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find that he is not only ableto see with far-
reaching vision, not only able to use astral
senses in the physical body, but that he can
leavethephysicalbodyw^heneveritisanincon-
venienceorahindrance,andcan use his astral
bodytotravelthroughtheastralworld. Then
there will come within the compass of his
possibilitiescommunicationwith the greatintel-
ligences who maythere be reached when the
limits of the physical are overstepped. And
weshallfindthatreligionwilltaketoitselfnew
life, for the very basis of scepticism will bestruckawaywhenmankindcanseeandinvesti-
gate phenomena now wrongly deemed super-
natural,andwhen men comeagain into direct
touchwith beings whoseveryexistence is now
denied. So also must superstition disappear
whenmen canrangeatwillthe world beyond
thegrave; thatwhichisnolongertheunknown
will no longerbealand of terrors, andmen's
fears will no more be played upon bythose
who seek to subjugatethem through dread of
the unseen world. All men will know that
world,allwill understand itsphenomena,mar-
vellous now, but then to be familiar, then to
enterintodailylife. Whatwecalldeathwill
bepracticallyshornofits sorrows,formanwill
be able to live in the astral world,to mingle