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Hut in addition to these possible sources of error matters are further complicated by the fact that this higher * sight cognizes forms of matter which, while still purely physical, are nevertheless invisible under ordinary conditions. Such, for example, are the particles composing the atmosphere, all the various emanations which are always being given out by everything that has life, and also four grades of a still finer order of physical matter which, for want of more distinctive names, must all be described as etheric. The latter form a kind of system by themselves, freely interpenetrating all other physical matter ; and the investigation of their vibrations and the manner in which various higher forces affect them would in itself constitute a ' s vast field of deeply interesting study for any man of science who possessed the requisite sight ror its examination.
Even when our imagination has fully grasped all that is . comprehended in what has already been said, we do not yet understand half the complexity of the problem ; for besides all these new forms of physical matter we have to deal with the still more numerous and perplexing sub- divisions of astral matter. We must note first that every material object, every particle even, has its astral counterpart ; and this counterpart is