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investigation becomes u question of focusing his consciousness upon that portion of the picture which contains the information required. A good example of these various states of consciousness was given recently when he was asked to psychometrize a letter from a lady in South Africa, with a view to ascertaining, if possible, the state of her health and happiness. The first picture was one of the open sea, and he had a feeling of being himself upon the ocean’. He asked if the letter came from abroad, and, on receiving an affirmative reply, he described a large town with many white buildings, and much foliage; he next gave the exact direction of the town from his present position, giving the compass bearing—this is a phase of his clairvoyance which is singularly accurate—and he was then told that he had described the town correctly and given the true direction. He next saw a lady in a garden, and described both in detail; the lady was recognized, though the garden was not—it subsequently transpired that the lady had changed her residence. He then described the climate and her state of health. He said he felt the great heat of a hot country. After a pause he experienced a feverish condition in his own body, remarking that the lady would have a mild attack of fever, which would alter the present inquirer’s arrangements when he arrived out there. All this proved to be quite true, even to the later illness. The experiment over, the feverish condition subsided, the subject was completely dismissed, and normal consciousness supervened. From a careful study of psychometry by means of hundreds of such experiments, it appears to the author that the psychometrist is able: (1) To attune his consciousness to that portion of the Divine Mind of which the object psychometrized is the physical manifestation. As physical touch, which is a feeling, appears to be an essential in this form of clairvoyance, the first contact is probably obtained on the emotional plane. (2) To reproduce in his own vehicles the Akashic vibrations surrounding and impregnating the object. This is automatic, and invariably occurs in cases of sensory contact, so that the normal methods of consciousness are sufficient to explain its manifestations in an individual. (3) To convey these vibrations to his brain, and from thence to the consciousness. This, again, is normal and automatic, though Ca certain