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W,A' CLAIR !"A#C$ IClairvoyance means literally not(in0 more t(an =clear seein0=, and it is a >ord >(ic( (as been sorely mis+sed, and even de0raded so ?ar as to be em)loyed to describe t(e tric@ery o? a mo+nteban@ in a variety s(o>. $ven in its more restricted sense it covers a >ide ran0e o? )(enomena, di??erin0 so 0reatly in c(aracter t(at it is not easy to 0ive a de?inition o? t(e >ord >(ic( s(all be at once s+ccinct and acc+rate. It (as been called =s)irit+al vision=, b+t no renderin0 co+ld >ell be more misleadin0 t(an t(at, ?or in t(e vast maAority o? cases t(ere is no ?ac+lty connected >it( it >(ic( (as t(e sli0(test claim to be (ono+red by so lo?ty a name. 2or t(e )+r)ose o? t(is treatise >e may, )er(a)s, de?ine it as t(e )o>er to see >(at is (idden ?rom ordinary )(ysical si0(t. It >ill be as >ell to )remise t(at it is very ?reB+ently [). <] [)ara0ra)( contin+es] Ct(o+0( by no means al>aysD accom)anied by >(at is called claira+dience, or t(e )o>er to (ear >(at >o+ld be ina+dible to t(e ordinary )(ysical earE and >e >ill ?or t(e nonce ta@e o+r title as coverin0 t(is ?ac+lty also, in order to avoid t(e cl+msiness o? )er)et+ally +sin0 t>o lon0 >ords >(ere one >ill s+??ice. Let me ma@e t>o )oints clear be?ore I be0in. 2irst, I am not >ritin0 ?or t(ose >(o do not believe t(at t(ere is s+c( a t(in0 as clairvoyance, nor am I see@in0 to convince t(ose >(o are in do+bt abo+t t(e matter. In so small a >or@ as t(is I (ave no s)ace ?or t(atE s+c( )eo)le m+st st+dy t(e many boo@s containin0 lists o? cases, or ma@e ex)eriments ?or t(emselves alon0 mesmeric lines. I am addressin0 mysel? to t(e better-instr+cted class >(o @no> t(at clairvoyance exists, and are s+??iciently interested in t(e s+bAect to be 0lad o? in?ormation as to its met(ods and )ossibilitiesE and I >o+ld ass+re t(em t(at >(at I >rite is t(e res+lt o? m+c( care?+l st+dy and ex)eriment, and t(at t(o+0( some o? t(e )o>ers >(ic( I s(all (ave to describe may seem ne> and >onder?+l to [). 4] t(em, I mention no sin0le one o? >(ic( I (ave not mysel? seen exam)les. -econdly, t(o+0( I s(all endeavo+r to avoid tec(nicalities as ?ar as )ossible, yet as I am >ritin0 in t(e main ?or st+dents o? '(eoso)(y, I s(all ?eel mysel? at liberty sometimes to +se, ?or brevityFs sa@e

and >it(o+t detailed ex)lanation, t(e ordinary '(eoso)(ical terms >it( >(ic( I may sa?ely ass+me t(em to be ?amiliar. -(o+ld t(is doc+ment ?all into t(e (ands o? any to >(om t(e occasional +se o? s+c( terms constit+tes a di??ic+lty, I can only a)olo0iGe to t(em and re?er t(em ?or t(ese )reliminary ex)lanations to any elementary '(eoso)(ical >or@, s+c( as %rs. HesantFs Ancient Wisdom or %an and ,is Hodies. '(e tr+t( is t(at t(e >(ole '(eoso)(ical system (an0s to0et(er so closely, and its vario+s )arts are so interde)endent, t(at to 0ive a ?+ll ex)lanation o? every term +sed >o+ld necessitate an ex(a+stive treatise on '(eoso)(y as a )re?ace even to t(is s(ort acco+nt o? clairvoyance. He?ore a detailed ex)lanation o? clairvoyance can +se?+lly be attem)ted, (o>ever, it [). 9] >ill be necessary ?or +s to devote a little time to some )reliminary considerations, in order t(at >e may (ave clearly in mind a ?e> broad ?acts as to t(e di??erent )lanes on >(ic( clairvoyant vision may be exercised, and t(e conditions >(ic( renders its exercise )ossible. We are constantly ass+red in '(eoso)(ical literat+re t(at all t(ese (i0(er ?ac+lties are )resently to be t(e (erita0e o? man@ind in 0eneral--t(at t(e ca)acity o? clairvoyance, ?or exam)le, lies latent in every one, and t(ose in >(om it already mani?ests itsel? are sim)ly in t(at one )artic+lar a little in advance o? t(e rest o? +s. #o> t(is statement is a tr+e one, and yet it seems B+ite va0+e and +nreal to t(e maAority o? )eo)le, sim)ly beca+se t(ey re0ard s+c( a ?ac+lty as somet(in0 absol+tely di??erent ?rom anyt(in0 t(ey (ave yet ex)erienced, and ?eel ?airly con?ident t(at t(ey t(emselves, at any rate, are not >it(in meas+rable distance o? its develo)ment. It may (el) to dis)el t(is sense o? +nreality i? >e try to +nderstand t(at clairvoyance, li@e so many ot(er t(in0s in nat+re is mainly a B+estion o? vibrations, and is in ?act not(in0 b+t an extension o? )o>ers >(ic( >e are all [). 5] +sin0 every day o? o+r lives. We are livin0 all t(e >(ile s+rro+nded by a vast sea o? min0led air and et(er, t(e latter inter)enetratin0 t(e ?ormer, as it does all )(ysical matterE and it is c(ie?ly by means o? vibrations in t(at vast sea o? matter t(at im)ressions reac( +s ?rom t(e o+tside. '(is m+c( >e all @no>, b+t it may )er(a)s never (ave occ+rred to many o? +s t(at t(e n+mber o? t(ese vibrations to >(ic( >e are ca)able o? res)ondin0 is in reality B+ite in?initesimal. 3) amon0 t(e exceedin0ly ra)id vibrations >(ic( a??ect t(e et(er t(ere is a certain small section--a very small section--to >(ic( t(e retina o? t(e (+man eye is ca)able o? res)ondin0, and t(ese )artic+lar vibrations )rod+ce in +s t(e sensation >(ic( >e call li0(t. '(at is to say, >e are ca)able o? seein0 only t(ose obAects ?rom >(ic( li0(t o? t(at )artic+lar @ind can eit(er iss+e or be re?lected. In exactly t(e same >ay t(e tym)an+m o? t(e (+man ear is ca)able o? res)ondin0 to a certain very small ran0e o? com)aratively slo> vibrations--slo> eno+0( to a??ect t(e air >(ic( s+rro+nds +s and so t(e only so+nds >(ic( >e can (ear are t(ose made by obAects [). 7] >(ic( are able to vibrate at some rate >it(in t(at )artic+lar ran0e.

In bot( cases it is a matter )er?ectly >ell @no>n to science t(at t(ere are lar0e n+mbers o? vibrations bot( above and belo> t(ese t>o sections, and t(at conseB+ently t(ere is m+c( li0(t t(at >e cannot see, and t(ere are many so+nds to >(ic( o+r ears are dea?. In t(ese case o? li0(t t(e action o? t(ese (i0(er and lo>er vibrations is easily )erce)tible in t(e e??ects )rod+ced by t(e actinic rays at one end o? t(e s)ectr+m and t(e (eat rays at t(e ot(er. As a matter o? ?act t(ere exist vibrations o? every conceivable de0ree o? ra)idity, ?illin0 t(e >(ole vast s)ace intervenin0 bet>een t(e slo> so+nd >aves and t(e s>i?t li0(t >avesE nor is even t(at all, ?or t(ere are +ndo+btedly vibrations slo>er t(an t(ose o? so+nd, and a >(ole in?inity o? t(em >(ic( are s>i?ter t(an t(ose @no> to +s as li0(t. -o >e be0in to +nderstand t(at t(e vibrations by >(ic( >e see and (ear are only li@e t>o tiny 0ro+)s o? a ?e> strin0s selected ?rom an enormo+s (ar) o? )ractically in?inite extent, and >(en >e t(in@ (o> m+c( >e (ave been able to learn [). 6] and in?er ?rom t(e +se o? t(ose min+te ?ra0ments, >e see va0+ely >(at )ossibilities mi0(t lie be?ore +s i? >e >ere enabled to +tiliGe t(e vast and >onder?+l >(ole. Anot(er ?act >(ic( needs to be considered in t(is connection is t(at di??erent (+man bein0s vary considerably, t(o+0( >it(in relatively narro> limits, in t(eir ca)acity o? res)onse even to t(e very ?e> vibrations >(ic( are >it(in reac( o? o+r )(ysical senses. I am not re?errin0 to t(e @eenness o? si0(t or o? (earin0 t(at enables one man to see a ?ainter obAect or (ear a sli0(ter so+nd t(an anot(erE it is not in t(e lest a B+estion o? stren0t( o? vision, b+t o? extent o? s+sce)tibility. 2or exam)le, i? anyone >ill ta@e a 0ood bis+l)(ide-o?-carbon )rism, and by its means t(ro> a clear s)ectr+m on a s(eet o? >(ite )a)er, and t(en 0et a n+mber o? )eo)le to mar@ +)on t(e )a)er t(e extreme limits o? t(e s)ectr+m as it a))ears to t(em, (e is ?airly certain to ?ind t(at t(eir )o>ers o? vision di??er a))reciably. -ome >ill see t(e violet extendin0 m+c( ?art(er t(an t(e maAority doE ot(ers >ill )er(a)s see rat(er less violet t(an [). 8] most, >(ile 0ainin0 a corres)ondin0 extension o? vision at t(e red end. -ome ?e> t(ere >ill )er(a)s be >(o can see ?art(er t(an ordinary at bot( ends, and t(ese >ill almost certainly be >(at >e call sensitive )eo)le--s+sce)tible in ?act to a 0reat ran0e o? vibrations t(an are most men o? t(e )resent day. In (earin0, t(e same di??erence can be tested by ta@in0 some so+nd >(ic( is A+st not too (i0( to be a+dible--on t(e very ver0e o? a+dibility as it >ere--and discoverin0 (o> many amon0 a 0iven n+mber o? )eo)le re able to (ear it. '(e sB+ea@s o? a bat is a ?amiliar instance o? s+c( a so+nd, and ex)eriment >ill s(o> t(at on a s+mmer evenin0, >(en t(e >(ole air is ?+ll o? t(e s(rill, needle-li@e cries o? t(ese little animals, B+ite a lar0e n+mber o? men >ill be absol+tely +nconscio+s o? t(em, and +nable to (ear anyt(in0 at all. #o> t(ese exam)les clearly s(o> t(at t(ere is no (ard-and-?ast limit to manFs )o>er o? res)onse to eit(er et(eric or aerial vibrations, b+t t(at some amon0 +s already (ave t(at )o>er to a >ider extent t(an ot(ersE and it >ill even be ?o+nd t(at t(e same manFs ca)acity varies on di??erent occasions. It is [). 9] t(ere?ore not di??ic+lt ?or +s to ima0ine t(at it mi0(t be )ossible ?or a man to develo) t(is )o>er,

and t(+s in time to learn to see m+c( t(at is invisible to (is ?ello>-men, and (ear m+c( t(at is ina+dible to t(em, since >e @no> )er?ectly >ell t(at enormo+s n+mbers o? t(ese additional vibrations do exist, and are sim)ly, as it >ere, a>aitin0 reco0nition. '(e ex)eriments >it( t(e Ront0en rays 0ive +s an exam)le o? t(e startlin0 res+lts >(ic( are )rod+ced >(en even a very ?e> o? t(ese additional vibrations are bro+0(t >it(in (+man @en, and t(e trans)arency to t(ese rays o? many s+bstances (it(erto considered o)aB+e at once s(o>s +s one >ay at least in >(ic( >e may ex)lain s+c( elementary clairvoyance as is involved in readin0 a letter inside a closed box, or describin0 t(ose )resent in an adAoinin0 a)artment. 'o learn to see by means o? t(e Ront0en rays in addition to t(ose ordinarily em)loyed >o+ld be B+ite s+??icient to enable anyone to )er?orm a ?eat o? ma0ic o? t(is order. -o ?ar >e (ave t(o+0(t only o? an extension o? t(e )+rely )(ysical senses o? manE and >(en >e remember t(at a manFs et(eric [). 18] body is in reality merely t(e ?iner )art o? (is )(ysical ?rame, and t(at t(ere?ore all (is sense-or0ans contain a lar0e amo+nt o? et(eric matter o? vario+s de0rees o? density, t(e ca)acities o? >(ic( are still )ractically latent in most o? +s, >e s(all see t(at even i? >e con?ine o+rselves to t(is line o? develo)ment alone t(ere are enormo+s )ossibilities o? all @inds already o)enin0 o+t be?ore +s. H+t besides and beyond all t(is >e @no> t(at man )ossesses an astral and a mental body, eac( o? >(ic( can in )rocess o? time be aro+sed into activity, and >ill res)ond in t+rn to t(e vibrations o? t(e matter o? its o>n )lane, t(+s o)enin0 +) be?ore t(e $0o, as (e learns to ?+nction t(ro+0( t(ese ve(icles, t>o entirely ne> and ?ar >ider >orlds o? @no>led0e and )o>er. #o> t(ese ne> >orlds, t(o+0( t(ey are all aro+nd +s and ?reely inter)enetrate one anot(er, are not to be t(o+0(t o? as distinct and entirely +nconnected in s+bstance, b+t rat(er as meltin0 t(e one into t(e ot(er, t(e lo>est astral ?ormin0 a direct [). 11] series >it( t(e (i0(est )(ysical, A+st as t(e lo>est mental in its t+rn ?orms a direct series >it( t(e (i0(est astral. We are not called +)on in t(in@in0 o? t(em to ima0ine some ne> and stran0e @ind o? matter, b+t sim)ly to t(in@ o? t(e ordinary )(ysical @ind as s+bdivided so very m+c( more ?inely and vibratin0 so very m+c( more ra)idly as to introd+ce +s to >(at are )ractically entirely ne> conditions and B+alities. It is not t(en di??ic+lt ?or +s to 0ras) t(e )ossibility o? a steady and )ro0ressive extension o? o+r senses, so t(at bot( by si0(t and by (earin0 >e may be able to a))reciate vibrations ?ar (i0(er and ?ar lo>er t(an t(ose >(ic( are ordinarily reco0niGed. A lar0e section o? t(ese additional vibrations >ill still belon0 to t(e )(ysical )lane, and >ill merely enable +s to obtain im)ressions ?rom t(e et(eric )art o? t(at )lane, >(ic( is at )resent as a closed boo@ to +s. -+c( im)ressions >ill still be received t(ro+0( t(e retina o? t(e eyeE o? co+rse t(ey >ill a??ect its et(eric rat(er t(an its solid matter, b+t >e may nevert(eless re0ard t(em as still a))ealin0 only to an or0an s)ecialiGed to receive t(em, and not to t(e >(ole s+r?ace o? t(e et(eric body. [). 1<] '(ere are some abnormal cases, (o>ever, in >(ic( ot(er )arts o? t(e et(eric body res)ond to t(ese additional vibrations as readily as, or even more readily t(an, t(e eye. -+c( va0aries are ex)licable in vario+s >ays, b+t )rinci)ally as e??ects o? some )artial astral develo)ment, ?or it >ill be ?o+nd

t(at t(e sensitive )ats o? t(e body almost invariably corres)ond >it( one or ot(er o? t(e c(a@rams, or centres o? vitality in t(e astral body. And t(o+0(, i? astral conscio+sness be not yet develo)ed, t(ese centres may not be available on t(eir o>n )lane, t(ey are still stron0 eno+0( to stim+late into @eener activity t(e et(eric matter >(ic( t(ey inter)enetrate. W(en >e come to deal >it( t(e astral senses t(emselves t(e met(ods o? >or@in0 are very di??erent. '(e astral body (as not s)ecialiGed sense-or0ans--a ?act >(ic( )er(a)s needs some ex)lanation, since many st+dents >(o are tryin0 to com)re(end its )(ysiolo0y seem to ?ind it di??ic+lt to reconcile >it( t(e statements t(at (ave been made as to t(e )er?ect inter)enetration o? t(e )(ysical body by astral matter, t(e exact corres)ondence bet>een t(e t>o ve(icles and t(e ?act t(at [). 14] every )(ysical obAect (as necessarily its astral co+nter)art. #o> all t(ese statements are tr+e, and yet it is B+ite )ossible ?or )eo)le >(o do not normally see astrally to mis+nderstand t(em. $very order o? )(ysical matter (as its corres)ondin0 order o? astral matter in constant association >it( it--not to be se)arated ?rom it exce)t by a very considerable exertion o? occ+lt ?orce, and even t(en only to be (eld a)art ?rom it as lon0 as ?orce is bein0 de?initely exerted to t(at end. H+t ?or all t(at t(e relation o? t(e astral )articles one to anot(er is ?ar looser t(an is t(e case >it( t(eir )(ysical corres)ondences. In a bar o? iron, ?or exam)le, >e (ave a mass o? )(ysical molec+les in t(e solid condition--t(at is to say, ca)able o? com)aratively little c(an0e in t(eir relative )ositions, t(o+0( eac( vibratin0 >it( immense ra)idity in its o>n s)(ere. '(e astral co+nter)art o? t(is consists o? >(at >e o?ten call solid astral matter--t(at is, matter o? t(e lo>est and densest s+b-)lane o? t(e astralE b+t nevert(eless its )articles are constantly and ra)idly c(an0in0 t(eir relative )ositions, movin0 [). 19] amon0 one anot(er as easily as t(ose o? a liB+id on t(e )(ysical )lane mi0(t do. -o t(at t(ere is no )ermanent association bet>een any one )(ysical )article and t(at amo+nt o? astral matter >(ic( (a))ens at any 0iven moment to be actin0 as its co+nter )art. '(is is eB+ally tr+e >it( res)ect to t(e astral body o? man, >(ic( ?or o+r )+r)ose at t(e moment >e may re0ard as consistin0 o? t>o )arts--t(e denser a00re0ation >(ic( occ+)ies t(e exact )osition o? t(e )(ysical body, and t(e clo+d o? rarer astral matter >(ic( s+rro+nds t(at a00re0ation. In bot( t(ese )arts, and bet>een t(em bot(, t(ere is 0oin0 on at every moment o? time t(e ra)id intercirc+lation o? t(e )articles >(ic( (as been described, so t(at as one >atc(es t(e movement o? t(e molec+les in t(e astral body one is reminded o? t(e a))earance o? t(ose in ?iercely boilin0 >ater. '(is bein0 so, it >ill be readily +nderstood t(at t(o+0( any 0iven or0an o? t(e )(ysical body m+st al>ays (ave as its co+nter)art a certain amo+nt o? astral matter, it does not retain t(e same )articles ?or more t(an a ?e> [). 15] seconds at a time, and conseB+ently t(ere is not(in0 corres)ondin0 to t(e s)ecialiGation o? )(ysical nerve-matter into o)tic or a+ditory nerves, and so on. -o t(at t(o+0( t(e )(ysical eye or ear (as +ndo+btedly al>ays its co+nter)art o? astral matter, t(at )artic+lar ?ra0ment o? astral matter is no more Cand no lessD ca)able o? res)ondin0 to t(e vibrations >(ic( )rod+ce astral si0(t or astral (earin0 t(an any ot(er )art o? t(e ve(icle.

It m+st never be ?or0otten t(at t(o+0( >e constantly (ave to s)ea@ o? =astral si0(t= or =astral (earin0= in order to ma@e o+rselves intelli0ible, all t(at >e mean by t(ose ex)ressions is t(e ?ac+lty o? res)ondin0 to s+c( vibrations as convey to t(e manFs conscio+sness, >(en (e is ?+nctionin0 in (is astral body, in?ormation o? t(e same c(aracter as t(at conveyed to (im by (is eyes and ears >(ile (e is in t(e )(ysical body. H+t in t(e entirely di??erent astral conditions, s)ecialiGed or0ans are not necessary ?or t(e attainment o? t(is res+ltE t(ere is matter in every )art o? t(e astral body >(ic( is ca)able o? s+c( res)onse, and conseB+ently t(e man ?+nctionin0 in t(at ve(icle sees eB+ally >ell obAects be(ind [). 17] (im, beneat( (im, above (im, >it(o+t needin0 to t+rn (is (ead. '(ere is, (o>ever, anot(er )oint >(ic( it >o+ld (ardly be ?air to leave entirely o+t o? acco+nt, and t(at is t(e B+estion o? t(e c(a@rams re?erred to above. '(eoso)(ical st+dents are ?amiliar >it( t(e idea o? t(e existence in bot( t(e astral and t(e et(eric bodies o? man o? certain centres o? ?orce >(ic( (ave to vivi?ied in t+rn by t(e sacred ser)ent-?ire as t(e man advances in evol+tion. '(o+0( t(ese cannot be described as or0ans in t(e ordinary sense o? t(e >ord, since it is not t(ro+0( t(em t(at t(e man sees and (ears, as (e does in )(ysical li?e t(ro+0( eyes and ears, yet it is a))arently very lar0ely +)on t(eir vivi?ication t(at t(e )o>er o? exercisin0 t(ese astral senses de)ends eac( o? t(em as it is develo)ed 0ivin0 to t(e >(ole astral body t(e )o>er o? res)onse to a ne> set o? vibrations. #eit(er (ave t(ese centres, (o>ever, any )ermanent collection o? astral matter connected >it( t(em. '(ey are sim)ly vortices in t(e matter o? t(e body--vortices t(ro+0( >(ic( all t(ese )articles )ass in t+rn--)oints, [). 16] )er(a)s, at >(ic( t(e (i0(er ?orce ?rom )lanes above im)in0es +)on t(e astral body. $ven t(is descri)tion 0ives b+t a very )artial idea o? t(eir a))earance, ?or t(ey are in reality ?o+r dimensional vortices, so t(at t(e ?orce >(ic( comes t(ro+0( t(em and is t(e ca+se o? t(eir existence seems to >ell +) ?rom no>(ere. H+t at any rat, since all )articles in t+rn )ass t(ro+0( eac( o? t(em, it >ill be clear t(at it is t(+s )ossible ?or eac( in t+rn to evo@e in all t(e )articles o? t(e body t(e )o>er o? rece)tivity to a certain set o? vibrations, so t(at all t(e astral senses are eB+ally active in all )arts o? t(e body. '(e vision o? t(e mental )lane is a0ain totally di??erent, ?or in t(is case >e can no lon0er s)ea@ o? se)arate senses s+c( as si0(t and (earin0, b+t rat(er (ave to )ost+late one 0eneral sense >(ic( res)onds so ?+lly to t(e vibrations reac(in0 it t(at, >(en any obAect comes >it(in its co0nition, it at once com)re(ends it ?+lly, and as it >ere sees it, (ears it, ?eels it, and @no>s all t(ere is to @no> abo+t it by t(e one instantaneo+s o)eration. "et even t(is >onder?+l ?ac+lty di??ers in de0ree only and not in @ind ?rom t(ose >(ic( [). 18] are at o+r command at t(e )resent timeE one t(e mental )lane, A+st as on t(e )(ysical im)ressions are still conveyed by means o? vibrations travellin0 ?rom t(e obAect seen to t(e seer. !n t(e b+dd(ic )lane >e meet ?or t(e ?irst time >it( a B+ite ne> ?ac+lty (avin0 not(in0 in common >it( t(ose o? >(ic( >e (ave s)o@en, ?or t(ere a man co0niGes any obAect by an entirely di??erent

met(od, in >(ic( external vibrations )lay no )art. '(e obAect becomes )art o? (imsel?, and (e st+dies it ?rom t(e inside instead o? ?rom t(e o+tside. H+t >it( t(is )o>er ordinary clairvoyance (as not(in0 to do. '(e develo)ment, eit(er entire or )artial, o? any one o? t(ese ?ac+lties >o+ld come +nder o+r de?inition o? clairvoyance--t(e )o>er to see >(at is (idden ?rom ordinary )(ysical si0(t. H+t t(ese ?ac+lties may be develo)ed in vario+s >ays, and it >ill be >ell to say a ?e> >ords as to t(ese di??erent lines. We may )res+me t(at i? it >ere )ossible ?or a man to be isolated d+rin0 (is evol+tion ?rom all b+t t(e 0entlest o+tside in?l+ences, and to +n?old ?rom t(e be0innin0 in [). 19] )er?ectly re0+lar and normal ?as(ion, (e >o+ld )robably develo) (is senses in re0+lar order also. ,e >o+ld ?ind (is )(ysical senses 0rad+ally extendin0 t(eir sco)e +ntil t(ey res)onded to all t(e )(ysical vibrations, o? et(eric as >ell as o? denser matterE t(en in orderly seB+ence >o+ld come sensibility to t(e coarser )art o? t(e astral )lane, and )resently t(e ?iner )art also >o+ld be incl+ded, +ntil in d+e co+rse t(e ?ac+lty o? t(e mental )lane da>ned in its t+rn. In real li?e, (o>ever, develo)ment so re0+lar as t(is is (ardly ever @no>n, and many a man (as occasional ?las(es o? astral conscio+sness >it(o+t any a>a@enin0 o? et(eric vision at all. And t(is irre0+larity o? develo)ment is one o? t(e )rinci)al ca+ses o? manFs extraordinary liability to error in matters o? clairvoyance--a liability ?rom >(ic( t(ere is no esca)e exce)t by a lon0 co+rse o? care?+l trainin0 +nder a B+ali?ied teac(er. -t+dents o? '(eoso)(ical literat+re are >ell a>are t(at t(ere are s+c( teac(ers to be ?o+nd--t(at even in t(is materialistic nineteent( cent+ry t(e old sayin0 is still tr+e, t(at =>(en t(e )+)il is ready, t(e %aster is ready [). <8] also= and t(at =in t(e (all o? learnin0, >(en (e is ca)able o? enterin0 t(ere, t(e disci)le >ill al>ays ?ind (is %aster.= '(ey are >ell a>are also t(at only +nder s+c( 0+idance can a man develo) (is latent )o>ers in sa?ety and >it( certainty, since t(ey @no> (o> ?atally easy it is ?or t(e +ntrained clairvoyant to deceive (imsel? as to t(e meanin0 and val+e o? >(at (e sees, or even absol+tely to distort (is vision com)letely in brin0in0 it do>n into (is )(ysical conscio+sness. It does not ?ollo> t(at even t(e )+)il >(o is receivin0 re0+lar instr+ction in t(e +se o? occ+lt )o>ers >ill ?ind t(em +n?oldin0 t(emselves exactly in t(e re0+lar order >(ic( >as s+00ested above as )robably idea. ,is )revio+s )ro0ress may not (ave been s+c( as to ma@e t(is ?or (im t(e easiest or most desirable roadE b+t at any rate (e is in t(e (ands o? one >(o is )er?ectly com)etent to be (is 0+ide in s)irit+al develo)ment, and (e rests in )er?ect contentment t(at t(e >ay alon0 >(ic( (e is ta@en >ill be t(at >(ic( is t(e best >ay ?or (im. Anot(er 0reat advanta0e >(ic( (e 0ains is t(at >(atever ?ac+lties (e may acB+ire are [). <1] de?initely +nder (is command and can be +sed ?+lly and constantly >(en (e needs t(em ?or (is '(eoso)(ical >or@E >(ereas in t(e case o? t(e +ntrained man s+c( )o>ers o?ten mani?est t(emselves only very )artially and s)asmodically, and a))ear to come and 0o, as it >ere, at t(eir

o>n s>eet >ill. It may reasonably be obAected t(at i? clairvoyant ?ac+lty is, as stated, a )art o? t(e occ+lt develo)ment o? man, and so a si0n o? a certain amo+nt o? )ro0ress alon0 t(at line, it seems stran0e t(at it s(o+ld o?ten be )ossessed by )rimitive )eo)les, or by t(e i0norant and +nc+lt+red amon0 o+r o>n race--)ersons >(o are obvio+sly B+ite +ndevelo)ed, ?rom >(atever )oint o? vie> one re0ards t(em. #o do+bt t(is does a))ear remar@able at ?irst si0(tE b+t t(e ?act is t(at t(e sensitiveness o t(e sava0e or o? t(e coarse and v+l0ar $+ro)ean i0noram+s is not really at all t(e same t(in0 as t(e ?ac+lty o? (is )ro)erly trained brot(er, nor is it arrived at in t(e same >ay. An exact and detailed ex)lanation o? t(e di??erence >o+ld lead +s into rat(er recondite tec(nicalities, b+t )er(a)s t(e 0eneral idea o? t(e distinction bet>een t(e t>o may be [). <<] ca+0(t ?rom an exam)le ta@en ?rom t(e very lo>est )lane o? clairvoyance, in close contact >it( t(e denser )(ysical. '(e et(eric do+ble in man is in exceedin0ly close relation to (is nervo+s system, and any @ind o? action +)on one o? t(em s)eedily reacts on t(e ot(er. #o> in t(e s)oradic a))earance o? et(eric si0(t in t(e sava0e, >(et(er o? Central A?rica or o? Western $+ro)e, it (as been observed t(at t(e corres)ondin0 nervo+s dist+rbance is almost entirely in t(e sym)at(etic system, and t(at t(e >(ole a??air is )ractically beyond t(e manFs control--is in ?act a sort o? massive sensation va0+ely belon0in0 to t(e >(ole et(eric body, rat(er t(an an exact and de?inite sense)erce)tion comm+nicated t(ro+0( a s)ecialiGed or0an. As in later races and amid (i0(er develo)ment t(e stren0t( o? t(e man is more and more t(ro>n into t(e evol+tion o? t(e mental ?ac+lties, t(is va0+e sensitiveness +s+ally disa))earsE b+t still later, >(en t(e s)irit+al man be0ins to +n?old, (e re0ains (is clairvoyant )o>er. '(is time, (o>ever, t(e ?ac+lty is a )recise and exact one, +nder t(e control o? t(e manFs >ill, and exercised [). <4] t(ro+0( a de?inite sense-or0anE and it is note>ort(y t(at any nervo+s action set +) in sym)at(y >it( it is no> almost excl+sively in t(e cerebro-s)inal system. !n t(is s+bAect %rs. Hesant >rites& ='(e lo>er ?orms o? )syc(ism are more ?reB+ent in animals and in very +nintelli0ent (+man bein0s t(an in men and >omen in >(om t(e intellect+al )o>ers are >ell develo)ed. '(ey a))ear to be connected >it( t(e sym)at(etic system, not >it( t(e cerebros)inal. '(e lar0e n+cleated 0an0lionic cells in t(is system contain a very lar0e )ro)ortion o? et(eric matter, and are (ence more easily a??ected by t(e coarser astral vibrations t(an are t(e cells in >(ic( t(e )ro)ortion is less. As t(e cerebro-s)inal system develo)s, and t(e brain becomes more (i0(ly evolved, t(e sym)at(etic system s+bsides into a s+bordinate )osition, and t(e sensitiveness to )syc(ic vibrations is dominated by t(e stron0er and more active vibrations o? t(e (i0(er nervo+s system It is tr+e t(at at a later sta0e o? evol+tion )syc(ic sensitiveness rea))ears b+t it is t(en develo)ed in connection >it( t(e cerebro-s)inal [). <9] centres, and is bro+0(t +nder t(e control o? t(e >ill. H+t t(e (ysterical and ill-re0+lated )syc(ism o? >(ic( >e see so many lamentable exam)les is d+e to t(e small develo)ment o? t(e brain and t(e dominance o? t(e sym)at(etic system.= !ccasional ?las(es o? clairvoyance do, (o>ever, sometimes come to t(e (i0(ly c+lt+red and

s)irit+al-minded man, even t(o+0( (e may never (ave (eard o? t(e )ossibility o? trainin0 s+c( a ?ac+lty. In (is case s+c( 0lim)ses +s+ally si0ni?y t(at (e is a))roac(in0 t(at sta0e in (is evol+tion >(en t(ese )o>ers >ill nat+rally be0in to mani?est t(emselves, and t(eir a))earance s(o+ld serve as an additional stim+l+s to (im strive to maintain t(at (i0( standard o? moral )+rity and mental balance >it(o+t >(ic( clairvoyance is a c+rse and not a blessin0 to its )ossessor. Het>een t(ose >(o are entirely +nim)ressible and t(ose >(o are in ?+ll )ossession o? clairvoyant )o>er t(ere are many intermediate sta0es. !ne to >(ic( it >ill be >ort( >(ile to 0ive a )assin0 0lance is t(e sta0e in >(ic( a man, t(o+0( (e (as no clairvoyant ?ac+lty in ordinary li?e, yet ex(ibits it more or less [). <5] ?+lly +nder t(e in?l+ence o? mesmerism. '(is is a case in >(ic( t(e )syc(ic nat+re is already sensitive, b+t t(e conscio+sness is not yet ca)able o? ?+nctionin0 in it amidst t(e mani?old distractions o? )(ysical li?e. It needs to be set ?ree by t(e tem)orary s+s)ension o? t(e o+ter senses in t(e mesmeric trance be?ore it can +se t(e diviner ?ac+lties >(ic( are b+t A+st be0innin0 to da>n >it(in it. H+t o? co+rse even in t(e mesmeric trance t(ere are inn+merable de0rees o? l+cidity, ?rom t(e ordinary )atient >(o is blan@ly +nintelli0ent to t(e man >(ose )o>er o? si0(t is ?+lly +nder t(e control o? t(e o)erator, and can be directed >(it(ersoever (e >ills, or to t(e more advanced sta0e in >(ic(, >(en t(e conscio+sness is once set ?ree, it esca)es alto0et(er ?rom t(e 0ras) o? t(e ma0netiGer, and soars into ?ields o? exalted vision >(ere it is entirely beyond (is reac(. Anot(er ste) alon0 t(e same )at( is t(at +)on >(ic( s+c( )er?ect s+))ression o? t(e )(ysical as t(at >(ic( occ+rs in t(e (y)notic trance is not necessary, b+t t(e )o>er o? s+)ernormal si0(t, t(o+0( still o+t o? reac( d+rin0 >a@in0 li?e, becomes available >(en [). <7] t(e body is (eld in t(e bonds o? ordinary slee). At t(is sta0e o? develo)ment stood many o? t(e )ro)(ets and seers o? >(om >e read, >(o >ere =>arned o? .od in a dram=, or comm+ned >it( bein0s ?ar (i0(er t(an t(emselves in t(e silent >atc(es o? t(e ni0(t. %ost c+lt+red )eo)le o? t(e (i0(er races o? t(e >orld (ave t(is develo)ment to some extent& t(at is to say, t(e senses o? t(eir astral bodies are in ?+ll >or@in0 order, and )er?ectly ca)able o? receivin0 im)ressions ?rom obAects and entities o? t(eir o>n )lane. H+t to ma@e t(at ?act o? any +se to t(em do>n (ere in t(e )(ysical body, t>o c(an0es are +s+ally necessary& ?irst, t(at t(e $0o s(all be a>a@ened to t(e realities o? t(e astral )lane, and ind+ced to emer0e ?rom t(e c(rysalis ?ormed by (is o>n >a@in0 t(o+0(ts, and loo@ ro+nd (im to observe and to learnE and secondly, t(at t(e conscio+sness s(all be so ?ar retained d+rin0 t(e ret+rn o? t(e $0o into (is )(ysical body as to enable (im to im)ress +)on (is )(ysical brain t(e recollection o? >(at (e (as seen or learnt. I? t(e ?irst o? t(ese c(an0es (as ta@en )lace, t(e second is o? little im)ortance, since t(e [). <6] [)ara0ra)( contin+es] $0o, t(e tr+e man, >ill be able to )ro?it by t(e in?ormation to be obtained +)on t(at )lane, even t(o+0( (e may not (ave t(e satis?action o? brin0in0 t(ro+0( any remembrance o? it into (is >a@in0 li?e do>n (ere. -t+dents o?ten as@ (o> t(is clairvoyant ?ac+lty >ill ?irst be mani?ested in t(emselves--(o> t(ey may @no> >(en t(ey (ave reac(ed t(e sta0e at >(ic( its ?irst ?aint ?ores(ado>in0s are be0innin0 to

be visible. Cases di??er so >idely t(at it is im)ossible to 0ive to t(is B+estion any ans>er t(at >ill be +niversally a))licable. -ome )eo)le be0in by a )l+n0e, as it >ere, and +nder some +n+s+al stim+l+s become able A+st ?or once to see some strivin0 visionE and very o?ten in s+c( a case, beca+se t(e ex)erience does not re)eat itsel?, t(e seer comes in time to believe t(at on t(at occasion (e m+st (ave been t(e victim o? (all+cination. !t(ers be0in by becomin0 intermittently conscio+s o? t(e brilliant colo+rs and vibrations o? t(e (+man a+raE yet ot(ers ?ind t(emselves >it( increasin0 ?reB+ency seein0 and (earin0 somet(in0 to >(ic( t(ose aro+nd t(em are blind and dea?E ot(ers, a0ain, see [). <8] ?aces, landsca)es, or colo+red clo+ds ?loatin0 be?ore t(eir eyes in t(e dar@ be?ore t(ey sin@ to restE >(ile )er(a)s t(e commonest ex)erience o? all is t(at o? t(ose >(o be0in to recollect >it( 0reater and 0reater clearness >(at t(ey (ave seen and (eard on t(e ot(er )lanes d+rin0 slee). ,avin0 no> to some extent cleared o+r 0ro+nd, >e may )roceed to consider t(e vario+s )(enomena o? clairvoyance. '(ey di??er so >idely bot( in c(aracter and in de0ree t(at it is not very easy to decide (o> t(ey can most satis?actorily be classi?ied. We mi0(t, ?or exam)le, arran0e t(em accordin0 to t(e @ind o? si0(t em)loyed-->(et(er it >ere mental, astral, or merely et(eric. We mi0(t divine t(em accordin0 to t(e ca)acity o? t(e clairvoyant, ta@in0 into consideration >(et(er (e >as trained or +ntrainedE >(et(er (is vision >as re0+lar and +nder (is command, or s)asmodic and inde)endent o? (is volitionE >(et(er (e co+ld exercise it only >(en +nder mesmeric in?l+ence, or >(et(er t(at assistance >as +nnecessary ?or (imE >(et(er (e >as able to +se (is ?ac+lty >(en a>a@e in t(e )(ysical body, or >(et(er [). <9] it >as available only >(en (e >as tem)orarily a>ay ?rom t(at body in slee) or trance. All t(ese distinctions are o? im)ortance, and >e s(all (ave to ta@e t(em all into consideration as >e 0o on, b+t )er(a)s on t(e >(ole t(e most +se?+l classi?ication >ill be one somet(in0 on t(e lines o? t(at ado)ted by %r. -innett in (is Rational o? %esmerism--a boo@, by t(e >ay, >(ic( all st+dents o? clairvoyance o+0(t to read. In dealin0 >it( t(e )(enomena, t(en, >e >ill arran0e t(em rat(er accordin0 to t(e ca)acity o? t(e si0(t em)loyed t(an to t(e )lane +)on >(ic( it is exercised, so t(at >e may 0ro+) instances o? clairvoyance +nder some s+c( (eadin0s as t(ese& 1. -im)le clairvoyance--t(at is to say, a mere o)enin0 o? si0(t, enablin0 its )ossessor to see >(atever astral or et(eric entities (a))en to be )resent aro+nd (im, b+t not incl+din0 t(e )o>er o? observin0 eit(er distance )laces or scenes belon0in0 to any ot(er time t(an t(e )resent. <. Clairvoyance in s)ace--t(e ca)acity to see scenes or events removed ?rom t(e seer in s)ace, and eit(er too ?ar distant ?or [). 48] ordinary observation or concealed by intermediate obAects. 4. Clairvoyance in time--t(at is to say, t(e ca)acity to see obAects or events >(ic( are removed ?rom t(e seer in time, or, in ot(er >ords, t(e )o>er o? loo@in0 into t(e )ast or t(e ?+t+re.

