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froai the physical body to those who are gifted in any higli degree 

 with clairvoyant vision," and that " the astral plane affords direct 

 communion between the consciousness of the operator and the 

 subject when the two are brought into true magnetic harmony." 

 This explanation, as our readers will see. is no explanation at all; 

 yet it is not a whit woi'se than the theory of " multiple personal- 

 ity '' which is advocated by many French and German hypnotists 

 In our opinion the phenomena in question are far too intricate lo 

 be accounted for by any principles now known to us, and we be- 

 lieve that QUich more investigation and far deeper thinking are 

 necessary before the true explanation can be given. 



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