124. "We can understand," it may be objected, "that a body may be made to
assume the appearance of another body of the same dimensions, or even of a larger one;
but how could it assume that of a smaller one, that of a little
child, as has just been suggested? In such a case, would not the real body exceed the
limits of the apparent body?" We reply that, the portion of the real body which, in such
a case, would be in excess of the apparent body, might easily be rendered invisible by
spirit-action. But we do not assert that this phenomenon has actually been produced
we only desire to show, theoretically, that both the size and the weight of the body
might be made to undergo an apparent diminution. As to the phenomenon itself, we
neither affirm nor deny its possibility; but, should it occur, and, should no more
satisfactory solution have been arrived at, our theory would show how it might have
been produced. We must never forget that we are on the threshold of the subject, and
that we have still as much to learn in regard to the laws of spirit-manifestation as of all
others.
