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space the room, for instance-which would be perpendicular to this room, and would enter three-dimensional space at the point of physical consciousness in the head.
It is an experiment in psychics worth trying, to follow this perpendicular in the other direction.
Let us now come to a simpler experiment in transcendental physics, also from Zollner's book. As a straight line can only be drawn in one direction at once on a sheet of paper; so, it is clear a Flat-lander could only pour water in one direction in two-dimensional space-along a straight line in fact. We, however, in virtue of our three-dimensional superiority are able to spill water from above on a surface, so that it will spread in every direction on that two-dimensional surface, exciting the wondering admiration of any two-dimensional beings who happen to be in the neighborhood.
By analogy, a dweller in four-dimensional space could pour water into our three-dimensional room, so that it would spill in every direction at once-as it would appear to us-on floor, ceiling and walls.
Now Zollner actually records such an experiment, and demonstrates, as we have done, its connexion with four-dimensional space.
For in a seance with Slade, Zollner observed a jet o water issuing, apparently from a point near the ceiling which spouted against the walls and the ceiling at the same time; this took place in a sitting room where no water was kept.
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