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C LA I R VO YAN C E C LA I RA UD IE N C E
PR E MO N ITIO N A ND I MPR E SS IO N S
C LA I R VO YAN T PS Y C H O ME TRY
C L A I R VO YAN T C RYS TA L GA ZI N G
D I S TAN T C L A I R VO YAN C E
PA S T C LA I R VO YAN C E
F UT UR E C L A I R VO YAN C E
S E C O N D S I GH T
PR E VI S IO N
C L A I R VO YAN T D E VE L O PME N T
A S TRA L B O D Y TRA VE LL I N G
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T h e m w h o h mu c h t o say a b o ut h o rs e sense
C o mm o n Sens e
v ers u s U n c mm o n Sens e s T he o r di nar y v e sens e s are n o t the o nly
se ses T h o r di nar y se ses are n o t as i nfall ible as m any thi n k th e m
I ll u s i o ns o f th e v e ph y s ic a l se ses W h a t i s b a c k o f th e o r g ans o f
ph ys ical se se All se ses an ev o l uti o n o f th e se se o f feel i n g H o w
th e mi n d receiv es th e re p o r t of the senses T he Rea l K n wer be hi n d
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senses W h a t the u nf o l di n g o f new senses m e a ns t o m an T he s upe r
ph ys i cal sens e s T h e As t ral Senses M an h as sev n ph ys i cal senses
i ns tea d o f m erely v e Eac h ph ys ical s e nse h as it s as t ral sense c o u n t er
p ar t W h a t th e as t a l senses are Sens i n g o n the as t ral p lane H o w
th e mi n d fu nc ti o ns o n th e a s t ral p lane by m eans o f th e as t ral senses
T he u nfo l d in g o f th A t r a l Se ns e s o p ens u p a ne w wo rl d o f e xpe r i ence
to man
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L E SS O N II
T E L E P A T H Y v s C L A I R V O YA N C E
T h e t wo e x t r a ph ys i cal senses o f m an T h e e x t r a s e nse o f th e
p resence o f o th er l ivi n g thi n g s T h e t ele p a thi c sens e H o w m
m ay sense th e p resence o f o th er l ivi n g thi n g s a p ar t fr o m th e o p era ti o n
o f hi s o r di nary v e ph ys ical senses T hi s p o wer i s s t r o n g ly d e v el o p e d
i n sav a ges an d barbar i ans b ut h as bec o m e a t o phi ed i n m o s t c ivi l iz e d
m en by c o n ti n u e d di s u se I t i s n o w v es tig al i n c ivi l iz d m an b ut m ay
be d ev el o p e d by p rac tice An im als h av e thi s e x t ra sense high ly d e v el
p e d an d it p lays a v e y imp o r t an t p ar t i n th e i r p r o t ec ti o n fr o m
ene mies ; th e i r ca ptu re o f p rey t T h e s t ran g e ac ti o ns o f d o g s h o rses
e t c e x p la i ne d H o w th e g ese sa v e d R o m e b y reas o n o f thi s sens All
hu n t ers h av e e x p eri ence d evid ences o f th e e x i s t ence o f thi s sens e o n th
p ar t o f an im als T h e ph ys i cal tele p thi c sense H o w it o p era t es I n t er
es ti n g i ns t n es o f it s p o ssess io n by an im als an d sa v a g e t r i bes W o m en
p o ssess it s t r o n g ly T h e di s ti nc ti o n be tw ee n thi s f o r m o f th o u g ht
t ransfer e n c e an d cla i rv o yance
P a g e 28
LE S S O N I I I
T E L E PAT H Y E XP L A I N E D
W h a t tele p a th y m eans T h e m en t al p r o cess b y w hic h one k n ow s
a t a di s t ance T h e sen d i n g an d r ivi n g o f wa v es an d c u rren t s o f
th o ught an d feel i n g T h o ught vi bra ti o ns an d h o w th ey are ca u se d
T h e p art p laye d by th e cerebr um cerebell um an d medu lla o bl o n g a t a
th e th ree bra i ns o f m an T h e p ar t p laye d by th e s o lar p le x u s an d o the r
g rea t ner v o u s cen t res H o w th o ught m essa g es are rece iv e d H o w s t a t es
o f e m o ti o nal e x c it e m en t are t rans mitte d t o o th ers T h e P i n al Glan d ;
w h a t it i s an d w h a t it d o es T h imp o r t an t p ar t it p lays i n t ele p a th y
an d th ought t ransference M en t al a tm o s ph eres P syc hi c a tm o s ph eres o f
a udiences t o wns h o u ses s t o es e t c W h y y o u are n o t a ff ec t e d b a ll
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an d a c q u ire d T rance c o n diti o ns n o t essen ti al t o high s t C l airv o y an c
a l th o ugh o f t en c o nnec ted th erew ith I n C la i rv o yan t Rev e i e the c l i r
v o yan t d o es n o t bec o m e u nc o nsc i o u s ; b ut m erely s hut s o ut th o ut
s id e w o rl d f s ight s an d s o u n d s S hiftin g th e c o nsc i o u sness fr o m the
p h ys ical p lane t o the a s t ral C la i r v o yan t R ev eri e m ay be saf e ly a n d
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n t i ly i n du ce d by m en t al c o ncen t ra ti o n al o n e
d a n g er o u s an d n o t a dvi se d by bes t a uth o r ities Abn o rm al c o n diti o ns
n o t d es i rable T h o ne p o i n t e d mi n d T h e C la i r v o yan t d a y d r a m
o r b o w n s tud y False p syc hi c d ev el o pm en t U o f h y p n o ti c
d r ug s s t r o n g ly c o n d e m ne d Sc ien ti c p syc h o l o gi cal meth o d s s t a t d an d
t a ught T h e laws o f a tt en ti o n an d c o ncen t ra ti o n o f th e mi n d H w
C la i rv o y a nc e d ev el o p s by this meth o d T he t r e o c c u l t in s t ruc ti n g iv en
fu ll y
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L E SS O N IX
S I MPL E C L AI R V O Y AN C E
W h at the C l a i rv o y an t senses i n S imp l e C la i rv o yanc e P erc ept i on
o f th e A u ra an d A u r i c E m a na ti o ns o f o th ers ; P syc hi c V i br a ti o ns ; As t ral
C o l o rs ; T h o ught C u rren t s W a v es an d V i br a ti o ns et c are fea tu re o f
S imp le C la i r v o yance T h e bea utif u l k ale id o sc o pi c s p c t acle o f th e Au ri c
c h an g es T he P ran a A u ra an d it s a pp earan c es T he M en t al a n d E m o
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M yr i a d M an i fes t a ti o ns S t ran g e as p e t s o f As t ra l V i s i o n i n g S e in g
th r ugh a Br i c k wall T h e X Ray V i s i o n Rea di n g fr o m cl o s e d b oo k s
seale d env el o p es e t c an d h o w it i s e xp la i nable See i n g i n t o the d e th
o f the ear th an d th e occ u l t e x p lanati o n th ere of T he L aws a n d P r n ci
p les o f thi s E x t ra o r d i nary P o wer M a g n if y i n g an d D imi n i s hin g C la ihr
v o yan t V i s i o n A wo n de rfu l el d fo r e x pe r ime n t o p ene d o u t fo r t
s tud en t
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LE SS O N X
C L A I R V O Y A N C E O F D I STA N T SC E N ES
T he c h a r a c t er i s ti cs o f S p ace C la i r v o yance T h e As t ral S i o f D i s
t an t Scenes ; an d th r o ugh i n t erv en i n g o bjec t s Re m ar k abl e s t an ce
o f thi s p o wer well a uth en ti ca te d an d es t abl i s h e d I n t eres ti n g a n d
i ns t r u c tiv e hi s t o r i cal cases rec o r d e d an d e x p la i ne d T es tim o ny o f th
S o c i e t y fo r P syc hical Researc h c o ncern i n g thi s ph a s e o f C la i r v o y a nc e
T h e in t eres ti n g c ase o f W T S t ea d th e celebra te d En g l i s h wr it er w h o
wen t d own o n th e T it an i c T he imp o r t an t tes tim o ny o f Swe d enb o r g
th e e mi nen t rel igi o u s t eac h er O th er well a uth en ti ca ted cas e s h a pp en i g
t o well k n own p ers o ns T h e evid ence c o llec t e d by th e S o c i e t y fo r
P syc hical Researc h I n t eres ti n g Ger m an case W h y s o m a ny c a s es o f
thi s ki n d h a pp en w h en th e p ers o n i s o n hi s d e a th be d o r serio u sl y ill
W h y s u c h e x p er i en es o ft en o c c u r i n d rea m s Ac tu al a pp earanc o f
p ers o ns a t a di s t ance an d h o w e x p la i ne d I mp o r t an t an d i n t er s t i g
fa c t s r ec ited i n c o n n ec ti o n w ith th i s ph a s e o f C l i rv o y an c e
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L E SS O N XI
C L AI R V O Y AN C E O F T H E PA ST
T he c l ai vo yan t p erce ptio n o f th e fac t s e v en t s a n d h a p p e ni n g o f
p as t tim e T h ere i s n o di fference i n th e na tu re o f thi s s t ran g e h m
en o n w h e th er th e p as t tim e be b ut v e mi n ut es o r else v e t
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years H o w i s it p o ss i ble t o see a thi n g th a t n o l o n g er e x i s t s ? T h
j u s t h o w o f thi s s t ran ge h a pp en i n g N o thi n g c o u l d be p erce ive d if it
h d ac tu ally di s a pp eare d fr o m e x i s t ence
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p oin t H o w thi n g s a pp ear w h en v i ewe d fr o m a T h o ught F o r m A w o n
o f o cc u l t ph en o m ena A dv an ta g es an d di sa dv an t a g es of
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p erf o med Re m ar k able i ll u s o ry f t p d d b y H ind M a gi c i ans
All i s e x p l a i ne d w h en th e p r i nc ip le o f th e cr a t i o n an d p r ojec t i o n o f
T h o ught F o rm s i u n d ers t o o d W h y th e H i n d u s e x cel i n thi s ph ase o f
o c c u l ti s m An i n t eres ti n g d escripti o n o f H ind M a g i c fea t s T he p o wer
o f c o n en t ra t e d vi s u al iz a ti o n T h e ph en o m ena o f L evit a ti o n o r the
m o vi g o f ar ticles a t a di s t anc e T h e o cc u l t e x p lana ti o n o f thi s ph e
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P S Y C H I C I N F LUE N C E I T S LAW S AN D P R I N CI P L ES
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L AW S O F PSY C H IC A TT R A C T ION
How p syc h ic vi bra ti o ns t en d t o a tt r ac t t o their cr a t o r o th er pe r
s o ns vi bra ti n g al o n g th e sa me l i nes ; an d thi n g s h a vi n g a r e la ti o n t o th e
thi n g s th o ught o f Har m o ny an d I n h ar m o ny i n the P syc hi c Wo rl d T h e
L aw o f P syc hi c Att rac ti o n T h e L a w o f P syc hi c Re pu ls i o n An im
p o r t an t ph ase o f As t ral P h en o m ena T h e L aw w o r k s t w o w ays I t
d raws o th er p ers o ns an d thi n g s t o y o u ; and y o u t o o th er p ers o ns an d
thi n g s H o w th e m en o f b ig b u s i ness o p era t e u n d er thi s L aw o f
A tt rac ti o n H o w sc h e mi n g e x p l o it ers o f th e pu bl i c ac tu ally t rea t th e
pu bl i c by p syc hi c m eans T h e v ar i o u s fo r m s o f p syc hi c i n u ence e m
p l o ye d by p ers o ns o f thi s ki n d T h e L aw o f A tt rac ti o n an d h o w it
w o r k s o ut i n B u s i ness Life T h e sc i en ti c fa c t s be hi n d th e o ut war d
a pp e rance o f thi n g s I ns t ances and e x a mp les o f th e w o r ki n g o ut o f
th ese laws and p r i nc ip les T h e L aw o f P sy c hi c A tt rac tio n i s as
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s t an t an d i n v ar i able as th e g r a t L aw o f Gravit a ti o n o r M a g ne ti c A tt
ti o n T h e C Rela ti o n o f T h o ught s an d T hi n g How w e m a y c rea t e o u r
o wn e n vi r o n m en t by P syc hi c I n u ence
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L E S S O N XX
P SY C H IC AN D M A G N E TI C H E A L I N G
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d erly i n g th e many fo r m s o f p syc hic o r
t o f p r i c ip les
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th e ra c e T h e Bas i c P r i c ip le o f P sy c h ic Heal i n g T h e
P h ys i o l o gi cal P r inc ip les i n v o l v e d H o w th As t r l B o d y i s u s d i n
P syc hi c Healin g H u m an M a g ne ti s m an d w h a t it re l ly i s All ab o ut
P rana T h e L ay i n g o f Ha d s i Heal i n g ; a n d w h a t i s bac k o f it
Wh a t h a pp ens i n M a g ne ti c He li n g T h e Se re t o f Abs e n t Heal i n g
S p ace n o barr i er i n P sy c hi c H al in g T h e H um a n A u ra an d P sych i c
H eal i n g T h e Secre t o f S ug g es tiv e T h era p euti cs T h e e ffec t o f th e
o f th e h ealers H o w th e H eal i n g C u l t s o b t a i n g oo d
f m a ti o ns
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ti o ns an d P rac ti cal M eth o d s of P syc hi c Heal i n g T he w h o le s u bjec t c o n
d an d m a d e p la i n s o th a t it m ay be a pp lie d by a ny p ers o n o f a v er
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a g e i n t ell ig ence N o f a nc ifu l th o r ies ; o nl y p l a in p r a c tical fac t s fo r
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citat i on s are concern edth e se are pure l y We s t
ern and fa miliar t o th e stud ent B ut w h en it
c om e s t o th e pr i nc i pl e s th em sel v e s t h i s i s a n
oth er matt er I m u st b e pardone d for s t at ing
t ha t th e se are th e outgrowth of H ind u th o u gh t
an d inve st i ga ti on and th a t h e wh o w o u l d d i s
cover th e i r roo t s m u st di g aroun d th e t ree of t h e
Wi sdom o f th e Ea st wh ich ha s s t o od t h e storm s
and w i nd s o f t h ou sand s o f years
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and th ere i s ro om for many We s t ern s tud en t s t o
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i mpl i cat i on be i ng th at t h e o ccult i s t i s a cred
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ea sy per son wh o b elieve s i n t h e ex i st
ence o f t hi ngs con t rary t o th e ev i d ence o f t h e
sen se s
W hi le t h e op i n i on o r v i ew s of per son s o f thi s
cla s s are o f co u rse b eneath th e seriou s concern
of any t ru e s t ud ent o f occulti sm n evert h el e s s t h e
m ental a t t itud e o f such per son s ar e wor th y o f o u r
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di scu s sing th e se in signicant half penny int el
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bring to your mind th e fact that t o many p er son s
m e doubt my sen se s
Th ey fail t o perceive that
th eir sen se s at th e b e st are v ery imp erfect ih
st r u m e n t s and that th e m ind i s con stantly em
ployed in correcting t h e m i staken report o f th e
ordinary ve sen se s
N ot t o speak o f th e common p h enomenon of
c ol or blindne ss in wh ich on e color seem s to b e
anoth er our sen se s are far from be i ng exact We
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m ay b y s ugg e s ti o n b e m a d e t o im a g i n e th a t we
s m ell or ta st e certa i n th i ngs wh i ch d o not ex i s t
and h ypnotic subj ect s m ay b e cau se d t o see
t hings that h a v e n o ex i stence sav e i n th e im a g
in a t io n of t h e per son
Th e familiar exper i m ent
of t h e person cro s sin g hi s r st two n ger s an d
placin g th em on a small obj ect such a s a pea or
th e t o p o f a l ea d p encil sh ow s u s h ow mixed
th e sen se o f feeling b ecom e s at tim e s Th e many
familiar i n stance s o f optical d elu sion s sh ow u s
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ASTRA L SE N SES
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In i n s t an c e s o f C la i r v oyance a s t ral vi s i on i ng
p syc h om etry e t c th e occul t i s t rem a i n s in h i s
p h ys i c a l b ody and sen se s th e p h eno m en a o f th e
a stral plan e q u it e readily by m ean s o f t h e a stral
sen se s j u s t a s h e i s ab l e t o sen se th e p h enomena
o f t h e physical plan e w h en h e u se s th e phys i c a l
o rgan sq u it e more e a s i ly i n f ac t i n m any in
stance s I t i s n ot even n ece s sary for th e occ u lt i st
t o en t er i nt o th e t rance cond it ion i n th e m aj or it y
o f ca se s
Travel i n t h e a s t ral b o d y i s q uit e a no th er p h a se
o f occ u lt ph enom ena an d i s far m ore d i fcult t o
manife s t Th e stud ent s h o u l d n ever attem pt t o
t ravel i n th e a stral b ody exce p t un de r th e in str uc
t ion o f som e competent i n struc t or
I n C rystal Gazin g th e occ u lt i s t m erely e m
pl oys th e crystal in order t o concentrat e h i s
power an d t o b rin g t o a focu s h i s a stral vi sion
Th ere i s n o sup ernatural vir t u e i n t h e crystal
i t selfit i s m erely a m ean s t o an en d ; a p i ece of
u seful apparatu s t o aid in th e pro duction of cer
tain phenom ena
In P sych om etry som e obj ect i s u sed in ord er
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ch o m e t r y
i s m erely on e f or m o f a s t ra l s ee i ng ;
j u st a s i s c rystal g az i ng
I n wh at i s k nown a s Tel ek i n e s i s or m o v e m ent
at a d i stance th ere i s foun d th e em pl oym ent of
both a stral sen s i ng and a s t ral wi l l act i on a e co m
pa n ie d in many ca se s by ac t ual proj ec ti on o f a
p ortion of th e s u b stan c e o f t h e a s t ral bo d y
I n th e ca se of C la i rvoyance we h a v e an in
stance o i th e simpl est form o f a s t ral s ee i ng w i t h
oth erw i se
So ftly so ftly dear r eader d o not
j um p a t con clu si on s so readily Wha t d o yo u
kn ow ab ou t th e l im i t s of na t ural law and ph e
n o m en a ?
