The human soul while on the Earth Plane never rests like the body during sleep, for the soul is never inactive. The bonds which unite it to the body are relaxed during sleep, and as the body does not then require the presence of a spirit or soul it can travel through space. (This is sometimes spoken of as propelling the Astral Body.) The soul can now enter into more direct relation and communication with the spirits of the Astral Plane. You may ask how you can be able to ascertain the fact of a spirits liberty during sleep. I will inform you. Simply by dreams; for you may be very sure that, when the body is asleep the soul or spirit enjoys the use of its Occult faculties, of which the outer man or body is unconscious while awake. The soul in this condition remembers the past and is able to forsee the future. By acquiring more power it is also able to enter into communication with other spirits, either on the Earth or Astral Plane. Many a person has often remarked that they have had a horrible and strange dream, in fact a frightful dream, without any likeness to reality.

This is a mistake, for a dream is often the remembrance of places and things which you have seen in the past, or a foresight of those which you will see in your existence upon the Astral Plane at some future time, or in this in the near future. Very few human souls know little of anything of the commonest phenomena of their life. They may fancy themselves to be very learned, but they are easily puzzled by the most ordinary thing. A small child may ask you what do we do when we are asleep? What are dreams? You have no knowledge of them and are incapable of giving an intelligent reply. Sleep affects a partial separation of the soul from the body.