Transcriber’s Notes Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged. Italics are represented thus _italic_. [Illustration: Publisher’s Device] The Astral World HIGHER OCCULT POWERS   _Clairvoyance, Spiritism, Mediumship, and Spirit-Healing Fully Explained_ BY JOEL TIFFANY INTRODUCTION BY PHENIX _Third Edition_ de LAURENCE, SCOTT & COMPANY CHICAGO, ILL., U. S. A. 1910 _Title Page_ COPYRIGHT 1910 de LAURENCE, SCOTT & CO. TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Introduction v Chapter I.—On the Determination of Truth 17 II.—The Sphere of Lust 38 III.—The Second, or Relational Sphere 61 IV.—Communication 76 V.—Philosophy of Progression 99 VI.—Mediumship 115 VII.—Mediumship—Spiritual Healing 130 VIII.—Condition of the Spirit in the Spirit-World 146 IX.—Organization—Individualization 160 X.—What Constitutes the Spirit 171 XI.—Lust 187 XII.—Marriage—Free Love 206 INTRODUCTION The relations of man to his God have occupied the first minds of every age, but without rendering those relations so understandable to the mass of mankind as to be admitted as true. It has been evident to many, although not to all, that some minds so engaged have been inspired to write beyond the current knowledge of their day, indeed to foretell truths which could only be recognized as such after centuries of progression.