What right h av e you t o a ssert t h at all
b eyon d yo u r cu stomary range of sen se e x pe r i
?
N
ence i s out si d e o f a t ure
D o you n o t real iz e
t hat yo u ar e a tt em pt i ng t o plac e a l i m it up on
Nature wh ic h i n reali t y i s i llimi t abl e ?
Th e man of a generat i on b ac k o f th e p r e s en t
one w oul d h a v e b een e q ually j u s t i ed i n as se r t
.
TH E
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LESS O N I I
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v s.
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v s.
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t io n a l
u se in th e ca se o f dogs h or se s gee se e tc
e sp ecial l y Who o f u s i s n ot familiar w i t h th e
strange ac ti on s o f th e dog o r th e h or se w h en
th e animal sen se s th e un seen an d un h eard pre s
ence of som e per son o r anim al ? V ery of t en we
woul d scol d or puni sh th e an imal for it s pecul i a r
action s simply b ecau se we are not a b l e t o see
what i s w orrying i t H ow o ft en d oe s t h e d o g
start su d denly an d bri stl e up i t s h a i r wh en
nothing i s i n sight o r with i n h earin g d i s t ance
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v s.
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w ar n i n g not e a nd aw a y woul d y th e p ac k
N early every hun t er ha s h ad t h e experience o f
w a t ch i ng h i s expect ed gam e wh en all of a su d
d en it woul d start o ff w i t h a n ervou s j er k an d
wit h out wait i ng t o sni ff t h e air a s i s u sual woul d
bolt precipitat ely from t h e scen e M oreo v er
many b ea st s of p rey are kn own t o sen se t h e p re s
ence o f th eir na t ural prey even w h en th e wind i s
i n th e oth er d irection and th ere i s n o sound o r
m ovem ent mad e b y th e crouching f e a r str ick e n
an i mal C ertain b ird s seem t o sen se t h e pre sence
o f pa rticular worm s up on wh ich th ey feed
th ough t h e latt er b e b uried several inch e s i n th e
earth or i n th e bark of t ree s
Savage man al so ha s th i s faculty d evel oped a s
all traveller s and explorer s well know Th ey
are a s k een a s a wil d animal t o sen se th e nearn e s s
o f en emi e s or in som e ca se s t h e approach of
man eating b ea st s Th i s d oe s not m ean tha t
that t h ese savage s are m or e h ighly d evel oped
T ELE P A T H Y
v s.
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awaren e ss
C ertain o t h er knowl edge of th e
occulti st n eutralize s th e unpl ea sant feature s of
th e manife station o f thi s sen se and h e n d s it
oft en a very valuabl e adj un ct t o h i s sen se s of
seeing an d h earing part icularly in th e ca se s in
wh ich h e i s app roach ed by person s having a n
t a go n ist ic or ho stil e feelings t oward hi m a s in
such ca se s thi s faculty i s particularly act ive I n
conn ection with th e t el epath ic sen se ( t o b e d e
scrib ed a littl e furth er on ) th i s sen se operat e s t o
give a per son that sen s e of warning w h en a p
r
o
a
h
d
c
e
by anoth er per son wh o se fee l ings are
p
not f ri endly t o him not matt er h ow friendly t h e
outward appearanc e of tha t p er son may b e
Th ese two extra sen se s c o opera t e t o g i ve a p er
son that in stinctive feeling o i warnin g wh ich all
of u s know in our own experience
Thi s particular a s well a s th e t el epath i c sen se
may b e cult ivated or d evel oped by anyon e wh o
wi sh e s t o tak e th e tim e and troubl e t o accomp li s h
th e work Th e principl e i s simpl em erely th e
sam e principl e t hat on e u se s i n d eveloping any of
th e oth er physical attribut e s namely u se and
exerci se Th e rst step ( a ) i s th e recognition o f
th e exi s t ence of th e sen se i t self ; th en ( b ) th e a t
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v s.
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t en ti on g iv en t o it s repor t s ; t h en ( c ) freq u en t
u se an d exerci se Ju st th i n k o f h ow you woul d
proceed t o d evelo p any o f th e ve o rdinary
C LA I R
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VOYAN C E
TELE P ATH Y
C L AI RVOYAN C E
v s.
37
C LA I RVOYAN C E
38
it
Th e r enewe d int ere st in th e subj ec t o f lat e
year s h a s d i rect ed th e pub lic m i n d t o t h e ph e
and con sequen t l y m ore
n o m e n a o f tel epat h y
person s are n ow tak i ng n ot e o f t h e ca se s o f
th ought tran sference com i n g un d er th eir p er
sonal n otice I t mu st b e rem emb ered o f cour se
tha t all o f u s are c on stantly receiving t h ought
wave s an d feel i ng thoug h t in u e n ce u n co n
scio u sly
I a m s p ea k in g n ow only of t h e con
sci ou s perception of th e th ought w ave s
Many inve st i gator s have so d evel op ed t h eir
t el epath i c sen se th at th ey are abl e at time s t o
ob t a i n wonderful t e st re sult s B ut it ha s b een a
.
T E L E PA T H Y
v s.
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C LA I RVOY A N C E
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TE L E PA TH Y
v s.
C LA I RVO YA N C E
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C LA I RVO YA N C E
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LE SS ON I I I
TE L E PAT H Y EX P LAI N E D
m ean s su ff ering at a d i s t an ce
or p erhap s
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v id u a ls
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C L A I R V OY AN C E
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th e send i n g f or t h an d re c e i v i n g of th e se m en t al
a nd em o t ional wave s of force an d en ergy I t i s a
m o s t int ere s t ing subj ect I a s sure you Wh il e
t h e ph enom ena o f th e a s t ral plane i s probably
m ore fa scinatin g t o th e average s t udent I woul d
i m pres s upon you t h e importance o f ma st ering
t h e occult ph enomena o f th e ph ys i cal plan e be
f o re pa ssing on to t hat o f th e h igh er plane s
In th e rst place a s all occulti st s know each
person i s con stantly surrounded with wh at ha s
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are a ff ect e d by it
P reach er s lawyer s and
sp ea k er s in general are quit e aware o f th i s fact
an d freely admit it th ough th ey m a y n ot b e a s
i
n
t
d
with t h e c au se s or la w s govern i ng th e
a
e
u
q
ph enom ena
Following t h e sa m e p sy chi c law it wi l l b e
foun d that every town o r large ci t y or even every
small village or section of a larger t own will be
foun d t o hav e i t s own di stinctive p syc h ic atmo s
ph e r e wh ich i s v ery p erceptibl e t o s t rangers
v i s i tin g th e place and wh ich a ff ec t th o se wh o
t ak e up th eir re sid en ce in t h e place I n large
citie s i t h a s b een n ot iced that every bu i l d i ng ha s
i t s own p ecul i ar vibration s w h ic h ari s e from th e
general charact er of th o se o ccupying it
D if
f e r e n t church build ings l i k ewi se reect th e char
acter of th e gen eral habit s o f thoug h t and feel in g
of th o se wor sh ipping in th e m L ik ew i se cert ain
bu sin e s s street s have pl ea san t or unpl ea sant vi
br a t io n s in t h eir a t m o sph ere from th e same
cau se s E v ery p er son recognize s t h e truth of
th e se sta t em ent s t h ou gh b ut few are abl e t o a c
count for th e fac t s i n a scientic manner
T h e b eginner in th e study of p sych ic ph e
n o m e n a often a sk s how th e se th ings can b e wh en
th e th ough t wh ich ha s occa sion ed th e vibration s
hav e long since pa s sed away Th e explanat ion
i s sim pl e wh en properly expla i ned I t i s som e
thing l ike th i s : j u st a s h eat remai n s in a room
after t h e stov e ha s cea sed t o t h row ou t h ea t
wave s so d o th e vibration s of th ought and feel
in g per si st l ong aft er th e th ought or feeling h a s
died away O r if you prefer a m ore material
.
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,
,
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w h en a l l of a s u d d en th e p er son com e s i n t o s i gh t
Aga i n w e thi nk in t ently a nd earn estly about a
cer t ain qu e s ti on ; and th en all of a su dd en ot h er
fol k s w h om we m eet b egin talking t o u s ab out
th e sam e thing T h e se in s t ance s a re t oo common
t o need m ore than a p a s sing n o t ice
A l itt l e m ore p u rpo se i s d i splayed in tha t cla s s
o f p h en omena in wh ich w e intently w i sh t h a t a
c ert a i n p er son shall d o a certain th i n g an d l o !
we soon l earn th a t t hat certain per son ha s d one
it A n umb er o f year s ago a p opular writer
wrote an art ic l e i n wh i ch h e m entioned wh a t
see m e d t o hi m t o b e a curiou s in stance o f som e
f orm of m ental i nuence or t el ep athy H e sa i d
tha t h e h a d foun d ou t tha t i f h e would sit d own
an d carefully writ e a l ett er t o som e per son from
w h om h e ha d not h eard for a long t i m e an d th en
d e stroy t h e lett er i n stead of sending it h e woul d
b e almo s t c ertain to receiv e a l et t er from tha t
p er son w i th in a fe w day s H e did not attempt t o
a c coun t for th e phenom enon h e m erely called
t h e a tt en t ion o f h i s reader s t o i t Many p er son s
h a v e followe d t h e sug g e st i on often with v ery
w on d erfu l re sul t s There i s n othing m iraculou s
o r s u perna tu ral ab ou t such o ccurrence s It i s
m erely on e p ha se o f t el epa t hy Th e co n ce n
t r a t e d th ought o f t h e wri t er o f t h e l e t t er i s d i
r e ct e d t o w ard th e oth er p er son and that per son
b e gi n s t o th in k of t h e rst on e ; th en h e t h in k s h e
wi ll w ri t e t o him ; th en h e ac t ually d oe s writ e
Di s t a nce spa ce and d i rect i on have no i mpor t
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,
.
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th e m r an k m a t er i a l i s t s an d quit e s k ep ti cal o f a ll
occ u l t p h enom enathi s wa s n early twenty year s
a g o rem emb er S i r Will i am C rooke s facing th i s
ga t h ering a s it s p re s i den t s a id :
Were I n ow i ntroduc i n g fo r th e r s t ti me
t h e se inquirie s t o t h e worl d o f sc i ence I sh oul d
choo se a startin g po i nt d i ff eren t from th a t of old
( wh ere we form erly began ) I t woul d b e we l l
t o b e gi n w i th Tel epat h y ; wi t h t h a t fundamental
law a s I b el i eve it t o b e t h a t th ought s an d
i m a ge s may b e t ran sferre d fro m on e m in d t o a n
oth er with out the agen cy o i th e recognized o r
g an s o f sen sethat k nowl edge m ay enter th e
human m in d with ou t being commun ica t ed i n any
hith er t o k nown or r ecogn iz e d w ays
If
t elepathy take s place w e h av e tw o physical fact s
th e physical change i n th e bra i n o f A th e sug
g e s t or and th e anal ogou s physical change in
t h e b rain o f B th e reci p ien t of t h e su gge s
ti on B e t ween t h e se t wo ph ys i cal event s th ere
mu s t ex i st a t rain of p h ysica l cau se s
It
i s u n scien ti c t o call i n t h e ai d of m ys t er i o u s
a g enc i e s w h en with every fre sh advance i n
k nowl edge it i s s h own th a t eith e r v ibration s have
p o w e rs an d a tt r i b ut e s ab un d a n t ly abl e t o any d e
m a nd even th e t r an s mi s s i on o f th ou ght
I t i s s u ppo sed by som e phys i ologi st s t h a t th e
e s sen ti al cell s o f n er v e s d o n o t a ctually t o u c h
but are separa t ed by a narrow ga p which widen s
i n sl eep wh il e it narrow s almo st t o ext i nc ti on
d u r i ng m en t al ac ti vity
Th i s condition i s s o
si ngularly lik e a B r a n ly o r L odge co h erer
( a de
vi ce w h ich l ed t o th e d i sco v e r y o f w i rel e s s t ele g
,
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a
s
t
o
sugge
st
a
fur
th
er
anal
ogy
T
h
e
y)
structure of brain an d nerve b e i n g s i milar i t i s
conceivabl e tha t t h ere may b e pre sen t ma s se s o f
such n erv e coh erer s in t h e bra i n wh o se s p ec i al
function i t may b e t o rece iv e i m pu l se s b rought
from wi th out thro u gh t h e conn ec t in g sequence
of e th er wave s of appropr i a t e o r d e r o f m a gn i
t ude
R oentgen h a s f am i l i ar iz e d u s w ith an o rd er of
vibrat ion s of extrem e m in u t en e s s a s compare d
with th e smalle st wave s wit h w hi c h we h ave
h ith ert o b een ac quainted ; and t h ere i s n o rea son
to sup po se th at we h a v e h er e reach ed t h e l i mit o f
f requency
I t i s k nown th a t t h e ac ti on o f
t h ought i s accom panied by cer t ain m ol ecular
m ovem ent s in th e b rain and h ere we h ave ph ys
i c al vi brat ion s ca pable from th eir extrem e m in
u t e n e ss of a cting d irect u pon ind i v id ual m ol e
cu le s wh il e t h eir rapidity approach e s tha t o f in
t ernal and ext ernal m ovement s o f t h e atom s
t h em selve s A formidabl e range o f ph enom ena
m u st b e scientically s i ft e d b efore we e ff ectually
gra sp a faculty so strange so b ew i l d er i n g and
for age s so in scrutabl e a s th e d ire ct act i on of
m ind up on m in d
I n th e ol d E gypt ian d ay s a w ell kno w n in
s cr i pt i on wa s carved over t h e portal o f th e
T em pl e of I s i s : I a m w h ate v er ha s been i s o r
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r i er th at i s w i th d r awn
Y o u w i ll n ot ice t h a t thi s a d dre s s ma d e nearly
twen t y year s ago an d from th e stand poin t of
physical sc i ence i s i n full accor d w ith t h e i de a s
of occul t i sm a s ol d a s th e hill s A n d ye t t h e
speaker had wor k e d out th e id ea i nd epend en t ly
H e al so i n v e s ti gate d hi gh er f orm s of p syc h ic
ph en o m ena with re sul t s that star t led t h e world
B ut yo u w ill n ot i ce t ha t h e doe s not at t empt t o
g ive any oth er t han p u rely p h ys i cal laws t h e
c red it for t h e ordinary ph enom ena o f t el epat h y
A n d h e wa s t h oro u ghly right in th i s a s we have
seen H e e sca p ed th e comm on error of confu s
i n g phys i cal sen se p h eno m ena w i t h th e p h enom
ena of t h e a s t ral sen se s Each pl ane h a s it s own
LESS O N I V
SC I ENTI FI C TE L E P AT HY
S C I ENTI F I C TE L E P AT H Y
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On e of th e earl ie st se r i e s o f i n v e s ti ga ti on s b y
th e se special committee s of i nve s ti gator s was
t h at of th e family of th e Rev A M C r e e r y in
D erb ysh ire E ngland Th e c h i ldren o f th i s fam
ily h ad acquired a r eputation in wh a t w a s k no w
n
61
w i th excellent re sult s
Th e report give s th e m e th od s o f th e e xpe r i
m ent s a s follow s : T h e in quiry h a s taken pl a ce
partly in M r C r e e r y s h ou se an d par t ly in lo d g
ings or a t a h o t el o ccupi ed by som e of our num
ber H aving select ed at random on e ch ild wh om
we d esired t o l eav e th e room and w ait at som e
di stance we woul d c h o o se a pac k o f card s o r
writ e on a p i ece of paper a nam e o f a numb er
wh ic h occurred to u s at th e mom ent Generally
but not always thi s wa s sh own t o th e m emb er s
o f th e fam i ly pre sen t i n t h e ro om ; bu t n o one
m ember wa s always pre sen t and w e wer e som e
t im e s en t ire l y a l on e We th en recalled th e ch i ld
one o f u s always a s sur i n g him sel f tha t w h en th e
door w a s sud denly opened sh e wa s at a co n sid
crabl e di stance though t h i s wa s u sually a super
uit y of cauti o n a s our habit wa s t o avoid all
utt erance s of what w a s c h o sen O n r e enter i ng
e v er it migh t b e
In t h e r s t exper i men t s i n g u e s s i n g th e
nam e o f obj ec t s th e chil d g u e s sed correct l y s i x
ou t o f fo u rt een S h e th en gu e s sed correc t ly t h e
any
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nam e o f s m a l l obj ec t s h el d i n th e h an d s o f on e
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63
t h ir d m a k i n g t w o h un d r e d a n d tw o o u t o f a
Thin k
po ssi bl e th r e e hun d r e d a n d e i g h ty t w o !
