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COSMIC THEOLOGYGeo. T. Weaver

The Solar System, as its nameimplies, is a combination of parts intoone unit, a whole; an orderly arrange-ment according to a common law; agroup of planets or worlds so related toeach other as to indicate method in theirformation and in their movements.Being a system, it is complete in itself,though it may be related to other sys-

tems in harmony with itself, and all thesub-systems combined constituting agreater system. Being a system ofworlds, it is scientifically arranged andforms the basis of the science ofAstronomy. That is, it is without vari-ability, so that once its laws have beendiscovered, one may know exactly whatto look for and will never be disappoint-ed in his expectations.

The word “Solar” designates thecharacter of the system; and as the

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adjective refers to the Sun, it indi-cates that the system is dominated bythe Sun. Science contends that theSun originated, as well as controls,the system. If the Sun can be thoughtof as a father, this would be the fami-ly name, the Solar family.

The system is teeming with life andmotion, forever on the move; and thequestion given us to solve is, to whatis this due? Three answers are given.Atheism contends that it is whollyfortuitive, the result of mere chance.Theists of the exoteric school regardthe planets as composed of inert mat-ter, and as propelled and guided intheir movements by an intelligent andall-powerful being they call God, justas an engine, controlled by an engi-neer, propels the machinery of a fac-tory. Esoteric theists contend thateach planet is a living organism, pos-sessing an intelligent soul, that isitself the creator or generator of theform, and that guides it in its everymovement, just as any man is a livingsoul, which originated his body andcontrols its activities. This last idea isthe basis of Cosmic Theology. Theplanets they regard as constituting ahierarchy of subordinate deities, eachwith its own inherent spirit, and theSun as the Divine Father of them all.

But cosmic theology goes fartherand embraces in this system all livingorganisms dwelling upon all the plan-

ets, each of which is a microscopicimage or likeness of the whole; espe-cially is this true of mankind. Thethought is that the whole systemregarded as a unit is Deity in hisentirety in the cosmic sense, calledthe Macrocosm, or universal cosmicorder, all-embracing; and that man,being a miniature of the whole is eacha microcosm.

Now if man is a miniature of thewhole system, he is the Sun, Moonand planets all within his make up.This is according to the law of corre-spondence recognized by every greatreligion of the world and expressed intheir sacred books. Our Bibledeclares that God created man in hisown likeness and image. If man is aminiature of the whole, his entirebody may appropriately be comparedto the space occupied by the wholesystem, in miniature, divided into thetwelve signs or houses, from Aries atthe head, to Pisces at the feet. He isthen a miniature Deity within him-self, superior and inferior, with hisentire body as the playground of thegods; and the world in which we liveas the field of operation and expres-sion, and the theatre of experienceand evolution.

As a deity in miniature, each is acosmic god in the making; thereforethe mission given to each is to unfoldhis own individuality, in order to do

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which each must worship at home,that is, the god centralized within hisown being; this is worshipping Godin spirit and in truth, as we areenjoined by the great Master. This isidealizing the divine self, or the Ego,and by worship, in all that itembraces, lifting the whole manupwards toward this ideal.

Man never can be his best, nor canhe attain his high ambitions in anysphere by submitting his will into thekeeping of another, and this is true inreligion as in the practical world.Thus the Bible forbids us to worshipthe heavenly host, not because theyare not cosmic deities, but because toworship any being extraneous ordetached is idolatry, even though it beJesus the Christ, who forbade his dis-ciples to worship him. All gods out-side are but symbols, the Christincluded, whose offices it is to aid,but not to control. To yield to the willof God, then, means to yield to one’sown best self.

This whole subject is a great mys-tery. Ordinary religionists discard themystical and follow the letter, chieflybecause they are not sufficientlydeveloped to grasp the deeper innertruth. They are kindergartenish intheir religion, purely elementary; butnot to be despised or to be combatedany more than children should be bygraduates from the universities. The

law is, first the natural, then the spir-itual. But worship in spirit and intruth embraces the mystical. Paul,who was the chief mystic among theapostles, declared that “Great is themystery of godliness, God was mani-fest in flesh.” Again he said that thegreat mystery that had been hiddenfrom the foundation of the world hadbeen revealed to him, which was“Christ in you the hope of glory.”

It has been said that “An honestman is the noblest work of God,” butRobert Ingersoll, reversing the say-ing, said. “An honest God is thenoblest work of man.” This wouldimply that one’s idea of Deity is him-self idealized. This is the usual wayof thinking of God, the inductiveprocess of arguing from effect tocause. And this would not be anincorrect method if man fully knew,and perfectly controlled himself. Butthe method to be followed by thewriter in this course of articles is tounfold the macrocosmic thought,which, as has been shown, is a sci-ence, and therefore absolutely cor-rect, in both its nature and influence,and then to make the application tothe microcosm. The cosmic deitieswill be regarded as symbols to be fol-lowed, as those who in other ages hadwon the race and reached their des-tinies, and now, as elder brothers, areassisting us in the race, and aiding us

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to reach a like destiny.(To be continued.)

COLORSAgnes Cook

Agnes Cook is a member of theRosicrucian Fellowship, and editorof a South African Magazine called“South African Women in Council”,from which the following article iscopied.—Editor

I have been asked to say a fewwords on the influence of color vibra-tions, but sound and color are so inti-mately correlated in the psychicworld that to talk of the one languageinspires or visualizes the other, andtherefore I shall also speak of Music.In this direction lie many fascinatingby-paths of thought and experiment.That we live in a world of vibrationswhich ceaselessly beat on the physi-cal organism, and of which we sensebut a limited range by means of eye,ear, smell, and touch is a fact not tobe gainsaid; and this thought bringsanother, which is that many of ushave a longer range of these percep-tions than the normal individual pos-sesses. So many persons have told meof transcendent experiences in color-vision, some of them identical, thatpersonally I cannot but believe that

there is a near and radiant world ofpure color and exquisite music,which in time we shall all explore andrevel in at our leisure, and to our last-ing benefit. Clairaudience and clair-voyance are both supernormal in ourpresent age, but that they are not per-fectly natural attributes of the evolvedman, I would deny, and I often feelthat we have paid very dearly for ourWestern Civilization, by losing manyfine perceptions and enjoyments dur-ing its construction. For the greed ofgold, the lust of power, the loss ofspirituality, which are the signs of amaterial age, now happily passing tomake room for nobler ideals, couldhave had no place in the early days ofelder civilizations, when the Sons ofGod walked the earth in all their radi-ance. When none but he of Kinglyheart and noble thought could occupya throne, for his radiant spiritual bodywas visible to the smallest child, andno mistake could be made. He reignedby right Divine of inherent power andspirituality. Now-a-days the gloriousgolden halo and purple aura of theKing initiate can no longer be seen byhis poorest subject, and we have butthe symbol of what has been in thematerial gold crown and the purplecoronation robe. That the old paintershad an intuitive perception of thetruth, we may be sure as we view thevery carefully depicted nimbus round


the head of a saint, and the way inwhich the same colors are used forHoly People. I do not remember hav-ing seen a picture of the BlessedVirgin without her blue robe. Bluebeing symbolical of aspiration, purity,and sincerity. Sometimes, a touch ofred or pink is added to show that inaddition to these virtues she possessedthe human Mother love, withoutwhich no woman can be perfect, andwhich dignifies the most frivolousspecimen of girlhood. St. Joseph,again, is always dressed in yellow—the symbol of Arcane wisdom andmeditation. Again we reverentlyregard the white robe of the Saviorsymbolical of the High Priest andInitiate, for in the white light of illu-mination all colors blend and meet.

In a subconscious way, too, we areaware of color influences. How oftenwe speak of a grey day and truly indepression and grief, occultists tell us,that the naturally clear and beautifulcolors of the aura are barred with lividgrey. The pink of condition is anotherphrase which signifies quite an oppo-site state of things. Any clairvoyantwill tell us that the aura of a healthyperson is permeated with beautifulrose red lines, the psychic nerves as itwere, along which the solar vitalityrushes.

Another frequent expression is trueblue, which is always used to describe

someone whose character is loyal,aspiring, and above reproach—one wecan trust.

Born to the purple we say of one ofhigh destiny, who holds the fate of anation in his hand, and has an envi-ronment of culture and refinement.Sometimes, alas, only luxury is signi-fied by the expression, for we forgetthat a purple aura suggests an uplifter,and Savior of Humanity, for Violet orPurple unites within itself the RoseRed of Affection, with the Blue ofDevotion and Aspiration.

Mrs. Watts Hughes has for manyyears experimented to show how closeis the connection between music andcolor. She has invented an instrumentcalled an eidophone, into which shesings (she has a glorious voice) and onthe top is a disc of India rubber, slight-ly hollow, which receives the sounds.She finds that by putting variousmaterials on the disc, she gets verywonderful and beautiful results.Sometimes, she places moist colors,and then when a certain note is sound-ed, the colors are built up into flowers.Thus, she can make a daisy by singingcertain notes, and pansies too, verytiny, but exquisitely beautiful, areformed in response to certain music. Itsounds like a fairy tale, doesn’t it? butit is perfectly true, and I give theseresults from a demonstration whichdelighted the Camera Club of London,


some time ago. But, there is morebehind this, which we can dimly per-ceive. In the Old Book the wonders ofCreation are described thus: “AndGod said, Let there be light, and therewas light.” Does it not seem to youthat, simple and dignified as thesewords are, what they really convey isthat God sang, for Music is one of ourFather’s languages, and immediately,in harmonious sequence and magnifi-cent order, clouds of color were mar-shalled into a transcendent pageantwhich the 1st Chapter of Genesisdescribes; and under the influence ofthe Divine Music, the beauties of thenatural world in all their Glory cameinto being. For Light is Color, andColor is Light, and the two are wed-ded to sound. No wonder that “thestars sang together and the Sons ofGod shouted for joy,” at the wondroussight.

Very interesting conclusions havebeen arrived at by scientific experi-menters. Thus, in agriculture, by usingvarious colored glasses over seeds, itis found that the blue ray retardsgrowth and the red stimulates it, andin the case of corn, there is a chemicalchange in the seed itself, more nitro-gen being generated in the wheatgrown under green glass than of anyother color. In many asylums for theinsane, color treatments are beingused with successful results. To stimu-

late the despondent, red hangings andfurnishings are used. To soothe andcalm the unduly excited, blue is suc-cessful. And for general toning up ofthe mental system, yellow isemployed. In our homes and personalarrangements, especially those whichrelate to our children, we shall be wiseto make use of suitable color schemes.A lazy, indolent child will be greatlyhelped by wearing red. A bad tem-pered one should wear blue or softgrey. One who is stupid or studieswith difficulty will be mentally stimu-lated by the yellow ray. For such achild, I would have a pane of yellowglass put in his room, and while study-ing, let him wear a yellow silk hand-kerchief round his head.

We should avoid Greens andBrowns, except Nile Green, that beau-tiful shade between Green and blue,because the former colors are connect-ed with the lower passions, selfishnessand greed being shown forth inBrown, and spite and jealousy in theGreen vibration, and we wish to leavethese dormant, and unexcited. I amtold that many businessmen have avery bright Brown in their aura, whichshows forth shrewdness and foresight,so it is not altogether bad, but dulldirty shades should be avoided.

In decorating our homes, weshould keep to the pure tones of pri-mary colors: Red, Yellow, and Blue.


There is a delightful scale of tones tobe had in each, and we cannot go veryfar wrong in using Blue for sleepingapartments, or those used for psychicdevelopment, Yellow and Orange forlibrary and study, and Red for refecto-ries and dining rooms, as that colorstimulates the appetite; but muchdepends on temperament, and I wouldbar Red altogether in a quarrelsome,irritable family, and use soothingshades for all purposes. In photo-graphic factories it has been foundnecessary to substitute green for redglass, as the red caused great irritabil-ity and restlessness among the workers.

In this connection, it is interestingto note that Madame de Rambouillet,when she founded her Salon andshowed the French Court how the vir-tuous wife could be a greater influ-ence than the courtesan, who hithertohad held sway, was very careful in herchoice of color. Her room was calledthe Blue Salon, from the color of thewalls, and she used crystal glass andflowers in abundance. The Blue wasquite an innovation, as at that timeshades of Red and Tan were consid-ered the thing for decoration, and asall the world knows, the SalonRambouillet instituted a new era ofrefinement and ideality among thewomen of the French race.

Now I will give you the six colorsof heraldry, and their meaning accord-

ing to Ruskin, that master of color,and will conclude with a letter fromone who is, in my estimation anauthority on mystic matters.

As you all know, there is a deepsignificance in the blazonry of aShield or Coat of Arms.

Ruskin places Or, or Gold. first.The heraldic name of which is the Sunof Justice, and stands for the strengthand honor of all men, and this is quitein a line with what psychic investiga-tion has taught us, that, the man inwhose aura gold predominates is fol-lowing the path of the intellect andacquiring Arcane Wisdom. Such men,rightly active, are “living sunshine.”

The next is Gules or Rose color,from the Persian gule, a rose. This isthe color of love, fulfillment of joy.The Greeks had a pretty custom ofshaping their vases for precious per-fume like a rose. Those who are fol-lowing the path of Rose are on theway of love, love in all natural andbeautiful forms, devoted Mothers,those who express themselves inmusic, poetry, or art. It has its thorns,and often mistakes are made, but thepath of feeling and emotion is a verynoble one.