Clairvoyance, by C.W. Leadbeater, [1899], at sacred-texts.com

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-I%*L$ CLAIR !"A#C$& 23LL We (ave de?ined t(is as a mere o)enin0 o? et(eric or astral si0(t, >(ic( enables t(e )ossessor to see >(atever may be )resent aro+nd (im on corres)ondin0 levels, b+t is not +s+ally accom)anied by t(e )o>er o? seein0 anyt(in0 at a 0reat distance or o? readin0 eit(er t(e )ast or t(e ?+t+re. It is (ardly )ossible alto0et(er to excl+de t(ese latter ?ac+lties, ?or astral si0(t necessarily (as considerably 0reater extension t(an )(ysical, and ?ra0mentary )ict+res o? bot( )ast and ?+t+re are o?ten cas+ally visible even to clairvoyants >(o do not @no> (o> to see@ s)ecially ?or t(emE b+t t(ere is nevert(eless a very real distinction bet>een s+c( incidental 0lim)ses and t(e de?inite )o>er o? )roAection o? t(e si0(t eit(er in s)ace or time. [). 4<] We ?ind amon0 sensitive )eo)le all de0rees o? t(is @ind o? clairvoyance, ?rom t(at o? t(e man >(o 0ets a va0+e im)ression >(ic( (ardly deserves t(e name o? si0(t at all, +) to t(e ?+ll )ossession o? et(eric and astral vision res)ectively. *er(a)s t(e sim)lest met(od >ill be ?or +s to be0in by describin0 >(at >o+ld be visible in t(e case o? t(is ?+ller develo)ment o? t(e )o>er, as t(e cases o? its )artial )ossession >ill t(en be seen to ?all nat+rally into t(eir )laces. Let +s ta@e t(e et(eric vision ?irst. '(is consists sim)ly, as (as already been said, in s+sce)tibility to a ?ar lar0er series o? )(ysical vibrations t(an ordinary, b+t nevert(eless its )ossession brin0s into vie> a 0ood deal to >(ic( t(e maAority o? t(e (+man race still remains blind. Let +s consider >(at c(an0es its acB+isition )rod+ces in t(e as)ect o? ?amiliar obAects, animate and inanimate, and t(en see to >(at entirely ne> ?actors it introd+ces +s. H+t it m+st be remembered t(at >(at I am abo+t to describe is t(e res+lt o? t(e ?+ll and )er?ectly-controlled )ossession o? t(e ?ac+lty only, and t(at most o? t(e instances met >it( in real li?e >ill be li@ely [). 44] to ?all ?ar s(ort o? it in one direction or anot(er. '(e most stri@in0 c(an0e )rod+ced in t(e a))earance o? inanimate obAects by t(e acB+isition o? t(is ?ac+lty is t(at most o? t(em become almost trans)arent, o>in0 to t(e di??erence in >avelen0t( o? some o? t(e vibrations to >(ic( t(e man (as no> become s+sce)tible. ,e ?inds (imsel? ca)able o? )er?ormin0 >it( t(e +tmost ease t(e )roverbial ?eat o? =seein0 t(ro+0( a bric@ >all,= ?or to (is ne>ly-acB+ired vision t(e bric@ >all seems to (ave a consistency no 0reater t(an t(at o? a li0(t mist. ,e t(ere?ore sees >(at is 0oin0 on in an adAoinin0 room almost as t(o+0( no intervenin0 >all

existedE (e can describe >it( acc+racy t(e contents o? a loc@ed box, or read a sealed letterE >it( a little )ractice (e can ?ind a 0iven )assa0e in a closed boo@. '(is last ?eat, t(o+0( )er?ectly easy to astral vision, )resents considerable di??ic+lty to one +sin0 et(eric si0(t, beca+se o? t(e ?act t(at eac( )a0e (as to be loo@ed at t(ro+0( all t(ose >(ic( (a))en to be s+)erim)osed +)on it. It is t(en as@ed >(et(er +nder t(ese circ+mstances a man sees al>ays >it( t(is [). 49] abnormal si0(t, or only >(en (e >is(es o do so. '(e ans>er is t(at i? t(e ?ac+lty is )er?ectly develo)ed it >ill be entirely +nder (is control, and (e can +se t(at or (is more ordinary vision at >ill. ,e c(an0es ?rom one to t(e ot(er as readily and nat+rally as >e no> c(an0e t(e ?oc+s o? o+r eyes >(en >e loo@ +) ?rom o+r boo@ to ?ollo> t(e motions o? some obAect a mile a>ay. It is, as it >ere, a ?oc+ssin0 o? conscio+sness on t(e one or t(e ot(er as)ect o? >(at is seen& and t(o+0( t(e man >o+ld (ave B+ite clearly in (is vie> t(e as)ect +)on >(ic( (is attention >as ?or t(e moment ?ixed, (e >o+ld al>ays be va0+ely conscio+s o? t(e ot(er as)ect too, A+st as >(en >e ?oc+s o+r si0(t +)on any obAect (eld in o+r (ands >e yet va0+ely see t(e o))osite >all o? t(e room as a bac@0ro+nd. Anot(er c+rio+s c(an0e, >(ic( comes ?rom t(e )ossession o? t(is si0(t, is t(at t(e solid 0ro+nd +)on >(ic( t(e man >al@s becomes to a certain extent trans)arent to (im, so t(at (e is able to see do>n into it to a considerable de)t(, m+c( as >e can no> see into ?airly clear >ater. '(is enables (im to >atc( a creat+re b+rro>in0 +nder0ro+nd, to [). 45] distin0+is( a vein o? coal or o? metal i? not too ?ar belo> t(e s+r?ace, and so on. '(e limit o? et(eric si0(t >(en loo@in0 t(ro+0( solid matter a))ears to be analo0o+s to t(at im)osed +)on +s >(en loo@in0 t(ro+0( >ater or mist. We cannot see beyond a certain distance, beca+se t(e medi+m t(ro+0( >(ic( >e are loo@in0 is not )er?ectly trans)arent. '(e a))earance o? animate obAects is also considerably altered ?or t(e man >(o (as increased (is vis+al )o>ers to t(is extent. '(e bodies o? men and animals are ?or (im in t(e main trans)arent, so t(at (e can >atc( t(e action o? t(e vario+s internal or0ans, and to some extent dia0nose some o? t(eir diseases. '(e extend si0(t also enables (im to )erceive, more or less clearly, vario+s classes o? creat+res, elemental and ot(er>ise, >(ose bodies are not ca)able o? re?lectin0 any o? t(e rays >it(in t(e limit o? t(e s)ectr+m as ordinarily seen. Amon0 t(e entities so seen >ill be some o? t(e lo>er orders o? nat+re-s)irits--t(ose >(ose bodies are com)osed o? t(e denser et(eric matter. 'o t(is class [). 47] belon0 nearly all t(e ?airies, 0nomes, and bro>nies, abo+t >(om t(ere are still so many stories remainin0 amon0 -cotc( and Iris( mo+ntains and in remote co+ntry )laces all over t(e >orld. '(e vast @in0dom o? nat+re-s)irits is in t(e main an astral @in0dom, b+t still t(ere is a lar0e section o? it >(ic( a))ertains to t(e et(eric )art o? t(e )(ysical )lane, and t(is section, o? co+rse, is m+c( more li@ely to come >it(in t(e @en o? ordinary )eo)le t(an t(e ot(ers. Indeed, in readin0 t(e common ?airy stories one ?reB+ently comes across distinct indications t(at it is >it( t(is class t(at >e are dealin0. Any st+dent o? ?airy love >ill remember (o> o?ten mention is made o? some

mysterio+s ointment or dr+0, >(ic( >(en a))lied to a manFs eyes enables (im to see t(e members o? t(e ?airy common>ealt( >(enever (e (a))ens to meet t(em. '(e story o? s+c( an a))lication and its res+lts occ+rs so constantly and comes ?rom so many di??erent )arts o? t(e >orld t(at t(ere m+st certainly be some tr+t( be(ind it, as t(ere al>ays is be(ind really +niversal )o)+lar tradition. #o> no s+c( anointin0 o? t(e eyes [). 46] alone co+ld by any )ossibility o)en a manFs astral vision, t(o+0( certain ointment r+bbed over t(e >(ole body >ill very 0reatly assist t(e astral body to leave t(e )(ysical in ?+ll conscio+sness--a ?act t(e @no>led0e o? >(ic( seems to (ave s+rvived even to mediaeval times, as >ill be seen ?rom t(e evidence 0iven at some o? t(e trials ?or >itc(cra?t. H+t t(e a))lication to t(e )(ysical eye mi0(t very easily so stim+late its sensitiveness as to ma@e it s+sce)tible to some o? t(e et(eric vibrations. '(e story ?reB+ently 0oes on to relate (o> >(en t(e (+man bein0 >(o (as +sed t(is mystical ointment betrays (is extended vision in some >ay to a ?airy, t(e latter stri@es or stabs (im in t(e eye, t(+s de)rivin0 (im not only o? t(e et(eric si0(t, b+t o? t(at o? t(e denser )(ysical )lane as >ell. C-ee '(e -cience o? 2airy 'ales by $. -. ,artlane, in t(e =Contem)orary -cience= series--or indeed almost any extensive collection o? ?airy stories.D I? t(e si0(t acB+ired (ad been astral, s+c( a )roceedin0 >o+ld (ave been entirely +navailain0, ?or no inA+ry to t(e )(ysical a))arat+s >o+ld a??ect an astral ?ac+ltyE b+t i? t(e [). 48] vision )rod+ced by t(e ointment >ere et(eric, t(e destr+ction o? t(e )(ysical eye >o+ld in most cases at once distin0+is( it, since t(at is t(e mec(anism by means o? >(ic( it >or@s. Anyone )ossessin0 t(is si0(t o? >(ic( >e are s)ea@in0 >o+ld also be able to )erceive t(e et(eric do+ble o? manE b+t since t(is is so nearly identical in siGe >it( t(e )(ysical, it >o+ld (ardly be li@ely to attract (is attention +nless it >ere )artially )rotected in trance or +nder t(e in?l+ence o? anaest(etics. A?ter deat(, >(en it >it(dra>s entirely ?rom t(e dense body, it >o+ld be clearly visible to (im, and (e >o+ld ?reB+ently see it (overin0 over ne>ly-made 0raves as (e )assed t(ro+0( a c(+rc( yard or cemetery. I? (e >ere to attend a s)irit+alistic seance (e >o+ld see t(e et(eric matter ooGin0 o+t ?rom t(e side o? t(e medi+m, and co+ld observe t(e vario+s >ays in >(ic( t(e comm+nicatin0 entities ma@e +se o? it. Anot(er ?act >(ic( co+ld (ardly ?ail soon to t(r+st itsel? +)on (is notice >o+ld be t(e extension o? (is )erce)tion o? colo+r. ,e >o+ld ?ind (imsel? able to see several entirely ne> colo+rs, not in t(e least resemblin0 any [). 49] o? t(ose incl+ded in t(e s)ectr+m as >e at )resent @no> it, and t(ere?ore o? co+rse B+ite indescribable in any terms at o+r command. And not only >o+ld (e see ne> obAects t(at >ere >(olly o? t(ese ne> colo+rs, b+t (e >o+ld also discover t(at modi?ications (ad been introd+ced into t(e colo+r o? many obAects >it( >(ic( (e >as B+ite ?amiliar, accordin0 to >(et(er t(ey (ad or (ad not some tin0e o? t(ese ne> (+es intermin0led >it( t(e old. -o t(at t>o s+r?aces o? colo+r >(ic( to ordinary eyes a))eared to matc( )er?ectly >o+ld o?ten )resent distinctly di??erent s(ades to (is @eener si0(t. We (ave no> to+c(ed +)on some o? t(e )rinci)al c(an0es >(ic( >o+ld be introd+ced into a manFs

>orld >(en (e 0ained et(eric si0(tE and it m+st al>ays be remembered t(at in most cases a corres)ondin0 c(an0e >o+ld at t(e same time be bro+0(t abo+t in (is ot(er senses also, so t(at (e >o+ld be ca)able o? (earin0, and )er(a)s even o? ?eelin0, more t(an most o? t(ose aro+nd (im. #o> s+))osin0 t(at in addition to t(is (e obtained t(e si0(t o? t(e astral )lane, >(at ?+rt(er c(an0es >o+ld be observableI [). 98] Well, t(e c(an0es >o+ld be many and 0reatE in ?act, a >(ole ne> >orld >o+ld o)en be?ore (is eyes. Let +s consider its >onders brie?ly in t(e same order as be?ore, and see ?irst >(at di??erence t(ere >o+ld be in t(e a))earance o? inanimate obAects. !n t(is )oint I may be0in by B+otin0 a recent B+aint ans>er 0iven in '(e a(an. ='(ere is a distinct di??erence bet>een et(eric si0(t and astral si0(t, and it is t(e latter >(ic( seems to corres)ond to t(e ?o+rt( dimension. ='(e easiest >ay to +nderstand (e di??erence is to ta@e an exam)le. I? yo+ loo@ed at a man >it( bot( t(e si0(ts in t+rn, yo+ >o+ld see t(e b+ttons at t(e bac@ o? (is coat in bot( casesE only i? yo+ +sed et(eric si0(t yo+ >o+ld see t(em t(ro+0( (im, and >o+ld see t(e s(an@-side as nearest to yo+, b+t i? yo+ loo@ed astrally, yo+ >o+ld see it not only li@e t(at, b+t A+st as i? yo+ >ere standin0 be(ind t(e man as >ell. =!r i? yo+ >ere loo@in0 et(erically at a >ooden c+be >it( >ritin0 on all its sides, it >o+ld be as t(o+0( t(e c+be >ere 0lass, so t(at yo+ co+ld see t(ro+0( it, and yo+ >o+ld [). 91] see t(e >ritin0 on t(e o))osite side all bac@>ards, >(ile t(at on t(e ri0(t and le?t sides >o+ld not be clear to yo+ at all +nless yo+ moved, beca+se yo+ see it ed0e>ise. H+t i? yo+ loo@ed at it astrally yo+ >o+ld see all t(e sides at once, and all t(e ri0(t >ay +), as t(o+0( t(e >(ole c+be (ad been ?lattened o+t be?ore yo+, and yo+ >o+ld see every )article o? t(e inside as >ell--not t(ro+0( t(e ot(ers, b+t all ?lattened o+t. "o+ >o+ld be loo@in0 at it ?rom anot(er direction, at ri0(t an0les to all t(e directions t(at >e @no>. =I? yo+ loo@ at t(e bac@ o? a >atc( et(erically yo+ see all t(e >(eels t(ro+0( it, and t(e ?ace t(ro+0( t(em, b+t bac@>ardsE i? yo+ loo@ at it astrally, yo+ see t(e ?ace ri0(t >ay +) and all t(e >(eels lyin0 se)arately, b+t not(in0 on t(e to) o? anyt(in0 else.= ,ere >e (ave at once t(e @eynote, t(e )rinci)al ?actor o? t(e c(an0eE t(e man is loo@in0 at everyt(in0 ?rom an absol+tely ne> )oint o? vie>, entirely o+tside o? anyt(in0 t(at (e (as ever ima0ined be?ore. ,e (as no lon0er t(e sli0(test di??ic+lty in readin0 any )a0e in a closed boo@, beca+se (e is not no> loo@in0 at it t(ro+0( all t(e ot(er )a0es [). 9<] be?ore it or be(ind it, b+t is loo@in0 strai0(t do>n +)on it as t(o+0( it >ere t(e only )a0e to be seen. '(e de)t( at >(ic( a vein o? metal or o? coal may lie is no lon0er a barrier to (is si0(t o? it, beca+se (e is not no> loo@in0 t(ro+0( t(e intervenin0 de)t( o? eart( at all. '(e t(ic@ness o? a >all, or t(e n+mber o? >alls intervenin0 bet>een t(e observer and t(e obAect, >o+ld ma@e a 0reat deal o? di??erence to t(e clearness o? t(e et(eric si0(tE t(ey >o+ld ma@e no di??erence >(atever to t(e astral si0(t, beca+se on t(e astral )lane t(ey >o+ld not intervene bet>een t(e observer and t(e obAect. !? co+rse t(at so+nds )aradoxical and im)ossible, and it is B+ite inex)licable to a mind not s)ecially

trained to 0ras) t(e ideaE yet it is none t(e less absol+tely tr+e. '(is carries +s strai0(t into t(e middle o? t(e m+c(-vexed B+estion o? t(e ?o+rt( dimension--a B+estion o? t(e dee)est interest, t(o+0( one t(at >e cannot )retend to disc+ss in t(e s)ace at o+r dis)osal. '(ose >(o >is( to st+dy it as it deserves are recommended to be0in >it( %r. C. ,. ,intonFs -cienti?ic Romances or ;r. A. '. -c(o?ieldFs Anot(er [). 94] [)ara0ra)( contin+es] World, and t(en ?ollo> on >it( t(e ?ormer a+t(orFs lar0er >or@, A #e> $ra o? '(o+0(t. %r. ,inton not only claims to be able (imsel? to 0ras) mentally some o? t(e sim)ler ?o+rt( dimensional ?i0+res, b+t also states t(at anyone >(o >ill ta@e t(e tro+ble to ?ollo> o+t (is directions may >it( )erseverance acB+ire t(at mental 0ras) li@e>ise. I am not certain t(at t(e )o>er to do t(is is >it(in t(e reac( o? everyone, as (e t(in@s, ?or it a))ears to me to reB+ire considerable mat(ematical abilityE b+t I can at any rate bear >itness t(at (e tesseract or ?o+rt(-dimensional c+be >(ic( (e describes is a reality, ?or it is B+ite a ?amiliar ?i0+re +)on t(e astral )lane. ,e (as no> )er?ected a ne> met(od o? re)resentin0 t(e several dimensions by colo+rs instead o? by arbitrary >ritten symbols. ,e states t(at (is >ill very m+c( sim)li?y t(e st+dy, as t(e reader >ill be able to distin0+is( instantly by si0(t any )art or ?eat+re o? t(e tesseract. A ?+ll descri)tion o? t(is ne> met(od, >it( )lates, is said to be ready ?or t(e )ress, and is ex)ected to a))ear >it(in a year, so t(at intendin0 st+dents o? t(is ?ascinatin0 s+bAect mi0(t do >ell to a>ait its )+blication. [). 99] I @no> t(at %adame Hlavats@y, in all+din0 to t(e t(eory o? t(e ?o+rt( dimension, (as ex)ressed an o)inion t(at it is only a cl+msy >ay o? statin0 t(e idea o? t(e entire )ermeability o? matter, and t(at %r. W.'.-tead (as ?ollo>ed alon0 t(e same lines, )resentin0 t(e conce)tion to (is readers +nder t(e name o? t(ro+0(t(. Care?+l, o?t-re)eated and detailed investi0ation does, (o>ever, seem to s(o> B+ite concl+sively t(at t(is ex)lanation does not cover all t(e ?acts. It is a )er?ect descri)tion o? et(eric vision, b+t t(e ?+rt(er and B+ite di??erent idea o? t(e ?o+rt( dimension as ex)o+nded by %r.,inton is t(e only one >(ic( 0ives any @ind o? ex)lanation do>n (ere o? t(e constantlyobserved ?acts o? astral vision. I >o+ld t(ere?ore vent+re de?erentially to s+00est t(at, >(en %adame Hlavats@y >rote as s(e did, s(e (ad in mind et(eric vision and not astral, and t(at t(e extreme a))licability o? t(e )(rase to t(is ot(er and (i0(er ?ac+lty, o? >(ic( s(e >as not at t(e moment t(in@in0, did not occ+r to (er. '(e )ossession o? t(is extraordinary and scarcely ex)ressible )o>er, t(en, m+st al>ays be borne in mind t(ro+0( all t(at ?ollo>s. It [). 95] lays every )oint in t(e interior o? every solid body absol+tely o)en to t(e 0aGe o? t(e seer, A+st as every )oint in t(e interior o? a circle lies o)en to t(e 0aGe o? a man loo@in0 do>n +)on it. H+t even t(is is by no means all t(at it 0ives to its )ossessor. ,e see not only t(e inside as >ell as t(e o+tside o? every obAect, b+t also its astral co+nter)art. $very atom and molec+le o? )(ysical matter (as its corres)ondin0 astral atoms and molec+les, and t(e mass >(ic( is b+ilt +) o+t o? t(ese is clearly visible to o+r clairvoyant. 3s+ally t(e astral )art o? any obAect )roAects some>(at beyond t(e )(ysical )art o? it, and t(+s metals, stones and ot(er t(in0s are seen s+rro+nded by an astral a+ra. It >ill be seen at once t(at even in t(e st+dy o? inor0anic matter a man 0ains immensely by t(e

acB+isition o? t(is vision. #ot only does (e see t(e astral )art o? t(e obAect at >(ic( (e loo@s, >(ic( be?ore >as >(olly (idden ?rom (imE not only does (e see m+c( more o? its )(ysical constit+tion t(an (e did be?ore, b+t even >(at >as visible to (im be?ore is no> seen m+c( more clearly [). 97] and tr+ly. A momentFs consideration >ill s(o> t(at (is ne> vision a))roximates m+c( more closely to tr+e )erce)tion t(an does )(ysical si0(t. 2or exam)le, i? (e loo@s astrally at a 0lass c+be, its sides >ill all a))ear eB+al, as >e @no> t(ey really are, >(ereas on t(e )(ysical )lane (e sees t(e ?+rt(er side in )ers)ective--t(at is, it a))ears smaller t(an t(e nearer side, >(ic( is, o? co+rse, a mere ill+sion d+e to (is )(ysical limitations. W(en >e come to consider t(e additional ?acilities >(ic( it o??ers in t(e observation o? animate obAects >e see still more clearly t(e advanta0es o? t(e astral vision. It ex(ibits to t(e clairvoyant t(e a+ra o? )lants and animals, and t(+s in t(e case o? t(e latter t(eir desires and emotions, and >(atever t(o+0(ts t(ey may (ave, are all )lainly s(o>n be?ore (is eyes. H+t is in dealin0 >it( (+man bein0s t(at (e >ill most a))reciate t(e val+e o? t(is ?ac+lty, ?or (e >ill o?ten be able to (el) t(em ?ar more e??ect+ally >(en (e 0+ides (imsel? by t(e in?ormation >(ic( it 0ives (im. ,e >ill be able to see t(e a+ra as ?ar +) as t(e astral body, and t(o+0( t(at leaves all t(e [). 96] (i0(er )art o? a man still (idden ?rom (is 0aGe, (e >ill nevert(eless ?ind it )ossible by care?+l observation to learn a 0ood deal abo+t t(e (i0(er )art ?orm >(at is >it(in (is reac(. ,is ca)acity o? examinin0 t(e et(eric do+ble >ill 0ive (im considerable advanta0e in locatin0 and classi?yin0 any de?ects or diseases o? t(e nervo+s system, >(ile ?rom t(e a))earance o? t(e astral body (e >ill be at once a>are o? all t(e emotions, )assions, desires and tendencies o? t(e man be?ore (im, and even o? very many o? (is t(o+0(ts also. As (e loo@s at a )erson (e >ill see (im s+rro+nded by t(e l+mino+s mists o? t(e astral a+ra, ?las(in0 >it( all sorts o? brilliant colo+rs, and constantly c(an0in0 in (+e and brilliancy >it( every variation o? t(e )ersonFs t(o+0(ts and ?eelin0s. ,e >ill see t(is a+ra ?looded >it( t(e bea+ti?+l rose-colo+r o? )+re a??ection, t(e ric( bl+e o? devotional ?eelin0, t(e (ard, d+ll bro>n o? sel?is(ness, t(e dee) scarlet o? an0ers, t(e (orrible l+rid red o? sens+ality, t(e livid 0rey o? ?ear, t(e blac@ clo+ds o? (atred and malice, or any o? t(e ot(er (+ndred?old indications so easily to be red in it by a )ractised eyeE and t(+s it >ill be [). 98] im)ossible ?or any )ersons to conceal ?rom (im t(e real state o? t(eir ?eelin0s on any s+bAect. '(ese varied indications o? t(e a+ra are o? t(emselves a st+dy o? very dee) interest, b+t I (ave no s)ace to deal >it( t(em in detail (ere. A m+c( ?+ller acco+nt o? t(em, to0et(er >it( a n+mber o? colo+red ill+strations, >ill be ?o+nd in my >or@ on t(e s+bAect %an isible and Invisible. #ot only does t(e astral a+ra s(o> (im t(e tem)orary res+lt o? t(e emotion )assin0 t(ro+0( it at t(e moment, b+t it also 0ives (im, by t(e arran0ement and )ro)ortion o? its colo+rs >(en in a condition o? com)arative rest, a cl+e to t(e 0eneral dis)osition and c(aracter o? its o>ner. 2or t(e astral body is t(e ex)ression o? as m+c( o? t(e man as can be mani?ested on t(at )lane, so t(at ?rom >(at is

seen in it m+c( more >(ic( belon0s to (i0(er )lanes may be in?erred >it( considerable certainty. In t(is A+d0ement o? c(aracter o+r clairvoyant >ill be m+c( (el)ed by so m+c( o? t(e )ersonFs t(o+0(t as ex)resses itsel? on t(e astral )lane, and conseB+ently comes >it(in [). 99] (is )+rvie>. '(e tr+e (ome o? t(o+0(t is on t(e mental )lane, and all t(o+0(t ?irst mani?ests itsel? t(ere as a vibration o? t(e mind-body. H+t i? it be in any >ay a sel?is( t(o+0(t, or i? it be connected in any >ay >it( an emotion or a desire, it immediately descends into t(e astral )lane, and ta@es to itsel? a visible ?orm o? astral matter. In t(e case o? t(e maAority o? men almost all t(o+0(t >o+ld ?all +nder one or ot(er o? t(ese (eads, so t(at )ractically t(e >(ole o? t(eir )ersonality >o+ld li@e clearly be?ore ?riendFs astral vision, since t(eir astral bodies and t(e t(o+0(t-?orms constantly radiatin0 ?rom t(em >o+ld be to (im as an o)en boo@ in >(ic( t(eir c(aracteristics >ere >rit so lar0ely t(at (e >(o ran mi0(t read. Anyone >is(in0 to 0ain some idea as to (o> t(e t(o+0(t-?orms )resent t(emselves to clairvoyant vision may satis?y t(emselves to some extent by examinin0 t(e ill+strations accom)anyin0 %rs. HesantFs val+able article on t(e s+bAect in L+ci?er ?or -e)tember 1897. We (ave seen somet(in0 o? t(e alteration in t(e a))earance o? bot( animate and inanimate obAects >(en vie>ed by one )ossessed [). 58] o? ?+ll clairvoyant si0(t as ?ar as t(e astral )lane is concernedE let +s no> consider >(at entirely ne> obAects (e >ill see. ,e >ill be conscio+s o? a ?ar 0reater ?+lness in nat+re in many directions, b+t c(ie?ly (is attention >ill be attracted by t(e livin0 deniGens o? t(is ne> >orld. #o detailed acco+nt o? t(em can be attem)ted >it(in t(e s)ace at o+r dis)osalE ?or t(at t(e reader is re?erred to #o. o? t(e '(eoso)(ical %an+als. ,ere >e can do no more t(an barely en+merate a ?e> classes only o? t(e vast (osts o? astral in(abitants. ,e >ill be im)ressed by t(e )rotean ?orms o? t(e ceaseless tide o? elemental essence, ever s>irlin0 aro+nd (im, menacin0 o?ten, yet al>ays retirin0 be?ore a determined e??ort o? t(e >illE (e >ill marvel at t(e enormo+s army o? entities tem)orarily called o+t o? t(is ocean into se)arate existence by t(e t(o+0(ts and >is(es o? man, >(et(er 0ood or evil. ,e >ill >atc( t(e mani?old tribes o? t(e nat+re-s)irits at t(eir >or@ or at t(eir )layE (e >ill sometimes be able to st+dy >it( ever-increasin0 deli0(t t(e ma0ni?icent evol+tion o? some o? t(e lo>er orders o? t(e 0lorio+s [). 51] @in0dom o? t(e devas, >(ic( corres)onds a))roximately to t(e an0elic (ost o? C(ristian terminolo0y. H+t )er(a)s o? even @eener interests to (im t(an any o? t(ese >ill be t(e (+man deniGens o? t(e astral >orld, and (e >ill ?ind t(em divisible into t>o 0reat classes--t(ose >(om >e call t(e livin0, and t(ose ot(ers, most o? t(em in?initely more alive, >(om >e so ?oolis(ly misname t(e dead. Amon0 t(e ?ormer (e >ill ?ind (ere and t(ere one >ide a>a@e and ?+lly conscio+s, )er(a)s sent to brin0 (im some messa0e, or examinin0 (im @eenly to see >(at )ro0ress (e is ma@in0E >(ile t(e maAority o? (is nei0(bo+rs, >(en a>ay ?rom t(eir )(ysical bodies d+rin0 slee), >ill dri?t idly by, so >ra))ed +) in t(eir o>n co0itations as to be )ractically +nconscio+s o? >(at is 0oin0 on aro+nd t(em.

Amon0 t(e 0reat (ost o? t(e recently dead (e >ill ?ind all de0rees o? conscio+sness and intelli0ence, and all s(ades o? c(aracter--?or deat(, >(ic( seems to o+r limited vision so absol+te a c(an0e, in reality alters not(in0 o? t(e man (imsel?. !n t(e day a?ter (is deat( (e is )recisely t(e same man as (e >as t(e [). 5<] day be?ore it, >it( t(e same dis)osition, t(e same B+alities, t(e same virt+es and vices, save only t(at (e (as cast aside (is )(ysical bodyE b+t t(e loss o? t(at no more ma@es (im in any >ay a di??erent man t(an >o+ld t(e removal o? an overcoat. -o amon0 t(e dead o+r st+dent >ill ?ind men intelli0ent and st+)id, @ind-(earted and morose, serio+s and ?rivolo+s, s)irit+ally-minded and sens+ally-minded, A+st as amon0 t(e livin0. -ince (e can not only see t(e dead, b+t s)ea@ >it( t(em, (e can o?ten be o? very 0reat +se to t(em, and 0ive t(em in?ormation and 0+idance >(ic( is o? t(e +tmost val+e to t(em. %any o? t(em are in a condition o? 0reat s+r)rise and )er)lexity, and sometimes even o? ac+te distress, beca+se t(ey t(e ?acts o? t(e next >orld so +nli@e t(e c(ildis( le0ends >(ic( are all t(at )o)+lar reli0ion in t(e West (as to o??er >it( re?erence to t(is transcendently im)ortant s+bAectE and t(ere?ore a man >(o +nderstands t(is ne> >orld and can ex)lain matters is distinctly a ?riend in need. In many ot(er >ays a man >(o ?+lly )ossesses t(is ?ac+lty may be o? +se to t(e livin0 [). 54] as >ell as to t(e deadE b+t t(is side o? t(e s+bAect I (ave already >ritten in my little boo@ on Invisible ,el)ers. In addition to astral entities (e >ill see astral cor)ses--s(ades and s(ells in all sta0es o? decayE b+t t(ese need only be A+st mentioned (ere, as t(e reader desirin0 a ?+rt(er acco+nt o? t(em >ill ?ind it in o+r t(ird C;eat(--and A?terID and ?i?t( C'(e Astral *laneD man+als. Anot(er >onder?+l res+lt >(ic( t(e ?+ll enAoyment o? astral clairvoyance brin0s to a man is t(at (e (as no lon0er any brea@ in conscio+sness. W(en (e lies do>n at ni0(t (e leaves (is )(ysical body to t(e rest >(ic( it reB+ires, >(ile (e 0oes abo+t (is b+siness in t(e ?ar more com?ortable astral ve(icle. In t(e mornin0 (e ret+rns to and re-enters (is )(ysical body, b+t >it(o+t any loss o? conscio+sness or memory bet>een t(e t>o states, and t(+s (e is able to live, as it >ere, a do+ble li?e >(ic( yet is one, and to be +se?+lly em)loyed d+rin0 t(e >(ole o? it, instead o? losin0 one-t(ird o? (is existence in blan@ +nconscio+sness. Anot(er stran0e )o>er o? >(ic( (e may ?ind (imsel? in )ossession Ct(o+0( its ?+ll [). 59] control belon0s rat(er to t(e still (i0(er devac(anic ?ac+ltyD is t(at o? ma0ni?yin0 at >ill t(e min+test )(ysical or astral )article to any desired siGe, as t(o+0( by a microsco)e--t(o+ no microsco)e ever made or ever li@ely to be made )ossesses eve a t(o+sandt( )art ? t(is )syc(ic ma0ni?yin0 )o>er. Hy its means t(e (y)ot(etical molec+le and atom )ost+lated by science becomes visible and livin0 realities to t(e occ+lt st+dent, and on t(is closer examination (e ?inds t(em to be m+c( more com)lex in t(eir str+ct+re t(an t(e scienti?ic man (as yet realiGed t(em to be. It also enables (im to ?ollo> >it( t(e closest attention and t(e most lively interest all @inds o? electrical, ma0netic, and ot(er et(eric actionE and >(en some o? t(e s)ecialists in t(ese branc(es o? science are able to develo) t(e )o>er to see t(ose t(in0s >(ereo? t(ey >rite so ?acilely, some very >onder?+l and bea+ti?+l revelations may be ex)ected.

'(is is one o? t(e sidd(is or )o>ers described in !riental boo@s as accr+in0 to t(e man >(o devotes (imsel? to s)irit+al develo)ment, t(o+0( t(e name +nder >(ic( it is t(ere mentioned mi0(t not be immediately [). 55] reco0niGable. It is re?erred to as =t(e )o>er o? ma@in0 onesel? lar0e or small at >ill,= and t(e reason o? a descri)tion >(ic( a))ears so oddly to reverse t(e ?act is t(at in reality t(e met(od by >(ic( t(is ?eat is )er?ormed is )recisely t(at indicate in t(ese ancient boo@s. It is by t(e +se o? tem)orary vis+al mac(inery o? inconceivable min+teness t(at t(e >orld o? t(e in?initely little is so clearly seenE and in t(e same >ay Cor rat(er in t(e o))osite >ayD it is by tem)orarily enormo+sly increasin0 t(e siGe o? t(e mac(inery +sed t(at it becomes )ossible to increase t(e breadt( o? oneFs vie>--in t(e )(ysical sense as >ell as, let +s (o)e, in t(e moral--?ar beyond anyt(in0 t(at science (as ever dreamt o? as )ossible ?or man. -o t(at t(e alteration in siGe is really in t(e ve(icle o? t(e st+dentFs conscio+sness, and not in anyt(in0 o+tside o? (imsel?E and t(e old !riental boo@ (as, a?ter al, )+t t(e case more acc+rately t(an >e. *syc(ometry and second-si0(t in excelsis >o+ld also be amon0 t(e ?ac+lties >(ic( o+r ?riend >o+ld ?ind at (is commandE b+t t(ose >ill be more ?itly dealt >it( +nder a later (eadin0, since in almost all t(eir [). 57] mani?estations t(ey involve clairvoyance eit(er in s)ace or in time. I (ave no> indicated, t(o+0( only in t(e ro+0(est o+tlines, >(at a trained st+dent, )ossessed o? ?+ll astral vision, >o+ld see in t(e immensely >ider >orld to >(ic( t(at vision introd+ced (imE b+t I (ave said not(in0 o? t(e st+)endo+s c(an0e in (is mental attit+de >(ic( comes ?rom t(e ex)eriential certainty as to t(e existence o? t(e so+l, its s+rvival a?ter deat(, t(e action o? t(e la> o? @arma, and ot(er )oints o? eB+ally )aramo+nt im)ortance. '(e di??erence bet>een even t(e )ro?o+ndest intellect+al conviction and t(e )recise @no>led0e 0ained by direct )ersonal ex)erience m+st be ?elt in order to be a))reciated.

