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THE ASTRAL BODY AND ETHERIC BODY 123 ing example of the exteriorisation and projection of the astral body under certain conditions. It appeared in a newspaper in the year 1898, and runs thus :
Captain Benner of the brig Mohawk can testify that many strange things happen at sea.
The Mobawk was engaged in the West Indian trade, and after leaving St. Thomas', homeward bound, she was beating up under short canvas against high winds and heavy seas following on a hurricane. Captain Benner, after a long spell on deck, went below at midnight, having given the first officer directions to keep on the northerly course indicated, and to call him if there was any change for the worse in the weather. He turned in on a sofa in the main cabin, but, as two bells struck, he was aware of the figure of a man, wearing a green sou'wester, standing beside him in the dim light of the cabin lamp. Then he heard the words, “Change your course to the sou’west, Captain.” He got up and went on deck, to find that the weather had moderated, and the ship was making better headway. He asked the mate why he had sent down to call him, to which the officer replied that he hadn't done so. The captain, thinking he must have been dreaming, went below again, but was soon afterwards disturbed by a second visit from the man in the green sou'wester, who repeated his previous order, and vanished up the companionway. The captain, thoroughly aroused,
