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states of the ether. We are purely and simply in a perfect present which unites in itself all the prerogatives which lie beyond the power of human conception, and which human beings have at all times attributed to their gods." Of such things and of what they have brought him he can only speak for himself—the certainty of the evolution of consciousness; of perfect love, at once individual or universal; that death is an illusion, and the non-existence of time and space. But for the ordinary projectionist he says: "The phenomenon of dissociation between man and his body, the absolute certainty of being able to Uve in a new dimension, is the only obvious truth that I can claim as being true without the least doubt." VINCENT TURVEY Though naturally anxious to view projection from the angle of the amateur, it would be stupid to ignore what may be learnt from men who have developed their psychic aptitudes for the use of others. Mediumistic gifts are unfortunately not often combined with a high standard of intelligence, and mediums are, as a rule, surprisingly incurious about their own powers. They know, and are apparently content to know, very little about them. Mr. Vincent Turvey is an exception. Though a professional medium in the sense of putting his powers at the disposal of those who need them, he has never taken so much as a penny for the use of his gift, and he won the warm friendship of such discerning seekers as Arthur Conan Doyle and W. T. Stead. He calls his gift clairvoyance, which of course it is, in