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The next substance to be examined was Radium Bromide Ra Br2; a speck of this substance, enclosed in a glass flask, was given to Mr. Hodson, who described, five sets of radiations as follows: (1) A glowing zone round the particle of radium salt. This appearance seems to occur in all radio-active substances and is not described by science. (2) Particles which are not able to penetrate the glass container and, being reflected from its sides, buzz round and round inside. These were also found in connection with the uranium oxide and are probably a particles. (3) A distinct yellow-green colour inside the glass container. This is probably a fluorescence due to particles discharged by the substance. (4) Particles which pass through the glass, but do not travel in straight lines. They are discharged in all directions, but have a curved flight and fall. β and α rays from Radium are complex and are different from those of “Uranium and Thorium. The fastest β rays from Radium have a Speed as high as 170,000 miles per sec.; there are also feebly penetrating β rays which travel slowly. This would seem to corroborate the description in “Occult Chemistry”— that the particles discharged may be from any of the etheric levels. (5) Fine radiations which pass through the glass in all directions; they make a hole or cup in the etheric double when they impinge upon it; they displace an area round the point at which they touch the skin; they move at a very high speed. Though, to etheric sight, they are straight lines of force, with astral sight they are seen to be composed of swiftly moving particles, following each other so closely as to produce the illusion of a line at the etheric level, where they can just be detected as streams of yellow light travelling in straight lines and disappearing into the etheric atmosphere. Astrally, they can be followed, and are seen to pass through the walls, floors, and ceiling of the room. Enlarged, they are seen to be particles spinning in two directions, some clock-