o f th i s whil e th e law of average s calle d f or only
seven and on e th ird succe s se s at r st trial th e
ch ildren obtained on e hundred and t wenty s even
which given a second and th ird trial th ey rai sed
to t wo h undred and t wo ! You see th i s t ake s th e
matter entirely out o f th e po s sibility o f coin
cid e n ce o r math ematical probability
B ut th i s wa s n ot all L i st en t o th e furth er r e
port o f th e comm itt ee on th i s point :
Th e fol
l owing wa s th e re sult of on e of th e seri es Th e
th i ng selected wa s divulged t o n on e o f t h e f a m
ily and ve card s running were nam ed correct ly
on a rst tr i al Th e odd s again st thi s happenin g
once in a seri e s were con sid erably over a m il
lion t o on e Th er e were oth er similar ba t ch e s
th e t wo l onge st run s b eing eigh t con secutive
gue s se s onc e with card s and once with name s ;
wh ere th e adverse odd s in th e form er ca se wer e
over on e hundred an d forty two million s t o
on e ; and in th e oth er som et h ing incalculably
gr ea t er
Th e opinion of eminent m e th em e
t icia n s w h o h ave exam in ed t h e ab o v e re sult s i s
t h at th e hypoth e si s of m ere coincidence i s pr a c
tically exclud ed in th e scientic con sid erat i on o f
th e matt er Th e committ ee call s special att en
tion t o th e fac t th at in many o f th e m o s t im
portant t e st s n on e o f th e C r e e r y fam i ly were
cognizant of th e o bj ect sel ect ed and th at t h ere
fore th e hypothe s i s o f fraud or coll u s i o n i s a bso
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T h e co m m i t t ee n a tu r a lly c a m e
t o th e conclu s ion th a t th e p h en om ena wa s gen u
i ne and real t elepat h y
P rof B alfour St e w ar t LL D F R
wh o
w a s pre sen t a t some o f the se exp erim en t s
th oug h n ot a m emb er o f t h e com m itt ee e x
p re s sed grea t am a z em ent a t som e o f t h e re sult s
H e report s :
Th e th ought r ead er wa s out s i de
a d oor T h e obj e c t o r t h in g th oug ht of w a s
wr i tten on pa p er and s i len t ly h an d ed t o th e com
p any in th e room Th e th o u g h t read er w a s th en
called i n an d in t h e co u r se o f a mi nut e t h e a n
swer w a s given D enit e obj ec t s i n t h e ro om
for i n stance we r e r st th o ug ht o f a nd i n t h e ma
jo r ity o f t h e ca se s t h e an swe r s were correc t
T h en numb er s were t h ought o f an d t h e a n swer s
wer e gen erally r i ght t h ough o f c o u rse th e r e
w ere som e ca se s o f error T h e nam e s o f to w n s
were t h ou ght o f a nd a goo d m a ny o f th e s e were
r igh t Th en fan cy nam e s w ere th ough t of I
w a s a s k ed t o t h in k of cer t a i n fancy na m e s a n d
m ar k th em d own and han d t h em round t o t h e
com pany I t h ough t o f an d wrot e on paper
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67
th e bell
In th i s ca se th ere wa s manifested simply ordi
nary physical plan e t el epath y H ad th e b ell actu
ally b een rung and h eard p sychically it woul d
have b een a ca s e of a stral plan e h earing known
a s clairaudience A s it wa s m erely th e th ought
in th e m ind of Mr s E and h er strong idea t o
ring th e b ell cau sed a tran smi s sion o f th ough t
wave s which struc k D r E d e with great force and
awakened h im Th i s ca se i s interesting b ecau se
it i s typical of many ca se s of a similar nature
hin th e experi ence of many per son s I t i s seen
t a strong feeling o r excit ement accompani ed
a strong de sire or wi sh t o summon anoth er
son tend s to giv e great power and e ff ect t o
th ought wave s em itted
Th ey strike th e
of th e recipient like th e sud den r i ngin g o f
-
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an al a r m cl o ck bell
A not h er i n t ere sting ca se i s tha t o f t wo l a d i es
bo th w ell k nown t o m ember s o f t h e com mi ttee
an d v o uch ed for a s o f strict v era cit y Th i s ca se
i s u n u su a l for th e rea son th a t t wo different p er
son s r e c e iv e d th e though t wave s a t th e same
t im e H ere i s an abridgm ent o f th e ca se : L ady
G an d h er si s t er had b een spen d i ng t h e e v ening
w ith th e i r m o th er wh o wa s in h er u sual h ealth
a n d sp i ri t s wh en th ey l e f t h er I n th e middle of
th e nigh t t h e si st er awo k e i n h er fright and said
t o h er hu sban d :
I m u st go t o my m oth er at
once ; d o o rd er th e carriage I a m sure tha t sh e
i s t aken i ll
On th e way t o h er m oth er s h ou se
see th em
Ano th er ca se of a similar nature i s t h i s :
At
t h e siege of Mo o lta n Maj or General R th en a d
j ut ant o f h i s regiment wa s severely wounded
a n d suppo sed h im self t o b e dying H e reque sted
th a t hi s ring b e t aken o ff h i s n ger and sent t o
hi s w i fe A t th e sam e tim e hi s wife wa s at
F erozepore on e hundred and fty m il e s di s t ant
l y i ng on h er b ed in a stat e h al f way b etween
waking and sleeping Sh e saw h e r h u sban d be
i n g t a k en o ff th e eld and h eard h i s voice say
i n g : Tak e th i s ring o ff my nger and send it
t o m y w i fe
.
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C LAI R V OY A N C E
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pene d t o on e o f my son s
I t aft erward s tran s
r
th
a
t
j
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s
t
at
that
t
im
e
hi
s
el
de
s
t
son
s
fo
o
t
i
e
d
p
wa s badly cru sh ed b y an acc i dent on b oard h i s
sh i p th e son b eing at sea Th e B i sh op h im self
record e d th e circum s t a nce i n a l ett er t o M i ss
N oel saying :
I t i s cur i ou s th at at th e ti m e of
h i s accident I wa s so p o s se s sed with t h e d e
pre s sing con sci ou sn es s o f som e evil h aving be
fall en my son H erb ert th at at th e l a st I wro t e
d own that I wa s unabl e t o shak e o ff th e impre s
sion that som ething had happened t o h im and
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71
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S C IENT I F I C TE L E PA T H Y
73
LESS O N V
MI N D R EA D I N G AN D B E Y ON D
,
M I N D RE AD I N G AN D
B E YO N D
75
C LA I RVO Y AN C E
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M I N D RE A DI N G AN D
,
B E Y ON D
77
r
e
c
t
o
i f you so d e sire b ut th e real n e wor k i s
j
don e by th e recipient and for that rea son that i s
th e p ar t you should l earn t o play b y frequen t r e
,
h e a r sa ls
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78
E n rapp ort
goo d friend s
you know m ean s
in vibrational h armony
Wh en two p er son s
are en rapport with each oth er th ey ar e lik e two
wirel e s s t elegraph i c in strum ent s perfectly a t
tun ed t o each oth er In such ca se s th ere are o b
t a in e d th e very b e st re sult s
You will soon l earn
t o di stin gui sh th e d egre e o f en rapport condition s
b etween yourself and di ff erent per son s you
four
exhal ing or breath ing out
Try thi s
several tim e s an d you will n d tha t you h ave
e stabl i sh ed a rh ythmic uni son b etween yourself
.
M I N D RE A D I N G AN D
B EY O N D
79
an d t h e ot h er p erson In t h e progre s s of an ex
i
r
m
e
n
e
t i f you s h ould nd that t h e condi t ion s
p
a re not a s good a s might b e d e s i red you w i ll do
wel l t o pau se for a few m om ent s an d r e e stabl i sh
t h e proper rhythmic harm ony by th i s m et h od of
harmoniou s rhythmic breathin g
B egin b y having th e proj ector sel ect som e
promin ent obj ect in th e ro om a chair or t abl e
for in stance Th en have h im tak e your l eft hand
in hi s right ha n d R ai se your l eft hand h eld in
h i s right h and t o your foreh ead ; th en cl o se your
eye s and remain pa ssiv e a few m om ent s Have
him concentrat e h i s m ind int ently on th e selected
Th e main th ought i n h i s
t h e re go th ere
m ind mu st b e that of d irect i o n H e mu st will
th at you m ove t oward that chair
A fter a mom ent or two you w i ll b egin t o feel
a vague general imp ul se t o move your feet
Obey th e im pul se Ta k e a few slow st ep s i n any
direct ion that s eem s ea sy t o you S om etime s
t h i s w i ll t a k e you in an oppo sit e direction fro m
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t o th e r i g ht n o w a l it t l e t o t h e l e f t now sto p
w h er e you are an d pu t ou t yo u r r i g ht h and
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81
o th er s w i ll f ail t o g e t i nt o tu n e wi t h you S om e
proj e ct or s do n o t seem t o k now wh at i s re quired
d own
t o t h e r i ght
t o th e l ef t
s t op now
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M I N D READ I N G AN D B EYON D
,
83
cult y
th e direction m ovement
Som e recipient s are of course far more p ro
cie n t than are oth er s ; b ut each and every per
son any per son of average intelligence wil l be
abl e t o secure more or l e s s proci ency in th e se
experiment s provi d e d t h at patience an d pr a c
tice are em ployed Th ere i s n o such thing a s an
ab solut e failure po s sibl e t o anyon e wh o will pro
ce e d intelligently an d will practice su fciently
Somet ime s aft er many d i scouraging att em pt s
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M I N D R EA D I N G A N D
85
B EYON D
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86
MI N D R EA D I N G A ND B E Y O ND
87
th at i s wh ere th e
pe r im e n t s at l o n g di stance
proj ector i s o u t o f your ph ysical pre sence I t
make s n o d i ff erence wh eth er th e d i stance b e
merely th at between two adj oining ro om s or
el se o f mile s of space A t r st h owever n ear
ne s s ad d s condence in th e maj ority of ca se s
C ond ence once gained th e di stance may b e
l ength en ed indenitel y without impair ing th e
succe s s of t h e experiment s Th e long d i stance
experim ent s may con si st eith er o f th e receiving
o f singl e word s name s etc or el se di stinct cl ear
m e s sage s or id ea s S om e nd it n o more d i fcult
t o r epro duce simile geom etrical d e sign s such a s
circl es square s triangl e s etc t h an t o reproduce
wo rd s or i dea s
I n long di stance exp erim ent s i t i s well for th e
proj ec t or t o writ e down th e word or th ought h e
wi sh e s t o t ran smit an d for th e recipien t t o writ e
n ow
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88
MI N D RE AD I N G AN D
,
B E YOND
89
yo u rsel f Y o u wi ll o p en up a w on d er fu l wor l d
of ne w ex p er i ence s f or yours el f B u t rem e m b er
always you mu s t procee d s t ep by s t ep p er f e ct
i n g yourself a t eac h s t ep b efore p roceeding t o t h e
nex t
.
LES S O N V I
C L AI RV OY A NT
P SY C H O M ETRY
ing
I n it s pre sent u sage it cover s a wide eld
of p sych ic ph enom ena ; and i s u se d by d i ff eren t
writer s t o de signat e pha se s of p sych i c ph enom
ena di ff ering wid ely from each oth er Th e student
i s ap t t o b ecom e confu sed wh en h e m eet s th e se
ap parently conicting d enition s an d u sage s I n
t h e glo s sary of th e S ociety for P sych ical R e
search th e t erm i s den e d a s :
T h e faculty or
act o f perce i v i ng a s t h oug h vi sually with som e
coinci dental truth som e di stant scen e ; it i s u sed
somet ime s b ut hardly prop erly for t r a n sce n
d ental vi sion or th e p ercept ion of b ein gs r e
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P SY C H O METR Y
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n o m en a :
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C LAI RVO YA NT
P SY C H O M ETR Y
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b er wh at we h ave seen
O n e of th e simpl e st and m o st comm on form
o f p sych om etry i s that i n which th e psych o m
e t r ist i s ab l e t o t ell th e physical condition o f a
p er son by m ean s o f h old ing t o th e foreh ead o r
even in th e hand som e trinket or small articl e
such a s a handkerchi ef r ecently worn o n t h e p er
son o i t h e ind i vidual r egarding w h om th e in
forma t ion i s sought I n th e ca se of som e v ery
sen sitiv e p sych om etr i st s th e p sych i c p er son
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P S Y C H O MET R Y
95
t om foolery
A s t ep furth er i s th e power of som e psych o m
e t r ist s t o correctly d escrib e th e per sonal char
a ct e r ist ics an d even th e pa s t h i st ory o f per son s
w i t h wh om th ey com e in contact o r wh o se a s
so cia t e d articl e
th ey have in th eir hand s Som e
very remarkabl e in stance s of thi s ph a se o f psy
ch o m e t r y are relat ed in th e book s containin g
t h e h i st ory of clairvoyance
A n int ere sting
ca se i s that relat ed by Z sch o kk e th e emin ent
German writ er wh o relate s in h i s aut obiogra ph y
h i s wonderful experience in th i s d irection
L i sten t o th e story in hi s own word s :
It ha s
h appened to m e occa sionally at th e r st m eet ing
with a total stranger wh en I have been li st enin g
i n silence t o h i s conver sat ion that hi s pa st l ife
up t o th e p re sent mom ent with many m inut e cir
cu m st a n ce s b elonging t o one or oth er particular
scene in it h a s com e acro s s m e lik e a dream but
di stinct ly entirely involuntarily and un sought
occupying in duration a few minut e s For a long
ti m e I wa s di spo sed t o con sider th ese eeting
R V OY A N C E
C LA I
96
h a d n ever seen th e p e rs on be f o r e N e v e r th el e s s
th e h earer s w er e a s t on i s h e d an d l aug h ed a n d
w oul d n o t b e p ers u a d ed b ut th a t I h a d a pr ev i o u s
a c q ua i ntanc e with t h e form er l if e of th e per son
i na smuc h a s w h a t I h a d s t at ed wa s perfe c tly t r u e
I w a s n o t l e s s a s t on i sh ed t o n d th a t m y
d rea m vi sion agreed wit h real i ty I th e n ga v e
m or e a tt en ti on to t h e s u bj ect an d a s o ft en a s
p ro p r i e t y a l lowed o f it I relat e d t o th o s e w h o se
l i ve s h a d so pa s sed b e f or e m e t h e s u b s t ance o f
m y d ream vi sion t o ob t a i n fro m t h em it s c on
O n every o cca s i on
t r a d ict io n or conrm a t ion
i t s con rmati on followe d n o t wi t h o ut amaze
m en t o n t h e par t o f th o se w h o gav e it On a
cer t a i n fair day I w en t i n t o th e t own o f W a ld s
hut accom pani e d by t wo young fore s t er s wh o
a re st ill al ive It w a s even i ng an d t i red w ith
,
.
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P S Y C HO ME T RY
97
h i story h e b eing a s l i t t le k no w n t o m e a s I t o
h i m T h at wo u ld I sugge s t ed go somet hi n g be
o f th e la st
Th e above incident i s typical o f th i s cla s s o f
p sychometry and many per son s h av e h ad at l ea st
a sh e s o f thi s ph a se o f th e p ower Th e only r e
markabl e thing ab out t h i s par t i cular ca se i s it s
faith fulne s s regarding de t ail s thi s sh ow s a very
n e d evelopment of th e a stral sen se Th e f eatur e
that make s it p sych om etric in st ead o f pure clair
voyance i s that t h e pre sence o f th e oth er p erson
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98
i s abl e t o d e scr i b e a di s t an t s c en e by m e a n s o f
a bi t o f mi neral plan t or s i milar obj e c t once
l ocat e d a t that place I n such ca se s th e psy
ch o m e tr ist get s en rapp ort with th e d i stan t scen e
by m ean s o f th e connec t ing l in k m en ti oned
Havin g obtained th i s h e i s abl e t o relat e th e
event s th a t are h appenin g on that scen e a t th a t
par ticu la r m om ent S om e v ery int ere sting ca se s
a r e m en t ioned i n wh ich th e p sych om e t ri st h a s
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P S Y C H O MET RY
99
l a n d al th oug h th ey h a v e no t a s ye t b een un co v
ere d or d i scovered
S t ill anoth er form o f p sych om e t r i c d i scern
m en t i s t hat in whic h th e p sych om etr i st ge t s en
ra pport with th e pa st h i story o r an o bj ec t o r o f
i t s surroundings b y mean s of th e obj ect it self
In th i s way th e p sych om etri st h old ing i n h i s
hand o r pre s s i ng t o h i s h ead a bull et from a bat
tle eld i s abl e t o pi c ture th e battl e it sel f Or
given a piece of anci ent p ott ery o r ston e im ple
ment th e p sychom e t ri st i s abl e t o picture th e
time and p eopl e s connected w it h th e o bj ec t in
th e pa st som etim e s aft er many c enturie s are
pa st I onc e h anded a good p sychom etri st a b i t
o f ornam ent t aken from an E gyptian mummy
over th ree th ou sand year s ol d Th oug h th e psy
ch o m e t r ist d id no t k now what t h e o bj ect wa s o r
from w h ence i t h ad com e sh e wa s a bl e t o p i c
ture no t only th e scen e s in wh ich th e E gyptian
had l ived but al so th e scene s conn ect ed wi t h th e
m anufacture of th e ornament som e t hre e h un
dred year s b efor e that tim efor it turned out
tha t th e ornam en t it self wa s an ant i qu e wh en th e
E gy p tian ha d acquired it I n anoth er ca se I h ad
th e p sychom etri st d e scrib e in detail th e animal
l i fe and th e physical ph enom ena of th e age in
wh ich a fo ssil had exi st ed wh en al i v emany
t h ou sand s of year s ago In th e pro per plac e in
th i s boo k I will explain j u st h ow it i s po s s i bl e t o
pene t rat e t h e secret s of th e pa st by p sych om etr i c
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C L AI R V OY ANT
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bly
ri
forever ?