The third is Azure which signifiesthe fulfillment of love and joy inHeaven, as the Rose color is the ful-fillment of love and joy on Earth.

Those who are on the Azure ray are


Mystics, and Poets, ever seeking tobring something of Heavenly purityand beauty to illuminate the darkplaces of Earth.

The fourth is Ecarlate orCarnation, the body of man its beauty,the maid’s scarlet blush in noblelove—the youth’s scarlet glow innoble war— the dye of the earth. It isclosely allied to Orange, which givesgreat physical magnetism. Ourbrethren of this ray should give them-selves in all kinds of physical andmaterial service to their fellowmen.

The fifth is Vert or Green, andthose on this ray, are distinguished bysympathy and devotion, for it is thecolor of youth born in the spirit, and inHoly Writ we are told of “A Rainbowround about the throne, like unto anemerald” and we wonder if this tran-scendent halo be composed of theprayers of those who follow the wayof Devotion.

Purple or Violet, the Kingly color,concludes Ruskin’s list. It is Rosecolor chastened with Blue. The Colorof Love in noble or divine sorrowborne by all Kingly Souls. These sixcolors give the angelic Iris of the lightand Covenant of Life.

That color harmonies, whetherarranged by man or seen in our gor-geous landscapes—the Sunset andDawn limned by the Divine Artist—have a very real significance and

influence, no one can doubt. Chopin,we are told, drew his magicalmelodies from the inspiration of theDresden Art Gallery, and those whohave psychic vision visualize Corot’sexquisite landscape, while Chopin’smusic is being played. The deepforests and great quiet lakes of hisnative land are painted in the music ofGrieg. Beethoven also was in the habitof wandering through fields and laneswith a musical note book, working upthe suggestions of color into vast har-monial movements. The spring songof Mendelssohn builds up the daintiestfiligree forms. While the stately con-ceptions of our great tone Poet,Wagner, is a series of embattlementsin glorious color.

Dear Friend,You have studied the influences of

color for some time, but there is yetmuch for you to learn, for those influ-ences are as marked and varied asonly an infinity of tones can express,and there are many that your eye atpresent is unable to cognize.

To achieve any marked sensitive-ness to the color languages, which arespeaking very definitely round you,you must think in color.

Close your eyes, and let the wavesof exquisite tints from the desireworld sweep over your Soul.

When you meet a friend, or at anytime when observing people, try to


look beyond the bodily presence,which is but a crude manifestation ofthe Soul, and sense the colors ofwhich that Soul, as the garment of thespirit, is composed.

This faculty will not be yours all atonce, but by perseverance and regular-ity, in continually seeking spiritualaspects, you will at last behold thehuman aura with the radiant presenti-ment of its qualities in exquisite colorschemes, glowing and opalescing, aswaves of thought sweep through it andacross.

This opening of the inward Visionmade the Transfiguration a never-to-be-forgotten moment, to those privi-leged to witness it, for the Christ Spiritmust have exhibited such gloriousharmonies as no earthly languagecould express, and one can enter intoPeter’s desire to remain in ecstasy forever, just bathing in its HeavenlyRadiance.

And, remember too, how Mosesbrought with him some of the Glory ofhis communion with the Father, thebrightness being so great that he hadto veil his face.

The judgement of perception ofwhat an aura conveys should be maderather on the translucence and purityof the whole, than from the propertiesbelonging to the several colors. Aheavy, dull, murky-looking aura, eventhough the fundamental scheme be

Blue, Violet, or Rose, those particular-ly consecrated to spiritual qualities, isnot the evidence of such a radiant per-sonality, as the bright, clear Red orGreen of the lower nature, if they scin-tillate and opalesce with life, andstretch far away from the body instrong contours.

Nevertheless, each color is a sym-bol of one aspect of the seven rayedLight or Logos from which all derivelife.

The Violet symbolizes the Priestand Initiate.

The Blue, the Mystic of gentle andspiritual aspirations.

The Yellow, the philosopher, theaspirant for Wisdom, The Solomon.

The Green shows the sympathizerwith Human suffering—The desire tohelp and heal.

The Red gives the man of feeling,the emotions of Human Love in allnatural aspects—The artist.

The Orange stands for Health inthe Body, and Individuality of outlook—The worker.

The Purple, The man who com-bines the Rose of compassion with theBlue of the Mystic—the Savior ofmen—the elder Brother of the race.

All these, in their due proportions,become united in the white rose,which combines all colors in its spiri-tual beauty and stands for completerealization and atonement. The union


of the Son with the Father—The pathof Discipleship takes man along eachseparate ray in the seven ages ofBeing, to develop the qualities ofPriest, Mystic, Philosopher,Sympathizer, Artist, Worker, andfinally Saviour of men, who unites theHuman and Spiritual, and the consum-mation in the white Rose of purity.

Viewed in this light, your colorstudies will give you a broad outlookon life, and a gentle judgment of menand things. For to understand all is topardon all. We are each one develop-ing along a different ray of the onewhite light; nor can we, without dan-ger, diverge from our path, which ismarked out. Every way to the Cross issurrounded by its special temptationsand dangers. And it is difficult at ourpresent stage to be loyal to our ownconditions and service, and yet sym-pathize with the methods of anotherSoul.

The Priest and Saviour alone havethat wide sympathy with mankind,which makes them deal gently andunerringly with the mistakes of theiryounger brethren.

We, some of us of the Red vibra-tion, whose emotions are such a fear-ful joy, yet also a source of temptationand sorrow, must learn to consecrateourselves to great issues, and lay ourgifts whether as Artist, Actor, Poet, orMusician, on the altar of Humanity,

and use our Love Nature in its highestexpressions.

Those of the Green must use theirindividuality to concentrate on Humansuffering, and their sympathy to workfor its amelioration.

The Philosopher of the YellowLight must voice his message in nouncertain tone, and as he receives theWisdom of the Spirit, give with bothhands to thirsting Souls, ever pointingthe way to those who seek. The mys-tic of the Blue ray must consecrate hisgifts to spiritual uses, and neverdegrade them by accepting materialgain for service on the psychic plane.His occultism must be that of the hid-den way of prayer, for “to pray is tolabor.” The worker of the Orangevibration must seek the path of physi-cal work, in practical help, and theamelioration of social conditions.

All have their part to play in min-istry to others and their own properdevelopment. Each is a letter in God’salphabet, without which the perfectword cannot be formed, or as aninstrument in the Heavenly Orchestra,which, if unattuned, causes discord inthe whole theme. Let us, therefore,attune ourselves to the infinite, withhearts in the Silence, and hands out-stretched to serve, patiently andhumbly walk along our allotted pathin life, and strive to fulfill its obliga-tions.


RELATION BETWEEN SOULAND MIND

Question—We have had some dis-cussion in our classes regarding thesoul, some confusion of opinionexists. What is the relation betweenthe soul and the mind, are the forcesof both permanently united to thespirit? Which body will be used in thelater stages of development, theMental or the Soul body?

Answer—We will turn for ouranswer to 366 of the Cosmo. Therewe find a chart which embodies thewhole scheme of involution and evo-lution. It is not a very complicatedchart either, and the student whowishes to master the mystery of exis-tence would do well to thoroughlymemorize this diagram.

Reading on the left side thereof, welearn that during a stage of uncon-scious evolution the spirit grew athree-fold body and crystallized intoit. This was the dense body, the vitalbody and the desire body. In the earthperiod, the focus of mind was given,and this becomes the fulcrum uponwhich involution turns to evolution.Then a three-fold stage of conscious

evolution commences during whichthe growth of a three-fold soul isaccomplished by spiritualizing thethree bodies into the soul. We findthat in the remainder of the EarthPeriod we extract the conscious soulfrom the dense body; in the JupiterPeriod the intellectual soul isextracted from the vital body; in theVenus Period we extract the emotion-al soul from the desire body; and inthe Vulcan Period we become cre-ative intelligence by amalgamation ofthe three-fold soul with the mind.

In order to make this more clear,we will turn to page 421 where thereis a chapter on Alchemy and Soul-Growth. There we read as follows:

Alchemy and Soul-Growth

The dense body was started in theSaturn Period, passed through vari-ous transformations in the Sun andMoon Periods, and will reach itshighest development in the EarthPeriod.

The vital body was started in theSun Period, was reconstructed in theMoon and Earth Periods, and willreach perfection in the Jupiter Period,which is its fourth stage, as the EarthPeriod is the fourth stage for the

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dense body.The desire body was started in

the Moon Period, reconstructed in theEarth Period, will be further modifiedin the Jupiter Period, reaching perfec-tion in the Venus Period.

Reference to diagram 8 will showthat the lowest Globe of the JupiterPeriod is located in the EthericRegion. It would therefore be impos-sible to use the dense physical vehiclethere, as only a vital body can be usedin the Etheric Region. Yet it must notbe supposed that after spending thetime from the beginning of the SaturnPeriod to the end of the Earth Periodin completing and perfecting thisbody, it is then thrown away that manmay function in a “higher” vehicle!

Nothing in Nature is wasted. Inthe Jupiter Period the forces of thedense body will be superimposed onthe vital body. That vehicle will thenpossess the powers of the dense bodyin addition to its own faculties andwill therefore be a much more valu-able instrument for the expression ofthe threefold spirit, than if built fromits own forces alone.

Similarly, Globe D of the VenusPeriod is located in the Desire World(see diagram 8), hence neither adense nor a vital body could be usedas an instrument of consciousness;therefore the essences of the perfect-ed dense and vital bodies are incorpo-

rated in the completed desire body,the latter thus becoming a vehicle oftranscendent qualities, marvelouslyadaptable and so responsive to theslightest wish of the indwelling spiritthat in our present limitations, it isbeyond our utmost conception.

Yet the efficiency of even thissplendid vehicle will be transcendedwhen in the Vulcan Period itsessence, together with the essences ofthe dense and vital bodies, are addedto the mind, which becomes thehighest of man’s vehicles, contain-ing within itself the quintessence ofall that was best in all the vehicles.The vehicle of the Venus Periodbeing beyond our present power ofconception, how much more so is thatwhich will be at the service of thedivine beings of the Vulcan Period!

During involution the creativeHierarchies assisted man to arouseinto activity the three-fold spirit, theEgo, to build the three-fold body, andto acquire the link of mind. Now,however, on the seventh day (to usethe language of the bible) God rests.Man must work out his own salva-tion. The three-fold spirit must com-plete the working out of the planbegun by the Gods.

The human spirit, which wasawakened during Involution in theMoon Period, will be the most promi-nent of the three aspects of the spirit


in the evolution of the Jupiter Period,which is the corresponding Period onthe upward arc of the spiral. The lifespirit, which was started into activityin the Sun Period, will manifest itsprincipal activity during the corre-sponding Venus Period, and the par-ticular influences of the Divine Spiritwill be strongest in the VulcanPeriod, because it was vivified in thecorresponding Saturn Period.

All three aspects of the spirit areactive all the time during evolution,but the principal activity of eachaspect will be unfolded in those par-ticular periods, because the work tobe done there is its special work.

When the threefold spirit hadevolved the threefold body andgained control of it through the focusof mind, it commenced to evolve thethreefold soul by working from with-in. How much or how little soul aman has depends upon the amount ofwork the spirit has done in the bodies.This has been explained in the chap-ter describing post mortem experi-ences. (See pages 95 & 96, Cosmo.)

As much of the desire body as hasbeen worked upon by the Ego istransmuted into the emotional soul,and is ultimately assimilated by thehuman spirit, the special vehicle ofwhich is the desire body.

As much of the vital body as hasbeen worked upon by the life spirit,

becomes the Intellectual soul, and itbuilds the life spirit, because thataspect of the threefold spirit has itscounterpart in the vital body.

As much of the dense body as hasbeen worked upon by the DivineSpirit, because the dense body is itsmaterial emanation.

The conscious soul grows byaction, external impacts, and experi-ence.

The emotional soul grows by thefeeling and emotions generated byactions and experiences.

The intellectual soul, as mediatorbetween the other two, grows by theexercise of memory, by which it linkstogether past and present experiencesand the feeling engendered thereby,thus creating “sympathy” and“antipathy”, which could not existapart from memory, because the feel-ings resulting from experience alonewould be evanescent.

During involution the spirit pro-gressed by growing bodies, but evo-lution depends upon soul growth—the transmutation of the bodies intosoul. The soul is, so to say, the quin-tessence, the power or force of thebody, and when a body has beencompletely built and brought to per-fection through the stages and peri-ods as above described, the soul isfully extracted therefrom and isabsorbed by the one of the three


aspects of the spirit which generatedthe body in the first place; thus:

The Conscious soul will beabsorbed by the divine spirit in theseventh Revolution of the JupiterPeriod;

The Intellectual soul will beabsorbed by the life spirit in the sixthrevolution of the Venus Period;

The Emotional soul will beabsorbed by the human spirit in thefifth revolution of the Vulcan Period.

So much for the evolution of soul.We will now turn to the mind and thevarious stages which bring it to per-fection.

We read on page 426 of theCosmo:

At the present time, however, themind is not focused in a way thatenables it to give a clear and true pic-ture of what the spirit imagines. It isnot one-pointed. It gives misty andclouded pictures. Hence the necessityof experiment to show the inadequa-cies of the first conception, and bringabout new imaginings and ideas, untilthe image produced by the spirit inmental substance has been repro-duced in physical substance.

