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Let it suffice here t to mention that it is always a malevolent being—a true tempting demon, whose evil influence is limited only by the extent of its power. -Like the shade, it is frequently used to further the horrible purposes of the Voodoo and Obeah forms of magic. Some writers have spoken of it under the name"elementary,” but as that title has at one time or another been used for almost
i every variety of post-mortem entity, it has become so vague and meaningless that it is perhaps better to avoid it.
7. The Suicide and the victim of suddeji death. It will be readily understood that a man who is tom from physical life hurriedly while jn full health and strength, whether by accident or suicide, finds himself upon the astral plane under conditions differing considerably from those which surround one Who dies either from old age or from disease. In the letter case the hold of earthly desires upon the entity is sure to be more or less weakened, and probably the very grossest particles.ar£ already got rid of, so that the man will most likely find himself on the sixth or fifth subdivision of the^astral world, or perhaps eyen higher; the principles have been gradually prepared for separation, and the shock is therefore not so great.