed t o treat thi s person j u s t a s i f h e

C oncen t ra t e your w i l l
were a ctually pre sen t
up on hi m a nd t ell h i m wh at yo u expec t t o t ell
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him w h en yo u m ee t hi m U se a l l o f th e argu
m en t s t ha t you can thin k o f an d at t h e sam e t im e
h ol d th e thought tha t h e m u s t d o a s you say Try
t o i magi n e him a s co m plying w i t h yo u r w i sh e s
in ever y re s p e ct f o r thi s i mag i n i n g wil l t end t o

com e t r u e wh en yo u r eally m ee t th e person

Th i s r u l e m a y b e u se d no t o nly i n th e c a se o f
pro spect i ve c u s tomer s but al so i n th e ca se o f
person s w h om you w i sh t o i nuenc e i n any way

what soever
S u rely th i s i s a ca se o f em ploying
p syc h ic p owe rs f o r s e l sh pu rpo se s i f a ny th in g
.

18

A g a i n i n E u rop e a n d A m e r ic a p a r ti cu l arly i n
t h e la t t er country we nd many per son s w h o
h a ve pick ed u p a smatt ering o f occult k nowl edge
by m ean s of som e of th e many h ealing cult s and
organ iza t i on s wh i c h t each th e p ower o f t h ought
over physical d i sea se s I n th e in stru c t i on al ong
t h e l i ne s o f d i stant m en t al h eal i n g th e s t u d en t i s
taugh t t o v i sual i ze th e p at i en t a s s t rongly and
cl early a s po s s i bl e an d t o th en pro c e e d t o ma k e
stat em ent s o f h ealth an d stren gth Th e m in d o f
t h e pati en t an d t ha t of th e h eal er co opera t e
an d in many c a se s wor k w onderfu l cu re s A s
yo u w i ll see in t h e la s t l e s son o f th i s course t h ere
i s grea t p owe r i n th e mi n d t o i n du ce h eal th ful
v i bra ti on s i n th e mi n d o f ot h er s and th e w ork i s
a good an d w orthy on e B ut ala s ! a s i s so o ften
th e ca se t h e good t eac h ing i s so m e ti m e s p er
v ert ed and applied for u nwort h y and sel s h en d s
Some o f th e p erson s w h o h a v e pic k e d u p th e pr i n
c1ple s o f m en t a l h e a l i ng h ave d i sco v ere d th a t t h e
sam e p o w er m ay b e u se d i n a ba d a s w e l l a s i n a
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goo d d i rec ti on T h ey acco r di n gl y p ro c eed t o

t re a t oth er per son s w i t h t h e obj ec t o f pe r sua d

i n g th e m t o d o t hin g s c al cula t e d t o be net th e
per son u sin g th e p syc hi c power T h ey seek t o
get th ese oth er per son s und er th e i r p syc hi c in
u e n ce and t o th en t a k e a dv an t a g e o f th e m in
som e way or o t h er
I h ope t h a t i t i s pract i cally unn e c e ssary f or m e
t o warn m y s t ud ent s again st e vi l prac ti c e s o f t hi s
k i n d I tru st tha t I h a V e no t d rawn any stud
en t s o f t h i s cla s s t o m e In ca se h owever th a t
som e o f you may have b een o r m ay b e i n th e
f utur e t em p t ed t o u se your p syc hi c power s im
properly in thi s way I w i s h t o caut i on and warn
you p o sitively aga i n st so doin g Out sid e o f t h e
ordinary m orali t y wh ic h s h oul d p reven t you from
taking advantage o f anoth er per son in thi s way
I wi sh t o say t o yo u that anyon e so m i su sin g
p sych ic or a s t ral power s will i n evitably bring
down upon hi s h ea d soon er or later certa i n o c
cul t a stral f or c e s wh i ch w i ll prov e d i sa strou s t o
him H e will b ecom e involved in th e web o f h i s
own ma ki ng an d wi ll su ff er greatl y N ever by
any m ean s allow yourself t o b e t em pt e d i nt o in
d ulgin g in any o f th e practice s o f B lack Mag i c
und er any f orm o f d i sgu i se Y ou w i ll l i ve t o r e
gret it i f you d o Em pl oy your p ower s wh en
yo u d evelo p th em for th e good of o t h er s ; or a t
l ea st f or purel y s c i en t ic i n v e s t i ga ti on an d
k nowledge
T h e sc i en ti c i n v e s ti ga t o r o f thi s ph a s e o f
p s ych i c i nuence w i ll wi s h t o be c o m e ac qu a i n t e d

w ith w h a t t h e o ccult i s t s c a ll th e a s t ra l tu b e
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I n thi s p h a s e of th e p h eno m ena you manife s t

u p on th e a stral plane rath er than upon th e phys
i cal Th e a s t ral form of tel epath y i s manife sted
ra t h er t han t h e ordinary form W h il e th ere are
a num b er o f tec h nical point s involved i n th e pro d
uctio n o f t h e a stral tube I shall end eavo r t o in
struct yo u r egarding i t s creat i on a n d u se in a s
pla i n w or d s a s po ssibl e om itting all referenc e
t o t ec h n i ca l occult detail s wh i ch wo u ld only serv e
t o d i s t rac t your at t ent i on and confu s e your mind
Th e a d vance d occult stud ent will und erstand
t h e se om it te d t echnical itie s with ou t being told
of t h em ; th e oth er s would not k no w what wa s
m ean t by t h em if m entioned in t h e ab sence o f
a l ong s t age o f preparatory t eaching A fter all
t h e t h eory i s not o f so much im portance t o mo st
o f you a s are th e practical working principle s
I a s k your careful att enti on to what I hav e t o sa y
i n th i s subj ec t o f th e a stral tu b e
T h e A s t ral Tub e i s form e d b y t h e p erson for m
i n g i n h i s imaginat ion ( i e on t h e a stral plan e
by m ean s o f hi s imagination or vi sualizin g pow
ers ) a tub e o r small tunnel b e t ween h im sel f and
th e p er son wh om h e w i s h e s t o inuence H e
start s b y pi cturing it i n h i s m i nd a w h irl in g
v or t ex s i m ilar t o t h e w hi rl i n g ring o f smo k e

e mi t t e d f rom a co u ghing eng i n e and some

t im e s b y a m an s m o k in g a c i gar ab out six i nch e s
t o on e fo o t i n diam eter H e mu s t wi ll th e im a g
in e d vor t e x rin g t o m ove forward a s i f i t were
actual ly b or i n g a t unn el th rough t h e atm o sph ere
W h en th e k nac k o f produc i ng thi s a stral t ub e i s
ac q u i red it wi ll b e f oun d th a t th e vi sual iz ed t un
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nel see m s t o v ibra t e wit h a p e cu l iar inten s i ty

an d will s eem to b e com po sed o f a sub stance
far m ore subtl e than air Th en a t th e oth er
end o f thi s a s t ral tub e you m u s t picture th e
oth er p er son t h e on e wh om yo u wi sh t o in
u e n ce
Th e per son wil l see m a s if viewe d
through th e wron g en d of an o p era gla s s Wh en
thi s condit ion i s gain ed th ere wil l b e foun d t o b e
a h igh d egre e o f en rappor t b etween your sel f and
th e ot h er per son Th e secret con si st s in th e fac t
tha t y o u h av e really e stabl i sh ed a form of clair
voyanc e b etween your sel f an d th e p er son Wh en
you h ave induced thi s con di t i on proceed w i t h
your m en t al command s and pic t ure s j u st a s i f
you wer e i n th e pre sence o f th e p er son h im sel f
That i s t h e w h o l e thing i n a nu t s h e l l
,

