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VOL 6 OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA MARCH, 1917 NO. 5
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WE ARE told in the gospels whichrelate the story of the
ChristianMystic Initiation, how on the nightwhen Christ had
partaken of the LastSupper with His disciples, His min-istry being
finished at that time, He rose from the tableand girded Himself
with a towel, then He poured waterinto a basin and commenced to
wash His disciples feet,an act of the most humble service, but
prompted by animportant occult consideration.
Comparatively few realize that when we rise in thescale of
evolution we do so by trampling upon the bod-ies of our weaker
brothers, consciously or unconsciouslywe crush them and use them as
stepping stones to attainour own ends. This assertion holds good
concerning allthe kingdoms in nature. When a life-wave has
beenbrought down to the nadir of involution and encrusted ina
mineral form, that is immediately seized upon byanother slightly
higher life-wave, which takes the disin-tegrating mineral crystal,
adapts it to its own ends ascrystalloid and assimilates it as part
of a plant form. Ifthere were no minerals which could thus be
seized upon,disintegrated and transformed, plant-life would be
animpossibility. Then again, the plant-forms are taken bynumerous
classes of animals, masticated to a pulp,devoured and made to serve
as food for a higher king-dom. If there were no plants, animals
would be an impos-sibility. The same principle holds good in the
spiritualevolution for if there were no pupils standing on thelower
round of the ladder of knowledge and requiringinstruction, there
would be no room for a teacher. Buthere there is one all-important
difference. The Teachergrows by giving to his pupils and serving
them. Upontheir shoulders he steps to a higher rung on the ladder
ofknowledge. He lifts himself by lifting them, but, never-theless,
he owes them a debt of gratitude, which is sym-bolically
acknowledged and liquidated by the foot-wash-ingan act of humble
service to those who have servedhim.
When we realize that nature, which is the expressionof God, is
continually exerting itself to create and bringforth, we may also
understand that whoever kills any-
thing, be it ever so little and seemingly insignificant, is
tothat extent thwarting Gods purpose. This applies partic-ularly to
the aspirant to the higher life and therefore theChrist exhorted
His disciples to be wise as the serpentsbut harmless as doves
notwithstanding. But no matterhow earnest our desire to follow the
precept of harmless-ness, our constitutional tendencies and
necessities forceus to kill at every moment of our lives, and it is
not onlyin the great things that we are constantly
committingmurder. It was comparatively easy for the seeking
soul,symbolized by Parsifal, to break the bow wherewith hehad shot
the swan of the Grail-knights when it had beenexplained to him what
a wrong he had committed. Fromthat time Parsifal was committed to
the life of harmless-ness, so far as the great things are
concerned. All earnestaspirants follow him readily in that act once
it hasdawned upon them how subversive of soul-growth is thepractice
of partaking of food which requires the death ofan animal. But even
the noblest and most gentle amongmankind is poisoning those about
him with every breath,and being poisoned by them in turn, for all
exhale thepoisonous death-dealing carbon dioxide and we
aretherefore a menace to one another. Nor is this a far-fetched
idea; it is a very real danger which will becomemuch more manifest
in course of time when mankindbecomes more sensitive. In a disabled
submarine, orunder similar conditions where a number of people
aretogether, the carbon dioxide exhaled by them quicklymakes the
atmosphere unable to sustain life. There is astory from the Indian
mutiny of how a number of Englishprisoners were huddled into a room
in which there wasonly one small opening for air. In a very short
time theoxygen was exhausted and the poor prisoners began tofight
one another like beasts in order to obtain a placenear that air
inlet until all had died from the struggle andasphyxiation. The
same principle is illustrated in theancient Atlantean Mystery
Temple, the Tabernacle in theWilderness, where we find a nauseating
stench and a suf-focating smoke ascending from the Altar of
BurntOffering, where the poison-laden bodies of the
unwillingvictims sacrificed for sin were consumed and where
thelight shone but dimly through the enveloping smoke.
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This we may contrast with the light which emanatedclear and
bright from the seven-branched candlestick,fed by the olive oil
extracted from the chaste plant andwhere the incense symbolizing
the willing service ofdevoted priests rose to heaven as a sweet
savor which, aswe are told in many places, were pleasing to Deity,
whilethe blood of the unwilling victims, the bulls and thegoats,
were a source of grief and annoyance to God, Whodelights mostly in
the sacrifice of prayer, which helps thedevotee and harms no
one.
It has been stated concerning some of the saints thatthey
emitted a sweet odor and as we have often had occa-sion to say,
this is no mere fanciful story, it is an occultfact. The great
majority of mankind inhale during everymoment of life the
vitalizing oxygen contained in thesurrounding atmosphere and at
every expiration weexhale a charge of carbon dioxide, which is a
deadly poi-son and would certainly vitiate the air in time if the
pureand chaste plant did not inhale this poison, separate itfrom
the oxygen, use it to build bodies that last some-times for many
centuries or even millennia, as instancedin the Redwoods of
California, and give us back the pureoxygen we need for our life.
