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world ; but that the Ego is really dependent upon an 

 " ethereal " structure permeating and perhaps exceeding 

 the material body in dimensions. 



The authors of T/ie Unseen Universe, take this view, 

 as the following quotation proves : " Let us begin by 

 supposing that we possess a frame, or the rudiments of a 

 frame, connecting us with the invisible universe, which 

 we may call the spiritual body ".^ 



Again they write : " Thought conceived to affect the 

 matter of another universe with this may explain a future 

 state ". That is, by our having an ethereal body in con- 

 nection with the surrounding ethereal world. ^ 



Mr, H. S. Olcott, in his paper entitled " Psychometry 

 and Thought Transference," arranges experiments of the 

 latter phenomenon under five heads : " The transference 

 of Directions ; the transference of Visual Impressions ; 

 the transference of Sensation ; the transference of Words, 

 Names, Sentences, Tunes, Concrete Ideas, such as Histori- 

 cal Scenes, Apparitions ; and lastly Abstract Thoughts 

 and Ideas. 



With regard to the last, however, all he can say is : 

 " It not infrequently happens that when two persons are 

 thinking out the same problem, the solution seems to 

 come to both simultaneously, so that both begin to utter 

 it at once. Or that if one is thinking on some philo- 

 sophical subject, the other begins to discuss the same 

 subject. However, this branch of thought-transference 

 does not very readily lend itself to experimentation." 



The phenomenon called Psychometry appears to afford 

 another illustration of the probability that mental phe- 

 nomena are expressible as vibrations. The following is 

 a case : I sent a portion of a letter from a gentleman 

 abroad to an unknown lady in the north of England who 



' The Unseen Universe, p. 299. ^ P. 200, 