I n ord er t h at you may h av e anoth er v i ewp oint

from wh ich t o con sid er th e a stral tub e or what
corr e sp on d s t o i t I wi s h t o giv e you h ere a l ittl e
quota t ion from anot h er writer on th e subj ect
wh o pre sent s th e ma t t er from a som ewh at m ore
t echn ica l stan dpoin t
R ead thi s quotat ion i n
conn ect i on w it h my own d escript ion of th e a stral
tub e and you will form a pretty com p l et e and
cl ear i dea o f th e ph enom enon T h e writ er m en
I t i s impo s sibl e h ere t o give an ex
t io n e d say s :
h a u st iv e d i squ i sitio n on a stral p h ysic s ; all I n eed
say i s that it i s po s sibl e t o m ak e in th e a stral
s ub stance a den it e conn ectin g l in e th at sh all act
a s a t el egrap h w i re t o convey vib ration s by m ean s
o f wh ich all t h at i s goin g on a t t h e oth er en d o f
i t may b e seen Such a lin e i s e stabli sh e d b e it
under s t o od n o t by a d irec t proj ect i on th rough
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spa c e o f a s t ra l m a tt e r b ut b y s u c h ac t ion upon a

l i n e ( or rath er many line s ) of part icle s of t h a t
s ub s t ance a s will rend er th em capabl e of forming
a conductor for vibration s of th e ch aracter r e
qu i red Th i s p reliminary action can b e set up
in two ways eith er by th e t r an sm i s sion of
energy from particle t o part i cl e unti l th e l in e i s
form ed or by t h e u se of a forc e fro m a h igh er
plan e w h ich i s capab l e of acting up on th e wh ol e
l in e simultaneou sly O f cours e th i s latt er m eth od
implie s far greater d evelo pm ent since it involve s
t h e k nowl ed ge of ( and th e power t o u s e ) force s
of a con s i derably h igh er l evel
E ven th e sim pl er and purely a s t ral o per a ti on
i s a d i fcult on e t o d escrib e though quit e an
ea sy on e to perfor m I t may b e said t o partake
som ewhat of th e nature of th e magn e t ization o f
a bar of st eel ; fo r it con si st s in what we m ight
cal l th e polar i zation b y an e ffor t o f t h e h uman
w i ll o f a numb er o f a stral at om s reach i ng from
t h e o perato r t o th e scen e wh ich h e w i sh e s t o o h
serve A ll th e at om s thu s affec t ed are h el d for
th e tim e bein g with th eir axe s rigidly parall el t o
one an oth er so t h a t t h ey form a k i n d of t empo
rary tub e along wh ich th e clairvoyan t may loo k
Thi s m et h od ha s th e di sadvan t age t h a t th e tel e
gra p h lin e i s l iab l e t o d i sarran gement or even
d e structi on by any su fcien t ly st rong a stral cur
ren t wh ich h appen s t o cro s s it s p ath ; but i f th e
or i ginal creativ e effort were fairl y d enit e th i s
w oul d b e a cont ingency o f onl y infrequent occ u r
rence Th e v i ew of a d i stant scen e ob t a i ne d by

mean s o f t hi s a stral current i s i n m any way s

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n ot unl i ke t h a t seen th ro ug h a t el e s c o p e Hum a n

gure s u sually appear v ery small li k e th o se on a
di s t ant st a ge b ut i n spit e of t h e i r d im i n u t iv e si z e
th ey ar e a s c l ear a s t h ough th ey w ere c l o se by
Som et i m e s it i s po s sib l e by thi s m e a n s t o h ea r
wha t i s sa i d a s wel l a s t o see wh a t i s d on e ; b ut
a s i n th e m aj o r it y o f ca se s thi s d o e s n o t h app en
we m u s t con sid er i t rat h er a s t h e m anife stat i on
o f an add i tional power than a s a n ece s sary corol

lary of th e faculty o f sight

I woul d fe el tha t I h ad no t d on e m y w h ol e du ty
t o t h e student or read er of t h i s b o o k w ere I t o
conclud e t h i s chap t er wi t h ou t po i nting ou t a
m ean s o f protect ion aga i n st t h e u s e o f t h i s pha se
o f p sychi c i nuence again s t t h em on t h e p art
o f som e un scru pul ou s person ; o r for tha t matt er
aga i n s t th e m eddling inuenc e o f any person
wha t so ever f or any purpo se what so ever with

out on e s p erm i s s i on an d con sen t T h ere f ore I

w i s h n ow t o po i n t ou t th e gen eral pr i ncipl e s o f
sel f prot ect i on o r defen se aga i n s t thi s c la s s o f
p sychi c i nu ence
In t h e r st place you mu s t o f co u r s e r e f u se t o
adm it t o yo u r mi n d any feel ing of fea r regar d in g
t h e i nuence o f other per son s for t h a t i s t h e
o pen d oor t o t h e i r i nuence a s I h ave poin t e d
out t o yo u I f you have b een or a re f earful o f
any p er son s p sych i c inuence yo u m u st ge t t o
wor k and d r i v e out t h a t feeling b y p o s iti ve an d
vi gorou s d enial s T h e d e n i al you rememb er i s
th e po s iti ve n e ut ral iz er o f th e p sy chi c i n uenc e
o f an oth er per son pro vi di n g you m a k e it i n f ull
b el i e f o f it s t r uth Y o u mu s t t a k e th e p o s iti on
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( w h ich i s a t r u e o n e ) th a t y o u ar e immu ne t o t h e
p sych ic a t tac k or inuence
You sh oul d say
m en t ally I d eny t o any per son th e power t o in
ue n ce m e p sych i cally wi t hou t my c on sen t ; I
a m po s i t iv e t o all s u c h i nuence s an d t h ey are
negativ e t o m e ; I n eu t ralize t h em by thi s

den i al !
I f yo u feel s u dden impul se s t o ac t i n som e w a y
wh ich you h ave n ot t h ought o f d oin g or toward
w h ich you h av e had an aver sion pau se a m om ent
an d say m entally I f th i s i s an out side inuence
I d eny i t s power over m e ; I deny it and s end it

ba c k t o it s sender t o hi s d efeat and con fu sion

Y o u will th en experi ence a feeling o f relief and
freedo m In such ca se s you may frequently b e
approach ed lat er on by th e p erson wh o would
have b een m o st be n e tt e d by your acti on ; h e will

a p pear surpr i sed wh en yo u turn h im d own

and will act i n a con fu sed way H e may n ot have
con sciou sl y tri ed t o inu ence you but may h ave
merely b een wi sh ing strongly that you woul d d o
a s h e d e sired
I t s h ould encourage yo u t o k now th a t it r e
q u ire s m u c h les s force t o repel an d n eu t ral iz e
p sych i c inu ence o f thi s k i nd than i s requ i red t o
sen d forth t h e powe r ; an ounce of d en i al and pro
t e ct io n o v erco m e s a p ound of p sych ic attac ki ng
powe r N a t ure g i v e s you th e m ean s of pr o t e c

t i on an d give s you t h e b e st end of t h e s ti c k

an d i t i s yo u r own fault i f you do no t e ff ec ti vely
u se it A wor d t o th e w i se i s su f c i en t
.

LE SS O N XI X

LAW S O F P S Y C H I C AT T RA C T I ON
Th e t hi r d ph a se o f P sych ic Inuence i s t h a t
w h i c h m ay b e calle d Ind irec t P sych ic I nuence
in w hic h p sych ic induc ti on i s manife st ed in th e
m i nd s o f o t h er p er son s com i ng i n contac t w ith
t h e t h ought v i brat i on s o f t h e p erson m anife s t
ing th e m a l t h ough n o d el i b era t e a t t emp t i s m ade
t o i nu ence th e m in d o f any p art i cular person or
per son s C lo se l y c onnect ed w it h and i nvolved i n
th i s pha se of p sych i c i nuence i s t ha t which i s
call ed t h e P sych ic L aw of A ttraction S o cl o sely
are th e se t wo conn ec t ed t h at I shal l con s ide r
t h em t ogeth er i n th i s l e sson
Th e fun dam ental principl e o f thi s pha se o f
p sychic i nuence i s t h e well kn own p syc h ic f a ct
th a t m en t a l an d em o t ional stat es n ot only i nduce
s i m i lar v i b r a ti on s i n t h o se wh o ar e s i m i lar a t
t un e d o u t h e p sych i c vibrat ory scal e b ut al so
t en d t o a tt r a ct an d dr a w t o th e person o t h er p er
son s wh o are vi bratin g al ong s i milar lin e s and
al s o t en d t o re p el th o se wh o are vibrating i n a n
oppo sing n o t e or scal e o f p sych i c v ibration
I n t h e p reced i ng l es son s I h ave sh own yo u h o w
by i n d uct i on we t en d t o arou se i n ot h er s m en t al
and em ot i onal sta t e s sim i lar t o our own B ut
t h ere i s a law i n e ff ec t h ere w hi c h mu s t b e n o t e d
i f yo u w i s h t o th oro u gh ly un d er stand thi s p h as e
o f p sy ch ic i nuence Om itti ng all t ec h n i c a l e x
plana ti o n s a nd g et ti n g r i gh t d own t o th e h ear t
o f th e p h eno m enon I wo u l d say th a t th e gen eral
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p r i n cip l e i s thi s : P sy chic i n duct i o n i s di fcult