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C,A*'$R III

-I%*L$ CLAIR !"A#C$& *AR'IAL '(e ex)eriences o? t(e +ntrained clairvoyant--and be it remembered t(at t(at class incl+des all $+ro)ean clairvoyants exce)t a very ?e>-->ill, (o>ever, +s+ally ?all very ?ar s(ort o? >(at I (ave

attem)ted to indicateE t(ey >ill ?all s(ort in many di??erent >ays--in de0ree, in variety, or in )ermanence, and above all in )recision. -ometimes, ?or exam)le, a manFs clairvoyance >ill be )ermanent, b+t very )artial, extendin0 only )er(a)s to one or t>o classes o? t(e )(enomena observableE (e >ill ?ind (imsel? endo>ed >it( some isolated ?ra0ment o? (i0(er vision, >it(o+t a))arently )ossessin0 ot(er )o>ers o? si0(t >(ic( o+0(t normally to accom)any t(at ?ra0ment, or even to )recede it. 2or exam)le, one o? my dearest ?riends (as all (is li?e (ad t(e )o>er [). 58] to see t(e atomic et(er and atomic astral matter, and to reco0niGe t(eir str+ct+re, ali@e in dar@ness or in li0(t, as inter)enetratin0 everyt(in0 elseE yet (e (as only rarely seen entities >(ose bodies are com)osed o? t(e m+c( more obvio+s lo>er et(ers or denser astral matter, and at any rate is certainly not )ermanently able to see t(em. ,e sim)ly ?inds (imsel? in )ossession o? t(is s)ecial ?ac+lty, >it(o+t any a))arent reason to acco+nt ?or it, or any reco0niGable relation to anyt(in0 elseE and beyond )rovin0 to (im t(e existence o? t(ese atomic )lanes and demonstratin0 t(eir arran0ement, it is di??ic+lt to see o? >(at )artic+lar +se it is to (im at )resent. -till, t(ere t(e t(in0 is, and it is an earnest o? 0reater t(in0s to come--o? ?+rt(er )o>ers still a>aitin0 develo)ment. '(ere are many similar cases--similar, I mean, not in t(e )ossession o? t(at )artic+lar ?orm o? si0(t C>(ic( is +niB+e in my ex)erienceD, b+t in s(o>in0 t(e develo)ment o? some one small )art o? t(e ?+ll and clear vision o? t(e astral and et(eric )lanes. In nine cases o+t o? ten, (o>ever, s+c( )artial clairvoyance >ill at t(e same time lac@ [). 59] )recision also--t(at it is to say, t(ere >ill be a 0ood deal o? va0+e im)ression and in?erence abo+t it, instead o? t(e clear-c+t de?inition and certainty o? t(e trained man. $xam)les o? t(is ty)e are constantly to be ?o+nd, es)ecially amon0 t(ose >(o advertise t(emselves as =test and b+siness clairvoyance.= '(en, a0ain, t(ere are t(ose >(o are only tem)orarily clairvoyant +nder certain s)ecial conditions. Amon0 t(ese t(ere are vario+s s+bdivisions, some bein0 able to re)rod+ce t(e state o? clairvoyance at >ill by a0ain settin0 +) t(e same conditions, >(ile >it( ot(ers ti comes s)oradically, >it(o+t any observable re?erence to t(eir s+rro+ndin0s and >it( yet ot(ers t(e )o>ers s(o>s itsel? only once or t>ice in t(e >(ole co+rse o? t(eir lives. 'o t(e ?irst o? t(ese s+bdivisions belon0 t(ose >(o are clairvoyant only >(en in t(e mesmeric trance-->(o >(en not so entranced are inca)able o? seein0 or (earin0 anyt(in0 abnormal. '(ese may sometimes reac( 0reat (ei0(ts o? @no>led0e and be exceedin0ly )recise in t(eir indications, b+t >(en t(at is so t(ey are +s+ally +nder0oin0 a co+rse o? [). 78] re0+lar trainin0, t(o+0( ?or some reason +nable as yet to set t(emselves ?ree ?rom t(e leaden >ei0(t o? eart(ly lie >it(o+t assistance. In t(e same class >e may )+t t(ose--c(ie?ly !rientals-->(o 0ain some tem)orary si0(t only +nder t(e in?l+ence o? certain dr+0s, or by means o? t(e )er?ormance o? certain ceremonies. '(e ceremonialist sometimes (y)notiGes (imsel? by (is re)etitions, and in t(at condition becomes to some extent clairvoyantE more o?ten (e sim)ly red+ces (imsel? to a )assive condition in >(ic(

some ot(er entity can obsess (im and s)ea@ t(ro+0( (im. -ometimes, a0ain, (is ceremonies are not intended to a??ect (imsel? at all, b+t to invo@e some astral entity >(o >ill 0ive (im t(e reB+ired in?ormationE b+t o? co+rse t(at is a case o? ma0ic, and not o? clairvoyance. Hot( t(e dr+0s and t(e ceremonies are met(ods em)(atically to be avoided by any one >(o >is(es to a))roac( clairvoyance ?rom t(e (i0(er side, and +se it ?or (is o>n )ro0ress and ?or t(e (el)in0 o? ot(ers. '(e Central A?rican medicine-man or >itc( doctor and some o? t(e 'artar -(amans are 0ood exam)les o? t(e ty)e. [). 71] '(ose to >(om a certain amo+nt o? clairvoyant )o>er (as come occasionally only, and >it(o+t any re?erence to t(eir o>n >is(, (ave o?ten been (ysterical or (i0(ly nervo+s )ersons, >it( >(om t(e ?ac+lty >as to a lar0e extent one o? t(e sym)toms o? a disease. Its a))earance s(o>ed t(at t(e )(ysical ve(icle >as >ea@ened to s+c( a de0ree t(at it no lon0er )resented any obstacle in t(e >ay o? a certain modic+m o? et(eric or astral vision. An extreme exam)le o? t(is class is t(e man >(o drin@s (imsel? into deliri+m tremens, and in t(e condition o? absol+te )(ysical r+in and im)+re )syc(ic excitation bro+0(t abo+t by t(e rava0es o? t(at ?ell disease, is able to see ?or t(e time some o? t(e loat(some elemental and ot(er entities >(ic( (e (as dra>n ro+nd (imsel? by (is lon0 co+rse o? de0raded and bestial ind+l0ence. '(ere are, (o>ever, ot(ers cases >(ere t(e )o>er o? si0(t (as a))eared and disa))eared >it(o+t a))arent re?erence to t(e state o? t(e )(ysical (ealt(E b+t it seems )robable t(at even in t(ose, i? t(ey co+ld (ave been observed closely eno+0(, some alteration in t(e condition o? t(e et(eric do+ble >o+ld (ave been noticed. [). 7<] '(ose >(o (ave only one instance o? clairvoyance to re)ort in t(e >(ole o? (eir lives are a di??ic+lt band to classi?y at all ex(a+stively, beca+se o? t(e 0reat variety o? t(e contrib+tory circ+mstances. '(ere are many amon0 t(em to >(om t(e ex)erience (as come at some s+)reme moment o? t(eir lives, >(en it is com)re(ensible t(at t(ere mi0(t (ave been a tem)orary exaltation o? ?ac+lty >(ic( >o+ld be s+??icient to acco+nt ?or it. In t(e case o? anot(er s+bdivision o? t(em t(e solitary case (as been t(e seein0 o? t(e an a))arition most commonly o? some ?riend or relative at t(e )oint o? deat(. '>o )ossibilities are t(en o??ered ?or o+r c(oice, and in eac( o? t(em t(e stron0 >is( o? t(e dyin0 man is t(e im)ellin0 ?orce. '(at ?orce may (ave enabled (im to materialiGe (imsel? ?or a moment, in >(ic( case o? co+rse no clairvoyance >as neededE or more )robably it may (ave acted mesmerically +)on t(e )erci)ient, and momentarily d+lled (is )(ysical and stim+lated (is (i0(er sensitiveness. In eit(er case t(e vision is t(e )rod+ct o? t(e emer0ency and is not re)eated sim)ly beca+se t(e necessary conditions are not re)eated. [). 74] '(ere remains, (o>ever, an irresolvable resid++m o? cases in >(ic( a solitary instance occ+rs o? t(e exercise o? +ndo+bted clairvoyance, >(ile yet t(e occasion seems to +s >(olly trivial and +nim)ortant. Abo+t t(ese >e can only ?rame (y)ot(esesE t(e 0overnin0 conditions are evidently not on t(e )(ysical )lane, and a se)arate investi0ation o? eac( case >o+ld be necessary be?ore >e co+ld s)ea@ >it( any certainty as to its ca+ses. In some s+c( it (as a))eared t(at an astral entity >as endeavo+rin0 to ma@e some comm+nication, and >as able to im)ress only some +nim)ortant detail on its s+bAect--t(e +se?+l or si0ni?icant )art o? >(at it (ad to say ?ailin0 to 0et t(ro+0( into t(e s+bAectFs conscio+sness. In t(e investi0ation o? t(e )(enomena o? clairvoyance all t(ese varied ty)es and many ot(ers >ill be

enco+ntered, and a certain n+mber o? cases o? mere (all+cination >ill be almost s+re to a))ear also, and >ill (ave to be care?+lly >eeded o+t ?rom t(e list o? exam)les. '(e st+dent o? s+c( a s+bAect needs an inex(a+stible ?+nd o? )atience and steady )erseverance, b+t i? (e 0oes on lon0 eno+0( (e >ill be0in dimly to discern order [). 79] be(ind t(e c(aos, and >ill 0rad+ally 0et some idea o? t(e 0reat la>s +nder >(ic( t(e >(ole evol+tion >or@in0. It >ill (el) (im 0reatly in (is e??orts i? (e >ill ado)t t(e order >(ic( >e (ave A+st ?ollo>ed--t(at, is i? (e >ill ?irst ta@e t(e tro+ble to ?amiliariGe (imsel? as t(oro+0(ly as may be >it( t(e act+al ?acts concernin0 t(e )lanes >it( >(ic( ordinary clairvoyance deals. I? (e >ill learn >(at t(ere really is to be seen >it( astral and et(eric si0(t, and >(at t(eir res)ective limitations are, (e >ill t(en (ave, as it >ere, a standard by >(ic( to meas+re t(e cases >(ic( (e observes. -ince all instances o? )artial si0(t m+st o? necessity ?it into some nic(e in t(is >(ole, i? (e (as t(e o+tline o? t(e entire sc(eme in (is (ead (e >ill ?ind it com)aratively easy >it( a little )ractice to classi?y t(e instances >it( >(ic( (e is called +)on to deal. We (ave said not(in0 as yet as to t(e still more >onder?+l )ossibilities o? clairvoyance +)on t(e mental )lane, nor indeed is it necessary t(at m+c( s(o+ld be said, as it is exceedin0ly im)robable t(at t(e investi0ator >ill ever meet >it( any exam)les o? it exce)t [). 75] amon0 )+)ils )ro)erly trained on some o? t(e very (i0(est sc(ools o? !cc+ltism. 2or t(em it o)ens +) yet anot(er ne> >orld, vaster ?ar t(an all t(ose beneat( it--a >orld in >(ic( all t(at >e can ima0ine o? +tmost 0lory and s)lendo+r is t(e common)lace o? existence. -ome acco+nt o? its marvello+s ?ac+lty, its ine??able bliss, its ma0ni?icent o))ort+nities ?or learnin0 and ?or >or@, is 0iven in t(e sixt( o? o+r '(eoso)(ical man+als, and to t(at t(e st+dent may be re?erred. All t(at it (as to 0ive--all o? it at least t(at (e can assimilate--is >it(in t(e reac( o? t(e trained )+)il, b+t ?or t(e +ntrained clairvoyant to to+c( it is (ardly more t(an a bare )ossibility. It (as been done in mesmeric trance, b+t t(e occ+rrence is o? exceedin0 rarity, ?or it needs almost s+)er(+man B+ali?ications in t(e >ay o? lo?ty s)irit+al as)iration and absol+te )+rity o? t(o+0(t and intention +)on t(e )art bot( o? t(e s+bAect and t(e o)erator. 'o a ty)e o? clairvoyance s+c( as t(is, and still more ?+lly to t(at >(ic( belon0s to t(e )lane next above it, t(e name o? s)irit+al si0(t may reasonably be a))liedE and since [). 77] t(e celestial >orld to >(ic( it o)ens o+r eyes lies all ro+nd +s (ere and no>, it is ?it t(at o+r )assin0 re?erence to it s(o+ld be made +nder t(e (eadin0 o? sim)le clairvoyance, t(o+0(t it may be necessary to all+de to it a0ain >(en dealin0 >it( clairvoyance in s)ace, to >(ic( >e >ill no> )ass on.

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CLAIR !"A#C$ I# -*AC$& I#'$#'I!#AL We (ave de?ined t(is as t(e ca)acity to see events or scenes removed ?rom t(e seer in s)ace and too ?ar distant ?or ordinary observation. '(e instances o? t(is are so n+mero+s and so vario+s t(at >e s(all ?ind it desirable to attem)t a some>(at more detailed classi?ication o? t(em. It does not m+c( matter >(at )artic+lar arran0ement >e ado)t, so lon0 as it is com)re(ensive eno+0( to incl+de all o+r casesE )er(a)s a convenient one >ill be to 0ro+) t(em +nder t(e broad divisions o? intentional and +nintentional clairvoyance in s)ace, >it( an intermediate class t(at mi0(t be described as semiintentional--a c+rio+s title, b+t I >ill ex)lain it later. As be?ore, I >ill be0in by statin0 >(at is )ossible alon0 t(is line ?or t(e ?+lly-trained [). 78] seer, and endeavo+rin0 to ex)lain (o> (is ?ac+lty >or@s and +nder >(at limitations it acts. A?ter t(at >e s(all ?ind o+rselves in a better )osition to try to +nderstand t(e mani?old exam)les o? )artial and +ntrained si0(t. Let +s t(en in t(e ?irst )lace disc+ss intentional clairvoyance. It >ill be obvio+s ?rom >(at (as )revio+sly been said as to t(e )o>er o? astral vision t(at any one )ossessin0 it in its ?+lness >ill be able to see by its means )ractically anyt(in0 in t(is >orld t(at (e >is(es to see. '(e most secret )laces are o)en to (is 0aGe, and intervenin0 obstacles (ave no existence ?or (im, beca+se o? t(e c(an0e in (is )oint o? vie>E so t(at i? >e 0rant (im t(e )o>er o? movin0 abo+t in t(e astral body (e can >it(o+t di??ic+lty 0o any>(ere and see anyt(in0 >it(in t(e limits o? t(e )lanet. Indeed t(is is to a lar0e extent )ossible to (im even >it(o+t t(e necessity o? movin0 t(e astral body at all, as >e s(all )resently see. Let +s consider a little more closely t(e met(ods by >(ic( t(is s+)er-)(ysical si0(t may be +sed to observe events ta@in0 )lace at a distance. W(en, ?or exam)le, a man (ere [). 79] in $n0land sees in min+test detail somet(in0 >(ic( is (a))enin0 at t(e same moment in India or America, (o> is it doneI A very in0enio+s (y)ot(esis (as been o??ered to acco+nt ?or t(e )(enomenon. It (as been s+00ested t(at every obAect is )er)et+ally t(ro>in0 o?? radiations in all directions, similar in some res)ects to, t(o+0( in?initely ?iner t(an, rays o? li0(t, and t(at clairvoyance is not(in0 b+t t(e )o>er to see by means o? t(ese ?iner radiations. ;istance >o+ld in t(at case no bar to t(e si0(t, all intervenin0 obAects >o+ld be )enetrable by t(ese rays, and t(ey >o+ld be able to cross one anot(er to in?inity in all directions >it(o+t entan0lement, )recisely as t(e vibrations o? ordinary li0(t do. #o> t(o+0( t(is is not exactly t(e >ay in >(ic( clairvoyance >or@s, t(e t(eory is nevert(eless B+ite tr+e in most o? its )remises. $very obAect +ndo+btedly is t(ro>in0 o?? radiations in all

directions, and it is )recisely in t(is >ay, t(o+0( on a (i0(er )lane, t(at t(e a@as(ic records seem to be ?ormed. !? t(em it >ill be necessary to say somet(in0 +nder o+r next (eadin0, so >e >ill do no [). 68] more t(an mention t(em ?or t(e moment. '(e )(enomena o? *syc(ometry are also de)endent +)on t(ese radiations, as >ill )resently be ex)lained. '(ere are (o>ever, certain )ractical di??ic+lties in t(e >ay o? +sin0 t(ese et(eric vibrations C?or t(at is, o? co+rse, >(at t(ey areD as t(e medi+m by means o? >(ic( one may see anyt(in0 ta@in0 )lace at a distance. Intervenin0 obAects are not entirely trans)arent, and as t(e actors in t(e scene >(ic( t(e ex)erimenter tried to observe >o+ld )robably be at least eB+ally trans)arent, it is obvio+s t(at serio+s con?+sion >o+ld be B+ite li@ely to res+lt. '(e additional dimension >(ic( >o+ld come into )lay i? astral radiations >ere sensed instead o? et(eric >o+ld obviate some o? t(e di??ic+lties, b+t >o+ld on t(e ot(er (and introd+ce some ?res( com)lications o? its o>nE so t(at ?or )ractical )+r)oses, in endeavo+rin0 to +nderstand clairvoyance, >e may dismiss t(is (y)ot(esis o? radiations ?rom o+r minds, and t+rn to t(e met(ods o? seein0 at a distance >(ic( are act+ally at t(e dis)osal o? t(e st+dent. It >ill be ?o+nd t(at t(ere [). 61] are ?ive, ?o+r o? t(em bein0 really varieties o? clairvoyance, >(ile t(e ?i?t( does not )ro)erly come +nder t(at (ead at all, b+t belon0s to t(e domain o? ma0ic. Let +s ta@e t(is last one ?irst, and 0et it o+t o? o+r >ay. 1. Hy t(e assistance o? a nat+re-s)irit. '(is met(od does not necessarily involved t(e )ossession o? any )syc(ic ?ac+lty at all on t(e )art o? t(e ex)erimenterE (e need only @no> (o> to ind+ce some deniGen o? t(e astral >orld to +nderta@e t(e investi0ation ?or (im. '(is may be done eit(er by invocation or by evocation& t(at is to say, t(e o)erator may eit(er )ers+ade (is astral coadA+tor by )rayers and o??erin0s to 0ive (im t(e (el) (e desires, or (e may com)el (is aid by t(e determined exercise o? a (i0(ly-develo)ed >ill. '(is met(od (as been lar0ely )ractised in t(e $ast C>(ere t(e entity em)loyed is +s+ally a nat+res)iritD and in old Atlantis, >(ere =t(e lords o? t(e dar@ ?ace= +sed a (i0(ly-s)ecialiGed and )ec+liarly venomo+s variety o? arti?icial elemental ?or t(is )+r)ose. In?ormation is sometimes obtained in t(e same sort o? >ay at t(e s)irit+alistic seance o? modern days, b+t in t(at case t(e messen0er [). 6<] em)loyed is more li@ely to be a recently-deceased (+man bein0 ?+nctionin0 more or less ?reely on t(e astral )lane--t(o+0( even (ere also it is sometimes an obli0in0 nat+re-s)irit, >(o is am+sin0 (imsel? by )osin0 as somebodyFs de)arted relative. In any case, as I (ave said, t(is met(od is not clairvoyant at all, b+t ma0icalE and it is mentioned (ere only in order t(at t(e reader may not become con?+sed in t(e endeavo+r to classi?y cases o? its +se +nder some o? t(e ?ollo>in0 (eadin0s. <. Hy means o? an astral c+rrent--'(is is a )(rase ?reB+ently and rat(er loosely em)loyed in some o? o+r '(eoso)(ical literat+re to cover a considerable variety o? )(enomena, and amon0 ot(ers t(at >(ic( I >is( to ex)lain. W(at is really done by t(e st+dent >(o ado)ts t(is met(od is not so m+c( t(e settin0 in motion o? a c+rrent in astral matter as t(e erection o? a @ind o? tem)orary tele)(one t(ro+0( it.

It is im)ossible (ere to 0ive an ex(a+stive disB+isition on astral )(ysics, even (ad I t(e reB+isite @no>led0e to >rite itE all I need say is t(at it is )ossible to ma@e in astral matter a de?inite connectin0-line t(at s(all [). 64] act as a tele0ra)(->ire to convey vibrations by means o? >(ic( all t(at is 0oin0 on at t(e ot(er end o? it may be seen. -+c( a line is establis(ed, be it +nderstood, not by a direct )roAection t(ro+0( s)ace o? astral matter, b+t by s+c( action +)on a line Cor rat(er many linesD o? )articles o? t(at matter as >ill render t(em ca)able o? ?ormin0 a cond+ctor ?or vibrations o? t(e c(aracter reB+ired. '(is )reliminary action can be set +) in t>o >ays--eit(er by t(e transmission o? ener0y ?rom )article to )article +ntil t(e line is ?ormed, or by t(e +se o? a ?orce ?rom a (i0(er )lane >(ic( is ca)able o? actin0 +)on t(e >(ole line sim+ltaneo+sly. !? co+rse t(is latter met(od im)lies ?ar 0reater develo)ment, since it involves t(e @no>led0e o? Cand t(e )o>er to +seD ?orces o? a considerably (i0(er levelE so t(at t(e man >(o co+ld ma@e (is line in t(is >ay >o+ld not, ?or (is o>n +se, need a line at all, since (e co+ld see ?ar more, easily and com)letely by means o? an alto0et(er (i0(er ?ac+lty. $ven t(e sim)ler and )+rely astral o)eration is a di??ic+lt one to describe, t(o+0( B+ite an easy one to )er?orm. It may be said [). 69] to )arta@e some>(at o? t(e nat+re o? t(e ma0netiGation o? a bar o? steelE ?or it consists in >(at >e mi0(t call t(e )olariGation, by an e??ort o? t(e (+man >ill, o? a n+mber o? )arallel lines o? astral atoms reac(in0 ?rom t(e o)erator to t(e scene >(ic( (e >is(es to observe. All t(e atoms t(+s a??ected are (eld ?or t(e time >it( t(eir axes ri0idly )arallel to one anot(er, so t(at t(ey ?orm a @ind o? tem)orary t+be alon0 >(ic( t(e clairvoyant may loo@. '(is met(od (as t(e disadvanta0e t(at t(e tele0ra)( line is liable to disarran0ement or even destr+ction by any s+??iciently stron0 astral c+rrent >(ic( (a))ens to cross its )at(E b+t i? t(e ori0inal e??ort o? >ill >ere ?airly de?inite, t(is >o+ld be a contin0ency o? only in?reB+ent occ+rrence. '(e vie> o? a distance scene obtained by means o? t(is =astral c+rrent= is in many >ays not +nli@e t(at seen t(ro+0( a telesco)e. ,+man ?i0+res +s+ally a))ear very small, li@e t(ose on a distance sta0e, b+t in s)ite o? (eir dimin+tive siGe t(ey are as clear as t(o+0( t(ey >ere close by. -ometimes it is )ossible by t(is means to (ear >(at is said as >ell as [). 65] to see >(at is doneE b+t as in t(e maAority o? cases t(is does not (a))en, >e m+st consider in rat(er as t(e mani?estation o? an additional )o>er t(an as a necessary corollary o? t(e ?ac+lty o? si0(t. It >ill be observed t(at in t(is case t(e seer does not +s+ally leave (is )(ysical body at allE t(ere is no sort o? )roAection o? (is astral ve(icle or o? any )art o? (imsel? to>ards t(at at >(ic( (e is loo@in0, b+t (e sim)ly man+?act+res ?or (imsel? a tem)orary astral telesco)e. ConseB+ently (e (as, to a certain extent, t(e +se o? (is )(ysical )o>ers even >(ile (e is examinin0 t(e distance sceneE ?or exam)le, (is voice >o+ld +s+ally still be +nder (is control, so t(at (e co+ld describe >(at (e sa> even >(ile (e >as in t(e act o? ma@in0 (is observations. '(is conscio+sness o? t(e man is, in ?act, distinctly still at t(is end o? t(e line.

'(is ?act, (o>ever, (as its limitations as >ell as its advanta0es, and t(ese a0ain lar0ely resemble t(e limitations o? t(e man +sin0 a telesco)e on t(e )(ysical )lane. '(e ex)erimenter, ?or exam)le, (as no )o>er to s(i?t t(is )oint o? vie>E (is telesco)e, [). 67] so to s)ea@, (as a )artic+lar ?ield o? vie> >(ic( cannot be enlar0ed or alteredE (e is loo@in0 at (is scene ?rom a certain direction, and (e cannot s+ddenly t+rn it all ro+nd and see (o> it loo@s ?rom t(e ot(er side. I? (e (as s+??icient )syc(ic ener0y to s)are, (e may dro) alto0et(er t(e telesco)e t(at (e is +sin0 and man+?act+re an entirely ne> one ?or (imsel? >(ic( >ill a))roac( (is obAective some>(at di??erentlyE b+t t(is is not a co+rse at all li@ely to be ado)ted in )ractice. H+t, it may be said, t(e mere ?act t(at (e is +sin0 astral si0(t o+0(t to enable (im to see it ?rom all sides at once. -o it >o+ld i? (e >ere +sin0 t(at si0(t in t(e normal >ay +)on an obAect >(ic( >as ?airly near (im-->it(in (is astral reac(, as it >ereE b+t at a distance o? (+ndreds or t(o+sands o? miles t(e case is very di??erent. Astral si0(t 0ives +s t(e advanta0e o? an additional dimension, b+t t(ere is still s+c( a t(in0 as )osition in t(at dimension, and it is nat+rally a )otent ?actor in limitin0 t(e +se o? t(e )o>ers o? its )lane. !+r ordinary t(ree-dimensional si0(t enables +s to see at once every )oint o? t(e interior o? a t>o-dimensional ?i0+re, s+c( as [). 66] a sB+are, b+t in order to do t(at t(e sB+are m+st be >it(in a reasonable distance ?orm o+r eyesE t(e mere additional dimension >ill avail a man in London b+t little in (is endeavo+r to examine a sB+are in Calc+tta. Astral si0(t, >(en it is cram)ed by bein0 directed alon0 >(at is )ractically a t+be, is limited very m+c( as )(ysical si0(t >o+ld be +nder similar circ+mstancesE t(o+0( i? )ossessed in )er?ection it >ill still contin+e to s(o>, even at t(at distance, t(e a+ras, and t(ere?ore all t(e emotions and most o? t(e t(o+0(ts o? t(e )eo)le +nder observation. '(ere are many )eo)le ?or >(om t(is ty)e o? clairvoyance is very m+c( ?acilitated i? t(ey (ave at (and some )(ysical obAect >(ic( can be +sed as a startin0-)oint ?or t(eir astral t+be--a convenient ?oc+s ?or t(eir >ill)o>er. A ball o? crystal is t(e commonest and most e??ect+al o? s+c( ?oci, since it (as t(e additional advanta0e o? )ossessin0 >it(in itsel? B+alities >(ic( stim+late )syc(ic ?ac+ltyE b+t ot(er obAects are also em)loyed, to >(ic( >e s(all ?ind it necessary to re?er more )artic+larly >(en >e come to consider semi-intentional clairvoyance. [). 68] In connection >it( t(is astral-c+rrent ?orm o? clairvoyance, as >it( ot(ers, >e ?ind t(at t(ere are some )syc(ics >(o are +nable to +se it exce)t >(en +nder t(e in?l+ence o? mesmerism. '(e )ec+liarity in t(is case is t(at amon0 s+c( )syc(ics t(ere are t>o varieties--one in >(ic( by bein0 t(+s set ?ree t(e man is enabled to ma@e a telesco)e ?or (imsel?, and anot(er in >(ic( t(e ma0netiGer (imsel? ma@es t(e telesco)e and t(e s+bAect is sim)ly enabled to see t(ro+0( it. In t(is latter case obvio+sly t(e s+bAect (as not eno+0( >ill to ?orm a t+be ?or (imsel?, and t(e o)erator, t(o+0( )ossessed o? t(e necessary >ill)o>er, is not clairvoyant, or (e co+ld see t(ro+0( (is o>n t+be >it(o+t needin0 (el). !ccasionally, t(o+0( rarely, t(e t+be >(ic( is ?ormed )ossesses anot(er o? t(e attrib+tes o? a telesco)e--t(at o? ma0ni?yin0 t(e obAects at >(ic( it is directed +ntil t(ey seem o? li?e-siGe. !? co+rse t(e obAects m+st al>ays be ma0ni?ied to some extent, or t(ey >o+ld be absol+tely invisible,

b+t +s+ally t(e extent is determined by t(e siGe o? t(e astral t+be and t(e >(ole t(in0 is sim)ly a tiny movin0 [). 69] )ict+re. In t(e ?e> cases >(ere t(e ?i0+res are seen as a li?e-siGe by t(is met(od, it is )robable t(at an alto0et(er ne> )o>er is be0innin0 to da>nE b+t >(en t(is (a))ens, care?+l observation is needed in order to distin0+is( t(em ?rom exam)les o? o+r next class. 4. Hy t(e )roAection o? a t(o+0(t-?orm--'(e ability to +se t(is met(od o? clairvoyance im)lies a develo)ment some>(at more advanced t(an t(e last, since it necessitates a certain amo+nt o? control +)on t(e mental )lane. All st+dents o? '(eoso)(y are a>are t(at t(o+0(t ta@es ?orm, at any rate +)on its o>n )lane, and in t(e vast maAority o? cases +)on t(e astral )lane alsoE b+t it may not be B+ite so 0enerally @no>n t(at i? a man t(in@s stron0ly o? (imsel? as )resent at any 0iven )lace, t(e ?orm ass+med by t(at )artic+lar t(o+0(t >ill be a li@eness o? t(e t(in@er (imsel?, >(ic( >ill a))ear at t(e )lace in B+estion. $ssentially t(is ?orm m+st be com)osed o? t(e matter o? t(e mental )lane, b+t in very many cases it >o+ld dra> ro+nd itsel? matter o? t(e astral )lane also, and so >o+ld [). 88] a))roac( m+c( nearer to visibility. '(ere are, in ?act, many instances in >(ic( it (as been seen by t(e )erson t(o+0(t o?--most )robably by means o? t(e +nconscio+s mesmeric in?l+ence emanatin0 ?rom t(e ori0inal t(in@in0. #one o? t(e conscio+sness o? t(e t(in@er >o+ld, (o>ever, be incl+ded >it(in t(is t(o+0(t-?orm. W(en once sent o+t ?rom (im, it >o+ld normally be a B+ite se)arate entity--not indeed absol+tely +nconnected >it( its ma@er, b+t )ractically so as ?ar as t(e )ossibility o? receivin0 any im)ression t(ro+0( it is concerned. '(is t(ird ty)e o? clairvoyance consists, t(en, in t(e )o>er to retain so m+c( connection >it( and so m+c( (old over a ne>ly-erected t(o+0(t-?orm as >ill render it )ossible to receive im)ressions by means o? it. -+c( im)ressions as >ere made +)on t(e ?orm >o+ld in t(is case be transmitted to t(e t(in@er--not alon0 an astral tele0ra)( line, as be?ore, b+t by sym)at(etic vibration. In a )er?ect case o? t(is @ind o? clairvoyance it is almost as t(o+0( t(e seer )roAected a )art o? (is conscio+sness into t(e t(o+0(t-?orm, and +sed it as a @ind o? o+t)ost, ?rom >(ic( [). 81] observation >as )ossible. ,e sees almost as >ell as (e >o+ld i? (e (imsel? stood in t(e )lace o? (is t(o+0(t-?orm. '(e ?i0+res at >(ic( (e is loo@in0 >ill a))ear to (im as o? li?e-siGe and close at (and, instead o? tiny and at a distance, as in t(e )revio+s caseE and (e >ill ?ind it )ossible to s(i?t (is )oint o? vie> i? (e >is(es to do so. Claira+dience is )er(a)s less ?reB+ently associated >it( t(is ty)e o? clairvoyance t(an >it( t(e last, b+t its )lace is to some extent ta@en by a @ind o? mental )erce)tion o? t(e t(o+0(ts and intentions o? t(ose >(o are seen. -ince t(e manFs conscio+sness is still in t(e )(ysical body, (e >ill be able Ceven >(ile exercisin0 t(e ?ac+ltyD to (ear and to s)ea@, inso?ar as (e can do t(is >it(o+t any distraction o? (is attention. '(e moment t(at t(e intentness o? (is t(o+0(t ?ails t(e >(ole vision is 0one, and (e >ill (ave to constr+ct a ?res( t(o+0(t-?orm be?ore (e can res+me it. Instances in >(ic( t(is @ind o? si0(t is )ossessed >it( any de0ree o? )er?ection by +ntrained )eo)le are nat+rally rarer t(an in t(e case o?

t(e )revio+s ty)e, beca+se [). 8<] o? t(e ca)acity ?or mental control reB+ired, and t(e 0enerally ?iner nat+re o? t(e ?orces em)loyed. 9. Hy travellin0 in t(e astral body--We enter (ere +)on an entirely ne> variety o? clairvoyance, in >(ic( t(e conscio+sness o? t(e seer no lon0er remains in or closely connected >it( (is )(ysical body, b+t is de?initely trans?erred to t(e scene >(ic( (e is examinin0. '(o+0( it (as no do+bt 0reater dan0ers ?or t(e +ntrained seer t(an eit(er o? t(e met(ods )revio+sly described, it is yet B+ite t(e most satis?actory ?orm o? clairvoyance o)en to (im, ?or t(e immensely s+)erior variety >(ic( >e s(all consider +nder o+r ?i?t( (ead is not available exce)t ?or s)ecially trained st+dents. In t(is case t(e manFs body is eit(er aslee) or in trance, and its or0ans are conseB+ently not available ?or +se >(ic( t(e vision is 0oin0 on, so t(at all descri)tion o? >(at is seen, and all B+estionin0 as to ?+rt(er )artic+lars, m+st be )ost)oned +ntil t(e >anderer ret+rns to t(is )lane. !n t(e ot(er (and t(e si0(t is m+c( ?+ller and more )er?ectE t(e man (ears as >ell as sees everyt(in0 >(ic( )asses be?ore (im, and can move [). 84] abo+t ?reely at >ill >it(in t(e very >ide limits o? t(e astral )lane. ,e can see and st+dy at leis+re all t(e ot(er in(abitants o? t(at )lane, so t(at t(e 0reat >orld o? t(e nat+re-s)irits Co? >(ic( t(e traditional ?airy-land is b+t a very small )artD lies o)en be?ore (im, and even t(at o? some o? t(e lo>er devas. ,e (as also t(e immense advanta0e o? bein0 able to ta@e )art, as it >ere, in t(e scenes >(ic( come be?ore (is eyes--o? conversin0 at >ill >it( t(ese vario+s astral entities ?rom >(om so m+c( in?ormation t(at is c+rio+s and interestin0 may be obtained. I? in addition (e can learn (o> to materialiGe (imsel? Ca matter o? no 0reat di??ic+lty ?or (im >(en once t(e @nac@ is acB+iredD, (e >ill be able to ta@e )art in )(ysical events or conversations at a distance, and to s(o> (imsel? to an absent ?riend at >ill. A0ain, (e (as t(e additional )o>er o? bein0 able to (+nt abo+t ?or >(at (e >ants. Hy means o? t(e varieties o? clairvoyance )revio+sly described, ?or all )ractical )+r)oses (e co+ld ?ind a )erson or a )lace only >(en (e >as already acB+ainted >it( it, or >(en (e [). 89] >as )+t en ra))ort >it( it by to+c(in0 somet(in0 )(ysically connected >it( it, as in *syc(ometry. It is tr+e t(at by t(e t(ird met(od a certain amo+nt o? motion is )ossible, b+t t(e )rocess is a tedio+s one exce)t ?or B+ite s(ort distances. Hy t(e +se o? t(e astral body, (o>ever, a man can move abo+t B+ite ?reely and ra)idly in any direction, and can C?or exam)leD ?ind >it(o+t di??ic+lty any )lace )ointed o+t +)on a ma), >it(o+t eit(er any )revio+s @no>led0e o? t(e s)ot or any obAect to establis( a connection >it( it. ,e can also readily rise (i0( into t(e air so as to 0ain a birdFs-eye vie> o? t(e co+ntry >(ic( (e is examinin0, so as to observe its extent, t(e conto+r o? its coastline, or its 0eneral c(aracter. Indeed, in every >ay (is )o>er and ?reedom are ?ar 0reater >(en (e +ses t(is met(od t(an t(ey (ave been in any o? t(e )revio+s cases. A 0ood exam)le o? t(e ?+ll )ossession o? t(is )o>er is 0iven, on t(e a+t(ority o? t(e .erman >riter

J+n0 -tillin0, by %rs. Cro>e in '(e #i0(t -ide o? #at+re C)a0e 1<6D. '(e story is related o? a seer >(o is stated to (ave [). 85] resided in t(e nei0(bo+r(ood o? *(iladel)(ia, in America. ,is (abits >ere retired, and (e s)o@e littleE (e >as 0ave, benevolent and )io+s, and not(in0 >as @no>n a0ainst (is c(aracter, exce)t t(at (e (ad t(e re)+tation o? )ossessin0 some secrets t(at >ere considered not alto0et(er la>?+l. %any extraordinary stories >ere told o? (im, and amon0st t(e rest t(e ?ollo>in0& ='(e >i?e o? a s(i) ca)tain C>(ose (+sband >as on a voya0e to $+ro)e and A?rica, and ?rom >(om s(e (ad been lon0 >it(o+t tidin0sD, bein0 over>(elmed >it( anxiety ?or (is sa?ety, >as ind+ced to address (ersel? to t(is )erson. ,avin0 listened to (er story (e be00ed (er to exc+se (im ?or a >(ile >(en (e >o+ld brin0 (er t(e intelli0ence s(e reB+ired. ,e t(en )assed into an inner room and s(e sat (ersel? do>n to >aitE b+t (is absence contin+in0 lon0er t(an s(e ex)ected, s(e became im)atient, t(in@in0 (e (ad ?or0otten (er, and so?tly a))roac(in0 t(e door s(e )ee)ed t(ro+0( some a)ert+re, and to (er s+r)rise be(eld (im lyin0 on a so?a as motionless as i? (e >ere dead. -(e o? co+rse did not t(in@ it advisable to dist+rb (im, b+t [). 87] >aited (is ret+rn, >(en (e told (er t(at (er (+sband (ad not been able to >rite to (er ?or s+c( and s+c( reasons, b+t t(at (e >as t(en in a co??ee(o+se in London and >o+ld very s(ortly be (ome a0ain. =Accordin0ly (e arrived, and as t(e lady learnt ?rom (im t(at t(e ca+ses o? (is +n+s+al silence (ad been )recisely t(ose alle0ed by t(e man, s(e ?elt extremely desiro+s o? ascertainin0 t(e tr+t( o? t(e rest o? t(e in?ormation. In t(is s(e >as 0rati?ied, ?or (e no sooner set (is eyes on t(e ma0ician t(an (e said t(at (e (ad seen (im be?ore on a certain day in a co??ee(o+se in London, and t(at (e told (im t(at (is >i?e >as extremely +neasy abo+t (im, and t(at (e, t(e ca)tain, (ad t(ereon mentioned (o> (e (ad been )revented ?rom >ritin0, addin0 t(at (e >as on t(e eve o? embar@in0 ?or America. ,e (ad t(en lost si0(t o? t(e stran0er amon0st t(e t(ron0, and @ne> not(in0 more abo+t (im. We (ave o? co+rse no means no> o? @no>in0 >(at evidence J+n0 -tillin0 (ad o? t(e tr+t( o? t(is story, t(o+0( (e declares (imsel? to (ave been B+ite satis?ied >it( t(e a+t(ority on >(ic( (e relates itE b+t so many [). 86] similar t(in0s (ave (a))ened t(at t(ere is no reason to do+bt its acc+racy. '(e seer, (o>ever, m+st eit(er (ave develo)ed (is ?ac+lty ?or (imsel? or learnt it in some sc(ool ot(er t(an t(at ?rom >(ic( most o? o+r '(eoso)(ical in?ormation is derivedE ?or in o+r case t(ere is a >ell-+nderstood re0+lation ex)ressly ?orbiddin0 t(e )+)ils to 0ive any mani?estation o? s+c( )o>er >(ic( can be de?initely )roved at bot( ends in t(at >ay, and so constit+te >(at is called a =)(enomenon.= '(at t(is re0+lation is em)(atically a >ise one is )roved to all >(o @no> anyt(in0 o? t(e (istory o? o+r -ociety by t(e disastro+s res+lts >(ic( ?ollo>ed ?rom a very sli0(t tem)orary relaxation o? it. I >ill (ave 0iven some B+ite modern cases almost exactly )arallel to t(e above in my little boo@ on Invisible ,el)ers. An instance o? a lady >ell-@no>n to mysel?, >(o ?reB+ently t(+s a))ears to ?riends at a distance, is 0iven by %r. -tead in Real .(ost -tories C)a0e <6DE and %r. Andre> Lan0 0ives, in (is ;reams and .(osts C)a0e 89D, an acco+nt o? (o> %r. Cleave, t(en at *ortsmo+t(, a))eared, intentionally on t>o occasions to a yo+n0

[). 88] lady in London, and alarmed (er considerably. '(ere is any amo+nt o? evidence to be (ad on t(e s+bAect by any one >(o cares to st+dy it serio+sly. '(is )ayin0 o? intentional astral visits seems very o?ten to become )ossible >(en t(e )rinci)les are loosened at t(e a))roac( o? deat( ?or )eo)le >(o >ere +nable to )er?orm s+c( a ?eat at any ot(er time. '(ere are even more exam)les o? t(is class t(an o? t(e ot(erE I e)itomiGe a 0ood one 0iven by %r. Andre> Lan0 on )a0e 188 o? t(e boo@ last cited--one o? >(ic( (e (imsel? says, =#ot many stories (ave s+c( 0ood evidence in t(eir ?avo+r.= =%ary, t(e >i?e o? Jo(n .o??e o? Roc(ester, bein0 a??licted >it( a lon0 illness, removed to (er ?at(erFs (o+se at West %allin0, abo+t nine miles ?rom (er o>n. ='(e day be?ore (er deat( s(e 0re> very im)atiently desiro+s to see (er t>o c(ildren, >(o s(e (ad le?t at (ome to t(e care o? a n+rse. -(e >as too ill to be moved, and bet>een one and t>o oFcloc@ in t(e mornin0 s(e ?ell into a trance. !ne >ido> '+rner, >(o >atc(ed >it( (er t(at ni0(t, says t(at [). 89] (er eyes >ere o)en and ?ixed, and (er Aa> ?allen. %rs. '+rner )+t (er (and +)on (er mo+t(, b+t co+ld )erceive no breat(. -(e t(o+0(t (er to be in a ?it, and do+bted >(et(er s(e >ere dead or alive. ='(e next mornin0 t(e dyin0 >oman told (er mot(er t(at s(e (ad been at (ome >it( (er c(ildren, sayin0, =I >as >it( t(em last ni0(t >(en I >as aslee).= ='(e n+rse at Roc(ester, >ido> Alexander by name, a??irms t(at a little be?ore t>o oFcloc@ t(at mornin0 s(e sa> t(e li@eness o? t(e said %ary .o??e come o+t o? t(e next c(amber C>(ere t(e elder c(ild lay in a bed by itsel?D, t(e door bein0 le?t o)en, and stand by (er bedside ?or abo+t a B+arter o? an (o+rE t(e yo+n0er c(ild >as t(ere lyin0 by (er. ,er eyes moved and (er mo+t( >ent, b+t s(e said not(in0. '(e n+rse, moreover, says t(at s(e >as )er?ectly a>a@eE it >as t(en dayli0(t, bein0 one o? t(e lon0est days in t(e year. -(e sat +) in bed and loo@ed stead?astly on t(e a))arition. In t(at time s(e (eard t(e brid0e cloc@ stri@e t>o, and a >(ile a?ter said& =In t(e name o? t(e 2at(er, -on and ,oly .(ost, >(at art t(o+I= '(ere+)on [). 98] t(e a))arition removed and >ent a>ayE s(e sli))ed on (er clot(es and ?ollo>ed, b+t >(at became onFt s(e cannot tell.= '(e n+rse a))arently >as more ?ri0(tened by its a))earance t(an its )resence, ?or a?ter t(is s(e >as a?raid to stay in t(e (o+se, and so s)ent t(e rest o? t(e time +ntil six oFcloc@ in >al@in0 +) and do>n o+tside. W(en t(e nei0(bo+rs >ere a>a@e s(e told (er tale to t(em, and t(ey o? co+rse said s(e (ad dreamt it allE s(e nat+rally eno+0( >armly re)+diated t(at idea, b+t co+ld obtain no credence +ntil t(e ne>s o? t(e ot(er side o? t(e story arrived ?rom West %allin0, >(en )eo)le (ad to admit t(at t(ere mi0(t (ave been somet(in0 in it. A note>ort(y circ+mstance in t(is story is t(at t(e mot(er ?o+nd it necessary to )ass ?rom ordinary slee) into t(e )ro?o+nder trance condition be?ore s(e co+ld conscio+sly visit (er c(ildrenE it can, (o>ever, be )aralleled (er and t(ere amon0 t(e lar0e n+mber o? similar acco+nts >(ic( may be ?o+nd in t(e literat+re o? t(e s+bAect.