At anot h er t i me Dr D enton te st ed th e psy
Sh e
ch o m e t r ist w i th a whal ebon e walking can e
supp o se d it t o b e wood b u t wh en sh e b egan t o
report h er p syc h ic i m pre s sion s th ey cam e a s fol
l ow s : I feel a s th ough I were a mon ster Th ere
i s n oth in g of a tree about i t an d i t i s u sel e s s fo r
m e t o go furth er I feel l i k e v omi t ing No w I
wan t t o plunge in t o t h e water I believe t ha t I
am go ing t o have a t
My jaw s are large
enough t o t ak e d own a h ou se at a gul p I n ow
k now what thi s i s it i s whalebone I see th e
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of i t N ow I s ee th e wh o l e animal Wha t a n
a wf ul loo k in g creature
A not h er tim e Dr D enton gav e th e psych o m
e t r ist a minut e piece o f th e enamel of th e t ooth of
a m a s t o don wh ich had b een found th irty fee t
b elow th e surface o f th e ear th Th e psych o m
e t r ist had n ot t h e s light e st knowl edge o f th e
charact er of th e tiny ake of enam el h an d ed h er
bu t n everth el es s report ed :
My i m pre s sion i s
tha t i t i s a par t o f som e m on s t rou s an imal prob
ably p ar t o f a t ooth I feel li k e a p erfect m on st er
w i th h eavy l egs unwiel dy h ead an d v ery lar g e
b o d y I go d own t o a sh all ow stream t o d r i nk
I c an hardly spea k my j aw s are so h eavy I
f eel l i k e getting d own on all four s Wh at a n o i se
come s t h rough t h e wood s I have an i mpul se t o
an swer i t M y ear s ar e very large an d l eath ery
a n d I can alm o st fancy th ey ap in my face a s I
m o v e my h ead Th ere are some old er on e s than
I I t seem s so out o f keeping t o b e tal k in g wi t h
t h es e h eavy j aws Th ey are dar k bro w n a s i f
t h ey h a d b een compl et ely tanned Th er e i s one
old fellow wit h large tu sk s tha t l oo k s v ery
t o u gh I see several younger on e s In fac t t h ere
i s a wh ol e h erd M y upper li p m ove s c u r i ou sly ;
I can ap it u p It se em s strange t o m e h ow it i s
don e Th ere i s a plant growin g h ere h i gh er than
my h ead I t i s n early a s thic k a s my wr i s t v e r y
wo u l d h ave t o a human b e i n g o h n o ! it i s s i c k
P S Y C HO MET RY
C LA I R VO Y AN T
it e ly, but
1 03
th e pr i n cip l e i s th e s a m e i n eac h I n
m y own exper i ence I ga v e a s m all pi ece from
th e Grea t P yra mi d o f Egyp t t o a p syc h om etr i st
wh o wa s u n educat ed and wh o k n ew n ot hi ng o f
a nc i ent E gypt or i t s h i s t ory N otw it h stand ing
thi s sh e gav e m e such a d etail ed an d compl et e
account of th e l ife of ancient E gyp t wh i ch wa s
i n suc h c ompl e t e accor d ance with th e o pin i on s of
t h e b e st auth oritie s that I woul d h es it a t e ab ou t
p ubl i s h in g th e rep ort for i t cer t a i nly woul d b e
r eg a rd e d a s ran k im po sture b y th e average scie n
S om e d a y h owe v er I m ay pu b
t ic a uth o r it y
l i s h th i s
T h e r e are n o spec i al di rec ti on s t o b e gi ven t h e
s tu den t i n p syc h om etry A ll t ha t can b e don e i s
t o su g ge s t t h a t each p er son s h o u l d t r y th e ex
r
im
e
n
t
s
e
fo r h im sel f i n ord er t o nd o ut
p
wh eth er h e h a s or ha s n ot t h e p sych om e t r i c f a c
u lty
I t m ay b e d eveloped by th e m et h o d s t h at
wi l l b e gi ven t o d evelo p all p sych i c p owers i n
a not h er p ar t o f thi s book B u t m uch w i ll d epend
upon a c tual pract i ce and exerc i se Ta k e s t range
obj ect s a nd sitt ing in a quiet ro om w i t h th e o h
j ce t h el d t o yo u r fore h ead shut ou t all t h ough t s
o f th e o ut si d e w orld an d f orget all p ersonal
a ff a i r s I n a s h ort ti m e i f th e con di t i on s are all
r ight yo u w i ll beg i n t o h av e a s h e s of scene s
connec t e d w i th th e hi s t ory o f th e o bj ec t At r st
r a th e r d i sconn ec t e d an d m o r e or l e s s confu sed
th er e wi ll soon com e t o yo u a cl earing away of
th e s c en e and th e pi ct u re s w i ll b ecom e qu i t e
p l a i n P rac ti ce will d e v el o p t h e power P rac ti ce
o nly wh en alon e o r wh en i n th e pre s ence o f so m e
n
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r
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g
ways be con scient i ou s ab out it and refrain from
divul ging th e s ecr et s th at wil l b ecom e yours i n
th e cour se o f t h e s e exper i m ent s B e h on orable
on t h e a stral plan e a s well a s on th e physical
m ore so ra t h er t han l e s s
.
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by on e pe r son th e bet t e r d oe s it s ee m t o se r v e
th e u se s of th at p erson I a gr ee w i th many u ser s
o f t h e crys t al in th eir beli ef that eac h p er son
s h oul d k eep h i s crystal for h i s own p ersonal u s e
and n o t al low it t o b e u sed i ndi scrimina t ely by
stranger s or p er son s n o t i n sym pathy wit h occul t
th ought Th e crystal t end s t o b ecom e p olarize d
ac c ord i ng t o th e requirem ent s of th e per son
h abitually u sin g it and i t i s fooli sh t o allow t hi s
t o b e i nt erfered with
T h e u se o f crystal s and other br i g h t sh ining
o bj ec t s ha s b een common t o p sychic inve st i
ga t or s o f all t im e s an d i n pract i cally all land s I n
t h e earl ier d ays of th e race p i ece s o f cl ear quar tz
o r s hi n i ng pebb le s were generally employed
S om et im e s pi ece s o f poli sh ed m etal wer e so u sed
I n fa ct n early every obj ect capabl e o f b eing p ol
ish e d h a s been e m pl oyed i n th i s way a t som e
tim e by som e p e r son In our own day th e sa m e
condit i on ex i s t s I n A u s t ral i a th e nat ive soo t h
sayer s and mag ici an s empl oy wa t er an d oth er
s hi n i n g o bj e ct s a n d i n som e ca se s even b r i g ht
a m e s p ar k s o r gl ow i n g emb er s
I n N ew
Z ealan d th e native s frequen t ly e m p l oy drop s of
blo o d h el d i n th e hollo w o f t h e h an d Th e Fij ian s
ll a h ol e w i th wa t er an d ga z e i n t o it S o uth
Am er ic an t r i b e s u se t h e p o l i sh ed surfac e o f blac k
or d ar k co l ore d s t one s T h e Am e r i can In d i an s
u se w a t e r or s hi n i n g p i e c e s or i n t o r q u a r tz
S hi n i n g p i ece s o f m e t al a r e f re q uen t ly u sed by
t h e prim i t iv e race s Lan g wr i t in g on th e s u b
T h ey s t are i n t o a c rystal ba l l ;
je ct h a s sa i d
a cup ; a mi rro r ; a blo t of i n k ( Egy pt an d I n di a ) ;
,
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a d r o p o f bl oo d ( th e Mao r i s o f N e w Z e a l a n d ) ;
a b o wl o f wa t e r ( Am er i can In di an s ) ; a pond
( R o m an a n d Af r i can ) ; wa t er i n a gla s s b owl
( F e z ) o r almo s t any pol i s h ed surface etc
In th e pre sent d a y rev i val o f i nt ere s t i n crys t al
ga zi n g among th e wealth ier cla s se s o f Euro pe
an d A merica som e o f t h e h ig h p riced t eac h er s
h a v e i n si st ed upon th ei r p upil s p urch a sin g pure
crystal glob e s cl a imi ng that th e se a lon e are
capabl e of serv i n g th e purpo se ful l y Bu t a s
s uc h crystal s ar e very expen sive t h i s advice h a s
p re v ent ed m any fro m experimen t ing B u t th e
a dvi ce i s erroneou s for any gl ob e o f cl ear quar t z
o r even m ould e d gla ss w i l l serve th e p u rpo se
equall y wel l an d t h ere i s no n eed of spending
twen t y v e t o f t y d ollar s f o r a pure cry s t a l
glob e
For t hat m a tt er yo u may ob t a i n v ery goo d r e
su lt s f rom th e u se o f a watc h crystal la i d o v er a
p i ece of blac k v elvet S o m e today u s e w it h th e
bes t e ffec t s mall p oli s h ed pi ece s o f silver or o th er
brig ht m etal Other s foll ow t h e ol d plan o f u sin g
a large dro p of i nk poure d i nt o a smal l butter
plat e Som e h ave small cup s pain t ed black on
th e i n s id e i n t o w h i ch th ey p our wa t erand ob
t a i n e x c ell en t r e sult s th erefrom
Abov e all I caut i on th e stud en t t o pay n o a t
t en ti on t o i n s t r u c t ion s r egarding t h e nece s si t y o f
perform i ng incan t ation s o r ceremon i e s over t h e
crystal or oth er o bj ec t e m ployed in crys t al g a z
i n g T h i s i s bu t a bi t of i dl e sup ers t i ti on a nd
serve s no u seful purpo se except po s sibly t hat of
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m ilky mi s t
th e crystal gradually l o sing i t s
tran sparency I n th i s m ilky clou d then grad u
ally a p pear s a form or face or scen e of som e
k ind m ore o r le s s plainly den ed I f yo u h a v e
ever d eveloped a ph ot ograph ic lm or plat e yo u
will know h ow t h e pi c tu re gra d ually com e s i nt o
V ie w
ce r e m o m e s
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GAZI N G
1 09
plat e
Th e sam e auth ority relat e s th e follo w in g i nter
e sting exp erim ent with th e crystal :
M i ss X
upon looking into th e crystal on two occa s i on s
a s a te st t o see if sh e could s ee m e wh en s h e
wa s sev eral mile s o ff saw n ot m e but a d i ff er
ent friend of min e on eac h occa s i on S h e h a d
never seen eith er of my friend s b efore b ut im
mediat ely i dentied th em b oth on see i n g th e m
af t erward at my o fc e On one of th e evenings
on wh ich we experiment ed in th e v a i n att empt s
.
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t o n o on e kn ew
Andrew L ang anoth er prominen t inve st i ga t or
o f p sych ic ph enomena give s th e followin g in t e r
e s t ing exp er i m ent i n crystal gaz i ng :
I had
g i ven a g la s s ball t o a young lady M i s s B a i llie
w h o h a d scarcely any s u cce s s w i th i t S h e l ent
i t t o M i s s Le sli e w h o saw a lar g e square old
fa s h i on ed red sofa cov ered wi t h mu slin ( w h i ch
sh e af t erwar d found in th e n ex t country hou se
sh e v i sit ed )
Mi s s B a i llie s brot h er a young
at h l et e la ugh ed a t th e se experiment s t oo k th e
ball int o h i s study and cam e back l oo k in g gey
ga s h
H e adm it t e d t h at h e h ad seen a v i sion
someb ody h e kn ew under a lam p H e said tha t
h e woul d di scover d ur i ng th e we e k w h eth er or
not h e h a d seen r i ght Th i s wa s a t
on a
S u n d ay aft ernoon On T u esday Mr B a i ll i e wa s
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a t a dan c e i n a t o w n f or t y mi l e s fr o m hi s h o m e
a n d m et a M i s s P re s t on
On S u n d a y h e sai d
abo ut h al f pa st v e you wer e si tt ing u n d er a
stand a rd lam p i n a dre s s I n e v er saw yo u wear
a blue blou se w i t h la c e over t h e s h ould er s pour
ing ou t t ea for a m an i n bl u e se r ge wh o se bac k
w a s t oward m e so t h at I only saw t h e t i p o f hi s
m u s t ach e
Why t h e blind s mu st h ave b een u p
sai d M i s s P re st on
1 wa s at Dul by sa i d M r
Baillie an d h e undeniably wa s
M i s s X th e well known contri buto r t o t h e
c h ance of knowing
A s a m att er of fact each an d e v e r y form or
ph a se of cla i r v oyance po s sibl e u nder oth er meth
,
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o d s o f i n d ucin g c l a i r v o ya n t vi s i on i s po s s i b l e i n
c ry s t al g a z ing
I t i s a m i s t a k e t o c on s id er
c rys t al gaz i n g a s a se p arat e an d di s ti nc t form o f
C ry stal g a z in g i s m erely
p syc hi c p h enom ena
on e particular for m or m eth od o f i nducing
p sych i c or clairvoyan t vi s i on I f you will k eep
thi s i n m ind you w i ll a v o i d m any com m on e r
r o r s a nd m i sun d er s t andings i n th e m at t er
In ord er t o give you th e b en et o f a s m any
p o i nt s of view a s po s s i bl e I s h all n ow q u ot e from
an ol d E ngli s h writ er on th e subj ec t of th e u se
o f th e crystal I d o t hi s real iz i n g tha t som etim e s
a part i cular s tu d en t will g et m or e from on e point
o f vi ew than from ano th ersom e particular
ph ra sin g will seem t o reac h h i s un derstanding
wh er e oth er s fail Th e dire cti on s of t h e E ngli sh
a uth ority ar e a s foll ows :
What i s d e sired through th e regular u se of
th e t ran slu c en t sph ere i s t o cult iv a t e a per sonal
d e gr e e o f cla i r v oyan t p o w er so tha t vi sion s o f
t h ing s o r event s pa st p re sen t and fu t ur e may
app ea r cl early t o th e in t er i o r vi s i on or eye o f
th e s o u l I n t h e pur sui t of t hi s e ff ort only t h e
crys t a l b ecom e s at once b o th a b e a utiful int er
e s ti ng and h arml e s s chann e l o f pl ea su re and i n
s t ruc t ion sh orn of danger s and rendered con
d uciv e t o m ental d e v elopmen t
To th e at t a i nm en t of thi s d e s i ra bl e end a t
t en ti on i s a s k ed t o th e following pract ical d ir e c
t i on s wh ic h if carefully foll owed will l ead t o
s uc ce ss :
S el ect a qu i et room wh ere yo u will b e
e n ti rel y undi sturb ed taking care t hat i t i s a s far
,
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G A ZI N G
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f o ld m e n t,
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G A ZI N G
1 15
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1 16
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GAZI N G
1 17
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surface in w h at i s k nown a s c r y s t al g a z in g
A no th er a uth or it y t ell s hi s read er s th a t :
A stral sig ht w h en it i s cr a m p ed by b e i n g d i
r e ct e d al on g w ha t i s pract i c a lly a t ub e i s l imit e d
v ery m uc h a s ph ysical sig h t wo u l d b e un d er s im
ila r circ u m stance s th ough i f po s se s sed in per
f e ct io n i t w i ll continue t o sh ow even at t h at d i s
t an ce th e au r a s and t h erefore al l th e em o ti on s
and m o st of th e t h ough t s of th e peopl e under o h
servat i on
B ut it may b e s ai d th e m ere
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GAZI N G
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C LA I R VOYANT
REVE R I E
12 1
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v a n ce d
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shall
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point
b ecom e
scio u sn e s s
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or d ay dream
in wh ich you ha v e b een so
occu pied with th e thought s and fancie s o a t
ing through your m ind that you forgot all
el se
Well then th i s will give you a com
mon sen se idea o f th e stat e that th e occulti st s
t each may b e induced in order t o enter into th e
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i ng a state o f ar ti ci al h y p no s i s m ore or l es s
d eep Su ch a s t a t e i s m o s t und e s i rab l e n o t only
by rea son of i t s imm edia t e e ff e ct s bu t a l so by
rea son o f th e fac t th a t it o f t en re s u l t s i n a c on
dition o f abnormal sen s iti ven e s s t o th e wi l l of
oth er s o r even t o th e th ough t s an d f eelings o f
oth ers on b ot h th e a stral and t h e ph ysical plan e s
o f life I em phatically warn my stud ent s again st
any suc h practic e s or anyt h in g re sembling th em
Whil e I d i slike t o d well on th e subj ect I feel
t h at I sh oul d call t h e attention o f my studen t s t o
th e fact that certain t each er s s ee k t o pro duc e t h e
abnormal p sych ic c ond it i on by m ean s o f ex h a u st
i ng breathing exerci se s wh ich ma k e t h e per son
d izzy and sleepy Th i s i s al l wron g Wh il e
rhythmic b reath ing exerci se s h av e a certa i n value
in p sychic ph enom ena and are h arml e s s w h en
properly p racticed n ever t h el e s s such p r actice s
a s th o se t o wh ic h I h ave allude d are harm ful t o
th e n ervou s syst em o f t h e p er son an d al so t en d
to induc e unde sirabl e p syc h ic condi t ion s A ga i n
som e t each er s have so u gh t t o hav e th e i r s t uden t s
h ol d t h eir breath for com p arat ively l ong per i od s
of tim e i n order to brin g ab out abn ormal p sych i c
stat es Th e sl i ghte st knowl edge of physiology
inform s on e t hat such a pract ice mu s t b e h arm
ful ; i t cau se s th e b l ood t o becom e t h ic k an d im
pure an d d e c i ent i n oxygen I t cer t a i nly will
produce a k in d of drow sine s s for t h e sam e rea
son t ha t im pure a i r in a room w i ll d o th e sam e
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T R EVERI E
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in t h e h ead
T hi s i s a rev i val of t h e practice s
o f cer t a i n fana ti c s i n P er sia and I n d ia wh o p er
form it a s a relig i ou s rit e until th ey fal l i n t o w hat
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,
,
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on e w hi ch c a n b e a t al l safely re c om m en d e d for
g en e ra l u se th a t o f w hi ch we shall spea k la st
o f a ll A m ong th e l e s s advanced nation s of th e
wo rl d th e cla i r v oyan t stat e h a s b een produced in
variou s obj ec t ionabl e ways ; among som e o f th e
n on A ryan t rib e s o f In dia by th e u se o f in t o xi
c a t i n g d r u g s or th e inhalin g of s t upefying fum es ;
a m ong t h e d erv i sh e s b y wh irl ing in a mad dance
o f rel i gi o u s fervor until v ertigo an d in sen sibility
s u per v ene ; am o n g th e follower s of th e a bo m in
a bl e prac t ice s o i th e V o odo o cult by frightful
sacr i ce s an d loath som e rit e s of black magic
M et h o d s such a s th e se are happily n ot in vo gue
i n o u r own race yet even among u s large num
b e rs o f dabb l er s in thi s anci ent ar t adopt som e
plan of self hypn otization such a s gazing at a
bright sp ot o r th e rep etit ion o f som e form ula u n
til a condition o f semi stupefaction i s produced ;
wh il e yet anoth er scho ol among them woul d e n
d e a v o r t o arrive at si m ilar re sult s by th e u se of
som e of th e I nd i an syst em s of regulation of th e
b reath All th e s e m e t h od s are un equivocally t o
b e con demn ed a s quit e un safe for th e practice of
t h e ordinary man wh o ha s n o id ea of what h e
i s do i ng wh o i s simply making va gu e e x pe r i
m ent s in an unkn own worl d E ven th e m eth od
of o btain i ng clairvoyance by all owing one self t o
b e m e sm erized by anoth er p er son i s on e from
w h ich I sh oul d myself sh rin k with th e m o st de
cided d i s t a st e ; and a s suredly i t sh oul d n ever b e
att em pted excep t under condit ion s of ab solut e
tru st an d a ff ection b e t ween th e magn eti ser and
th e m a g n et i sed and a perfec t ion of purity in
.
