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PREMONITION AND IMPRESSIONS CLAIRVOYANT PSYCHOMETRY CLAIRVOYANT CRYSTAL-GAZING DISTANT CLAIRVOYANCE PAST CLAIRVOYANCE FUTURE CLAIRVOYANCE SECOND-SIGHT PREVISION CLAIRVOYANT DEVELOPMENT ASTRAL- BODY TRAVELLING

ASTRAL-PLANE PHENOMENA

PSYCHIC INFLUENCE" Personal and Distant PSYCHIC ATTRACTION

PSYCHIC HE AUNG TELEPATHY

MIND- READING

THOUGHT TRANSFERENCE and other PSYCHIC PHENOMENA

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SYNOPSIS

OF

THE

_LESSONS

LESSON I

THE ASTRAL SENSES

". T^e

skeptical person who "believes _only the evidence of his senses "

The man who has much to _say about "horse _{sense." "Common} ?Sen4"

versus Uncommon Senses. The _ordinary five _senses

are nSt the Snlv

senses. The _{ordinary senses}

are not as infallible as _many think them

Illusions of the five _physical

senses. What is back of the

o?gans

of

physical sense. All _{senses an evolution of}

the sense of _feeling. How the mind receives the _report of the senses. The Real Knower behind

S.%ff"S,eS\"What "e unAfol"Hngof new senses means to man The

super-physical senses The Astral Senses. Man has seven physical censes

nn.^eadw"?e"ly flIe',Each Physical sense has its astral sense counter-R,

" X

hat the astral senses are. Sensing on the astral plane. How

".T#dijKlnrtl*niL0,l.the.a"tralplane- "y means of tbe as*ral senses.

the unfolding of the Astral Senses _{opens up a}

new world of experience

to mtm.

Page 13

LESSON II

TELEPATHY vs. CLAIRVOYANCE

The two extra physical senses of man. The extra sense of "th"

presence of other living things." The _"telepathic sensed

How man

may sense the _presence of other _{living things apart from}

the oDeritioS

of his _ordinary five physical senses. This _power is _strongly developed

in _savages and barbarians, but has become _{atrophied in most civ}

lized

{^ei!,.by,nCOnHtlKUeddiS^se- P -isnow ^stigal in civilized

man, but mav

be _{developed by}

practice. Animals have this extra sense highly devel-oped,

and it plays a _very important part in their protection from

enemies ; their capture of _prey, ete. The _{strange actions of}

dogs, horses, etc., explained. How the _geese saved Rome by reason of this sense. All hunters have _{experienced evidences of the}

existence of this sense on the

part of animals. The physical telepathic sense. How it operates. Inter-esting instances of its possession by animals, and savage tribes. Women

possess it strongly. The distinction between this form of

thought-transference and clairvoyance.

Page 28 LESSON III

TELEPATHY EXPLAINED What _"telepathy"

means. The mental _{process by which}

one "known at a distance." The sending and _receiving of waves and currents of

thought and feeling. Thought vibrations, and how they are caused

The part played by the cerebrum, cerebellum, and medulla oblongata"

the three brains of man. The part played by the solar plexus and other

great nervous centres. How _thought

messages are received. How states of emotional excitement _are transmitted to others. The Pineal Gland-what it _is, and what it does. The important part it plays in _telepathy

and thought-transference. Mental _{atmospheres. Psychic atmospheres of}

audiences, towns, houses, stores, etc. Why you are not affected by all thought vibrations in equal measure and _strength. How _thought vibra-tions

are neutralized. Affinities and repulsions between different thought

vibrations. _Interesting facts _{concerning telepathy.} Scientific _{explana-tions}

of telepathy.

Page 43 LESSON IT

SCIENTIFIC TELEPATHY

The _{important investigations}

Experiments,"

"guessing" game. Seventeen cards chosen right, in straight succession.

Precautions against fraud or collusion. Two hundred and ten successes

out of a possible three hundred and eighty-two. Science pronounces

the results as entirely beyond the law of coincidences and mathematical

probability; and that the phenomena were genuine and real telepathy.

Still more wonderful tests. Telepathy an incontestable reality. A

psychic force transmitting ideas and thoughts." Interesting cases or

spontaneous telepathy, scientifically proven. Extracts from the scientific records. Cold scientific reports read like a romance, and prove beyond doubt the reality of this great field of phenomena.

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LESSON V

MIND-READING, AND BEYOND

What "Mind-Reading" is. The two phases of _{Mind-Reading.} Mind-Reading with physical contact; and without physical contact. Why the scientific investigators make the distinction. Why science has been over-cautious;

and how it falls short of the full understanding of contact

Mind- Reading. How the thought- waves flow along the nerves of the

projector and recipient. Like _telegraphy over wires, as compared with

the wireless method. How to learn by actual experience, and not alone

by reading books. How to experiment for yourself; and how to obtain

the best results in Mind-Reading. The _working principles of Mind-Read-ing stated. Full directions and instruction given for the successful per-formance

of the interesting feats. This lesson is really a little manual of

practical instruction in Mind-Reading, and the higher phases of Thought-Transference. The _person carefully studying and applying the principles taught therein should become _{very proficient} in both private and _public

manifestations.

_ _.

