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"The first point which it is necessary to make clear in describing this astral plane is its absolute reality. I am using the word in its plain, every-day sense, and I mean by it that the objects and inhabitants of the astral plane are real in exactly the same way as our own bodies, our furniture, our houses or monuments are real."
"...there exist perfectly definite planes, each with its own matter of different degrees of density, and that some of these planes can be visited and observed by persons who have qualified themselves for the work, exactly as a foreign country might be visited and observed; and that, by comparison of the observations of those who are constantly working on these planes, evidence can be obtained of their existence and nature... The names usually given to these planes, taking them in order of materiality, rising from the denser to the finer, are the physical, the astral, the devachanic, the sushuptic, and the nirvanic..."
CONTENTS:
Introduction
SCENERY: The Seven Subdivisions. Degrees of Materiality. Characteristics of Astral Vision. The Aura. The Etheric Double. Power of Magnifying Minute Objects. The "Summerland". Records of the Astral Light.
INHABITANTS: I: Human Living. The Adept or Chela in Mayavarupa. The Psychically Developed Person. The Ordinary Person in Astral Body. The Black Magician. Dead. The Nirmanakay. The Chela awaiting Reincarnation. The Ordinary Person after Death. The Shade. The Shell. The Vitalized Shell. The Suicide. The Victim of Sudden Death. The Vampire. The Werewolf. The Black Magician after Death. II Non-human. The Elemental Essence. The Kamarupas of Animals. Various Classes of Nature Spirits, commonly called Fairies. Kamadevas. Rupadevas. Arupadevas. The Devarajahs. III. Artificial. Elements formed Unconsciously. Guardian Angels. Elementals formed Consciously. Human Artificials. The True Origin of Spiritualism.
PHENOMENA: Churchyard Ghosts. Apparitions of the Dying. Haunted Localities. Family Ghosts. Bell ringing. Stone throwing, etc. Fairies. Communicating Entities. Astral Resources. Clairvoyance. Prevision. Second-Sight. Astral Forces. Etheric Currents. Etheric Pressure. Latent Energy. Sympathetic Vibration. Mantras. Disintegration. Materialization. Why Darkness is required at a Seance. Spirit Photographs. Reduplication. Precipitation of Letters and Pictures. Slate writing. Levitation. Spirit Lights. Handling Fire. Transmutation. Repercussions.
Conclusion.