At best, we are able to shapethrough the mind only such images ashave to do with Form, because thehuman mind was not started until theEarth Period, and therefore is now in

its “form”, or ‘’mineral” stage, hencein our operations we are confined toforms, to minerals. We can imagineways and means of working with themineral forms of the three lowerkingdoms, but can do little or nothingwith living bodies. We may indeedgraft living branches to a live tree, orliving parts of animal or man to otherliving parts, but it is not life which weare working; it is form only. We aremaking different conditions, but thelife which already inhabited the formcontinues to do so still. To create isbeyond man’s power until the mindhas become alive.

In the Jupiter Period the mind willbe vivified to some extent and mancan then imagine forms which willlive and grow, like plants.

In the Venus Period, when his mindhas acquired “feeling” he can createliving, growing, and feeling things.

When he reaches perfection, at theend of the Vulcan Period, he will beable to “imagine” into existence crea-tures that will live, grow, feel andthink.

In the Saturn Period the life wavewhich is now man started on its evo-lution. The Lords of Mind were thenhuman. They worked with man atthat Period, when he was mineral.They now have nothing to do with thelower kingdoms, but are concernedsolely with our human development.


Our present animals started theirmineral existence in the Sun Period,at which time the Archangels werehuman; therefore the Archangels arethe rulers and guides of the evolutionof that which is now animal, but havenothing to do with plant or mineral.

The present plants had their min-eral existence in the Moon Period.The Angels were then human, there-fore they have special concern withthe life that now inhabits the plants,to guide it up to the human stage; butthey have no interest in the minerals.

Our present humanity will have towork with the new life wave whichentered evolution in the Earth Periodand now ensouls the minerals. We arenow working with it by means ofthe faculty of imagination, giving itform—building it into ships, bridges,railways, houses, etc.

In the Jupiter Period we shallguide the evolution of the plant king-dom, for that which is at present min-eral will then have a plant-like exis-tence and we must work with it thereas the Angels are now doing with ourplant kingdom. Our faculty of imagi-nation will be so developed that weshall have the ability, not only to cre-ate forms by means of it, but toendow those forms with vitality.

In the Venus Period our presentmineral life wave shall haveadvanced another step, and we shall

be doing for the animals of that peri-od what the Archangels are nowdoing for our animals—giving themliving and feeling forms.

Lastly, in the Vulcan Period it willbe our privilege to give them a ger-minal mind, as the Lords of Mind didto us. The present mineral will thenhave become the humanity of theVulcan Period, and we shall havepassed through stages similar to thosethrough which the Angels andArchangels are now passing. We shallthen have reached a point in evolu-tion a little higher than that of the pre-sent Lords of Mind, for remember,there is never an exact reproductionanywhere, but always progressiveimprovement, because of the spiral.

The Divine spirit will absorb thehuman spirit at the close of theJupiter Period; the Life spirit at theclose of the Venus period; and theperfected Mind, embodying all that ithas garnered during its pilgrimagethrough all the seven Periods, will beabsorbed by the Divine Spirit at theclose of the Vulcan Period.

From the foregoing it will be clearthat there is a distinct evolution ofsoul and another equally distinct evo-lution of mind, yet they are not at allindependent of one another, but workin perfect unison, as, for instance,heart and lungs work together to keepup the rhythm of the body. Therefore


it will be neither the mental, nor the soulbody that we shall use in the later stagesof our development, but a compositevehicle containing increasingly theessence of all our bodies, which will

then be a composite garment of the spir-it, so wonderful and glorious that it isbeyond even our faintest conception atthe present time.

in the last two thousand years underPisces-Virgo and Catholicism; and thetwo thousand years which are ahead of us,called the Aquarian Age, where the signsAquarius and Leo are illuminated andvivified by the solar precession for theupliftment of the Son of Man (Aquarius)by the Christ within, the Lion of Judah(Leo), to the estate of Superman.

It must not be thought however, that theAtlantean Epoch only lasted while theSun by precession went through Cancer,Gemini, and Taurus, a period of only sixthousand and a few hundred years; farfrom it; but there are spirals within spiralsand recapitulation takes place in theEpochs and races, so that we may knowwhat is the general destiny by looking atthe Sun’s passage through these signs andtherewith taking this import and symbol-ism into consideration. It may also be saidthat the further we advance the smaller dothe spirals become, the shorter the time inwhich a given improvement is made,because of the proficiency we attained informer ages, and therefore it is extremelyprobable that this present is the last lap,that the coming Aquarian age is the final


The Astral Ray* * * * * *

EVOLUTIONAS SHOWN IN THE ZODIAC

(Continued)

When we consider the Zodiac in its reli-gious, as well as its evolutionary aspects,by means of the six pairs of oppositesigns into which the twelve may be divid-ed, we also commence with Cancer andCapricorn for the reason given in the pre-vious article; namely, that these are thesolstitial points where the Sun reaches itshighest and lowest declination.

Considered in this manner, we find thatthere are two sets of three pairs of signs,namely: Cancer and Capricorn, Geminiand Sagittarius, Taurus and Scorpio. Inthese three pairs of signs we may read thehistory of human evolution and religion,in the early, the middle and the latter thirdof the Atlantean Epoch. In the other threepairs of signs: Aries and Libra, Pisces andVirgo, Aquarius and Leo, we find the keyto man’s development during the AryanEpoch. This is also divisible into threedistinct periods, namely: the Aryan Age,from Moses to Christ, which comes underAries-Libra; the Piscean Age,which takes

preparatory school day which will fit usfor the new age, the Sixth Epoch, and thatthat will begin when the Sun by preces-sion enters Capricorn.

This, of course, would mean that theSecond Advent must take place justbefore that time, and though it seems to usthat so many signs point that way, this is amere surmise and may not have any truthin it at all. Thousands of people have beenmisled during all the ages that we knowof, to think that Christ would soon behere; it is however, better that we arelooking forward to it than if we should saywith some, that it will never take place. Inthat case the Great Day will find us unpre-pared and we should find ourselvesamong the stragglers who are until toattend the wedding feast of the higher Selfto the lower because lacking the “soul-body” which is the “wedding garment”that enfolds them.

CANCER—CAPRICORN

The Sun’s passage by precessionthrough the sphere of Cancer with itsopposite sign Capricorn, designates theearly third of the Atlantean period, whichwas intensely watery, as the whole earthwas surrounded by a dense drenching fog,and the Niebelung, or “Children of theMist,” lived then in the basins of theEarth. Cancer was not then represented bythe same symbol as today; in ancienttimes, it was pictorially figured as a bee-tle or scarab. This was the signature of thesoul, for then mankind was much lessbody than soul.

The sign Cancer is watery in its nature,

and the fish part of Capricorn in the oppo-site sign also helps to symbolize this stateof life under water when the Sun wentthrough the watery sign Cancer by preces-sion. The Moon, the planet of fecundationpoints mystically to this period of germi-nation, when mankind first commenced toexercise the Creative function at the dic-tates of desire inculcated by the LuciferSpirits. Thus they opened the Gate ofphysical Life through Cancer, and strayedinto the terrestrial sphere, but oppositestood Saturn, the ruler of Capricorn, readyto slay them with his scythe, and usherthem through the Gate of Death back intothe spiritual realms where they are athome.

GEMINI—Sagittarius

Our condition during the middle third ofthe Atlantean Epoch is illustrated in theSun’s passage through the sign Gemini,the twins, which aptly represent infanthumanity. During this age the division ofsoul from soul by the veil of flesh, whichwe call the body, became more noticeable,for the atmosphere had already cleared toa considerable extent, and the faculties ofthe spirit had became more focused in itsphysical instrument. With this delusion ofthe personal self, there came at once theidea of ‘me’ and ‘thee’, ‘mine’ and‘thine’, our individual interests com-menced to clash with those of others, sothat a tragedy such as that recordedbetween Cain and Abel, became possible.Nor was the shedding of blood confinedto human beings, for we learn from theBible that “Nimrod was a mighty hunter”.


This savage ideal was expressed in theCelestial Centaur, Sagittarius, with hisbow and arrow.

But both of these pairs of opposites:Cancer-Capricorn and Gemini-Sagittarius, may be considered pre-his-toric hieroglyphics of a developmentaccomplished in Sidereal years, long past,though none the less important on thataccount. Our own times, with the devel-opment prescribed for them, are symboli-cally represented in the four pairs of signswithin the fixed cross: the Bull, the Lion,the Serpent and the Man.

For that reason the two pairs of oppo-sites comprising the fixed signs, Taurus-Scorpio, and Leo-Aquarius, are men-tioned in the Bible, and we shall find thatour modern systems of religion are full ofallusions to the signs which lie betweenthem, namely, the three pairs of opposites:Aries-Libra, Pisces-Virgo, and Aquarius-Leo. These three pairs of opposites are, asalready stated, emblematic of the devel-opment in the early third of the AryanEpoch, the Sun by precession wentthrough the sign Aries, the middle third ofthe Aryan Epoch finds the Sun in Pisces,by precession, and during the last third ofthis Epoch the Sun will go through thesign Aquarius. Then the solstitial pointCapricorn will see the inauguration of anew cycle or age.

The spiritual preparation for this devel-opment commenced about thirteen thou-sand B.C. when the Sun by precession,was in the sign Libra, the Balance, the last

time, and different phases of this germinalimpregnation of the people then livingwere carried on during the precessionaltravel of the Sun through Virgo, Leo, andculminated in Cancer about eight thou-sand B.C. when the last of Atlantis wasdestroyed by water, substantially as relat-ed by the Egyptian priests to Plato, andwe shall see presently how those germinalideals, given to humanity in those far,bygone days have grown and doweredinto factors of human development andspiritual Standards of the greatest impor-tance.

TAURUS—SCORPIO

In the latter third of Atlantis, Egoismhad developed to a far greater degree thanbefore, the spiritual sight had been lost bythe larger majority of the people who thenlived entirely on the material plane andgloried particularly in their material pos-sessions.

The Bull was very properly worshipedby them, it was an emblem of strengthnecessary to conquer the material world,it was on account of its prodigiousstrength, an invaluable aid in all theirwork. The proverb about “the flesh potsof Egypt” has remained illustrative to thepresent day, to show how abundantly thatanimal supplies their physical need offood, and the milk of the female was alsoan important article of diet. The posses-sion of much cattle was therefore ardentlydesired by the ancient infant nations, andthe worship of the Bull was inauguratedunder the solar precession through Taurusduring earlier, sidereal years, and was


continued to the comparatively moderntimes, when the Sun by precession wentthrough the sign of the Celestial Bull forthe last time.

At that point when the Sun entered thesign of the Lamb, Aries, the Aryan reli-gions were inaugurated. The Religion ofthe Lamb is to hold sway for the nextsidereal year, while the Sun by precessionpasses around the twelve signs of thezodiac, as the religion of the Bull has helddominion during the previous celestialyear from the time the Sun enteredTaurus, until it left the same sign on itsnext passage.

New religions, however, are notrevealed in their fullness at the beginning;they are started and go through a period ofgestation long before the religion whichthey are to succeed, comes into materialexistence and similarly an ancient religionabout to be abrogated, survives long afterthe religion which succeeds it has becomethe official source for upliftment ofhumanity. The Original Semites, chosento inaugurate the worship of the Lamb,Aries, during the Aryan Epoch, weretaken from ‘Egypt,’ the home of the Bull‘Taurus.’ Not our modern ‘Egypt’ howev-er, the story of Pharaoh who endeavoredto prevent their emigration and wasbrowned, has reference to Atlantis whichwas submerged thousands of years beforeMoses is supposed to have made hisescape with the Israelites through the ‘redsea’. The facts underlying the story arethat a multitude of people left the landwhere the bull ‘Taurus’ was worshiped,(Atlantis or Egypt) whose inhabitants

were drowned, to seek a ‘promised land’beyond the water which then engulfed an‘ungodly nation.’ There they were dedi-cated to worship the ‘Lamb’ Aries. Thislamb had been slain in ‘Egypt’; (Atlantis);through its blood these pioneers had beenpreserved from death, and it was thus “theLamb, slain from the foundation of the(present) World” which we call the AryanEpoch. Noah’s escape presents anotherphase of the same occurrence relating thatthe mists which had enveloped Atlantiscondensed to rain, and flooded the basinsof the earth, leaving a clear atmosphere inwhich the Rainbow was seen for the firsttime at the opening of the New Age, theAryan Epoch, where a new Covenant wasmade with the pioneers of the polity thenushered in.

Atlantis was the home of the Bull,Taurus, and when the Sun, by precession,was leaving that sign the last time, theReligion of the Lamb Aries was definitelyushered in. Thenceforth, the worship ofthe Bull was abrogated and when any ofthe pioneer race, brought out from theancient Atlantean dispensation by theblood of the Lamb, Aries, backslid andworshiped the Taurean ‘Calf’ they actedcontrary to the law of progress and weretherefore ‘Idolaters’, and an abominationto the divine hierarchs whose task it wasto guide them during the ages proceedingthe advent of Christ. On account ofrepeated transgressions many were ‘lost’,and they are the Jews of today who stillretain their Atlantean traits (see Cosmo-Conception).

Apart from the Astrological key, the


Bible is truly a closed book, but with thiskey, the matter is different. In the OldTestament reference is made to two class-es of animals: Bulls, which were Taurean,and Sheep and Goats which were Arian.These alone were used as Sacrifices.(Turtle-doves were permitted as a conces-sion to poverty). All the principal charac-ters of the Old dispensation wereShepherds (Arian) and Christ alsoannounces Himself as the GreatShepherd.