Page 74

LESSON VI

CLAIRVOYANT PSYCHOMETRY

What Clairvoyance really is; and what it is not. The faculty of acquiring super-normal knowledge of facts and _happening at a distance,

or in past or future time, independent of the _{ordinary senses,} and inde-pendent of telepathic reading of the minds of others. The different kinds of Clairvoyance described. What is _{Psychometry? Clairvoyant en rap-port} relations on the astral plane, with distant, past or future happen-ings and events _; by means of a connecting material link. How to obtain

the _{psychic affinity} or astral relation to other things by means of a bit of _stone, lock of hair, article of _{wearing apparel,} etc. Interesting in-stances

of clairvoyant psychometry. How to go about the work of psychometrizing. How to _develop the power. How to secure the best

conditions; and what to do when _you have obtained them. _Psychometry develops the occultist for still _{higher clairvoyant powers.}

Page 90

LESSON VII

CLAIRVOYANT CRYSTAL-GAZING The second great method of _{securing clairvoyant}

en rapport relations

with the astral _plane. How the _crystal,

magic-mirror, etc., serves to focus the _{psychic energy} of the _{clairvoyant person. The}

crystal serves

the purpose of a psychic microscope or _telescope. How _crystals tend to

become polarized to the vibrations of their owner. _{Why crystals} should be _preserved for the personal use of their owners. The use of crystals,

or other forms of _{shining objects, by different peoples in ancient}

and

modern times. How they are employed In Australia, New Zealand, Fiji Islands, South America, etc., by the _primitive tribes. Various substi-tutes

for the crystal. Full directions for Crystal Gazing. Complete in-structions and _warnings. All _{stages described, from the first "milky}

mist" to the _clearly defined "psychic photograph." The Astral Tube,

and the _part It plays in Crystal Gazing. A complete little text-book of

the _subject.

LESSON VIII

CLAIRVOYANT REVERIE

The higher forms of Clairvoyance, and how they may be cultivated and acquired. Trance conditions not essential to highest Clairvoyance, although often connected therewith. In _{Clairvoyant Reverie, the clair-voyant}

does not become unconscious; but merely "shuts out" the out-side world of _sights and sounds. Shifting the consciousness from the

physical plane to the astral. Clairvoyant Reverie _may be _safely and effectively induced by mental concentration alone. Artificial methods dangerous, and not advised by best authorities. Abnormal conditions

not desirable. The "one pointed" mind. The Clairvoyant "day dream"

or "brown study." False "psychic development." Use of hypnotic

drugs strongly condemned. Scientific psychological methods stated and taught. The laws of attention and concentration of the mind. How Clairvoyance develops by this method. The true occult instruction given

fully.

Page 120

LESSON IX

SIMPLE CLAIRVOYANCE

What the Clairvoyant senses in Simple Clairvoyance. Perception

of the Aura, and Auric Emanations of others ; Psychic Vibrations ; Astral

Colors; Thought Currents, Waves and Vibrations, etc., are features of Simple Clairvoyance. The beautiful kaleidoscopic spectacle of the Auric changes. The Prana Aura, and its appearances. The Mental and Emo-tional

Aura, and its many interesting phases. Perception of Astral Thought-Forms. Other Astral Phenomena. The Astral World, and its Myriad Manifestations. Strange aspects of Astral Visioning. "Seeing

through a Brick-wall." The X-Ray Vision. Reading from closed books,

sealed envelopes, etc., and how it is explainable. Seeing into the depths

of the earth, and the occult explanation thereof. The Laws and Princi-ples of this Extraordinary Power. Magnifying and Diminishing Clair-voyant

Vision. A wonderful field for experiment opened out for the student.

Page 136

LESSON X

CLAIRVOYANCE OF DISTANT SCENES

The characteristics of Space Clairvoyance. The Astral Seeing of Dis-tant Scenes; and through intervening objects. Remarkable instances

of this power, well authenticated and established. _Interesting and instructive historical cases recorded and explained. Testimony of the Society for Psychical Research concerning this phase of Clairvoyance.

The interesting case of W. T. Stead, the celebrated English writer, who

went down on the "Titanic." The important testimony of Swedenborg, the eminent religious teacher. Other well-authenticated cases happening

to well-known persons. The evidence collected by the Society for Psychical Research. Interesting German case. Why so many cases of this kind happen when the _person is on his death-bed, or seriously ill. Why such experiences often occur in dreams. Actual "appearance" of

persons at a distance, and how explained. Important and interesting

facts recited in connection with this phase of Clairvoyance.

Page 151 LESSON XI

CLAIRVOYANCE OF THE PAST

The clairvoyant perception of the facts, events and _happenings of past time. There is no difference in the nature of this strange phenom-enon,

whether the past time be but five minutes or else five thousand

years. How is it possible to "see" a thing that no longer exists? The

"just how" of this strange happening. Nothing could be perceived if it had actually disappeared from existence. But nothing entirely disappears

in fact. On the astral _plane are recorded all things, events and hap-penings

since the beginning of the present world-cycle. The "Akashic

Records;" or the "Astral Light;" constitute the _great record books of the past. The clairvoyant gaining access to these _may read the past

are

clearly presented and explained.

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Page 167

LESSON XII

CLAIRVOYANCE OF THE FUTURE

The clairvoyant power manifest in all forms of perception of facts, happenings and events of future time. Explanation of Prophecy, Pre-vision,

Foretelling, Second-Sight, etc. These powers not supernatural; but are merely the development of the clairvoyant faculties. How may

a thing be "seen" years before it really exists. Nothing could be seen,

unless it existed in some form, at least potential and latent. Keen per-ception

of the subconscious faculties. Subconscious _reasoning from cause

to effect. Coming events cast their shadows before. Fate vs. Free- Will. "Time is but a relative mode of regarding things." ''Events may, in

some sense, exist always, both past and future." Time like a moving-picture reel, containing the future scene at the present moment, though out of sight. Analogy of dream-time. An Absolute Consciousness in

which past, present and future exist as a single perception. A glimpse

of a transcendental truth. How to acquire the faculty of

Future-Clairvoyance.

Page 182 LESSON XIII

SECOND-SIGHT, PREVISION, ETC.

Many persons, in all times, in all lands, have possessed the gift

of looking into the future. Not a superstition, but a scientific fact. The

investigations of the scientific bodies. The Society for _Psychical Re-search, and its reports on this phase of Clairvoyance. Interesting case

told by a leading Theosophist. Tragedy and Funeral foreseen by Clair-voyant

Prevision, or Second-Sight. Historical instances. George Fox,

the _Quaker, and his Second-Sight. The prophecy of the Death of Caesar. Biblical instances. The celebrated case of Cazotte, which has become a

matter of history. How Cazotte foretold the coming of the French

Revolution, including the fate of eminent _personages present at the

time of the prophecy. A _startling occurrence, well worthy of careful

study. The historical case of the assassination of Spencer Perceval,

Chancellor of the Exchequer. Other well-authenticated cases. Symbolic

visions. Irish and Scotch cases.

