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. (1) _Living_:--The Adept or Chela in
Mâyâvirûpa--The Psychically Developed Person--The Ordinary Person in Astral
Body--The Black Magician. (2) _Dead_:--The Nirmânakâya--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 Kâmarûpas of Animals--Various Classes of Nature-Spirits,
commonly called Fairies--Kâmadevas--Rûpadevas--Arûpadevas--The Devarâjahs.
III. Artificial:--Elementals 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 _Séance_--Spirit Photographs--Reduplication--Precipitation of
Letters and Pictures--Slate-writing--Levitation--Spirit Lights--Handling
Fire--Transmutation--Repercussion.
Conclusion.
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