And these carboniferousplant-bodies, by certain further processes
of nature, havein the past become immineralized and turned to
stone,instead of disintegrating. We find them today as coal,
theimperishable philosophers stone made by natural meansin Natures
laboratory. But this philosophers stone mayalso be made
artificially by man from his own body. Itshould be understood once
and for all that the philoso-phers stone is not made in an exterior
chemical labora-tory, but that the body is the work-shop of the
Spirit andcontains all the elements necessary to produce this
elixir-vitae, and that this philosophers stone is not exterior
tothe body, but the alchemist himself becomes the philoso-phers
stone. The salt, sulphur, and mercury emblemati-cally contained in
the three segments of the spinal cord,which controls the
sympathetic, motor, and sensory nervesand are played upon by the
Neptunian spinal spirit fire,constitute the essential elements in
the alchemical process.
It needs no argument to show that indulgence in sen-suality,
brutality, and bestiality makes the body coarse.Contrariwise,
devotion to Deity, an attitude of perpetualprayer, a feeling of
love and compassion for all that livesand moves, the loving thought
sent out to all beings andthose inevitably received in return, all
invariably havethe effect of refining and spiritualizing the
nature. Wespeak of a person of that nature as breathing or
radiat-ing love, an expression which much more nearlydescribes the
actual fact than most people imagine, for asa matter of actual
occult observation the percentage ofpoison contained in the breath
of an individual is in exact
proportion to the nature of his inner life and the thoughtshe
thinks. The Hindu Yogi makes a practice of sealingthe candidate for
a certain grade of Initiation in a cavewhich is not much larger
than his body. There he mustlive for a number of weeks breathing
the same air overand over again to demonstrate practically that he
hasceased exhaling the death-dealing carbon dioxide and isbeginning
to build his body therefrom. This then is not abody of the same
nature as the plant, though it is pure andchaste, but is a
celestial body such as that whereof St.Paul speaks in the 5th
chapter of Second Corinthians, abody which becomes immortal as a
diamond or a rubystone. It is not hard and inflexible as the
mineral, it is asoft diamond (or ruby) and by every act of the
naturedescribed the Christian Mystic is building this body,though
he is probably unconscious thereof for a longtime. When he has
attained to that degree of holiness, it isnot necessary for him to
perform the footwashing so far asthe physical pupil is concerned
that helps him to rise, buthe will always have the feeling of
gratitude symbolized bythat act toward those whom he is fortunate
enough toattract to himself as disciples, that he may give unto
themthe living bread which nourisheth them to immortality.
Students will realize that this is part of the processwhich
eventually culminates in the Transfiguration, but itshould also be
realized that in the Christian MysticInitiation there are no set
and definite degrees. TheCandidate looks to the Christ as the
author and finisherof his faith, seeking to imitate Him and follow
in Hissteps through every moment of existence. Thus the vari-ous
stages which we are considering are reached byprocesses of
soul-growth which simultaneously bringhim to higher stages in all
the steps that we are now ana-lyzing. In this respect the Christian
Mystic Initiation dif-fers radically from the processes in vogue
among theRosicrucians where an understanding on the part of
thecandidate of that which is to take place is
consideredindispensable. But there comes a time at which
theChristian Mystic must and does realize the path beforehim and
that is what constitutes Gethsemane, which wewill consider in the
next issue.
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but children are unsolved problems! They have come totheir
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and evil tendencies suppressed. Therefore wewill give each month a
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IDREAMT that I seemed to be a prisoner in a housewhere there
were many others. The guards were verycruel and seemed to have
taken a special dislike tome, torturing me whenever possible. I was
knockeddown and otherwise mistreated and a guard kept over meto
prevent me leaving the house. One day I escaped hun-gry and utterly
exhausted. Even the fruits I picked to eatwere bitter; the fence
was made of swords and it seemedimpossible to climb it. But taking
a companion in miseryby the hand, I gave one jump and both of us
seemed tofly over the fence. The rest did not miss us, they
weremore interested in themselves and begging the guards tobe
lenient, to give them food and drink to keep themfrom
starvation.
We walked a little distance when we met a small child.She asked
where we were going. My answer was that Iwas seeking rest and quiet
and wanted to go far awaywhere there was no trouble.With a childs
look of entiretrust and confidence, she pointed to a number of
houseson a hillsaying My Father can help youhe knowseverything, and
so we were led by this little child to alarge group of buildings on
a hill, looking somewhat likea monastery. A broad flight of steps
led upward to a wideporch, grapevines covered it and large bunches
of grapeshung in strangely transparent bunches. It seemed as if
alight were back of themto the taste they were verysweet and
refreshing.
As we hesitated, an old white-bearded man came tothe door; the
lighted face with its transparency andbright eyes seemed to glow
and shine with a pure whitelight. The eyes were a dark blue black
and looked kindlydown at me.
My companion had left me and taking my hand, thevenerable man
said: Child, you want peace, yet peace iswithin you. You want rest
and rest is all about you. Youknow and yet have come for help. Dont
you know thatIn my Fathers house are many mansions? You mustseek,
not by books, but by practice.
He talked long and lovingly, then as he bade meGodspeed, he
again repeated these directions. Child ofthe World; go! Seek near
and far among my FathersMansions. You will learn much and when you
havegained the right, you will be admitted into the place ofpeace,
where sorrow teaches its lessons in the way Godintended. The House
of Soul Rest you will find, but learnwell each lesson as it comes,
and may God speed you andcare for you in your search. Turning to
the broad pathpointed out before me, full of obstacles and trials,
I
looked back. The face again beamed only more, if thatwere
possible, and the hands stretched forth in a blessingas I started
on my way.
