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his astral travels there with the rapidity of light, or even more rapidly. The
untrained occultist, of course, has no such degree of control over his astral
body and is more or less clumsy in his management of it. The Astral Body
is always connected with the physical body (during the life of the latter) by
a thin silk-like, astral thread, which maintains the communication between
the two. Were this cord to be severed the physical body would die, as the
connection of the soul with it would be terminated.
On this lower Astral Plane may also be perceived the auric colors of
men, as described in our Fourth Lesson. Likewise it is on this plane that the
emanations of thought may be observed by the clairvoyant vision, or the
astral of one who visits that plane in his astral body. The mind is continually
throwing off emanations, which extend some distance from the person, for
a time, and which then, if strong enough, gradually pass off, drawn here and
there by the corresponding thoughts of others. These thought emanations
resemble clouds, some delicate and beautiful, while others are dark and
murky. To the psychic or astral vision, places are seen to be filled with this
thought-stuff, varying in character and appearance with the quality and
nature of the original thought which produced them. Some places are seen
to be filled with bright attractive thought-stuff showing that the general
character of the thought of those who inhabit it is of an uplifting and cheerful
character, while other places are filled with a hazy, murky mass or cloud of
thought-stuff, showing that those who live there (or some visitors) have
been dwelling on the lower planes of thought, and have filled the place with
depressing reminders of their sojourn there. Such rooms should be opened
wide to the sun, and air, and one moving into them should endeavor to
fill them with bright, cheerful and happy thoughts, which will drive out the
lower quality of thought-stuff. A mental command, such as “I command you
to move away from this place,” will cause one to throw out strong thought
vibrations, which will either dissolve the objectionable thought-stuff, or will
cause it to be repelled and driven away from the immediate vicinity of the
person making the command.