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only levitate to about a hundred feet; was subject to the Warning Pain and the pull of the Cord; realization of his condition varied, but was generally vivid; duration was fairly short if the Warning Pain was obeyed. When the Pineal Door was used, the scenery was glamorous but always terrestrial; he was invisible to the people he met and could pass unnoticed through them, though they would start at his deliberate touch; he met no elementals nor any beings of a superior intelligence; currents were less frequent; levitation was easier and it was possible to rise to great heights; no Warning Pain, and the pull of the Cord seldom felt, unless the experiment was terminated abruptly by some untoward happening, when the Cord seemed to come into operation all at once, drawing him backward with tremendous speed and depositing him in his body with a "bang"; realization of the out-of-the-body state does not vary and is perfect, and there is a wonderful feeling of well-being and mental clarity; duration is greatly lengthened, since a return may be made to the physical without breaking the original trance, so strengthening it by concentration, and then again leaving the body. With an Instantaneous Projection the setting may be apparently on the earth or purely astral; and, according as that varied, he was visible or invisible to the people he met; astral currents were at their strongest; levitation as in the Dream of Knowledge; the Warning Pain and pull of the Cord seldom experienced; realization, though quite good, inferior to that experienced beyond the Pineal Door; duration, as a rule, very brief Now as to the Pineal Door. To make use of this means of exit, Mr. Fox counsels the student to relax, with closed eyes slightly squinting upward, till a numbness spreads from his feet