One by one I surmounted the obstacles in my path andtriumphantly
pushed onward. Miles flew by, buildingsappeared and disappeared,
trains rushed by and there wasmuch noise and confusion around
me.
Something seemed to push me into a large building,open at the
sides, where people in all stages of grief andtrouble seemed to be.
Some were sobbing, others cryingout in agony. Some had hands and
arms torn and bleed-ing. Some were on crutches and still others had
limbspartly torn off and hanging. Crushed faces and smallbabies in
spasms added their note to the picture of pain.In all the crowd I
could only see one who seemed to un-derstand the grief of the rest;
all others seemed to becursing their own particular suffering.
Stooping to speak to a tiny child and quiet it, I saw apair of
pensive blue eyes watching me. The mouth wasdrawn in pain yet no
word came of complaint, just resig-nation, the eyes spoke and going
over I discovered thatboth his limbs were off, so I stayed with
him.
I must have slept a little for I remember getting up andgoing to
another building that glistened like white mar-ble. Where before
had been confusion and trouble, nowwas quiet and resignation.
Smiling faces were every-where I searched for the child and the
man. The whiteglistening building was ablaze with golden light, but
nei-ther the child nor the man could be found.
Then I went through a door and saw written in largeletters of
yellow light House of Soul Rest and Peace,and sinking down on the
white cushions, I watched theplay of colors that came and went
through the room. Thegolden light was everywhere; the white gleamed
andglistened all around me. My body was filled with rest, Iseemed
to sink in the cushions and feel rest pour all overme; at last my
soul was content and had found its peace.After so long a time and
so many struggles, as my friendhad said, I had found peace and
content. Affairs of earthwere forgotten. I wanted to stay there
always, in thissupreme happiness that was mine. Nothing
mattered,only that I stay in this House of Soul Rest and Peaceand
experience this supreme content and happinessalwaystruly, I had
found soul rest and peace here.
But then I remembered the child and the man, I sawagain the
house of tears and agony, I heard again themoan of the maimed, and
I burned with shame andhumiliation at the thought of having
deserted my suffer-
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ing brother to seek my own ease and peace. So I fled the House
of Soul Rest, vowing never to
return till I had found my brother and brought him also. Then I
woke from the dream within the dream, I sat
again by the man and the child and I recognized them asthe
little child that had led me, and the Father who hadtaught me.
Again he smiled, and his face lighted when hesaid:
My daughter, you have learned one secret of the path
to the House of Soul Rest. It cannot be enjoyed in soli-tude,
and I will tell you another, every wail in the worlddetracts from
the pleasure of those within. Seek youtherefore all who are weak
and heavy-laden and try tobring them rest, for in so doing you will
find the only trueand lasting peace.
And as I woke there fell from my lips the vow; I willstrive
first to show my brothers the path to peace, and inGods good time I
shall follow.
New York chap the way you do! You jest throw yourselfin his way,
hangin out here over the gate until he cumsalongthen you make
excuses to slip down the roadafter him! Ive seen it lots of times
an Ive tried to keepMa from guessin fer I didnt want you
scoldedbutbless me ef I aint a gettin tired of it myself!
Sarah Thomas stood by the stile until he vanishedbehind the
barn, then glancing furtively back in the direc-tion of the
milk-house she quietly slipped over the barsand walked rapidly down
the hill road.
I cant help it! she murmured with a defiant littlethrill in her
consciousness.....a sensation so new to thehungry stifled heart
that it was given ungrudging lodge-ment within. When she reached a
point where the curveof the hill hid the house from view she turned
aside intoa meadow which bordered the road. The tall grassswathed
her feet and lay in long ribbons behind her. Asmall serpent flashed
across her path. When she reachedher favorite view-point, a large
flat rock deep in themeadow overlooking the creek and the distant
hills shesat down and waited.
I cant help it! she repeated. I do love himand Ihate Tom
Gregory! Marozia Remington, my turn is com-ing now! Many
conflicting emotions stirred her-envy,jealousy, hatredbut the
fascination of the spell whichforces from the Desire World were
weaving predominat-ed. She glanced hastily around.
Why doesnt he come? I told him to meet me here!He didnt say he
would but I should think he would whenhe can see how I love him!
She waited until her stolentime had reached its limit, then she
walked slowly backto the road with a sickening consciousness of
shame anddisappointment. She quickened her pace when she sud-
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ACLEAR baritone voice rang out in crude mock-ing recitative to
the accompaniment of mellowcow-bells: So boyso boyeasy there,
Sorrel-top!
For its all in a life-time, my Polly Ann! So tweedle-dum and
tweedle-dee! The fairest lass to the bravest man (So boyso boy)
Whoa there, Nancy Jane! Spose you git inter the path! Wellwell, I
never saw
such ca-ows! The lane was narrow, its elder-bush border
infringed
on the deviating cow-paththe cows were erratic intheir
movementstwilight was falling and Tom tried toaccelerate the
plodding march of the herd toward thecow-sheds. Possibly cows have
moods! However, theyhad strayed and explored the utmost limits of
their littleworld today and Tom was late with his milking. Againhis
rich untrained voice sang bits of song, sentimentaland pathetic
interspersed with doggerel and foolish jar-gon, while his jolly
sunburned face twitched with littlesmirking grimaces as he paused
between the lines to call,So boyso boy to the erratic kine.