i n pro por t ion t o t h e o ppo sing quality of th e char
a ct e r istic m ental an d em ot ional stat e s of th e per
son affected ; and ea s y in propor t ion t o th e b a r
m o n io u s qual i ty th ereof That i s t o say in plain

word s t hat i f a per son s habitual th ough t and

em o ti on s a r e al ong th e sam e l in e s that you ar e
trying t o induce in h im you will nd it ea sy
t o induce th e sam e in h im ; if on th e contrary
they ar e o f an O ppo sin g na t ure th en you will nd
it di fcult t o so inuence h im Th e many d e
gree s o f agreem ent and di ff erence i n th e p sychic
vibrat i on s o f per son s con st itut e a scal e o f com
r
a
p a t iv e re spon s e t o any particul ar form of m en
tal o r em ot ional vib rati on s
I t i s h ard to change th e spot s o f a l eopard o r
th e skin o f an E th io pian a s we are tol d on
anc i ent auth ori t y I t i s almo st a s di f cult t o
change t h e charac t eri s t ic m ental an d emot ional
stat e s o f a p er son by p sych ic induction except
aft er l on g an d repeat ed eff ort s O n th e contrary
let a per son hav e c ertain ch aract eri st ic m ental
and em oti onal hab it s th en th e se may b e arou sed
in th em with th e great e st ea se b y mean s o f
p sychi c i nducti on For in stance if a p er son i s
charac t eri stically an d h ab itually peaceful mild
and calm i t will b e v ery di fcult t o arou se in him
by p syc h ic induction th e vibration s o f anger
ght an d excitem ent O n th e ot h er hand if th e
oth er per son i s comb ative erce an d ea sily ex
ci t ed t o wra t h it i s th e ea siest po ssibl e thing t o
arou se t h e se feelings in h im by p sychic induct ion
So much fo r ord inary p syc h ic induct i on ; l et u s
.

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n ow con s i d er indirect p s yc h ic ind u c t ion i n which

th e sam e principl e operate s
I n i n direc t p sychi c induction that i s t o say
i n ca se s in wh ich p sych ic v i b rat ion s are a ro u sed
by induction without d elib erat e att em pt or d e
s i gn t o inuence any par t icular per son or p er
son s th ere i s n oted th e m anife s t at ion o f a pe cul
i ar law o f attract ion an d repul sion alon g p sych ic
l i n es Th i s p sychic law o perat e s i n th e direction
of attracting t o on e self oth er per son s w h o a c
t iv e ly or pa s sively vibrat e on t h e sam e n o t e o r
on som e not e o r n ot e s i n gen eral h arm ony th ere
with In th e sam e way th e la w cau se s you t o
r epel oth er per son s wh o vi brat e o n a no t e o r
n ote s in gen eral inh arm ony o r d i scord t o your
self S o in sh ort we go th roug h l i fe a tt racting
o r repell i n g p sych icall y oth er s in h arm oniou s
o r inh arm oniou s p sych ic relation t o u s re sp ect
iv e ly
A n un der standing of th i s law an d i t s
wor k ings will th row l i ght u pon many thi ngs in
your life wh i ch yo u h ave n ot u nd er s t ood pre vi
,

o u sly

You of course un der stan d t h a t you are con

st a n t ly radiating current s of p sychi c v i bration s
som e o f wh ich ow out t o great di stance s from
you an d a ff ect oth er s oft en far rem oved from
you i n space B ut you may n ot al so k now t h a t
on t h e a s t ral plan e th er e i s man ife st in g a s i m i lar
sequence o f cau se an d e ffec t A strong e m o
f ie n a l vibration o r a strong d e sire or will t en d s
o mani fe s t on t h e a stral plan e by a tt rac ti n g o r
rep e l l i ng oth er s in p syc h i c har m on y or i mbar
m ony with y ou T h i s p h eno m enon i s no t so co m

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m on a s i s th a t o f ord i nary thought vi bration s

from brain t o b rain but it i s far more common
t h a t i s generally suppo sed
It i s particularly
mar k ed in ca se s o f m en of stron g d esire and will
an d s t ron g cre a tive ima gination T h e se vibra
tion s awaken i ng re spon se i n th e m i nd s o f t h o se
in harmony wi th t h em t end t o dra w t o on e tho se
oth er per son s w ho se gen eral charact er will t
in w i t h t h e d e s i re s and i d ea s of t h e r st person
or t o repel t h o se w h o a re n ot harm oniou s th ere
w i th T h i s ex p la i n s t h e peculiar ph enom enon of
s t ron g men i n bu sin e s s politic s an d oth er walk s
o f l ife drawin g an d a t t ract ing t o them o t h er
m en w h o wi ll t i n wi t h t h e i r gen e ra l p l a n s a nd
aim s
Th i s law wor k s t wo ways N o t onl y d o yo u
d r a w s u ch p er son s t o you a s will t in w i th your
p lan s and purpo se s b ut you are attract ed to th em
by t h e sam e l aw N ot only thi s but you will nd
tha t t h roug h th e p eculiar workings o f thi s law
even t h in gs and circum stance s a s well a s per
son s w i ll seem t o b e m ould ed by your s t rong
de s i re s an d i dea s prov i ding your p sych ic vibra
tion s ar e su fciently s t rong and cl ear Have you
never n o t ice d how a str o n g r e so ur ce ful magnetic
man w i l l see m t o actually draw to him th e p er
son s th i n gs a n d circum stance s that h e need s t o
carr y o u t and manife st h i s plan s an d d e sign s
To many not und er standing thi s grea t law th e se
th ings h ave seem ed po sitively uncanny an d m ys
B u t now a days t h e b i g m en o f b u s i
t e r io u s
n es s a nd pol itic s are b eginning to u n ders t an d
,

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2 92

t h ese p s yc hic l aw s an d t o apply them d e lib

e r a t e ly and w it h purpo se
S om e of th e great lead er s in th e bu sine s s
worl d and i n p ol itic s ar e known t o del ib erately
start into o peration strong p sychi c vibration s
and t o send out strong p sych ic current s of a t
t raction b y th e m eth od s that I hav e already e x
plain ed t o you Th ey o f course are ll ed with
a m ore th an ordinary degre e of d esire an d will
and in th e second plac e th ey creat e very strong
and cl ear m ental picture s of th eir plan s working
o ut succe s sfully t o a ni sh ; th en concentrate
strongl y on th e th ing ; an d l o ! th e e ff ect i s felt
by all h and s an d on all si de s Th ey treat th e

public ( t o u se th e t erm favored by som e o f th e

m etaphy sical cult s o f th e day ) b y h ol ding th e
m ental p i cture o f that wh ich th ey st rongl y d e
sire t o com e t o pa s s and by concent rat ing th eir
th ought and will strongly upon it
A favorite m ental pi cture of som e of th e se
m en ( wh o h ave b een in structed b y t each er s of
occul t i sm ) i s th at of th em selve s a s th e c entre o f
a great p sych ic wh irl pool d rawing t o th em selve s
th e p erson s thin gs an d circum stance s calc ulat ed
t o brin g succe s s and realization t o th em Oth ers

p icture th ei r th ought vibration s owing from

th em like th e rings in a pond int o wh ich a ston e
had b een dropped inuencing a con stantly
w id enin g c ircl e of ot h er p erson s ; th en th ey pic
t u re t h e p erson s being d rawn t o th em i n th e man
ner j u st m ention ed T h ey per si st in t hi s pr a c
tice day after day week after week month af t er
,

