Astral Spirits take up very little time in transporting themselves through space from one point or place to another, as their motion is as rapid as that of thought, and really their thought is wherever their soul is, since it is the soul that thinks, and thought is a part of the soul. A spirit can travel in either way. It can if it will, take cognizance of the distance it passes through or it can rid itself entirely of the sense of distance. This, of course, depends upon the spirit's will and also upon the degree of development. Spirits can also pass through everything - space, air, earth, water and even fire are equally accessible to them. There is no division of any given spirit, but every spirit is a center which radiates in all directions and it is thus that a spirit may appear to be in every place at once. The sun is only one body, yet it radiates in all directions and sends out its rays to great distance, but it is not divided. Of course, it must be remembered that there is a great difference between spirits in this respect. It depends upon the degree of their purity.

Every spirit dwelling upon the Astral Plane and in other spirit realms is an indivisible unity, but each spirit has the power of extending his thoughts on all sides without thereby dividing himself, and it is only in this sense that the spirit of ubiquity, attributed to spirits, is to be understood. It is thus that a spark sends out its brightness far and wide and may be perceived from every point of the horizon. It is thus also that a man can, without changing his place, and without dividing himself, transmit orders, signals, etc., to many different points in many different directions. Astral Spirits are enveloped in an auro, which is a substance which would at first appear to the clairvoyant as a mere vapor, but which, nevertheless, appears very gross to the Adept, though it is sufficiently vaporous to allow the spirit to float in the atmosphere and to transport himself through space at pleasure. Spirits draw this semi-material body from the universe of fluid of the globe, and for this reason a peri-spirit is not the same on all planets, for in passing from planet to planet, the spirit changes its Astral Body as you would change a garment, but when spirits who inhabit realms of high degree come among us upon the Earth Plane they are obliged to take on grosser conditions.

That is to say, they are obliged to clothe themselves with certain auros in order to enter upon the Earth Plane. This auro or substance can be made to assume any form that the spirit may choose to give it. A spirit is able at any time to make himself invisible to you whether in dreams or in a clairvoyant state, or he can take unto himself any form that may be visible and even palpable to your senses, or one that is repulsive and will greatly alarm you. Spirits have fixed degrees of purification. The number of these degrees is' unlimited because there is nothing like a barrier or line of demarkation between the degrees of elevation of the human soul. Nevertheless in determining the general characteristics of spirits, they may be reduced to three principal orders or degrees. In the first degree or rank are those who have reached a degree of relative perfection which constitutes what may be termed pure intelligence. In the second rank are those who have reached the middle of the ascensional ladder or those who have achieved the degree of purification in which aspiration after perfection has become the ruling desire.

In the third or lowest rank and caste are all those imperfect spirits who are really earth bound, and evily disposed toward mankind, and are characterized by ignorance, their love of evil and all the low passions that retard the progress of the human soul. Spirits of the second degree have great desire for aspiration and perfection, and the desire to do so is given them in degrees proportionate to the degree of purification at which they have arrived. Many of them are distinguished by their scientific knowledge, others by their wisdom and kindness, but all of them have still to undergo discipline, trial, temptation and suffering.