'>o ot(er stories o? )recisely t(e same ty)e--in >(ic( a dyin0 mot(er, earnestly [). 91] desirin0 to see (er c(ildren, ?alls into a dee) slee), visits t(em and ret+rns to say t(at s(e (as done so--are 0iven by ;r. 2. .. Lee. In one o? t(em t(e mot(er, >(en dyin0 in $0y)t, a))ears to (er c(ildren at 'orB+ay, and is clearly seen in broad dayli0(t by all ?ive o? t(e c(ildren and also by t(e n+rse-maid. C.lim)ses o? t(e -+)ernat+ral, ol. II, )a0e 79D. In t(e ot(er a K+a@er lady dyin0 at Coc@ermo+t( is clearly seen and reco0niGed in dayli0(t by (er t(ree c(ildren at -ettle, t(e remainder o? t(e story bein0 )ractically identical >it( t(e one 0iven above. C.lim)ses in t(e '>ili0(t, )a0e 99D . '(o+0( t(ese cases a))ear to be less >idely @no>n t(an t(at o? %ary .o??e, t(e evidence o? t(eir a+t(enticity seems to be B+ite as 0ood, as >ill be seen by t(e attestations obtained by t(e reverend a+t(or o? t(e >or@s ?rom >(ic( t(ey are B+oted. '(e man >(o ?+lly )ossesses t(is ?o+rt( ty)e o clairvoyance (as many and 0reat advanta0es at (is dis)osal, even in addition to t(ose already mentioned. #ot only can (e visit >it(o+t tro+ble or ex)ense all t(e bea+ti?+l and ?amo+s )laces o? t(e eart(, b+t [). 9<] i? (e (a))ens to be a sc(olar, t(in@ >(at it m+st mean to (im t(at (e (as access to all t(e libraries o? t(e >orldL W(at m+st it be ?or t(e scienti?ically-minded man to see ta@in0 )lace be?ore (is eyes so many o? t(e )rocesses o? t(e secret c(emistry o? nat+re, or ?or t(e )(iloso)(er to (ave revealed to (im so m+c( more t(an ever be?ore o? t(e >or@in0 o? t(e 0reat mysteries o? li?e and deat(I 'o (im t(ose >(o are 0one ?rom t(is )lane are dead no lon0er, b+t livin0 and >it(in reac( ?or a lon0 time to comeE ?or (im many o? t(e conce)tions o? reli0ion are no lon0er matters o? ?ait(, b+t o? @no>led0e. Above all, (e can Aoin t(e army o? invisible (el)ers, and really be o? +se on a lar0e scale. 3ndo+btedly clairvoyance, even >(en con?ined to t(e astral )lane, is a 0reat boon to t(e st+dent. Certainly it (as its dan0ers also, es)ecially ?or t(e +ntrainedE dan0er ?rom evil entities o? vario+s @inds, >(ic( may terri?y or inA+re t(ose >(o allo> t(emselves to lose t(e co+ra0e to ?ace t(em boldlyE dan0er o? dece)tion o? all sorts, o? misconceivin0 and misinter)retin0 >(at is seenE 0reatest o? all [). 94] t(e dan0er o? becomin0 conceited abo+t t(e t(in0 and o? t(in@in0 it im)ossible to ma@e a mista@e. H+t a little commonsense and a little ex)erience s(o+ld easily 0+ard a man a0ainst t(ese. 5. Hy travellin0 t(e mental body--'(is is sim)ly a (i0(er and, as it >ere, 0lori?ied ?orm o? t(e last ty)e. '(e ve(icle em)loyed is no lon0er t(e astral body, b+t t(e mind-body--a ve(icle, t(ere?ore, belon0in0 to t(e mental )lane, and (avin0 >it(in it all t(e )otentialities o? t(e >onder?+l sense o? t(at )lane, so transcendent in its action yet so im)ossible to describe. A man ?+nctionin0 in t(is leaves (is astral body be(ind (im alon0 >it( t(e )(ysical, and i? (e >is(es to s(o> (imsel? +)on t(e astral )lane ?or any reason, (e does not send ?or (is o>n astral ve(icle, b+t A+st by a sin0le action o? (is >ill materialiGes one ?or (is tem)orary need. -+c( an astral materialiGation is sometimes called t(e mayavi r+)a, and to ?orm it ?or t(e ?irst time +s+ally needs t(e assistance o? a B+ali?ied %aster. '(e enormo+s advanta0es 0iven by t(e )ossession o? t(is )o>er are t(e ca)acity o?

[). 99] enterin0 +)on all t(e 0lory and t(e bea+ty o? t(e (i0(er land o? bliss, and t(e )ossession, even >(en >or@in0 on t(e astral )lane, o? t(e ?ar more com)re(ensive mental sense >(ic( o)ens +) to t(e st+dent s+c( marvello+s vistas o? @no>led0e, and )ractically renders error all b+t im)ossible. '(is (i0(er ?li0(t, (o>ever, is )ossible ?or t(e trained man only, since only +nder de?inite trainin0 can a man at t(is sta0e o? evol+tion learn to em)loy (is mental body as a ve(icle. He?ore leavin0 t(e s+bAect o? ?+ll and intentional clairvoyance, it may be >ell to devote a ?e> >ords to ans>erin0 one or t>o B+estions as to its limitations, >(ic( constantly occ+r to st+dents. Is it )ossible, >e are o?ten as@ed, ?or t(e seer to ?ind any )erson >it( >(om (e >is(es to comm+nicate, any>(ere in t(e >orld, >(et(er (e be livin0 or deadI 'o t(is t(e re)ly m+st be a conditional a??irmative. "et, it is )ossible to ?ind any )erson i? t(e ex)erimenter can, in some >ay or ot(er, )+t (imsel? en ra))ort >it( t(at )erson. It >o+ld be (o)eless to )l+n0er va0+ely into s)ace to ?ind a total stran0er amon0 all t(e millions aro+nd +s >it(o+t any @ind o? [). 95] cl+eE b+t, on t(e ot(er (and, a very sli0(t cl+e >o+ld +s+ally be s+??icient. I? t(e clairvoyant @no>s anyt(in0 o? t(e man >(o (e see@s, (e >ill (ave no di??ic+lty in ?indin0 (im, ?or every man (as >(at may be called a @ind o? m+sical c(ord o? (is o>n--a c(ord >(ic( is t(e ex)ression o? (im as a >(ole, )rod+ced )er(a)s by a sort o? avera0e o? t(e rates o? vibration o? all (is di??erent ve(icles on t(eir res)ective )lanes. I? t(e o)erator @no>s (o> to discern t(at c(ord and to stri@e it, it >ill by sym)at(etic vibration attract t(e attention o? t(e man instantly >(erever (e may be and >ill evo@e an immediate res)onse ?rom (im. W(et(er t(e man >ere livin0 or recently dead >o+ld ma@e no di??erence at all, and clairvoyance o? t(e ?i?t( class co+ld at once ?ind (im even amon0 t(e co+ntless millions in t(e (eaven->orld, t(o+0( in t(at case t(e man (imsel? >o+ld be +nconscio+s t(at (e >as +nder observation. #at+rally a seer >(ose conscio+sness did not ran0e (i0(er t(an t(e astral )lane-->(o em)loyed t(ere?ore one o? t(e earlier met(ods o? seein0-->o+ld not be able to ?ind a )erson +)on t(e [). 97] mental )lane at allE yet even (e >o+ld at least be able to tell t(at t(e man so+0(t ?or >as +)on t(at )lane, ?rom t(e mere ?act t(at t(e stri@in0 o? t(e c(ord as ?ar +) as t(e astral level )rod+ced no res)onse. I? t(e man so+0(t be a stran0er to t(e see@er, t(e latter >ill need somet(in0 connected >it( (im to act as a cl+e--a )(oto0ra)(, a letter >ritten by (im, an article >(ic( (as belon0ed to (im, and is im)re0nated >it( (is )ersonal ma0netismE any o? t(ese >o+ld do in t(e (ands o? a )ractised seer. A0ain I say, it m+st not t(ere?ore be s+))osed t(at )+)ils >(o (ave been ta+0(t (o> to +se t(is art are at liberty to set +) a @ind o? intelli0ence o??ice t(ro+0( >(ic( comm+nication can be (ad >it( missin0 or dead relatives. A messa0e 0iven ?rom t(is side to s+c( an one mi0(t or mi0(t not be (anded on, accordin0 to circ+mstances, b+t even i? it >ere, no re)ly mi0(t be bro+0(t, lest t(e transaction s(o+ld )arta@e o? t(e nat+re o? a )(enomenon--somet(in0 >(ic( co+ld be )roved on t(e )(ysical )lane to (ave been an act o? ma0ic.

[). 96] Anot(er B+estion o?ten raised is as to >(et(er, in t(e action o? )syc(ic vision, t(ere is any limitation as to distance. '(e re)ly >o+ld seem to be t(at t(ere s(o+ld be no limit b+t t(at o? t(e res)ective )lanes. It m+st be remembered t(at t(e astral and mental )lanes o? o+r eart( are as de?initely its o>n as its atmos)(ere, t(o+0( t(ey extend considerably ?+rt(er ?rom it even in o+r t(ree-dimensional s)ace t(an does t(e )(ysical air. ConseB+ently t(e )assa0e to, or t(e detailed si0(t o?, ot(er )lanets >o+ld not be )ossible ?or any system o? clairvoyance connected >it( t(ese )lanes. It is B+ite )ossible and easy ?or t(e man >(o can raise (is conscio+sness to t(e b+dd(ic )lane to )ass to any ot(er 0love belon0in0 to o+r c(ain o? >orlds, b+t t(at is o+tside o+r )resent s+bAect. -till a 0ood deal o? additional in?ormation abo+t ot(er )lanets can be obtained by t(e +se o? s+c( clairvoyant ?ac+lties as >e (ave been describin0. It is )ossible to ma@e si0(t enormo+sly clearer by )assin0 o+tside o? t(e constant dist+rbances o? t(e eart(Fs atmos)(ere, and it is also not di??ic+lt to learn (o> to )+t on an exceedin0ly (i0( ma0ni?yin0 [). 98] )o>er, so t(at even by ordinary clairvoyance a 0ood deal o? very interestin0 astronomical @no>led0e may be 0ained. H+t as ?ar as t(is eart( and its immediate s+rro+ndin0s are concerned, t(ere is )ractically no limitation.

Clairvoyance, by C.W. Leadbeater, [1899], at sacred-texts.com

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CLAIR !"A#C$ I# -*AC$& -$%I-I#'$#'I!#AL 3nder t(is rat(er c+rio+s title I am 0ro+)in0 to0et(er t(e cases o? all t(ose )eo)le >(o de?initely set t(emselves to see somet(in0, b+t (ave no idea >(at t(e somet(in0 >ill be, and no control over t(e si0(t a?ter t(e visions (ave be0+n--)syc(ic %ica>bers, >(o )+t t(emselves into a rece)tive condition, and t(en sim)ly >ait ?or somet(in0 to t+rn +). %any trance-medi+ms >o+ld come +nder t(is (eadin0E t(ey eit(er in some >ay (y)notiGe t(emselves or are (y)notiGed by some =s)irit0+ide=, and t(en t(ey describe t(e scenes or )ersons t(at (a))en to ?loat be?ore t(eir vision. -ometimes (o>ever, >(en in t(is condition t(ey see >(at is ta@in0 )lace at a distance, and so t(ey come to (ave a )lace amon0 o+r =clairvoyants in s)ace.= [). 188] H+t t(e lar0est and most >idely-s)read band o? t(ese semi-intentional clairvoyants are t(e vario+s @inds o? crystal-0aGers--t(ose >(o, as %r. Andre> Lan0 )+ts it, =stare into a crystal ball, a c+), a mirror, a bob o? in@ C$0y)t and IndiaD, a dro) o? blood Camon0 t(at %aories o? #e> MealandD, a

bo>l o? >ater CRed IndianD, a )ond CRoman and A?ricanD, >ater in a 0lass bo>l Cin 2eGD, or almost any )olis(ed s+r?ace.= C;reams and .(osts, )a0e 56D '>o )a0es later %r. Lan0 0ives +s a very 0ood exam)le o? t(e @ind o? vision most ?reB+ently seen in t(is >ay. =I (ad 0iven a 0lass ball,= (e says, =to a yo+n0 lady, %iss Haillie, >(o (ad scarcely any s+ccess >it( it. -(e lent it to %iss Leslie, >(o sa> a lar0e sB+are, old-?as(ioned red so?a covered >it( m+slin, >(ic( s(e ?o+nd in t(e next co+ntry-(o+se s(e visited. %iss HaillieFs brot(er, a yo+n0 at(lete, la+0(ed at t(ese ex)eriments, too@ t(e ball into t(e st+dy, and came bac@ loo@in0 F0ey 0as(F. ,e admitted t(at (e (ad seen a vision--somebody (e @ne> +nder a lam). ,e >o+ld discover d+rin0 t(e >ee@ >(et(er (e sa> ri0(t or not. '(is >as at 5.48 on a -+nday a?ternoon. [). 181] =!n '+esday, %r. Haillie >as at a dance in a to>n some ?orty miles ?rom (is (ome, and met a %iss *reston. F!n -+nday,F (e said, Fabo+t (al?-)ast ?ive yo+ >ere sittin0 +nder a standard lam) in a dress I never sa> yo+ >ear, a bl+e blo+se >it( lace over t(e s(o+lders, )o+rin0 o+t tea ?or a man in bl+e ser0e, >(ose bac@ >as to>ards me, so t(at I only sa> t(e ti) o? (is mo+stac(e.F =FW(y, t(e blinds m+st (ave been +),F said %iss *reston. =FI >as at ;+lby,F said %r. Haillie, and (e +ndeniably >as.= '(is is B+ite a ty)ical case o? crystal-0aGin0--t(e )ict+re correct in every detail, yo+ see, and yet absol+tely +nim)ortant and bearin0 no a))arent si0ni?ication o? any sort to eit(er )arty, exce)t t(at it served to )rove to %r. Haillie t(at t(ere >as somet(in0 in crystal-0aGin0. *er(a)s more ?reB+ently t(e visions tend to be o? a romantic c(aracter--men in ?orei0n dress, or bea+ti?+l t(o+0( 0enerally +n@no>n landsca)es. #o> >(at is t(e rationale o? t(is @ind o? clairvoyanceI As I (ave indicated above, it [). 18<] belon0s +s+ally to t(e =astral c+rrent= ty)e, and t(e crystal or ot(er obAect sim)ly acts as a ?oc+s ?or t(e >ill)o>er o? t(e seer, and a convenient startin0-)oint ?or (is astral t+be. '(ere are some >(o can in?l+ence >(at t(ey >ill see by t(eir >ill, t(at is to say t(ey (ave t(e )o>er o? )ointin0 t(eir telesco)e as t(ey >is(E b+t t(e 0reat maAority A+st ?orm a ?ort+ito+s t+be and see >(atever (a))ens to )resent itsel? at t(e end o? it. -ometimes it may be scene com)aratively near at (and, as in t(e case A+st B+otedE at ot(er times it >ill be a ?ar-a>ay !riental landsca)eE at ot(ers yet it may be a re?lection o? some ?ra0ment o? an a@as(ic record, and t(en t(e )ict+re >ill contain ?i0+res in some antiB+e dress, and t(e )(enomenon belon0s to o+r t(ird lar0e division o? =clairvoyance in time.= It is said t(at visions o? t(e ?+t+re are sometimes seen in crystals also--a ?+rt(er develo)ment to >(ic( >e m+st re?er later. I (ave seen a clairvoyant +se instead o? t(e ordinary s(inin0 s+r?ace a deal blac@ one, )rod+ced by a (and?+l o? )o>dered c(arcoal in a sa+cer. Indeed it does not seem to matter [). 184] m+c( >(at is +sed as a ?oc+s, exce)t t(at )+re crystal (as an +ndo+bted advanta0e over ot(er s+bstances in t(at its )ec+liar arran0ement o? elemental essence renders it s)ecially stim+latin0 to t(e )syc(ic ?ac+lties.

It seems )robable, (o>ever, t(at in cases >(ere a tiny brilliant obAect is em)loyed--s+c( as a )oint o? li0(t, or t(e dro) o? blood +sed by t(e %aories--t(e instance is in reality merely one o? sel?(y)notiGation. Amon0 non-$+ro)ean nations t(e ex)eriment is very ?reB+ently )receded or accom)anied by ma0ical ceremonies and invocations so t(at it is B+ite li@ely t(at s+c( si0(t as is 0ained may sometimes be really t(at o? some ?orei0n entity, and so t(e )(enomenon may in ?act be merely a case o? tem)orary )ossession, and not o? clairvoyance at all.

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CLAIR !"A#C$ I# -*AC$& 3#I#'$#'I!#AL 3nder t(is (eadin0 >e may 0ro+) to0et(er all t(ose cases in >(ic( visions o? some even >(ic( is ta@in0 )lace at a distance are seen B+ite +nex)ectedly and >it(o+t any @ind o? )re)aration. '(ere are )eo)le >(o are s+bAect to s+c( visions, >(ile t(ere are many ot(ers to >(om s+c( a t(in0 >ill (a))en only once in a li?e-time. '(e visions are o? all @inds and o? all de0rees o? com)leteness, and a))arently may be )rod+ced by vario+s ca+ses. -ometimes t(e reason o? t(e vision is obvio+s, and (e s+bAect-matter o? t(e 0ravest im)ortanceE at ot(er times no reason at all is discoverable, and t(e events s(o>n seem o? t(e most trivial nat+re. -ometimes t(ese 0lim)ses o? t(e s+)er)(ysical ?ac+lty come as >a@in0 visions, and [). 185] sometimes t(ey mani?est d+rin0 slee) as vivid or o?t-re)eated dreams. In t(is latter case t(e si0(t em)loyed is )er(a)s +s+ally o? @ind assi0ned to o+r ?o+rt( s+bdivision o? clairvoyance in s)ace, ?or t(e slee)in0 man o?ten travels in (is astral body to some s)ot >it( >(ic( (is a??ections or interests are closely connected, and sim)ly >atc(es >(at ta@es )lace t(ereE in t(e ?ormer it seems )robable t(at t(e second ty)e o? clairvoyance, by means o? t(e astral c+rrent, is called into reB+isition. H+t in t(is case t(e c+rrent or t+be is ?ormed B+ite +nconscio+sly, and is o?ten t(e a+tomatic res+lt o? a stron0 t(o+0(t or emotion )roAected ?rom one end or t(e ot(er--eit(er ?rom t(e seer or t(e )erson >(o is seen. '(e sim)lest )lan >ill be to 0ive a ?e> instances o? t(e di??erent @inds, and to inters)erse amon0 t(em s+c( ?+rt(er ex)lanations as may seem necessary. %r. -tead (as collected a lar0e and varied assortment o? recent and >ell-a+t(enticated cases in (is Real .(ost -tories, and I >ill select some o? my exam)les ?rom t(em, occasionally condensin0 sli0(tly to save s)ace. [). 187]

'(ere are cases in >(ic( it is at once obvio+s to any '(eoso)(ical st+dent t(at t(e exce)tional instance o? clairvoyance >as s)ecially bro+0(t abo+t by one o? t(e band >(om >e (ave called =Invisible ,el)ers= in order t(at aid mi0(t be rendered to some one in sore need. 'o t(is class, +ndo+btedly, belon0s t(e story told by Ca)tain "onnt, o? t(e #a)a alley in Cali?ornia, to ;r. H+s(nell, >(o re)eats it in (is #at+re and t(e -+)ernat+ral C)a0e 19D. =Abo+t six or seven years )revio+s, in a mid>interFs ni0(t, (e (ad a dream in >(ic( (e sa> >(at a))eared to be a com)any o? emi0rants arrested by t(e sno>s o? t(e mo+ntains, and )eris(in0 ra)idly by cold and (+n0er. ,e noted t(e very cast o? t(e scenery, mar@ed by a (+0e, )er)endic+lar ?ront o? >(ite roc@ cli??E (e sa> t(e men c+ttin0 o?? >(at a))eared to be treeto)s risin0 o+t o? dee) 0+l?s o? sno>E (e distin0+is(ed t(e very ?eat+res o? t(e )ersons and t(e loo@ o? t(eir )artic+lar distress. =,e a>a@e )ro?o+ndly im)ressed by t(e distinctness and a))arent reality o? t(e dream. ,e at len0t( ?ell aslee), and dreamed exactly [). 186] t(e same dream over a0ain. In t(e mornin0 (e co+ld not ex)el it ?rom (is mind. 2allin0 in, s(ortly a?ter >(ic( an old (+nter comrade, (e told (is story, and >as only t(e more dee)ly im)ressed by (is reco0niGin0 >it(o+t (esitation t(e scenery o? t(e dream. '(is comrade came over t(e -ierra by t(e Carson alley *ass, and declared t(at a s)ot in t(e *ass exactly ans>ered (is descri)tion. =Hy t(is t(e +nso)(istical )atriarc( >as decided. ,e immediately collected a com)any o? men, >it( m+les and blan@ets and all necessary )rovisions. '(e nei0(bo+rs >ere la+0(in0 meantime at t(is cred+lity. F#o matterF, (e said, FI am able to do t(is, and I >ill, ?or I verily believe t(at t(e ?act is accordin0 to my dreamF. '(e men >ere sent into t(e mo+ntains one (+ndred and ?i?ty miles distant direct to t(e Carson alley *ass. And t(ere t(ey ?o+nd t(e com)any exactly in t(e condition o? t(e dream, and bro+0(t in t(e remnant alive.= -ince it is not stated t(at Ca)tain "onnt >as in t(e (abit o? seein0 visions, it seems clear t(at some (el)er, observin0 t(e ?orlorn condition o? t(e emi0rant )arty, too@ t(e [). 188] nearest im)ressionable and ot(er>ise s+itable )erson C>(o (a))ened to be t(e Ca)tainD to t(e s)ot in t(e astral body, and aro+sed (im s+??iciently to ?ix t(e scene ?irmly in (is memory. '(e (el)er may )ossibly (ave arran0ed an =astral c+rrent= ?or t(e Ca)tain instead, b+t t(e ?ormer s+00estion is more )robable. At any rate t(e motive, and broadly t(e met(od, o? t(e >or@ are obvio+s eno+0( in t(is case. -ometimes t(e =astral c+rrent= may be set 0oin0 by a stron0 emotional t(o+0(t at t(e ot(er end o? t(e line, and t(is may (aven even t(o+0( t(e t(in@er (as no s+c( intention in (is mind. In t(e rat(er stri@in0 story >(ic( I am abo+t to B+ote, it is evident t(at t(e lin@ >as ?ormed by t(e doctorFs ?reB+ent t(o+0(t abo+t %rs. Hro+0(ton, yet (e (ad clearly no es)ecial >is( t(at s(e s(o+ld see >(at (e >as 0oin0 at t(e time. '(at it >as t(is @ind o? clairvoyance t(at >as em)loyed is s(o>n by t(e ?ixity o? (er )oint o? vie>-->(ic(, be it observed, is not t(e doctorFs )oint o? vie> sym)at(etically trans?erred Cas it mi0(t (ave beenD, since s(e sees (is bac@ >it(o+t reco0niGin0 (im. '(e story is to be [). 189]

?o+nd in t(e *roceedin0s o? t(e *syc(ical Researc( -ociety C ol+me II, )a0e 178D. =%rs. Hro+0(ton a>o@e one ni0(t in 1899, and ro+sed (er (+sband, ?ellin0 (im t(at somet(in0 dread?+l (ad (a))ened in 2rance. ,e be00ed (er to 0o to slee) a0ain, and not tro+ble (im. -(e ass+red (im t(at s(e >as not aslee) >(en s(e sa> >(at s(e insisted on tellin0 (im-->(at s(e sa> in ?act. =2irst a carria0e accident-->(ic( s(e did not act+ally see, b+t >(at s(e sa> >as t(e res+lt--a bro@en carria0e, a cro>d collected, a ?i0+re 0ently raised and carried into t(e nearest (o+se, t(en a ?i0+re lyin0 on a bed >(ic( s(e t(en reco0niGed as t(e ;+@e o? !rleans. .rad+ally ?riends collectin0 ro+nd t(e bed--amon0 t(em several members o? t(e 2renc( royal ?amily--t(e B+een, t(en t(e @in0, all silently, tear?+lly, >atc(in0 t(e evidently dyin0 d+@e. !ne man Cse co+ld see (is bac@, b+t did not @no> >(o (e >asD >as a doctor. ,e stood bendin0 over t(e d+@e, ?eelin0 (is )+lse, >it( (is >atc( in t(e ot(er (and. And t(en all )assed a>ay, and s(e sa> no more. [). 118] =As soon as it >as dayli0(t s(e >rote do>n in (er Ao+rnal all t(at s(e (ad seen. It >as be?ore t(e days o? t(e electric tele0ra)(, and t>o or more days )assed be?ore t(e 'imes anno+nced F'(e ;eat( o? t(e ;+@e o? !rleansF. isitin0 *aris a s(ort time a?ter>ards s(e sa> and reco0niGed t(e )lace o? t(e accident and received t(e ex)lanation o? (er im)ression. '(e doctor >(o attended t(e dyin0 d+@e >as an old ?riend o? (ers, and as (e >atc(ed by t(e bed (is mind (ad been constantly occ+)ied >it( (er and (er ?amily.= A commoner instance is t(at in >(ic( stron0 a??ection sets +) t(e necessary c+rrentE )robably a ?airly steady stream o? m+t+al t(o+0(t is constantly ?lo>in0 bet>een t(e t>o )arties in t(e case, and some s+dden need or dire extremity on t(e )art o? one o? t(em end+es t(is stream tem)orarily >it( t(e )olariGin0 )o>er >(ic( is need?+l to create t(e astral telesco)e. An ill+strative exam)le is B+oted ?rom t(e same *roceedin0s Cvol+me I, )a0e 48D. =!n -e)tember 9t(, 1898, at t(e sie0e o? %ooltan, %aAor-.eneral R----, C.H., t(en [). 111] adA+tant o? (is re0iment, >as most severely and dan0ero+sly >o+ndedE and, s+))osin0 (imsel? to be dyin0, as@ed one o? t(e o??icers >it( (im to ta@e t(e rin0 o?? (is ?in0er and send it to t(is >i?e, >(o at t(e time >as ?+lly one (+ndred and ?i?ty miles distant at 2eroGe)ore. =F!n t(e ni0(t o? -e)tember 9t(, 1898F, >rites (is >i?e, FI >as lyin0 on my bed, bet>een slee)in0 and >a@in0, >(en I distinctly sa> my (+sband bein0 carried o?? t(e ?ield serio+sly >o+nded, and (eard (is voice sayin0, ='a@e t(is rin0 o?? my ?in0er and send it to my >i?e.= All t(e next day I co+ld not 0et t(e si0(t or t(e voice o+t o? my mind. =FIn d+e time I (eard o? .eneral R---- (avin0 been severely >o+nded in t(e assa+lt o? %ooltan. ,e s+rvived, (o>ever, and is still livin0. It >as not ?or some time a?ter t(e sie0e t(at I (eard ?rom .eneral L----, t(e o??icer >(o (el)ed to carry my (+sband o?? t(e ?ield, t(at t(e reB+est as to t(e rin0 >as act+ally made by (im, A+st as I (eard it at 2eroGe)ore at t(at very time.F= '(en t(ere is t(e very lar0e class o? cas+al clairvoyant visions >(ic( (ave no traceable [). 11<]

ca+se-->(ic( are a))arently B+ite meanin0less, and (ave no reco0niGable relation to any events @no>n to t(e seer. 'o t(is class belon0 many o? t(e landsca)es seen by some )eo)le A+st be?ore t(ey ?all aslee). I B+ote a ca)ital and very realistic acco+nt o? an ex)erience o? t(is sort ?rom W. '. -teadFs Real .(ost -tories C)a0e 75D. =I 0ot into bed b+t >as not able to 0o to slee), I s(+t my eyes and >aited ?or slee) to comeE instead o? slee), (o>ever, t(ere came to me a s+ccession o? c+rio+sly vivid clairvoyant )ict+res. '(ere >as no li0(t in t(e room, and it >as )er?ectly dar@E I (ad my eyes s(+t also. H+t not>it(standin0 t(e dar@ness I s+ddenly >as conscio+s o? loo@in0 at a scene o? sin0+lar bea+ty. It >as as i? I sa> a livin0 miniat+re abo+t t(e siGe o? a ma0ic-lantern slide. At t(is moment, I can recall t(e scene as i? I sa> it a0ain. It >as a seaside )iece. '(e moon >as s(inin0 +)on t(e >ater, >(ic( ri))led slo>ly on to t(e beac(. Ri0(t be?ore me a lon0 mole ran into t(e >ater. =!n eit(er side o? t(e mole irre0+lar roc@s stood +) above t(e sea-level. !n t(e s(ore [). 114] stood several (o+ses, sB+are and r+de, >(ic( resembled not(in0 t(at I (ad ever seen in (o+se arc(itect+re. #o one >as stirrin0, b+t t(e moon >as t(ere and t(e sea and t(e 0leam o? t(e moonli0(t on t(e ri))lin0 >aters, A+st as i? I (ad been loo@in0 on t(e act+al scene. =It >as so bea+ti?+l t(at I remember t(in@in0 t(at i? it contin+ed I s(o+ld be so interested in loo@in0 at it t(at I s(o+ld never 0o to slee). I >as >ide a>a@e, and at t(e same time t(at I sa> t(e scene I distinctly (eard t(e dri))in0 o? t(e rain o+tside t(e >indo>. '(en s+ddenly, >it(o+t any a))arent obAect or reason, t(e scene c(an0ed. ='(e moonlit sea vanis(ed, and in its )lace I >as loo@in0 ri0(t into t(e interior o? a readin0-room. It seemed as i? it (ad been +sed as a sc(oolroom in t(e daytime, and >as em)loyed as a readin0-room in t(e evenin0. I remember seein0 one reader >(o (ad a c+rio+s resemble to 'im ,arrin0ton, alt(o+0( it >as not (e, (old +) a ma0aGine or boo@ in (is (and and la+0(. It >as not a )ict+re---it >as t(ere. ='(e scene >as A+st as i? yo+ >ere loo@in0 t(ro+0( an o)era-0lassE yo+ sa> t(e )lay o? [). 119] t(e m+scles, t(e 0leamin0 o? t(e eye, every movement o? t(e +n@no>n )ersons in t(e +nnamed )lace into >(ic( yo+ >ere 0aGin0. I sa> all t(at >it(o+t o)enin0 my eyes, nor did my eyes (ave anyt(in0 to do >it( it. "o+ see s+c( t(in0s as t(ese as it >ere >it( anot(er sense >(ic( is more inside yo+r (ead t(an in yo+r eyes. ='(is >as a very )oor and )altry ex)erience, b+t it enabled me to +nderstand better (o> it is t(at clairvoyants see t(an any amo+nt o? disB+isition. ='(e )ict+re >ere a)ro)os o? not(in0E t(ey (ad been s+00ested by not(in0 I (ad been readin0 or tal@in0 o?E t(ey sim)ly came as i? I (ad been able to loo@ t(ro+0( a 0lass at >(at >as occ+rrin0 some>(ere else in t(e >orld. I (ad my )ee), and t(en it )assed, nor (ave I (ad a rec+rrence o? a similar ex)erience.= %r. -tead re0ards t(at as a =)oor and )altry ex)erience=, and it may )er(a)s be considered so >(en com)ared >it( t(e 0reater )ossibilities, yet I @no> many st+dents >(o >o+ld be very t(an@?+l to (ave even so m+c( o? direct )ersonal ex)erience to tell. -mall

[). 115] t(o+0( it may be in itsel?, it at once 0ives t(e seer a cl+e to t(e >(ole t(in0, and clairvoyance >o+ld be a livin0 act+ality to a man >(o (ad seen even t(at m+c( in a >ay t(at it co+ld never (ave been >it(o+t t(at little to+c( >it( t(e +nseen >orld. '(ese )ict+res >ere m+c( too clear to (ave been mere re?lections o? t(e t(o+0(t o? ot(ers, and besides, t(e descri)tion +nmista@ably s(o>s t(at t(ey >ere vie>s seen t(ro+0( an astral telesco)eE so eit(er %r. -tead m+st B+ite +nconscio+sly (ave set a c+rrent 0oin0 ?or (imsel?, or C>(ic( is m+c( more )robableD some @indly astral entity set it in motion ?or (im, and 0ave (im, to >(ile a>ay a tedio+s delay, any )ict+res t(at (a))ened to come (andy at t(e end o? t(e t+be.