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293

mon t h year af t er yeari s it any w o nd er t h a t

th ey draw t o t h em selve s th a t wh ic h th ey d e sire ?
Oth er per son s of l e s ser caliber take sim i lar a d
vantage o i th e law in t h e sam e way bu t on a
smaller scal e I n every community th ere are
certain per son s w h o seem t o d raw t o th em selve s
th e patronage and cu stom o f th e com m unity i n
some p eculiar way In m o st ca se s t h i s may b e
traced bac k t o som e form of p sych i c inuence I
do n ot m ean t ha t th e s e p er son s con s ci ou sly
and d el ib erat ely set th e se force s in t o operation
O n th e contrary many o f t h em d o s o m ore o r
l e s s uncon sci ou sly and w it h out a k nowl e d ge of
th e und erly i ng p syc hi c pr i nc i pl e s i nvolved Such
person s hav e stumb l e d on a portion o f t h e p sych i c
law s an d h av e u sed t h em m ore o r l e s s un co n
scio u sly and with out understanding th e real r ea
son of th e happ ening Th ey found out t h a t cer
tain m ental stat e s and cer t ain m ental p i cture s
t end ed t o pro duce c ertain re sult s t h at t h ey

work ed out
an d so th ey continued th em
Som e of th e se men th in k o f th e wh ol e thing a s
something supernatural and ge t t o b el i ev e t h at
th ey ar e b eing h elped by som e supernatural
power ; wh erea s they are s i mply op era t ing u m
der a un i ver sal p sych ic law o f cause a n d e ff ec t
In A mer i ca a numb er of t each er s an d wr i ters
h av e d evot e d m uc h at t ent i on t o th i s p ha se o f th e
general subj ect o f p sych ic inuence C ult s h ave
been form ed upon t hi s general ba si s th e main
i dea of th eir foll ower s b eing t h at o f a t tract ing
nanc i al an d oth er succe s s by m ean s of th i s
p h a se o f p s y c h i c force On e o f t h e lead i ng writ
,

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2 94

e rs along th i s l in e says : A n i ndividual w h o ha s

cult i vat ed th e faculty o f concentra t i on and h a s
ac q uired th e art o f creating sharp clear strong
m ental image s and wh o wh en engaged in an n u
d e r t a k in g will so charge h i s mind wi t h t h e i d ea
o f succe s s will b e b oun d t o b ec om e an a t tractin g
centre A nd i f such an individual will k eep h i s
m ental picture ever in h i s m in d even th ough it
b e in th e back groun d of h i s m ind wh en h e i s a t
tending t o th e d etail s and planning o f h i s a ff air s
if h e will gi v e hi s m ental picture a prom inent
place i n h i s m ental gallery takin g a frequent
glance at it and u sing h i s will upon it t o creat e
n ew scen e s o f actual succe s s h e will creat e for
h im sel f a cent re o f radiatin g th ought that will
surely b e felt by th o se com ing with in it s eld o f
inuence
Such a man frequently see s peopl e a s coming
t o h im an d h i s enterpri se s an d a s fall ing in lin e

with h i s plan s H e m entally see s money o w 1n g

in t o h i m a n d all of h i s plan s working out ri ght
In sh ort h e mental ly imagine s each st ep of hi s
plan s a l ittl e ah ead o f th e tim e for t h eir e x e cu
t i on an d h e concentra t e s forcibl y and earn e stly
upon th em
I t i s a st oni s h i ng t o witn e s s h ow
event s peopl e circum stance s an d th ings seem
t o m ov e in place in actual l ife a s if urge d b y som e
m igh ty p ower t o serve t o mat erial ize th e con
B ut
d itio n s so imaged in th e m in d o f th e man
un der s t and th ere mu st b e ac ti ve m ental e ff ort
b e h in d th e i magin g Day d ream ers d o n o t mat e
r ia liz e th ough t th ey m erely di s sipa t e en ergy
T h e man wh o convert s th ough t i n act i v i ty a n d

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material bein g throw s energy into th e t a sk and

pu t s forth h i s will power through th e pictured
image Without th e rays of th e will th ere will
b e n o pic t ure proj ected no mat t er h ow b eauti
fully th e imagination ha s proj ect ed it Thought
picture d i n m ental image s and th en vitalized by
th e forc e of th e d e sire and will ten d t o o bj ectify

t h em selve s int o mat erial being

Th e s t udent will b e i nt ere sted in reading and
h earing t h e variou s th eorie s an d explanation s
given by di ff erent writ er s and t each er s t o account
for t h e p h en om ena of p sychic inuence Onc e h e
h a s gra sped th e real scientic principle s i nvolved
h e wil l b e ab l e t o see th e sam e in op eration in all
o f t h e ca se s cit ed by the d i fferent t eac h er s and
wr i t er s an d will nd that th i s fundam ental prin
ciple fully explain s an d account s for all of the se
ca se s no matt er h ow puzzl ing they may seem
or h ow mys t eri ou s th ey may b e claim ed to b e
by t h o se m entioning th em Truth i s very sim pl e
wh en we b ru sh away th e fanta stic dre s sings
which h ave b een placed around it by tho se wh o
h ave lacke d k nowl edge o f th e tru e fundamental
princ i pl es
We see t hi s same law or princi pl e op erating in
very m any d i ff erent ways from tho se previou sly
ment i oned
For in stance we frequently nd
ca se s in wh ich on e person ha s a st ron g d esire for
a cer t ain kin d o f a ssi stance i n h i s bu sin es s or
ot h er wor k H e h a s almo st g i ven u p h ope o f
n d in g th e r i gh t k i nd o f per son for t h o se wh o m
h e h a s t ried h ave fa i led t o mea sure up th e r e
I f h e will ( and h e
q uir e m e n t s o f t h e s i tuation
,

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som et ime s do e s ) foll ow th e general plan j u s t

m ent ioned h e will set into o peration th e p sychic
force s wh ich will attract that p er son t o h im and
h im t o th at per son I n som e p ecu l iar way th e
two wil l b e thrown togeth er and t h e comb i na
tion will wo rk out t o th e b e st advantage of bot h
I n th e se ca se s each per son i s seekin g th e other
and th e p sych i c force s of attracti on once set i n t o
operation serve t o b ring th em t ogeth er
I n lik e mann er on e oft en draw s t o him self cer
tain kn owledge and information tha t h e require s
or i s d e sirou s of gaining B ut an d you m u st a l
way s rem em b er thi s n o m i racl e i s work ed for
it i s s im ply a matter o f th e working out o f nat

f
f
ural l aw s o f cau se an d e ect attraction and r e
sp ou s e t o a t tract ion o u th e p sych ic or a stral
plan e Such a person will accid ently ( 1) run
acro s s som e oth er p er son wh o will b e l ed t o giv e
h im th e key t o th e knowl edge h e seek s P erhap s
a b o ok m ay b e m entioned or som e reference t o
som e writ er b e m ad e I f t h e hint i s followed up
th e d es i re d i nformation com e s t o light Many
per son s h ave had t h e p sychic experien ce o f be
ing l e d t o som e b oo k st ore and induced t o exam
in e a p art icular sh el f o f boo k s w h ereupon a par
t icu la r b ook pre sent s it self wh i c h change s th e
wh ol e cour se o f th e per son s l ife Or perhap s
on e w i l l p i ck u p a new spaper apparently at ran
dom a n d with out p urpo se ; an d th ere i n will n d
som e i nformation o r at l ea s t a hi nt i n t h e d ir e c
t i on w h er e th e i n format i on m ay b e foun d Wh en
one acc u st om s h im self t o th e work i ngs o f p sych ic
force s t h e se th i ngs so on b ecom e acc ept ed a s a
,

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m a tt er of co u rse an d c ea se t o arou se wond er or

surpri se Th e workings o f th e P sych ic L aw of
A ttraction i s seen t o b e a s natural and invar i abl e
a s th e law of gravitation or magneti c attracti on
once on e ha s m a st ered it s principles and learned
t h e m eth od s of it s application Surely such a
wonderful law i s well worth study atten ti on in

?
i
i
n
v e st ga t o
and ma stery i sn t it
A writer along th e line s of M ental Science
wh ich i s r eally ba sed on th e principle s which h ave
b een stated in thi s bo ok ha s th e foll owin g t o say
regardin g h i s syst em :
Wonderful re sult s ari se
by rea son of wha t ha s b een call ed Th e L aw of