Wellwell, bless me Sally! I was jest a thinkin ofyou an ef you
aint a waitin fer me!
Im not waiting for you, Tom Gregory! O, I aint the lucky chap
then! I didnt think youd
treat a feller that waybless me ef I did! Sarah Thomascrimsoned
with rage and shamewith rage against theworld in general and Tom in
particular. With shamebecause of what was in her heart. His voice
lowered andthe tone of quizzical banter merged into tender
entreaty:
Sally, you know that I care more for you than any-thing else an
I dont like to see you hang-in round thet
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denly heard approaching horse hoofs and caught sight ofa figure
rounding a curve in the road. A nonchalant voicecalled out:
Ah Sarah, how dejected you look! Has anything hap-pened to Tom?
No mockery could have fallen morecrushingly upon a heart, yet she
was dimly consciousthat she deserved it. Unsophisticated as she
was, herinnate pride came to the rescue.
Good evening, Mr. Rathburn! she said in a strainedvoice and
would have passed on. He fancied he saw a lit-tle amusement for
future days of boredom when com-pelled to pass them in this little
hamlet. So he halted andchanged his manner to one of assumed
interest.
In a hurry, Sarah? An appointment with Tom or hismother?
My appointment was with youbut you seem tohave forgotten it, Mr.
Rathburn! She was not sophisti-cated enough to cherish resentment,
or let pride have avery long leash.
So I didah, pardon my negligence, my rustic maid!There was
mockery in his tone but she did not notice.
I suppose you were up at the Remingtons, so natural-ly you
forgot! A stab of jealous hatred accompanied thewords. He smiled
curiously.
And if I were? O of course you have a right to go where you
please
butBut what? She grew confused. She was not used to parrying
and
thrusting. Societys little fencing methods were allunknown to
her and as usual in such cases her mind wastransparent. Like the
average man of the world he seizedthe opportunity to amuse himself
further.
By the way, Sarah, you are improving rapidly! In factyou are
growing quite pretty! Do you work hard nowa-days?
Yes. How would you like to live in a nice home where you
wouldnt have to work hardjust assist in the lighterwork? Im
going to buy a place soon and put Mrs. Reedin as housekeeper. Would
you like to be her assistant?The girls eyes sparkled with
pleasure.
O, I should love it so much! You asked if I had been to the
Villa. I just came from
therehad business with Mr. Remington. He looks asthough he
wouldnt last long! Lucks going against himall round!
Two little entities just then clamored for admission toSarahs
brain. One was a malicious imp who grinnedfiendishly behind her
eyes when it secured entrance. Iturged her to rejoice in the
prospective downfall of animaginary enemy. It pointed Marozia
Remington out as
the enemy. The momentary flash of exultant triumphrevealed its
presence to Claude Rathburn. It betrayed anugly side to the
hitherto simple rustic maid. It acted asa palliative to an accusing
conscienceas a palliativewould act, for his conscience never
troubled him. It hadbeen put to sleep long ago. He was beginning to
feel adisgusted contempt mingled with amusement when theother
entity prevailed momentarily. This one awoke abetter emotionone of
pitynot for Marozia, but herfather. She exclaimed feelingly:
Poor Master! I used to like him! He was such ateacher tooI never
saw one like him! He helped me sothat terrible time when father
took me from school to putme on the farm! I only lacked one year
and I did want tofinish so I could teach. Mr. Remington helped me
out ofschool hours with my geometry and Latinbut it was ofno use!
Father said it spoiled women to be educatedsoI was sent to Mrs.
Gregory!
Well you need not stay there long! His tone was indifferent. He
tried momentarily to feel
the former amused interest, but in vain. He had seen thevulgar
streak in her nature which reduced the possibleplaything of an hour
to a commonplace virago in themaking. The look of triumph on her
face quickly gaveplace to one of frightened dismay as she heard
Tomswhistle in the distance.
O I must hurry back to the milk-house or Mrs.Gregory will miss
me, then
Then she would send Tom on your trail, I suppose! O worse than
thatshe might come herself! An amused smile crossed his face. I
have a vision of herspectacles, sunbonnet, nose
and all the other accessories sailing down the road
afteryou!
Wellit wouldnt be any laughing matter I can tellyou! Butwhen
shall I come again, Mr. Rathburn?
O dont trouble yourself, Sarah! You know Im apretty busy man
nowadayshave several irons in thefire in fact! Noticing her look of
disappointment headded quickly:
Just come whenever you feel like it and if I happen tobe here
all right! If notTom might do
I wish you wouldnt say those things, Mr. Rathburn!You know I
hate Tom Gregory!
Well, its all right, SarahI was only teasing you!The smile which
accompanied the words restored sun-shine to her unsophisticated
heart. As she fled up the roadshe felt suddenly lifted out of her
wretchedly common-place existence. A touch of romance had entered
her lifeof sordid drudgery. All nature seemed to sympathize withher
gladness and the tall grass by the roadside whichtouched her gown
swayed as if with rapture.