In the New Testament we find an-otheranimal, the Fish, attaining great promi-nence, and the apostles were called to be‘Fishers of Men’, for then the sun byPrecession was nearing the cusp of Pisces,the Fish, and Christ spoke of the timewhen the Son of Man (Aquarius) shallcome. Thus our evolutionary journey ismapped out in the hidden astrologicalallusions of the Bible.

The student now has a line on the marchof events, which it is well to keep in mind.Next month we will consider the deeperdetails of each sign.

YOUR CHILD’S HOROSCOPE

Did you notice our offer to cast yourchild’s horoscope? Read it in the frontpart of the magazine, and if you want totake advantage of it, send us his or herName, Birth-year, Date, Hour, and Place.There are five items, do not forget any ofthem, or we cannot cast the horoscope andyour request will be thrown out.

YOUR CHILD’S HOROSCOPE

Adolph Bm. Born April 20, 1900

We judge first his mental characteristicsfrom the position of Mercury and theMoon, although, of course, all the otherplanets have their part in determining thisas well as all other matters.

We find that both Mars and Mercury arein Aries, the sign of the head; Saturn issquare to Mercury. The presence of Marsin Aries always makes people very quick-tempered; they act under impulse and dosome very rash acts which they mayregret afterwards. We find also that thesquare of Saturn to Mercury will causeAdolph to hold a grudge and be very crueland sarcastic in his speech. These tenden-cies should be checked by all means pos-sible. It is bad enough to do rash things onthe impulse of the moment. But whenanyone nurses a fancied or even a realgrievance, it is impossible to repair thedamage done by being quick-temperedand he makes himself and his environ-


ments very unhappy.By all means tell Adolph morning,

noon, and night that whatever happens, hemust forget and forgive. The Moon,which is the other significator of mind, isalso square to Venus and Neptune andthese mental configurations give him atendency to suspect everybody and thusattract undesirable conditions to himselfwhich will make him very unhappy in lifeunless they are eradicated or lived above.

Uranus is in conjunction to Jupiter andthis planet is essentially dignified inSagittarius, the sign of Science andInvention. These two planets, in trine toMercury and Mars, will make Adolphvery inventive; it will give him a geniusand an ability to see things that are farabove the average; but there is not an easystreet before him so he can just walk intofortune and have success open her arms tohim at the very moment he appears.Uranus and Jupiter are in the twelfthhouse, the house of limitation, sorrow,trouble and self-undoing. The good thingssignified by any planet in this house aredifficult to bring about. It seems to remainin latency as if there were a wall roundabout it to hold it back. Moreover, Saturn,the planet of obstruction, is intercepted inthe first house. All intercepted signs showthings which are in latency and difficult tobring out. Therefore it would seem thathis environment, signified by the firsthouse, will have the tendency to hold himdown always. Jupiter and Uranus, trineMars and Mercury, will give him plentyof push; he will always endeavor to dosomething in order that he may succeed,

but at every turn it will seem as if some-thing comes up to cheek his desires andblock his designs.

The Moon square Venus and Neptune,in the sixth house, which rules labor, willmake it very difficult for him to findemployment for anyone else. He willalways meet with treachery on the part ofhis fellow employees, and when he hasconceived an idea and is working it out,he will be liable to have it stolen fromhim; therefore, he should be very carefulnot to give his confidence regarding suchmatters to anyone, no matter how fair theymay seem to his face.

In the matter of finance, he will experi-ence the strangest and most unexpectedreverses because Uranus, the ruler of thesecond house, is retrograde in the twelfthhouse. He will never make any great for-tune and at times he will be brought downto such poverty that he will be absolutelywithout means of any kind or nature. Thismay seem very unfortunate from the ordi-nary worldly point of view. But as a mat-ter of fact, when anyone has that abilitywhich is indicated by Uranus conjunctionJupiter trine Mercury and Mars, anyreverse that he may suffer will only betemporary and it will give him new incen-tive to go ahead with something else.Money has no value to the soul, but theexperience has, and in this way he will getmuch more experience than if everythingwent smooth for him financially.

With respect to Health, it is very essen-tial that the parents should be careful withcoughs and colds, for these are indicatedby the square of the Moon to Venus and


Neptune in sign the Gemini, which rulesthe lungs, and in the sixth house, whichrules health. Nearly everybody is toocareless with a cold, thinking of it assomething that will right itself withouttrouble upon their part. And it does inmost cases; but where there is a weakspot, it behooves us to be particularlycareful not to cultivate conditions thatmay aggravate the matter. The square ofSaturn to Mercury in Aries also gives hima tendency to very severe headaches andcongestion of blood in the head. If he istaught some easily appropriate exerciseswhich will keep the muscles of the neck inproper shape, this will be greatly amelio-rated; but the temper, spoken of in theopening paragraph, will be greater factorsin bringing on this disability than any-thing else. Therefore, if he is taught tohold himself in check and obtain self-con-trol, he will also lighten, if not entirely doaway with, this tendency.

Murillo By Los Angeles

Born June 11, 1911

At the time of Murillo’s birth, Cancerwas rising with Venus and Mercury on theAscendant; this gives him a dreamy, artis-tic temperament which is apt to make itdifficult for him to get through life. Saturnwas just going down in the West and is,therefore, in opposition to Mercury. Thismakes him timid and gives him a verypoor memory. This aspect also gives hima tendency to disregard the truth; in fact,if this configuration of Saturn to Mercurywere alone and not offset by something

else, he would be very untruthful; but theMoon in conjunction and parallel toUranus and Jupiter makes him intuitionaland gives him more honorable character-istics, so that there is good reason to hopethat he may outgrow the evil tendency,specially if you are quite strict with him inrespect of always telling the truth. Forthen, by the help of the last named con-figuration, he will be able to overcome the

evil effect of Saturn opposition Mercury.Mars is the most elevated planet in the

horoscope; that is to say, it was near thezenith at the time of his birth. This planetin Taurus, the sign of the voice, makeshim very quarrelsome, and the sextile toVenus from the house of friends gives himthe tendency to always rule his friends,particularly his young girl friends, with arod of iron; and, strange to say, they willsubmit and seem to like it and will beloyal to him in spite of anything he maysay or do. Thus his best and closestfriends will always be girls, for the boyswill never submit to him in that respect.

The Sun and Neptune are in conjunction


in Gemini, the sign of the hands, shoul-ders and arms, showing that the artisticability of Venus on the Ascendant willparticularly express itself along the line ofmusic on stringed instruments. It will notbe necessary for him to study music. Themoment, almost, that he takes up aninstrument he will be able to play upon itand his ability is very superior and inspi-rational, but unfortunately these significa-tors are situated in the twelfth house, thehouse of sorrow, trouble, and self-undoing.The indolence engendered by the opposi-tion of Saturn to Mercury, which latterplanet also is in the twelfth house, willprevent him from pushing to the front andobtaining recognition before the public, ifthe tendency is allowed to run unchecked.

Saturn, the ruler of the seventh house, isalso in the sixth, curtailing his chances ofobtaining employment of the facultywhich he has so well in hand; and the sun,which rules the second house, the depart-ment of life that deals with finance andthe emolument we receive for our ser-vices, is in the twelfth house, imprisoned,as it were; therefore the indications arethat Murillo will have a very difficult timegetting the proper public recognition ofthe faculty which he undoubtedly pos-sesses; and when he does get a hearing itwill be difficult for him to obtain thefinancial remuneration his talents deserve.Moreover, there is the tendency indicatedby Mars sextile to Venus that he will spendhis money too freely on lady friends.

All these things the parents should con-sider and guide their educational efforts insuch manner as to offset them from the

earliest childhood. Encourage him alwaysto seek the society of boys, try to get himto understand, as soon as possible, thevalue of a dollar, that it should not besquandered foolishly; above everything,try to push him to the front. No one canmake a position for himself, or succeed inlife, unless he has the faculty of meetingothers and being pleasant to them; he hasmuch to help him, also, in respect of over-coming these undesirable traits; forJupiter, the planet of joviality, who greetseveryone with a “Hail Fellow Well Met”,is essentially dignified in his own sign,Sagittarius; he is in the fifth house, whichgoverns pleasure and public entertain-ments; he is in conjunction with Uranusand the Moon, so that there is much togive aid against the evil configurations.

With respect to health, Saturn inCapricorn shows a tendency toward stiffknees on account of lack of the synovialfluid; the sextile of Mars to Venus inCancer, the sign of the stomach, showsthat he will always be fond of the plea-sures of the table and will have the ten-dency to overeat. This should be verystrictly guarded against because Saturn inopposition to Mercury in Cancer showsthat unless his appetite is curbed he willbe subject to one of the most miserablediseases, namely, nervous indigestion.People who suffer from this malady are aburden to themselves and to everyone elsein their environment. Therefore, it cannotbe told Murillo too often to eat sparinglyand with discrimination. In starting youngto cultivate this habit of frugality he mayescape many years of great suffering.


THE VITAL BODY

By Harry Wilson

The Vital Body is composed of the sub-stance of the Etheric Region. The diagramon page 54 of the Cosmo shows thisregion to be composed of certain etherswhich are as clearly defined as are thefour elements of physical science: Fire,Earth, Air and Water. The four ethers arecalled:

1. The Chemical Ether—the lowest anddensest

2. The Life Ether3. The Light Ether4. The Reflecting Ether—the highest

and most attenuated

On page 34 of the Cosmo we are toldthat ether is as tangible to the trained seeras are the solids, liquids and gases of theChemical Region to ordinary beings. Hesees the vital forces which give life to themineral forms of plant, animal and manflow into these forms by means of the fourstates of ether.

These ethers are both positive and neg-ative in their manifestation, and their spe-cific functions are as follows:

(1) Chemical Ether—The forces whichcause assimilation and excretion workthrough it. The forces working along thepositive pole attract the needed elements,building them into forms; the forcesworking along the negative pole expelfrom the body the materials in the foodwhich are unfit for use.

(2) Life Ether—This is the avenue ofthe forces that have for their object themaintenance of the species—the forces ofpropagation.

(3) Light Ether—This ether is the medi-um of sense perception. Along the posi-tive pole operate the forces which gener-ate blood heat in the higher species of ani-mal and man, making them individualsources of heat. Along the negative poleare the forces which operate through thesenses, manifesting as the passive func-tions of sight, hearing, feeling, tasting andsmelling. They also build and nourish theeye. Color in all kingdoms of life is due tothe forces working along the negativepole of the light ether.

(4) Reflecting Ether—This ether is theso-called “Memory of Nature”, and in itmay be found a picture of everything thathas ever happened. The term “reflecting”

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is used because of the fact that these “pic-tures” or records are but reflections froma much higher realm, where the perma-nent records are found. This ReflectingEther is also the medium through whichthought makes an impression upon thehuman brain.

As the vital body is composed of theseethers, its functions are the same, and sowe are told, upon page 57 of the Cosmo,that we must have a vital body before wecan express life, grow or externalize thequalities peculiar to the Etheric Region.

The student desiring a history of thevital body, as it appears in the RosicrucianCosmo-Conception, must first turn to thealphabetical list of words, indexed onpage 540, and in the list of those begin-ning with the letter “V” he will find that“Vital Body” refers him to page 570,where a “topical index will be found.Under the general heading of “Man’sInvisible Vehicles” we find that the firstconsidered is the lowest and densest, viz.;The Vital Body.

We are here referred to page 210, wherewe learn that in the Sun Period the for-mation of the vital body was commenced.On page 211 we learn, that in the first orSaturn Revolution of the Sun Period thegerminal dense body was reconstructed.(Keep in mind that each Period is com-posed of seven revolutions.) In the secondrevolution of the Sun Period the Lords ofWisdom radiated from their own bodiesthe germ of the vital body, making it capa-ble of interpenetrating the dense body andgiving to the germ the capability of fur-thering growth and propagation, and of

entering the sense centers of the densebody. In short, they gave, germinally, tothe vital body all the faculties which it isnow unfolding, to become a perfect andpliable instrument for the use of the spir-it.

The index on page 570 then refers us topage 215, where we learn that in the sec-ond or Sun revolution of the Moon period,the vital body was modified to render itcapable of being interpenetrated by aDesire body; also of accommodatingitself to the nervous system, muscles,skeleton, etc. The Lords of Wisdom, whowere the originators of the vital body,helped the Lords of Individuality in thiswork, the latter having charge of materialevolution in the Moon Period.

We then find on page 240 that duringthe second or Sun revolution of the EarthPeriod the vital body was reconstructed toaccommodate the germinal mind. TheLords of Form, who have charge of mate-rial evolution in the Earth Period, wereassisted in this work of reconstruction bythe Angels, who were the humanity of theMoon Period.

From the foregoing it is evident that inevery instance the building of the vitalbody has been anticipated by that of thedense body, and so are we taught that inthe building of vehicles through whichspirit may manifest, it is necessary that adense, physical body be first constructed,and if that spirit would manifest as “Life”through that dense body, an etheric orvital body must be built. This vital bodymust conform in every respect to thedense body, as we are told on page 60 of


the Cosmo, where it is said that, with oneexception, it is the same, molecule formolecule, as the dense body. The excep-tion is this, that the vital body of a man isfemale” or negative, while the vital bodyof woman is “male”, or positive, theirdense bodies being of opposite polarity.

