CLAIRVOYANCE
Clairvoyance is a state of
impressibility, presenting gradations from semi-consciousness to
profound and deathlike trance. Whether natural or induced by artificial
means, the attending phenomena are similar. In its
deepest form the body is insensible. A flame may be applied
without producing a quiver of a nerve,
and the most pungent substances have no effect in the nostrils. The senses
of the clairvoyant appear to be entirely independent of the organs of the
body. The muscular system is either relaxed or rigid; the circulation in
some cases is impeded until respiration is imperceptible, and gives no
stain of the breath on a mirror held over the nostrils.
In passing into this state, the
extremities become cold, the brain
congested, the vital powers sink and a
dreamy unconsciousness steals over
the faculties.
There is a sensation of floating or
sinking; after a time the perceptions become intensified as they become
more and more freed from the influence of the mortal body. Death, the
complete severance, is only one step beyond. The step preceding this, Is
the so-called independent clairvoyance, wherein the senses of the spirit
received impressions from spiritual sources, and the subject is brought
into direct contact with the thought-atmosphere of the universe. Then as
the eolian harp responds to the
waves of the wind, the mind of the clairvoyant subject responds to the
waves of thought. He may receive from a distinct and individual mind, or
from the grand reservoir or atmosphere in which thoughts are incessantly
pulsating
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