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Tom was at the stile and smiled meaningly as shepassed. There
was misery and pathos in the smile.
Look here, SallyMas in the milk-room waitin feryou! Youd better
hurry up!
She felt a sudden defiance of fate, a sort of wild dar-ing which
made her reckless of consequences. Like awounded animal Tom turned
away and crawled up to hisloft in the barn.
Claude Rathburn rode disdainfully over the dusty roadto the
village and muttered in disgust:
Hang itbut I hate this sleepy old burg and every-thing in it
except......Well I suppose Ill have to endure itfor the sake
ofresults!
CHAPTER IX Marozia was in a strange state of mind during the
days
which followed. Her problems suddenly seemed unsolv-able by any
key which she possessed. The strange influ-ence of that night at
the party remained with her, try asshe would to dispel it. The
spell so subtilely wovenreflected itself in her mental nature and
she was doublytormented. She could not banish the memory of that
onemoment, when she felt the basilisk eyes upon her. Attimes she
was conscious only of deep loathing and scornfor the man who had
acquired this unaccountable in-fluence over her. Then again in a
flash the irresistiblecoils were woven around her senses. She was
dumb withthe horror and the mystery of it.
A month passed during which there were numeroussocial events in
which Claude Rathburn figured promi-nently. He was Marozias
shadowtry as she would shecould not escape him. Then suddenly her
popularitybegan to wane. She had been the life of every social
gath-eringher brightness and originality, her piquancy andquaint
humor won for her admiration and a certain fol-lowing. She
possessed great magnetic charm and withher strength and poise there
was an irresistible sweetnessand grace of soul. Claude Rathburn now
was desperate-ly in love with her and resolved that nothing should
standin the way of his efforts to win her for his bride. But
pop-ularity is as evanescent as fame and honor. It dependsupon so
many contingencies. She did not change, but thewhims of her
acquaintances did. They were in her esti-mation merely
acquaintancesnot friends. Friendship istoo sacred a name to apply
to the fungus growths whichspring up in a day to wither as quickly.
Jealousy was theunderlying motive in the recently waning
popularity. Itwas decided at the tea cup meetings that the other
girlsstood no chance whatever while Marozia was so much inevidence,
so she must be suppressed. The Watsons tookthe initiative by
getting up an excursion to Otsego Lakeand leaving her out. It was a
daring thing to do in that lit-
tle community, but they did not look far aheadtheywere incapable
of that expenditure of mental energy.They congratulated themselves
upon the master strokeand planned a coup detat in which wealth and
excessivefashion display would play a prominent partClaudeRathburn
to be the prize.
On the morning of the eventful day from which theeligibles hoped
so much, Marozia was sitting aloneupon her rock in the meadow, in
deep meditation. Asusual of late her mind was focused upon her
many-sideddifficulties. What shall I do? she exclaimed aloud,after
looking at the situation from every angle. A voice ather side
answered:
I will tell you if you will listen! I can give you theRosetta
stone which will enable you to solve lifesstrange hieroglyphics!
Otherwise you will grope invain! Startled beyond measure she looked
in the direc-tion of the voice and beheld Claude Rathburn.
Springingquickly to her feet she exclaimed in dismay:
I thought you had gone with the party! Do you think I would go
without you? When at the
last moment I learned that you were not to be of the partyI
simply vanished! She put up her hands to shut outthose terrible
eyes but he seized them.
Marozia, you know I love you beyond anything!Why do you seek to
avoid me? It will do no goodyoumust be my wife!
Never-never! He compelled her to look at him andas he fixed his
eyes upon her face she again wavered.
Marozia? The name was breathed in a low sibilantwhisper.
Marozia? he repeated. Still she did not answer butthe spell was
creeping over her again and while shelonged to escape she felt
powerless to move.
Will you be my wife? The tone was more a com-mand than an
entreaty.
Noa thousand times no! Still his eyes were fixedon hers and she
grew faint.
Forgive me! I hardly know what I am saying, butYes, I
understand! You are excited but I know what
your heart would say! You love me, only your mind is sodominant
that it will not give the heart a chance to speak!Let it speak now
and you will not regret it! With a vio-lent effort she wrenched her
hands loose and turned awayher eyes.
I do not love youI abhor you! Leave me at once!Again she lifted
her eyes to his face and felt her holdupon her will relaxing. Then
a doubt of herself seizedher. Did intellect war with the heart and
its rights? Was shetoo intellectual to love? Did her dominant mind
hold herback from possible happiness? Again his voice pleaded:
Love alone satisfies! The heart, not the mind should
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be the deciding voice! Your mentality is too imperious toyield
to its rightful sovereign! She felt herself yielding.again to the
spellthe strange spell creeping over her.
Marozia will you be my wife? she heard him pleadin low magnetic
tones. His eyes gleamed with a kind ofsubtile triumph. He made an
effort to draw her towardhim and again she wrenched herself free.
Pressing herhands over her eyes she recovered her poise.