On page 59 we learn that the vital bodyof plant, animal and man extends beyondthe periphery of the dense body as theEtheric Region, which is the vital body ofthe planet, extends beyond its dense part.This is true whether it be “the lily of thefield” or “the stars in their courses”, andshows the truth of the Hermetic axiom:“As above, so below.”

The distance of this extension of thevital body of man is about an inch and ahalf. The part which is outside the densebody is very luminous and about the colorof a new-blown peach blossom. It is oftenseen by persons having a very slightinvoluntary spirit sight.

On page 135 we learn that theRecording Angels, the Lords of Destiny,direct the construction of the vital body atthe present time so that man may reapwhat he sows. They impress the reflectingether of the vital body in such a way thatthe pictures of the coming life are reflect-ed in it. Although assisted in the construc-tion of this vital body, the Ego seekingrebirth incorporates therein the quintes-sence of its former vital bodies, and inaddition to this also does a little originalwork. This is done that in the coming lifethere may be some room for original andindividual expression, not predeterminedby the past action.

In the building of bodies, except in thecase of a very highly developed being, thework of the Ego is almost negligible at thepresent stage of man’s evolution. Thegreatest scope is given in the building ofthe desire body; very little in that of thevital body and almost none in the densebody—yet even this little is sufficient tomake each individual an expression of hisown spirit and different from the parents(p. 138).

The dense body is built into the matrixof this vital body during ante-natal life. Asthe lines of force in freezing water are theavenues of formation for ice crystals, sothe lines of force in the vital body deter-mine the shape of the dense body (p. 60).

The vital body, having been molded bythe Lords of Destiny, will give form to thedense body, organ for organ. This matrix,or mold, is then placed in the womb of thefuture mother (p. 137). In that periodimmediately following birth the differentvehicles interpenetrate each other, butthough they are all present as in adult life,they are merely present. None of theirpositive faculties are active. The vitalbody cannot use the forces which operatealong the positive pole of the ethers.Assimilation, which works along the pos-itive pole of the chemical ether, is verydainty during childhood, and what there isof it is due to the macrocosmic vital body,the ethers of which act as a womb for thechild’s vital body until the seventh year,gradually ripening it during that period.The propagative faculty, which worksalong the positive pole of the life ether, islatent. The heating, of the body, which is


carried along the positive pole of the lightether, and the circulation of the blood, aredue to the macrocosmic vital body, theseethers acting on the child and slowlydeveloping it to the point where it cancontrol these functions itself (p. 140).

The forces working along the negativepole of the ethers are much more active inthe child. The excretion of solids, carriedalong the negative pole of the chemicalether—corresponding to the solid sub-stance of the Chemical Region—is toounrestrained, as is also the excretion offluid, which is carried along the negativepole of the life ether—corresponding tothe second or fluid division of the ChemicalRegion. The passive sense perception,which is due to the negative forces of thelight ether, is also exceedingly prominent,making the child very impressionable,and “all eyes and ears” (p. 140).

It is not until the seventh year that thevital body comes from under the protect-ing influence of the macrocosmic vitalbody, which has guarded it from the dan-gers which threaten when the unwise indi-vidual vital body takes unchecked charge.Then the period of excessive and danger-ous growth begins and continues for thenext seven years. Were the vital body tohave continual and unrestrained sway inthe human kingdom, as it has in the plant,man would grow to an enormous size.There was a time in the far distant pastwhen man was constituted like a plant,having only a dense and a vital body. Thetraditions of mythology and folklore allover the world concerning “giants” in theolden times are absolutely true, because

then men grew as tall as trees, and for thesame reason (p. 142). The vital body ofthe plant builds leaf after leaf, carryingthe stem higher and higher. Were it not forthe macrocosmic desire body, the plantwould keep on in that way indefinitely,but the macrocosmic desire body steps inat a certain point and cheeks furthergrowth. The force not needed for furthergrowth is then available to build theflower and seed. In like manner thehuman vital body, when the dense bodycomes under its sway after the seventhyear, makes the latter grow very rapidly;but about the fourteenth year the individ-ual desire body is born from the womb ofthe macrocosmic desire body. This checksthe excessive growth, and the force, there-fore, used for that purpose becomes avail-able for propagation, that the human plantmay flower and bring forth.

The vital force of the Sun, which sur-rounds us as a colorless fluid, is absorbedby the vital body through the ethericcounterpart of the spleen, wherein itundergoes a curious transformation ofcolor. It becomes pale rose-hued andspreads along the nerves all over thedense body. It is to the nervous systemwhat the force of electricity is to a tele-graph system. Whenever there is an inter-ruption to this flow of vital force we haveparalysis. The vital body has become dis-eased and the vital force can no longerflow. During health the vital body special-izes a superabundance of vital force,which, after passing through a densebody, radiates in straight lines in everydirection from the periphery thereof, as


the radii of a circle do from the center. Butduring ill health, when the vital bodybecomes attenuated, it is not able to drawto itself the same amount of force, and inaddition, the dense body is feeding uponit. Then the lines of the vital fluid whichpass out from the body are crumpled andbent, showing the lack of force behindthem. In health the force of these radia-tions carries with it germs and microbeswhich are inimical to health; but in sick-ness, when the vital force is weak, theseemanations do not so readily eliminatedisease germs. Therefore the danger ofcontracting disease is much greater whenthe vital forces are low, than when one isin robust health (pp. 63-64).

The activities of the desire body andmind during waking hours are constantlybreaking down tissue. The vital bodyfaithfully endeavors to restore harmonyand build up, but is not able to withstandthe onslaughts of the higher bodies andgradually loses ground, and at last col-lapses. The vital fluid ceases to flowalong the nerves in sufficient quantity; thebody becomes drowsy; and the Thinker isthus hampered and forced to withdraw,taking the desire body with him. Thewithdrawal of the higher vehicles leavesthe dense body interpenetrated by thevital in a senseless state we call sleep.

On page 91 of the Cosmo we learn thatthe involuntary memory or subconsciousmind comes into being in the followingmanner: As the ether carries to the sensi-tive film of the camera an accurateimpression of the surrounding landscape,taking in the minutest detail, so the ether

contained in the air we inspire carries withit an accurate, detailed picture of all oursurroundings. Not only of material things,but also the conditions existing eachmoment within our aura. The slightestthought, feeling or emotion is transmittedto the lungs, where it is injected into theblood. The blood is one of the highestproducts of the vital body, as it is the car-rier of nourishment to every part of thebody, and the direct vehicle of the Ego.The pictures it contains are impressedupon the negative atoms of the vital bodyto serve as arbiters of man’s destiny in thepost-mortem state.

(To be continued.)

The Los Angeles Study Center had apicnic to celebrate the independence ofMount Ecclesia as well as our nationalholiday: the Fourth of July. About sixtypeople were present, and according to theenthusiastic reports received atHeadquarters, they must have had a goodtime.

This is an effort in the right direction.“All work and no play makes Jack a dullboy.” Association at an occasional outingwill draw the members more closely tothe work of the Study Center.

You can help to spread knowledge byintroducing this Magazine among yourfriends and acquaintances.

If the teachings appeal to you, speak agood word for them.

Send us the names of your friends whomight be interested.


THE EFFECTS OF MEAT EATINGBy Herman O. Haugland

The following statements are a summa-ry of Gourand on the reaction of meat onthe human system. He says: “The reactionof a meat diet on the process of nutritionin general can be described in threewords. It excites, it acidifies, and it intox-icates.”

The excitation of meat comes chieflyfrom the extractives. Being protein, themeat is digested in the stomach, whichaccounts for the fact that heavy meateaters at first experience a sense of com-fort, but soon begin to feel uneasy andsluggish, with a craving for more; i.e.,renewed stimulation. Meat has no stayingpower and leads to gluttony.

Meat acidifies because the phosphoricacid contained in it outweighs the basicsubstance and also because its combus-tion is never complete, thus giving rise toacids, the most important of which is uricacid. In the carnivorous animals theseacids are neutralized by an equal produc-tion of ammonia. But in man the forma-tion of ammonia is very limited, and withan increased consumption of flesh foodthe ratio of urinary acidity rises in propor-tion.

Meat intoxicates by reason of its basic

purines and by ptomaines, which easilybecome most noxious poisons to theheart, the blood vessels, and the wholeorganism, though they are of indifferentvalue when present in a small volume.Moreover, the bacterial ferments due tomeat are of a toxic nature. Metchnikoffpoints out that to them chiefly is duesenility. Meat also encourages the forma-tion of micro-organisms in the alimentarycanal and further putrefaction.

Combe was the first to show the amountof sulpho-ether in the urine, and the evi-dence of this putrefaction is increased ordiminished in proportion to the amount ofmeat consumed.

The excessive use of meat, it is claimed,greatly affects the intestinal flora byintensifying its virulence, changing itscomposition and breeding enterocolitisand appendicitis. It is now generally rec-ognized that nitrogen forms a splendidbreeding ground for intestinal bacteria,and that constipation helps to developthem.

We have already stated, in our previousarticle on “Vegetarianism vs. Meat Diet”,that meat leaves no residue. That is thereason why flesh diet often is the cause ofconstipation and stasis, particularly in theintestines.

Nutrition and Health* * * * * *

A MENU FROM MOUNT ECCLESIA

Breakfast 7:30 A. M.

Sliced PeachesRolled Oat Mush and Cream

Whole-Wheat Gems, Butter and HoneyCoffee or Milk

Dinner 12 M.

Creamed Celeriac Fried ParsnipsPotatoes on the Half Skin

Whole Wheat Bread, Butter and HoneyMilk

Supper 5:30 P.M.

Walnut and Celery SaladHot Corn Bread, Butter and Honey

Tea or Milk

RECIPES

CREAMED CELERIAC

Wash and peel the celery roots, cookuntil tender in as little water as possible.When nearly done, add a little salt. Makea sauce of two tablespoons of butter andone of flour. First heat the butter in a skil-let and add the flour gradually; fry thisuntil it is a rich cream color. Mix thewater in which the celery root was cookedwith milk; add this slowly to the butterand flour till it becomes a thin gravy. Thenadd the celery root, allowing the whole tocome to a boil. Flavor with salt.

FRIED PARSNIPS

Wash, peel and slice lengthwise youngParsnips that have first been made crisp incold water. Cook in salt water until tender,drain and then fry in oil until brown.Serve hot.

POTATOES ON THE HALF SKIN

Scrub with vegetable brush, mediumsized potatoes, bake in hot oven; whendone, cut in half lengthwise, scoop outinside, taking care not to break skin. Thenmash what has been taken out of the pota-to, add butter and milk, whip till itbecomes light and flaky, season with salt.Put this filling back into the skins, sprin-kle with grated cheese, brown in oven andserve.

WALNUT AND CELERY SALAD

Two cupfuls fresh, crisp celery, cut fine.11/2 cupfuls shelled walnuts, ground invegetable grinder. Just before serving pre-pare two plates garnished with tender cel-ery and parsley leaves, put on the cut cel-ery and sprinkle the nuts on top. Then puta tablespoonful of mayonnaise dressing incenter and serve.

Would you like a Bigger Magazine?We have now 625 subscribers. To pay theactual cost of material and mailing wemust have 1000 subscribers. When we get1500 subscribers we will add 16 pages.

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HOW WE HEAL THE SICK

Inquiries about our method of healingare frequent, and much misunderstandingexists. We endeavored to elucidate thematter in an article in the Echoes ofSeptember 1914, which has done so muchgood, and has been circulated so widelythat we feel Justified in reprinting it (inpart) to comply with many requests.

We also print, for the first time, “A Storyfrom the Invisible World”, told by one ofour Doctor Probationers of how he, in thesoul body as an Invisible Helper, saved apatient from an operation by our healingmethod.

Our method of healing is not altogethera spiritual matter. We use physical meanswherever it is possible. There are timeseven when we send our patients to a doc-tor in order that they may get quick relieffrom him by a certain treatment which wecannot give as promptly by other meth-ods. Also the diet of patients receivescareful attention, for naturally, as the bodyis built up of physical substances, we aregiving medicines by using the right food.But in addition, healing is carried on bythe Elder Brothers through a band ofInvisible Helpers which they are instruct-ing.

Who, then, are the Invisible Helpers?

would be the next question; and to this wemay answer that they are Probationerswho during the day time live a worthy lifeof helpfulness and thereby fit themselves,or earn for themselves, the privilege ofbeing helpful through the instrumentalityof the Elder Brothers at night. TheseProbationers are gathered together inbands according to their temperamentsand their ability. They are under instruc-tion of other Probationers who are doc-tors, and all of them work under the guid-ance of the Elder Brothers, who naturallyare the moving spirits in the whole work.

Certain concessions on the part of thepatient are needed before this band ofInvisible Helpers can work with him orher. In the first place, they must have partof the effluvia from his vital body. That isobtained by having the patient write everyweek a letter consisting of a few words ora few lines with pen and ink: this isimportant as a pen charged with fluid is agreater conductor of magnetism and elec-tricity than a dry pencil. The ether whichthus impregnates the paper upon whichthe patient writes week by week gives anindication of the condition at that speci-fied time, and furnishes an entrance key tothe patient’s system. It is somethingwhich he has given voluntarily and forthe express purpose of furnishing accessfor the Invisible Helpers. Unless the

Nutrition and Health* * * * * *

patient does his part in that respect, theInvisible Helpers are unable to do any-thing with him or her; so it may be seenthat it is of the utmost importance to keepup the weekly letters to Headquarters.

