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the true lover of Nature. During earth life he lived in the East End of London, therefore the sense of release is very great, and it would appear that, having paid the physical karmic debt, considerable progress will be made during the new life. He seems to have left all trace of his physical disease behind him, although the consciousness still has a habit of expecting to find a dull brain and a heavy head. These are to some extent present by repercussion on occasion. They are entirely illusory, and will gradually pass away as the memory of them fades. There is a dull patch in the astral head, and down the astral spine, which is the result of badly circulating prana during earth life; when he forgets himself completely these will have no effect whatever upon his freedom of action or thought, and they will gradually be replaced by healthy astral matter. The ego appears to be quite advanced in some directions, and to entertain the possibility and the hope of a return to earthly incarnation under much more favourable circumstances in the not far distant future. In the meantime the boy is, for the most part, remarkably well and happy, and has such friends and playmates as he needs; some of them he had already met during sleep, so that there has never been any loneliness from that point of view. As his parents learn to cast aside their personal sorrow, and to dwell entirely on the blessed release and the happy life which is his, so will they come nearer to him and he to them; so also will they become the support and help to him in his new life which only parents can be. When this change is complete the family life will be resumed, the only difference being that it will be expressed during the night instead of during the day. It is of interest to notice the presence of angels and nature-spirits in the region to which he has gone, and his ability to see and converse with them; in fact, he has made friends quite readily with certain members of the fairy kingdom. The very earnest prayers of his father and mother, too, have surrounded him with beautiful thought-forms which resemble the more orthodox angels of the Christian faith. Occasionally the higher nature-spirits will enter one of these thought forms, and, by vivifying it, add to the prayer force by which it was originally created and inspired. In spite of the presence of all these beautiful companions, he chooses to spend a great deal of his time alone, for he seems to be very much “one by himself”. He wanders by the little streams continually, pulling the flowers, smelling them, and peering into their depths in order to see the internal formation of the