A ttract ion by th e workings of wh i ch each per

son i s continually drawing t o him self th e peop l e
things obj ect s an d even circum stance s in har
mony and accord with h i s prevailing m ental
state s L i k e attract s like and t h e m enta l stat e s
det erm in e t hat wh ich on e draw s t o h im sel f I f
you are n ot sati sed with what i s comin g t o you
start t o wor k an d change your m ental attitude s
and mental state s and you will se e a change
gradually se t tin g i n and t h en th e th ings tha t
you want will b egin t o com e your way
A mo st im portant f act ab out th e e ff ect o f m en t al
vibration s upon peopl e lie s in th e princ i p l e t h a t
on e i s m or e a ff ect ed by vibration s i n h arm ony
w i th h i s own accu s t om ed feel in gs an d m ental
s t at e s t h an by th o se o f an o p p o sit e nature A
m an w h o i s full o f ev i l sch eme s and sel s h a im s
i s more apt t o b e caught u p by s i milar v i brat i on s
t h an on e wh o l i ve s ab ove that plane of th ou gh t
H e i s more ea s i ly t emp t e d b y evil s u gge sti on s
,

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a n d i n u en c e s t han on e t o w h o m th e s e thi n g s
are ab h orren t A n d th e sam e i s t r u e on eve r y
plan e A man w h o se mental at t i tud e i s on e o f
con den c e an d f ear l es sne s s i s n ot a pt t o b e a i
f e ct e d by v ibr at i on s of a n egat i ve p e s s i m i s tic
glo omy nature and vi ce ver sa Th ere f ore i f yo u
w i sh t o r eceiv e t h e v i b ra ti on s o f th e th ough t s and
feelings o f o th er s yo u mu s t place your self i n a
menta l a ttit u d e corre spondin g with th o se vi bra
t ion s wh i c h yo u w i sh t o receive A n d i f yo u wi sh
t o a vo id v i bra ti on s o f a c ertain kind t h e b e s t
w ay i s t o r i s e ab ov e th em i n your o wn mind and
t o cult iv a t e th e m en t al s t a t e s o ppo s it e t h em T h e

an d o p
po s i t iv e alway s overco m e s t h e n ega ti v e
t im ist ic m ental s t a t e s are always p o s itiv e t o p e s

sim ist ic m ental s t at e s

An ot h er wr it er on an d p r a c titi on e r o f M en t al
Sc i ence i n A m er i ca several year s a go expla i ned
h er th eo r y a n d pr a c ti ce by m ean s o f th e t er m co

re l a ti on o f th oug ht s and thi n gs

S h e h e l d that
w h en on e th ough t p o s i ti ve l y cl early a n d forc i bly

o f a thi n g be rel a t e d hi m sel f t o th at thi n g a nd

t en d e d t o a t tr a c t it t o hi m an d t o b e a t t r ac t e d
t o w a r d it Sh e h el d t h a t t ru e w i s d om c on s i s t s
i n so m anaging our th o u gh t s th a t w e s h al l rela t e
o u rsel v e s only t o th o se thi n g s w h ic h w e k n ow t o
b e d e s i rabl e an d benec i al t o our selve s and t o
avo id thi n ki ng o f th o se wh i ch are h ar m ful a nd
d etr i m en t a l t o u s T h e s tud ent o f th i s bo o k wi ll
see h o w thi s pra cti c a l M en t al S c i en ti s t wa s real ly
u sin g th e sa m e pr i nc ip l e s th a t we h ave ex a mi n e d
an d b ec o m e acqua i n t e d w ithi n thi s boo k a l
t h o ugh s h e ca l l e d th e m by ano th e r n a m e an d ex
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p l a ined th em by a no th e r th eory A t th e b o t tom

o f a ll th e t e a chi ngs and th eor i e s yo u wi ll always
n d th e on e sa m e b a si c pr i nc i pl e an d u n i versal
l aw
T h e a dv anc e d s t u d en t o f occult i s m k now s th a t
e a ch an d e v ery on e o f u s i s really a cr ea t or of h i s
o w n circ um stance s environm ent an d condition s
to a great ex t en t E ach of u s i s ab l e t o so m odify
o u r m en t a l ac t iv i tie s a s t o br i ng ab out suc h
c han ge s i n our environm en t an d surroundings a s
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crea t e d on th e p sych ic plan e and t h en manife s t ed
in th e phys i cal world A ll th e grea t work s o f
m an t h e gr ea t bri d ge s great build ings tunnel s
mach i nery citi e s railroad s canal s work s of ar t
mu sical co m po sit i on s etc r st exi sted i n th e
m i n d o f t h eir creat or s an d were then afterwar d
mat er i al ized in physical form and shap e A nd
so yo u see we are proceeding with our work o f
m en t al crea ti on s w h enever we t hin k and make
m en t a l im a ge s T hi s h owever i s n o n ew t eac h
i n g I t i s a s ol d a s th e race o f mankin d O v er
t w en t y v e hu n d re d year s ago B uddh a sa i d t o
hi s di sc ip l e s :
Al l th a t w e ar e i s t h e re sult of
w h a t w e h a ve th ough t ; i t i s f ounded on o u r

th o ugh t s ; it i s mad e u p of our th ought s

I wo u l d b e t ell i ng you bu t h alf th e s t ory di d I
no t w arn yo u t h a t s t r ong Fear may play th e par t
o r dinarily lle d by D e sire i n t h e p ro duct i on o f th e
p syc h ic p h enom ena o f mat er i al i za ti on of m en t al
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p i ctures S t range a s it may appear a t r s t a

stron g fear t h at a th ing will com e t o pa s s will
act muc h th e sam e a s a strong d esire that th e
h appening will o ccur C on sequently many per
son s by cont i nually dwelling u pon th e t h ing that
th ey fea r may hap pen t o th em a c t ually attract
that thin g t o th em j u s t a s i f t h ey had actually
d esir ed an d wi sh ed for i t I cannot go int o o ccult
t ech nicalitie s i n expla i ning thi s strange fact ; but
th e gi st o f th e secret may b e said t o con si st in th e
fact t hat th e p er son c l early and v ividly picture s
i n hi s m in d t h e t h ing t hat h e fear s may happen
t o h i m H e t hu s crea t e s a stron g m ental p icture
or image of i t wh ic h set s int o force s th e a t
tra c t iv e power o f p syc h ic inu ence and d raw s th e
feared th in g int o mat erial reality A s Jo b sai d :

Th e t h i ng t h a t I feared hath com e upon m e

Th e m oral o f th i s i s o f cours e that per son s
sh oul d l earn t o s t am p out fear an d m ental image s
of thin gs feared
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s t rong p o sit ive m en t al d enial s of th e th in gs th at
th ey m ay nd t h em selve s fearing Th ey sh ould
d eny th e real ity o f th e feared thing and a s sert
po si t iv ely t h e i r own superiority t o th e t h ing an d
th eir power t o overcom e it
A great rel i giou s cult ha s s prun g i nt o ex i st
ence which make s a l eading d octrin e o f th i s abil
i ty t o mat erialize th e th in gs which on e d esi re s
a rid t o d eny ou t o f exi stence unde sirabl e things
Many per son s w h o h ave w it ne ssed th e wond er
ful succe ss o f s om e of t h e foll ower s o f th i s cult
or organ i zation h av e b een puzzl ed t o account for
th e sa m e on sc i ent i c and ra ti onal groun d s A
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lit t l e under standing o f fu ndam en t al o ccul t and