Page 197

LESSON XIV ASTRAL-BODY TRAVELING

Astral visioning in Clairvoyance, and visioning by means of the Astral Body. The difference between the two phases of _clairvoyant phenomena. The characteristics of Astral-Body traveling. How one

traveling in the Astral Body may "see all around him," instead of

merely gazing at an astral picture. Limitations of _Astral-Body vision-ing. What the Astral-Body really is; and what it is like. How it dis-engages

itself from the physical body, and travels in space. Many per-sons

"travel in the astral" during ordinary sleep. Occult _teachings regarding Astral-Body traveling. How dying persons often travel in the

astral-body, before death. _{Many interesting} cases cited, all well-authen-ticated by scientific _{investigation. Society} for Psychical Research's rec-ords

and reports on such cases. Dangers of uninstructed persons going out on the astral, except In dream state. "Fools rush in where angels fear to tread." A timely warning. A most _important and _interesting

subject.

Page 212 LESSON XV

STRANGE ASTRAL PHENOMENA

Additional phases of Astral Phenomena. _Projection of

Thought-Forms. _Something between ordinary Clairvoyance and Astral-Body

perception. What a Thought-Form is. How it is created. What it does. Where it _goes. How a portion of one's consciousness is projected in a

Thought-Form. Using a Thought-Form as at out-post, or observation point. How _things appear when viewed from a Thought-Form. A won-derful

phase of occult phenomena. Advantages and _{disadvantages} of this form of clairvoyant visioning. Hindu Psychic Magic, and how it is

performed. Remarkable illusory effects produced by Hindu Magicians.

All is explained when the principle of the creation and projection of

Thought-Forms is understood. Why the Hindus excel in this phase of occultism. An interesting description of Hindu Magic feats. The power

of concentrated "visualization." The phenomena of Levitation, or the

moving of articles at a distance. The occult explanation of this phe-nomenon.

Natural explanation for so-called "super-natural" occurrences.

Page 227 LESSON XVI

PSYCHIC INFLUENCE: ITS LAWS AND PRINCIPLES

The laws and principles underlying the _power of one mind to in-fluence and affect another mind. More than ordinary telepathy. The inductive power of mental vibrations. _Everything is in vibration. Mental vibrations are much higher in the scale than are physical vibrations. What "induction" is. How a mental _state, or an emotional feeling, tends

to induce a similar state in another mind. Many instances cited. The

different degrees of vibratory influence, and what causes the difference.

The _contagious effect of a "strong feeling." Why a strong desire has a

dynamic effect in certain cases. The power of visualization in Psychic

Influence. The Attractive Power of Thought. The effect of Mental Con-centration.

Focusing your Forces. Holding the mind to a state of

"one-pointedness." Why the occultist controls his imagination. Suggestions

as to practice, and rules of development. A few easily-mastered prin-ciples

which give you the key to the whole of this wonderful subject.

Page 243 LESSON XVII

PERSONAL PSYCHIC INFLUENCE OVER OTHERS

Psychic Influence exerted over others, when in their _presence. Dif-ferent degrees of tbe influence. Possession of this power by Alexander

the Great, Napoleon Bonaparte, Julius Caesar, and other _great leaders

of men. The ability to influence others is a sure sign of the _possession of this psychic power. The Three Underlying Principles of _Psychic In-fluence.

The importance of strong desire to influence and exert power.

The importance of clear, positive mental pictures of what effect _you wish to produce. The importance of the firm concentration of _your mind on

the _subject. The creation of a positive psychic atmosphere. The Posi-tive-Psychic Aura. How to _{project your Psychic} Power. The Psychic Struggle between two persons. How to handle yourself in such con-flicts

of Psychic Power. How to Neutralize the Psychic Power of others, and thus disarm them. The Occult Shield of Defence. Valuable direc-tions

regarding practice and development of Psychic Power. Scientific Exercises for Development. Important Rules of Practice.

Page 257

LESSON XVIII

PSYCHIC INFLUENCE AT A DISTANCE

Psychic Influence over others, manifested when they are distant from the person exerting the influence. Distance no obstacle. Psychic In-duction

at _Long-Range. How to create the en rapport condition with the

other person. How to _{protect yourself against} such influence at a dis-tance. The Psychic Armor. Psychometric Method of producing Dis-tant

En _Rapport Condition. To proceed when the en rapport condition is secured. The scientific _explanation of the old tales about _sorcery, witchcraft, super-natural influence, etc. The effect of _fear, and belief!

on the mind of the other _person. The effect of Denial. The secret of many strange cases made plain. Some typical cases. The Master-Key which unlocks the doors of _{many Mysteries.} Low forms of _Occultism, and how _{they may} be defeated. Dangerous Teachings in some quarters. Warnings against their use. The Astral Tube; how it is erected, used and _employed. A simple, plain explanation of a puzzling occult mani-festation.

Self- Protection.

How psychic vibrations tend to attract to their creator other _per-sons

vibrating along the same lines; and things having a relation to the

things thought of. Harmony and Inharmony in the Psychic World. The

Law of Psychic Attraction. The Law of Psychic Repulsion. An im-portant

phase of Astral Phenomena. The Law works two ways. It

draws other persons and things to you ; and you to other persons and

things. How the men of "big business" operate under this Law of

Attraction. How scheming exploiters of the public actually "treat the

public" by psychic means. The various forms of psychic influence em-ployed

by persons of this kind. The Law of Attraction, and how it

works out in Business Life. The scientific facts behind the outward

appearance of things. Instances and examples of the working out of

these laws and principles. The Law of Psychic Attraction is as con-stant

and invariable as the great Law of Gravitation, or Magnetic Attrac-tion.

The Co-Relation of Thoughts and Things. How we may create our own environment by Psychic Influence.

