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For all my humor concerning the particular communication to Philip, I wanted him to be conscious of hearing me. Actually this caused an interruption of action, in order to make the source of the communication stand out in his mind. Otherwise he would have merely automatically recorded my warning, and reacted to it smoothly without any realization on the part of the ego.

In the particular instances when Ruburt heard me, I simply do not know whether or not you would have heard me, and there are several reasons for this. I impressed or affected Ruburt’s ear rather directly because this was the easiest procedure. In other words the actual sound effects, had you been listening, might have appeared as a loud whisper.

The volume in Ruburt’s case was caused by proximity, among other things, and if I set up a small sound very close to him, so that it has an explosive and loud effect; but it was directed in such a manner that it was in a large measure closed off. That is, I affected the physical system but only a small portion of it, but then directed the effect purposefully in one direction.

Now if you had been present, I could have formed a larger effect which you could have heard clearly.

There are some matters here involved difficult to explain. It is as if I sealed a portion of your physical system off, so that the voice did not travel outward from it. An invisible cabinetlike effect, if you prefer, within which energies were concentrated and directed.

A small note here: my candle effect was quite legitimate the other evening. This sort of thing will almost always occur without Ruburt’s conscious knowledge for a long time to come. The reason is simply that conscious knowledge of such an effect would inhibit him, regardless of his best intentions, and the energy used would block the action or effect that I was trying to deliver.

Such effects occur when my own energies are high, and when conditions are excellent. So many conditions are necessary that it does not happen often, though it is possible that the frequency may be quickened in the future.