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1The correspondence between the human form and the astral body is very close, so close, in fact, that no one could mistake the likeness; but it is, of course, more ethereal in its features. If the individual be one of active mind, noble qualities and high aspirations, the astral counterpart, while being a true likeness in many respects, gives a higher expression to each line in the countenance and features, which cor¬ respond to the qualities manifested. It is more Divine in its looks and lineaments; looks like an angelic brother or sister of the physical body. But, on the contrary, if the individual be gross, selfish, brutal and a slave to his lusts and passions, then the astral takes on a hideous countenance; is demoniac in its lines and features. When the higher realms of the spirit spheres are reached and the true spiritual body manifests, there are the same differences, the form becoming more and more Divine and beautiful.
2In all states the human form is maintained. It becomes, more and more, inconceivably beautiful as it progresses higher and higher. The internal organs of the body are simply the means by which certain functions are manifested and performed. Each organ, group of organs, function and set of functions, have an astral and spiritual correspond¬ ence; but, rid the mind of the gross, material part. The heart, lungs and liver are all there (not in the same form, however,) in the astral organism, and in the astral world disembodied souls eat and drink as we do, but their food is strictly subjective; it corresponds to their state. In the spirit realm proper, life is continued by breathing and absorption. There is pregnancy and birth in the angelic world even as there is in this, but under very different conditions. The sexual organs on earth represent sacred functions in Heaven. In the spiritual world, vivid formulation is an absolute necessity of possession. If you can vividly formulate the image of what you desire and bring it to you, it becomes as real, hard and firm as a table in the material world; that is, if the object possess such properties; but if you grasp after it, it will vanish from your sight. Most people who die live in a strange, dreamy, vanishing world. If a spirit is not of my vibration, he cannot see me nor my surroundings. QUOTATIONS FROM LETTERS 181
3You cannot understand now, but you will, the wonderful state of being where all are one and yet are individual. To become one with these legions of the blest is to give the soul to Ra. In the spiritual world you will find great brotherhoods of music, medicine, astrology, etc., Each has a head supreme in the particular vocation represented by the brotherhood. Over all is a supreme, priestly power who does not dictate but counsels. A tone arouses vast legions of life, when the particular vibration of their life is sounded. They take form and act as servants of the potency that can arouse them. For a soul to be immortal, there must be something immortal and vital in his internal mind, for his atoms to revolve about; a principle of justice, and love. This is the axiom of immortality. Only the angels of the sun return to the sun. What you truly expect will be your destiny. Curses are elliptical in their orbit, when the curse is heavier than the crime. Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar s and unto God that which is God’s. Only as you learn to do that, can you be just, and only when just, can curses or blessings be rightfully administered. A soul is true when performing its functions. All of the races that have thought of beauty have left the potency of their ideas in the astral light and become a fecund cause of its extemalization.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
1The correspondence between the human form and the astral body is very close, so close, in fact, that no one could mistake the likeness; but it is, of course, more ethereal in its features. If the individual be one of active mind, noble qualities and high aspirations, the astral counterpart, while being a true likeness in many respects, gives a higher expression to each line in the countenance and features, which cor¬ respond to the qualities manifested. It is more Divine in its looks and lineaments; looks like an angelic brother or sister of the physical body. But, on the contrary, if the individual be gross, selfish, brutal and a slave to his lusts and passions, then the astral takes on a hideous countenance; is demoniac in its lines and features. When the higher realms of the spirit spheres are reached and the true spiritual body manifests, there are the same differences, the form becoming more and more Divine and beautiful.
2In all states the human form is maintained. It becomes, more and more, inconceivably beautiful as it progresses higher and higher. The internal organs of the body are simply the means by which certain functions are manifested and performed. Each organ, group of organs, function and set of functions, have an astral and spiritual correspond¬ ence; but, rid the mind of the gross, material part. The heart, lungs and liver are all there (not in the same form, however,) in the astral organism, and in the astral world disembodied souls eat and drink as we do, but their food is strictly subjective; it corresponds to their state. In the spirit realm proper, life is continued by breathing and absorption. There is pregnancy and birth in the angelic world even as there is in this, but under very different conditions. The sexual organs on earth represent sacred functions in Heaven. In the spiritual world, vivid formulation is an absolute necessity of possession. If you can vividly formulate the image of what you desire and bring it to you, it becomes as real, hard and firm as a table in the material world; that is, if the object possess such properties; but if you grasp after it, it will vanish from your sight. Most people who die live in a strange, dreamy, vanishing world. If a spirit is not of my vibration, he cannot see me nor my surroundings. QUOTATIONS FROM LETTERS 181
3You cannot understand now, but you will, the wonderful state of being where all are one and yet are individual. To become one with these legions of the blest is to give the soul to Ra. In the spiritual world you will find great brotherhoods of music, medicine, astrology, etc., Each has a head supreme in the particular vocation represented by the brotherhood. Over all is a supreme, priestly power who does not dictate but counsels. A tone arouses vast legions of life, when the particular vibration of their life is sounded. They take form and act as servants of the potency that can arouse them. For a soul to be immortal, there must be something immortal and vital in his internal mind, for his atoms to revolve about; a principle of justice, and love. This is the axiom of immortality. Only the angels of the sun return to the sun. What you truly expect will be your destiny. Curses are elliptical in their orbit, when the curse is heavier than the crime. Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar s and unto God that which is God’s. Only as you learn to do that, can you be just, and only when just, can curses or blessings be rightfully administered. A soul is true when performing its functions. All of the races that have thought of beauty have left the potency of their ideas in the astral light and become a fecund cause of its extemalization.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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