Page 288

LESSON XX

PSYCHIC AND MAGNETIC HEALING

The Psychic Principles underlying the _many forms of psychic or

mental healing. Many theories

" one

set of principles. Psychic Healing

as old as the race. The Basic Principles of Psychic Healing. The

Physiological Principles involved. How the Astral _Body is used in

Psychic Healing. Human Magnetism, and what it really is. All about

Prana. The Laying-on of Hands in Healing; and what is back of it.

What happens in Magnetic Healing. The Secret of Absent Healing.

Space no barrier in Psychic Healing. The Human Aura and Psychic

Healing. The Secret of Suggestive Therapeutics. The effect of the

"affirmations" of the healers. How the Healing Cults obtain good re-sults.

Self-Healing by Psychic Power. Absent Healing by Psychic

Power. How to "treat" others by Absent Treatment. Valuable Instruc-tions

and Practical Methods cf Psychic Healing. The whole subject con-densed, and made plain, so that it _may be applied by any person of aver-age

intelligence. No fanciful theories; only plain, practical facts for actual application.

INTRODUCTION.

In

_preparing

this series of lessons for students of Western lands, I have been

_compelled

to _pro-ceed

along

lines

_exactly

_opposite

to those which

I would have chosen had these lessons been for students in India. This because of the diametric-ally

opposite

mental attitudes of the students of these two several lands.

The student in India _expects the teacher to

state

positively

the

_principles

_involved, and the

methods

_whereby

these

_principles

_may be mani-fested,

together

with

_frequent

illustrations

_(gen-

_erally

in the nature of fables or

parables),

serv-ing

to link the new

knowledge

to some

already

known

_thing.

The Hindu student never _expects or demands

anything

in the nature of

"proof"

of the teachers statements of

_principle

or meth-od;

in fact, he would

_regard

it as an insult to

the teacher to ask for the same.

Consequently,

he does not look for, or ask,

specific

instances or

illustrations in the nature of scientific evidence

or

proof

of the

principles

taught.

He _may ask

for more information, but

solely

for the _purpose

of

_bringing

out some

point

which he has not

grasped;

but he avoids as a

pestilence

_{any ques-tion}

seeming

to indicate _argument, doubt of

what is

_being

_taught

him, or of the nature of a

demand for

_proof

or evidence.

The Western _student, on the other hand, is

accustomed to

maintaining

the

skeptical

attitude

of mind " the scientific attitude of doubt and de-mand

it. Both are accustomed to illustrations

bring-

ing

out the

principles

involved,

but these illustra-tions

must not be fanciful or

figurative

"

they

must be actual _cases, well authenticated and

vouched for as evidence. In

short,

the Western

teacher is

_expected

to

actually "prove"

to his

students his

_principles

and

_methods,

before he

may

expect

them to be

accepted.

This,

of course,

not from _any real doubt or

suspicion

of the verac-ity

or

ability

of the

teacher,

but

merely

because

the Western mind

_expects

to

question,

and be

questioned,

in this _way in the _process of

_teaching

and

_learning.

Consequently,

in this series of

_lessons,

I have

sought

to follow the Western method rather than

the Hindu. So far as is

possible,

I have avoided

the flat

_positive

statement of

_principles

and meth-ods,

and have

_sought

to _prove each

_step

of the

teaching.

Of _course, I have been

_compelled

to

assume the existence of certain fundamental

principles,

in order to avoid

_long

and technical

metaphysical

and

_{philosophical}

discussions. I

have also had to content

myself

with the

positive

flat assertion of the existence of the Astral

_Plane,

Akashic

_Records,

_Prana,

_{etc., which} are funda-mental

postulates

of Hindu

_philosophy

and oc-cult

science " for these are established

solely

by

the

_experience

of those who are able to function

on the

higher

planes

themselves.

But,

beyond

this I have

_sought

to _prove

by

direct and

positive

evidence

_(adapted

to the Western

mind)

_every

step

of _my

teaching

and methods.

pur-INTRODUCTION 11

posely

omitted

_(except

in a few

instances)

all

mention of occult or

psychic

phenomena

occur-ring

in

_India,

and have confined

_myself

to in-stances

occurring

in Western lands to Western

persons.

Moreover,

I have avoided

quoting

and

citing

Hindu

_authorities,

and

_have,

_instead,

quoted

and cited from authorities well known

and

_respected

in Western

_lands,

such as the So-ciety

for

_Psychical

_Research,

and the

_prominent

scientists interested in the work of the said so-ciety.

In this _way I have

_sought

to furnish the

Western student with

_examples,

_cases, and illus-trations

familiar to

him,

and

_easily

referred to.

Had I cited Indian _cases, I

_might

be accused of

offering proof

that could not be

_easily

_verified;

and

_quoting

_persons unknown to _my readers.

There is a wealth of such cases and illustrations

in

India,

naturally,

but these as a rule are tradi-tional

and not available in

printed

form;

and

these would not

_likely

be _very

satisfactory

to the

Western student.

I _must,

_however,

_positively

and

_firmly

state

that while these cases and

illustrations,

these

quotations

and

citations,

are

purely

Western,

the

principles

they

illustrate and _prove are _among

the oldest known to Hindu occult science and

philosophy.

In

fact,

having

been

_accepted

as

proven truth in

India,

for centuries

past,

there

is _very little demand for further

_proof

thereof

on the

_part

of the Hindus. In the Western

world,

however,

these

_things

are

comparatively

new,

and must be

_proved

and attested

_accordingly.

in-struction to conform with the

_pattern

favored for

the Western

_garment

of

_knowledge.

So far as

the illustrations and _cases, the

_quotations

and

citations _are concerned " these are

purely

West-ern

and

familiar

to the student.

But,

when it

comes to the

principles

themselves,

this is an-other matter " I must be

pardoned

for

stating

that these are the

outgrowth

of Hindu

thought

and

_{investigation,}

and that he who would dis-cover

their roots must

_dig

around the tree of the

Wisdom of the

_East,

which has stood the storms

and winds of thousands of _years. But the

branches of this

_mighty

tree are

wide-spreading,

and there is room for _many Western students to

rest in its shade and shelter.

