PNEUMATOLOGY lojf 



their enemies ; ^ passion turns them into vampires, and 

 connects them with the object of their passion, provided 

 that there are some elements in these objects which will 

 attract them ; because the astral body of an evil person 

 cannot influence the mind of a pure person, neither during 

 life nor after death, unless they are mutually connected 

 by some similarity in their psychic organisations.^ 



" Under certain circumstances, such human entities 

 will become visible or manifest their presence in some 

 manner. They may appear in bodily shape, or remain 

 invisible and produce sounds and noises — such as knocks, 

 laughing, whistling, sneezing, howling, groaning, sigh- 

 ing, walking, trampling, throwing stones, and moving 

 articles of furniture or other objects, and all this may 

 be done by them for the purpose of calling the attention 

 of the living, so that they will obtain an opportunity to 

 enter into communication with them." ^ 



But not all the appearances of supermundane or sub- 

 mundane visitors are caused by the apparitions of the 

 ghosts or astral bodies of suicides or victims of accidents, 

 nor by the astral corpses and the Evestra of the dead ; 

 but there are other invisible entities sometimes haunting 



1 Chinamen and Hindus have been known to kill themselves for the 

 purpose of revenge, so that their souls may cling to their enemies and 

 trouble their minds or drive them to suicide. It is also well proven that wars 

 are often followed by numerous suicides occurring in the victorious army. 



2 Such a case of vampirism is personally known to me. A young man 

 killed himself on account of his passion for a married lady. The latter 

 loved him, but did not encourage his advances on account of her matri- 

 monial obligations. After his death his astral form became attracted to 

 her, and as she was of a mediumistic temperament, he found the necessary 

 conditions to become partly materialised and trouble her every night. It 

 required a long-continued effort until she finally became rid of the In- 

 cubus. If our practitioners of medicine were better acquainted with 

 occult laws, many " mysterious " cases that come under their observation 

 might become clear to them, and they would obtain a deeper insight into 

 some causes of mania, hysteria, hallucination, &c. 



' Fragment, " De Animabus Mortuorum." A great part of this frag- 

 ment has been lost. All such spirits are the products of imagination and 

 will. If a person has an evil imagination he creates a corresponding 

 form in his mind, and if he infuses that form with his will he has then 

 created a '• spirit," which will attract similar influences. 



