"However mediaeval ideas may have exaggerated the idea is not of much
importance to us now," he said quietly, "when we are face to face with a
modern example of what, I take it, has always been a profound fact. For
the moment let us leave the name of any one in particular out of the
matter and consider certain possibilities."
We all agreed with that at any rate. There was no need to speak of
Sangree, or of any one else, until we knew a little more.
"The fundamental fact in this most curious case," he went on, "is that
the 'Double' of a man--"
"You mean the astral body? I've heard of that, of course," broke in
Maloney with a snort of triumph.
"No doubt," said the other, smiling, "no doubt you have;--that this
Double, or fluidic body of a man, as I was saying, has the power under
certain conditions of projecting itself and becoming visible to others.
Certain training will accomplish this, and certain drugs likewise;
illnesses, too, that ravage the body may produce temporarily the result
that death produces permanently, and let loose this counterpart of a
human being and render it visible to the sight of others.
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