In these lessons I have referred

_occasionally

to

my two little

books,

entitled "The Astral

World,"

and "The Human

_Aura,"

_{respectively.}

To those who _are interested in these

_subjects,

I

recommend these little

_books;

_they

_are sold at _a

nominal

_price,

and contain much that will be

helpful

to the

student

of Hindu Occult Science.

They

are not

required,

however,

to

_complete

the

understanding

of the

_subjects

treated _upon in

these

_lessons,

and _are mentioned and _recom-mended

merely

as

supplementary

reading

for the

student who wishes to take little "side excur-sions"

away from the main

trip

covered in these

lessons.

I trust that _my students will find the

_pleas-

_ure

and satisfaction in

_studying

these lessons

that I have in

_writing

them.

LESSON I.

THE ASTRAL SENSES.

The student of occultism

_usually

is

_quite

famil-iar

with the crass individual who assumes the

cheap

skeptical

attitude toward occult _matters, which attitude he _expresses in his would-be

"smart" remark that he "believes

_only

in what his _senses

_perceive."

He seems to think that his

cheap

wit has

_{finally disposed}

of the _matter, the

implication

being

that the occultist is a cred-ulous,

"easy"

_person who believes in the exist-ence

of

_things

_contrary to the evidence of the

senses.

While the

_opinion

or views of _persons of this

class _are, of _course, beneath the serious _concern of _any true student of occultism, nevertheless the mental attitude of such _persons are

worthy

of our

passing

consideration, inasmuch as it serves to

give

us an

object

lesson

regarding

the childlike

attitude of the _average so-called

_"practical"

_per-sons

regarding

the matter of the evidence of the

senses.

These so-called

_practical

_persons have much

to

say

regarding

their senses.

They

are fond of

speaking

of "the evidence of _my senses."

_They

also have much to _say about the

_possession

of

"good

sense" on their _part; of

having

"sound

common sense"; and often

they

make the _strange

boast that

_they

have "horse sense,"

seeming

to

consider this a great

possession.

Alas, for the

usually

found

_quite

credulous

_regarding

matters

beyond

their

_everyday

field of work and

_thought,

and _accept without

_question

the most ridiculous

teachings

and

_dogmas

_reaching

them from the

voice of some claimed

authority,

while

they

sneer

at some advanced

teaching

which their minds are

incapable

of

_{comprehending.}

Anything

which

seems unusual to them is deemed

"flighty,"

and

lacking

in

_appeal

to their much

_prized

"horse

sense."

But,

it is not _my intention to

spend

time in

discussing

these

_{insignificant}

_half-penny

intel-lects.

I have

_merely

alluded to them in order to

bring

to _your mind the fact that to _{many persons}

the idea of "sense* and that of "senses" is _very

closely

allied.

_They

consider all

_knowledge

and

wisdom as

"sense;"

and all such sense as

being

derived

_directly

from their

_ordinary

five senses.

They

ignore

almost

_completely

the intuitional

phases

of the

_mind,

and are unaware of _many of

the

_higher

_processes of

_reasoning.

Such _{persons accept} as undoubted

anything

that their senses report to them.

They

consider

it

_heresy

to

question

a report of the senses. One

of their favorite remarks is that "it almost makes

me doubt _my senses."

They

fail to

perceive

that

their _senses, at the

_best,

are _very

imperfect

in-struments,

and that the mind is

_constantly

em-ployed

in

_correcting

the mistaken _report of the

ordinary

five senses.

Not to

_speak

of the common

phenomenon

of

color-blindness,

in which one color seems to be

THE ASTRAL SENSES 15

may,

by suggestion,

be made to

imagine

that we

smell or taste certain

things

which do not

exist,

and

_hypnotic

_subjects

_may be caused to see

things

that have no existence save in the

imag-

ination

of the _person. The familiar

_experiment

of the _person

_crossing

his first two

fingers,

and

placing

them on a small

object,

such as a _pea or

the

_top

of a

lead-pencil,

shows us how "mixed"

the sense of

feeling

becomes at times. The _many

familiar instances of

_optical

delusions show us

that even our

sharp

_{eyes may} deceive us "

every

conjuror

knows how _easy it is to deceive the _eye

by suggestion

and false movements.

Perhaps

the most familiar

_example

of mis-taken

sense-reports

is that of the movement of

the earth. The senses of _{every person report} to

him that the earth is a

fixed,

immovable

body,

and that the _{sun, moon,}

_planets,

and stars move

around the earth _every

_twenty-four

hours. It is

only

when one _accepts the

_reports

of the reason-ing

faculties,

that he knows that the earth not

only

whirls around on its axis _every

twenty-four

hours,

but that it circles around the sun _every

three hundred and

_{sixty-fivedays;}

and that even

the sun

itself,

carrying

with it the earth and the

other

_{planets, really}

moves

along

in _space, mov-ing

toward or around some unknown

point

far

distant from it. If there is _any one

particular

report of the senses which would seem to be be-yond

doubt or

question,

it

certainly

would be this

elementary

sense _report of the fixedness of the

earth beneath our

feet,

and the movements of the

heavenly

bodies around it" and

yet

we know that

the case are

totally

different.

Again,

how

few-persons

really

realize that the eye

perceives

things

up-side-down,

and that the mind

_only

gradually

acquires

the trick of

_adjusting

the im-pression?

I _am not

_trying

to make _any of _you doubt the

report of his or her five senses. That would be

most

foolish,

for all of us must needs

depend

_upon

these five senses in our

everyday

affairs,

and

would soon come to

grief

were we to

neglect

their _reports.

_Instead,

I _am

_trying

to

acquaint

you with the real nature of these five senses, that

you may realize what

they

are not, as well as

what

_they

_are; and also that _{you may} realize

that there is no

absurdity

in

believing

that there

are more channels of information _open to the

ego, or soul of the _person, than these much used

five senses. When _you once

_get

a correct scien-tific

conception

of the real nature of the five ordi-nary

senses, you will be able to

intelligently

grasp the nature of the

higher

psychic

faculties or senses, and thus be better fitted to use them.

