From:	MC23 <mc23@**********.COM>
Subject:	Re: Coffee beans vs. astral perception (was Re: A dissertation on
Date:	Thu, 14 May 1998 12:49:29 -0400

Once upon a time, Gurth wrote;

>As for coffee preventing assensing magicians from seeing what's inside, I
>guess we can say that's an uninformed shadowcomment and/or smugglers'
>superstition at work... I have no idea how it's supposed to work; if the
>beans were alive, sure, you can't get through them to see what's on the
>other side. But once harvested (and likely partially processed), I doubt
>they'd resist astral intrusion.

Whether the beans are alive or dead, Assensing does not give you
x-ray vision. All you can see is the box. Open it up and you will see
beans. It's just a matter of if you can pass through it Astrally.
Sorry I ignored this post, I could have cleared this up some time
ago.

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