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Since the ordinary man’s thoughts refer very largely to himself, the elementals which they form remain hovering about him,and constantly tend to provoke a repetition of the « idea which they represent, since such repetitions, instead of forming new elementals, would strengthen the old one, and give it a fresh lease of life. A man, therefore, who frequently dwellsupono'newish oftenformsforhimselfan astral attendant which, constantly fed by fresh thought, may haunt hkn : oryears,ever gaining more and more strength and influence wer him ; and it will easily be seen that if the desire be an evil one the effect upon his moral nature may be of the most disastrous character.
Still more pregnant of result for good or evil are a man’s thoughts about other people, for in that case they hover not about the thinker, but about the object of the thought. A kindly thought’about any person, or an earnest wish for his good, wyi form and project towards him a friendly artificial eleme'ntaf. If