So,

let _us take _a few moments time in order to

get

this fundamental

knowledge

well fixed in our

minds.

What _are the five _{senses, anyway.} Your first

answer will be:

"Feeling,

seeing, hearing,

tast-ing,

smelling."

But that is

_merely

_a recital of

the different forms of

_sensing.

What is _a

_"sense,"

when

you

get

right

down to it?

Well,

you will

find that the

_dictionary

tells us that a sense is a

"facult)',possessed

by

animals,

of

_perceiving

ex-ternal

poorly

developed.

The

_elementary

life form

"feels" the touch of its

_food,

or of other

objects

which _may touch it. The

_plants

also have some-thing

akin to this sense, which in some cases,

like that of the Sensitive

Plant,

for

_instance,

is

quite

well

_developed.

_Long

before the sense of

sight,

or the sensitiveness to

light appeared

in

animal-life,

we find evidences of taste, and some-thing

like

_rudimentary

_hearing

or sensitiveness

to sounds. Smell

gradually

developed

from the

sense of taste, with which even now it is

closely

connected. In some forms of lower animal lifethe

sense of smell is much more

highly

developed

than in mankind.

_Hearing

evolved in due time

from the

_rudimentary

_feeling

of vibrations.

Sight,

the

_highest

of the _{senses, came}

_last,

and

was an evolution of the

elementary

sensitiveness

to

light.

But,

_you see, all these senses are but modifica-tions

of the

_original

_sense of

_feeling

_or touch.

The _eye records the touch _or

_feeling

of the

_light-

_waves

which strike _upon it. The ear records the

touch or

feeling

of the sound-waves or vibrations

of the

_air,

which reach it. The

_tongue

and other

seats of taste record the chemical touch of the

particles

of

_food,

or other

substances,

coming

in

contact with the taste-buds. The nose records

the chemical touch of the

gases or fine

particles

of material which touch its _mucous membrane.

The _{sensory-nerves} record the _presence of outer

objects

coming

in _contact with the nerve ends in

THE ASTRAL SENSES 19

that all of these _senses

_merely

record the contact

or "touch" of outside

objects.

But the sense _organs,

themselves,

do not do

the

_knowing

of the _presence of the

_{objects. They}

are but

pieces

of delicate

_apparatus

serving

to

record _or to receive

_primary

impressions

from

outside. Wonderful as

they

_are,

they

have their

counterparts

in the works of man, as for instance :

the _{camera, or} artificial

eye; the

phonograph,

or

artificial _ear; the delicate chemical

_apparatus,

or

artificial taster and

smeller;

the

telegraph,

or

artificial nerves. Not

only

this,

but there are al-ways

to be found nerve

telegraph

wires _convey-ing

the _messages of the _eye, the _ear, the _nose, the

_tongue,

to the brain "

telling

the

something

in the brain of what has been felt at the other end

of the line. Sever the _nerves

_leading

to the _eye,

and

_though

the _eye will continue to

register

_per-fectly,

stillno _message will reach the brain. And

render the brain

_unconscious,

and _{no message}

will reach it from the nerves

connecting

with

eye, ear, nose,

tongue,

or surface of the

body.

There is much more to the

receiving

of sense

messages than you would think at

first,

you see.

Now all this means that the _ego, or

soul,

or

mind,

if _you

_prefer

the term " is the real Knower

who becomes aware of the outside world

by

means of the _messages of the senses. Cut off

from these _messages the mind would be almost a

blank,

so far as outside

objects

are concerned.

Every

one of the senses so cut off would mean a

diminishing

or

cutting-off

of a

part

of the world

to the listtends to widen and increase the world

of the _ego. We do not realize

this,

as a rule. In-stead,

we are in the habit of

thinking

that the

world consists of

_just

_{so many}

_things

and

_facts,

and that we know _every

possible

one of them.

This is the

_reasoning

of a child. Think how _very

much smaller than the world of the _{average per-son}

is the world of the _person born

_blind,

or the

person born deaf !

Likewise,

think how very much

greater

and

wider,

and more wonderful this

world of _ours would _{seem were} each of us to find

ourselves

_suddenly

endowed with a new sense!

How much more we would

perceive.

How much

more we would feel. How much more we would

know. How much more we would have to talk

about.

_Why,

_{we are}

_really

in about the same

posi-

tion

as the _poor

girl,

born

blind,

who said that she

thought

that the color of scarlet _must be some-thing

like the sound of _{a trumpet.} Poor

_thing,

she could form no

conception

of

color,

never hav-ing

seen a _ray of

light

" she could think and

speak

only

in the terms of

touch,

sound,

taste and smell.

Had she also been

_deaf,

she would have been

robbed of _a still _greater share of her world.

Think over these

things

a little.

Suppose,

on the contrary, that we had a new

sense which would enable us to sense the waves

of

_electricity.

In that case we would be able to

"feel" what _was

_going

_on at another

_place

"

per-haps

on the other side of the

world,

or

maybe,

on

one of the other

planets.

Or,

_suppose that we

had an X

Ray

sense " we could then see

through

THE ASTRAL SENSES 21

vision were

improved

by

the addition of a tele-scopic

adjustment,

we could see what is

going

on in

Mars,

and could send and receive communi-cations

with those

_living

there.

_Or,

if with _a

microscopic

adjustment,

we could see all the

secrets of a

drop

of water "

maybe

it is well that

we cannot do this. On the other

hand,

if we had

a

well-developed

telepathic

sense, we would be

aware of the

thought-waves

of others to such an extent that there would be no secrets left hidden to _anyone " wouldn't that alter life and human

intercourse a

_great

deal? These

things

would

really

b,e

no more wonderful than is the evolution

of the senses we have. We can do some of these

things

by

apparatus

designed

by

the brain of

man " and man

really

is but an imitator and

adaptor

of Nature.

_Perhaps,

on some other

world _or

_planet

there _may be

_beings

_having

seven, nine or fifteen senses, instead of the _poor

little five known to us. Who knows!