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CLAIR !"A#C$ I# 'I%$& ',$ *A-' Clairvoyance in time--t(at is to say, t(e )o>er o? readin0 t(e )ast and t(e ?+t+re--is, li@e all t(e ot(er varieties, )ossessed by di??erent )eo)le in very varyin0 de0rees, ran0in0 ?rom t(e man >(o (as bot( ?ac+lties ?+lly at (is command, do>n to one >(o only occasionally 0ets invol+ntary and very im)er?ect 0lim)ses or re?lections o? t(ese scenes o? ot(er days. A )erson o? t(e latter ty)e mi0(t (ave, let +s say, a vision o? some event in t(e )astE b+t it >o+ld be liable to t(e most serio+s distortion, and even i? it (a))ened to be ?airly acc+rate it >o+ld almost certainly be a mere isolated )ict+re, and (e >o+ld )robably be B+ite +nable to relate it to >(at (ad occ+rred be?ore or a?ter it, or acco+nt ?or anyt(in0 +n+s+al >(ic( mi0(t a))ear in it. '(e trained man, on t(e ot(er [). 116] (and, co+ld ?ollo> t(e drama connected >it( (is )ict+re bac@>ards or ?or>ards to any extent t(at mi0(t seem desirable, and trace o+t >it( eB+al ease t(e ca+ses >(ic( (ad led +) to it or t(e res+lts >(ic( it in t+rn >o+ld )rod+ce. We s(all )robably ?ind it easier to 0ras) t(is some>(at di??ic+lt section o? o+r s+bAect i? >e consider it in t(e s+bdivisions >(ic( nat+rally s+00est t(emselves, and deal ?irst >it( t(e vision >(ic( loo@s bac@>ards into t(e )ast, leavin0 ?or later examination t(at >(ic( )ieces t(e veil o? t(e ?+t+re. In eac( case it >ill be >ell ?or +s to try to +nderstand >(at >e can o? t(e mod+s o)erandi, even t(o+0( o+r s+ccess can at best be only very modi?ied one, o>in0 ?irst to t(e im)er?ect in?ormation on some )arts o? t(e s+bAect at )resent )ossessed by o+r investi0ators, and secondly to t(e rec+rrin0 ?ail+re o? )(ysical >ords to ex)ress a (+ndred )art even o? t(e little >e do @no>n abo+t (i0(er )lanes and ?ac+lties.

In t(e case t(en o? a detailed vision o? t(e remote )ast, (o> is it obtained, and to >(at )lane o? #at+re does it really belon0I '(e [). 118] ans>er to bot( t(ese B+estions is contained in t(e re)ly t(at it is read ?rom t(e a@as(ic recordsE b+t t(at statement in ret+rn >ill reB+ire a certain amo+nt o? ex)lanation ?or many readers. '(e >ord is in tr+t( some>(at o? a misnomer, ?or t(o+0( t(e records are +ndo+btedly read ?rom t(e a@as(a, or matter o? t(e mental )lane, yet it is not to it t(at t(ey really belon0. -till >orse is t(e alternative title, =records o? t(e astral li0(t=, >(ic( (as sometimes been em)loyed, ?or t(ese records lie ?ar beyond t(e astral )lane, and all t(at can be obtained on it are only bro@en 0lim)ses o? a @ind o? do+ble re?lection o? t(em, as >ill )resently be ex)lained. Li@e so many ot(ers o? o+r '(eoso)(ical terms, t(e >ord a@as(a (as been very loosely +sed. In some o? o+r earlier boo@s it >as considered as synonymo+s >it( astral li0(t, and in ot(ers it >as em)loyed to si0ni?y any @ind o? invisible matter, ?rom m+la)ra@riti do>n to t(e )(ysical et(er. In later boo@s its +se (as been restricted to t(e matter o? t(e mental )lane, and it is in t(at sense t(at t(e records may be s)o@en o? as a@as(ic, ?or [). 119] alt(o+0( t(ey are not ori0inally made on t(at )lane any more t(an on t(e astral, yet it is t(ere t(at >e ?irst come de?initely into contact >it( t(em and ?ind it )ossible to do reliable >or@ >it( t(em. '(is s+bAect o? t(e records is by no means an easy one to deal >it(, ?or it is one o? t(at n+mero+s class >(ic( reB+ires ?or its )er?ect com)re(ension ?ac+lties o? a ?ar (i0(er order t(an any >(ic( (+manity (as yet evolved. '(e real sol+tion o? its )roblems lies on )lanes ?ar beyond any t(at >e can )ossibly @no> at )resent, and any vie> t(at >e ta@e o? it m+st necessarily be o? t(e most im)er?ect c(aracter, since >e cannot b+t loo@ at it ?rom belo> instead o? ?rom above. '(e idea >(ic( >e ?orm o? it m+st t(ere?ore be only )artial, yet it need not mislead +s +nless >e allo> o+rselves to t(in@ o? t(e tiny ?ra0ment >(ic( is all t(at >e can see as t(o+0( it >ere t(e )er?ect >(ole. I? >e are care?+l t(at s+c( conce)tions as >e may ?orm s(all be acc+rate as ?ar as t(ey 0o, >e s(all (ave not(in0 to +nlearn, t(o+0( m+c( to add, >(en in t(e co+rse o? o+r ?+rt(er )ro0ress >e 0rad+ally acB+ire t(e (i0(er >isdom. He [). 1<8] it +nderstood t(en at t(e commencement t(at a t(oro+0( 0ras) o? o+r s+bAect is an im)ossibility at t(e )resent sta0e o? o+r evol+tion, and t(at many )oints >ill arise as to >(ic( no exact ex)lanation is yet obtainable, t(o+0( it may o?ten be )ossible to s+00est analo0ies and to indicate t(e lines alon0 >(ic( an ex)lanation m+st lie. Let +s t(en try to carry bac@ o+r t(o+0(ts to t(e be0innin0 o? t(is solar system to >(ic( >e belon0. We are all ?amiliar >it( t(e ordinary astronomical t(eory o? its ori0in--t(at >(ic( is commonly called t(e neb+lar (y)ot(esis--accordin0 to >(ic( it ?irst came into existence as a 0i0antic 0lo>in0 neb+la, o? a diameter ?ax exceedin0 t(at o? t(e orbit o? even t(e o+termost o? t(e )lanets, and t(en, as in t(e co+rse o? co+ntless a0es t(at enormo+s s)(ere 0rad+ally cooled and contracted, t(e system as >e @no> it >as ?ormed. !cc+lt science acce)ts t(at t(eory, in its broad o+tline, as correctly re)resentin0 t(e )+rely )(ysical side o? t(e evol+tion o? o+r system, b+t it >o+ld add t(at i? >e con?ine o+r attention to t(is )(ysical

side only >e s(all (ave a very incom)lete and inco(erent [). 1<1] idea o? >(at really (a))ened. It >o+ld )ost+late, to be0in >it(, t(at t(e exalted Hein0 >(o +nderta@es t(e ?ormation o? a system C>(om >e sometimes call t(e Lo0os o? t(e systemD ?irst o? all ?orms in ,is mind a com)lete conce)tion o? t(e >(ole o? it >it( all its s+ccessive c(ains o? >orlds. Hy t(e very act o? ?ormin0 t(at conce)tion ,e calls t(e >(ole into sim+ltaneo+s obAective existence on t(e )lane o? ,is t(o+0(t--a )lane o? co+rse ?ar above all t(ose o? >(ic( >e @no> anyt(in0--?rom >(ic( t(e vario+s 0lobes descend >(en reB+ired into >(atever state o? ?+rt(er obAectivity may be res)ectively destined ?or t(em. 3nless >e constantly bear in mind t(is ?act o? t(e real existence o? t(e >(ole system ?rom t(e very be0innin0 on a (i0(er )lane, >e s(all be )er)et+ally mis+nderstandin0 t(e )(ysical evol+tion >(ic( >e see ta@in0 )lace do>n (ere. H+t !cc+ltism (as more t(an t(is to teac( +s on t(e s+bAect. It tells +s not only t(at all t(is >onder?+l system to >(ic( >e belon0 is called into existence by t(e Lo0os, bot( on lo>er and on (i0(er )lanes, b+t also t(at its relation to ,im is closer even t(an t(at, [). 1<<] ?or it is absol+tely a )art o? ,im--a )artial ex)ression o? ,im +)on t(e )(ysical )lane--and t(at t(e movement and ener0y o? t(e >(ole system is ,is ener0y, and is all carried on >it(in t(e limits o? ,is a+ra. -t+)endo+s as t(is conce)tion is, it >ill yet not be >(olly +nt(in@able to t(ose o? +s >(o (ave made any st+dy o? t(e s+bAect o? t(e a+ra. We are ?amiliar >it( t(e idea t(at as a )erson )ro0resses on t(e +)>ard )at( (is ca+sal body, >(ic( is t(e determinin0 limit o? (is a+ra, distinctly increases in siGe as >ell as in l+minosity and )+rity o? colo+r. %any o? +s @no> ?rom ex)erience t(at t(e a+ra o? a )+)il >(o (as already made considerable advance on t(e *at( is very m+c( lar0er t(an t(at o? one >(o is b+t A+st settin0 (is ?oot +)on its ?irst ste), >(ile in t(e case o? an Ade)t t(e )ro)ortional increase is ?ar 0reater still. We read in B+ite exoteric !riental scri)t+res o? t(e immense extension o? t(e a+ra o? t(e H+dd(aE I t(in@ t(at t(ree miles is mentioned on one occasion as its limit, b+t >(atever t(e exact meas+rement may be, it is obvio+s t(at >e (ave (ere anot(er record o? t(is ?act o? t(e extremely ra)id 0ro>t( o? [). 1<4] t(e ca+sal body as man )asses on (is +)>ard >ay. '(ere can be little do+bt t(at t(e rate o? t(is 0ro>t( >o+ld itsel? increase in 0eometrical )ro0ression, so t(at it need not s+r)rise +s to (ear o? an Ade)t on a still (i0(er level >(ose a+ra is ca)able o? incl+din0 t(e entire >orld at onceE and ?rom t(is >e may 0rad+ally lead o+r minds +) to t(e conce)tion t(at t(ere is a Hein0 so exalted as to com)re(end >it(in ,imsel? t(e >(ole o? o+r solar system. And >e s(o+ld remember t(at, enormo+s as t(is seems to +s, it is b+t as t(e tiniest dro) in t(e vast ocean o? s)ace. -o o? t(e Lo0os C>(o (as in ,im all t(e ca)acities and B+alities >it( >(ic( >e can )ossibly endo> t(e (i0(est .od >e can ima0ineD it is literally tr+e, as >as said o? old, t(at =o? ,im and t(ro+0( ,im, and to ,im are all t(in0s=, and =in ,im >e live and move and (ave o+r bein0.= #o> i? t(is be so, it is clear t(at >(atever (a))ens >it(in o+r system (a))ens absol+tely >it(in t(e conscio+sness o? its Lo0os, and so >e at once see t(at t(e tr+e record m+st be ,is memoryE and ?+rt(ermore, it is obvio+s t(at on >(atever )lane t(at >ondro+s [). 1<9]

memory exists, it cannot b+t be ?ar above anyt(in0 t(at >e @no>, and conseB+ently >(atever records >e may ?ind o+rselves able to read m+st be only a re?lection o? t(at 0reat dominant ?act, mirrored in t(e denser media o? t(e lo>er )lanes. !n t(e astral )lane it is at once evident t(at t(is is so--t(at >(at >e are dealin0 >it( is only a re?lection o? a re?lection, and an exceedin0ly im)er?ect one, ?or s+c( records as can be reac(ed t(ere are ?ra0mentary in t(e extreme, and o?ten serio+sly distorted. We @no> (o> +niversally >ater is +sed as a symbol o? t(e astral li0(t, and in t(is )artic+lar case it is a remar@ably a)t one. 2rom t(e s+r?ace o? still >ater >e may 0et a clear re?lection o? t(e s+rro+ndin0 obAects, A+st as ?rom a mirrorE b+t at t(e best it is only a re?lection--a re)resentation in t>o dimensions o? t(ree-dimensional obAects, and t(ere?ore di??erin0 in all its B+alities, exce)t colo+r, ?rom t(at >(ic( it re)resentsE and in addition to t(is, it is al>ays reversed. H+t let t(e s+r?ace o? t(e >ater be r+??led by t(e >ind and >(at do >e ?ind t(enI A re?lection still, certainly, b+t so bro@en +) [). 1<5] and distorted as to be B+ite +seless or even misleadin0 as a 0+ide to t(e s(a)e and real a))earance o? t(e obAects re?lected. ,ere and t(ere ?or a moment >e mi0(t (a))en to 0et a clear re?lection o? some min+te )art o? t(e scene--o? a sin0le lea? ?rom a tree, ?or exam)leE b+t it >o+ld need lon0 labo+r and considerable @no>led0e o? nat+ral la>s to b+ild +) anyt(in0 li@e a tr+e conce)tion o? t(e obAect re?lected by )+ttin0 to0et(er even a lar0e n+mber o? s+c( isolated ?ra0ments o? an ima0e o? it. #o> in t(e astral )lane >e can never (ave anyt(in0 a))roac(in0 to >(at >e (ave ima0ed as a still s+r?ace, b+t on t(e contrary >e (ave al>ays to deal >it( one in ra)id and be>ilderin0 motionE A+d0e, t(ere?ore, (o> little >e can de)end +)on 0ettin0 a clear and de?inite re?lection. '(+s a clairvoyant >(o )ossesses only t(e ?ac+lty o? astral si0(t can never rely +)on ay )ict+re o? t(e )ast t(at comes be?ore (im as bein0 acc+rate and )er?ectE (ere and t(ere some )art o? it may be so, b+t (e (as no means o? @no>in0 >(ic( it is. I? (e is +nder t(e care o? a com)etent teac(er (e may, by lon0 and care?+l trainin0, be s(o>n [). 1<7] (o> to distin0+is( bet>een reliable and +nreliable im)ressions, and to constr+ct ?rom t(e bro@en re?lections some @ind o? ima0e o? t(e obAect re?lectedE b+t +s+ally lon0 be?ore (e (as mastered t(ose di??ic+lties (e >ill (ave develo)ed t(e mental si0(t, >(ic( renders s+c( labo+r +nnecessary. !n t(e next )lane, >(ic( >e call t(e mental, conditions are very di??erent. '(ere t(e record is ?+ll and acc+rate, and it >o+ld be im)ossible to ma@e any mista@e in t(e readin0. '(at is to say, i? t(ree clairvoyants )ossessin0 t(e )o>ers o? t(e mental )lane a0reed to examine a certain record t(ere, >(at >o+ld be )resented to t(eir vision >o+ld be absol+tely t(e same re?lection in eac( case, and eac( >o+ld acB+ire a correct im)ression ?rom it in readin0 it. It does not, (o>ever, ?ollo> t(at >(en t(ey all com)ared notes later on t(e )(ysical )lane t(eir re)orts >o+ld a0ree exactly. It is >ell @no>n t(at, i? t(ree )eo)le >(o >itness an occ+rrence do>n (ere in t(e )(ysical >orld set to >or@ to describe it a?ter>ards, t(eir acco+nts >ill di??er considerably, ?or eac( >ill (ave noticed es)ecially t(ose items >(ic( most a))eal to [). 1<6]

(im, and >ill insensibly (ave made t(em t(e )rominent ?eat+res o? t(e event, sometimes i0norin0 ot(er )oints >(ic( >ere in reality m+c( more im)ortant. #o> in t(e case o? an observation on t(e mental )lane t(is )ersonal eB+ation >o+ld not a))reciably a??ect t(e im)ressions received, ?or since eac( >o+ld t(oro+0(ly 0ras) t(e entire s+bAect it >o+ld be im)ossible ?or (im to see its )arts o+t o? d+e )ro)ortionE b+t, exce)t in t(e case o? care?+lly trained and ex)erienced )ersons, t(is ?actor does come into )lay in trans?errin0 t(e im)ressions to t(e lo>er )lanes. It is in t(e nat+re o? t(in0s im)ossible t(at any acco+nt 0iven do>n (ere o? a vision or ex)erience on t(e mental )lane can be com)lete, since nine-tent(s o? >(at is seen and ?elt t(ere co+ld not be ex)ressed by )(ysical >ords at allE and, since all ex)ression m+st t(ere?ore be )artial, t(ere is obvio+sly some )ossibility o? selection as to t(e )art ex)ressed. It is ?or t(is reason t(at in all o+r '(eoso)(ical investi0ations o? recent years so m+c( stress (as been laid +)on t(e constant c(ec@in0 and veri?yin0 o? clairvoyant testimony, not(in0 [). 1<8] >(ic( rests +)on t(e vision o? one )erson only (avin0 been allo>ed to a))ear in o+r later boo@s. H+t even >(en t(e )ossibility o? errors ?rom t(is ?actor o? )ersonal eB+ation (as been red+ced to a minim+m by a care?+l system o? co+nterc(ec@in0, t(ere still remains t(e very serio+s di??ic+lty >(ic( is in(erent in t(e o)eration o? brin0in0 do>n im)ressions ?rom a (i0(er )lane to a lo>er one. '(is is somet(in0 analo0o+s to t(e di??ic+lty ex)erienced by a )ainted in (is endeavo+r to re)rod+ce a t(ree-dimensional landsca)e on a ?lat s+r?ace--t(at is, )ractically in t>o dimensions. J+st as t(e artist needs lon0 and care?+l trainin0 o? eye and (and be?ore (e can )rod+ce a satis?actory re)resentation o? #at+re, so does t(e clairvoyant need lon0 and care?+l trainin0 be?ore (e can describe acc+rately on a lo>er )lane >(at (e sees on a (i0(er oneE and t(e )robability o? 0ettin0 an exact descri)tion ?rom an +ntrained )erson is abo+t eB+al to t(at o? 0ettin0 a )er?ectly?inis(ed landsca)e ?rom one >(o (as never learn (o> to dra>. It m+st be remembered, too, t(at t(e most )er?ect )ict+re is in reality in?initely ?ar ?rom [). 1<9] bein0 a re)rod+ction o? t(e scene >(ic( it re)resents, ?or (ardly a sin0le line or an0le in it can ever be t(e same as t(ose in t(e obAect co)ied. It is sim)ly a very in0enio+s attem)t to ma@e +)on one only o? o+r ?ive senses, by means o? lines and colo+rs on a ?lat s+r?ace, an im)ression similar to t(at >(ic( >o+ld (ave been made i? >e (ad act+ally (ad be?ore +s t(e scene de)icted. $xce)t by a s+00estion de)endent entirely on o+r o>n )revio+s ex)erience, it can convey to +s not(in0 o? t(e roar o? t(e sea, o? t(e scent o? t(e ?lo>ers, o? t(e taste o? t(e ?r+it, o? o? t(e so?tness or (ardness o? t(e s+r?ace dra>n. !? exactly similar nat+re, t(o+0( ?ar 0reater in de0ree, are t(e di??ic+lties ex)erienced by a clairvoyant in (is attem)t to describe +)on t(e )(ysical )lane >(at (e (as seen +)on t(e astralE and t(ey are ?+rt(ermore 0reatly en(anced by t(e ?act t(at, instead o? (avin0 merely to recall to t(e minds o? (is (earers conce)tions >it( >(ic( t(ey are already ?amiliar, as t(e artist does >(en (e )aints men or animals, ?ields or trees, (e (as to endeavo+r by t(e very im)er?ect means at (is dis)osal to s+00est to t(em conce)tions [). 148] >(ic( in most cases are absol+tely ne> to t(em.

-mall >onder t(en t(at, (o>ever vivid and stri@in0 (is descri)tions may seem to (is a+dience, (e (imsel? s(o+ld constantly be im)ressed >it( t(eir total inadeB+acy, and s(o+ld ?eel t(at (is best e??orts (ave entirely ?ailed to convey any idea o? >(at (e really sees. And >e m+st remember t(at in t(e case o? t(e re)ort 0iven do>n (ere o? a record read on t(e mental )lane, t(is di??ic+lt o)eration o? trans?erence ?rom t(e (i0(er to t(e lo>er (as ta@en )lace not once b+t t>ice, since t(e memory (as been bro+0(t t(ro+0( t(e intervenin0 astral )lane. $ven in a case >(ere t(e investi0ator (as t(e advanta0e o? (avin0 develo)ed (is mental ?ac+lties so t(at (e (as t(e +se o? t(em >(ile a>a@e in t(e )(ysical body, (e is still (am)ered by t(e absol+te inca)acity o? )(ysical lan0+a0e to ex)ress >(at (e sees. 'ry ?or a moment to realiGe ?+lly >(at is called t(e ?o+rt( dimension, o? >(ic( >e said somet(in0 in an earlier c(a)ter. It is easy eno+0( to t(in@ o? o+r o>n t(ree dimensions--to ima0e in o+r minds t(e len0t(, breadt( [). 141] and (ei0(t o? any obAectE and >e see t(at eac( o? t(ese t(ree dimensions is ex)ressed by a line at ri0(t an0les to bot( o? t(e ot(ers. '(e idea o? t(e ?o+rt( dimension is t(at it mi0(t be )ossible to dra> a ?o+rt( line >(ic( s(all be at ri0(t an0les to all t(ree o? t(ose already existin0. #o> t(e ordinary mind cannot 0ras) t(is idea in t(e least, t(o+0( some ?e> >(o (ave a s)ecial st+dy o? t(e s+bAect (ave 0rad+ally come to be able to realiGe one or t>o very sim)le ?o+rdimensional ?i0+res. -till, no >ords t(at t(ey can +se on t(is )lane can brin0 any ima0e o? t(ese ?i0+res be?ore t(e mind o? ot(ers, and i? any reader >(o (as not s)ecially trained (imsel? alon0 t(at line >ill ma@e t(e e??ort to vis+aliGe s+c( a s(a)e (e >ill ?ind it B+ite im)ossible. #o> to ex)ress s+c( a ?orm clearly in )(ysical >ords >o+ld be, in e??ect, to describe acc+rately a sin0le obAect o? t(e astral )laneE b+t in examinin0 t(e records [). 14<] on t(e mental )lane >e s(o+ld (ave to ?ace t(e additional di??ic+lties o? a ?i?t( dimensionL -o t(at t(e im)ossibility o? ?+lly ex)lainin0 t(ese records >ill be obvio+s to even t(e most s+)er?icial observation. We (ave s)o@en o? t(e records as t(e memory o? t(e Lo0os, yet t(ey are very m+c( more t(an a memory in an ordinary sense o? t(e >ord. ,o)eless as it may be to ima0ine (o> t(ese ima0es a))ear ?rom ,is )oint o? vie>, >e yet @no>n t(at as >e rise (i0(er and (i0(er >e m+st be dra>in0 nearer to t(e tr+e memory--m+st be seein0 more nearly as ,e seesE so t(at 0reat interest attac(es to t(e ex)erience o? t(e clairvoyant >it( re?erence to t(ese records >(en (e stands +)on t(e b+dd(ic )lane--t(e (i0(er >(ic( (is conscio+sness can reac( even >(en a>ay ?rom t(e )(ysical body +ntil (e attains t(e level o? t(e Ar(ats. ,ere time and s)ace no lon0er limit (imE (e no lon0er needs, as on t(e mental )lane, to )ass a series o? events in revie>, ?or )ast, )resent and ?+t+re are all ali@e sim+ltaneo+sly )resent to (im, meanin0less as t(at so+nds do>n (ere. Indeed, in?initely belo> t(e conscio+sness o? t(e Lo0os as even t(at exalted )lane is, it is yet ab+ndantly clear ?rom >(at >e see t(ere t(at to ,im t(e record [). 144] m+st be ?ar more t(an >(at >e call a memory, ?or all t(at (as (a))ened in t(e )ast and all t(at >ill

(a))en in t(e ?+t+re is (a))enin0 no> be?ore ,is eyes A+st as are t(e events o? >(at >e call t(e )resent time. 3tterly incredible, >idely incom)re(ensible, o? co+rse, to o+r limited +nderstandin0E yet absol+tely tr+e ?or all t(at. #at+rally >e co+ld not ex)ect to +nderstand at o+r )resent sta0e o? @no>led0e (o> so marvello+s a res+lt is )rod+ced, and to attem)t an ex)lanation >o+ld only be to involve o+rselves in a mist o? >ords ?rom >(ic( >e s(o+ld 0ain no real in?ormation. "et a line o? t(o+0( rec+rs to my mind >(ic( )er(a)s s+00ests t(e direction in >(ic( it is )ossible t(at t(at ex)lanation may lieE and >(atever (el)s +s to realiGe t(at so asto+ndin0 a statement may a?ter all not be >(olly im)ossible >ill be o? assistance in broadenin0 o+r minds. -ome t(irty years a0o I remember readin0 a very c+rio+s little boo@, called, I t(in@, '(e -tars and t(e $art(, t(e obAects o? >(ic( >as to endeavo+r to s(o> (o> it >as scienti?ically )ossible t(at to t(e mind o? .od t(e [). 149] )ast and t(e )resent mi0(t be absol+tely sim+ltaneo+s. Its ar0+ments str+c@ me at t(e time as decidedly in0enio+s, and I >ill )roceed to s+mmariGe t(em, as I t(in@ t(ey >ill be ?o+nd some>(at s+00estive in a connection >it( t(e s+bAect >(ic( >e (ave been considerin0. W(en >e see anyt(in0, >(et(er it be t(e boo@ >(ic( >e (old in o+r (ands or a star millions o? miles a>ay, >e do so by means o? a vibration in t(e et(er, commonly called a ray o? li0(t, >(ic( )asses ?rom t(e obAect seen to o+r eyes. #o> t(e s)eed >it( >(ic( t(is vibration )asses is so 0reat-abo+t 187,888 miles in a second--t(at >(en >e are considerin0 any obAect in o+r o>n >orld >e may re0ard it as )ractically instantaneo+s. W(en, (o>ever, >e come to deal >it( inter)lanetary distances >e (ave to ta@e t(e s)eed o? li0(t into consideration, ?or an a))reciable )eriod is occ+)ied in traversin0 t(ese vast s)aces. 2or exam)le it ta@es ei0(t min+tes and a B+arter ?or li0(t to travel to +s ?rom t(e s+n, so t(at >(en >e loo@ at t(e solar orb >e see it by means o? a ray o? li0(t >(ic( le?t it more t(an ei0(t min+tes a0o. [). 145] 2rom t(is ?ollo>s a very c+rio+s res+lt. '(e ray o? li0(t by >(ic( >e see t(e s+n can obvio+sly re)orts to +s only t(e state o? a??airs >(ic( existed in t(at l+minary >(en it started on its Ao+rney, and >o+ld not be in t(e least a??ected by anyt(in0 t(at (a))ened t(ere a?ter it le?tE so t(at >e really see t(e s+n not as (e is, b+t as (e >as ei0(t min+tes a0o. '(at is to say t(at i? anyt(in0 im)ortant too@ )lace in t(e s+n--t(e ?ormation o? a ne> s+ns)ot, ?or instance--an astronomer >(o >as >atc(in0 t(e orb t(ro+0( (is telesco)e at t(e time >o+ld be B+ite +na>are o? t(e incident >(ile it >as (a))enin0, since t(e ray o? li0(t bearin0 t(e ne>s >o+ld not reac( (im +ntil more t(an ei0(t min+tes later. '(e di??erence is more stri@in0 >(en >e consider t(e ?ixed stars, beca+se in t(eir case t(e distances are so enormo+sly 0reater. '(e )ole star, ?or exam)le, is so ?ar o?? t(at li0(t, travellin0 at t(e inconceivable s)eed above mentioned, ta@es a little more t(an ?i?ty years to reac( o+r eyesE and ?rom t(at ?ollo>s t(e stran0e b+t inevitable in?erence t(at >e see t(e )ole star no as and >(ere it is at t(is [). 147] moment, b+t as and >(ere it >as ?i?ty years a0o. #ay, i? tomorro> some cosmic catastro)(e >ere to s(atter t(e )ole star into ?ra0ments, >e s(o+ld still see it )eace?+lly s(inin0 in t(e s@y all t(e rest o?

o+r livesE o+r c(ildren >o+ld 0ro> +) to middle a0e and 0at(er t(eir c(ildren abo+t t(em in t+rn be?ore t(e ne>s o? t(at tremendo+s accident reac(ed any terrestrial eye. In t(e same >ay t(ere are ot(er stars so ?ar distance t(at li0(t ta@es t(o+sands o? years to travel ?rom t(em to +s, and >it( re?erence to t(eir condition o+r in?ormation is t(ere?ore t(o+sands o? years be(ind time. #o> carry t(e ar0+ment a ste) ?art(er. -+))ose t(at >e >ere able to )lace a man at t(e distance o? 187,888 miles ?orm t(e eart(, and yet to endo> (im >it( t(e >onder?+l ?ac+lty o? bein0 able ?rom t(at distance to see >(at >as (a))enin0 (ere as clearly as t(o+0( (e >ere still close beside +s. It is evident t(at a man so )laced >o+ld see everyt(in0 a second later t(e time >(en it really (a))ened, and so at t(e )resent moment (e >o+ld be seein0 >(at (a))ened a second a0o. ;o+ble t(e distance, and (e >o+ld be t>o [). 146] seconds be(ind time, and so onE remove (im to t(e distance o? t(e s+n Cstill allo>in0 (im to )reserve t(e same mysterio+s )o>er o? si0(tD and (e >o+ld loo@ do>n and >atc( yo+ doin0 not >(at yo+ are doin0 no>, b+t >(at yo+ >ere doin0 ei0(t min+tes and a B+arter a0o. Carry (im a>ay to t(e )ole star, and (e >o+ld see )assin0 be?ore (is eyes t(e events o? ?i?ty years a0oE (e >o+ld be >atc(in0 t(e c(ildis( 0ambols o? t(ose >(o at t(e very same moment >ere really middle-a0ed men. %arvello+s as t(is may so+nd, it is literally and scienti?ically tr+e, and cannot be denied. '(e little boo@ >ent on to ar0+e lo0ically eno+0( t(at .od, bein0 almi0(ty, m+st )ossess t(e >onder?+l )o>er o? si0(t >(ic( >e (ave been )ost+latin0 ?or o+r observedE and ?+rt(er, t(at bein0 omni)resent, ,e m+st be at eac( o? t(e stations >(ic( >e mentioned, and also at every intermediate )oint, not s+ccessively b+t sim+ltaneo+sly. .rantin0 t(ese )remises, t(e inevitable ded+ction ?ollo>s t(at everyt(in0 >(ic( (as ever (a))ened ?rom t(e very be0innin0 o? t(e >orld m+st be at t(is very moment ta@in0 [). 148] )lace be?ore t(e eye o? .od--not a mere memory o? it, b+t t(e act+al occ+rrence itsel? bein0 +nder ,is observation. All t(is is materialistic eno+0(, and on t(e )lane o? )+rely )(ysical science, and >e may t(ere?ore be ass+red t(at it is not t(e >ay in >(ic( t(e memory o? t(e Lo0os actsE yet it is neatly >or@ed o+t and absol+tely incontrovertible, and as I (ave said be?ore, it is not >it(o+t its +se, since it 0ives +s a 0lim)se o? some )ossibilities >(ic( ot(er>ise mi0(t not occ+r to +s. H+t, it may be as@ed, (o> is it )ossible, amid t(e be>ilderin0 con?+sion o? t(ese records o? t(e )ast, to ?ind any )artic+lar )ict+re >(en it is >antedI As a matter o? ?act, t(e +ntrained clairvoyant +s+ally cannot do so >it(o+t some s)ecial lin@ to )+t (im en ra))ort >it( t(e s+bAect reB+ired. *syc(ometry is an instance in )oint, and it is B+ite )robable t(at o+r ordinary memory is really only anot(er )resentment o? t(e same idea. It seems as t(o+0( t(ere >ere a sort o? ma0netic attac(ed or a??inity bet>een any )article o? matter and t(e record >(ic( contains its (istory--an a??inity >(ic( enables [). 149] it to act as a @ind o? cond+ctor bet>een t(at record and t(e ?ac+lties o? anyone >(o can read it. 2or exam)le, I once bro+0(t ?rom -tone(en0e a tiny ?ra0ment o? stone, not lar0er t(an a )inFs (ead, and on )+ttin0 t(is into an envelo)e and (avin0 it to a )syc(ometer >(o (ad no idea >(at it >as,

s(e at once be0an to describe t(at >onder?+l r+in and t(e desolate co+ntry s+rro+ndin0 it, and t(en >ent on to )ict+re vividly >(at >ere evidently scenes ?rom its early (istory, s(o>in0 t(at t(at in?initesimal ?ra0ment (ad been s+??icient to )+t (er into comm+nication >it( t(e records connected >it( t(e s)ot ?rom >(ic( it came. '(e scenes t(ro+0( >(ic( >e )ass in t(e co+rse o? o+r li?e seem to act in t(e same manner +)on t(e cells o? o+r brain as did t(e (istory o? -tone(en0e +)on t(at )article o? stoneE t(ey establis( a connection >it( t(ose cells by means o? >(ic( o+r mind is )+t en ra))ort >it( t(at )artic+lar )ortion o? t(e records, and so >e =remember= >(at >e (ave seen. $ven a trained clairvoyant needs some lin@ to enable (im to ?ind t(e record o? an event [). 198] o? >(ic( (e (as no )revio+s @no>led0e. I?, ?or exam)le, (e >is(ed to observe t(e landin0 o? J+li+s Caesar on t(e s(ores o? $n0land, t(ere are several >ays in >(ic( (e mi0(t a))roac( t(e s+bAect. I? (e (a))ened to (ave visited t(e scene o? t(e occ+rrence, t(e sim)lest >ay >o+ld )robably be to call +) t(e ima0e o? t(at s)ot, and t(en r+n bac@ t(ro+0( its records +ntil (e reac(ed t(e )eriod desired. I? (e (ad not seen t(e )lace, (e mi0(t r+n bac@ in time to t(e date o? t(e event, and t(en searc( t(e C(annel ?or a ?leet o? Roman 0alleysE or (e mi0(t examine t(e records o? Roman li?e at abo+t t(at )eriod, >(ere (e >o+ld (ave no di??ic+lty in identi?yin0 so )rominent a ?i0+re as Caesar, or in tracin0 (im >(en ?o+nd t(ro+0( all (is .allic >ars +ntil (e set (is ?oot +)on Hritis( land. *eo)le o?ten enB+ire as to t(e as)ect o? t(ese records-->(et(er t(ey a))ear near or ?ar a>ay ?rom t(e eye, >(et(er t(e ?i0+res in t(em are lar0e or small, >(et(er t(e )ict+res ?ollo> one anot(er as in a )anorama or melt into anot(er li@e dissolvin0 vie>s, and so on. !ne can only re)ly t(at t(eir a))earance varies to a certain extent accordin0 [). 191] to t(e conditions +nder >(ic( t(ey are seen. 3)on t(e astral )lane t(e re?lection is most o?ten a sim)le )ict+re, t(o+0( occasionally t(e ?i0+res seen >o+ld be endo>ed >it( motionE in t(is latter case, instead o? a mere sna)s(ot a rat(er lon0er and more )er?ect re?lections (as ta@en )lace. !n t(e mental )lane t(ey (ave t>o >idely di??erent as)ects. W(en t(e visitor to t(at )lane is not t(in@in0 s)ecially o? t(em in any >ay, t(e records sim)ly ?or a bac@0ro+nd to >(atever is 0oin0 on, A+st as t(e re?lections in a )ier-0lass at t(e end o? a room mi0(t ?orm a bac@0ro+nd to t(e li?e o? t(e )eo)le in it. It m+st al>ays be borne in mind t(at +nder t(ese conditions t(ey are really merely re?lections ?rom t(e ceaseless activity o? a 0reat Conscio+sness +)on a ?ar (i0(er )lane, and (ave very m+c( t(e a))earance o? an endless s+ccession o? t(e recently invented cinemato0ra)(s, or livin0 )(oto0ra)(s. '(ey do not melt into one anot(er li@e dissolvin0 vie>s, nor do a series o? ordinary )ict+res ?ollo> one anot(erE b+t t(e action o? t(e re?lection ?i0+res constantly 0oes on, as t(o+0( one >ere >atc(in0 t(e actors on a distant sta0e. [). 19<] H+t i? t(e trained investi0ator t+rns (is attention s)ecially to any one scene, or >is(es to call it +) be?ore (im, an extraordinary c(an0e at once ta@es )lace, ?or t(is is t(e )lane o? t(o+0(t, and to t(in@ o? anyt(in0 is to brin0 it instantaneo+sly be?ore yo+. 2or exam)le, i? a man >ills to see t(e records o? t(at event to >(ic( >e be?ore re?erred--t(e landin0 o? J+li+s Caesar--(e ?inds (imsel? in a moment not loo@in0 at any )ict+re, b+t standin0 on t(e s(ore amon0 t(e le0ionaries, >it( t(e >(ole scene bein0 enacted aro+nd (im, )recisely in every res)ect as (e >o+ld (ave seen it i? (e (ad stood t(ere in t(e ?les( on t(at a+t+mn mornin0 in t(e year 55 H.C.. -ince >(at (e sees is b+t a re?lection, t(e actors are o? co+rse entirely +nconscio+s o? (im, nor can any e??ort o? (is c(an0e t(e co+rse o?

t(eir action in t(e smallest de0ree, exce)t only t(at (e can control t(e rate at >(ic( t(e drama s(all )ass be?ore (im--can (ave t(e events o? a >(ole year re(earsed be?ore (is eyes in a sin0le (o+r, or can at any moment sto) t(e movement alto0et(er, and (old any )artic+lar scene in vie> as a )ict+re as lon0 as (e c(ooses. [). 194] In tr+t( (e observes not only >(at (e >o+ld (ave seen i? (e (ad been t(ere at t(e time in t(e ?les(, b+t m+c( more. ,e (ears and +nderstands all t(at t(e )eo)le say, and (e is conscio+s o? all t(eir t(o+0(ts and motivesE and one o? t(e most interestin0 o? t(e many )ossibilities >(ic( o)en +) be?ore one >(o (as learnt to read t(e records is t(e st+dy o? t(e t(o+0(t o? a0es lon0 )ast--t(e t(o+0(t o? t(e cavemen and t(e la@e-d>ellers as >ell as t(at >(ic( r+led t(e mi0(ty civilisations o? Atlantis, o? $0y)t or C(aldaea. W(at s)lendid )ossibilities o)en +) be?ore t(e man >(o is in ?+ll )ossession o? t(is )o>er may easily be ima0ined. ,e (as be?ore (im a ?ield o? (istorical researc( o? most entrancin0 interest. #ot only can (e revie> at (is leis+re all (istory >it( >(ic( >e are acB+ainted, correctin0 as (e examines it t(e many errors and misconce)tions >(ic( (ave cre)t into t(e acco+nts (anded do>n to +sE (e can also ran0e at >ill over t(e >(ole story o? t(e >orld ?rom its very be0innin0, >atc(in0 t(e slo> develo)ment o? intellect in man, t(e descent o? t(e Lords o? t(e 2lame, and t(e 0ro>t( [). 199] o? t(e mi0(ty civilisations >(ic( '(ey ?o+nded. #or is (is st+dy con?ined to t(e )ro0ress o? (+manity aloneE (e (as be?ore (im, as in a m+se+m, all t(e stran0e animal and ve0etable ?orms >(ic( occ+)ied t(e sta0e in days >(en t(e >orld >as yo+n0E (e can ?ollo> all t(e >onder?+l 0eolo0ical c(an0es >(ic( (ave ta@en )lace, and >atc( t(e co+rse o? t(e 0reat cataclysms >(ic( (ave altered t(e >(ole ?ace o? t(e eart( a0ain and a0ain. In one es)ecial case an even closer sym)at(y >it( t(e )ast is )ossible to t(e reader o? t(e records. I? in t(e co+rse o? (is enB+iries (e (as to loo@ +)on some scene in >(ic( (e (imsel? (as in a ?ormer birt( ta@en )art, (e may deal >it( it in t>o >ays& (e can eit(er re0ard it in in t(e +s+al manner as a s)ectator Ct(o+0( al>ays, be it remembered, as a s)ectator >(ose insi0(t and sym)at(y are )er?ectD or (e may once more identi?y (imsel? >it( t(at lon0-dead )ersonality o? (is--may t(ro> (imsel? bac@ ?or t(e time into t(at li?e o? lon0 a0o, and absol+tely ex)erience over a0ain t(e t(o+0(ts and t(e emotions, t(e )leas+res and t(e )ains o? a )re(istoric )ast. #o [). 195] >ilder and more vivid advent+res can be conceived t(an some o? t(ose t(ro+0( >(ic( (e t(+s may )assE yet t(o+0( it all (e m+st never lose (old o? t(e conscio+sness o? (is o>n individ+ality--m+st retain t(e )o>er to ret+rn at >ill to (is )resent )ersonality. It is o?ten as@ed (o> it is )ossible ?or an investi0ator acc+rately to determine t(e date o? any )ict+re ?rom t(e ?ar-distance )ast >(ic( (e disinters ?rom t(e records. '(e ?act is t(at it is sometimes rat(er tedio+s >or@ to ?ind an exact date, b+t t(e t(in0 can +s+ally be done i? it is >ort( >(ile to s)end t(e time and tro+ble over it. It >e are dealin0 >it( .ree@ or Roman times t(e sim)lest met(od is +s+ally to loo@ into t(e mind o? t(e most intelli0ent )erson )resent in t(e )ict+re, and see >(at date (e s+))oses it to beE or t(e investi0ator mi0(t >atc( (im >ritin0 a letter, or ot(er doc+ment and observe >(at date, i? any, >as incl+ded in >(at >as >ritten. W(en once t(e Roman or .ree@ date is t(+s obtained, to red+ce it to o+r o>n system o? c(ronolo0y is merely a matter o? calc+lation.