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will
I hav e given th e ab ove full q uotat ion from th i s
auth ority n ot m erely b ecau se that from anoth er
angl e h e state s th e sam e general principl e s a s
do I ; but al so b ecau se h i s p ersonal exp eri ence in
actual clairvoyant ph enomena i s so ext ended and
varied that any word from h im on th e subj ect of
th e d evelopm ent of clairvoyant power mu st have
a value o f it s own Whil e I di ff er from th i s
auth ority on som e point s of d etail of theory an d
practice n everth el e s s I gladly t e stify t o th e
soundn e s s of h i s vi ew s a s above quot ed and pa s s
th em on t o my student s for careful con sideration
and attention Th e student will d o well t o h eed
what h e ha s t o say and t o comb in e such opin
ion w ith wh at I h av e uttered in th e earlier part
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LESS O N I X
S I M P LE C LA I R V OY AN C E
SI M PL E C L AI R VO Y AN C E
137
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th e th ough t form
A thought form i s a spe
cia liz e d grouping of a stral sub stance crystalized
b y th e strong though t impul se s o r vibration s o f a
person th inking o r manife sting strong emotional
excitement I t i s generat ed in th e aura of th e
per son in th e r st pl a ce but i s th en th rown o ff
or em itt ed from th e atm o sph ere o f th e p er son
and i s sent o ff int o space A th ough t form i s
really bu t a strongl y manife st ed t h ought or feel
ing which ha s taken form in t h e a stral sub stance
I t s power and durat ion d epend upon th e d egr e e
of force o f th e th ought or feeling manife sting it
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145
?
th rough a b rick wall
Well t h e clair v oyan t i s
abl e t o d o th i s For t ha t ma tt er th e physical
X Rays are abl e t o penetrat e throug h soli d sub
s t ance s and th e a st ral vibra t ion s are ev en m ore
subtl e than th ese I t seem s strange t o h ear of
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t o b e apprec i a t ed
N o w h ere a t thi s pla c e I wi s h t o c a ll th e a t
t en ti on o f t h e s t u d en t t o th e fac t th a t whil e th e
abo v e stat ed ph enom ena s t ric t ly b elong t o t h e
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m ay b e m an i fe st e d i n conn e cti on w i th th a t o f
th e se oth er c la s se s of clair v oyance F or i n stance
in s p ace cl a i rvoyance t h e t rain ed cla i r v oyan t i s
abl e n ot o n ly t o p erce i v e t hings h appen i n g at
point s far d i s t a nt bu t may al so ( i f h ighly d evel
o pe d p sych ically ) b e able t o perceive t h e d e t ail s
j u st m entioned a s well a s i f h e w er e at t h at di s
t ant point i n p er son L i k ew i se i n t i m e cl a ir
voyance th e clairvoyan t m ay exerc i se th e p o w er
of magn i fying v i sion regard i n g t h e obj ec t f a r
di stant in tim e j u st a s i f h e w ere l i v i n g i n t ha t
tim e S o h er e a s el s ew h er e we n d t h e d iff er
ent cla s se s o f ph enom ena shad ing and blend i n g
into each oth er A t t h e b e st cla ss i cation s ar e
u seful principally fo r convenience i n i n t ell e ctu al
con sideration and rea soning
In th e sam e way th e clairvoyan t m ay man i fe s t
th e ab ov e m entioned form s o f a stral sen s i ng i n
ca se s when th e a s t ral v i sion h a s b een a w a k ene d
by p sych ometry or by crys t al ga z ing a s w e ll a s
in tho se ca se s in w h ic h th e cond it i on ha s b een
brought about through m ed i ta t ion or s imi la r
m eth o d s
I woul d al so call th e at t ent i on of t h e st u den t
t o th e fac t that i n t h e above d e scri pt i on o f t h e
ph enomena of sim p l e clairvoyance I hav e mad e
n o m ent ion of t h e sig ht s of t h e a stral plan e wh i c h
o ft en b ecom e vi sibl e t o t h e clair v oyan t an d
wh ich h ave t o d o w it h a s t ral bodie s a s t ral s h ell s
t h e d i sembodied soul s o f th o se w h o h a v e pa s se d
on t o o th er plane s o f exis t ence etc I s h all t a k e
u p th es e m att ers i n oth er par t s o f thi s cour s e and
shall no t d well upon t h em i n thi s pl a ce B u t I
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w i sh yo u t o rememb er t h a t th e sa m e p o w e r
wh ic h enab le s you t o sen se oth er o bj ect s by
m ean s of th e a stral scen e s i s th e sam e tha t i s
called i n t o o perat i on i n t h e cas e s t o wh ich I h a v e
j u st referred
Th e a s t ral p lan e i s a w on d erfu l p lan e o r el d o f
being con t ainin g m any s t r a nge an d w onderful
b ein gs an d thi ng s T h e per son liv i n g on th e
physical p lane m ay v i s it th e a s t ral plan e i n t h e
a stral b ody ; and a gain h e m a y perceive t h e h ap
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p
g
awakene d and d e v eloped a s t ral sen se s S om e
clairvoyan t s nd i t ea sy t o funct i on i n on e way
and som e in an ot h er I t i s re served for th e scie n
t ica lly d eve l ope d clairvoyant t o m an i fe st t h e
wel l round ed power t o perce i ve th e ph enomena
of th e a stral plane i n it s won derful entire t y
Finally yo u w i ll see by reference t o oth er
chapt er s o f th i s b ook th a t on e may manife st sim
ple cla i r v oyant p ower s ( a s well a s t h e m ore com
plica t e d on e s o f t i m e and space cla i rvoyance ) no t
only i n t h e ord i nary wa ki ng s t at e but al so in th e
stat e o f d rea m s I n f a c t so m e of t h e m o s t str ik
in g p syc hi c ph eno m ena are man if e s t ed wh en t h e
seer i s i n th e d rea m s t a t e A s we proceed yo u
w i ll n d th a t e v ery ph a se of th e great s ubj ec t w i ll
t i n t o it s place a nd will b e fo u nd t o blen d w it h
every oth er ph a se Th er e w i ll b e found a lo gi cal
h armony an d uni t y of th ought pervad i ng t h e
wh ol e subj ec t B u t we m u st u se singl e br i c k s
L E SS ON X
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R V OY A N C E
brough t i n th e r emnant al iv e
In conne c t i on wi th t h i s ca se s om e l e a di ng
occul ti st s are o f t h e o p i n i on th a t t h e th o u g ht
wave s fro m t h e mi n d s of t h e d i s t re s se d lo st per
son s reac h ed C a pt Youn t i n hi s s l eep and
awa k en ed hi s sub con sc i ou s a tt en ti on H a v i n g
natural cla i rvoyan t power th ough prev i o u sly un
aware o i it h e na t urally d irect ed hi s a s t ra l v i s i on
to t h e so u r c e o f t h e m ental current s and pe r
ce iv e d cla i r v oy a n t ly th e scen e d e s cr i bed i n th e
story N o t h a vi n g any a cqua i n t ance w i t h any o f
th e l o st p ar t y i t wa s only b y rea son o f th e m en
t al c u r ren t s o f di s t r e s s s o s en t ou t th a t h i s a tt en
,
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ti on w a s a t t ra ct ed T h i s i s a v ery i n t e r e s ti n g
c a se b ecau se se v eral p sy c h i c fa ct or s a r e i nvolved
i n it a s I have j u st said
I n th e following ca se t h ere i s foun d a connect
i ng l i n k o f acquaintance w i t h a p er son playin g a
prom inent part i n t h e scen e alth ough t h ere wa s
n o con sc i ou s appeal t o th e c l airv oyan t n or con
sc i ou s i nt erest on h er p ar t regar di n g t h e ca se
Th e story i s well k nown an d a p pear s in t h e P ro
ce e d in gs o f th e Soc i e t y for P syc hi ca l Re searc h
It run s a s follow s :
Mr s B roughton awo k e one n i ght i n 1844 and
rou se d h er h u sband tell i ng h im tha t som e th in g
dreadful h a d h app en ed i n France H e b e g ge d
h er to go a sl eep again an d no t t ro u bl e h im Sh e
a s sured him tha t sh e wa s n ot a sleep wh en sh e
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family
I n many ca se s o f cla i rvoyance o f t h i s ki nd
th er e i s foun d t o exi st a stron g connecting lin k
o f mutual intere st o r a ff ection over whic h ows
th e strong att ention
arou sing force o f n ee d or
di stre ss which call s i nt o operation t h e cla ir v o y
ant vi sionin g
I n oth er ca se s t h ere seem s t o b e lac k ing any
connecting l ink alt h ough even in suc h ca se s
th ere may b e a subcon sci ou s l in k connecting t h e
clairvoyant w i th th e scen e or ev ent A n i ntere st
i ng exampl e o f th i s la st m ent ioned pha se i s that
r elat e d by W T Stead th e Engl i sh ed it o r an d
auth o r a s h aving happen ed t o hi m sel f
Mr
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matt er
D on t b e alarm ed th ey said t h ere i s
safely
A n ot h er ca se relat ed by St ead th e sa m e a u
t h o r it y run s a s foll ow s :
Th e fath er of a son
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o clock W i t hi n t en m i n u te s af t e r h e awo k e h e
wa s call e d o u t on a profe ssional vi s it a n d on e n
.
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t er i n g th e b e d roo m h e s a w al l th e d e t a i l s th a t h a d
appeared t o h im i n h i s vi sion Th er e wa s th e
th e appearance o f h er gh o s t
T h ey na tu rally
t h o ugh t that sh e h ad di ed s ud denly an d ha d a p
T h e la d y h er
pe a r e d t o t h em in gh o s t ly f o r m
.
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son s an d that h e wa s on th e e v e o f b e gi nn i ng h i s
return voyage t o A m erica H e added tha t wh en
h e lo o k ed for th e man a few momen t s af t erw ard s
th e stranger had a pparentl y lo st h im sel f i n th e
crow d d i sappeared an d w a s s een n o m ore b y
h im
T h e S oc i ety for P syc hi cal Rese a rc h g i ve s
prom i nence to t h e celeb rated ca se o f th e m em
b er o f t h e L ondon Stock E xchange wh o s e iden
tity it conceal s under the initial s S H
wh o
p o sse s sed th i s p ower of v oluntary awa k en i ng of
a stral sigh t in oth er s by m ean s o f h i s appear
me
Th
e
r
eport
includ
es
th
e
si
gn
ed
stat
ement
(
o f th e lad ie s giving th e t im e of th e ap p earance
and th e d etail s th ereo f )
A gain on D ecemb er 1 1882 I w a s at
S outhal l A t half pa st nin e I sat d own t o e n
d e a v o r t o x my mind so strongly u pon th e in
t e r io r o f a h ou se at Kew wh ere Mi s s V and h er
s i s t er l i ved t h a t I seemed t o b e actually in t h e
h o u s e I wa s con sc i ou s b u t wa s in a k i nd o f
,
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any troubl e
Sh e t h en woke h er si st er W h en
Mr s L t ol d m e th i s I t ook out th e entry th at I
had mad e th e previ ou s night and r ead i t t o h er
Mr s L i s quite sure sh e wa s n ot dreaming Sh e
had only seen m e on ce b efore two year s previ
o u sly
A gain on March 2 2 1884 I wrot e t o M r
Gurn ey o f th e P sychi cal R e search Soc i ety t ell
ing him that I wa s going t o mak e my pre senc e
felt by M i s s V at 44 N orland Square at m id
night
Ten days afterward s I saw Mi s s V
wh en sh e voluntarily told m e that on Sat u rday
at midnight sh e d i stinctly saw m e wh en sh e wa s
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LES SON X I
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O F T H E P AS T
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j u s t h o w th i s won d er f ul thi ng b e c o m e s p o s
sibl e t o th e clairvoyant
I n th e rst place i t woul d undoubt edly b e im
po s sibl e t o p erceive a th ing even by a stral vi sion
i f i t had ent irely d i sa ppe a r e d at som e t im e i n th e
th e A k a sh ic R ecord s or w ha t i s som e
e n ce s t o
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I advi se
Th e l i t t l e b o ok wa s call ed L um e n
yo u t o r e a d it if you can nd i t in yo u r p u blic
l ibrar i e s
A no t h e r wr it er h a s wr i t t en som ewh at alon g
t h e sam e l i n e s I h erewit h g i v e yo u a quotation
f r o m hi m t hat you may get th e i d ea h e w i sh e s
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TH E
P AS T
1 71
too k pl a c e i n t h e s u n th e forma ti on o f a n ew
sun spo t for i n stancea n a stronomer w h o w a s
watch i ng th e orb th rou gh h i s tel e scope a t th e
t im e would b e unaware o f t h e inci dent wh il e it
w a s h ap p ening sinc e th e ray o f ligh t b earing th e
n e w s w oul d no t re a ch him unt i l m ore than e i g ht
m i nut e s lat er
Th e d i fference i s m o r e s t r i king w h en w e c on
s i der th e xed s t ars b eca u se in th eir ca s e t h e
d i s t a nce s are so enormou sly greater Th e pol e
star fo r exam pl e i s so fa r o ff tha t light t ra v el i ng
a t th e i nconcei v abl e speed ab ov e m ent ion ed
t a k e s a l it tle m ore t h an fty year s t o reac h our
eye s ; a nd from th a t follow s t h e s t range bu t in
e v i t abl e inference t ha t we see t h e p ol e s t ar n ot
a s or w h ere it i s a t t h i s m o m en t bu t a s and w h ere
.
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O F T H E P AS T
1 73
d enied
,
.
