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In deep slumber the physical body in healthful repose remains where it has lain down to rest, but the man's…

Date of account: Published 1919
Source: Ghosts I Have Seen, and Other Psychic Experiences
Reference: Ghosts I Have Seen, and Other Psychic Experiences · selected passage 99
Rights: public_domain
Language: English
Record updated: 2026-08-24

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In deep slumber the physical body in healthful repose remains where it has lain down to rest, but the man's higher principles, the astral body encasing the soul and spirit, is invariably withdrawn, and in underdeveloped persons hovers in the immediate neighborhood. In such cases the higher principles, the astral body, soul and spirit of St. Paul's Gospel, are not sufficiently developed to roam, and remain near the physical body in a brooding sleep. All cultured persons in the present day have their astral senses fairly well developed, and have the power during sleep to go where they will, but as yet few have the power to retain the memory of it when returning to the body.

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