Anot(er >ay >(ic( is ?reB+ently ado)ted is to t+rn ?rom t(e scene +nder examination [). 197] to a contem)orary )ict+re in some 0reat and >ell-@no>n city s+c( as Rome, and note >(at monarc( is rei0nin0 t(ere, or >(o are t(e cons+ls ?or t(e yearE and >(en s+c( data are discovered a 0lance at any 0ood (istory >ill 0ive t(e rest. -ometimes a date can be obtained by examinin0 some )+blic )roclamation or some le0al doc+mentE in ?act in t(e times o? >(ic( >e are s)ea@in0 t(e di??ic+lty is easily s+rmo+nted. '(e matter is by no means so sim)le, (o>ever, r >(en >e come to deal >it( )eriods m+c( earlier t(an t(is-->it( a scene ?rom early $0y)t, C(aldaea, or C(ina, or to 0o ?+rt(er bac@ still, ?rom Atlantis itsel? or any o? its n+mero+s colonies. A date can still be obtained easily eno+0( ?rom t(e mind o? any ed+cated man, b+t t(ere is no lon0er any means o? relatin0 it to o+r o>n system o? dates, since t(e man >ill be rec@onin0 by eras o? >(ic( >e @no> not(in0, or by t(e rei0ns o? @in0s, >(ose (istory is lost in t(e ni0(t o? time. !+r met(ods, nevert(eless, are not yet ex(a+sted. It m+st be remembered t(at it is )ossible ?or t(e investi0ator to )ass t(e [). 196] records be?ore (im at any s)eed t(at (e may desire--at t(e rate o? a year in a second i? (e >ill, or even very m+c( ?aster still. #o> t(ere are one or t>o events in ancient (istory >(ose dates (ave already been acc+rately ?ixed--as, ?or exam)le, t(e sin@in0 o? *oseidonis in t(e year 9,579 H.C. It is t(ere?ore obvio+s t(at i? ?rom t(e 0eneral a))earance o? t(e s+rro+ndin0s it seems )robable t(at a )ict+re seen is >it(in meas+rable distance o? one o? t(ese events, it can be related to t(at event by t(e sim)le )rocess o? r+nnin0 t(ro+0( t(e record ra)idly, and co+ntin0 t(e years bet>een t(e t>o as t(ey )ass. -till, i? t(ose years ran into a t(o+sand, as t(ey mi0(t sometimes do, t(is )lan >o+ld be ins+??erably tedio+s. In t(at case >e are driven bac@ +)on t(e astronomical met(od. In conseB+ence o? t(e movement >(ic( is commonly called t(e )recession o? t(e eB+inoxes, t(o+0( it mi0(t more acc+rately be described as a @ind o? second rotation o? t(e eart(, t(e an0le bet>een t(e eB+ator and t(e ecli)tic steadily b+t very slo> varies. '(+s, a?ter lon0 intervals o? time >e ?ind t(e )ole o? t(e eart( no lon0er )ointin0 to>ards t(e [). 198] same s)ot in t(e a))arent s)(ere o? t(e (eavens, or in ot(er >ords, o+r )ole star is not, as at )resent, a 3rsae %inoris, b+t some ot(er celestial bodyE and ?rom t(is )osition o? t(e )ole o? t(e eart(, >(ic( can easily be ascertained by care?+l observation o? t(e ni0(t-s@y o? t(e )ict+re +nder consideration, an a))roximate date can be calc+lated >it(o+t di??ic+lty. In estimatin0 t(e date o? occ+rrences >(ic( too@ )lace millions o? years a0o in earlier races, t(e )eriod o? a secondary rotation Cor t(e )recession o? t(e eB+inoxesD is ?reB+ently +sed as a +nit, b+t o? co+rse absol+te acc+racy is not +s+ally reB+ired in s+c( cases, ro+nd n+mbers bein0 s+??icient ?or all )ractical )+r)oses in dealin0 >it( e)oc(s so remote. '(e acc+rate readin0 o? t(e records, >(et(er o? oneFs o>n )ast lives or t(ose o? ot(ers, m+st not, (o>ever, be t(o+0(t o? as an ac(ievement )ossible to anyone >it(o+t care?+l )revio+s trainin0. As (as been already remar@ed, t(o+0( occasional re?lections may be (ad +)on t(e astral )lane, t(e

)o>er to +se t(e mental sense is necessary be?ore any reliable readin0 can be done. Indeed, to [). 199] minimise t(e )ossibility o? error, t(at sense o+0(t to be ?+lly at t(e command o? t(e investi0ator >(ile a>a@e in t(e )(ysical bodyE and to acB+ire t(at ?ac+lty needs years o? ceaseless labo+r and ri0id sel?-disci)line. %any )eo)le seem to ex)ect t(at as soon as t(ey (ave si0ned t(eir a))lication and Aoined t(e '(eoso)(ical -ociety t(ey >ill at once remember at least t(ree o? o+r o? t(eir )ast birt(sE indeed, some o? t(em )rom)tly be0in to ima0ine recollections and declare t(at in t(eir last incarnation t(ey >ere %ary K+een o? -cots, Cleo)atra, or J+li+s CaesarL !? co+rse s+c( extrava0ant claims sim)ly brin0 discredit +)on t(ose >(o are so ?oolis( as to ma@e t(emE b+t +n?ort+nately some o? t(at discredit is liable to be re?lected, (o>ever +nA+stly, +)on t(e -ociety to >(ic( t(ey belon0, so t(at a man >(o ?eels seet(in0 >it(in (im t(e conviction t(at (e >as ,omer or -(a@es)eare >o+ld do >ell to )a+se and a))ly commonsense tests on t(e )(ysical )lane be?ore )+blis(in0 t(e ne>s to t(e >orld. It is B+ite tr+e t(at some )eo)le (ave (ad 0lim)ses o? scenes ?rom t(eir )ast lives in [). 158] dreams, b+t nat+rally t(ese are +s+ally ?ra0mentary and +nreliable. I (ad mysel? in earlier li?e an ex)erience o? t(is nat+re. Amon0 my dreams I ?o+nd t(at one >as constantly rec+rrin0--a dream o? a (o+se >it( a )ortico overloo@in0 a bea+ti?+l bay, not ?ar ?rom a (ill on t(e to) o? >(ic( rose a 0race?+l b+ildin0. I @ne> t(at (o+se )er?ectly, and >as as ?amiliar >it( t(e )osition o? its rooms and t(e vie> ?rom its door as I >as >it( t(ose o? my (ome, in t(is )resent Li?e. In t(ose days I @ne> not(in0 bo+t reincarnation, so t(at it seemed to me sim)ly a c+rio+s coincidence t(at t(is dream s(o+ld re)eat itsel? so o?tenE and it >as not +ntil some time a?ter I (ad Aoined t(e -ociety t(at, >(en one >(o @ne> >as s(o>in0 me some )ict+res o? my last incarnation, I discovered t(at t(is )ersistent dream (ad been in a reality a )artial recollection, and t(at t(e (o+se >(ic( I @ne> so >ell >as t(e one in I >as born more t(an t>o t(o+sands years a0o. H+t alt(o+0( t(ere are several cases on record in >(ic( some >ell-remembered scene (as t(+s come t(ro+0( ?rom one li?e to anot(er, a considerable develo)ment o? occ+lt [). 151] ?ac+lty is necessary be?ore an investi0ator can de?initely trace a line o? incarnations, >(et(er t(ey be (is o>n or anot(er manFs. '(is >ill be obvio+s i? >e remember t(e conditions o? t(e )roblem >(ic( (as o be >or@ed o+t. 'o ?ollo> a )erson ?rom t(is li?e to t(e one )recedin0 it, it is necessary ?irst o? all to trace (is )resent li?e bac@>ards to (is birt( and t(en to ?ollo> +) in reverse order t(e sta0es by >(ic( t(e $0o descended into incarnation. '(is >ill obvio+sly ta@e +s bac@ event+ally to t(e condition o? t(e $0o +)on t(e (i0(est levels o? t(e mental )laneE so it >ill be seen t(at to )er?orm t(is tas@ e??ect+ally t(e investi0ator m+st be able to +se t(e sense corres)ondin0 to t(at exalted level >(ile a>a@e in (is )(ysical body--in ot(er >ords, (is conscio+sness m+st be centred in t(e reincarnatin0 $0o itsel?, and no lon0er in t(e lo>er )ersonality. In t(at case, t(e memory o? t(e $0o bein0 aro+sed, (is o>n )ast incarnations >ill be s)read o+t be?ore (im li@e an o)en boo@, and (e >o+ld be able, i? (e >is(ed, to examine t(e conditions o? anot(er $0o +)on t(at level and trace (im bac@>ards t(ro+0( t(e lo>er mental and astral lives

[). 15<] >(ic( led +) to it, +ntil (e came to t(e last )(ysical deat( o? t(at $0o, and t(ro+0( it to (is )revio+s li?e. '(ere is no >ay b+t t(is in >(ic( t(e c(ain o? lives can be ?ollo>ed t(ro+0( >it( absol+te certaintyE and conseB+ently >e may at once )+t aside as conscio+s or +nconscio+s im)ostors t(ose )eo)le >(o advertise t(at t(ey are able to race o+t anyoneFs )ast incarnations ?or so many s(illin0s a (ead. #eedless to say, t(e tr+e occ+ltist does not advertise, and never +nder any circ+mstances acce)ts money ?or any ex(ibition o? (is )o>ers. Ass+redly t(e st+dent >(o >is(es to acB+ire t(e )o>er o? ?ollo>in0 +) a line o? incarnations can do so only by learnin0 ?rom a B+ali?ied teac(er (o> t(e >or@ is to be done. '(ere (ave been t(ose >(o )ersistently asserted t(at it >as only necessary ?or a man to ?eel 0ood and devotional and =brot(erly=, and all t(e >isdom o? t(e a0es >o+ld immediately ?lo> in +)on (imE b+t a little common-sense >ill at once ex)ose t(e abs+rdity o? s+c( a )osition. ,o>ever 0ood a c(ild may be, i? (e >ants to @no> t(e [). 154] m+lti)lication table (e m+st set to >or@ and learn itE and t(e case is )recisely similar >it( t(e ca)acity to +se s)irit+al ?ac+lties. '(e ?ac+lties t(emselves >ill not do+bt mani?est as t(e man evolves, b+t (e can learn (o> +se t(em reliable and to t(e best advanta0e only by steady (ard >or@ and )erseverin0 e??ort. 'a@e t(e case o? t(ose >(o >is( to (el) ot(ers >(ile on t(e astral )lane d+rin0 slee)E it is obvio+s t(at t(e more @no>led0e t(ey )ossess (ere, t(e more val+able >ill t(eir services be on t(at (i0(er )lane. 2or exam)le, t(e @no>led0e o? lan0+a0es >o+ld be +se?+l to t(em, ?or t(o+0( on t(e mental )lane men can comm+nicate directly by t(o+0(t-trans?erence, >(atever t(eir lan0+a0es may be, on t(e astral )lane t(is is not so, and a t(o+0(t m+st be de?initely ?orm+lated in >ords be?ore it is com)re(ensible. I?, t(ere?ore, yo+ >is( to (el) a man on t(at )lane, yo+ m+st (ave some lan0+a0e in common by means o? >(ic( yo+ can comm+nicate >it( (im, and conseB+ently t(e more lan0+a0es yo+ @no> t(e more >idely +se?+l yo+ >ill be. In ?act t(ere is )er(a)s no @ind o? @no>led0e ?or >(ic( a [). 159] +se cannot be ?o+nd in t(e >or@ o? t(e occ+ltist. It >o+ld be >ell ?or all st+dents to bear in mind t(at occ+ltism is t(e a)ot(eosis o? commonsense, and t(at every vision >(ic( comes to t(em is not necessarily a )ict+re ?rom t(e a@as(ic records, nor every ex)erience a revelation ?rom on (i0(. It is better ?ar to err on t(e side o? (ealt(y s@e)ticism t(an o? over-cred+lityE and it is an admirable r+le never to (+nt abo+t ?or an occ+lt ex)lanation o? anyt(in0 >(en a )lain and obvio+s )(ysical one is available. !+r d+ty is to endeavo+r to @ee) o+r balance al>ays, and never to lose o+r sel?-control, b+t to ta@e a reasonable, commonsense vie> o? >(atever may (a))en to +sE so s(all >e be better '(eoso)(ists, >iser occ+ltists, and more +se?+l (el)ers t(an >e (ave ever been be?ore. As +s+al, >e ?ind exam)les o? all de0rees o? t(e )o>er to see into t(is memory o? nat+re, ?rom t(e trained man >(o can cons+lt t(e record ?or (imsel? at >ill, do>n to t(e )erson >(o 0ets not(in0 b+t occasional va0+e 0lim)ses, or (as even )er(a)s (ad only one s+c( 0lim)se. H+t t(e man >(o

)ossesses [). 155] t(is ?ac+lty only )artially and occasionally still ?inds it o? t(e dee)est interest. '(e )syc(ometer, >(o needs an obAect )(ysically connected >it( t(e )ast in order to brin0 it all into li?e a0ain aro+nd (im, and t(e crystal-0aGer >(o can sometimes direct (is less certain astral telesco)e to some (istoric scene o? lon0 a0o, may bot( derive t(e 0reatest enAoyment ?rom t(e exercise o? t(eir res)ective 0i?ts, even t(o+0(t t(ey may not al>ays +nderstand exactly (o> t(eir res+lts are )rod+ced, and may not (ave t(em ?+lly +nder control +nder all circ+mstances. In many cases o? t(e lo>er mani?estations o? t(ese )o>ers >e ?ind t(at t(ey are exercised +nconscio+slyE many a crystal-0aGer >atc(es scenes ?rom t(e )ast >it(o+t bein0 able to distin0+is( t(em ?rom visions o? t(e )resent, and many a va0+ely-)syc(ic )erson ?inds )ict+res constantly arisin0 be?ore (is eyes >it(o+t ever realiGin0 t(at (e is in e??ect )syc(ometriGin0 t(e vario+s obAects aro+nd (im as (e (a))ens to to+c( t(em or stand near t(em. An interestin0 variant o? t(is class o? )syc(ics is t(e man >(o is able to [). 157] )syc(ometriGe )ersons only, and not inanimate obAects as is more +s+al. In most cases t(is ?ac+lty s(o>s itsel? erratically, so t(at s+c( a )syc(ic >ill, >(en introd+ced to a stran0er, o?ten see in a ?las( some )rominent event in t(at stran0erFs earlier li?e, b+t on ot(er similar occasions >ill receive no s)ecial im)ression. %ore rarely >e meet >it( someone >(o 0ets details visions o? t(e )ast li?e o? everyone >(om (e enco+nters. *er(a)s one o? t(e best exam)les o? t(is class >as t(e .erman >riter Msc(o@@e, >(o describes in (is a+tobio0ra)(y t(is extraordinary )o>er o? >(ic( (e ?o+nd (imsel? )ossessed. ,e says& =It (as (a))ened to me occasionally at t(e ?irst meetin0 >it( a total stran0er, >(en I (ave been listenin0 in silence to (is conversation, t(at (is )ast li?e +) to t(e )resent moment, >it( many min+te circ+mstances belon0in0 to one or ot(er )artic+lar scene in it, (as come across me li@e a dream, b+t distinctly, entirely invol+ntarily and +nso+0(t, occ+)yin0 in d+ration a ?e> min+tes. =2or a lon0 time I >as dis)osed to consider t(ese ?leetin0 visions as a tric@ o? t(e ?ancy--t(e more so as my dream-vision dis)layed [). 156] to me t(e dress and movements o? t(e actors, t(e a))earance o? t(e room, t(e ?+rnit+re, and ot(er accidents o? t(e sceneE till on one occasion, in a a>esome mood, I narrated to my ?amily t(e secret (istory o? a sem)stress >(o (ad A+st be?ore B+itted t(e room. I (ad never seen t(e )erson be?ore. #evert(eless t(e (earers >ere astonis(ed, and la+0(ed and >o+ld not be )ers+aded b+t t(at I (ad a )revio+s acB+aintance >it( t(e ?ormer li?e o? t(e )erson, inasm+c( as >(at I (ad stated >as )er?ectly tr+e. =I >as not less astonis(ed to ?ind t(at my dream-vision a0reed >it( reality. I t(en 0ave more attention to t(e s+bAect, and as o?ten as )ro)riety allo>ed o? it, I related to t(ose >(ose lives (ad so )assed be?ore me t(e s+bstance o? my dream-vision, to obtain ?rom t(em its contradiction or con?irmation. !n every occasion its con?irmation ?ollo>ed, not >it(o+t amaGement on t(e )art o? t(ose >(o 0ave it.

=!n a certain ?air-day I >ent into t(e t>o o? Walds(+t accom)anied by t>o yo+n0 ?oresters, >(o are still alive It >as evenin0, and, tired >it( o+r >al@, >e >ent into an [). 158] inn called t(e F ineF. We too@ o+r s+))er >it( a n+mero+s com)any at t(e )+blic table, >(en it (a))ened t(at t(ey made t(emselves merry over t(e )ec+liarities and sim)licity o? t(e ->iss in connection >it( t(e belie? in mesmerism. LavaterFs )(ysio0nomical system and t(e li@e. !ne o? my com)anions, >(ose national )ride >as to+c(ed by t(eir raillery, be00ed me to ma@e some re)ly, )artic+larly in ans>er to a yo+n0 man o? s+)erior a))earance >(o sat o))osite, and (ad ind+l0ed in +nrestrained ridic+le. FIt (a))ened t(at t(e events o? t(is )ersonFs li?e (ad A+st )revio+sly )assed be?ore my mind. I t+rned to (im >it( t(e B+estion >(et(er (e >o+ld re)ly to me >it( tr+t( and cando+r i? I narrated to (im t(e most secret )assa0es o? (is (istory, (e bein0 as little @no>n to me as I to (imI '(at >o+ld, I s+00ested, 0o somet(in0 beyond LavaterFs )(ysio0nomical s@ill. ,e )romised i? I told t(e tr+t( to admit it o)enly. '(en I narrated t(e events >it( >(ic( my dream vision (ad ?+rnis(ed me, and t(e stable learnt t(e (istory o? t(e yo+n0 tradesmanFs li?e o? (is sc(ool years, (is )eccadilloes, and ?inally, o? a little [). 159] act o? ro0+ery committed by (im on t(e stron0box o? (is em)loyer. I described t(e +nin(abited room >it( its >(ite >alls, >(ere to t(e ri0(t o? t(e bro>n door t(ere (ad stood +)on t(e table t(e small bac@ money-c(est, etc. '(e man, m+c( str+c@, admitted t(e correctness o? eac( circ+mstance--even, >(ic( I co+ld not ex)ect, o? t(e last.= And a?ter narratin0 t(is incident, t(e >ort(y Msc(o@@e calmly 0oes on to >onder >(et(er )er(a)s a?ter all t(is remar@able )o>er, >(ic( (e (ad so o?ten dis)layed, mi0(t not really (ave been al>ays t(e res+lt o? mere c(ance coincidenceL Com)aratively ?e> acco+nts o? )ersons )ossessin0 t(is ?ac+lty o? loo@in0 bac@ into t(e )ast are to be ?o+nd in t(e literat+re o? t(e s+bAect, and it mi0(t t(ere?ore be s+))osed to be m+c( less common t(an )revision, I s+s)ect, (o>ever, t(at t(e tr+t( is rat(er t(at it is m+c( less commonly reco0niGed. As I said be?ore, it may very easily (a))en t(at a )erson may see a )ict+re o? t(e )ast >it(o+t reco0niGin0 it as s+c(, +nless t(ere (a))ens to be in it somet(in0 >(ic( attracts s)ecial attention, s+c( as a [). 178] ?i0+re in armo+r or in antiB+e cost+me. A )revision also mi0(t not al>ays be reco0niGed as s+c( at t(e timeE b+t t(e occ+rrence o? t(e event ?oreseen recalls it vividly at t(e same time t(at it mani?ests its nat+re, so t(at it is +nli@ely to be overloo@ed. It is )robable, t(ere?ore, t(at occasional 0lim)ses o? t(ese astral re?lections o? t(e a@as(ic records are commoner t(an t(e )+blis(ed acco+nts >o+ld lead +s to believe.

Clairvoyance, by C.W. Leadbeater, [1899], at sacred-texts.com

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CLAIR !"A#C$ I# 'I%$& ',$ 23'3R$ $ven i?, in a dim sort o? >ay, >e ?eel o+rselves able to 0ras) t(e idea t(at t(e >(ole o? t(e )ast may be sim+ltaneo+sly and actively )resent in a s+??iciently exalted conscio+sness, >e are con?ronted by a ?ar 0reater di??ic+lty >(en >e endeavo+r to realiGe (o> all t(e ?+t+re may also be com)re(ended in t(at conscio+sness. I? >e co+ld believe in t(e %o(ammedan doctrine o? @ismet, or t(e Calvinistic t(eory o? )redestination, t(e conce)tion >o+ld be easy eno+0(, b+t @no>in0 as >e do t(at bot( t(ese are 0rotesB+e distortions o? t(e tr+t(, >e m+st loo@ ro+nd ?or a more acce)table (y)ot(esis. '(ere may still be some )eo)le >(o deny t(e )ossibility o? )revision, b+t s+c( denial sim)ly s(o>s t(eir i0norance o? t(e evidence [). 17<] on t(e s+bAect. '(e lar0e n+mber o? a+t(enticated cases leaves no room ?or do+bt as to t(e ?act, b+t many o? t(em are o? s+c( a nat+re as to render a reasonable ex)lanation by no means easy to ?ind. It is evident t(at t(e $0o )ossesses a certain amo+nt o? )revisional ?ac+lty, and i? t(e events ?oreseen >ere al>ays o? 0reat im)ortance, one mi0(t s+))ose t(at an extraordinary stim+l+s (ad enabled (im ?or t(at occasion only to ma@e a clear im)ression o? >(at (e sa> +)on (is lo>er )ersonality. #o do+bt t(at is t(e ex)lanation o? many o? t(e cases in >(ic( deat( or 0rave disaster is ?oreseen, b+t t(ere are a lar0e n+mber o? instances on record to >(ic( it does not seem to a))ly, since t(e events ?oretold are ?reB+ently exceedin0ly trivial and +nim)ortant. A >ell-@no> story o? second-si0(t in -cotland >ill ill+strate >(en I mean. A man >(o (ad no belie? in t(e occ+lt >as ?ore>arned by a ,i0(er seer o? t(e a))roac(in0 deat( o? a nei0(bo+r. '(e )ro)(ecy >as 0iven >it( considerable >ealt( o? detail, incl+din0 a ?+ll descri)tion o? t(e ?+neral, >it( t(e names o? t(e ?o+r )allbearers and ot(ers >(o [). 174] >o+ld be )resent. '(e a+ditor seems to (ave la+0(ed at t(e >(ole story and )rom)tly ?or0otten it, b+t t(e deat( o? (is nei0(bo+r at t(e time ?oretold recalled t(e >arnin0 to mind, and (e determined to ?alsi?y )art o? t(e )rediction at any rate by bein0 one o? t(e )allbearers (imsel?. ,e s+cceeded in 0ettin0 matters arran0ed as (e >is(ed, b+t A+st as t(e ?+neral >as abo+t to start (e >as called a>ay ?rom (is )ost by some small matter >(ic( detained (im only a min+te or t>o. As (e came (+rryin0 bac@ (e sa> >it( s+r)rise t(at t(e )rocession (ad started >it(o+t (im, and t(at t(e )rediction (ad been exactly ?+l?illed, ?or t(e ?o+r )allbearers >ere t(ose >(o (ad been indicated in t(e vision. #o> (ere is a very tri?lin0 matter, >(ic( co+ld (ave been o? no )ossible im)ortance to anybody, de?initely ?oreseen mont(s be?ore(andE and alt(o+0( a man ma@es a determined e??ort to alter t(e arran0ement indicated (e ?ails entirely to a??ect it in t(e least. Certainly t(is loo@s very m+c( li@e )redestination, even do>n to t(e smallest detail, and it is only >(en >e examine t(is B+estion ?rom (i0(er )lanes t(at >e are able to see o+r

[). 179] >ay to esca)e t(at t(eory. !? co+rse, as I said be?ore abo+t anot(er branc( o? t(e s+bAect, a ?+ll ex)lanation el+des +s as yet, and obvio+sly m+st do so +ntil o+r @no>led0e is in?initely 0reater t(an it is no>E t(e most t(at >e can (o)e to do ?or t(e )resent is to indicate t(e line alon0 >(ic( an ex)lanation may be ?o+nd. '(ere is no do+bt >(atever t(at, A+st as >(at is (a))enin0 no> is t(e res+lt o? ca+ses set in motion in t(e )ast, so >(at >ill (a))en in t(e ?+t+re >ill be t(e res+lt o? ca+ses already in o)eration. $ven do>n (ere >e can calc+late t(at i? certain actions are )er?ormed certain res+lts >ill ?ollo>, b+t o+r rec@onin0 is constantly liable to be dist+rbed by t(e inter?erence o? ?actors >(ic( >e (ave not been able to ta@e into acco+nt. H+t i? >e raise o+r conscio+sness to t(e mental )lane >e can see very m+c( ?art(er into t(e res+lts o? o+r actions. We can trace, ?or exam)le, t(e e??ect o? a cas+al >ord, not only +)on t(e )erson to >(om it >as addressed, b+t t(ro+0( (im on many ot(ers as it is )assed on in >idenin0 circles, +ntil it seems to (ave a??ected t(e [). 175] >(ole co+ntryE and one 0lim)se o? s+c( a vision is ?ar more e??icient t(an any n+mber o? moral )rece)ts in )ressin0 +)on +s t(e necessity o? extreme circ+ms)ection in t(o+0(t, >ord, and deed. #ot only can >e ?rom t(at )lane see t(+s ?+lly t(e res+lt o? every action, b+t >e can also see >(ere and in >(at >ay t(e res+lts o? ot(er actions a))arently B+ite +nconnected >it( it >ill inter?ere >it( and modi?y it. In ?act, it may be said t(at t(e res+lts o? all ca+ses at )resent in action are clearly visible--t(at t(e ?+t+re, as it >o+ld be i? no entirely ne> ca+ses s(o+ld arise, lies o)en be?ore o+r 0aGe. #e> ca+ses o? co+rse do arise, beca+se manFs >ill is ?reeE b+t in t(e case o? all ordinary )eo)le t(e +se >(ic( t(ey >ill ma@e o? t(eir ?reedom can be calc+lated be?ore(and >it( considerable acc+racy. '(e avera0e man (as so little real >ill t(at (e is very m+c( t(e creat+re o? circ+mstancesE (is action im)ervio+s lives )laces (im amid certain s+rro+ndin0s, and t(eir in?l+ence +)on (im is so very m+c( t(e most im)ortant ?actor in (is li?e-story t(at (is ?+t+re co+rse may be )redicted >it( almost mat(ematical certainty. [). 177] [)ara0ra)( contin+es] Wit( t(e develo)ed man t(e case is di??erentE ?or (im also t(e main events o? li?e are arran0ed by (is )ast actions, b+t t(e >ay in >(ic( (e >ill allo> t(em to a??ect (im, t(e met(ods by >(ic( (e >ill deal >it( t(em and )er(a)s tri+m)( over t(em--t(ese are all (is o>n, and t(ey cannot be ?oreseen even on t(e mental )lane exce)t as )robabilities. Loo@in0 do>n on manFs li?e in t(is >ay ?rom above, it seems as t(o+0( (is ?ree >ill co+ld be exercised only at certain crises in (is career. ,e arrives at a )oint in (is li?e >(ere t(ere are obvio+sly t>o or t(ree alternative co+rses o)en be?ore (imE (e is absol+tely ?ree to c(oose >(ic( o? t(em (e )leases, and alt(o+0( someone >(o @ne> (is nat+re t(oro+0(ly >ell mi0(t ?eel almost certain >(at (is c(oice >o+ld be, s+c( @no>led0e on (is ?riendFs )art is in no sense a com)ellin0 ?orce. H+t >(en (e (as c(osen, (e (as to 0o t(ro+0( >it( it and ta@e t(e conseB+encesE (avin0 entered +)on a )artic+lar )at( (e may, in many cases, be ?orced to 0o on ?or a very lon0 >ay be?ore (e (as ay o))ort+nity to

[). 176] t+rn aside. ,is )osition is some>(at li@e t(at o? t(e driver o? a trainE >(en (e comes to a A+nction (e may (ave t(e )oints set eit(er t(is >ay or t(at, and so can )ass on to >(ic(ever line (e )leases, b+t >(en (e (as )assed on to one o? t(em (e is com)elled to r+n on alon0 t(e line >(ic( (e (as selected +ntil (e reac(es anot(er set o? )oints, >(ere a0ain an o))ort+nity o? c(oice is o??ered to (im. #o>, in loo@in0 do>n ?rom t(e mental )lane, t(ese )oints o? ne> de)art+re >o+ld be clearly visible, and all t(e res+lts o? eac( c(oice >o+ld li@e o)en be?ore +s, certain to be >or@ed o+t even to t(e smallest detail. '(e only )oint >(ic( >o+ld remain +ncertain >o+ld be t(e all-im)ortant one as to >(ic( c(oice t(e man >o+ld ma@e. We s(o+ld, in ?act, (ave not one b+t several ?+t+res ma))ed o+t be?ore o+r eyes, >it(o+t necessarily bein0 able to determine >(ic( o? t(em >o+ld materialiGe itsel? into accom)lis(ed ?act. In most instances >e s(o+ld see so t(ron0 a )robability t(at >e s(o+ld not (esitate to come to a decision, b+t t(e case >(ic( I (ave described is certain t(eoretically )ossible. -till, even t(is m+c( @no>led0e [). 178] >o+ld enable +s to do >it( sa?ety a 0ood deal o? )redictionE and it is not di??ic+lt ?or +s to ima0ine t(at a ?ar (i0(er )o>er t(an o+rs mi0(t al>ays be able to ?oresee >(ic( >ay every c(oice >o+ld 0o, and conseB+ently to )ro)(esy >it( absol+te certainty. !n t(e b+dd(ic )lane, (o>ever, no s+c( elaborate )rocess o? conscio+s calc+lation is necessary, ?or, as I said be?ore, in some manner >(ic( do>n (ere is totally inex)licable, t(e )ast, t(e )resent, and t(e ?+t+re are t(ere al existin0 sim+ltaneo+sly. !ne can only acce)t t(is ?act, ?or its ca+se lies in t(e ?ac+lty o? t(e )lane, and t(e >ay in >(ic( t(is (i0(er ?ac+lty >or@s is nat+rally B+ite incom)re(ensible to t(e )(ysical brain. "et no> and t(en one may meet >it( a (int t(at seems to brin0 +s a tri?le nearer to a dim )ossibility o? com)re(ension. !ne s+c( (int >as 0iven by -ir !live Lod0e in (is address to t(e Hritis( Association at Cardi??. ,e saidE =A l+mino+s and (el)?+l idea is t(at time is b+t a relative mode o? re0ardin0 t(in0sE >e )ro0ress t(ro+0( )(enomena at a certain de?inite )ace and t(is s+bAective advance >e [). 179] inter)ret in an obAective manner, as i? events moved necessarily in t(is order and at t(is )recise rate. H+t t(at may be only one mode o? re0ardin0 t(em. '(e events may be in some sense in existence al>ays, bot( )ast and ?+t+re, and it may be >e >(o are arrivin0 at t(em, not t(ey >(ic( (a))enin0. '(e analo0y o? a traveller in a rail>ay train is +se?+lE i? (e co+ld never leave t(e train nor alter its )ace (e >o+ld )robably consider t(e landsca)es as necessarily s+ccessive and be +nable to conceive t(eir coexistence... We )erceive, t(ere?ore, a )ossible ?o+rt( dimensional as)ect abo+t time, t(e inexorableness o? >(ose ?lo> may be a nat+ral )art o? o+r )resent limitations. And i? >e once 0ras) t(e idea t(at )ast and ?+t+re may be act+ally existin0, >e can reco0niGe t(at t(ey may (ave a controllin0 in?l+ence on all )resent action, and t(e t>o to0et(er may constit+te t(e F(i0(er )laneF or totality o? t(in0s a?ter >(ic(, as it seems to me, >e are im)elled to see@, in connection >it( t(e directin0 o? ?orm or determinism, and t(e action o? livin0 bein0s conscio+sly directed to a de?inite and )reconceived end.= [). 168]

'ime is not in reality t(e ?o+rt( dimension at allE yet to loo@ at it ?or t(e moment ?rom t(at )oint o? vie> is some sli0(t (el) to>ards 0ras)in0 t(e +n0ras)able. -+))ose t(at >e (old a >ooden cone at ri0(t an0les to a s(eet o? )a)er, and slo>ly )+s( it t(ro+0( its )oint ?irst. A microbe livin0 on t(e s+r?ace o? t(at s(eet o? )a)er, and (avin0 no )o>er o? conceivin0 anyt(in0 o+tside o? t(at s+r?ace, co+ld not only never see t(e cone as a >(ole, b+t co+ld ?orm no sort o? conce)tion o? s+c( a body at all. All t(at (e >o+ld see >o+ld be t(e s+dden a))earance o? a tiny circle, >(ic( >o+ld 0rad+ally and mysterio+sly 0ro> lar0er and lar0er +ntil it vanis(ed ?rom (is >orld as s+ddenly and incom)re(ensibly as it (ad come into it. '(+s, >(at >ere in reality a series o? sections o? t(e cone >o+ld a))ear to (im to be s+ccessive sta0es in t(e li?e o? a circle, and it >o+ld be im)ossible ?or (im to 0ras) t(e idea t(at t(ese s+ccessive sta0es co+ld be seen sim+ltaneo+sly. "et it is, o? co+rse, easy eno+0( ?or +s, loo@in0 do>n +)on t(e transaction ?rom anot(er dimension, to see t(at t(e microbe is sim)ly +nder a del+sion arisin0 [). 161] ?rom its o>n limitations, and t(at t(e cone exists as a >(ole all t(e >(ile. !+r o>n del+sion as to )ast, )resent, and ?+t+re is )ossibly not dissimilar, and t(e vie> t(at is 0ained o? seB+ence o? events ?rom t(e b+dd(ic )lane corres)onds to t(e vie> o? t(e cone as a >(ole. #at+rally, any attem)t to >or@ o+t t(is s+00estion lands +s in a series o? startlin0 )aradoxesE b+t t(e ?act remains a ?act, nevert(eless, and t(e time >ill come >(en it >ill be clear as noonday to o+r com)re(ension. W(en t(e )+)ilFs conscio+sness is ?+lly develo)ed +)on t(e b+dd(ic )lane, t(ere?ore, )er?ect )revision is )ossible to (im, t(o+0( (e may not--nay, (e certainly >ill not--be able to brin0 t(e >(ole res+lt o? t(is si0(t t(ro+0( ?+lly and in order into t(is li0(t. -till, a 0reat deal o? clear ?oresi0(t is obvio+sly >it(in (is )o>er, (o>ever (e li@es to exercise itE and even >(en (e is not exercisin0 it, ?reB+ent ?las(es o? ?ore@no>led0e come t(ro+0( into (is ordinary li?e, so t(at (e o?ten (as an instantaneo+s int+ition as to (o> t(in0s >ill t+rn o+t even be?ore t(eir ince)tion. [). 16<] -(ort o? t(is )er?ect )revision >e ?ind, as in t(e )revio+s cases, t(at all de0rees o? t(is ty)e o? clairvoyance exist, ?rom t(e occasional va0+e )remonitions >(ic( cannot in any tr+e sense be called si0(t at all, +) to ?reB+ent and ?airly com)lete second-si0(t. '(e ?ac+lty to >(ic( t(is latter some>(at misleadin0 name (as been 0iven is an extremely interestin0 one and >o+ld >ell re)ay more care?+l and systematic st+dy t(an (as ever (i0(er to been 0iven to it. It is best @no> to +s as a not in?reB+ent )ossession o? t(e -cottis( ,i0(landers, t(o+0( it is by no means con?irmed to t(em. !ccasional instances o? it (ave a))eared in almost every nation, b+t it (as al>ays been commonest amon0 mo+ntaineers and men o? lonely li?e. Wit( +s in $n0land it is o?ten s)o@en o? as t(o+0( it >ere t(e excl+sive a))ana0e o? t(e Celtic race, b+t in reality it (as a))eared amon0 similarly sit+ated )eo)les t(e >orld over. It is stated, ?or exam)le, to be very common amon0 t(e West)(alian )easantry. -ometimes t(e second-si0(t consists o? a )ict+re clearly ?ores(o>in0 some comin0 [). 164] eventE more ?reB+ently, )er(a)s, t(e 0lim)se o? t(e ?+t+re is 0iven by some symbolical a))earance. It is note>ort(y t(at t(e events ?oreseen are invariably +n)leasant ones--deat( bein0 t(e commonest o? allE I do not recollect a sin0le instance in >(ic( t(e second-si0(t (as s(o>n anyt(in0 >(ic( >as

not o? t(e most 0loomy nat+re. It (as a 0(astly symbolism >(ic( is all its o>n--a symbolism o? s(ro+ds and cor)se-candles, and ot(er ?+nereal (orrors. In some cases it a))ears to be to a certain extent de)endent on locality, ?or it is state t(at in(abitants o? t(e Isle o? -@ye >(o )ossess t(e ?a+lty o?ten lose it >(en t(ey leave t(e island, even t(o+0( it be only to cross to t(e mainland. '(e 0i?t o? s+c( si0(t is sometimes (ereditary in a ?amily ?or 0enerations, b+t t(is is not an invariable r+le, ?or it o?ten a))ears s)oradically in one member o? a ?amily ot(er>ise ?ree ?rom its l+0+brio+s in?l+ence. An exam)le in >(ic( an acc+rate vision o? a comin0 even >as seen some mont(s be?ore(and by second-si0(t (as already been 0iven. ,ere is anot(er and )er(a)s a more stri@in0 one, >(ic( I 0ive exactly as it >as [). 169] related to me by one o? t(e actors in t(e scene. =We )l+n0ed into t(e A+n0le, and (ad >al@ed on ?or abo+t an (o+r >it(o+t m+c( s+ccess, >(en Cameron, >(o (a))ened to be next to me, sto))ed s+ddenly, t+rned )ale as deat(, and, )ointin0 strai0(t be?ore (im, cried in accents o? (orror& =F-eeL seeL merci?+l (eaven, loo@ t(ereLF =FW(ereI >(atI >(at is itIF >e all s(o+ted con?+sedly, as >e r+s(ed +) to (im and loo@ed ro+nd in ex)ectation o? enco+nterin0 a ti0er--a cobra-->e (ardly @ne> >(at, b+t ass+redly somet(in0 terrible, since it (ad been s+??icient to ca+se s+c( evident emotion in o+r +s+ally sel?-contained comrade. H+t neit(er ti0er nor cobra >as visible--not(in0 b+t Cameron )ointin0 >it( 0(astly, (a00ard ?ace and starin0 eyeballs at somet(in0 >e co+ld not see. =FCameronL CameronLF cried I, seiGin0 (is arm, F?or (eavenFs sa@e, s)ea@L W(at is t(e matterIF =-carcely >ere t(e >ords o+t o? my mo+t( >(en a lo>, b+t very )ec+liar so+nd str+c@ on my ear, and Cameron, dro))in0 (is )ointin0 [). 165] (and, said in a (oarse, strained voice, F'(ereL yo+ (eard itI '(an@ .od itFs overLF and ?ell to t(e 0ro+nd insensible. ='(ere >as a momentary con?+sion >(ile >e +n?astened (is collard, and I das(ed in (is ?ace some >ater >(ic( I ?ort+nately (ad in my ?las@, >(ile anot(er tried to )o+r brandy bet>een (is clenc(ed teet(E and +nder cover o? it >(is)ered to t(e man next to me Cone o? o+r 0reatest sce)tics, by t(e >ayD, FHea+c(am), did yo+ (ear anyt(in0IF =FW(y, yes,F (e re)lied, Fa c+rio+s so+nd, veryE a sort o? cras( or rattle ?ar a>ay in t(e distance, yet very distinctE i? t(e t(in0 >ere not +tterly im)ossible, I co+ld (ave s>orn it >as t(e rattle o? m+s@etryF. =FJ+st my im)ressionF, m+rm+red IE Fb+t (+s(L (e is recoverin0F. =In a min+te or t>o (e >as able to s)ea@ ?eebly, and be0an to t(an@ +s and a)olo0iGe ?or 0ivin0 tro+bleE and soon (e sat +), leanin0 a0ainst a tree, and in a ?irm, t(o+0( still lo> voice said&