But it is not _necessary to exercise the

imagina-

tion

in the direction of

_picturing

_beings

on other

planets

endowed with more senses than have the

people

of earth.

_While,

as the occult

teachings

positively

state, there are

beings

on other

planets

whose senses are as much

higher

than the

earth-man's as the latter's are

higher

than those of the

oyster,

still we do not have to _go so far to find

instances of the

_possession

of much

_higher

and

more active faculties than those

employed

by

the

ordinary

man. We have but to consider the

higher psychical

faculties of _man,

_right

here and

him. When

you reach a scientific

understanding

of these

_things,

you will see that there

really

is

nothing

at all

_supernatural

about much of the

great

body

of wonderful

experiences

of men in all

times which the "horse sense" _man

_sneeringly

dismisses _as

_"queer"

and

_"contrary

to sense."

You will _see that these

_experiences

_are

_quite

_as

natural _as are those in which the

ordinary

five

senses are

employed

"

though

they

are

super-physical.

There is the

_greatest

difference be-tween

supernatural

and

_{super-physical,}

_you must

realize.

All occultists know that man has other senses

than the

_ordinary

_five,

_although

but few men

have

_developed

them

_sufficiently

well to use them

effectively.

These

_{super-physical}

senses are

known to the occultists as "the astral senses."

The term

"Astral,"

used so

frequently

by

all oc-cultists,

ancient and

_modern,

is derived from the

Greek word

_"astra,"

_meaning

"star." It is used

to indicate those

_planes

of

_being

_immediately

above the

_physical

_plane.

The astral _senses are

really

the

_counterparts

of the

_physical

senses of

man, and are connected with the astral

body

of

the _person

_just

_as the

_physical

_{senses are} con-nected

with the

_{physical body.}

The office of

these astral _senses is to enable the _person to re-ceive

impressions

on the astral

plane, just

as his

physical

senses enable him to receive

impressions

on the

physical plane.

On the

physical plane

the

mind of man receives

only

the sense

impressions

of the

_physical

_organs of _sense; but when the

THE ASTRAL SENSES 23

requires

astral senses in order to receive the im-pressions

of that

_plane,

and

_these,

as we shall see,

are present.

Each _one of the

_physical

_senses of _man has its

astral

_counterpart.

Thus _man

_has,

in

_latency,

the _power of

_{seeing, feeling,}

_{tasting, smelling,}

and

_hearing,

on the astral

plane, by

means of his

five astral senses. More than

this,

the best oc-cultists

know that _man

_really

has seven

physical

senses instead of but

five,

though

these two addi-tional senses are not unfolded in the case of the average person

(though

occultists who have

reached _a certain

_stage

_are able to use them

effectively).

Even these two extra

_physical

senses have their

counterparts

on the astral

plane.

Persons who have

_developed

the use of their

astral senses are able to receive the sense im-pressions

of the astral

_plane

_just

_as

_clearly

_as

they

receive those of the

_physical

_{plane by}

means

of the

_physical

senses. For

instance,

the _person

is thus able to

_{perceive things}

_occurring

on the

astral

_plane;

to read the Akashic Records of the

past; to

perceive

_things

that are

happening

in

other _parts of the world _{; to see past}

_happenings

as

well;

and in cases of

peculiar development,

to

catch

_glimpses

of the

_future,

_though

this is far

rarer than the other forms of astral

sight.

Again,

by

means of

clairaudience,

the _person

may hear the

things

of the astral

world,

past as

well as

present,

and in rare _cases, the future.

The

_explanation

is the _same in each case "

merely

in-stead of on the

physical

plane.

In the same _way,

the astral senses of

smelling,

tasting,

and

feeling

operate.

But

though

we have occasional in-stances

of astral

_feeling,

in certain

_phases

of

psychic phenomena,

we have

practically

no mani-festation

of astral

_smelling

or

tasting,

although

the astral senses are there

ready

for use. It is

only

in instances of

_travelling

in the astral

_body

that the last two mentioned astral _senses,

viz.,

smell and _taste, are manifested.

The

_phenomena

of

_telepathy,

or

thought

trans-ference,

occurs on both the

physical

and the men-tal

plane.

On the

_{physical plane}

it is more or less

spontaneous

and erratic in

manifestation;

while

on the astral

plane

it is as

clear,

reliable and re-sponsive

to demand as is astral

sight,

etc.

The

_ordinary

_person has but occasional flashes

of astral

_sensing,

and _{as a} rule is not able to ex-perience

the

_phenomenon

at will. The trained

occultist,

on the

contrary,

is able to shift from

one set of senses to the

other,

by

a

simple

act

or effort of

will,

whenever he _may wish to do so.

Advanced occultists are often able to function on

both

_physical

and astral

_planes

at the same

time,

though

they

do not often desire to do _so. To

vision

_astrally,

the trained occultist

_merely

shifts

his _sensory mechanism from

_physical

to

_astral,

or vice versa,

just

as the

typewriter

_operator

shifts from the small-letter

_type

to the

_capitals,

by simply

touching

the

_shift-key

of his machine.

Many

persons suppose that it is necessary to

travel _on the astral

_plane,

in the astral

_body,

in

chometry

is

_merely

_one form of astral

_seeing;

just

as is

crystal gazing.

In what is known as

Telekinesis,

or movement

at a

distance,

there is found the

employment

of

both astral

_sensing,

and astral will action _accom-panied

in _{many cases}

_by

actual

_projection

of _a

portion

of the substance of the astral

_body.

In the _case of

_{Clairvoyance,}

_we have an in-stance

of the

_simplest

form of astral

_seeing,

with-out

the

_necessity

of the "associated

_object"

of

psychometry,

or the focal

point

of the

crystal

in

crystal

gazing.

This is true not

only

of the

ordinary

form of

clairvoyance,

in which the occultist sees

astrally

the

_happenings

and

_doings

at some distant

point,

at the moment of

observation;

it is also true of

what is known _{as past}

_{clairvoyance,}

_or astral _see-ing

of

_past

_events; and in the

_seeing

of future

events, as in

prophetic

vision,

etc. These are all

simply

different forms of one and the same

thing.