p sych i c principl e s a s g i ven i n t h e se l e s son s w i ll

sh ow th e why an d wh erefore o f th ese strange

and wonderful m an i fe stat i on s I n th i s connec
t i on you mu s t r em ember that th e comb ined
th ought o f th e t h ou san d s of person s compo sing
th i s cult o r or ganization undoub t edly g i ve s addi
t io n a l p sych ic force t o th e m ental a ff i rmation s
an d d enial s of t h e i ndividual m emb er t h ereof
In pa st and pre sent and probabl y i n future
ti m e there have b een many in stance s o f magical
procedure s t ending t o bring abou t th e re sult s
that we h av e h erein s een t o com e about by rea son
o f p syc h ic i nuenc e in som e of it s many pha ses
Th e se magic procedure s h ave u sually been a c
com p ani ed by incantation s ceremoni e s strange
rit e s evocation s et c which were su ppo sed t o
hav e grea t virtu e in b rin ging ab out d e sire d r e
B ut th e tru e occult i st s n ow k n ow th at
sult s
th e se ceremoni e s and r i t e s were m erely h ope s t o
t h e imagination an d aid s t o faith an d thu s t ended
t o bring ab out th e p sych ic ph enom ena Th ere
wa s n o virtu e in th e se cerem onie s th em selve s
an d t h e sam e re sult s may b e secured b y sim ply
followin g th e procedure outl in ed in th i s b ook
Th e won d er s o f ancient magic h ave b een repro
d uce d by th e mo dern occulti s t s with out all th e
mumbo j umb o o f th e pa st ri t es and cerem onie s
A gifted E ngl i sh writer up on th e subj ect of th e
relat ion of myst i ci sm and magic sum s u p th e gi st
o f th e p r i nci p le s o f Mag i c a s follows :
T h e central doctr i ne of Magic m a y now b e
su m me d up th u s :
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Th a t a s up e r s e n s i b l e an d r e a l c o s m ic
m e d ium e x i s t s w hi c h i n t e r p en e t ra t e s i n u en c e s
an d s uppo r t s th e t an gi bl e a n d a pp a r en t wo r l d
a n d i s a m e n a b l e t o th e c a t e go ri e s b oth o f m e t a

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i cal pl an e !
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e qui l i br ium b e t w een th e r eal ( an d u n seen ) w o rl d
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th e r e of Thi n g s cr ea t e d i n th e a s t r a l t en d t o
m a t e r i al i z e on th e ph ys i c al p lane A l l cr ea ti o n
p r o c ee d s fr o m th e a s t ral t o th e ph ys i c a l !
Th a t thi s anal o gy m ay b e di s c erne d an d
t h i s e qui l i b r ium c o n t r o lle d by th e di s c i p l i ne d w i l l
o f m an w hi c h thu s b e c om e s m as t er of it se l f a n d

o f fa t e
!Th e e ssen c e o f W i ll c o ns i s t s o f s tr o n g
d e s i re a cc om p an i e d by a cl ea r m en t al pi ctu re o f
th e thi n g d e s i r e d an d h el d s t ea d y an d r m by
c o n c en t ra tio n !
So y ou se e by re f eren c e to th e ab ov e v ery c l ear
s t a t e m en t o f th e c en t ral d o c t r i ne o f M a gi c an d
m y e x p lana ti o n s th ere o f th a t i n th e s e l e s s o n s
y o u h a v e b een t a ught th e v er y e ssen c e o f th e
w o n d er f u l m ys t er i ou s an c i en t M a gi c an d it s
m o d ern c ou n t er p a r t A s f o r th e v ar iou s r it e s an d
c e r e mo n i e s a s I h a v e sa i d th e se are m ere s y m
b o l s an d a i d s t o m en t a l i m a gi n g an d co n c en t ra
t i o n A s a n e m i nen t occ u l t i s t o n c e sa id C e re
,

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A T T RA C T I O N

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m o n i es b e i n g b ut a r ti c i a l m e th o d s o f cr ea ti n g
c er t a i n h ab it s o f th e w i ll th ey c ea se to be n e ce s

sa ry w h en th e s e h ab it s h a v e be c om e x e d Th e
m a s t e r o f o ccu l t i s m see s c e r e m on i e s r it es an d
ri t u a l a s b u t th e p l ay t hi n g s o f t h e k i n d e r g a rt e n
s c h ol a r u s e f u l an d impo r t an t s o far a s th e y g o
b ut s e r vi n g m erely to t ea c h th e s c h o lar s o o ne r
o r l a t er th a t h e m ay p r o c ee d w ith o ut th e m
I n th i s c h a pt er I h a v e c o n d en se d en ough in
f o rm a t i o n to ll a w h o le b ook I t r u s t th a t yo u
w i l l s tud y it c a r e fu l ly an d n o t mi s s it s m a i n
p o i n ts
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PSY CH I C A N D M A G N ETI C H E A L I N G
Pr o ba b l y

n o p h a se of p s y c hi c i n u en ce i s mo re
f a mi l i a r t o th e a v e r a g e p er s o n of th e W e s t er n
wo r l d th a n i s th a t o f th e h eal i n g o f ph ys i c a l i ll s
an d c on d iti o n s by m ean s o f p s yc hi c i n u e n c e u m
d er o n e na m e o r an o th e r G r ea t h eal i n g c u l t s
a n d o r gan iz a ti o n s h a v e been b ui l t up up o n thi s
b a s i s an d th e i n t e r e s t i n th e s u bj e c t h a s t a k en o n
th e f o r m o f a g rea t popu lar m ov e m en t
A s i s na t u ral i n c a se s o f thi s ki n d th e r e h a v e
b een h u n d r e d s o f th e o r i e s a dv an c e d to a cc ou n t
f o r th e ph en om en a o f p sy c hi c h eal i n g an d a s ti ll
g r e a t e r n um b er o f m e thod s o f t rea tm en t s d e vi se d
t o c arry out th e p r i n c ip l e s o f th e th e o r i e s R an g
i n g fr om th e t ea c hi n g o f a c tu a l divi n e i n t er po s i
ti o n an d i n u en c e ar i s i n g f r o m c er t a i n f o r m s of
b e l i e f an d pr a c ti c e c o v er i n g m any i n t er m e di a t e
s t a g e s th e th e o r i e s e v en i n c l ud e a se m i m a t e
r ia list ic h yp oth e s i s i n w hi c h m i n d i s c on s id e r e d
a s an a tt r i b ut e o f m a tt er b ut h a vi n g a m a gi c in
u e n ce ov e r th e f o r m s o f m a tt er w h en p r op erly
a p p l i e d B ut i t i s w o r th y o f n o t e th a t n o m a tt er
w h a t th e g eneral o r p ar ti c u la r th e o ry o r w h a t
th e f a vo r e d m e t h o d of a pp l i c a ti o n th ese h eal i n g
s c h ool s o r cu l t s a s w e l l a s th e i n d e p en d en t pr a c
t it io n e r s m ee t w ith a v ery f a i r d e g re e o f s u cc e s s
an d p e rf o r m quit e a n um ber o f c u re s
M a n y o f th e se W e s t ern a dvo c a t e s an d pr a cti
t io n e r s o f p sy c hi c h eal i n g p ra c ti c ally h o l d th a t
t h e w h o le sys t e m i s o f v ery re c en t di s c ov ery an d
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th a t i t h a s no thi n g w h a ts o e v e r t o d o w ith o r di
nary o c c u l t s c i en c e Th e o c c u l ti s t s h o w e v er are
able t o s mi l e a t th e se i d eas an d b el i e f s f o r th ey
n ot o nly r e c og n iz e th e g enera l p r i n c i p le s in
vo l v e d b ut th ey a l s o are a w ar e th a t th e se p r i n
ciple s an d th e i r a pp l i c a ti o n
h a v e been k n o w n
to a dv an c e d o c c u l ti s t s f o r thou san d s o f years I
d o n o t say th i s i n any d ispa r ge m e n t o f th e mod
ern s s c h oo l s o f p sy c hi c h eal i n g f o r I a m i n f u l l
s ym p a th y w ith th e i r g r e a t w o r k ; I m e r ely m en
ti o n th e m a tt er th a t th e s tud en t m ay g e t th e
r ight hi s to r i c al p ers p e c tiv e i n c o n s id er i n g thi s
ph ase o f p sy c hi c ph en om ena an d i n u en c e
So fa r a s th e m e thod s o f a pp l i c a tio n are c o n
c erne d th e t r u e o cc u l ti s t re c og n iz e s th a t m o s t o f
th e m e tho d s an d f o r m s o f t rea tm en t are b ut out
w ar d c l o a k s o r di s gui se s f o r th e r ea l p sy c hi c h eal
i n g p r i n c ip l e Th e gi s t o f th e r eal m e th od s i s to
b e f ou n d i n th e p r i n c i p l e s o f th e a p p l i c a ti on o f
p s y c hi c i n u en c e w hi c h I h a v e p resen t e d to y ou
i n th e se le s s o n s viz : ( 1 ) St r o n g d e s i re t o m a k e
th e c u re ; ( 2 ) c l ear m en t a l im a g e o r pi c tu r e o f
th e d es i re d c o n ditio n a s a c t u a l ly p re sen t i n th e
p a ti en t a t thi s tim e ; an d ( 3 ) c o n c en t ra tio n o f th e
a tt en ti o n an d m i n d o f th e h eal er s o a s to br i n g t o
a f o c u s to t w o p re c e di n g m en t a l s t a t e s H ere
y ou h a v e th e real se c re t o f p sy c hi c h eal i n g m e th