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th e e a r t h At r s t yo u nd it di f cul t t o d e ci p h e r
th e m eaning of t h i s great array of p i ct u re s T h e
t ro ubl e ari se s fro m th e fac t t ha t t hey ar e a r
r an ged no t on e aft er t h e ot h er i n sequenc e on a
a t plan e ; but ra th er i n sequen ce on e a fter
anoth er i n a peculiar o rder wh ich may b e call ed
th e o rd er of X n e s s in space b ecau se i t i s n e i t h er
t h e d im en sion of l ength breadth o r d epth it i s
pr a c ti cally th e ord er o f th e fourth dim en si on i n
space which canno t b e de scrib ed in t erm s o f ordi
n ary spa t ial d imen sion A gain you nd up on
clo s el y e x am ining th e picture s th at th ey are very
m in u t e practically m icro scopic i n size an d r e
qu i r e th e u se o f th e peculiar magnifying power of
a st ra l vi s i on t o b ring th em up t o a size capabl e of
being r ecognized by your faculty o f v i sual re c og
.
it io n
O F T H E P AST
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c er t ain p e r i o d i n th e h i s t ory o f th e e ar t h I t r e
semble s on e of th e small v i ews i n a s er i e s o f m o v
a
son s wearing peculiar garb b u t all i s s t ill n o
life n o motion
N ow l e t u s m ove forward i n ti m e a t m uc h
h i gh er ra t e than than i n wh i c h t h e a stral v i ews
were reg i s t ered You n ow see y i ng before you
th e g reat m ovem ent of l ife on a certain poin t o f
space in a far di stant age From birth t o d eat h
you see th e life of th e se s t range peopl e all i n th e
space o f a f ew m oment s
Great battl e s are
fought an d c i ti e s r i se b efore your eye s all in a
grea t moving p i c t ure y i ng at a trem en do u s
speed N ow sto p an d th en le t u s move bac k
war d i n t i m e st il l gazin g at th e m ovin g pic t ure s
Yo u see a stran ge sigh t l i ke t h at o f rever s i n g
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any sp ec i al mom en t o f pa s t ti m e if yo u w i sh
N ow I d o not for a m om ent w i sh you t o under
s t an d th a t th e ab ov e exper i ence i s po ssibl e t o
eve r y c lairvoyan t w h o i s abl e t o s en se pa st t im e
even t s an d h ap pen i ngs O n t h e con t rary th e
ab ove exp eri ence i s po s sibl e only t o th e advanced
o ccul t i st or t o th e stud ent wh om h e may t ak e
w i th hi m on an a s t ral tri p in th e a stral b ody
Th e cla i r v oyant m erel y catch e s glim p se s of cer
t a i n ph a se s and eld s of th e great a stral record
reg i on or s t a t e F o r that matt er th e ord inary
clairvoyant m erely see s a r ee ct i o n of th e t rue
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cia t e d obj ec t
suppl ie s th e m i s sing lin k
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n in
gs
I n c on c l u d i n g thi s l e sson I wi s h t o c a l l y o u r
a t tent i on t o t h e following a d v i ce fro m a m an
well advanced in th e knowl edge o f th e a stral
plan e H e says :
I t wo u l d b e w ell f or all s t u
d en t s t o b ear i n mi n d t ha t occul ti sm i s th e
a po t h eo si s o f co m m on sen se and t ha t ever y
v i sion t ha t come s t o th em i s no t n ec e ssar i ly a
picture from th e A k a sh ic Record s nor e v ery ex
It i s far b e t
pe r ie n ce a revel at i on from on h igh
t e r t o err on th e s i de o f h ealthy s k ep ti c i s m th an
,
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O F T H E P A ST
1 79
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1 80
,
,
C LA I RV O Y AN C E O F
T H E P A ST
18 1
L ESSON XI I
F u tu re T im e C l a irvoyan c e as i nd ic ated by i t s
nam e i s th a t c la s s o f cla i rvoyant ph enom ena
wh ich i s c on c ern e d wi t h th e percept i on o f f act s
even t s an d h a pp enin g s o f f u tu re t i me I n th i s
cla s s o f c la i r v oyan t p h eno m ena n a t urally fall all
genu i n e ca se s o f p roph e c y p r ev i sion foret ellin g
second s i g h t e t c H i story t h eol og i cal an d secu
lar i s lled with i n s t ance s o f t h e f o r e t ell i ng of
th e f ut ure b y p ro ph e t s wi se m en an d o t h er s
B y many such power s ar e gene r ally regarde d a s
supernat u ral o r d i v i ne W i th o ut wi s hi ng t o com
bat suc h th eor i e s and b el i efs I w ou l d say t h at
t h e a d van ce d o ccult i s t s acco u n t f or all s uch p h e
n o m e n a un der th e gen er a l la w s o f cla i r v oyance
B ut w hi le th e p h enom ena it s el f i s v ery well
known an d i s accep t ed a s g en ui n e i n e v en many
ca se s i n w hi c h pa st ti m e clairvoyance i s d oubt ed
st i ll it i s e ven m ore di f cul t t o expla i n t han i s
pa st ti m e cla i r v oyance base d on th e A k a sh ic
Recor d s o r th e A s t ral L i g ht To t h e person n ot
well v erse d i n o cc u l t k nowl e d ge an d e so t er ic
p rinc i pl es it i s d eemed im po s sibl e t o i n t el l i gen t ly
accoun t fo r th e p ercep t ion o f an e v en t before it
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t io n
ed
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O F TH E FUTURE
18 5
d
e
t
e
c
p
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'
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O F TH E F UTU RE
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c h oice i s o ff ered t o h im
B u t int ere stin g and won derful a s thi s pha se
of future time cla i rvoyance und oubt edly i s it
pal e s b efor e t h e full er and mor e com pl et e p h a se s
And in th e la t ter we mu st l ook el sew h ere for th e
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conceived end
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O F T H E F U T URE
19 1
t ha t t h e oa k i s th e u l tim a t e ca u s e of th e acorn
t ha t th e i d e a o f t h e oa k cau sed th e a co rn t o b e
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193
e v en wh en h e i s n o t e x erc i si n g it f re quent
a sh e s of foreknowled g e com e through int o h i s
ordinary l ife so t ha t h e oft en h a s an in stantane
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w hi c h wa s no t of th e m o s t gl oomy na tu r e I t
,
.
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O F TH E F UTU R E
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LESSON XI I I
SE C O N D
SI G H T PR EVI SI ON
,
ETC
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SE C ON D SI GHT P REVI SI O N E T C
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1 99
h u sh ! h e i s recovering
In a minut e or two h e wa s abl e t o spea k feebly
and b egan t o than k u s and apologize for giving
trouble ; and soon h e sat up l eaning again st a
tree an d in a rm th ough low voice said : My
d ear fr i end s I feel that I owe you an explanation
o f m y extraord i nary b ehavior It i s an explana
ti on th at I would fain avoid gi ving ; bu t it mu st
com e som e t im e and so may a s well b e given
now You m ay perhap s have noticed that wh en
durin g our v oyage you all j oined in sco fn g at
dream s por t ent s and vi sion s I invariably
avo i d ed giv i n g any op inion on th e subj ec t I
d id so b ecau se whil e I had n o d e sire t o cour t
ridicul e or p rovok e d i scu s sion I wa s unabl e t o
agree with you k nowing only t oo well from my
own dread experience th at th e world wh ich m en
agree t o call that of th e supernatural i s j u st a s
'
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2 00
r
over ; I h ear d th e voll ey th ey e d and th en I
kn ew no m or e
A s h e spo k e o f th a t v oll ey of
mu sketry I glanced acro s s w i th a shudd er at
B eaucham p an d th e lo o k o f stony h orror on that
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ETC
2 01
th er e it i s ! that i s t h e b ur i a l groun d of ye st er d ay
A nd wh en lat er on we were i ntroduced t o th e
c h aplain of th e po st I noticed th oug h my fri end s
d id no t th e i rrepre s sible sh udder with wh ic h
C am eron t oo k h i s h and an d I k n ew th a t h e had
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E TC
2 03
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2 04
ward
Th e se p er sonage s l ooke d a t each o t h er
an d laughed again C a z o tt e con ti nued : Yo u
and yo u will d i e i n t h e n i gh t
C a z o t t e wen t on : Yo u M on sieu r d e N icola i
you will di e on th e sca ff old ; you M on sieur B ailly
on th e scaff ol d ; yo u Mon sieur d e Mal e sh erbe s
R o uch e r
and wha t o f I ?
C a z o t t e replie d :
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ETC
2 05
pl i s h e d
H ere I ( L a Harp e ) spo k e s ay i n g :
H ere ar e som e a st oni sh i ng m i racle s b u t you
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?
bloo d
Yea an d still m ore exal t e d p er s ona g e s
replied C a z o t t e
H ere a se n sible emot i on pervad ed t h e whol e
comp any an d th e countenance o f th e h o st wa s
dark an d loweringth ey b egan t o feel that t h e
j oke wa s b ecom ing to o seriou s
Madam e d e
Gramm ont in ord er t o d i s sipat e th e cloud took
no n ot ice of th e reply and content ed h er sel f w i t h
saying in a carel es s t on e : Y o u see that h e w ill
SE C ON D SI GH T P REVI SI ON
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ETC
2 07
o
s
iti
on
an
d
charact
eri
stic
s
o
f
th
e
person
s
wh
o
se
p
de st i n i e s wer e for etold Th i s celebrated in stan c e
of h igh ly ad v anced fut u re ti m e clai rvoyance o r
previ s i on h a s n ever b een equall e d Th e rea son
perhap s i s t h a t C a z o tt e i ndee d wa s an a d v anced
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SE C O N D SI GHT PR EVI SI O N
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ETC
2 09
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2 10
SE C ON D SI G H T P REVI SI ON E T C
2 11
LESSON X I V
A ST RA L
B ODY
TRAVE L I N G
ASTR AL
B ODY
TR A VE L I N G
2 13
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ASTR AL
B O DY
TRAVE L I N G
2 15
t ua lly
m a t er i al iz e h i m sel f so a s t o b e seen by
per son s i n their physical bod i e s I am spea k
i ng now of cour se of th e u n t rain e d p er son Th e
t r a ined and d eveloped occulti st o f cour se i s abl e
t o d o t h e se things d eliberat ely and con sciou sly
i n s t ead o f uncon sciou sly an d with out int ention
a s i n th e ca se o f th e o rdinary per son I shall
quo t e h ere from an oth er writer on th e subj ect
w h o se point of V i ew in connection with m y own
may serve t o bring ab out a cl ear und er stand ing
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a i r s o a s t o ga i n a b i rd s eye vi ew of t h e coun
t ry w hi ch h e i s e x am i n i ng so a s t o ob serv e i t s
ex t ent th e con t our of i t s coa s t l i n e or i t s general
charac t er I n d ee d I n e v e ry way h i s power an d
freed om are far gr e a t er w h en h e u se s t h i s m eth o d
t h an t h ey a re i n any o f t h e l e s s er for m s of cla i r
voyance
I n many we l l aut h en ti ca t e d c a se s we may se e
t h at t h e soul o f a dy i ng per son one w h o se p h ys
,
AS T RA L B O DY
-
T RA VE L I N G
2 17
h er f a t h er s h o u se a t We st Mallin g ab o ut n i n e
m i l e s fro m h er own Th e day before h er d ea th
s h e gr e w v ery i m p a ti en t ly d es i ro u s t o s ee h e r tw o
,
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2 18
ch i l d r en wh om sh e h ad l eft a t h om e t o t h e care
o f a n u r s e Sh e wa s to o ill t o b e m oved and be
t ween on e an d t wo o cl oc k i n t h e mornin g s h e
fel l i nto a tranc e
On e w i dow Turner w h o
watch ed w i th h er th a t night says t ha t h er eye s
w ere open and xed an d h er j aw fallen M r s
Turn er pu t h er han d t o h er m ou th bu t coul d
perc eiv e n o breath Sh e th ough t h er t o b e i n a
t and doub t ed w h eth er sh e were d ea d o r al ive
Th e n ex t m orning th e dying woman t ol d h er
m oth er tha t sh e had b een at h om e with h er ch il
d ren say i ng I wa s w i th th em la s t n i ght wh en I
w a s a sleep
Th e nurs e a t Roch e st er w id ow A l ex and er by
G h o s t w h at ar t th ou ? Th ereupon t h e appar i
t ion removed and went away ; sh e slippe d ou t o f
s h e canno t t ell
In th e ca se ju st m ent i one d Mr Lan g s t a t e s
,
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s i g ht of m y poor f r i en d s mu r d er To my grea t
ama z em ent I s a w m y arm s al th ough v i sibl e t o
m y eye wer e w ith o ut sub s t ance a nd t h e bod i e s
o f th e m en I str u ck a t an d m y own cam e cl o s e
t o g e t h er aft er e a ch blow t hrough t h e shado w y
arm s I s t r u c k w i t h M y b l ow s were d eliver e d
w ith m ore ex t rem e v i ol ence t han I ever t h in k I
exert ed bu t I b ecam e painfully conv i nced of my
incom p e t ency I h a v e n o con sciou sn es s o f wh a t
ha p pen ed after th i s feeling o f un s u b s t an ti al it y
cam e up on m e
N ex t m orn i ng A exp er i enced th e s ti ff ne s s
an d soren e ss o f v i ol en t bodily exerc i se an d w a s
inform e d by h i s w i fe t h at i n t h e cour se of th e
nigh t h e h a d mu c h alar m ed h e r by s t r ik ing o ut
again an d aga i n i n a t erri c m anner a s if gh t
ASTRAL B O D Y T RAVELI N G
22 1
sk u ll an d th a t th ere w as n o t r a ce of th e mu rd er
,
er s
,
.
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,
,
AST R AL
B ODY
T RA VELI N G
E glo s
22 3
Th ey wi s h ed h im Goo d night m i s t er !
c i villy enough H e replie d an d en t ered i nto con
ver sat i on w ith t h em about som e wor k h e had
prom i sed them A fter a f ew minu t e s th ey a sked
h im for som e money T h e el der o f th e two broth
own co t tage
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A STRA L
B ODY
TRA VE L I N G
225
murder wh en at St H elena
Th e pi stol wa s
found a s George N o r th e y had pred ict ed in th e
u p;
in som e ca se s a dim recollection of wal k
ing or working during th e drea m b ein g h ad
Wh o among u s ha s not had th e experienc e of
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LESS O N XV
ST RANGE AST RA L
P HENO MENA
j e ct
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228
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S T RAN GE A ST RA L P H ENO ME N A
22 9
23 1
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2 32
Th e H in du h a s attain ed a pa st ma st er s
morant
degre e in speculat iv e ph ilo sophy H e ha s for
year s retired for m editation to th e silent place s
in hi s land l ived a h erm it subdued th e body and
d evel oped th e m ind t h u s winnin g control over
oth er mind s
I n I n d ia I hav e seen scene s o f far di stant place s
ap pearing a s a m irage in cl ear air even th e colors
b eing pre sen t to t h e s c ene s T h i s t h o u gh som e
,
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2 34
ST RA N GE
235
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2 36
an d t h e We st i s We st
th e two pol e s of h uman
a ct iv i ty an d ex p re s sion
A n oth er p h a se o f p sych ic a stral phenom ena
w h ic h s h oul d b e m ent i oned although i t i s mani
f e st e d but com p aratively seld om i s that which
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24 1
C LA I RVOY A N C E
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LESS O N XV I
P SY C H I C I NF LUE N C E ; I T S L A W S AN D
P R I N C I P LE S
On e of t h e pha se s of p sychic phenomena t h at
ac tiv ely engage th e att ention of t h e stud en t from
th e very beginning i s that which may b e called
P syc hi c Inuence B y thi s t erm i s m ean t th e in
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P SY C H I C I N F L UEN C E
2 45
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2 46
vibrat e an d s i ng
und er cer t a i n con diti on s
A nd s o on i n every form o r ph a se o f th e mani
f e sta t io n o f energy d o we see t h e prin cipl e o f in
duction in full o perat i on an d manife station
O n th e plane of o rdinary thought an d em o t ion
we nd m any i n stance s of t h i s princi pl e o f i nduc
tion We know that on e p er son vibrat ing strongly
w i th h app i n e s s o r sorrow c h eerfuln es s or anger
a s th e ca se may b e t en d s t o commun icat e h i s
feeling an d emo ti onal s t a t e t o th o s e w ith w h o m
h e c om e s in contact A ll of you h a ve seen a
whol e room full of p er son s a ff ect ed and in u
e n ce d i n t h i s way under certain c i rcum s t ance s
Yo u have al so seen h ow a magn et ic orato r
preach er s i nge r or ac t or i s ab l e t o i nduce in h i s
audience a stat e of em otional vibrat ion corre
spo n d in g t o t hat manife sted b y h im sel f
In th e
P SY C H I C I N F L UEN C E
2 47
A w el l k nown w r i t er o n t hi s subj ec t h a s
t r uth fully t ol d u s
We all know h ow gre a t
w a v e s of feeling s p rea d o v er a t o w n c i ty o r
c oun t ry sweepin g p eopl e o ff t h eir b al ance Grea t
w a v e s o f polit ical en t h u sia sm or war spir i t or
prej u d i ce for or again s t certain p er son s sweep
o v er place s and cau se m en t o act in a manner
t h at th ey w i ll afterward regret wh en th ey com e
to th em sel v e s and con sider th eir act s in cold
b lood Th ey will b e swayed by d emagogue s or
magne t ic l ead er s wh o wi sh t o gain th eir vot e s or
p a trona g e ; and th ey will b e l ed into act s of mob
viol ence or sim ilar atrociti e s by y i el ding to
the se wave s o f contagiou s th ought O n th e oth er
h and w e al l know h ow great wave s o f religiou s
feeling sweep over a community upon th e occa
f e r e n t per son s ?
Th i s que stion i s a valid on e
an d ari se s from a perception o f th e underlying
v a riety and di ff erence in th e thoug ht vibration s
of d i ff erent p er son s Th e difference my student s
i s ca u se d by three principal fact s viz ( l ) di ff er
ence i n degree of feeling ; ( 2 ) d ifference in degree
o f v i sual ization ; and ( 3 ) di fference in d egree o f
concentrat ion L et u s exam in e eac h o f th e se su c
ce ssiv e ly so a s to get a t th e underlying princi ple
Th e element of em otional feelin g i s like th e
el emen t of re i n t h e prod u ct i on of steam Th e
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P S Y C H I C I NF LUEN C E
2 49
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2 50
th e as t r al p lan e we b e gi n t o see w h at an im
p o rt a n t part i s played th ere b y s t ron g m ental
im age s or vi sualized i dea s Th e b e t t er you k n o w
what you d e sire wi sh or a spire t o th e stronger
wil l b e your t hought vibrati on s of that t hing o f
cour se Well th en th e stronger that you are
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r
t
it
t a e d powe r of a tiny drop of attar of ro se s
h a s w i thi n it s tiny space th e concentrated odor
o f thou san d s o f ro se s ; on e drop of it will mak e
a pint o f extract an d a gallon of weaker per
f um e r y ! Th i n k of th e concentrat ed power i n a
l igh t ning a sh a s c ontra sted with th e sam e
a m oun t of el ectricity di ff u sed over a large area
O r t h i n k o f t h e harmle s s a sh of a smal l amount
o f gun p owd er ignit ed i n th e open air a s con
t r a st e d with t h e i gni ti on of th e sam e amoun t of
,
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2 53
im a g e s h e w i sh e s t o v i sualize B ut th i s a fa r dif
f e r e n t t h ing from th e self hypn otization wh ich
s om e person s imagin e to b e concentration A
writer on th e subj ect ha s well said : Th e t rained
occulti st will concentrat e upon a subj ect o r o bj ect
with a wonderful inten sity seemingly complet ely
ab sorb ed in th e subj ect or obj ect b efore h im an d
obliviou s t o all el se in th e world A n d yet th e
ta sk accom pli sh ed or th e given t im e expired h e
will d etach h i s mind from th e obj ect and will b e
perfectly fresh watch ful an d wid e awake t o th e
n ext matt er before h im Th ere i s every d i fference
between being controll ed by involuntary att en
tion wh ich i s specie s of self
hypnotization and
th e control o f the attention wh ich i s an evid ence
of ma stery
A n eminent French p sych ologi st
once said :
Th e auth ority o f th e att ention i s
subj ect to th e superior auth ority o f th e E go I
yi eld it or I withh old it a s I pl ea se I direct it
in t urn t o several point s I concentrat e it up on
each point a s lon g a s my will can stand th e
e ffort
In an earl ier l e s son o f thi s ser i e s I h ave ind i
ca t e d in a general way th e m eth od s w h ereby on e
may develop and train h i s p ower s o f concentra
t i on Th ere i s n o royal road t o concentration ; i t
may b e d eveloped only by practice an d exerci se
Th e secret con si st s in mana ging th e att ention so
a s t o x it u pon a subj ect n o matt er h ow u n
int ere sting ; and t o h old it th ere for a rea sonabl e
l ength of t im e P ract i c e upon som e d i sagreeab le
s t udy or oth er t a sk i s goo d exerci se for it serve s
to t rain th e will in spit e of th e i nuence of m ore
.
