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people, have the innate or acquired faculty of weakening, momentarily, the bonds

which fasten the Personality to the physical body. It is thus, that, without any esoteric

evolution whatsoever, they are able to enter into contact with this plane - with the

coarse layers of the SI domain.
Often, the facts obtained in this way, are considered by who seek them, as

proceeding from the spiritual plane or, at least, as fine layers of the Ψ, reflecting the will

of Absolute II, as it is in direct contact with Him and filled with His Love. The Ψ domain is

that of the Individualities, the Saints and other entities of this nature, who are entrusted
with missions on various planes. On the contrary, the SI domain is a vast storehouse of

psychic entities who have no contact with the higher plane. It comprises, among others,
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the disincarnated Personalities, who await there, their second Death , which is the
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negative equivalent of the second Birth , and which takes place, usually, on the fortieth
day after the physical death.

Orthodox Tradition warns seekers expressly against contacts with this domain, so

dangerous, and above all, delusive. In esoteric monastic practice, special prayers are
directed to prevent one from falling into a mystical snare which is laid in the following

manner.

It happens often, that certain entities belonging to the SI domain, seek a contact with

human beings - especially with those who desire to establish a liaison with the world
beyond. The aim of these entities is to intervene, then, in terrestrial life, and to draw

upon a deposit

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Revelation, XX, 6.
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John, III, 8.