Surely,

some of _{you may say,} "These

things

are

supernatural,

far above the realm of natural

law " and yet this man would have us believe

otherwise."

_{Softly, softly,}

dear

_reader,

do not

jump

at conclusions so

readily.

What do _you

know about the limits of natural law and

_phe-

_nomena?

What

_right

have _you to assert that all

beyond

_your

customary

range of sense

experi-

ence

is outside of Nature? Do _you not realize

that _you are

attempting

to

place

a limit _upon

Nature,

which in

_reality

is illimitable?

The man of a

generation

back of the

present

assert-THE ASTRAL SENSES 27

ing that the marvels of wireless _{telegraphy were}

supernatural, had he been told of the _possibility of their manifestation. Going back _a little fur-ther,

the father of that _man would have said the same thing regarding the telephone, had _anyone been so bold as to have prophesied it. Going back

still another generation, imagine the opinion of some of the old men of that time regarding the

telegraph. And _yet these things are simply the

discovery and application of certain of Nature's wonderful

powers and forces.

Is it _any more unreasonable to _suppose that

Nature has still a mine of undiscovered treasure

in the mind and constitution of _man, as well as in

inorganic nature? No, friends, these things are as natural as the physical _senses, and not a whit more of a miracle. It is only that we are accus-tomed

to _one, and not to the other, that makes

the astral _senses seem more wonderful than the

physical. Nature's _{workings are} all wonderful

"

none more so than the other. All are beyond our

absolute _conception, when _{we get} down to their

TELEPATHY vs. CLAIRVOYANCE.

In this work I shall use the term

"clairvoy-

ance"

in its broad sense of "astral

perception,"

as

distinguished

from

_perception

_by

means of the

physical

senses. As we

proceed,

_you will see the

general

and

special

meanings

of the _term, so

there is no

necessity

for a

special

definition or

illustration of the term at this time.

By

"telepathy,"

I mean the

sending

and receiv-ing

of

_thought

_messages, and mental and emo-tional

states,

consciously

or

unconsciously,

by

means of what _may be called "the sixth sense" of

the

_physical

_plane.

There is,of _course, a form of

thought

transference on the astral

plane,

but this

I include under the

_general

term of

clairvoyance,

for reasons which will be

explained

later on.

You will remember that in the

_preceding

_chap-

_ter

I told _you that in addition to the five

ordinary

physical

senses of man there were also two other

physical

senses

comparatively

undeveloped

in

the _{average person.} These two extra

physical

senses are,

respectively,

(1)

the sense of the

presence of other

living things;

and

(2)

the tele-pathic

sense. As I also told _you, these two extra

physical

senses have their astral counterparts.

They

also have certain

_physical

_organs which

are not

generally

recognized

by

physiologists

or

TELEPATHY _vs. CLAIRVOYANCE 29

occultists. I shall now consider the first of the

two above-mentioned extra

physical

_senses, in

order to clear the _way for our consideration of

the

_question

of the distinction between

_ordinary

telepathy

and that form of

_clairvoyance

which is

its astral

_counterpart.

There is in _every human

_being

a sense which

is not

generally

recognized

as

such,

although

nearly

every person has had more or less

experi-

ence

regarding

its

_workings.

I refer to the sense

of the _presence of other

_{living things,}

_separate

and

_apart

from the

_operation

of _any of the five

ordinary

physical

senses. I ask _you to under-stand

that I am not

claiming

that this is a

higher

sense than the other

physical

senses, or that it

has come to man in a

high

state of evolution. On

the

_contrary,

this sense came to

living things

far

back in the scale of evolution. It is

_{possessed by}

the

_higher

forms of the lower

animals,

such as

the

_horse,

_dog,

and the

_majority

of the wild

beasts.

_Savage

and barbaric men have it more

highly

developed

than it is in the case of the

civilized man. In

fact,

this

physical

sense _may

be termed almost

_vestigal

in civilized _man, be-cause

he has not

actively

used it for _{many genera-tions.}

For that _matter, the

_physical

sense of

smell is also deficient in _man, and for the same

reason, whereas in the case of the lower

animals,

and _{savage man,} the sense of smell is _very keen.

I mention this for fear of

_{misunderstanding.}

In

my little

book,

"The Astral

World,"

I have said :

"All occultists know that man

really

has seven

addi-tional two senses are not

sufficientlydeveloped

for use in the _{average person}

(though

the occult-ist

generally

unfolds them into

_use)."

Some

have taken this to mean that the occultist de-velops

these two extra

physical

_senses,

_just

as he

does certain

_higher

_psychic

_or astral faculties.

But this is _wrong. The

occultist,

in such _case,

merely

re-awakens these two senses which have

been almost lost to the race.

By

use and exer-cise

he then

_develops

them to a wonderful _{pro-ficiency,}

for use on the

physical

plane.

Now,

this sense of the _presence of other

living

beings

is _very well

_developed

in the lower ani-mals,

particularly

in those whose

_safety

_depends

upon the

knowledge

of the presence of their nat-ural

enemies. As

_might

be

_expected,

the wild ani-mals

have it more

highly

developed

than do the

domesticated animals. But even _among the lat-ter,

we find instances of this sense

being

in active

use " in the case of

dogs,

horses,

geese, etc.,

especially.

Who of us is not familiar with the

strange actions of the

dog,

or the

horse,

when

the animal senses the unseen and unheard _pres-ence

of _{some person} or animal?

Very

often we

would scold or

punish

the animal for its

peculiar

actions,

simply

because we are not able to see

what is

_worrying

it. How often does the

_dog

start

_suddenly,

and bristle _up its

hair,

when

nothing

is in

_sight,

or within

hearing

distance.

How often does the horse _grow

_"skittish,"

_or

even

panicky,

when there is

nothing

within

sight

or

hearing.

Domestic

fowls,

especially

_geese,