Nonoa thousand times no! she repeated asbefore. The effort of
will released the spell and eachword acted as a tonic to her
resolution. A queer expres-sion crossed his face in which a close
observer mighthave descried baffled rage and chagrin. She dared
notlook into his face again. As she hastened up the greenlane she
felt as the rose might feel after some slimy thinghad crawled over
its sweet white heart. She longed toescape to rub out the stain
left upon her lily-white con-sciousness. She knewchildwoman as she
was thatlove would leave no such blightthat a high pure naturewould
not leave that impress upon hers. She heard himcall after her:
Marozia! His voice was close at hand. If you imagine that I
abandon a purpose as coolly as
this you mistake my nature! I never will give you up! Please
leave me, she entreated, I only wish to forget!Your words are a
confession! They imply that there is
something to forget! A wave of shame crimsoned her face.NoI
could not love you and I would not marry
unless I could love with all my heart and soul! By all the
Powers that be, you shall love me thus! he
cried with startling vehemence. I will notI would not if I
couldit would kill me!
Even while she spoke she dreaded lest the spell return. Then you
have trifled with me, Marozia Remington,
and you shall pay for it! She had suddenly lost the sweetmorning
freshness out of her life.
Was it thus that Eve felt after the serpent left her?she
queried. Yet what have I done to deserve this feel-ing of guilt?
Nothing consciously, yet everything seemschanged!
Later she knew why. When she understood more fullythe teaching
of the Mystery School she knew that therewere several kinds of
vampires. Today she did not knowhow the ethers of the vital body
can be used to servesome base and selfish end and the mystery of
the experi-ence terrified her.
Day by day her perplexities deepened and her fathergrew more
silent, more troubled. He had not been idlebut effort had been
futile. There were too many oddsagainst him. The one thing which
gave him a ray of com-fort was the attitude of Marozia toward
Claude Rathburn.It harmonized with his own inner impression. He
felt
intuitively that no happiness could result to Maroziathrough
such a union. He knew that she needed far moreof loving loyalty and
truth than the average girl, for shewould give more. With her
bright, keen mind, her deepanalytical nature, and her artistic
temperament she wasvery rich in possibilities. Few men could come
up to herexalted standard, but happy would be the man who couldbe
her knight! Her standards were not arbitrarily imposedfrom
withoutlike the conventions of societybutwere inherent in her own
sublime nature. They grew outof her inner convictions and were
formed from the sub-stance of the plane wherein her consciousness
wasfocused. Her convictions were a part of her. Materialisticand
mercenary calculations ever were most repulsive toher, yet this was
the aspect which colored all ClaudeRathburns thought. He surrounded
himself with an aurathrough which high and lofty thought never
could filter.At this stage she had not reasoned it out, but
instinctive-ly felt the inharmony between them. Yet all pressure
wasbeing brought to bear from every plane to bring her lifeinto
union with his.
While Ralph Remington noted with approval the atti-tude of his
child toward Claude Rathburn, he awaited thecrisis in his
affairs.
(To be continued)
RECOLLECTIONS OF A PAST LIFE C. W. Stiles
I have a friend living near me here in Porto Rico whohas a very
interesting life, although she is still young.She has lived all
over the world; spent all her early yearsin the Far East, eight of
which were passed in an UrsulineConvent in Java as a nun; then she
went across the Pacificto New York, and finally came to rest on
this island.
One experience she tells something like this: When I was about
ten years old I was sent to the nuns
in Singapore to be educated. The first time I entered
theCatholic church there I saw hanging on the wall a largepicture
representing a man tied to a tree and being lashedwith a knotted
rope by another man. The man doing thebeating was evidently a Roman
in authority. His wife wassitting on a chair at a short distance
and two children, aboy and a girl were standing one on either side
of her.
The moment my eyes fell on the picture, anotherscene, much more
vivid came back to me; and I distinct-ly recalled a day when just
such a criminal (if he was acriminal), was brought to our house by
a great crowd ofpeople. As soon as my father left the house my
motherfollowed him as did my brother and myself.
Outside the gate the man was tied to a big tree andmy father
lashed him. I well remember the cry formercy which escaped from my
mothers lips, at the
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sound of which my father stopped for a moment, turnedaround and
ordered a chair to be brought for her as shewas about to faint. As
soon as she sat down I buried myface in her lap and can not
remember any more.
I told the nuns that that picture represented my par-ents, my
brother and me, but that I should have beenpainted with my face
buried in my mothers lap.
They carefully explained to me that my idea was
quite impossible for the picture represented St. Paul
per-secuting the Christians before his conversion
toChristianity.
I also was puzzled, because my father and mother inthe picture
looked different from what I recollected them,but for all I could
not explain, I knew the little girl in thepicture was my own self,
and the others my parents andbrother whom I distinctly
remembered.
yet on the form side of the manifesting seven worlds wehave four
divisions, four vehicles, a threefold body and amind. The Cosmo
teaches us that three Hierarchies werebrought over from a previous
manifestation to finishtheir evolution in our scheme, and these
same three havenow in the Earth Period charge of the three aspects
ofourselves, viz.the Divine, Life, and Human Spirit. Wenote that we
are the fourth life wave in our presentscheme to become conscious
and thereby check theplunge into matter. We are also taught that
there were inaddition to these seven mentioned life-waves five
morewhich had passed into liberationwho could gain noth-ing by a
further manifestation and only remained to assistus by giving the
necessary spiritual impulses to help usto awaken the three-fold
Spirit. Thus we see that whilewe have twelve colorsfive of which
are invisible tophysical visionand twelve orifices to the
bodyfiveof which are closedthere are just as surely twelve tonesto
the octave, seven of which constitute the Virgin scale,with the
interspersing of five more to give us the simplechromatic scale
from which all the heavenly themescome which bring to the Ego the
message from itsHome and speak to it in a language which no pen
norcanvas can equal.