=F%y dear ?riends, I ?eel I o>e yo+ an ex)lanation o? my extraordinary be(avio+r. It is an ex)lanation t(at I >o+ld ?ain avoid [). 167] 0ivin0E b+t it m+st come some time, and so may as >ell be 0iven no>. "o+ may )er(a)s (ave noticed t(at >(en d+rin0 o+r voya0e yo+ all Aoin in sco??in0 at dreams, )ortents and visions, I invariably avoided 0ivin0 any o)inion on t(e s+bAect. I did so beca+se, >(ile I (ad no desire to co+rt ridic+le or )rovo@e disc+ssion, I >as +nable to a0ree >it( yo+ @no>in0 only too >ell ?rom my o>n dread ex)erience t(at t(e >orld >(ic( men a0ree to call t(at o? t(e s+)ernat+ral is A+st as real as--nay, )er(a)s, even ?ar more real t(an--t(is >orld >e see abo+t +s. In ot(er >ords, I, li@e many o? my co+ntry men, am c+rsed >it( t(e 0i?t o? second-si0(t--t(at a>?+l ?ac+lty >(ic( ?oretells in vision calamities t(at are s(ortly to occ+rF. =F-+c( a vision I (ad A+st no>, and its exce)tional (orror moved me as yo+ (ave seen. I sa> be?ore me a cor)se--not t(at o? one >(o (as died a )eace?+l nat+ral deat(, b+t t(at o? t(e victim o? some terrible accidentE a 0(astly, s(a)eless mass, >it( a ?ace s>ollen, cr+s(ed, +nreco0nisable. I sa> t(is dread?+l obAect )laced in a co??in, and t(e ?+neral service )er?ormed over it. I sa> t(e [). 166] b+rial 0ro+nd, I sa> t(e cler0ymanE and t(o+0( I (ad never seen eit(er be?ore, I can )ict+re bot( )er?ectly in my mindFs eye no>E I sa> yo+, mysel?, Hea+c(am), all o? +s and many more, standin0 ro+nd as mo+rnersE I sa> t(e soldiers raise t(eir m+s@ets a?ter t(e service >as overE I (eard t(e volley t(ey ?ired--and t(en I @ne> no moreF. =As (e s)o@e o? t(at volley o? m+s@etry I 0lanced across >it( a s(+dder at Hea+c(am), and t(e loo@ o? stony (orror on t(at (andsome sce)ticFs ?ace >as not to be ?or0otten.= '(is is only one incident Cand by no means t(e )rinci)al oneD in a very remar@able story o? )syc(ic ex)erience, b+t as ?or t(e moment >e are concerned merely >it( t(e exam)le o? second-si0(t >(ic( it 0ives +s, I need only say t(at later in t(e day t(e )arty o? yo+n0 soldiers discovered t(e body o? t(eir commandin0 o??icer in t(e terrible condition so 0ra)(ically described by %r. Cameron. '(e narrative contin+es& =W(en, on t(e ?ollo>in0 evenin0, >e arrived at o+r destination, and o+r melanc(oly de)osition (ad been ta@en do>n by t(e )ro)er a+t(orities, Cameron and I >ent o+t [). 168] ?or a B+iet >al@, to endeavo+r >it( t(e assistance o? t(e soot(in0 in?l+ence o? nat+re to s(a@e o?? somet(in0 o? t(e 0loom >(ic( )aralyGed o+r s)irits. -+ddenly (e cl+tc(ed my arm, and )ointin0 t(ro+0( some r+de railin0s, said in a tremblin0 voice. ="es, t(ere it isL t(at is t(e b+rial-0ro+nd I sa> yesterdayF. And >(en later on >e >ere introd+ced to t(e c(a)lain o? t(e )ost, I noticed, t(o+0( my ?riends did not, t(e irre)ressible s(+dder >it( >(ic( Cameron too@ (is (and, and I @ne> t(at (e (ad reco0niGed t(e cler0yman o? (is vision.= As ?or t(e occ+lt rational o? all t(is, I )res+me %r. CameronFs vision >as a )+re case o? secondsi0(t, and i? so t(e ?act t(at t(e t>o men >(o >ere evidently nearest to (im Ccertainly one--)robably bot(--act+ally to+c(in0 (imD )artici)ated in it to t(e limited extent o? (earin0 t(e concl+din0 volley, >(ile t(e ot(ers >(o >ere not so close did not, >o+ld s(o> t(at t(e intensity >it( >(ic( t(e vision im)ressed itsel? +)on t(e seer occasioned vibrations in (is mind-body >(ic( >ere comm+nicated to

t(ose o? t(e )ersons in contact >it( (im, as in ordinary [). 169] t(o+0(t-trans?erence. Anyone >(o >is(es to read t(e rest o? t(e story >ill ?ind it in t(e )a0es o? L+ci?er, vol. xx, )a0e 956. -cores o? exam)les o? similar nat+re to t(ese mi0(t easily be collected. Wit( re0ard to t(e symbolical variety o? t(is si0(t, it is commonly stated amon0 t(ose >(o )ossess it t(at i? on meetin0 a livin0 )erson t(ey see a )(antom s(ro+d >ra))ed aro+nd (im, it is a s+re )ro0nostication o? (is deat(. '(e date o? t(e a))roac(in0 decease is indicated eit(er by t(e extent to >(ic( t(e s(ro+d covers t(e body, or by t(e time o? day at >(ic( t(e vision is seenE ?or i? it be in t(e early mornin0 t(ey say t(at t(e man >ill die d+rin0 t(e same day, b+t i? it be in t(e evenin0, t(en it >ill be only some time >it(in a year. Anot(er variant Cand a remar@able oneD o? t(e symbolic ?orm o? second-si0(t is t(at in >(ic( t(e (eadless a))arition o? t(e )erson >(ose deat( is ?oretold mani?ests itsel? to t(e seer. An exam)le o? t(at class is 0iven in -i0ns be?ore ;eat( as (avin0 (a))ened in t(e ?amily o? ;r. 2errier, t(o+0( in t(at case, i? I recollect ri0(tly, t(e vision did not occ+r +ntil t(e time o? t(e deat(, or very near it. [). 188] '+rnin0 ?rom seers >(o are re0+larly in )ossession o? a certain ?ac+lty, alt(o+0( its mani?estations are only occasionally ?+lly +nder t(eir control, >e are con?ronted by a lar0e n+mber o? isolated instances o? )revision in t(e case o? )eo)le >it( >(om it is not in any >ay a re0+lar ?ac+lty. *er(a)s t(e maAority o? t(ese occ+r in dreams, alt(o+0( exam)les o? t(e >a@in0 vision are by no means >antin0. -ometimes t(e )revision re?ers to an event o? distinct im)ortance to t(e seer, and so A+sti?ies t(e action o? t(e $0o in ta@in0 t(e tro+ble to im)ress it. In ot(er cases, t(e even is one >(ic( is o? no a))arent im)ortance, or is not in any >ay connected >it( t(e man to >(om t(e vision comes. -ometimes it is clear t(at t(e intention o? t(e $0o Cor t(e comm+nicatin0 entity, >(atever it may beD is to >arn t(e lo>er sel? o? t(e a))roac( o? some calamity, eit(er in order t(at it may be )revented or, i? t(at be not )ossible, t(at t(e s(oc@ may be minimiGed by )re)aration. '(e even most ?reB+ently t(+s ?ores(ado>ed is, )er(a)s not +nnat+rally, deat(--sometimes t(e deat( o? t(e seer (imsel?, [). 181] sometimes t(at o? one dear to (im. '(is ty)e o? )revision is so common in t(e literat+re o? t(e s+bAect, and its obAect is so obvio+s, t(at >e need (ardly cite exam)les o? itE b+t one or t>o instances in >(ic( t(e )ro)(etic si0(t, t(o+0( clearly +se?+l, >as yet o? a less sombre c(aracter, >ill )rove not +ninterestin0 to t(e reader. '(e ?ollo>in0 is c+lled ?rom t(at store(o+se o? t(e st+dent o? t(e +ncanny, %rs. Cro>eFs #i0(t -ide o? #at+re, )a0e 6<. =A ?e> years a0o ;r. Watson, no> residin0 at .las0o>, dreamt t(at (e received a s+mmons to attend a )atient at a )lace some miles ?rom >(ere (e >as livin0E t(at (e started on (orsebac@, and t(at as (e >as crossin0 a moor (e sa> a b+ll ma@in0 ?+rio+sly at (im, >(ose (orns (e only esca)ed by ta@in0 re?+0e on a s)ot inaccessible to t(e animal, >(ere (e >aitin0 a lon0 time till some )eo)le, observin0 (is sit+ation, came to (is assistance and released (im. =W(ilst at brea@?ast on t(e ?ollo>in0 mornin0 t(e s+mmons came, and smilin0 at t(e odd coincidence Cas (e t(o+0(t itD, (e started on (orsebac@. ,e >as B+ite i0norant o? t(e road (e (ad to

0o, b+t by and by (e [). 18<] arrived at t(e moor, >(ic( (e reco0niGed, and )resently t(e b+ll a))eared, comin0 ?+ll tilt to>ards (im. H+t (is dream (ad s(o>n (im t(e )lace o? re?+0e ?or >(ic( (e instantly made, and t(ere (e s)ent t(ree or ?o+r (o+rs, besie0ed by t(e animal, till t(e co+ntry )eo)le set (im ?ree. ;r Watson declares t(at b+t ?or t(e dream (e s(o+ld not (ave @no>n in >(at direction to r+n ?or sa?ety.= Anot(er case, in >(ic( a m+c( lon0er interval se)arated t(e >arnin0 and its ?+l?illment, is 0iven by ;r. 2. .. Lee, in .lim)ses o? t(e -+)ernat+ral, ol+me 1, )a0e <98. =%rs. ,anna( .reen, t(e (o+se@ee)er o? a co+ntry ?amily in !x?ords(ire, dreamt one ni0(t t(at s(e (ad been le?t alone in t(e (o+se +)on a -+nday evenin0, and t(at (earin0 a @noc@ at t(e door o? t(e c(ie? entrance s(e >ent to it and t(ere ?o+nd an ill-loo@in0 tram) armed >it( a bl+d0eon, >(o insisted on ?orcin0 (imsel? into t(e (o+se. -(e t(o+0(t t(at s(e str+00led ?or some time to )revent (im so doin0, b+t B+ite ine??ect+ally, and t(at, bein0 str+c@ do>n by (im and rendered insensible, (e t(ere+)on 0ained in0ress to t(e mansion. !n t(is s(e a>o@e. [). 184] =As not(in0 (a))ened ?or a considerable )eriod t(e circ+mstance o? t(e dream >as soon ?or0otten, and, as s(e (ersel? asserts, (ad alto0et(er )assed a>ay ?rom (er mind. ,o>ever, seven years a?ter>ards t(is same (o+se@ee)er >as le?t >it( t>o ot(er servants to ta@e c(ar0e o? an isolated mansion at Nensin0ton Cs+bseB+ently t(e to>n residence o? t(e ?amilyD, >(en on a certain -+nday evenin0, (er ?ello>-servants (avin0 0one o+t and le?t (er alone, s(e >as s+ddenly startled by a lo+d @noc@ at t(e ?ront door. =All o? a s+dden t(e remembrance o? (er ?ormer dream ret+rned to (er >it( sin0+lar vividness and remar@able ?orce, and s(e ?elt (er lonely isolation 0reatly. Accordin0ly, (avin0 at once li0(ted a lam) on t(e (all table--d+rin0 >(ic( act t(e lo+d @noc@ >as re)eated >it( vi0o+r--s(e too@ t(e )reca+tion to 0o +) to a landin0 on t(e star and t(ro> +) t(e >indo>E and t(ere to (er intense terror s(e sa> in t(e ?les( t(e very man >(o years )revio+sly s(e (ad seen in (er dream, armed >it( t(e bl+d0eon and demandin0 an entrance. [). 189] =Wit( 0reat )resence o? mind s(e >ent do>n to t(e c(ie? entrance, made t(at and ot(er doors and >indo>s more sec+re, and t(en ran0 t(e vario+s bells o? t(e (o+se violently, and )laced li0(ts in t(e +))er rooms. It >as concl+ded t(at by t(e acts t(e intr+der >as scared a>ay. $vidently in t(is case also t(e dream >as o? )ractical +se, as >it(o+t it t(e >ort(y (o+se@ee)er >o+ld >it(o+t do+bt ?rom s(eer ?orce o? (abit (ave o)ened t(e door in t(e ordinary >ay in ans>er to t(e @noc@. It is not, (o>ever, only in dream t(at t(e $0o im)resses (is lo>er sel? >it( >(at (e t(in@s it >ell ?or it to @no>. %any instances s(o>in0 t(is mi0(t be ta@en ?rom t(e boo@s, b+t instead o? B+otin0 ?rom t(em I >ill 0ive a case related only a ?e> >ee@s a0o by a lady o? my acB+aintance--a case >(ic(, alt(o+0( not s+rro+nded >it( any romantics incident, (as at least t(e merit o? bein0 ne>. %y ?riend, t(en, (as t>o B+ite yo+n0 c(ildren, and a little >(ile a0o t(e elder o? t(em ca+0(t Cas >as s+))osedD a bad cold, and s+??ered ?or some days ?rom a com)lete sto))a0e in t(e +))er )art o?

t(e nose. '(e [). 185] mot(er t(o+0(t little o? t(is, ex)ectin0 it to )ass o??, +ntil one day s(e s+ddenly sa> be?ore (er in t(e air >(at s(e describes as a )ict+re o? a room, in t(e centre o? >(ic( >as a table on >(ic( (er c(ild >as lyin0 insensible or dead, >it( some )eo)le bendin0 over (er. '(e min+test details o? t(e scene >ere clear to (er, and s(e )artic+larly noticed t(at t(e c(ild >ore a >(ite ni0(tdress, >(ereas s(e @ne> t(at all 0arments o? t(at descri)tion )ossessed by (er little da+0(ter (a))ened to be )in@. '(e vision im)ressed (er considerably, and s+00ested to (er ?or t(e ?irst time t(at t(e c(ild mi0(t be s+??erin0 ?rom somet(in0 more serio+s t(an a cold, so s(e carried (er o?? to a (os)ital ?or examination. '(e s+r0eon >(o attended to (er discovered t(e )resence o? dan0ero+s 0ro>t( in t(e nose, >(ic( (e )rono+nced m+st be removed. A ?e> days later t(e c(ild >as ta@en to t(e (os)ital ?or t(e o)eration, and >as )+t to bed. W(en t(e mot(er arrived at t(e (os)ital s(e ?o+nd s(e (ad ?or0otten to brin0 one o? t(e c(ildFs ni0(t-dresses, and so t(e n+rses (ad to s+))ly one, >(ic( >as >(ite. In t(is >(ite dress [). 187] t(e o)eration >as )er?ormed on t(e 0irl t(e next day, in t(e room t(at (er mot(er sa> in (er vision, every circ+mstance bein0 exactly re)rod+ced. In all t(ese cases t(e )revision ac(ieved its res+lt, b+t t(e boo@s are ?+ll o? stories o? >arnin0s ne0lected or sco+ted, and o? t(e disaster t(at conseB+ently ?ollo>ed. In some cases t(e in?ormation is 0iven to someone >(o (as )ractically no )o>er to inter?ere in t(e matter, as in t(e (istoric instance >(en Jo(n Williams, a Cornis( mine-mana0er, ?oresa> in t(e min+test detail, ei0(t or nine days be?ore it too@ )lace, t(e assassination o? %r. -)encer *erceval, t(e t(en C(ancellor o? t(e $xc(eB+er, in t(e lobby o? t(e ,o+se o? Commons. $ven in t(is case, (o>ever, it is A+st )ossible t(at somet(in0 mi0(t (ave been done, ?or >e read t(at %r. Williams >as so m+c( im)ressed t(at (e cons+lted (is ?riends as to >(et(er (e o+0(t not to 0o +) to London to >arn %r. *erceval. 3n?ort+nately t(ey diss+aded (im, and t(e assassination too@ )lace. It does not seem very )robable t(at, even i? (e (ad 0one +) to to>n and related (is story, m+c( attention >o+ld (ave been [). 186] )aid to (imE still t(ere is A+st t(e )ossibility t(at some )reca+tions mi0(t (ave been ta@en >(ic( >o+ld (ave )revented t(e m+rder. '(ere is little to s(o> +s >(at )artic+lar action on (i0(er )lanes led to t(is c+rio+s )ro)(etic vision. '(e )arties >ere entirely +n@no>n to one anot(er, so t(at it >as not ca+sed by any close sym)at(y bet>een t(em. I? it >as an attem)t made by some (el)er to avert t(e t(reatened doom, it seems stran0e t(at no one >(o >as s+??iciently im)ressible co+ld be ?o+nd nearer t(an Corn>all. *er(a)s %r. Williams, >(en on t(e astral )lane d+rin0 slee), some(o> came across t(is re?lection o? t(e ?+t+re, and bein0 nat+rally (orri?ied t(ereby, )assed it on to (is lo>er mind in t(e (o)e t(at some(o> somet(in0 mi0(t be done to )revent itE b+t it is im)ossible to dia0nose t(e case >it( certainty >it(o+t examinin0 t(e a@as(ic records to see >(at act+ally too@ )lace. A ty)ical instance o? t(e absol+tely )+r)oseless ?oresi0(t is t(at related by %r. -tead, in (is Real .(ost -tories C)a0e 84D, o? (is ?riend %iss 2reer, commonly @no>n as %iss :. W(en stayin0 at a co+ntry (o+se t(is lady, bein0 >ide a>a@e and ?+lly conscio+s, once

[). 188] sa> a do0cart dra>n by a >(ite (orse standin0 at t(e (all door, >it( t>o stran0ers in it, one o? >(om 0ot o+t o? t(e cart and stood )layin0 >it( a terrier. -(e noticed t(at (e >as >earin0 an +lster, and also )artic+larly observed t(e ?res( >(eel-mar@s made by t(e cart on t(e 0ravel. #evert(eless t(ere >as no cart t(ere at t(e timeE b+t (al? an (o+r later t>o stran0ers did drive +) in s+c( an eB+i)a0e, and every detail o? t(e ladyFs vision >as acc+rately ?+l?illed. %r. -tead 0oes on to cite anot(er instance o? eB+ally )+r)oseless )revision >(ere seven years se)arated t(e dream C?or in t(is case it >as a dreamD and its ?+l?illment. All t(ese instances Cand t(ey are merely random selections ?rom many (+ndredsD s(o> t(at a certain amo+nt o? )revision is +ndo+btedly )ossible to t(e $0o, and s+c( cases >o+ld evidently be m+c( more ?reB+ent i? it >ere not ?or t(e exceedin0 density and lac@ o? res)onse in t(e lo>er ve(icles o? t(e maAority o? >(at >e call civiliGed man@ind--B+alities c(ie?ly attrib+table to t(e 0ross )ractical materialism o? t(e )resent a0e. I am not t(in@in0 o? any )ro?ession o? materialistic [). 189] belie? as common, b+t o? t(e ?act t(at in all )ractical a??airs o? daily li?e nearly everyone is 0+ided solely by considerations o? >orldly interest in some s(a)e or ot(er. In many cases t(e $0o (imsel? may be an +ndevelo)ed one and (is )revision conseB+ently very va0+eE in ot(ers (e (imsel? may see clearly b+t may ?ind (is lo>er ve(icles so +nim)ressible t(at all (e can s+cceed in 0ettin0 t(ro+0( into (is )(ysical brain may be an inde?inite )resa0e o? comin0 disaster. A0ain, t(ere are cases in >(ic( a )remonition is not t(e >or@ o? t(e $0o at all, b+t o? some o+tside entity, >(o ?or some reasons ta@es a ?riendly interest in t(e )erson to >(om t(e ?eelin0 comes. In t(e >or@ >(ic( I B+ote above, %r. -tead tells +s o? t(e certainty >(ic( (e ?elt many mont(s be?ore(and t(at (e >o+ld be le?t in c(an0e o? t(e *all %all .aGette, t(ro+0( ?rom an ordinary )oint o? vie> not(in0 seemed less )robable. W(et(er t(at ?ore@no>led0e >as t(e res+lt o? an im)ression made by (is o>n $0o or o? a ?riendly (int ?rom someone else it is im)ossible to say >it(o+t de?inite investi0ation, b+t (is con?idence in it >as ?+lly A+sti?ied. [). 198] '(ere is one more variety o? clairvoyance in time >(ic( o+0(t not to be le?t >it(o+t mention. It is a com)aratively rare one, b+t t(ere are eno+0( exam)les on record to claim o+r attention, t(o+0( +n?ort+nately t(e )artic+lars 0iven do not +s+ally incl+de t(ose >(ic( >e s(o+ld reB+ire in order to be able to dia0nose it >it( certainty. I re?er to t(e cases in >(ic( s)ectral armies or )(antom ?loc@s o? animals (ave been seen. In '(e #i0(t -ide o? #at+re C)a0e 97< et seB.D >e (ave acco+nts o? several s+c( visions. We are t(ere told (o> at ,avara( *ar@, near Ri)ley, a body o? soldiers in >(ite +ni?orm, amo+ntin0 to several (+ndreds, >as seen by re)+table )eo)le to 0o t(ro+0( vario+s evol+tions and t(en vanis(E and (o> some years earlier a similar visionary army >as seen in t(e nei0(bo+r(ood o? Inverness by a res)ectable ?armer and (is son. In t(is case also t(e n+mber o? troo)s >as very 0reat, and t(e s)ectators (ad not t(e sli0(test do+bt at ?irst t(at t(ey >ere s+bstantial ?orms o? ?les( and blood. '(ey co+nted at least sixteen )airs o? col+mns, and (ad ab+ndance o? time to observe every [). 191] )artic+lar. '(e ?ront ran@s marc(ed seven abreast, and >ere accom)anied by a 0ood many >omen and c(ildren, >(o >ere carryin0 tin cans and ot(er im)lements o? coo@ery. '(e men >ere clot(ed in

red, and t(eir arms s(one bri0(tly in t(e s+n. In t(e midst o? t(em >as an animal, a deer or (orse, t(ey co+ld not distin0+is( >(ic(, t(at t(ey >ere drivin0 ?+rio+sly ?or>ard >it( t(eir bayonets. '(e yo+n0er o? t(e t>o men observed to t(e ot(er t(at every no> and t(en t(e rear ran@s >ere obli0ed to r+n to overta@e t(e vanE and t(e elder one, >(o (ad been a soldier, remar@ed t(at t(at >as al>ays t(e case, and recommend (im i? (e ever served to try to marc( in t(e ?ront. '(ere >as only one mo+nted o??icerE (e rode a 0rey dra0oon (orse, and >ore a 0old-laced (at and bl+e ,+ssar cloa@, >it( >ide o)en sleeves lined >it( red. '(e t>o s)ectators observed (im so )artic+larly t(at t(ey said a?ter>ards t(ey s(o+ld reco0niGe (im any>(ere. '(ey >ere, (o>ever, a?raid o? bein0 illtreated or ?orced to 0o alon0 >it( t(e troo)s, >(om t(ey concl+ded to (ave come ?rom Ireland, and landed at ,yntyreE and >(ilst t(ey >ere climbin0 over a dy@e [). 19<] to 0et o+t o? t(eir >ay, t(e >(ole t(in0 vanis(ed. A )(enomenon o? t(e same sort >as observed in t(e earlier )art o? t(is cent+ry at *aderborn in West)(alia, and seen by at least t(irty )eo)leE b+t as, some years later, a revie> o? t>enty t(o+sand men >as (eld on t(e very same s)ot, it >as concl+ded t(at t(e vision m+st (ave been some sort o? second-si0(t--a ?ac+lty not +ncommon in t(e district. -+c( s)ectral (osts, (o>ever, are sometimes seen >(ere an army o? ordinary men co+ld by no )ossibility (ave marc(ed, eit(er be?ore or a?ter. !ne o? t(e most remar@able acco+nts o? s+c( a))aritions is 0iven by %iss ,arriet %artinea+, in (er descri)tion o? '(e $n0lis( La@es. -(e >rites as ?ollo>s& ='(is -o+ter or -o+tra 2ell is t(e mo+ntain on >(ic( 0(osts a))eared in myriads, at intervals d+rin0 ten years o? t(e last cent+ry, )resentin0 t(e same a))earances to t>enty-six c(osen >itnesses, and to all t(e in(abitants o? all t(e cotta0es >it(in vie> o? t(e mo+ntain, and ?or a s)ace o? t>o (o+rs and a (al? at one time--t(e s)ectral s(o> bein0 closed by dar@nessL '(e mo+ntain, be it remembered, [). 194] is ?+ll o? )reci)ices, >(ic( de?y all marc(in0 o? bodies o? menE and t(e nort( and >est sides )resent a s(eer )er)endic+lar o? 988 ?eet. =!n %ids+mmer $ve, 1645, a ?arm servant o? %r. Lancaster, (al? a mile ?rom t(e mo+ntain, sa> t(e eastern side o? its s+mmit covered >it( troo)s, >(ic( )+rs+ed t(eir on>ard marc( ?or an (o+r. '(ey came, indistinct bodies, ?rom an eminence on t(e nort( and disa))eared in a nic(e in t(e s+mmit. W(en t(e )oor ?ello> told (is tale, (e >as ins+lted on all (ands, as ori0inal observers +s+ally are >(en t(ey see anyt(in0 >onder?+l. '>o years a?ter, also on a %ids+mmer $ve, %r. Lancaster sa> some men t(ere, a))arently ?ollo>in0 t(eir (orses, as i? t(ey (ad ret+rned ?rom (+ntin0. ,e t(o+0(t not(in0 o? t(isE b+t (e (a))ened to loo@ +) a0ain ten min+tes a?ter, and sa> t(e ?i0+res, no> mo+nted, and ?ollo>ed by an interminable array o? troo)s, ?ive abreast, marc(in0 ?rom t(e eminence and over t(e cle?t as be?ore. All t(e ?amily sa> t(is, and t(e manoe+vres o? t(e ?orce, as eac( com)any >as @e)t in order by a mo+nted o??icer, >(o [). 199] 0allo)ed t(is >ay and t(at. As t(e s(ades o? t>ili0(t came on, t(e disci)le a))eared to relax, and t(e troo)s intermin0led, and rode at +neB+al )aces till all >as lost in dar@ness. #o> o? co+rse all t(e Lancasters >ere ins+lted, as t(eir servant (ad beenE b+t t(eir A+sti?ication >as not lon0 delayed.

=!n t(e %ids+mmer $ve o? t(e ?ear?+l 1695, t>enty-six )ersons, ex)ressly s+mmoned by t(e ?amily, sa> all t(at (ad been seen be?ore, and more. Carria0es >ere no> inters)ersed >it( t(e troo)sE and everybody @ne> t(at no carria0es (ad been, or co+ld be, on t(e s+mmit o? -o+ter 2ell. '(e m+ltit+de >as beyond ima0inationE ?or t(e troo)s ?illed a s)ace o? a mile, and marc(ed B+ic@ly till ni0(t (id t(em--still marc(in0. '(ere >as not(in0 va)oro+s or indistinct abo+t t(e a))earance o? t(e s)ectres. -o real did t(ey seem, t(at some o? t(e )eo)le >ent +) t(e next mornin0, to loo@ ?or t(e (oo?-mar@s o? t(e (orsesE and a>?+l it >as to t(em to ?ind not one ?oot)rint on (eat(er or 0rass. '(e >itnesses attested t(e >(ole story on oat( be?ore a ma0istrateE and ?ear?+l >ere t(e ex)ectations (eld by t(e >(ole co+ntry-side [). 195] abo+t t(e comin0 events o? t(e -cotc( rebellion. =It no> comes o+t t(at t>o ot(er )ersons (ad seen somet(in0 o? t(e sort in t(e interval viG., in 1694--b+t (ad concealed it, to esca)e t(e ins+lts to >(ic( t(eir nei0(bo+rs >ere s+bAected. %r. Wren, o? Wilton ,all, and (is ?arm servant, sa>, one s+mmer evenin0, a man and a do0 on t(e mo+ntain, )+rs+in0 some (orses alon0 a )lace so stee) t(at a (orse co+ld (ardly by any )ossibility @ee) a ?ootin0 on it. '(eir s)eed >as )rodi0io+s, and t(eir disa))earance at t(e so+t( end o? t(e ?ell so ra)id, t(at %r. Wren and t(e servant >ent +), t(e next mornin0, to ?ind t(e body o? t(e man >(o m+st (ave been @illed. !? man, (orse, or do0, t(ey ?o+nd not a traceE and t(ey came do>n and (eld t(eir ton0+es. W(en t(ey did s)ea@, t(ey ?ared not m+c( better ?or (avin0 t>enty-six s>orn comrades in t(eir dis0race. =As ?or t(e ex)lanation, t(e editor o? t(e Lonsdale %a0aGine declared Cvol+me ii, )a0e 414D t(at it >as discovered t(at on t(e %ids+mmer $ve o? 1695 t(e rebels >ere Fexercisin0 on t(e >estern cost o? -cotland, >(ose [). 197] movements (ad been re?lected by some trans)arent va)o+r, similar to t(e 2ata %or0anaF. '(is is not m+c( in t(e >ay o? ex)lanationE b+t it is, as ?ar as >e @no>, all t(at can be (ad at )resent. '(ese ?acts, (o>ever, bro+0(t o+t a 0ood many moreE as t(e s)ectral marc( o? t(e same @ind seen in Leicesters(ire in 1686, and t(e tradition o? t(e tram) o? armies over ,elvellyn, on t(e eve o? t(e battle o? %arston %oor.= !t(er cases are cited in >(ic( ?loc@s o? s)ectral s(ee) (ave been seen on certain roads, and t(ere are o? co+rse vario+s .erman stories o? )(antom cavalcades o? (+nters and robbers. #o> in t(ese cases, as so o?ten (a))ens in t(e investi0ation o? occ+lt )(enomena, t(ere are several )ossible ca+ses, any one o? >(ic( >o+ld be B+ite adeB+ate to t(e )rod+ction o? t(e observed occ+rrences, b+t in t(e absence o? ?+ller in?ormation it is (ardly ?easible to do more t(an 0+ess as to >(ic( o? t(ese )ossible ca+ses >ere in o)eration in any )artic+lar instance. '(e ex)lanation +s+ally s+00ested C>(enever t(e >(ole story is not ridic+led as a [). 196] ?alse(oodD is t(at >(at is seen is a re?lection by mira0e o? t(e movements o? a real body and troo)s, ta@in0 )lace at a considerable distance. I (ave mysel? seen t(e ordinary mira0e on several occasions and @no> somet(in0 t(ere?ore o? its >onder?+l )o>ers o? dece)tionE b+t it seems to me t(at >e

s(o+ld need some entirely ne> variety o? mira0e, B+ite di??erent ?orm t(at at )resent @no>n to science, to acco+nt ?or t(ese tales o? )(antom armies, some o? >(ic( )ass t(e s)ectator >it(in a ?e> years. 2irst o? all, t(ey may be, as a))arently in t(e West)(alian case above mentioned, sim)ly instances o? )revision on a 0i0antic scale--by >(om arran0ed, and ?or >(at )+r)ose, it is not easy to divine. A0ain, t(ey may o?ten belon0 to t(e )ast instead o? t(e ?+t+re, and be in ?act t(e re?lect in o? scenes ?rom t(e a@as(ic records--t(o+0( (ere a0ain t(e reason and met(od o? s+c( re?lection is not obvio+s. '(ere are )lenty o? tribes o? nat+re-s)irits )er?ectly ca)able, i? ?or any reason t(ey >is(ed to do so, o? )rod+cin0 s+c( a))earances by t(eir >onder?+l )o>er o? 0lamo+r C-ee '(eoso)(ical %an+al, #o. , )a0e 87D, and [). 198] s+c( action >o+ld be B+ite in @ee)in0 >it( t(eir deli0(t in mysti?yin0 and im)ressin0 (+man bein0s. !r it may even sometimes be @indly intended by t(em as a >arnin0 to t(eir ?riends o? events t(at t(ey @no> to be abo+t to ta@e )lace. It seems as t(o+0( some ex)lanation alon0 t(ese lines >o+ld be t(e most reasonable met(od o? acco+ntin0 ?or t(e extraordinary series o? )(enomena described by %iss %artinea+--t(at is, i? t(e stories told to (er can be relied +)on. Anot(er )ossibility is t(at in some cases >(at (ave been ta@en ?or soldiers >ere sim)ly t(e nat+res)irits t(emselves 0oin0 t(ro+0( some o? t(e ordered evol+tions in >(ic( t(ey ta@e so m+c( deli0(t, t(o+0( it m+st be admitted t(at t(ese are rarely o? a c(aracter >(ic( co+ld be mista@en ?or military manoe+vres exce)t by t(e most i0norant. '(e ?loc@s o? animals are )robably inmost instances mere records, b+t t(ere are cases >(ere t(ey, li@e t(e =>ild (+ntsmen= o? .erman story, belon0 to an entirely di??erent class o? )(enomena >(ic( is alto0et(er o+tside o? o+r )resent s+bAect. -t+dents o? t(e occ+lt >ill be ?amiliar >it( t(e ?act t(at t(e [). 199] circ+mstances s+rro+ndin0 any scene o? intense terror or )assion, s+c( as an exce)tionally (orrible m+rder, are liable to be occasionally re)rod+ced in a ?orm >(ic( it needs a very sli0(t develo)ment o? )syc(ic ?ac+lty to be able to seeE and it (as sometimes (a))ened t(at vario+s animals ?ormed )art o? s+c( s+rro+ndin0s, and conseB+ently t(ey also are )eriodically re)rod+ced by t(e action o? t(e 0+ilty conscience o? t(e m+rderer. C-ee %an+al , )a0e 115D. *robably >(atever ?o+ndation o? ?act +nderlies t(e vario+s stories o? s)ectral (orsemen and (+ntin0-troo)s may 0enerally be re?erred to t(is cate0ory. '(is is also t(e ex)lanation, evidently, o? some o? t(e visions o? 0(ostly armies, s+c( as t(at remar@able reenactment o? t(e battle o? $d0e(ill >(ic( seems to (ave ta@en )lace at intervals ?or some mont(s a?ter t(e date o? t(e real str+00le, as testi?ied by a A+stice o? t(e )eace, a cler0yman, and ot(er eye>itnesses in a c+rio+s contem)orary )am)(let entitled *rodi0io+s #oises o? War and Hattle, at $d0e(ill, near Neinton, in #ort(am)tons(ire. Accordin0 to t(e )am)(let t(is case >as investi0ated at t(e time by some [). <88] o??icers o? t(e army, >(o clearly reco0niGed many o? t(e )(antom ?i0+res t(at t(ey sa>. '(is loo@s decidedly li@e an instance o? t(e terrible )o>er o? manFs +nrestrained )assions to re)rod+ce

t(emselves, and to ca+se in some stran0e >ay a @ind o? materialiGation o? t(eir record. In some cases it is clear t(at t(e ?loc@s o? animals seen (ave been sim)ly (ordes o? +nclean arti?icial elementals ta@in0 t(at ?orm in order to ?eed +)on t(e loat(some emanations o? )ec+liarly (orrible )laces, s+c( as >o+ld be t(e site o? a 0allo>s. An instance o? t(is @ind is ?+rnis(ed by t(e celebrated =.yb .(osts=, or 0(osts o? t(e bi00est, describe in %ore .lim)ses o? t(e World 3nseen, )a0e 189, as bein0 re)eatedly seen in t(e ?orm o? (erds o? miss(a)en s>ine-li@e creat+res, r+s(in0, rootin0 and ?i0(tin0 ni0(t a?ter ni0(t on t(e site o? t(at ?o+l mon+ment o? crime. H+t t(ese belon0 to t(e s+bAect o? a))aritions rat(er t(an to t(at o? clairvoyance.