The Invisible Helpers are also requiredto do something similar and for the samereason. At the time when they takeProbationership, they vow in that mysticmarriage of the higher and lower selvesthat they will dedicate their lives, in so faras consistent with their duties in theworld, to help humanity, and by that vowthey come under the protection of theElder Brothers, who stand in the sameposition toward this bridal couple, thehigher and the lower selves, in their work,as the State stands to the man and womanwho enters a union before one of its rep-resentatives. Both the State and the ElderBrothers agree to preserve the integrity ofthe union so long as the conditions there-of are kept. One of the obligations whichthe Probationers take upon themselves isto send in each month to Headquarters areport of the exercises which they haveperformed, and this report, if written withpen and ink, absorbs the effluvia fromtheir hands daily when they come in contactwith the paper. This furnishes to the ElderBrothers the key whereby they are enabledto direct the Probationers during sleep.

We are just the same after we go to sleepas we are during our waking hours. If,during the day time, we shirk our duties,if we try to get everything for ourselves, ifwe yield to the lower nature on everyoccasion, etc., we are not transformed intoInvisible Helpers and Angels of Mercy bymerely going to sleep. But if during the

day time we strive earnestly and with thewhole heart and soul to grasp everyopportunity that comes our way or, rather,if we look for opportunities to help and toserve others; if, instead of asking: “Whatcan I get out of it?” we try to see in everyphase of life an opportunity for helpful-ness; if, instead of saying: “Why should Ido this, that or the other thing?” we learnto say: “If a thing has to be done, whyshould I not do it?”; if we learn to regardall things as honorable in the line of laborand work and never look down upon any-thing as menial but are just as ready to goand do the lowest as well as the highestclass of work wherever we see it is neces-sary, then also at night shall we earn theopportunity to come in touch with andwork under the guidance of the ElderBrothers in this glorious work of healing.

AN INVISIBLE HELPER’S STORY

It is not usually permitted, nor is italways expedient, that the InvisibleHelpers should tell of their exploits, as itgives an undesirable odor of phenome-non-mongering; but there are times whenmodesty must be set aside to a certainextent for the good of the cause and thefollowing story by Dr. Stuart Leech,M.D., one of our Probationers, illustratesthe method used and results gained in onecase. We could cite hundreds of similarcases where other organs have beenrestored to health; even spines have beenstraightened and paralyzed limbs maderesponsive to the will.

In the case reported by Dr. Leech, hedoes not mention whether the patient felt


the manipulations. This is quite frequent-ly the case, for the unseen hands are pow-erful when materialized inside thepatient’s body. It also frequently happensthat the patient sees the Invisible Helpersat the moment of waking.

The report was originally written forpublication in a Medical Magazine. Dr.Leech does give his orthodox medicalconfreres some, to them, “hard nuts”from time to time: but what if they scofftoday? Yesterday they sneered at ideaswhich are “strictly scientific” today; andtomorrow they will learn that, to para-phrase Shakespeare,

There are more things ‘twixt heaven andearth than dreamt of in their pathology.

Clinical Report of a CaseIt was during the early days of January

1914 that I had been attending a case ofabdominal trouble in a fourteen year old,much emaciated boy. He was dark haired,had brown eyes, large bones and slenderphysique with a good amount of intelli-gence. Four years prior to this presentattack he had suffered from a severeattack of appendicitis, from which he hadapparently recovered. Of late he had beenmore or less indiscreet in the choice andthe amount of his food and on the daybefore the present attack he had in liftinghay suffered some violence by a slip ofthe foot.

After a day or two of suffering I wassent for and found all the classical symp-toms of a pus forming appendix present.Food was discontinued for eight or tendays, the proverbial ice-bag was usedjudicially and an occasional enema was

employed. Temperature ran along from 99to 102.5 degrees and about the seventh oreighth day of his sickness the symptomsbecame so alarming that I induced thefamily to permit me to have Dr. North asa consultant next morning.

Dr. Unus of the same town had attendedthe case four years previously and had atthat time insisted on an operation.Personally I had performed quite a fewabdominal operations, but it was general-ly done as a last resort, and now it lookedas though there would be another casewhere I would have to resort to the sameprocedure. This modus operandi, espe-cially in the midst of an attack, was not tomy liking. Being in the neophyte class ofthe Western Wisdom School, I endeav-ored to use unusual means in conjunctionwith the physical means to bring about therecovery of this case, as I do in others.The unusual is the application of naturallaws of one or more of the higher worlds.

As a word of explanation, I will say thatthe Natural Science School of theRosicrucians informs us of a number ofconcentric worlds as real, if not more real,than the physical, all interpenetrating eachother, occupying the same space, as itwere, forming no less than seven dimen-sions of space, each under a vibratorycondition consistent with its harmonioussurroundings. Physical Science begrudg-ingly recognizes and hints at the highervibrations of the invisible ether. MedicalScience does its best to ignore these high-er Worlds, yet she persistently and empir-ically uses daily the powerful alkaloids.There are a number of wavelengthsbetween the vibration that causes sound


and that which causes light, althoughunknown to us, but producing things noless powerful; it is so on into the trillionand quintillion of vibrations. Most ofthese vibrations ignore our dense, physi-cal bodies, vibrating right through themas though they never existed. Thesevibrations are harmonized into divisions,and nearest to our chemical physicalworld is the Etheric Region, and wemight conceive of it as an extension ofthe physical plane; being more refined, itis naturally subject to higher and morerefined laws.

However, in order to be able to functionin this Region, or in the Desire World, anorganization of like substance is required.Every man has the framework for thissubstance concealed in his physical make-up, and there is a certain Word or formulawhich, if wisely used, will develop thisorganization. Anatomically speaking, itcauses a physiological link or connectionto be made between the pituitary andpineal bodies which respectively governand harmonize the desire with the physi-cal body. When this chasm is bridged, thehigher vibratory soul-body can at willwithdraw from the physical body andtravel any distance in the Desire World. Ifyou wish to follow no further, you, thereader, can consider the phenomenon agoing off into dreamland; but remember, afact is a stupendous thing and remainswhether we like it or not.

The evening before the physical consul-tation was to take place with Dr. North,Dr. Unus, Dr. North and myself went offinto the Desire World (Dreamland), andmet at the bedside of the sick boy without

his knowledge or that of his parents, whowere eagerly watching him. Naturally, wewere invisible to their physical percep-tions.

During this consultation in the DesireWorld, Dr. Unus stepped forward andalmost violently seized a portion of theafflicted organ and threw it away. Hisetheric hand passed right through theboy’s physical body. I then stepped up tothe bedside, using both hands, lifted theelbow end of the colon and gently strokedthe undesirable, irritating substance away.Dr. North acted as a spectator, and appar-ently gave his consent. Let it be know thatphysical substance is no bar to the etherichand, but it is not unusual for a patient towaken from his slumber as the invisiblehand is being withdrawn.

The morning after this consultation inthe Unseen World, I called, as I hadpromised, at Dr. North’s office and hadhim ride with me for the physical consul-tation, which had been agreed upon withthe family the previous day. To the greatastonishment of the family and to my owngratification, the boy was free from pain,tenderness, fever and muscular rigidityand from the parents’ report his rapidrecovery commenced during the night. Itis now six months since the occurrencetook place and the boy is enjoying the bestof health.

It is not to be inferred from the forego-ing that instantaneous cures are effectedin every instance. Such cases are frequentamong the large clientele which benefitfrom our aid, but the great majorityrequire patient perseverance to bring


about a cure.If patients are faithful in writing their

weekly letters to Headquarters and obeyour instructions regarding diet they arebound to benefit.

THE ROSY CROSS HEALING CIRCLE

Meets in the Pro-Ecclesia on the follow-ing dates:

September 3, 10, 16, 23, 30October 7, 14, 20, 28November 4, 10, 16, 24

We may not all be privileged to be therein the body, but all can join us in Spirit.No matter where on earth you live, go intothe silence when your clock is half pastseven in the evening. Fix your thoughtsupon the White Rose which forms thecenter of a circle of seven Red Roses,hung upon a cross of pure white. That isthe symbol of the immaculate purity ofthe Invisible Helper, your ideal, yourinspiration. This Cross has a radiant, five-pointed Star of Gold, symbolic of thegolden aura acquired by Service; and thebackground of Blue represents the God-present field in which we have to work.

Register each time your aspiration tobecome a self-conscious channel for thebeneficent works of our Elder Brothers inthe Service of humanity.

And last, but not least, resolve each timeto live the life of a Visible Helper, for thatis the most efficient means of attaining tothe higher and greater sphere of useful-ness.

We append some letters from peoplewho have been helped:

(This lady was healed of gallstones andinsomnia.)

Firence, Italy Dear Signore:

Let me thank you with my poor English,but with all my heart, for your valuablehelp and for your kind, useful letter. I amever so much better! For many, manyyears I had not slept one night long, andno medicine, nothing, could make mesleep or even rest in my bed. I was happywhen I could spend one night long to mybed, even without sleep.

As I am an useful person, a painter andteacher, am poor, have to work for myfamily and to educate, provide for andbring up an orphan I adopted several yearsago, you can imagine I have tried everydoctor and medicine. In the last year I hadgiven up every doctor and medicine, butfelt no better: I felt so tired, so tired.Imagine, now I am sleeping: sleeping as Idid when I was child, and feel my strengthcoming again, and can work. Also theattacks are not so frequent and less painfuland without any fever.

I wish I could write in elegant Englishto be able to thank you as I feel, but wantto express myself, do not want to be cor-rected, do not want to use a dictionary.

God bless you, and may you be able tohelp every one as you have helped me.

For ever, ever yours most gratefully,M F.


Firence, Italy Dear Friends:

I must send you a few words to tell youof my gratitude for what you have doneand are doing for my friend S. F. I saw herthis morning and she told me about yourkind letter. Your diagnosis of her case hasso fitted in with what the doctors said andeven more so that she said to me, "Butthey must be clever; they are doctors".She is delighted that it is not a “faithcure”, but a real, practical thing. Herbrother-in-law is suffering badly from thesame malady, only the stones are in thebladder. I tried to get him to write to you.I tried to interest him in the work and gavehim your “Christian Mysteries” [the bookafter the Cosmo], for the public library ofwhich he has charge. Now they are read-ing and discussing this. Oh, who knows

but it may lead to helping someone else. Ioffered the book as an offering to theteacher and I prayed for a blessing on it,as it left my hands. I hope the man will bepersuaded to ask for help. At present he islike Naaman.

In a faint way I can understand what theChrist felt when He wept over Jerusalem.He knew what He had to give and whatHe could do for man, but they would not.Having learned and benefited, I long forothers to do the same.

I cannot express my full gratitude inwords, but if you extract the ether fromthis, surely it will show how full my heartis. To me Headquarters is Home and Ilove it, I wish I could go there. My truestgood wishes.

Yours in Fellowship,J. M.

is at the head of the Race Betterment booth,was especially interested. They are tryingto make men more physically perfect, thatthey may have a better chance in life; andwhen I told him that the Western MysteryTeaching trained them to use their perfectphysical bodies as vehicles to becomespiritually perfect or spiritually evolved,he accepted it as at the least a reasonablestatement worth an investigation.

The location of the booth mitigatesagainst the observation of the general vis-itor, but we have made it as attractive as


ROSICRUCIAN FELLOWSHIPBOOTH AT SAN FRANCISCO FAIR

The Booth entertained the Palace ofEducation Club one morning in June andthe writer had the privilege of talking fortwenty minutes to a group of fifty wholistened with such close attention that atthe close of the time allotted manyremained to question further concerning amovement of which they had never heard.The chairman of the committee, who hascharge of these tours of visiting, and who

Echoes from Mt. Ecclesia* * * * * *

we can with flowers and a beautiful hang-ing basket, and we feel sure the booth willserve its purpose.

The Club had a party not long since andthe writer dragged very unwilling feet toit, but ran into a manager of an education-al booth who was attracted by the badge,and the next day visited the booth, spend-ing over two hours listening and question-ing and went away with the Cosmo, so wehope another student is added to themovement.

The Booth has had visitors fromAustralia, Canada, Spain, and England,and of course from the Eastern States, andalso two very interesting people fromParis, who claim to get teaching from aLay Brother of the Rosicrucian Orderwho lives in Paris and has pupils studyingunder him. In the interchange of ideasmany similarities were shown and theirvisit was most interesting.

Possibly next month we shall havesomething more thrilling to relate, and inthe meantime we are trying to make theBooth a welcome place for all who areinterested in the philosophy.

In Fellowship,Annett C. Rich

THE COSMO FREE!Have you seen our offer to give a

Cosmo to anyone who gets five new sub-scribers. Better get busy! Even if youhave the Cosmo, it will be an easy way toget another copy to give to a friend. Andthink how many people that will benefit!First, there are the five yearly (or ten half-yearly) new subscribers; next, the friend

to whom you give the Cosmo; then theFellowship; and last, though not least(although that is not your motive), youwill benefit by the effort to promote theCause you have closely at heart

That brings another point. We have justhad a letter from our enthusiastic Chicagofriend Geo. Wiggs. He also is anxious tohelp increase the circulation of the Raysand asks that his good letter be publishedto help inspire all to action. We are natu-rally glad to comply, though space is small.