od s th e r e s t a r e al l e l ab o ra tio n s th ere o f d re sse d

up f o r m s a n d c ere mo n i e s w hi c h a ff e ct th e im a g
in a tio n f a ith be l i e f an d c o n d en c e o f th e pa
ti en t a n d thu s m a k e th e h eal i n g p r o c e s s mu c h
eas i er I n f a c t w ith th e p r o p e r d e g r ee o f fa ith
an d c on d en c e o n th e p ar t o f th e p a ti en t th ere
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i s b ut l itt le nee d o f a h ealer f o r th e p a ti e n t m a y

t rea t an d c u re him sel f H o w e v e r i n m o s t c a se s
th e p re sen c e o f th e h ealer a id s m a t er i ally i n
ar o u s i n g th e f a t e an d c on de n ce o f th e p a ti e n t
an d h a s t en s th e c u r e
A g a i n s o f a r a s th e th e o r i e s u n d e r ly i n g th e
c u re s are c o n c er n e d o ccu l ti s t s a re ab l e t o re du c e
th e m al l t o a s i n gl e w o r ki n g th e o ry o r p r i n c ip l e
w hi c h i n c l ud e s al l th e r e s t B r u s hi n g a s i d e all
t e c h n i c a l d e t a i l s a n d a ll a t t e mpt s t o t r a c e ba c k
th e h eal i n g p r o c e s s t o th e u l tim a te f a c t s o f th e
u n iv e rs e I m ay say th a t th e gi s t o f t h e p r i n c i p l e
o f all p sy c hi c h eal i n g i s th a t o f i n u en c i n g th e
a s t ral f ou n d a tio n of th e v a r i ou s o r g a n s an d p ar t s
c ell s an d c en t r e s s o a s t o m a k e it p r o c ee d to
m an i f e s t a m o r e p e rf e c t p h ys i c a l c ou n t er p ar t
A ll p sy c hi c h eal i n g i s really a cc o m p l i s h e d o n th e

r
a s t ral b od y st th en th e ph ys i c a l b od y r e
spo n d s t o th e r ene w e d a c tiviti e s o f it s a s t ral
co u n t e r p a rt To g e t th e r ea l s ig n i c an c e o f thi s
s t a t e m en t i t i s n e c e s sary f o r y o u t o real iz e j u s t
w h a t th e a s t ra l b o d y r ea l ly i s
Thi s o n c e
g ra s p e d th e d i f cu l t i e s v a n i s h an d y ou a r e abl e
to f o r m a c l ea r c on c e p ti on o f th e en ti r e m a t t e r
an d p r o c e s s
Th e a s t ral b o d y i s a p re ci s e c o u n t e r p a rt o f th e
ph ys i c a l b o d y it s o r gan s i t s p a r t s it s c e n t re s
an d it s ce lls I n f a c t th e a s t r a l b o d y i s th e p a t
t ern upo n w hi c h th e ph y s i c a l b od y i s m a t er i al
iz e d
Th e a s t ral b od y i s c o m p ose d o f a n e th e ric
s u b s t an c e o f a v ery high ra t e o f vi b r a ti o n I n
o ne sen se it m a y b e c o n s i d ere d a s a v e r y s u b t l e

f o r m o f m a tt e r in an oth er a s a se m i m a t e ri a l
,

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iz e d

f o r m o f fo r c e o r ener gy I t i s ner an d m o r e
s u b t le th a t th e ra r e s t v a p o rs o r g ase s k n o w n to
s c i en c e A n d ye t it h a s a s t r o n g d e g ree o f
t ena c it y an d c oh e s iv ene s s th a t enable s it t o re s i s t
a tt a c k s f r om th e m a t er i al s i d e o f na tu r e A s I
h a v e sa id ea c h o r gan p ar t c en t re o r c ell o f th e
ph ys i c al b o d y h a s it s a s t ral p a tt ern o r ba s i s I n
f a c t th e ph ys i c al b o d y h a s b een b ui l t up i n w ho l e
a n d i n all o f i t s p ar t s o n th e p a tt ern an d bas e
o f th e a s t ral b od y Mo re ov er i n c a se o f im
p a i re d f u n c tio n i n g o f th e ph ys i c al o r gan s o r
p ar t s an d imp a i re d a c tivit y o f th e ph ys i c al b od y
it s l im b s e t c i f w e c an m ana g e to ar ou s e th e a c
t iv it ie s o f th e a s t ral b od y w e m ay c a u se it t o r e
m a t e r i al i z e o r r e ener giz e th e ph ys i c al b od y an d
thu s re s to re h eal th an d a c tivi t y t o it I f th e l iv er
f o r i n s t an c e i s n ot f u n c tio n i n g p r o p erly w e p r o
ce e d to s t ar t up th e a c tiviti e s o f th e a s t ral c ou n
t e r pa r t o f th a t o r g an to th e en d th a t th e ph ys i c al
o r gan m ay b e r e ener giz e d an d r e c rea t e d i n a
m ea s u re A ll t r u e p sy c hi c h eal i n g w o r k i s p er
f o r m e d o n th e a s t ral p lane be f o r e it m a n i f e s t s o n
th e ph ys i c al
A t thi s poi n t I s hou l d al s o c all y ou r a tt en ti o n

t o th e e ff e c t o f p rana o r l i f e ener gy i n s om e
c a se s o f h eal i n g Thi s p rana i s w h a t W e s t ern
h eal er s m ean w h en th ey s p ea k o f hum an m a g

ne ti s m in th e i r h eal i n g w o r k So far f r o m be
i n g an im a gi nary f o r c e a s cl a im e d by th e ph ys
i c al s c i en ti s t s an d m a t er i al i s t s it i s k n o w n to all
o cc u l ti s t s a s an a c tiv e p r i n c i p l e o f th e hum an
b o d y an d a s o f g rea t e f c a c y i n th e p sy c hi c t rea t
m en t o f di sea se I s h all m en tio n th e d e t a i l s o f
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t h i s f o rm o f t r e a tm en t a s w e p r o c e e dI m en ti on
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c a l l y o ur a tt en ti o n to th e f a c t th a t f r om th e
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a r e th e pr i n c ip l e s o f all p s y c hi c i n u e n ce b r o u ght
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p rana f r o m th e b o d y of t h e h ea l e r t o th a t o f th e
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t w een h eal er an d p a ti en t an d th e re s t i s s im p l e
th e a s t ral b od y i s i n du c e d to ener giz e m o re a c t
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w hi c h h a v e puzz l e d an d p er p le x e d s o m any good
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s om e ph ys i c a l di s o r d er, o r i f y o u w i s h t o d o goo d
to oth e rs i n th e sa m e w ay y ou h a v e b ut to put
i n t o o p era ti o n th e g eneral p r i n c i p l e s o f p sy c hi c
i n u en c e h ere i n d es c r i be d Th a t i s to say y ou
m u s t rs t b e l l e d w ith th e s t r o n g d es i re an d
w i s h t o m a k e th e c u re ; th en y ou mu s t m a k e a
s t r o n g m en t al im a g e o f th e d e s i re d re s u l t a s
a c tu ally p r e sen t ( D o n ot thi n k o f it a s goi n g

