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1The conflicting theories of Buddhistic Theosophy on the one hand, and Spiritualism on the other, regarding the nature and source of those invisible forces which produce the various kinds of phenom¬ ena known to modem spiritualism, have given rise to much perplexity in the minds of many earnest truth seekers. The spiritualist, as a rule, affirms that such phenomena are due wholly to the action of disem¬ bodied human souls (many advanced spiritualists now freely admit the possibility of other intelligences than those of humanity controlling mediums); while the Theosophist utterlv denies the possibility of such a course (except in the case of his Mahatmas, or with vicious human elementaries), and asserts that all the various forms and phases of spiritualistic phenomena are produced by one or more of the follow¬ ing agencies, either singly or combined: I. Elemental spirits, termed spooks. II. Human elementaries (the lost souls of depraved mortals). iy Google 82 THE LIGHT OF EGYPT III. Disembodied shells (the lifeless forms of disembodied mortals). IV. The mesmeric influence of living individuals. The actual truth is midway between these two extremes.
2It is, indeed, a most glorious fact that disembodied human souls can and do return and commune through various mediumistic natures with embodied humanity. Still, the action of these souls is chiefly con¬ fined to, and manifested upon, the impressional and inspirational planes of mediumship. In so far the spiritualist is correct. There is, however, much truth, together with much that is false, in the Theosophist’s theory. Let us, therefore, consider the agencies just mentioned, and in the order given.
3I. Elemental spirits, termed spooks. There are innumerable classes and species of impersonal elementals in the various rounds and spaces, but only three classes have any influence upon mediums and spiritual¬ istic phenomena. The first and lowest in the scale of intelligence, is the class of cosmic elementals, generated in the four realms of Occult¬ ism;—Fire, Earth, Air and Water. These creatures cannot deceive the medium. They are incapable of personating or imitating anything beyond themselves, unless they are impelled to do so by the medium’s internal desire for such deception. In this case they may obey the im¬ pulse of the medium’s mind. As they are completely subjective to the human will, they possess no real individuality of their own. When psychically directed, they simply are the blind forces of Nature, either active or latent according to magnetic conditions, and, there¬ fore, would be correctly designated as the undeveloped mind of mat¬ ter. The second class in the scale of intelligence is the Animal Ele¬ mentals. These beings are the souls of animal forms of life under¬ going the magnetic cycle of their impersonal existence within the astral spaces of the “Anima Animalis.” When any animal dies upon the earth, it undergoes another cycle of life within the karmic spaces of its kind in the astral world. Here it evolves the forces and con¬ ditions to be utilized for its next incarnation. These souls, if we may call them such, especially those of domesticated animals, frequently become attached to human beings on earth with whom they have some peculiar magnetic affinity, or to whom they become attached during their external life. It is these beings that become the innocent in¬ struments of fraud. They respond to the desires of the medium or to the secret wish of the circle or those who consult the medium. Under
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 conflicting theories of Buddhistic Theosophy on the one hand, and Spiritualism on the other, regarding the nature and source of those invisible forces which produce the various kinds of phenom¬ ena known to modem spiritualism, have given rise to much perplexity in the minds of many earnest truth seekers. The spiritualist, as a rule, affirms that such phenomena are due wholly to the action of disem¬ bodied human souls (many advanced spiritualists now freely admit the possibility of other intelligences than those of humanity controlling mediums); while the Theosophist utterlv denies the possibility of such a course (except in the case of his Mahatmas, or with vicious human elementaries), and asserts that all the various forms and phases of spiritualistic phenomena are produced by one or more of the follow¬ ing agencies, either singly or combined: I. Elemental spirits, termed spooks. II. Human elementaries (the lost souls of depraved mortals). iy Google 82 THE LIGHT OF EGYPT III. Disembodied shells (the lifeless forms of disembodied mortals). IV. The mesmeric influence of living individuals. The actual truth is midway between these two extremes.
2It is, indeed, a most glorious fact that disembodied human souls can and do return and commune through various mediumistic natures with embodied humanity. Still, the action of these souls is chiefly con¬ fined to, and manifested upon, the impressional and inspirational planes of mediumship. In so far the spiritualist is correct. There is, however, much truth, together with much that is false, in the Theosophist’s theory. Let us, therefore, consider the agencies just mentioned, and in the order given.
3I. Elemental spirits, termed spooks. There are innumerable classes and species of impersonal elementals in the various rounds and spaces, but only three classes have any influence upon mediums and spiritual¬ istic phenomena. The first and lowest in the scale of intelligence, is the class of cosmic elementals, generated in the four realms of Occult¬ ism;—Fire, Earth, Air and Water. These creatures cannot deceive the medium. They are incapable of personating or imitating anything beyond themselves, unless they are impelled to do so by the medium’s internal desire for such deception. In this case they may obey the im¬ pulse of the medium’s mind. As they are completely subjective to the human will, they possess no real individuality of their own. When psychically directed, they simply are the blind forces of Nature, either active or latent according to magnetic conditions, and, there¬ fore, would be correctly designated as the undeveloped mind of mat¬ ter. The second class in the scale of intelligence is the Animal Ele¬ mentals. These beings are the souls of animal forms of life under¬ going the magnetic cycle of their impersonal existence within the astral spaces of the “Anima Animalis.” When any animal dies upon the earth, it undergoes another cycle of life within the karmic spaces of its kind in the astral world. Here it evolves the forces and con¬ ditions to be utilized for its next incarnation. These souls, if we may call them such, especially those of domesticated animals, frequently become attached to human beings on earth with whom they have some peculiar magnetic affinity, or to whom they become attached during their external life. It is these beings that become the innocent in¬ struments of fraud. They respond to the desires of the medium or to the secret wish of the circle or those who consult the medium. Under
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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