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desire, as if he himself were present in that period. He does not view it as through a telescope from his study, but stands upon the island, and within the temple if he wishes. He hears the waves beating on the shores of the island; he feels the climatic conditions, and may actually endure extremes of cold or heat in his present physical body. Whether the object is ten thousand year only one year old, its history is visible to the psychometrist’s inner eye. The only possible explanation of this phenomenon appears to be that of the existence of the so-called Akashic records, which are said to form the memory section of the Divine Consciousness, and to exist on the lower planes, surrounding every object by the complete record of its life. Thus, when the navy drives his pick into the Virgin rock; sending shivered fragments flying about him, the thrill or vibration in the rock set up by the impact of the pick is indelibly imprinted upon every fragment, as well as upon the parent quarry. The psychometrist who handles any portion of the rock contacts that vibration, and converts it into terms of consciousness, and, finally, into a complete picture of the actual scene. From this fact the question arises: “By what mechanism is the stored-up vibration translated into vivid pictures within the mind’s eye or inner consciousness of the seer?” In other words, how does a vibratory power, surrounding and penetrating an object, become a picture? Further, by what mechanism is the seer enabled, not only to observe the picture as a spectator, but to enter into it, and to place his consciousness at the actual place of occurrence? The second change is, if possible, more remarkable than the first, for the seer changes from an observer of a more or less small picture to a participator in the actual scene; whereupon the picture is no longer an external concentration of an event before his mind’s eye, but becomes a complete environment. In the case of the fragment of stone he would find himself observing the whole scene, as if he were actually present at some definite point in or near the quarry; he could, if sufficiently developed in his art, continue his observations either backward or forward in time, and watch the actual process of formation of the rock itself; or he could accompany the navy home and assimilate his home conditions, state of consciousness, and enter completely into a full comprehension of his life. Whilst all this detailed information could be gleaned by contact with a fragment of the shivered stone, and, presumably, be read from it, we must