With the help of the accompanying diagram let us nowdivide the
musical scale into the proper divisions relativeto the scheme of
Evolution as outlined in the Cosmo. Inthe world of God there are
two Hierarchies which gavesome assistance to usthe nature of which
is not yetrevealedand then withdrew into liberation. These areAries
and TaurusD flat and E flat. At the close of theMoon Period the
other three who had remained solely togive us assistance in
awakening the three aspects of theSpirit, withdrew also. These are
Gemini, the SeraphimCancer, the Cherubimand Leo, the Lords of the
Flame.F sharp for Gemini, G sharp for Cancer, and A sharp forLeo.
We have now placed the five Hierarchies which arein liberationtwo
in the World of God and three in theWorld of Virgin Spirits. This
leaves us seven which are
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AS OCCULT mysteries are revealed to us, wereadily grasp the
significant fact that throughoutall the complexities of the World
Wisdom runsan orderly principle. The first thing which is apparent
tostudents is that the Cosmos is built upon the 1-3-5-7-10and 12
aspects. It is non-essential to go into detailregarding these
co-relations, but it is sufficient to saythat the 12 semi-tones of
the octave conform in every de-tail with the cosmic schemein fact
to a bewilderingdegree, because it must be remembered that when
weconsider the building of the octave we are intruding intothe
world of tone, which is the very basis of physicalmanifestation.
The following outline is but a rudimenta-ry one and can only be
considered a foundation for fur-ther study.
Although we have 12 semi-tones to the octave, con-forming with
the 12 months and 12 Hierarchies, etc.,unless we have considered
the musical scale from theoccult point we are confused as to why we
make certaindivisions in the particular places which we do. We
knowthat the human ear is pleased with a limited number ofwhole
tones and then desires a half tone, in building thescale. We cannot
say Do-re-me-fe-se-le-do and bepleased with it, yet it is an
orderly succession of wholetones. The great question is, Why do we
require a half-tone here and there, and what is the significance of
theproper division?
Before going further we must review certain essentialsin the
scheme of Evolution as explained in the Cosmo.We see that God is a
Triune expression of the positivepole of the Supreme Being in
manifestation. Also thatthis triune expression of the Oneness is
capable of aseptenary division, the seven Spirits before the
Throne,which collectively are God. Furthermore, each
planetarySpirit is a trinity capable of a septenary division
also.The Ego is also a threefold Spirit and has emanated fromitself
a threefold body which itguides by means of thelink of mind and
from which a threefold soul will beextracted. It is significant
that we have a threefold spirit,
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in manifestation. We see that there are three Worlds ofwhich the
Virgin Spirit is an integral part and that theDivine Aspect is the
highest, Also, that the three Hierarchiesbrought over to complete
their evolution with us are atpresent in charge of these three
aspects in regular orderof state of being commencing with Virgo. So
the Virginkey of C is the Home-world of the Divine Aspect.
So also the three whole tones of C, D, and E are thekey-notes of
the three aspects of the Spirit and are Virgo,Libra, and Scorpiothe
three life-waves which werebrought over to complete their evolution
in our scheme, andwhich are at present in charge of those same
three aspects.
Now we come to a very significant fact! The three-fold spirit is
going to emanate from itself a three-foldvehicle by means of the
archetypal forces and at a latertime is going to be given a
separate unit of the archetyp-al forces as a mind, a separate
thinking vehicle. Let usparticularly bear in mind that the idea
which emanatesfrom the region of Abstract Thought, the present home
ofthe Ego, and the Thought-form built by it, are dependentupon the
archetypal forces and that all constitute oneWorld. Thus we have a
semi-tone between the HumanSpirit and the concrete region which is
on the form sideof the seven worlds. We note that this same
semi-tonaldivision occurs between Scorpio and Sagittariusthat
is,between the previous scheme and ours. This gives F forthe
key-note of Sagittariusthe Lords of Mindwhogave us a germ of mind
composed of the same material
in which they were human in the Saturn Period. Buildingon we
have G, A, and B for Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pis-ces, respectively
and for the three-fold body. This com-pletes the outline with seven
tones of the Virgin key,three whole tones for the Hierarchies which
werebrought over and for the three aspects of the spirit whichthey
at present have charge of, and four more wholetones for the
life-waves of the present scheme ofEvolution, with a semi-tone
division between the twoschemes of Evolution and also between the
spirit andmatter portions of this present scheme.