Oh, if we only had a big subscription listso that we could afford to enlarge themagazine. Bro. Wiggs makes an awfulmistake when he says that we havereceived 1700 Mss. We have not received17, but we have so much stuff neverthe-less, that we are picking and choosingwhat to keep out and what to let go in. Ifwe had the wherewithal to meet the extratypesetting and paper bills and the writercould afford a private secretary, compe-tent to do the revision, which now takesthe most of his time, we could soon havea much better publication.

But that cannot be had till we have alarger subscription list; so we must bepatient and continue to work with themeans at hand, till we grow into the larg-er facilities. We feel, however, that themagazine is a worthy effort as it is and donot hesitate to join Friend Wiggs in askingall to do their best to push it. Don't forgetto ask your newsdealer to take it. Somehave succeeded already, as you see fromthe list of dealers printed on the insidecover.


Chicago, III., July 1,1915Friend Heindel:

Charles Lamb was accustomed to dividehumanity into two classes, which hetermed the borrowers and the lenders. Inthe new or Rosicrucian terminology wewould call them positive and negative; orthe efficient and the inefficient; or theidlers and the workers.

If Lamb were living and a member ofthe Fellowship, he would doubtless haveto revise his classification, since thereseems to be but one class in theFellowship, as evidenced by the fact thatyou state 1700 manuscripts have beenreceived since the inception of our newmagazine "Lux Mystica", now only in itsthird issue.

I have had considerable experience inthe magazine field but I certainly havenever known of anything to equal this.Why, it would seem that "Lux Mystica"has awakened the thrush in the throat ofall its readers, and what is still better, hascaused the hearts of all members of theFellowship to beat in unison to accom-plish this astonishing fact; and this augursthat the true Ecclesia is already being con-structed from the heartbeats that shallsoon bring into manifestation the muchneeded outer building or the Ecclesia inform, that was so happily started with thelaying of the Corner Stone on Thanksgivingday of 1914.

Now that the life side (or 1700 manu-scripts) is in evidence, it is only meet thatwe should develop the form side (or sub-scription list), in order to equilibrate thework and thus bring a smile to the face of

Friend Heindel that will be like a benedic-tion and a sweetness into his voice thatwill be equal to a caress, as he talks to thedictaphone when producing the gloriousarticles he has been giving us and throughwhich we are all being illumined.

That our writers to begin with have out-numbered our readers to a healthful signand show the great interest that the maga-zine has awakened and I feel certain nowthat the magazine is an established fact, thatevery member of the Fellowship will esteemit a privilege, as well as a pleasure, to notonly support the magazine but to set aboutsecuring subscriptions from his friends.

The magazine has been a joy to us alland surely we all recognize that the wayto double our joy is to divide it, and that athought is never so truly our own as whenwe have shared it with another.

The members of the Fellowship havenever failed to arise to all heights that thespirit of the times has called out, as isshown by the handsome buildings whichalready bedeck Mount Ecclesia and thatFriend Heindel is to build a bonfire on theglorious Fourth of July, and give over tothe salamanders the mortgage papers andthe notes which have so long been a lienon the property. Truly, that will be a realIndependence Day of celebration andover this glad news we shall celebrate thisevent with him.

In the latter part of last year I mentionedwhat the National Geographic Magazinehad accomplished and stated that it was aFellowship similar to ours and that themembers had built up a circulation ofupwards of 300,000 and I think I stated at


the time that I was confident that with theright kind of a medium we could not onlyequal but surpass that magazine’s circula-tion, inasmuch as the Spirit transcendsgeography and that our efforts would bealong the lines of becoming or Beingrather than Seeing, since our teachingsshow how real illumination or spiritualsight may be obtained.

If each member of the Fellowship willinstantly send in his or her subscription to“Lux Mystica”, say from now to February1916, which would only require 50 centseach, we would soon have upwards of5000 subscribers, and with five readers,which is the usual estimate per copy ofevery magazine worth while, we shallhave an audience of upwards of 25,000people.

If in addition to subscribing to the mag-azine every member will set to work toget new subscribers, it will not be longbefore we shall be on the road to approx-imate the circulation of the largest andbest magazines before the public. It isonly a question of individual effort on ourpart and success is assured.

Let us commence with six months’ sub-scriptions, so as to instantly swell our cir-culation and we shall soon through thiseffort give the work a momentum that willpositively assure the future of oursparkling little magazine.

To this end I am sending you a check topay for ten six-months’ subscriptions, fiveof which shall be new subscribers, whosenames I am forwarding to you, and theother five I ask you to select from amongthose whose circumstances are not at the

present such as to permit them to conve-niently subscribe.

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RosicrucianFellowshipITS MESSAGE AND MISSION

Formerly, religious truths were intuitively perceived ortaken wholly on faith as dogmas of the church. Today, agrowing class demands that immortality and kindred mattersbe proved to the intellect, deductively or by observation, asare other facts of life, like heredity and ether. They desirereligion as much as their fathers, but want the ancient truthsin modern dress congruous to their altered intellectual condi-tion. To this class the Rosicrucian Fellowship addresses itselfwith a definite, logical, and sequential teaching, concerningthe origin, evolution and future development of the worldand man which is as strictly scientific as it is reverently reli-gious; a teaching which makes no statements not supportedby reason and logic, which satisfies the mind by clear expla-nations, which neither begs nor evades questions, but offersa reasonable solution to all mysteries, so that the heart maybe allowed to believe what the intellect has sanctioned, andthe solace of religion may speak peace to the troubled mind.

MOUNT ECCLESIAIn order to make our philosophy of life and health of prac-

tical value in the world, we have bought 40 acres of land in thelittle town of Oceanside, 88 miles south of Los Angeles. It isone of the sightliest spots in sunny Southern California, situa-ted upon the promontory of a high tableland. From MountEcclesia, as we have named our headquarters, there is anunobstructed view of the beautiful blue Pacific Ocean.Directly west lies the island of San Clemente, 75 miles out, and

ships are often silhouetted upon the skyline as they sail by. Fortymiles to the southward looms the promontory of La Jolla, a sub-urb of San Diego, the southernmost city in Uncle Sam’s spaciousrealm. Eighty miles north from Mount Ecclesia we see the love-ly island of Catalina with its crystal clear waters and its luxuriantsubmarine gardens, so strange and fantastic that they outstripfancy and fairy tale alike. Standing upon the same spot whencewe saw the magnificent marine view described above, we maybehold a landscape equal1y glorious, varied, and wide by simplyturning upon our heels and looking towards the east.Immediately below Mount Ecclesia lies the smiling San LuisRey valley with its fertile green fields and its historic old mis-sion; a little further away are the rounded foothills with theirwonderful play of light and shade, then the mountains with theirrugged contours, and farthest to the east we see the snowcappedpeaks of Mount San Bernardino, Mount Greyback, and MountSan Jacinto. The first named is 100 and the last 75 miles from thecoast. Thus the range of our views from Mount Ecclesia is 150miles east and west (from San Jacinto Mountain to San Clementeisland), and 120 miles north and south (from Catalina to LaJolla).

The climate is as wonderful as the view, and as incomprehensi-ble to all who have not lived here. One may wear a white shirt-waist outdoors on every day in the winter, and although the waterin our solar heater gets so hot that it cracks glass, we do not per-spire on the warmest day in summer on account of the sea breezewhich sweeps over Mount Ecclesia every day from about 10 a. m.to 5 p. m., cooling the atmosphere and filling our lungs with invig-orating ozone fresh from the heaving bosom of the great PacificOcean. It is a veritable elixir of Life, and therefore this placeoffers such rare physical conditions for the attainment of healththat it is probably without a peer.

DINING HALL

ELECTRIC EMBLEMMount Ecclesia is brilliantly illuminated at night, and theElectric Emblem is a unique and striking feature.

OUR BUILDINGS, PRINTING, PUMPING,AND ELECTRIC PLANTS

Three years ago we started building our headquarters on thisbeautiful spot. We installed a pumping plant in the valley, carry-ing the water 226 feet up to the summit of Mt. Ecclesia and havethus an unlimited supply of water for irrigation and ample fireprotection. We have built a sanctuary devoted exclusively to wor-ship of God, an administration building wherein our generaloffices and printing plant are located, a commodious dining hallto accommodate all workers, patients, and pupils. We have a1sobuilt a number of cottages for the accommodation of the students,and in the summer time a tent city adds largely to the accommo-dations during the time when the summer school is in session.

Mt. Ecclesia has also its own electric lighting plant, andevery night the wonderful electric emblem of the Fellowshipmay be seen flashing its message of light across the country forover twenty miles in either direction. The exterior of the dininghall and Pro-Ecclesia, as we call our Sanctuary, are also electri-cally lighted, and thus we let the physical light shine to attractthose who are seeking the spiritual, if by chance such may passand inquire through curiosity, which afterwards turns to keeninterest.

THE CORRESPONDENCE SCHOOLIn addition to thE publications of the Rosicrucian Fellowship,

regularly advertised and before the public, there are two corre-spondence courses which furnish instructions to students, a1lover the world, who are desirous of investigating the RosicrucianMysteries, and the Science of Astrology. Upon request anyonewho is not a Hypnotist, Professional Medium, Palmist, orAstrologer, will receive from the General Secretary, at headquar-ters, application blanks for admission to the Esoteric instructionscontained in these two courses—Esoteric Astrology and TheRosicrucian Mystery Teachings.

THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDINGThis building contains the General offices, the Printing plant and the

Mailing Department.

SUMMER SCHOOLDuring July, August, and September, a summer school is maintained and

students on our correspondence lists who wish to avail themselves of theopportunity of study at Headquarters may do so by applying to the Esotericsecretary, but no one is permitted to enter Headquarters until their applica-tion has been passed upon and accepted.

A HEALTH RESORTAccording to the United States Government Experts, Mt. Ecclesia is in the

center of an air belt which is purest in all of the U.S. It is therefore a natur-al health resort and this, coupled with the fact that a scientific vegetarian dietis here supplied, makes it an ideal place of residence for both the well andthe ill. We are prepared to take patients whose ailments do not prevent themfrom attending to their own needs. The rates of board are less than one-halfwhat is usually charged in sanatariums, but we are have no resident physi-cian and cannot take proper care of patients who need nursing and attention.

A Brief ResuméOf the

Rosicrucian Philosophy

Sooner or later there comes a time when the consciousness isforced to recognize the fact that life, as we see it, is but fleeting,and that amid all the uncertainties of our existence there is but onecertainty—Death !

When the mind has thus become aroused by thought of the leapin the dark which must sometime be taken by all, the question ofquestions—Whence have we come—Why are we here—Whitherare we going?—must inevitably present itself. This is a basicproblem with which all must sooner or later grapple, and it is ofthe greatest importance how we solve it, for the view we take willcolor our whole life.

Only three theories of note have been brought forward to solvethis problem. To range ourselves in one of the three groups ofmankind, segregated by their adherence to one theory or the otherin an intelligent manner, it is necessary to know the three theories,to calmly weigh and compare them one with another and withestablished facts. Lecture No. 1 does just that, and whether weagree with its conclusions or not, we shall surely have a morecomprehensive grasp of the various viewpoints and be better ableto form an intelligent opinion when we have read “The Riddle ofLife and Death.”

If we have come to the conclusion that death does not end ourexistence, it is but a natural question to ask: Where are the dead?This momentous question is dealt with in lecture No. 2. The lawof conservation of matter and energy precludes annihilation, yetwe see that matter is constantly changing from the visible to the

invisible state and back again, as, for instance, water is evaporat-ed by the sun, partially condensed into a cloud, and then falls toEarth again as rain.

Consciousness may also exist without being able to give us anysign, as in cases where people have been thought dead, but haveawakened and told all that had been said and done in their pres-ence.

So there must be an invisible World of force and matter, as inde-pendent of our cognition of it as light and color exist regardless ofthe fact that they are not perceived by the blind.

In that invisible World the so-called dead are now living in fullpossession of all the mental and emotional faculties. They are liv-ing a life as real as existence here.

The invisible World is cognized by means of a sixth sense devel-oped by some, but latent in most people. It may be developed inall, but different methods produce varying results.

This faculty compensates for distance in a manner far superiorto the best telescopes and for the lack of size in a degree unreach-able by the most powerful microscope. It penetrates where the X-ray cannot. A wall or a dozen walls are no denser to the spiritualsight than crystal to ordinary vision.

In lecture No. 3 Spiritual Sight and the Spiritual Worlds, thisfaculty is described, and lecture No. 11, Spiritual Sight andInsight, gives a safe method of development.

The Invisible World is divided into different realms: The EthericRegion, the Desire World, the Region of Concrete Thought, andthe Region of Abstract Thought.

These divisions are not arbitrary, but are necessary because thesubstance of which they are composed obeys different laws. Forinstance, physical matter is subject to the law of gravity; in theDesire World forms levitate as easily as they gravitate.

Man needs various vehicles to function in the different Worldsas we need a carriage to ride on land, a boat at sea, and an airshipin the air.

We know that he must have a dense body to live in the visibleWorld. He also has a vital body composed of ether which enableshim to sense things around him. He has a desire body formed ofthe materials of the Desire World which gives him a passionatenature and incites him to action. The Mind is formed of the sub-stance of the Region of Concrete Thought and acts as a brakeupon impulse; it gives purpose to action. The real man, theThinker or Ego, functions in the Region of Abstract Thought, act-ing upon and through his various instruments.

