Before I, by my simple will-power, can transmit a thought or idea or impression of my mind to you, there must…
- Date of account
- Published 1910 from earlier writings
- Source
- The Astral World—Higher Occult Powers Clairvoyance, Spiritism, Mediumship, and Spirit-Healing Fully Explained
- Reference
- The Astral World—Higher Occult Powers Clairvoyance, Spiritism, Mediumship, and Spirit-Healing Fully Explained · selected passage 13
- Rights
- public_domain
- Language
- English
- Record updated
- 2026-08-24
Record summary
Before I, by my simple will-power, can transmit a thought or idea or impression of my mind to you, there must be something between us which can take up and repeat that idea, or record it in your consciousness
Published source text
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Source passage
Source text · mention onlyBefore I, by my simple will-power, can transmit a thought or idea or impression of my mind to you, there must be something between us which can take up and repeat that idea, or record it in your consciousness. If there be anything to interrupt this medium, I can not transmit that thought; so that any power whatever which can interrupt that medium can interrupt the communication. Hence, again, it appears that in all communication between one being and another, there must necessarily interpose a medium, which must be continuous from the communicator to the one receiving the communication. This brings us to the consideration of other conditions necessary for communication between two minds—the difference between the thing, the being, or the existence itself, and that by which it is made known to the mind. I stand here before you. You can see me. I am then present in each one of your minds. I am present by my form, as well as by the sound of my voice. How many of me are there here? One, of course. How many do you see? How many of my mental images are here? Just as many as there are eyes to look. My image is that by which you see me.
Historical context
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Modern context
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