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EOS1CRUCIAN PHILOSOPHY
give us vitality are specialized. Deprived of the vitalizing
principle, the body of the medium at the time of a materialization
sometimes shrinks to almost one-half its usual
size; the flesh becomes flabby and the spark of life burns
very low. When the seance is over and the vital body replaced,
the medium is awakened and in normal conscious-
ness. He then experiences a feeling of the most terrible
exhaustion and sometimes, unfortunately,
resorts to drink
to revive the vital forces. In that case, of course, the
health will very soon suffer and the medium will become
a total wreck. At any rate, mediumship should be avoided,
for apart from this danger to the instrument there are
other and far more serious considerations in connection
with the more subtle bodies, and particularly in connec-
tion with the after-death state.
QUESTION No. 120.
Where mediums make so-called soul trips, what is it that
leaves the physical body, and can it leave in the waking
state to gather data?
Answer: A medium is a negative or involuntary clair-
from the Desire
voyant and under the control of a spirit
World. He or she corresponds to the victim of a hypnotist