Lecture No. 4 deals with the normal and abnormal conditions oflife such as Sleep, Dreams, Trance, Hypnotism, Mediumship, andInsanity. The previously mentioned finer vehicles are all concen-tric with the dense body in the waking state when we are active inthought, word, and deed, but the activities of the day cause thebody to grow tired and sleepy.

When the wear and tear incident to use of a building has madeexhaustive repairs necessary, the tenants must move out that theworkmen may have full scope for restoration. So when wear andtear of the day has exhausted the body, it is necessary that the Egomove out. That withdrawal renders the body unconscious, anddefinite work is necessary to restore its tone and rhythm. Duringthe night the Ego hovers outside the dense body clothed in desirebody and mind. Sometimes the Ego only withdraws partially, ishalf in the body and half out; then it sees both the Desire Worldand the Physical World, but confused as in a dream.

Hypnotism is a mental assault. The unsuspecting victim is dri-ven out of his body, the hypnotist obtains control.

The victims of the hypnotist are released at his death, however,but the medium is not so fortunate. Spirit controls are really invis-ible hypnotists. Their invisibility gives great scope for deception,and after death they may take possession of a medium’s desirebody, use it for ages, and keep their hapless victims from pro-gressing along the pathway of evolution. This latter phase ofmediumship is elucidated in No. 5, which deals with Death and

Life in Purgatory.What we call death is in reality but a shifting of consciousness

from one World to another. We have a science of birth withtrained nurses, obstetricians, antiseptics, and every other means ofcaring for the incoming Ego, but are sorely in need of a science ofdeath, for when a friend is passing out of our concrete existence,we stand helplessly about, ignorant of how to assist, or worse, wedo things which make the passing infinitely harder than if wemerely stood idly by. Giving stimulants is one of our worstoffenses against the dying, as it draws the passing spirit into thedense body again with the force of a catapult.

After the heart has stopped, on account of the partial rupture ofthe silver cord (which united the higher and lower vehicles of manduring sleep and remains unsevered for a time, varying from a fewhours to three and a half days after death), there is still on thataccount a certain feeling if the body is embalmed, opened forpost-mortem examination, or cremated. The body should, there-fore, be left unmolested, for at that time the passing Ego isengaged in reviewing the pictures of its past life (which are seenin a flash by drowning persons). These pictures are impresseddaily and hourly upon the ether of the vital body as independent-ly of our observation as a detailed picture is impressed upon thephotographic plate by the ether, regardless of whether the photog-rapher observed details or not. They form an absolutely truerecord of our past life, which we may call the sub-conscious mem-ory (or mind) far superior to the view we consciously store in ourmemory (or mind).

Under the immutable Law of Consequence, which decrees thatwhat we sow we reap, the deeds of life are the basis of our exis-tence after death. The panorama of a past life is the book of theRecording Angels, who are adjusters of the score we make underthe Law of Consequence.

Review of the life panorama just after death etches the pictures intothe desire body, which is our normal vehicle in the Desire World,

where Purgatory and the First Heaven are located.The panorama of life is the basis of purgation of evil in purga-

tory and assimilation of good deeds in the first heaven. It is of thehighest importance that this panorama be deeply etched into thedesire body, for if that impress is deep and clear the Ego will suf-fer more sharply in purgatory and experience a keener joy in thefirst heaven. This feeling will remain as conscience in future livesto impel good action and discourage evil deeds.

If the passing spirit is left in peace and quiet to concentrate uponthe life-panorama, the etching will be clear and sharp, but if therelatives detract his attention by loud hysterical lamentations dur-ing the first three and one-half days when the silver cord is yetintact, a shallow or blurred impression will cause the spirit to losemuch of the lessons which should have been learned. To correctthis anomaly the Recording Angels are often forced to terminatethe next Earth-life in early childhood before the desire body hascome to birth, as described in Birth a Fourfold Event (lecture No.7) for that which has not been quickened cannot die, and so thechild goes into the first heaven and learns the lessons it did notlearn before, and is thus equipped to pass on in Life’s School.

As such Egos retain the desire body and mind they had in thelife where they died as children, it often happens that they remem-ber that life, for they only stay out of Earth life from one to twen-ty years.

Suffering in purgatory arises from two causes: Desires whichcannot be gratified or the reaction to the pictures of the lifepanorama—the drunkard suffers tortures of Tantalus because hehas no means of obtaining or retaining drink. The miser suffersbecause he lacks the hand to restrain his heirs from squanderinghis cherished hoard. Thus the Law of Consequence purges evilhabits until desire has burned itself out.

If we have been cruel the panorama of life radiates back upon usthe picture of ourselves and our victims. Conditions are reversedin purgatory; we suffer as they suffered. Thus, in time, we are

purged of sin. The coarse desire matter which forms the embodi-ment of evil has been expelled by the centrifugal force ofRepulsion in purgatory and we retain but the pure and the good,which is embodied in subtler desire stuff dominated by the cen-tripetal force—attraction, which amalgamates good in the firstheaven when the life panorama depicts scenes in our past lifewhere we helped others, or where we felt grateful for favors, asdescribed in lecture No. 6, Life in Heaven, which also deals withour stay in the Second Heaven, located in the Region of ConcreteThought.

That is also the realm of tone, as the Desire World is of color,and the Physical World of form. Tone, or sound, is the builder ofall that is on Earth, as John says: “In the beginning was the Word(sound), and the Word was made flesh,” the flesh of all things,“without it was not anything made that was made.” The moun-tain, the moss, the mouse, and the man are all embodiments of thisGreat Creative Word which came down from heaven.

There the man becomes one with the nature forces; Angels andArchangels teach him to build such an environment as he hasdeserved under the Law of Consequence. If he dallied his timeaway in metaphysical speculation, as do the Hindus, he neglectsto build a good material environment, and is reborn in an arid landwhere flood and famine teach him to turn his attention to materi-al things. When he focuses his mind on the Physical World, aspir-ing to wealth and material comforts, he will build in Heaven anunexcelled material environment, a wealthy land with facilitiesfor ease and comfort, as the Western World has done. But as wealways long for what we lack, the possessions we have are satiat-ing us beyond comfort and we are beginning to aspire to the spir-itual life anew, as the Hindus, our younger brothers are aspiringnow to the material prosperity we are leaving behind, as morefully elucidated in lecture No. 19, The Coming Force—Vril?which shows why Hindu Yoga practices are detrimental toWesterners; they being behind us in evolution.

When the Ego has helped to build the creative archetype for theenvironment of its next earth-life, in the second heaven, it ascendsinto the Third Heaven, located in the Region of Abstract Thought.But few people have learned to think abstractly, as in mathemat-ics; the majority of people are therefore unconscious, as in sleep,waiting for the Clock of Destiny—the stars, to indicate the timewhen effects engendered by the action of past lives can be workedout. When the heavenly time makers, the Sun, Moon, and plan-ets, have reached a proper position, the Ego wakes and desires anew embodiment.

The Recording Angels look up the record of all our past lives,which is stamped upon the super-conscious mind each time anEgo withdraws to the third Heaven, as outlined in lecture No. 7,Birth a Fourfold Event. When there is no particular reason why acertain environment should be taken, the Ego has choice of vari-ous embodiments. These are shown to it as a panorama, givingthe great outline of each proposed life, but leaving scope for indi-vidual free-will in the detail.

Once a choice has been made, the Ego is bound to liquidate ripecauses selected by the Recording Angels, and any attempt toevade that will be frustrated. It should be carefully noted that evilis eradicated in Purgatory. Only tendencies remain, to tempt ustill we have consciously overcome. Thus we are born innocentand at least every evil act is an act of free will.

When the Ego descends toward rebirth, it gathers the materialsfor its new bodies, but they are not born at the same time. Birthof the vital body inaugurates rapid growth from 7 to 14, ripeningalso the propagative faculty. Birth of the desire body at 14 givesrise to the impulsive period from 14 to 21. At that age the birth ofthe mind furnishes a brake on impulse and gives a foundation forserious life.

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religious.No. 2. “Where Are the Dead?”No. 3. Spiritual Sight and the Spiritual Worlds.” Showing that we have a latent “sixth

sense,” and what it opens up to us when cultivated.No. 4. “Sleep, Dreams, Trance, Hypnotism, Mediumship, and Insanity.”No. 5. “Death and Life in Purgatory.” Describing the method of death and purgation, also

how immutable law and not an avenging Deity transmutes the evil acts of life to ever-lasting good.

No. 6. “Life and Activity in Heaven.” Showing how the Human Spirit assimilates theGood of its past life and creates its environments for a future rebirth, also how itprepares a new body.

No. 7. “Birth a Fourfold Event.” Describing antenatal preparations for birth, and thespiritual changes which inaugurate the period of excessive physical growth in the 7th

year; puberty at 14, and maturity at 21. This knowledge is absolutely essential to theright care of a child.

No. 8. “The Science of Nutrition, Health, and Protracted Youth.” Showing the materialcause of early death and the obvious prophylactic.

No. 9. “Astronomical Allegories of the Bible.” A mystic scroll.No. 10. “Astrology; Its Scope and Limitations.” Showing the spiritual side of astrology,

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and sorrow.No. 15. “The Mystery of Golgotha and the Cleansing Blood.” A rational explanation

which satisfies head and heart alike.No. 16. “The Star of Bethlehem; a Mystic Fact.”No. 17. “The Mystery of the Holy Grail.” The way to attainment.No. 18. “The Lord’s Prayer.” Showing the esoteric side and how it applies to the seven-fold

constitution of man.No. 19. “The Coming Force—Vril! or What?”No. 20. “Fellowship and the Coming Race.” Showing why the Bible contains both the

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Rebirth and the Law of Consequence. Wine as a factor inevolution, an authentic story proving re-birth.

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ground of Cosmos. Birth of the Planets. Planetary Spirits.

Evolution on the Earth. The Moon, the eighth sphere of retro-gression, Birth of the Individual, Separation into Sexes, LuciferSpirits and the Fall, Sixteen Paths to Destruction.

Back to the Bible. Who was the “lost” tribes are, and whyJesus was born a Jew.

Occult Analysis of Genesis. The nebular theory, Jehovah andhis mission; a living soul; why hybrids are sterile.

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Future Development and Initiation. The symbolism of theCaduceus, Alchemy and Soul-growth.

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PARTIAL LIST OF SUBJECTS.Section I.—Life on Earth. Social Conditions, Marriage, Children,

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CorrespondenceWHY YOU OUGHT TO STUDY ASTROLOGY

There is a side of the moon which we never see, but that hiddenhalf is as potent a factor in creating the ebb and flow as the part ofthe moon which is visible. Similarly, there is an invisible part ofman which exerts a powerful influence in life, and as the tides aremeasured by the motion of sun and moon, so also the eventuali-ties of existence are measured by the circling stars, which maytherefore be called “the Clock of Destiny,” and knowledge of theirimport is an immense power, for to the competent Astrologer ahoroscope reveals every secret of life.

Thus, when you have given an astrologer the data of your birth,you have given him the key to your innermost soul, and there isno secret that he may not ferret out. This knowledge may be usedfor good or ill, to help or hurt, according to the nature of the man.Only a tried friend should be trusted with this key to your soul,and it should never be given to anyone base enough to prostitutea spiritual science for material gain.

To the medical man Astrology is invaluable in diagnosing dis-eases and prescribing a remedy, for it reveals the hidden cause ofall ailments.

If you are a parent the horoscope will aid you to detect the evilintent in your child and teach you how to apply the ounce of pre-vention. It will show you the good points also, that you may makea better man or woman of the soul entrusted to your care. It willreveal systematic weakness and enable you to guard the health ofyour child; it will show what talents are there, and how the lifemay be lived to a maximum of usefulness. Therefore, the mes-sage of the marching orbs is so important that you cannot affordto remain ignorant thereof.

In order to aid those who are willing to help themselves we havestarted a Correspondence Class.

No direct charge will be made for tuition, but we trust that stu-dents will realize their moral obligation to contribute to the workwhich helps them.

If you are looking for fortune telling we have nothing for you.

Our Lessons are Sermons

They embody the highest moral and spiritual principles, togeth-er with the loftiest system of ethics, for Astrology is, to us, a phaseof religion, we never look at a horoscope without feeling that weare in a holy presence, face to face with an immortal soul, and ourattitude is one of prayer for light to guide that soul aright.

We Do Not Cast Horoscopes

Despite all we can say, many people write enclosing money forhoroscopes, forcing us to spend valuable time writing letters ofrefusal and giving us the trouble of returning the money. Pleasedo not thus annoy us. It will avail you nothing.

Contents

The Mystic LightA Department devoted to articles on Occultism, Mystic Masonry, Esoteric Christianity, and similar subjects.

The Question DepartmentDesigned to give further light upon the various subjects dealt with in the different departments, where queries from students and other subscribers make this necessary.

The Astral RayAstrology from an original angle, Cosmic light on Life’sProblems.

Studies in the Rosicrucian Cosmo-ConceptionOur Origin, Evolution and ultimate Destiny is religiously,reasonably and scientifically explained in this department.

Nutrition and HealthOur body is ‘A Living Temple’, we build it without sound of hammer, by our food. In this Department articles on diet teach how to build wisely and well.

The Healing DepartmentThe Rose Cross Healing Circle, its meetings and their results.

Echoes from Mount EcclesiaNews and Notes from Headquarters

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