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Strange to say, I never forget the smallest detail of any such experience which has come to me through conscious projection, though in ordinary daily living I can be quite forgetful, and memories of places and things may grow dim. It might be interesting to note here certain differences that occur to me during conscious and unconscious projection. In the unconscious state, when I may be day-dreaming, or on the verge of sleep, my Double may slip out without my willing it, and sometimes strike obstacles in space which block its free movement and cause a repercussion to my nervous system and a shock to my physical body. Such impacts never occur when I project myself at will into space; this is due to the fact that I then move out consciously in a more flexible and fluid state." I am very grateful to Mrs. Garrett for permitting me to use her unique experience of such matters; though, as will appear later, projective methods differ almost as widely as the men who employ them. What is with some a sundering wrench is with others a semi-conscious sliding, or even causes no cognizance at all; the ports of exit and re-entry bear no definite label, and often are not even known apart. So much for the Sensitive. Here is an example of how the same thing happens under hypnosis. It is taken from Alex Erskine's Hypnotists' Case Book. A youth of about sixteen, the son of an old friend of Mr. Erskine's, came to see him one day, and Mr. Erskine happened to ask him where his father was. The boy replied that he did not know. The hypnotist wondered what the boy's answer would have been if he had been put into a hypnotic sleep. He asked the boy if he was willing to be hypnotized; the boy readily consented and was soon under control. Mr. Erskine then put to him the identical question as to his father's whereabouts, and the boy answered at once, giving