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%$',!;- !2 ;$ $L!*%$#' W(en a men becomes convinced o? t(e reality o? t(e val+able )o>er o? clairvoyance, (is ?irst B+estion +s+ally is, =,o> can I develo) in my o>n case t(is ?ac+lty >(ic( is said to be latent in everyoneI= #o> t(e ?act is t(at t(ere are many met(ods by >(ic( it may be develo)ed, b+t only one >(ic( be at all sa?ely recommended ?or 0eneral +se--t(at o? >(ic( >e s(all s)ea@ last o? all. Amon0 t(e less advanced nations o? t(e >orld t(e clairvoyant state (as been )rod+ced in vario+s obAectionable >aysE amon0 some o? t(e non-Aryan tribes o? India, b+t t(e +se o? intoxicatin0 dr+0s or t(e in(alin0 o? st+)e?yin0 ?+mesE amon0 t(e dervis(es, by >(irlin0 in a mad dance o? reli0io+s ?ervo+r +ntil verti0o and insensibility s+)erveneE amon0 t(e ?ollo>ers [). <8<] o? t(e abominable )ractice o? t(e oodoo c+lt, by ?ri0(t?+l sacri?ices and loat(some rites o? blac@ ma0ic. %et(ods s+c( as t(ese are (a))ily not in vo0+e in o+r race, yet even amon0 +s lar0e n+mbers o? dabblers in t(is ancient art ado)t some )lan o? sel?-(y)notiGation, s+c( as 0aGin0 at a bri0(t s)ot or t(e re)etition o? some ?orm+la +ntil a condition o? semi-st+)e?action is )rod+cedE >(ile yet anot(er sc(ool amon0 t(em >o+ld endeavo+r to arrive at similar res+lts by t(e +se o? some o? t(e Indian systems o? re0+lation o? t(e breat(. All t(ese met(ods are +neB+ivocally to be condemned as B+ite +nsa?e ?or t(e )ractice o? t(e ordinary man >(o (as no idea o? >(at (e is doin0-->(o is sim)ly ma@in0 va0+e ex)eriments in an +n@no>n >orld. $ven t(e met(od o? obtainin0 clairvoyance by allo>in0 onesel? to be mesmeriGed by anot(er )erson is one ?rom >(ic( I s(o+ld mysel? s(rin@ >it( t(e most decided distasteE and ass+redly it s(o+ld never be attem)ted exce)t +nder conditions o? absol+te tr+st and a??ection bet>een t(e ma0netiGer and t(e ma0netiGed, and a )er?ection o? )+rity in (eart and so+l,

[). <84] in mind and intention, s+c( as is rarely to be seen amon0 any b+t t(e 0reatest o? saints. $x)eriments in connection >it( t(e mesmeric trance are o? t(e dee)est interest, as o??erin0 Camon0 ot(er t(in0sD a )ossibility o? )roo? o? t(e ?act o? clairvoyance to t(e sce)tic, yet exce)t +nder s+c( conditions as I (ave A+st mentioned--conditions, I B+ite admit, almost im)ossible to realiGe--I s(o+ld never co+nsel anyone to s+bmit (imsel? as a s+bAect ?or t(em. C+rative mesmerism, Cin >(ic(, >it(o+t )+ttin0 t(e )atient into t(e trance state at all, an e??ort is made to relieve (is )ain, to remove (is disease, or to )o+r vitality into (im by ma0netic )assesD stands on an entirely di??erent ?ootin0E and i? t(e mesmeriGer, even t(o+0( B+ite +ntrained, is (imsel? in 0ood (ealt( and animated by )+re intentions, no (arm is li@ely to be done to t(e s+bAect. In so extreme a case as t(at o? a s+r0ical o)eration, a man mi0(t reasonably s+bmit (imsel? even to t(e mesmeric trance, b+t it is certainly not a condition >it( >(ic( one o+0(t li0(tly to ex)eriment. Indeed, I s(o+ld most stron0ly advise any one >(o did me [). <89] t(e (ono+r to as@ ?or my o)inion on t(e s+bAect, not to attem)t any @ind o? ex)erimental investi0ation into >(at are still to (im t(e abnormal ?orces o? nat+re, +ntil (e (as ?irst o? all read care?+lly everyt(in0 t(at (as been >ritten on t(e s+bAect, or-->(ic( is by ?ar t(e best o? all--+ntil (e is +nder t(e 0+idance o? a B+ali?ied teac(er. H+t >(ere, it >ill be said, is t(e B+ali?ied teac(er to be ?o+ndI #ot, most ass+redly, amon0 any >(o advertise t(emselves as teac(ers, >(o o??er to im)art ?or so many 0+ineas or dollars t(e sacred mysteries o? t(e a0es, or (old =develo)in0 circles= to >(ic( cas+al a))licants are admitted at so m+c( )er (ead. %+c( (as been said in t(is treatise o? t(e necessity ?or care?+l trainin0--o? t(e immense advanta0es o? t(e trained over t(e +ntrained clairvoyantE b+t t(at a0ain brin0s +s bac@ to t(e same B+estion->(ere is t(is de?inite trainin0 to be (adI '(e ans>er is t(at t(e trainin0 may be (ad )recisely >(ere it (as al>ays been to be ?o+nd since t(e >orldFs (istory be0an--at t(e (ands o? t(e .reat W(ite Hrot(er(ood o? [). <85] [)ara0ra)( contin+es] Ade)ts, >(ic( stands no>, as it (as al>ays stood, at t(e bac@ o? (+man evol+tion, 0+idin0 and (el)in0 it +nder t(e s>ay o? t(e 0reat Cosmic La>s >(ic( re)resent to +s t(e Will o? t(e $ternal. H+t (o>, it may be as@ed, is access to be 0ained to '(emI ,o> is t(e as)irant t(irstin0 ?or @no>led0e to si0ni?y to '(em (is >is( ?or instr+ctionI !nce more, by t(e time-(ono+red met(ods only. '(ere is no ne> )atent >(ereby a man can B+ali?y (imsel? >it(o+t tro+ble to become a )+)il in t(at -c(ool--no royal road to t(e learnin0 >(ic( (as to be acB+ired in it. At t(e )resent day, A+st as in t(e mists o? antiB+ity, t(e man >(o >is(es to attract '(eir notice m+st enter +)on t(e slo> and toilsome )at( o? sel?-develo)ment--m+st learn ?irst o? all to ta@e (imsel? in (and and ma@e (imsel? all t(at (e o+0(t to be. '(e ste)s o? t(at )at( are no secretE I (ave 0iven t(em in ?+ll details in Invisible ,el)ers, so I need not re)eat t(em (ere. H+t it is no

easy road to ?ollo>, and yet sooner or later all m+st ?ollo> it, ?or t(e .reat La> o? evol+tion s>ee)s [). <87] man@ind slo>ly b+t resistlessly to>ards its 0oal. 2rom t(ose >(o are )ressin0 into t(is )at( t(e 0reat %asters select '(eir )+)ils, and it is only by B+ali?yin0 (imsel? to be ta+0(t t(at a man can )+t (imsel? in t(e >ay o? 0ettin0 t(e teac(in0. Wit(o+t t(at B+ali?ication members(i) in any Lod0e or -ociety, >(et(er secret or ot(er>ise, >ill not advance (is obAect in t(e sli0(test de0ree. It is tr+e, as >e all @no>, t(at it >as at t(e instance o? some o? t(ese %asters t(at o+r '(eoso)(ical -ociety >as ?o+nded, and t(at ?rom its ran@s some (ave been c(osen to )ass into closer relations >it( '(em. H+t t(at c(oice de)ends +)on t(e earnestness o? t(e candidate, not +)on (is mere members(i) o? t(e -ociety or o? anybody >it(in it. '(at, t(en, is t(e only absol+tely sa?e >ay o? develo)in0 clairvoyance--to enter >it( all oneFs ener0y +)on t(e )at( o? moral and mental evol+tion, at one sta0e o? >(ic( t(is and ot(er o? t(e (i0(er ?ac+lties >ill s)ontaneo+sly be0in to s(o> t(emselves. "et t(ere is one )ractice >(ic( is advise by all t(e reli0ions ali@e-->(ic( i? ado)ted care?+lly [). <86] and reverently can do no (arm to any (+man bein0, yet ?rom >(ic( a very )+re ty)e o? clairvoyance (as sometimes been develo)ed and t(at is t(e )ractice o? meditation. Let a man c(oose a certain time every day--a time >(en (e can rely +)on bein0 B+iet and +ndist+rbed, t(o+0( )re?erably in t(e daytime rat(er t(an at ni0(t--and set (imsel? at t(at time to @ee) (is mind ?or a ?e> min+tes entirely ?ree ?rom all eart(ly t(o+0(ts o? any @ind >(atever and, >(en t(at is ac(ieved, to direct t(e >(ole ?orce o? (is bein0 to>ards t(e (i0(est s)irit+al ideal t(at (e (a))ens to @no>. ,e >ill ?ind t(at to 0ain s+c( )er?ect control o? t(o+0(t is enormo+sly more di??ic+lt t(an (e s+))oses, b+t >(en (e attains it, it cannot b+t be in every >ay most bene?icial to (im, and as (e 0ro>s more and more able to elevate and concentrate (is t(o+0(t, (e may 0rad+ally ?ind t(at ne> >orlds are o)enin0 be?ore (is si0(t. As a )reliminary trainin0 to>ards t(e satis?actory ac(ievement o? s+c( meditation, (e >ill ?ind it desirable to ma@e a )ractice o? concentration in t(e a??airs o? daily li?e--even in t(e smallest o? t(em. I? (e [). <88] >rites a letter, let (im t(in@ o? not(in0 else b+t t(at letter +ntil it is ?inis(edE i? (e reads a boo@, let (im see to it t(at (is t(o+0(t is never allo>ed to >ander ?rom (is a+t(orFs meanin0. ,e m+st learn to (old (is mind in c(ec@, and to be master o? t(at also, as >ell as o? (is lo>er )assionsE (e m+st )atiently labo+r to acB+ire absol+te control o? (is t(o+0(ts, so t(at (e >ill al>ays @no> exactly >(at (e is t(in@in0 abo+t, and >(y--so t(at (e can +se (is mind, and t+rn it or (old it still, as a )ractised s>ordsman t+rns (is >ea)on >(ere (e >ilt. "et a?ter all, i? t(ose >(o so earnestly desire clairvoyance co+ld )ossess it tem)orarily ?or a day or even an (o+r, it is ?ar ?rom certain t(at t(ey >o+ld c(oose to retain t(e 0i?t. 'r+e, it o)ens be?ore t(em ne> >orlds o? st+dy, ne> )o>ers o? +se?+lness, and ?or t(is latter reason most o? +s ?eel it >ort( >(ileE b+t it s(o+ld be remembered t(at ?or one >(ose d+ty still calls (im to live in t(e >orld it is by no means an +nmixed blessin0. 3)on one in >(om t(at vision is o)ened t(e sorro> and t(e misery, t(e evil and t(e 0reed o? t(e >orld )ress as an ever-)resent b+rden,

[). <89] +ntil in t(e earlier days o? (is @no>led0e (e o?ten ?eels inclined to ec(o t(e )assionate adA+ration contained in t(ose rollin0 lines o? -c(illerFs& ;ein !ra@el G+ ver@+nden, >ar+m >ar?est d+ mic( (in In die -tadt der e>i0 Hlinden, mit dem a+?0esc(lossFnen -innI 2rommtFs den -c(leier a+?G+(eben, >o das na(e -c(rec@nis dro(tI #+r der Irrt(+m ist das LebenE dieses Wissen ist der 'od. #imm, ! nimm die tra+rF0e Nlar(eit mir vom A+0F den bl+tF0en -c(einL -c(rec@lic( ist es deiner Wa(r(eit sterblic(es .e?ass G+ seinL >(ic( may )er(a)s be translated, =W(y (ast t(o+ cast me t(+s into t(e to>n o? t(e ever-blind, to )roclaim t(ine oracle by t(e o)ened senseI W(at )ro?its it to li?t t(e veil >(ere t(e near dar@ness t(reatensI !nly i0norance is li?eE t(is @no>led0e is deat(. 'a@e bac@ t(is sad clear-si0(tednessE ta@e ?rom mine eyes t(is cr+el li0(tL It is (orrible to be t(e mortal c(annel o? t(y tr+t(.= And a0ain later (e cries, =.ive me bac@ my blindness, t(e (a))y dar@ness o? my sensesE ta@e bac@ t(y dread?+l 0i?tL= [). <18] H+t t(is o? co+rse is a ?eelin0 >(ic( )asses, ?or t(e (i0(er si0(t soon s(o>s t(e )+)il somet(in0 beyond t(e sorro>--soon bears in +)on (is so+l t(e over>(elmin0 certainty t(at, >(atever a))earances do>n (ere may seem to indicate, all t(in0s are >it(o+t s(ado>s o? do+bt >or@in0 to0et(er ?or t(e event+al 0ood o? all. ,e re re?lects t(at t(e sin and t(e s+??erin0 are t(ere, >(et(er (e is able to )erceive t(em or not, and t(at >(en (e can see t(em (e is a?ter all better able to 0ive e??icient (el) t(an (e >o+ld be i? (e >ere >or@in0 in t(e dar@E and so by de0rees (e learns to bear (is s(are o? t(e (eavy @arma o? t(e >orld. -ome mis0+ide mortals t(ere are >(o, (avin0 t(e 0ood ?ort+ne to )ossess some sli0(t to+c( o? t(is (i0(er )o>er, are nevert(eless so absol+tely destit+te o? all ri0(t ?eelin0 in connection >it( it as to +se it ?or t(e most sordid ends--act+ally even to advertise t(emselves as =test and b+siness clairvoyantsL.= #eedless to say, s+c( +se o? t(e ?ac+lty is a mere )rostit+tion and de0radation o? it, s(o>in0 t(at its +n?ort+nate )ossessor (as some(o> 0ot (old o? it be?ore t(e moral side [). <11] o? (is nat+re (as been s+??iciently develo)ed to stand t(e strain >(ic( it im)oses. A )erce)tion o? t(e amo+nt o? evil @arma t(at may be 0enerated by s+c( action in a very s(ort time c(an0es oneFs dis0+st into )ity ?or t(e +n(a))y )er)etrator o? t(at sacrile0io+s ?olly. It is sometimes obAect t(at t(e )ossession o? clairvoyance destroys all )rivacy, and con?ers a limitless ability to ex)lore t(e secrets o? ot(ers. #o do+bt it does con?er s+c( an ability, b+t nevert(eless t(e s+00estion is an am+sin0 one to any one >(o @no>s anyt(in0 )ractically abo+t t(e matter. -+c( an obAection may )ossibly be >ell-?o+nded as re0ards t(e very limited )o>ers o? t(e =test and b+siness clairvoyant=, b+t t(e man >(o brin0s it ?or>ard a0ainst t(ose >(o (ave (ad t(e ?ac+lty o)ened ?or t(em in t(e co+rse o? t(eir instr+ction, and conseB+ently )ossess it ?+lly, is ?or0ettin0 t(ree ?+ndamental ?acts& ?irst, t(at it is B+ite inconceivable t(at anyone, (avin0 be?ore (im t(e s)lendid ?ields ?or investi0ation >(ic( tr+e clairvoyance o)ens +), co+ld ever (ave t(e sli0(test >is( to )ry into t(e tr+m)ery little secrets o? any

[). <1<] individ+al manE secondly, t(at even i? by some im)ossible c(ance o+r clairvoyant (ad s+c( indecent c+riosity abo+t matters o? )etty 0ossi), t(ere is, a?ter all, s+c( a t(in0 as t(e (ono+r o? a 0entleman, >(ic(, on t(at )lane as on t(is, >o+ld o? co+rse )revent (im ?rom contem)latin0 ?or an instant t(e idea o? 0rati?yin0 itE and t(irdly, in case, by any +n(eard-o? )ossibility, one mi0(t enco+nter some variety o? lo>-class )itri >it( >(om t(e above considerations >o+ld (ave no >ei0(t, ?+ll instr+ctions are al>ays 0iven to every )+)il, as soon as (e develo)s any si0n o? ?ac+lty, as to t(e limitations >(ic( are )laced +)on its +se. *+t brie?ly, t(ese restrictions are t(at t(ere s(all be no )ryin0, no sel?is( +se o? t(e )o>er, and no dis)layin0 o? )(enomena. '(at is to say, t(at t(e same considerations >(ic( >o+ld 0overn t(e actions o? a man o? ri0(t ?eelin0 +)on t(e )(ysical )lane are ex)ected to a))ly +)on t(e astral and mental )lanes alsoE t(at t(e )+)il is never +nder any circ+mstances to +se t(e )o>er >(ic( (is additional @no>led0e 0ives to (im in order to )romote (is o>n >orldly advanta0e, or [). <14] indeed in connection >it( 0ain in any >ayE and t(at (e is never to 0ive >(at is called in s)irit+alistic circle =a test=--t(at is, to do anyt(in0 >(ic( >ill incontestably )rove to sce)tics on t(e )(ysical )lane t(at (e )ossesses >(at to t(em >o+ld a))ear to be an abnormal )o>er. Wit( re0ard to t(is latter )roviso )eo)le o?ten say, =H+t >(y s(o+ld (e notI It >o+ld be so easy to con?+te and convince yo+r sce)tic, and it >o+ld do (im 0oodL= -+c( critics lose si0(t o? t(e ?act t(at, in t(e ?irst )lace, none o? t(ose >(o @no> anyt(in0 >ant to con?+te or convince sce)tics, or tro+ble t(emselves in t(e sli0(test de0ree abo+t t(e sce)ticFs attit+de one >ay or t(e ot(erE and in t(e second, t(ey ?ail to +nderstand (o> m+c( better it s ?or t(at sce)tic t(at (e s(o+ld 0rad+ally 0ro> into an intellect+al a))reciation o? t(e ?acts o? nat+re, instead o? bein0 s+ddenly introd+ced to t(em by a @noc@do>n blo>, as it >ere. H+t t(e s+bAect >as ?+lly considered many years a0o in %r. -innettFs !cc+lt World, and it is needless to re)eat a0ain t(e ar0+ments t(ere add+ced. [). <19] It is very (ard ?or some o? o+r ?riends to realiGe t(at t(e silly 0ossi) and idle c+riosity >(ic( so entirely ?ill t(e lives o? t(e brainless maAority on eart( can (ave no )lace in t(e more real li?e o? t(e disci)leE and so t(ey sometimes enB+ire >(et(er, even >it(o+t any s)ecial >is( to see, a clairvoyant mi0(t not cas+ally observe some secret >(ic( anot(er )erson >as tryin0 to @ee), in t(e same >ay as oneFs 0lance mi0(t cas+ally ?all +)on a sentence in someone elseFs letter >(ic( (a))ened to be lyin0 o)en +)on t(e table. !? co+rse (e mi0(t, b+t >(at i? (e didI '(e man o? (ono+r >o+ld at once avert (is eyes, in one case as in t(e ot(er, and it >o+ld be as t(o+0(t (e (ad not seen. I? obAectors co+ld b+t 0ras) t(e idea t(at no )+)il cares abo+t ot(er )eo)leFs b+siness, exce)t >(en it comes >it(in (is )rovince to try to (el) t(em, and t(at (e (as al>ays a >orld o? >or@ o? (is o>n to attend to, t(ey >o+ld not be so (o)elessly ?ar ?rom +nderstandin0 t(e ?acts o? t(e >ide li?e o? t(e trained clairvoyant. $ven ?rom t(e little t(at I (ave said >it( re0ard to t(e restrictions laid +)on t(e )+)il, [). <15] it >ill be obvio+s t(at in very many cases (e >ill @no> m+c( more t(an (e is at liberty to say. '(at is o? co+rse tr+e in a ?ar >ider sense o? t(e 0reat %asters o? Wisdom '(emselves, and t(at is >(y t(ose >(o (ave t(e )rivile0e o? occasionally enterin0 '(eir )resence )ay so m+c( res)ect to '(eir

li0(test >ord in s+bAects B+ite a)art ?rom t(e direct teac(in0. 2or o)inion o? a master, or even o? one o? ,is (i0(er )+)ils, +)on any s+bAect is t(at o? a man >(ose o))ort+nity o? A+d0in0 acc+rately is o+t o? all )ro)ortion to o+rs. ,is )osition and ,is extended ?ac+lties are in reality t(e (erita0e o? all man@ind, and, ?ar t(o+0( >e may no> be ?rom t(ose 0rand )o>ers, t(ey >ill none t(e less certainly be o+rs one day. "et (o> di??erent a )lace >ill t(is old >orld be >(en (+manity as a >(ole )ossesses t(e (i0(er clairvoyanceL '(in@ >(at t(e di??erence >ill be to (istory >(en all can read t(e recordsE to science, >(en all t(e )rocesses abo+t >(ic( no> men t(eoriGe can be >atc(ed t(ro+0( all t(eir co+rseE to medicine, >(en doctor and )atients ali@e can see clearly and exactly all t(at is bein0 doneE [). <17] to )(iloso)(y, >(en t(ere is no lon0er any )ossibility o? disc+ssion as to its basis, beca+se all ali@e can see a >ider as)ect o? t(e tr+t(E to labo+r, >(en all >or@ >ill be Aoy, beca+se every man >ill be )+t only to t(at >(ic( (e can do bestE to ed+cation, >(en t(e minds and (earts o? t(e c(ildren are o)en to t(e teac(er >(o is tryin0 to ?orm t(eir c(aracterE to reli0ion, >(en t(ere is no lon0er any )ossibility o? dis)+te as to its broad do0mas, since t(e tr+t( abo+t t(e states a?ter deat(, and t(e .reat La> t(at 0overns t(e >orld, >ill be )atent to all eyes. Above all, (o> ?ar easier it >ill be t(en ?or t(e evolved men to (el) one anot(er +nder t(ose so m+c( ?reer conditions. '(e )ossibilities t(at o)en be?ore t(e mind are as 0lorio+s vistas stretc(in0 in all directions, so t(at o+r -event( Ro+nd s(o+ld indeed be a veritable 0olden a0e. Well ?or +s t(at t(ese 0rand ?ac+lties >ill not be )ossessed by all (+manity +ntil it (as evolved to a ?ar (i0(er level in morality as >ell as in >isdom, else s(o+ld >e b+t re)eat once more +nder still >orse conditions t(e terrible do>n?all o? t(e 0reat Atlantean civiliGation, >(ose members [). <16] ?ailed to realiGe t(at increased )o>er meant increased res)onsibility. "et >e o+rselves >ere most o? +s amon0 t(ose very menE let +s (o)e t(at >e (ave learnt >isdom by t(at ?ail+re, and t(at >(en t(e )ossibilities o? t(e >ider li?e o)en be?ore +se once more, t(is time >e s(all bear t(e trial better.

Clairvoyance, by C.W. Leadbeater, [1899], at sacred-texts.com [). <18] [). <19] I#;$: A; A#'A.$- o? astral vision, /)a0e 971, /)a0e 671, /)a0e 841 mental vision, /)a0e 941 trainin0, /)a0e 191, /)a0e 751, /)a0e 8<1, /)a0e 1<51, /)a0e 19<1, /)a0e 1981E /)a0e <891 A@as(ic records, /)a0e 18<1, /)a0e 1181 A))aritions, /)a0e 781 Armies, )(antom, /)a0e 1981 Assassination o? %r. *erceval, /)a0e 1871 As)ect o? t(e records, /)a0e 1981 Astral body, /)a0e 841 co+nter)art, /)a0e 141 c+rrent, /)a0e 6<1, /)a0e 1851, /)a0e 1151

matter, )olariGation o?, /)a0e 691 )lane, /)a0e 951, /)a0e 1<51 senses, /)a0e 171 si0(t, /)a0e 9<1, /)a0e 781, /)a0e 671, /)a0e 1<51 telesco)e, /)a0e 671, /)a0e 661, /)a0e 18<1 travellin0 in t(e, /)a0e 841 A+ra, t(e, /)a0e 971, /)a0e 1<<1 o? t(e H+dd(a, /)a0e 1<<1 HALA#C$, /)a0e 1591 HatFs cry, ex)eriment >it(, /)a0e 81 Hattle o? $d0e(ill, /)a0e 1991 Hody, t(e astral, /)a0e 81I t(e ca+sal, /)a0e 1<<1 Hro>nies, /)a0e 471 H+dd(ic ?ac+lty, /)a0e 181, /)a0e 14<1, /)a0e 1781, /)a0e 1611 H+ll and t(e doctor, t(e story o?, /)a0e 1811 CA3-AL body, /)a0e 1<<1 Centres o? vitality, /)a0e 1<1, /)a0e 171 Cerebro-s)inal system, /)a0e <41 Ceremonies +sed to 0ain clairvoyance, /)a0e 781, /)a0e <811 [). <<8] Certainty o? event+al 0ood, /)a0e <171 C(aracter, A+d0ment o?, /)a0e 981 C(a@rams, /)a0e 1<1, /)a0e 171 C(ord o? a man, t(e, /)a0e 951 Claira+dience, /)a0e 811 Clairvoyance by dr+0s or ceremonies, /)a0e 781, /)a0e <811 cas+al, /)a0e 1111 does it destroy )rivacyI, /)a0e <181 d+rin0 slee), /)a0e <91 (o> ?irst mani?ested, /)a0e <61 (ysterical, /)a0e 711 limitations o?, /)a0e 991, /)a0e 951, /)a0e <141 meanin0 o? >ord, /)a0e 11 occasional ?las(es o?, /)a0e <91 o? t(e +nc+lt+red, /)a0e <11 on mental )lane, /)a0e 791 on trivial s+bAects, /)a0e 741, /)a0e 1191, /)a0e 1861 )artial and tem)orary, /)a0e 711 restrictions +)on, /)a0e 861, /)a0e 971, /)a0e <141 sadness o?, /)a0e <891 +nder mesmerism, /)a0e <51, /)a0e 591, /)a0e <8<1 Clairvoyants, =test and b+siness=, /)a0e 591, /)a0e <181 Classi?ication o? )(enomena, /)a0e <91 Colo+rs, ne>, /)a0e 481 Common sense in occ+ltism, necessity o?, /)a0e 1541 Conscio+sness, contin+o+s, /)a0e 541 t(e ?oc+s o?, /)a0e 491 Considerations, )reliminary, /)a0e <1 Contem)lation, /)a0e <861

Contin+o+s conscio+sness, /)a0e 541 Control o? t(o+0(t, /)a0e <861 Co+nter)art, astral, /)a0e 141 Crystal-0aGin0, /)a0e 661, /)a0e 1881, /)a0e 1551 C+rative mesmerism, /)a0e <841 C+riosity not )ermitted, /)a0e <191 C+rrent, astral, /)a0e 6<1, /)a0e 1851, /)a0e 1151 ;A#.$R-, /)a0e 9<1 ;ata, (o> to ?ind a, /)a0e 1951 [). <<1] ;ead, t(e, /)a0e 511, /)a0e 6<1 ;eat(, visits at, /)a0e 881 ;eliri+m tremens, /)a0e 711 ;ervis(es, t(e, /)a0e <811 ;evas, t(e, /)a0e 511 ;evelo)ment, met(ods o?, /)a0e <811 )at( o?, t(e, /)a0e <861 re0+lar, /)a0e 191 ;i??erence bet>een et(eric and astral si0(t, /)a0e 981 ;i??ic+lties, /)a0e 1<91 ;imension, t(e ?o+rt(, /)a0e 9<1, /)a0e 671, /)a0e 1411, /)a0e 1791, /)a0e 1681 ;istance, si0(t at a, /)a0e 781, /)a0e 961 ;o+ble, t(e et(eric, /)a0e 481 ;r+0s +sed to 0ain clairvoyance, /)a0e 781, /)a0e <811 ;+@e o? !rleans, t(e story o? t(e, /)a0e 1891 $AR',, '(e -tars and t(e, /)a0e 1441 $d0e(ill, battle o?, /)a0e <881 $lementals, /)a0e 451, /)a0e 581, /)a0e <881 $B+ation, t(e )ersonal, /)a0e 1<61 $ternal #o>, t(e, /)a0e 1441, /)a0e 1681 $t(eric do+ble, t(e, /)a0e 481 vision, /)a0e 4<1 $x)eriments in crystal-0aGin0, /)a0e 661, /)a0e 1811 >it( batFs cry, /)a0e 81 >it( s)ectr+m, /)a0e 61 $xtension o? senses, /)a0e 111 2AC3L'I$-, latent, /)a0e 91 b+dd(ic, /)a0e 181, /)a0e 14<1, /)a0e 1791, /)a0e 1611 2airy ointment, /)a0e 471, /)a0e 461 2indin0 a stran0er, /)a0e 971 2irst mani?estations o? clairvoyance, /)a0e <61 2loc@s, )(antom, /)a0e 1981, /)a0e 1981, /)a0e 1991 2oc+s o? conscio+sness, t(e, /)a0e 491 2o+rt( dimension, t(e, /)a0e 9<1, /)a0e 671, /)a0e 1411, /)a0e 1791, /)a0e 1681 2ree>ill, limited, /)a0e 1771 2+t+re )ros)ects, /)a0e <171 [). <<<] .,!-'- o? t(e 0ibbet, /)a0e <881

.lamo+r, /)a0e 1961 .o??e, t(e story o? %ary, /)a0e 881 ,$L*$R-, Invisible, /)a0e 541, /)a0e 861, /)a0e 1871, /)a0e <851 ,istorical st+dy, )ossibilities o?, /)a0e 1481 ,intonFs >or@s, /)a0e 9<1 ,o+se@ee)erFs dream, t(e story o? t(e, /)a0e 18<1 ,o> a )ict+re is ?o+nd, /)a0e 1911 to ?ind a date, /)a0e 1951 to investi0ate, /)a0e 791 ,+ntsman, t(e >ild, /)a0e 1991 ,y)notiGation, sel?-, /)a0e 1841 ,ysterical clairvoyance, /)a0e 711 I#CAR#A'I!#-, )ast, /)a0e 1951, /)a0e 1581 Investi0ate, (o> to, /)a0e 791 Invisible ,el)ers, /)a0e 541, /)a0e 861, /)a0e 1871, /)a0e <851 J3;.%$#' o? c(aracter, /)a0e 981 J+n0 -tillin0Fs story, /)a0e 891 N#!WL$;.$, t(e val+e o?, /)a0e 1541 LA'$#' ?ac+lties, /)a0e 91 Limitations o? clairvoyance, t(e, /)a0e 991, /)a0e 951, /)a0e <141 Limited ?ree>ill, /)a0e 1771 Lin@s needed, /)a0e 1491 Lod0e, address by -ir !liver, /)a0e 1781 Lo0os o? t(e system, /)a0e 1<11 %A.IC, /)a0e 781 %a0ni?yin0, t(e )o>er o?, /)a0e 591, /)a0e 681 %ani?estations o? clairvoyance, t(e ?irst, /)a0e <61 %asters o? Wisdom, t(e, /)a0e 191, /)a0e <851, /)a0e <151 %aterialiGation, /)a0e 841 %ayavi r+)a, t(e, /)a0e 941 %eanin0 o? >ord clairvoyance, /)a0e 11 %editation, /)a0e <871 [). <<4] %edi+ms, trance, /)a0e 991 %ental )lane clairvoyance, /)a0e 791 )lane sense, /)a0e 161 >orld, /)a0e 951, /)a0e 1<71, /)a0e 1911 %esmerism, clairvoyance +nder, /)a0e <51, /)a0e 591, /)a0e <8<1 c+rative, /)a0e <841 %et(ods o? develo)ment, /)a0e <811 %ica>bers, )syc(ic, /)a0e 991 %ooltan, story o? t(e sie0e o?, /)a0e 1111 %+rder, re)rod+ction o?, /)a0e 1991 #A'3R$ s)irits, /)a0e 471, /)a0e 581, /)a0e 611, /)a0e 1991 #ecessity o? common sense in occ+ltism, /)a0e 15<1 #e> colo+rs, /)a0e 481 #o>, t(e $ternal, /)a0e 1441, /)a0e 1681 !CCA-I!#AL clairvoyance, /)a0e <91 !intment, ?airy and >itc(, /)a0e 471, /)a0e 461 !rleans, t(e story o? t(e ;+@e o?, /)a0e 1891

!t(er )lanets, /)a0e 961 *AR'IAL and tem)orary clairvoyance, /)a0e 711 *ast incarnations, /)a0e 1951, /)a0e 1581 o? a+t(or, /)a0e 1581 *at( o? develo)ment, t(e, /)a0e <851 *erceval, assassination o? %r., /)a0e 1871 *ersonal eB+ation, t(e, /)a0e 1<61 *(antom ?loc@s, /)a0e 1981, /)a0e 1991, /)a0e <881 *(enomena, classi?ication o?, /)a0e <91 seance room, /)a0e 481, /)a0e 611 *(iladel)(ian seer, t(e story o? a, /)a0e 891 *(ysical obAects, t(e trans)arency o?, /)a0e 441 *ict+res be?ore 0oin0 to slee), /)a0e 1111 *lanets, ot(er, /)a0e 961 *olariGation o? astral matter, /)a0e 691 *oseidonis, t(e sin@in0 o?, /)a0e 1961 *ossibilities o? (istorical st+dy, /)a0e 1491 *o>er o? ma0ni?yin0, t(e, /)a0e 591, /)a0e 681 *o>er o? res)onse to vibrations, /)a0e 91, /)a0e 51, /)a0e 91 [). <<9] *reliminary considerations, /)a0e <1 *remonition, %r. -teadFs, /)a0e 1891 *revision, /)a0e 17<1, /)a0e 1611 *ros)ects ?or t(e ?+t+re, /)a0e <171 *syc(ic %ica>bers, /)a0e 991 *syc(ometry, /)a0e 1481, /)a0e 1551 K3ALI2ICA'I!# o? t(e st+dent, /)a0e <891 K+ali?ied teac(ers, /)a0e <841 RA;IA'I!#-, /)a0e 791 Records, A@as(ic, /)a0e 18<1, /)a0e 1181 as)ect o? t(e, /)a0e 1981 Re0+lar develo)ment, /)a0e 191 Re)rod+ction o? a m+rder, /)a0e 1991 Restrictions +)on clairvoyance, /)a0e 861, /)a0e 971, /)a0e <191 Ront0en rays, t(e, /)a0e 91 -A;#$-- o? clairvoyance, t(e, /)a0e <891 -c(illerFs lines, /)a0e <891 -eance-room )(enomena, /)a0e 481, /)a0e 611 -econd si0(t, /)a0e 16<1 t(e symbolism o?, /)a0e 1661 -eer, a *(iladel)(ian, /)a0e 891 -el?-(y)notiGation, /)a0e 1841 -enses, extension o?, /)a0e 111 -enses, astral, /)a0e 171 -i0(t, astral, /)a0e 9<1, /)a0e 781, /)a0e 671, /)a0e 1<51 at a distance, /)a0e 781, /)a0e 961 s)irit+al, /)a0e 791 -lee), clairvoyance d+rin0, /)a0e <91 -ociety, '(e '(eoso)(ical, /)a0e <871 -olar system, t(e, /)a0e 1<81

-)ectral armies, /)a0e 1981 -)ectr+m, ex)eriment >it( t(e, /)a0e 111 -)irit+alistic )(enomena, /)a0e 481, /)a0e 611 -tars and t(e $art(, '(e, /)a0e 1441 -tories o? crystal-0aGin0. /)a0e 1881 second si0(t, /)a0e 17<1, /)a0e 16<1 [). <<5] -tory by J+n0 -tillin0, /)a0e 891 %r. -tead, /)a0e 11<1 Ca)tain "onnt, /)a0e 1871 -tory o? t(e b+ll and t(e doctor, /)a0e 1811 t(e ;+@e o? !rleans, /)a0e 1891 t(e (o+se@ee)erFs dream, /)a0e 18<1 %ary .o??e, /)a0e 881 %iss :Fs do0cart, /)a0e 1861 t(e sie0e o? %ooltan, /)a0e 1111 -o+ter 2ell, /)a0e 1951 %r. -teadFs )remonition, /)a0e 1891 t(e >(ite ni0(tdress, /)a0e 1851 Msc(o@@e, /)a0e 1571 -tran0er, ?indin0 a, /)a0e 971 -ym)at(etic system, t(e, /)a0e <<1 -ystem, t(e Lo0os o? t(e, /)a0e 1<11 '$AC,$R-, B+ali?ied, /)a0e <891 'elesco)e, t(e astral, /)a0e 671, /)a0e 661, /)a0e 18<1 'em)orary and )artial clairvoyance, /)a0e 711 'ests not 0iven, /)a0e <191 '(eoso)(ical -ociety, '(e, /)a0e <871 terms, /)a0e <1 '(o+0(t-control, /)a0e <871 '(o+0(t-?orms, /)a0e 991, /)a0e 691F '(ro+0(t(, /)a0e 991 'ime only relative, /)a0e 1791 'rainin0, t(e advanta0es o?, /)a0e <891 >(ere to be (ad, /)a0e <851 'rance medi+ms, /)a0e 991 'rans)arency o? )(ysical obAects, /)a0e 441 'rivial s+bAects, clairvoyance on, /)a0e 741, /)a0e 1191, /)a0e 1861 3#C3L'3R$;, clairvoyance in t(e, /)a0e <11 AL3$ o? @no>led0e, t(e, /)a0e 1541 ariable ca)acity o? res)onse, /)a0e 91, /)a0e 51, /)a0e 91 ibrations, /)a0e 91 )o>er o? res)onse to, /)a0e 51, /)a0e 91 [). <<7] ision, astral, /)a0e 9<1, /)a0e 781, /)a0e 671, /)a0e 1<51 et(eric, /)a0e 4<1 isions, cas+al, /)a0e 16<1 isits at deat(, /)a0e 881

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