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The Sixth Lesson: Telepathy and Clairvoyance79
The Sixth Lesson: Telepathy and Clairvoyance
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elepathy may be roughly defined as the communication of mind with
mind, other than by means of the five senses to which material science
limits man, viz: sight; hearing; smell; taste and touch—sight, hearing and
touch being the senses most commonly used. According to material science,
it would follow that if two minds were placed beyond the possibility of
ordinary sense communication, there could be no communication. And,
if there should prove to be communication under such circumstances, it
would be a reasonable inference that man possessed senses other than the
five which have been allotted him, or recognized in him, by material science.
Occultists, however, know that man has other senses and faculties than
those taken into consideration by material science. Without going too
deeply into this subject, and confining ourselves to the purposes of this
lesson, we may say that besides the five physical senses he has five astral
senses (counterparts of the physical senses), operating on the astral plane,
by which he may see, hear, taste, and even feel, without the use of the
physical organs usually associated with the use of these senses. More than
this, he has a special sixth physical sense (for which we have no English term),
by which he becomes aware of the thoughts emanating from the minds of
others, even though the other minds may be far removed from him in space.