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P SY C H I C I N F LUE N C E
2 55
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2 56
LESS O N XVI I
C LA I R VOYAN C E
2 58
t r a t io n
P E R SO N AL P S Y C H I C I N F L UEN C E
2 59
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2 60
it i s
T h e f oll ow i n g will give you a good ex
a m pl e o f t h e m ental statem ent s wh ic h o f cour se
s h oul d b e accom panied by th e concen t rat ed i dea
,
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26 1
A N D P OS ITI V E !
T h e n ext step i n P er sonal Inuence i s th a t o f
proj ecting your p sych ic power d i rec t ly u pon an d
int o th e m in d of t h e oth er p er son wh om you wi sh
t o i nuence S om etime s if t h e p er son i s q uit e
n egative t o you th i s i s a v ery simple a n d ea sy
matt er ; bu t wh ere th e p er son i s n ea r yo u r own
d egre e o f p sychic p o s i t i vene s s yo u wil l have t o
a s sert your p syc h ic s u perior i ty t o h im an d g e t
,
.
'
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26 3
it ; a nd i t i s A fter yo u m on sie u r w i th th e b e a t en
par t y in a ll th e social rela t ion s for al l t h e r e s t o f
h i s days
A n E ngl i sh phys i c i an D r Fot h ergill by nam e
wrot e a numb er of year s ago about th i s struggl e
o f will s a s h e called it but whic h i s really a
s t ruggle of p sych ic power H e says : Th e con
ict o f will th e power t o comman d oth er s ha s
been sp oken o f frequently Y et what i s t h i s will
p ower t ha t inuence s oth er s ? W h at i s it that
ma k e s u s accept and adopt to o th e advice o f on e
per son wh il e preci sely th e sam e advice from
an oth er h a s b een rej ected ? I s it th e weigh t of
force of wil l wh ich in sen sibly i nuence s u s ; t h e
fo r c e o f w i ll b ehind th e advice ? That i s what
it i s ! T h e per son wh o thu s force s h i s o r h er a d
v ice upon u s ha s no more power t o en force i t
th an other s ; b ut all th e sam e we d o a s reque ste d
We accept from on e what we rej ect from anoth er
On e p er son says o f som eth i ng contemplat ed O h
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P ERSONAL P SY C H I C I N F L UE N C E
d ec i en t
265
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266
I t el l you !
A nd n ow for som e i n t ere s t ing an d very valu
abl e information concerning p sych ic d efen se
Yo u will no t ic e that in th e off en sive p sychic
w eapon s th ere i s alway s an a s sert ion of p o siti v e
stat em ent of your power and it s e ff ect Well
t hen i n u sin g th e p sych ic defen sive w eapon
again st on e of strong will or p sych ic forc e you
r ever s e th e pro c e s s T h at i s t o say yo u d e n y th e
force of hi s p sychic power s and force s an d pic
t ure th em a s m eltin g int o n ot h in g n e s s Get thi s
idea well xed in your mind for it i s v ery i mp ort
an t in a conict of thi s k ind Th e e ff ect of th i s
In t h e po s iti ve statemen t I d en y ! y o u h av e
t h e Occul t Sh ield of D efen se wh ich i s a m ighty
prot ection t o yo u Even i f yo u d o no t feel d i s
po se d t o c u lti v a t e and d evel op your p syc h i c pow
er s in t h e di rec ti on of inuencing oth er s you
P E R S ON AL P S Y C H I C I NF LUE N C E
267
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268
ci se s :
H ere ! lo ok at m e !
Give m e your u n
t o m e a t once !
Go away from m e l eav e m e
at once !
You lik e m e you l ike m e v ery
much !
Yo u are afraid o f m e !
You wi sh t o
pl ea se m e !
You will agree t o my prop o siti on !
o f a ma s t er o f m en o f a command er an d rul er o f
oth e r m en H ere follow a numb er o f i nt ere st i ng
,
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269
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o f you U se t h e sam e m e t ho d s a s i n th e r s t
e x erci se an d you will obt ain sim i lar re sult s I t
w i ll seem queer t o you a t r st to not i ce h ow th e
o t h er per son will begin t o d ge t an d m ove
around i n h i s seat and nally glance fur ti vely
aroun d a s if t o see what i s cau sing him th e di s
t u r ba n ce
You o f cour se will n ot let h im s u s
pe ct that i t i s you but in st ead will gaze calmly
ah ead o f you an d pret end not t o n otic e h im
E xerci se 3 : Thi s i s a variation of th e r st
exerci se I t i s practiced b y sending t o a p erson
ap proach in g you on th e street or walkin g ah ead
of you in th e sam e d irect ion a comman d t o turn
t o th e right or to th e l eft a s you prefer Y ou
will b e surpri sed t o see h ow o ft en you will b e suc
ce ssf u l i n th i s
Exerci se 4 : Th i s i s a variation of th e second
exerci se I t i s practiced by sending t o a p erson
seat ed in front of you i n a publ ic place th e com
mand t o l ook t o th e right or t o th e l eft a s you
prefer D o n ot practice on th e sam e p er son to o
long a fter succeeding at r st it i s no t righ t to
t orm ent peo ple rem emb er
Exerci se 5 : A ft er havin g atta i ned prociency
in th e foregoing exerci se s you m any proceed t o
command a p er son t o perform certain un im po r t
ant motion s suc h a s ri sing o r sitt ing d own
taking o ff h i s hat taking ou t h i s han dkerch ief
laying down a fan u mb rella etc
E x erc i se 6 : Th e n ext step i s t o comman d p er
son s t o say som e particular word h a v m g no 1 m;
po rtant m ean ing ; t o put word s i n h i s mo ut h
.
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LESSON XVI I I
P S Y C H I C I N F L UEN C E A T A D I ST A N C E
Th e second pha se o f P sych ic Inuence i s that
called Di stant P sych ic Inuence in which
p sych ic induction i s mani fe st ed wh en t h e person s
are d i s t ant i n space from on e a noth er not in th e
presenc e o f each oth er H ere of cours e we see
th e principl e of t el epathy involved in conn ection
with th e proce s s o f m en t al induction ; a n d in som e
ca se s even th e a stral t elepa t hic sen se i s call ed
into op erat i on
Th e student wh o ha s followed my explanation
and cour s e o f rea soning in th e preceding le sson s
will readily p erceive that th e principl e involved
i n th i s di stant pha se of p sychic inuence i s pre
cise ly th e sam e a s tha t em ployed in d i rec t p er
sonal p syc h ic inuence A s I have explained in
an early l e s son it matter s l it tl e wh eth er th e space
t o b e covered by th e p sychic vib ratory wave s i s
b ut on e foot or a th ou sand mile s t h e pr i ncipl e i s
exactly th e sam e Th ere are o f cour se oth er
princ i pl e s i nvolved i n th e ca se o f two per son s
m eeting face to face and call ing i nto force th ei r
p sych ic power s ; for i n s t ance th ere i s th e el em ent
of sugge s t ion an d a s sociat i on a n d other p sych o
l ogical principl e s whic h are n o t in force wh en the
tw o per son s are out o f th e ac t ual p re sence of each
o t h er B ut so far a s th e t el epa t h ic or a stral
p syc h i c power s are concerned th e m ere ext en
s i on o f space do e s not change th e principl e
Th e s t udent w h o ha s d eveloped hi s power of
,
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D I ST A NT P SY C H I C I N F L UEN C E
2 75
C LA I RVOY A N C E
2 76
D I ST A NT P SY C H I C I NFLUEN C E
2 77
cu r red b etween t h e h o u r s o i t en o cl oc k an d mi d
,
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?
nig ht b etween t en and t welv e o cl ock
Th e
black sm i th f r i g ht en ed an d d i s t urb ed stam m ered
ou t : I h am m e r a bar o f i ron every n i ght a t th at
t i m e an d all th e wh il e I t hin k i n t ently o f a b ad
n e i gh bo r o f m in e wh o once ch ea t e d m e ou t o f
'
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2 79
C LA I R VOY A N C E
2 80
,
,
D I ST A NT P SY C H I C I N F L UEN C E
28 1
him w h en yo u m ee t hi m U se a l l o f th e argu
m en t s t ha t you can thin k o f an d at t h e sam e t im e
h ol d th e thought tha t h e m u s t d o a s you say Try
t o i magi n e him a s co m plying w i t h yo u r w i sh e s
in ever y re s p e ct f o r thi s i mag i n i n g wil l t end t o
what soever
S u rely th i s i s a ca se o f em ploying
p syc h ic p owe rs f o r s e l sh pu rpo se s i f a ny th in g
.
18
A g a i n i n E u rop e a n d A m e r ic a p a r ti cu l arly i n
t h e la t t er country we nd many per son s w h o
h a ve pick ed u p a smatt ering o f occult k nowl edge
by m ean s of som e of th e many h ealing cult s and
organ iza t i on s wh i c h t each th e p ower o f t h ought
over physical d i sea se s I n th e in stru c t i on al ong
t h e l i ne s o f d i stant m en t al h eal i n g th e s t u d en t i s
taugh t t o v i sual i ze th e p at i en t a s s t rongly and
cl early a s po s s i bl e an d t o th en pro c e e d t o ma k e
stat em ent s o f h ealth an d stren gth Th e m in d o f
t h e pati en t an d t ha t of th e h eal er co opera t e
an d in many c a se s wor k w onderfu l cu re s A s
yo u w i ll see in t h e la s t l e s son o f th i s course t h ere
i s grea t p owe r i n th e mi n d t o i n du ce h eal th ful
v i bra ti on s i n th e mi n d o f ot h er s and th e w ork i s
a good an d w orthy on e B ut ala s ! a s i s so o ften
th e ca se t h e good t eac h ing i s so m e ti m e s p er
v ert ed and applied for u nwort h y and sel s h en d s
Some o f th e p erson s w h o h a v e pic k e d u p th e pr i n
c1ple s o f m en t a l h e a l i ng h ave d i sco v ere d th a t t h e
sam e p o w er m ay b e u se d i n a ba d a s w e l l a s i n a
,
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w ith w h a t t h e o ccult i s t s c a ll th e a s t ra l tu b e
,
D I STANT P SY C H I C I N F L UE N C E
283
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2 84
D I ST A NT P S Y C H I C I N F L UEN C E
285
C LA I R V OY AN C E
2 86
D I ST A NT P SY C H I C I N FL UEN C E
28 7
( w h ich i s a t r u e o n e ) th a t y o u ar e immu ne t o t h e
p sych ic a t tac k or inuence
You sh oul d say
m en t ally I d eny t o any per son th e power t o in
ue n ce m e p sych i cally wi t hou t my c on sen t ; I
a m po s i t iv e t o all s u c h i nuence s an d t h ey are
negativ e t o m e ; I n eu t ralize t h em by thi s
den i al !
I f yo u feel s u dden impul se s t o ac t i n som e w a y
wh ich you h ave n ot t h ought o f d oin g or toward
w h ich you h av e had an aver sion pau se a m om ent
an d say m entally I f th i s i s an out side inuence
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Th e t hi r d ph a se o f P sych ic Inuence i s t h a t
w h i c h m ay b e calle d Ind irec t P sych ic I nuence
in w hic h p sych ic induc ti on i s manife st ed in th e
m i nd s o f o t h er p er son s com i ng i n contac t w ith
t h e t h ought v i brat i on s o f t h e p erson m anife s t
ing th e m a l t h ough n o d el i b era t e a t t emp t i s m ade
t o i nu ence th e m in d o f any p art i cular person or
per son s C lo se l y c onnect ed w it h and i nvolved i n
th i s pha se of p sych i c i nuence i s t ha t which i s
call ed t h e P sych ic L aw of A ttraction S o cl o sely
are th e se t wo conn ec t ed t h at I shal l con s ide r
t h em t ogeth er i n th i s l e sson
Th e fun dam ental principl e o f thi s pha se o f
p sychic i nuence i s t h e well kn own p syc h ic f a ct
th a t m en t a l an d em o t ional stat es n ot only i nduce
s i m i lar v i b r a ti on s i n t h o se wh o ar e s i m i lar a t
t un e d o u t h e p sych i c vibrat ory scal e b ut al so
t en d t o a tt r a ct an d dr a w t o th e person o t h er p er
son s wh o are vi bratin g al ong s i milar lin e s and
al s o t en d t o re p el th o se wh o are vibrating i n a n
oppo sing n o t e or scal e o f p sych i c v ibration
I n t h e p reced i ng l es son s I h ave sh own yo u h o w
by i n d uct i on we t en d t o arou se i n ot h er s m en t al
and em ot i onal sta t e s sim i lar t o our own B ut
t h ere i s a law i n e ff ec t h ere w hi c h mu s t b e n o t e d
i f yo u w i s h t o th oro u gh ly un d er stand thi s p h as e
o f p sy ch ic i nuence Om itti ng all t ec h n i c a l e x
plana ti o n s a nd g et ti n g r i gh t d own t o th e h ear t
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th ey ar e b eing h elped by som e supernatural
power ; wh erea s they are s i mply op era t ing u m
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h av e d evot e d m uc h at t ent i on t o th i s p ha se o f th e
general subj ect o f p sych ic inuence C ult s h ave
been form ed upon t hi s general ba si s th e main
i dea of th eir foll ower s b eing t h at o f a t tract ing
nanc i al an d oth er succe s s by m ean s of th i s
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plan e Such a person will accid ently ( 1) run
acro s s som e oth er p er son wh o will b e l ed t o giv e
h im th e key t o th e knowl edge h e seek s P erhap s
a b o ok m ay b e m entioned or som e reference t o
som e writ er b e m ad e I f t h e hint i s followed up
th e d es i re d i nformation com e s t o light Many
per son s h ave had t h e p sychic experien ce o f be
ing l e d t o som e b oo k st ore and induced t o exam
in e a p art icular sh el f o f boo k s w h ereupon a par
t icu la r b ook pre sent s it self wh i c h change s th e
wh ol e cour se o f th e per son s l ife Or perhap s
on e w i l l p i ck u p a new spaper apparently at ran
dom a n d with out p urpo se ; an d th ere i n will n d
som e i nformation o r at l ea s t a hi nt i n t h e d ir e c
t i on w h er e th e i n format i on m ay b e foun d Wh en
one acc u st om s h im self t o th e work i ngs o f p sych ic
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are ab h orren t A n d th e sam e i s t r u e on eve r y
plan e A man w h o se mental at t i tud e i s on e o f
con den c e an d f ear l es sne s s i s n ot a pt t o b e a i
f e ct e d by v ibr at i on s of a n egat i ve p e s s i m i s tic
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w i sh t o r eceiv e t h e v i b ra ti on s o f th e th ough t s and
feelings o f o th er s yo u mu s t place your self i n a
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m e d ium e x i s t s w hi c h i n t e r p en e t ra t e s i n u en c e s
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th e r e of Thi n g s cr ea t e d i n th e a s t r a l t en d t o
m a t e r i al i z e on th e ph ys i c al p lane A l l cr ea ti o n
p r o c ee d s fr o m th e a s t ral t o th e ph ys i c a l !
Th a t thi s anal o gy m ay b e di s c erne d an d
t h i s e qui l i b r ium c o n t r o lle d by th e di s c i p l i ne d w i l l
o f m an w hi c h thu s b e c om e s m as t er of it se l f a n d
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!Th e e ssen c e o f W i ll c o ns i s t s o f s tr o n g
d e s i re a cc om p an i e d by a cl ea r m en t al pi ctu re o f
th e thi n g d e s i r e d an d h el d s t ea d y an d r m by
c o n c en t ra tio n !
