Taking the liberty of peeping into some of the succeeding chapters of this book--getting a little ahead of the story, as it were--let us consider the operation of Mind in the higher forms of Life. Without argument, or proof at this point, let us remember the well-founded statements of fact--and the old occult teachings as well--that the Mind is not confined to the limits of the body, but extends as an "Aura" for some distance beyond the physical form. Let us also remember the phenomena grouped together under the general subject of "Thought-transference," "Thought-transmission," "Telepathy," or (the best term of all) "Telesthesia" (meaning, literally "far-off sensation"). The writer imagines that he hears the yell of derision go up at this point from the materialistic personage, or "man on the street," who has been induced to read this book by some well meaning friend. "Thought-transference, Fiddlesticks," we may hear him cry, in imagination. But let this reader remember--Fiddlesticks, or no Fiddlesticks--that Thought-transmission is a proven fact--and that thousands of people _know_ it to be so, absolutely, from their own experience. It is too late in the day for sneers at the mention of the term. Well, then, since Force is Mental, and we are looking for a Mental explanation for the phenomenon of Transmission of Force, does it not seem natural to consider Thought-transmission in that connection? Answering a possible objection of some critical reader, to the effect that before a "sensation" may be received, the receiver must have "sense-organs"--a very good objection, but one that is answered by Science itself--let us read on.