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Seen astrally, the copper looked like watered silk, the markings being of the colours of the spectrum. The copper seemed to be in a state of life, containing countless myriads of tiny points of light which were in rapid lateral motion along the wire, while there was an impression of extreme tension or compression within the material. After repeated experiments with the current sometimes on and sometimes off, Mr. Hodson confirmed the observation that the direction of the lateral flow of these astral particles was in a direction from the negative To the positive pole of the battery, i.e., opposite to the usual convention, of which Mr. Hodson had not heard, but in agreement with the supposed motion of the electrons. It was thus established that there was a definite flow along the astral double of the wire, the impression being of a swiftly moving stream of particles, bluish-yellow in colour, which stopped instantly when the current was switched off. It is impossible to say at present whether these particles were newly-introduced when the current was switched on or not. The atoms of the copper wire were next examined. These atoms were observed to be packed in an orderly fashion and to remain relatively still when the current was put on, there being the stream of much smaller particles through and between the interstices. Mr. Hodson described the copper atom as consisting of an upright bar with a spinning force up it and an utraying force at the top and bottom. This description is very similar to that of the Sodium or Chlorine atom given in “Occult Chemistry”, and agrees with the theory that copper belongs to the Dumb-bell (Sodium) group, i.e., chemists consider that copper belongs to the same group in the Periodic Table as Sodium. The copper atoms were seen to be packed in a regular way, which suggested the packing of the atoms in a crystal. This again is in agreement with the theory, now accepted by chemists, that metals are usually crystalline in structure. In this case the copper atoms were arranged in long lines, and on looking down between them there appeared a vista of a long aisle where the bars of the atoms were mighty columns and the outraying forces formed a groined roof. In the interspace between the copper atoms there was more or less solid etheric matter, consisting of many small particles not related to one another and not packed in any special way. These particles were heart-shaped, and appeared to answer to the description of Ultimate Physical Atoms (E1).