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i n t hi s w ay I n thi s c o nne c ti o n l e t m e re mi n d
y o u th a t th e h eal i n g w o r k i n m any c a ses c o ns i s t s
lar g ely i n p la c i n g p r op er m en t a l p i c tu re s i n th e
mi n d o f th e p a ti en t th ere by di s p l a c i n g im p r o p er
an d h a r m f u l m en t al pi c tu re s o f di sea se e t c
w hi c h h a v e b een giv e n l odgm en t th ere be f o re
M any p er s o n s are s i c k b e c a u se o f imp r op er an d
h ar m f u l m en t a l p i c tu re s th a t th ey h a v e all ow e d
t o b e p la c e d th er e by th e s ugg es ti o n s o f oth ers
F ear an d d r ea d o f d i sea se o f t e n a c t s t o b r i n g
ab o ut th e f eare d c o n diti o n f o r r eas o n s th a t y o u
c an rea di l y s ee
A n d n o w nal l y fo r th e w o r k o f ab sen t h eal

i n g by p sy c hi c i n u en c e I c an s t a t e thi s t o
y ou v ery s im p ly ; it i s thi s : t a k e w h a t I h a v e j u s t
t o l d y o u r e g ar di n g p e r s o nal t rea tm en t s an d
c om b i n e i t w ith w h a t I h a v e to l d y ou i n p re vi o u s

l e s s o n s ab o ut l o n g di s t an c e p sy c hi c i n u en c e
th en y o u w i ll h a v e th e w h o l e thi n g H e r e i s a
sa m p l e o f an e ff e c tiv e di s t an t t rea tm en t ; o r a b

sen t t rea tm en t t o u se th e p o pu lar t er mit m ay

b e v ar i e d an d e nl a r g e d u p t o t i n dividu al c as e s :
Sit qui e t ly i n y o u r o w n r oom i n du c i n g a c al m
p ea c e f u l m e n t al a ttitud e an d s t a t e Th en ( i n t h e
w ay alrea d y to l d y ou i n thi s b o o k ) m a k e a m en
t a l pi c tu re of th e pa ti en t a s s itti n g o pp o s it e t o
y ou o r ly i n g d o w n i n f r o n t o f y ou I f y o u h a v e
n e v e r se en th e p a ti en t m a k e s i m p l y a m en t al
i m a g e o f a m an o r a w om an a s th e c a s e m ay b e
a n d thi n k o f th e gu re a s b e i n g th e p a ti en t Th e
b e s t p ra c t i ti o ners o f di s t an t p sy c hi c h ea l i n g p r o
du c e s uc h a s t r o n g m en t al i m a g e o f th e p a ti en t

t h a t th ey c an of t e n a c t u a ll y f eel hi s o r h e r
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H EA L I N G

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pre sen c e ( Thi s o f c ou rs e i s t h e r e s u l t o f a s i m

p l e f o r m o f c l a i r vo yan c e ) Th en m a k e a s t r o n g
m e n t al pi c tu r e o f th e c o n ditio n th a t y o u w i s h t o

i n d uc e i n th e p a ti en t th e h ea l th y ph ys i c al con
diti o n o f th e o r gan o r p ar t o r b od y a s th e c a se
m ay b e Se e thi s c o n diti o n a s e x i s ti n g a t th e
p re sen t tim e a n d n ot a s m ere l y t o c om e i n th e
f utu re A t th e sa m e tim e y ou w i ll d o w ell t o
m en t ally s p ea k to th e p a ti en t j u s t a s y ou wo u l d
i n c a s e h e o r s h e w ere s itti n g be f o re y o u i n th e
ph ys i c al b od y T el l th e p a ti en t j u s t w h a t y o u
w ou l d i n s u c h c ase Pou r i n th e s ugg es ti o n s o r
a fr m a tio n s o r w h a t e v e r y ou m ay w i s h to c al l
th e m I n s om e c a se s i n w hi c h an e x c ell en t e n
r a p po r t c o n diti o n i s e s t abl i s h e d p a ti en t s b e c om e
a w are o f th e t rea tm en t an d s om e tim e s c an a l
m o s t se e an d f eel th e p re sen c e o f th e h ea l er
A p r omi n en t M en t al Sc i en ti s t o f A m er i c a in
str u ct s hi s pupi l s to c o n s i d er ea c h o f th e o r g an s
o f th e p a ti en t o r o f th e m sel v e s a s h a vi n g a se p a
ra t e i n t ell ig en c e ; an d th ere f o re t o s p ea k up t o

it a s i f i t really u n d er s tood w h a t w a s b e i n g sa i d
to it s o r gan mi n d I w ou l d say th a t s u c h f o r m
o f t rea tm e n t w ou l d be c al c u la t e d to b r i n g ab ou t
v ery goo d re s u l t s i n d ee d Th e p ri n c i p l e o f c o n
c en t ra ti o n a n d m en t al pi c tu r i n g w ou l d b e in
y ok e d v ery s t r o n g ly i n s u c h a c a se an d th e a s t r al
c ou n t e r p ar t o f th e o r g an s hou l d r e s po n d to s u c h
t rea tm en t qui c k ly an d e ff e c tiv ely It i s an o c c u l t
f a c t th a t th ere i s mi n d i n e v e r y o r ga n an d c el l o f
th e b od y an d i f th e sa m e i s a w a k ene d i n th e
a s t ral c o u n t er p a r t it w i ll re s po n d t o th e c o m
m an d s ugg e s ti o n o r di re c ti o n Th e w r i t er i n
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qu e s ti o n e vid en t ly i s w ell a c qu a i n ted w it h thi s

o cc u l t la w j udgi n g f r om hi s oth er w r iti n g s an d
h a s s imp ly v e i l e d hi s k n o w l e d g e w ith thi s ea s i ly
u n d e rs to o d m e tho d o f t rea tm en t w hi c h u n d o u b t

d o th e w o r k to u s e th e A m e r i c an
e d ly w i ll
t er m
F i nally n o m a tt er w h a t m ay b e th e th e o ry o r
m e tho d giv en i n c o nne c tio n w ith p sy c hi c h eal
i n g of any o r al l ki n d s y ou w i ll n d th e sa m e
g enera l p r i n c i p l e s u n d erly i n g it th a t h a v e b een
p r e sen t e d ov er an d ov er a g a i n i n t hi s b o o k I n
f a c t m any pu r ely m a t er i al a n d ph ys i c a l r e m e di e s
o w e th e i r s u cc e s s to th e f a c t th a t th ey a pp eal t o
th e im a gi na tio n o f th e p a ti e n t an d al s o i n s pi re
c o n d en c e i n him A ny thi n g th a t w i ll i ns pi re
c o n d en c e f a ith an d hop e i n th e mi n d o f a pa
ti en t an d w i ll b r i n g to hi s mi n d s t r o n g m en t al
pi c tu re s o f r e s to re d h eal th an d n o r m a l f u n c tio n
i n g o f hi s o r g an s th a t thi n g w i ll m a k e f o r
h eal th f o r him So th er e y ou h a v e th e w ho l e
th e o ry an d p ra c ti c e i n a sen t en c e !
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I wo u l d r e m i n d th e s tu d en t th a t th e se a r e n ot
le s s o n s t o b e rea d b ut o n c e an d th en la i d a s id e
I n o r d er t o g e t fr o m th e m al l th a t th e y c o n t a i n
f o r y ou y o u w i ll n d i t ne c e s sar y t o r ea d th e m
se v eral ti m e s w ith a r ea s o na b l e i n t e r v a l b e t w een
rea di n g s f o r th e k n o w l e dg e t o s i n k i n to y ou r
m i n d I f ee l s u re th a t y ou w i ll n d w i th ea c h
r ea di n g th a t th ere a r e m any p o i n t s th a t y o u ov er
l oo k e d b e f o r e Th e l es s o n s c o v er a w i d e el d
.

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w it h m a n y l itt l e e x cu rs i o n s i n t o b y e p a th s a n d
l a n e s of tho u ght I t r u s t th a t th e rea di n g an d
s tudy w i ll m a k e y o u n ot o n l y a w i ser p e r s o n b ut
al s o a s t r o n ger an d mo re e f c i en t o ne I th an k
y o u f o r y o u r k i n d a tt en ti on an d tru s t th a t w e
s h al l m e et a g a i n i n th e f utu re
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