At last, almost againstexpectation, came success. And Mr. Bessel asserts that he, being alive,did actually, by an effort of will, leave his body and pass into someplace or state outside this world.The release was, he asserts, instantaneous. "At one moment I was seatedin my chair, with my eyes tightly shut, my hands gripping the arms ofthe chair, doing all I could to concentrate my mind on Vincey, and thenI perceived myself outside my body--saw my body near me, but certainlynot containing me, with... read more