So y ou se e by re f eren c e to th e ab ov e v ery c l ear
s t a t e m en t o f th e c en t ral d o c t r i ne o f M a gi c an d
m y e x p lana ti o n s th ere o f th a t i n th e s e l e s s o n s
y o u h a v e b een t a ught th e v er y e ssen c e o f th e
w o n d er f u l m ys t er i ou s an c i en t M a gi c an d it s
m o d ern c ou n t er p a r t A s f o r th e v ar iou s r it e s an d
c e r e mo n i e s a s I h a v e sa i d th e se are m ere s y m
b o l s an d a i d s t o m en t a l i m a gi n g an d co n c en t ra
t i o n A s a n e m i nen t occ u l t i s t o n c e sa id C e re
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m o n i es b e i n g b ut a r ti c i a l m e th o d s o f cr ea ti n g
c er t a i n h ab it s o f th e w i ll th ey c ea se to be n e ce s
sa ry w h en th e s e h ab it s h a v e be c om e x e d Th e
m a s t e r o f o ccu l t i s m see s c e r e m on i e s r it es an d
ri t u a l a s b u t th e p l ay t hi n g s o f t h e k i n d e r g a rt e n
s c h ol a r u s e f u l an d impo r t an t s o far a s th e y g o
b ut s e r vi n g m erely to t ea c h th e s c h o lar s o o ne r
o r l a t er th a t h e m ay p r o c ee d w ith o ut th e m
I n th i s c h a pt er I h a v e c o n d en se d en ough in
f o rm a t i o n to ll a w h o le b ook I t r u s t th a t yo u
w i l l s tud y it c a r e fu l ly an d n o t mi s s it s m a i n
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PSY CH I C A N D M A G N ETI C H E A L I N G
Pr o ba b l y
n o p h a se of p s y c hi c i n u en ce i s mo re
f a mi l i a r t o th e a v e r a g e p er s o n of th e W e s t er n
wo r l d th a n i s th a t o f th e h eal i n g o f ph ys i c a l i ll s
an d c on d iti o n s by m ean s o f p s yc hi c i n u e n c e u m
d er o n e na m e o r an o th e r G r ea t h eal i n g c u l t s
a n d o r gan iz a ti o n s h a v e been b ui l t up up o n thi s
b a s i s an d th e i n t e r e s t i n th e s u bj e c t h a s t a k en o n
th e f o r m o f a g rea t popu lar m ov e m en t
A s i s na t u ral i n c a se s o f thi s ki n d th e r e h a v e
b een h u n d r e d s o f th e o r i e s a dv an c e d to a cc ou n t
f o r th e ph en om en a o f p sy c hi c h eal i n g an d a s ti ll
g r e a t e r n um b er o f m e thod s o f t rea tm en t s d e vi se d
t o c arry out th e p r i n c ip l e s o f th e th e o r i e s R an g
i n g fr om th e t ea c hi n g o f a c tu a l divi n e i n t er po s i
ti o n an d i n u en c e ar i s i n g f r o m c er t a i n f o r m s of
b e l i e f an d pr a c ti c e c o v er i n g m any i n t er m e di a t e
s t a g e s th e th e o r i e s e v en i n c l ud e a se m i m a t e
r ia list ic h yp oth e s i s i n w hi c h m i n d i s c on s id e r e d
a s an a tt r i b ut e o f m a tt er b ut h a vi n g a m a gi c in
u e n ce ov e r th e f o r m s o f m a tt er w h en p r op erly
a p p l i e d B ut i t i s w o r th y o f n o t e th a t n o m a tt er
w h a t th e g eneral o r p ar ti c u la r th e o ry o r w h a t
th e f a vo r e d m e t h o d of a pp l i c a ti o n th ese h eal i n g
s c h ool s o r cu l t s a s w e l l a s th e i n d e p en d en t pr a c
t it io n e r s m ee t w ith a v ery f a i r d e g re e o f s u cc e s s
an d p e rf o r m quit e a n um ber o f c u re s
M a n y o f th e se W e s t ern a dvo c a t e s an d pr a cti
t io n e r s o f p sy c hi c h eal i n g p ra c ti c ally h o l d th a t
t h e w h o le sys t e m i s o f v ery re c en t di s c ov ery an d
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th a t i t h a s no thi n g w h a ts o e v e r t o d o w ith o r di
nary o c c u l t s c i en c e Th e o c c u l ti s t s h o w e v er are
able t o s mi l e a t th e se i d eas an d b el i e f s f o r th ey
n ot o nly r e c og n iz e th e g enera l p r i n c i p le s in
vo l v e d b ut th ey a l s o are a w ar e th a t th e se p r i n
ciple s an d th e i r a pp l i c a ti o n
h a v e been k n o w n
to a dv an c e d o c c u l ti s t s f o r thou san d s o f years I
d o n o t say th i s i n any d ispa r ge m e n t o f th e mod
ern s s c h oo l s o f p sy c hi c h eal i n g f o r I a m i n f u l l
s ym p a th y w ith th e i r g r e a t w o r k ; I m e r ely m en
ti o n th e m a tt er th a t th e s tud en t m ay g e t th e
r ight hi s to r i c al p ers p e c tiv e i n c o n s id er i n g thi s
ph ase o f p sy c hi c ph en om ena an d i n u en c e
So fa r a s th e m e thod s o f a pp l i c a tio n are c o n
c erne d th e t r u e o cc u l ti s t re c og n iz e s th a t m o s t o f
th e m e tho d s an d f o r m s o f t rea tm en t are b ut out
w ar d c l o a k s o r di s gui se s f o r th e r ea l p sy c hi c h eal
i n g p r i n c ip l e Th e gi s t o f th e r eal m e th od s i s to
b e f ou n d i n th e p r i n c i p l e s o f th e a p p l i c a ti on o f
p s y c hi c i n u en c e w hi c h I h a v e p resen t e d to y ou
i n th e se le s s o n s viz : ( 1 ) St r o n g d e s i re t o m a k e
th e c u re ; ( 2 ) c l ear m en t a l im a g e o r pi c tu r e o f
th e d es i re d c o n ditio n a s a c t u a l ly p re sen t i n th e
p a ti en t a t thi s tim e ; an d ( 3 ) c o n c en t ra tio n o f th e
a tt en ti o n an d m i n d o f th e h eal er s o a s to br i n g t o
a f o c u s to t w o p re c e di n g m en t a l s t a t e s H ere
y ou h a v e th e real se c re t o f p sy c hi c h eal i n g m e th
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a s t ral b od y st th en th e ph ys i c a l b od y r e
spo n d s t o th e r ene w e d a c tiviti e s o f it s a s t ral
co u n t e r p a rt To g e t th e r ea l s ig n i c an c e o f thi s
s t a t e m en t i t i s n e c e s sary f o r y o u t o real iz e j u s t
w h a t th e a s t ra l b o d y r ea l ly i s
Thi s o n c e
g ra s p e d th e d i f cu l t i e s v a n i s h an d y ou a r e abl e
to f o r m a c l ea r c on c e p ti on o f th e en ti r e m a t t e r
an d p r o c e s s
Th e a s t ral b o d y i s a p re ci s e c o u n t e r p a rt o f th e
ph ys i c a l b o d y it s o r gan s i t s p a r t s it s c e n t re s
an d it s ce lls I n f a c t th e a s t r a l b o d y i s th e p a t
t ern upo n w hi c h th e ph y s i c a l b od y i s m a t er i al
iz e d
Th e a s t ral b od y i s c o m p ose d o f a n e th e ric
s u b s t an c e o f a v ery high ra t e o f vi b r a ti o n I n
o ne sen se it m a y b e c o n s i d ere d a s a v e r y s u b t l e
f o r m o f m a tt e r in an oth er a s a se m i m a t e ri a l
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f o r m o f fo r c e o r ener gy I t i s ner an d m o r e
s u b t le th a t th e ra r e s t v a p o rs o r g ase s k n o w n to
s c i en c e A n d ye t it h a s a s t r o n g d e g ree o f
t ena c it y an d c oh e s iv ene s s th a t enable s it t o re s i s t
a tt a c k s f r om th e m a t er i al s i d e o f na tu r e A s I
h a v e sa id ea c h o r gan p ar t c en t re o r c ell o f th e
ph ys i c al b o d y h a s it s a s t ral p a tt ern o r ba s i s I n
f a c t th e ph ys i c al b o d y h a s b een b ui l t up i n w ho l e
a n d i n all o f i t s p ar t s o n th e p a tt ern an d bas e
o f th e a s t ral b od y Mo re ov er i n c a se o f im
p a i re d f u n c tio n i n g o f th e ph ys i c al o r gan s o r
p ar t s an d imp a i re d a c tivit y o f th e ph ys i c al b od y
it s l im b s e t c i f w e c an m ana g e to ar ou s e th e a c
t iv it ie s o f th e a s t ral b od y w e m ay c a u se it t o r e
m a t e r i al i z e o r r e ener giz e th e ph ys i c al b od y an d
thu s re s to re h eal th an d a c tivi t y t o it I f th e l iv er
f o r i n s t an c e i s n ot f u n c tio n i n g p r o p erly w e p r o
ce e d to s t ar t up th e a c tiviti e s o f th e a s t ral c ou n
t e r pa r t o f th a t o r g an to th e en d th a t th e ph ys i c al
o r gan m ay b e r e ener giz e d an d r e c rea t e d i n a
m ea s u re A ll t r u e p sy c hi c h eal i n g w o r k i s p er
f o r m e d o n th e a s t ral p lane be f o r e it m a n i f e s t s o n
th e ph ys i c al
A t thi s poi n t I s hou l d al s o c all y ou r a tt en ti o n
t o th e e ff e c t o f p rana o r l i f e ener gy i n s om e
c a se s o f h eal i n g Thi s p rana i s w h a t W e s t ern
h eal er s m ean w h en th ey s p ea k o f hum an m a g
ne ti s m in th e i r h eal i n g w o r k So far f r o m be
i n g an im a gi nary f o r c e a s cl a im e d by th e ph ys
i c al s c i en ti s t s an d m a t er i al i s t s it i s k n o w n to all
o cc u l ti s t s a s an a c tiv e p r i n c i p l e o f th e hum an
b o d y an d a s o f g rea t e f c a c y i n th e p sy c hi c t rea t
m en t o f di sea se I s h all m en tio n th e d e t a i l s o f
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t h i s f o rm o f t r e a tm en t a s w e p r o c e e dI m en ti on
it a t t hi s p l a ce m erely t o c all y ou r a tt en ti o n to
t h e f a c t of it s e x i s t en c e
B e f o r e p a s s i n g o n t o th e c o ns id e r a ti o n o f oth e r
ph a se s o f t h e s u bj e c t be f o r e u s I w ou l d l ik e to
c a l l y o ur a tt en ti o n to th e f a c t th a t f r om th e
e ar l i e s t d ays o f hi s to ry th er e h a v e been r e c o r d e d
i n s t an c e s o f s om e f o r m o f p sy c hi c h ea l i n g I n
th e e a rl i er d ays th e p sy c hi c h eal i n g w o r k w a s l e f t
en t ire l y i n th e h and s o f th e p r i e s thood o f th e
v ar i o u s r el igio n s p re v a i l i n g i n th e s e v era l c ou n
ti es o f th e w o r l d C la imi n g to h a v e an e x c l u s iv e
di v i ne s a n c ti o n t o per f o r m h eal i n g wo r k th e se
p r i e s t s u se d v ar i ou s c e r e mo n i e s r it e s i n c an t a
tio n s e t c i n o r d er t o o b t a i n th e i r r e s u l t s I n
m any c a se s th e se p r i e s t s w e re i g n o r an t o f th e
r eal p sy c hi c f o r c e s i n v o k e d a n d s e t i n to op era
tio n ; th ey m erely p r a c ti c e d m e tho d s w hi c h h a d
bee n f o u n d t o wo r k out e ff e c tiv ely an d w hi c h
h a d b ee n h a n d e d do w n t o th e m by th e i r pr e d e ce s
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d o u b t ed l y w e r e s ki lle d o ccu l ti s t s an d h a d a v er y
f u ll k n owl e d g e o f th e f o rc e s th ey w e r e u s i n g ;
tho u gh a s th e m a s se s o f th e p e op l e w ere v e r y
i g n o ran t i t w a s im po s s i bl e t o a c qu a i n t th e m w ith
th e se th i n g s s o f a r ab o v e th e i r u n d ers t an di n g ;
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i n g f o r c e s u n d e r th e d i s g ui s e o f th e i r rel igio u s
c e r e m on i e s a n d ri t e s
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p r o gre s s e d t h er e c a m e i n t o p r o mi n en c e p e r s o ns
w h o w o r k e d c u r e s o f p h ys i c a l i l l s b y m ean s o f
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b ut w h o w e r e o ut s id e of th e p r i e s th oo d So m e o f
th e se m en u n dou b t e d l y h a d a v e r y f a i r k n o w l
e dg e o f th e rea l s e c re t o f th e i r c u re s though th ey
di s gui se d th e m to s u i t t h e m en t al c o n ditio n o f
th e i r p a ti en t s an d al s o p r o bably f o r pu r p o se s o f
s el f g l o r i c a ti o n I n oth e r c a se s h ow e v er it i s
p r o b abl e th a t th e se h eal ers h a d m e r ely s tum ble d
a c r o s s th e f a c t th a t c er t a i n thi n g s sa i d i n a c er
t a i n w ay t en d e d to w o r k c u re s ; o r th a t c er t a i n
ph ys i c al o bj e c t s s ee m e d to h a v e th era p e uti c vi r
tu e Th ey di d n ot real iz e th a t th e w h o l e h e a l i n g
vi r tu e o f th e i r sys t e m s d e p en d e d upo n th e s t r o n g
i d ea i n th e i r o w n mi n d s c oup le d w ith th e s t r on g
f a ith an d c o n d en c e i n th e mi n d o f t h e p a ti e n t
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I n s om e o f th e o l d e s t re c o r d s o f th e h u m an
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n d th a t lay i n g o n o f h an d s w a s th e f a v o r i t e
m e thod e mp l o ye d b y th e ho ly m en a n d p r i e s t s
an d oth er p er f o r mi n g h eal i n g w o r k F r o m th e
r s t th ere see m s to h a v e b ee n a n al m o s t in
st in ct iv e re c og n iti o n o n th e p a r t o f m a n o f th e
fa c t th a t th ere i s a h ea l i n g po w e r i n th e tou c h o f
th e h an d E v en i g n o ran t an d sa v a g e m o th e r s
i n s ti n c tiv ely a p p ly th e i r h an d s t o th e h u r t bo d i e s
o f th e i r c hi l d ren a cu s to m th a t h a s its c o u n
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o n c e pi c tu r e s rel i e f N o t o n l y i s t h e m e n t a l p ic
t ur e c r ea t e d b u t th e d e s i re a n d c o n d en c e l s e s
t a blish e d i n th e m i n d s o f bo th p e r s on s Th e s a m e
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a r e th e pr i n c ip l e s o f all p s y c hi c i n u e n ce b r o u ght
i n t o p lay B ut thi s i s n ot all th ere i s t o it I n
th e rs t p la c e th ere i s an a c tu al tr a n sf e r r e n ce of
p rana f r o m th e b o d y of t h e h ea l e r t o th a t o f th e
p a ti en t w hi c h s er v e s t o e n e r gi z e a n d r e vi t a l iz e
th e c ell s a n d c e n t r e s o f th e b od y o f th e l a tter I n
th e se c o n d p la c e th e r e i s t h e e ff e c t up o n th e
a s t r al b o d y o f th e p a ti e n t w hi c h t e n d s to m a t e
r ia liz e b e tt e r ph ys i c a l c o n diti on s
I n th e thi r d
p la c e th ere i s th a t c o m b i n a ti on an d u n io n o f th e
mi n d s o f th e t w o p ers o ns w hi c h giv e s e x t r a f o r c e
an d p ow e r t o p sy c hi c i n u e n ce I s i t any won
d e r th a t cur e s t a k e p l a ce u n der t h e s e c i r c u m
s t an c e s ?
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v o yan c e t o a cc o u n t f o r th e en ti re ph en om e n a o f
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h a ve s ee n i n th e p re c e di n g c h a pt er s o f thi s b ook
Onc e th e en ra p po r t c o n ditio n i s e s t abl i s h e d be
t w een h eal er an d p a ti en t an d th e re s t i s s im p l e
th e a s t ral b od y i s i n du c e d to ener giz e m o re a c t
iv e ly an d a s a re s u l t th e ph ys i c al m a n i f e s t a tio n
i s im p r ov e d an d n o r m al f u n c ti o n i n g re s to re d
Of c ou r se all thi s i s w o n d er f u l en ough all
p sy c hi c ph en om ena i s f o r th a t m a tt er ; b ut w e
see th a t w e d o n ot h a v e to go out s i d e o f e s t ab
lish e d o cc u l t la w s p r i n c ip l e s an d f a c t s i n o r d er
to a cc ou n t f o r s om e o f th e s e m od ern mi ra c l e s
w hi c h h a v e puzz l e d an d p er p le x e d s o m any good
p ers o n s w h o h a v e n ot k n o w n o f th e o cc u l t t ea c h
i n g s an d w h o f ear th a t th e w o rl d i s be i n g tu rne d
up s i d e do w n an d N a tu re s l a w s ov er tu rne d by
th e se ne w f an g le d i d ea s an d m e thod s
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i n A m er i c a an d E u r op e by th e ne w s c h oo l o f
m a g ne ti c h eal i n g w hi c h s p r u n g ra pid ly i n t o
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i n g g enerall y k n o w n a s m en t al h eal i n g
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i n g d ee mi n g it too m a t er i a l an d to o mu c h
all i e d to h y p n oti s m e t c B ut thi s vi e w i s quit e
b igot e d an d narr o w f o r thi s m e thod h as n o rela
tio n to h y p n oti s m an d m o re ov er it giv e s th e pa
ti en t th e ben e t o f th e o w o f p rana f r om th e
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n e ti c h eal i n g e t c th e h eal e r by a n e ff o r t o f hi s
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a s upp ly o f hi s pr a n ic a u ra v i b r a tio n s i n t o th e
b o d y o f hi s p a ti en t b y w ay of th e n er v o u s sys
t e m of th e p a ti en t an d a l s o by m ean s o f w h a t
m ay b e c alle d th e i n du c tio n o f th e a ur a it sel f
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w ith p rana i s o f t en en ough t o c a u se a n o v er o w
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l e s s o n s ab o ut l o n g di s t an c e p sy c hi c i n u en c e
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i n d uc e i n th e p a ti en t th e h ea l th y ph ys i c al con
diti o n o f th e o r gan o r p ar t o r b od y a s th e c a se
m ay b e Se e thi s c o n diti o n a s e x i s ti n g a t th e
p re sen t tim e a n d n ot a s m ere l y t o c om e i n th e
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m en t ally s p ea k to th e p a ti en t j u s t a s y ou wo u l d
i n c a s e h e o r s h e w ere s itti n g be f o re y o u i n th e
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