The next point to consider is that if we start with thekey of C
and proceed with the trinity we are successive-ly carried through
the keys of 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-flats. Thekey of seven flats being
identical with five sharps carriesus by the same process through
5-4-3-2-1 sharps backinto the key of C. Another very significant
fact is thateach key-note in flats or sharps is the
complementarykey-note of the other on a septenary basis. That is to
say,the key of 1 flat is six sharps2 flats, 5 sharps3 flats,4
sharps4flats, 3 sharps, etc. Now we note that bystarting with the
key of C and proceeding through the flatkeys we bring in
successively the key-note of theHierarchies in the proper order in
which they appeared tohelp us to awaken the three aspects of the
spirit, with theaddition of Aries and Taurus from the World of God.
It issignificant that the key-note is in those who did not
man-ifest, but gave spiritual impulses on1y. On the other hand
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SATURN1b violet 2b
SUN3b violet 4b
MOON5b blue 6b
EARTH7b green-yel 5#
JUPITER4# violet 3#
VENUS2# red 1#
VULCANwhite CWorld
ofGOD
Divine SpiritLife Spirit
Human SpiritConcrete Thought Desire WorldEtheric RegionChemical
Region
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we shall see later that the key-note of the sharps falls onthe
seven tones of the Virgin key in regular order, butwith this
differenceinstead of being spiritual impulsesit will be the
conscious spirit sounding its own key-noteson its three aspects and
four vehicles in regular succes-sion, lifting itself from the nadir
of materiality by spiri-tualizing its vehicles and extracting the
essence of its pil-grimage as a three-fold soul by which to enhance
itself.Thus we see that the flats carry us to the nadir and the
sharpslift us up from this somber depth with the brilliancy of
anawakening soul, to carry us away from the suppression wehave had
to dwell in. Now let us build the seven Periodsof manifestation
into the seven and a third octaves.
At the dawn of our first period of manifestationtheSaturn
Periodthe Lords of Mindhumanity of theSaturn Periodthe Angels,
humanity of the MoonPeriod, and ourselves, Pisces, the newly
differentiatedVirgin Spirits, all have to wait until the proper
conditionsare made for their further development. So at the
verybeginning, Virgo, Libra, and Scorpiothe threeHierarchies
brought over to complete their evolutionwill manifest first. These
are followed by Sagittariushierarchy, the Lords of Mind, who after
recapitulatingtheir previous stages, become human. Thus we start
withthe Virgin key of C for Virgo and sound the key-notes ofLibra
and Scorpio next for the Trinity of Hierarchiesbrought over which
manifest first, and which at the pre-sent Earth Period have charge
of the three aspects of ourspirit. Sagittarius becoming human in
this period soundsthe key of F or one flat.
One point must be clearly fixed in mind before pro-ceeding
further, viz., that the Rulers of the variousPeriods are the fifth
life wave ahead of the humanity ofthe corresponding Period. To
illustrate: In the EarthPeriod the rulership is Scorpio, the Lords
of Form, andthey are the fifth life wave ahead of us. The Moon
Periodwas in charge of Libra, the Lords of Individuality,
fivelife-waves ahead of the Angels, the humanity of thatPeriod. The
same rule applies to the other Periods. To un-derstand the logical
and scientific basis for this we mustremember that the triune
Spirit, having four distinctphases of manifestation, requires a
period to bring outeach one and has the corresponding lifewaves
ahead of itto give the necessary help. As the purpose of the
ruler-ship is primarily to give the necessary impacts thusaffording
the stimuli to lift it upward, it is apparent thatthe ruler should
dwell in one of the Spiritual Worlds.
Thus we see why the Ruler is the fifth ahead, becausethe second,
third, and fourth ahead have a close associa-tion of vehicles.
Consequently, with the sounding of Fthe key-note of the Lords of
Mind, Sagittariuswe bringin one flat, B flat, which is the key-note
of Leo, the Lords
of Flame, who had charge of the Saturn Period. It will benoted
that we have to bring in B flat below the firstoctave, which note
is five ahead of the F sounded for thehumanity of the Saturn
Period, Sagittarius. This gives usone flat for the first half of
the Saturn Period, and startsour manifestation with the three
life-waves brought over,giving the rulership to the lowest of the
five life-waves whohad passed into liberation. This was Leo, the
Lords ofFlame, who started us with a thought-form of a dense
body.
Leaving the 4th globe of the Saturn Period, which isthe globe of
consciousness, we remember that the 5th,6th, and 7th globes will be
devoted to the three aspects ofthe Spirit, so from the key-note of
F the trinity carries usto B flat. Here we have struck the key-note
of the closingportion of the Saturn Period on 2 flats, Leo, the
Lords ofFlame, who gave the necessary Spiritual impulse toawaken
within us the Divine Spirit. Now we note that Bflat was the
rulership of the Saturn Period and that thefirst key of the Saturn
Period was F for the humanity,whereas now the key-note itself falls
on B flat for theSpiritual impulse. So the next lifewave now
becomes theRuler, and C for Virgo, the Lords of Wisdom, is the
Rulerof the Sun Period. (We must not confuse this progressionof
rulership by the manifesting life-waves with theSpiritual
assistance given by those who had passed intoliberation.) From the
key of 2 flats the trinity carries usto 3 flats for the first of
the Sun PeriodE flat forTaurus. The Archangels, Capricorn, are the
humanity ofthis Sun Period, whose key-note is G, and we again
notethat the Ruler is five ahead, viz., Virgo, the Lords ofWisdom.
With the upward arc of the Sun Period the trin-ity carries us from
3 flats to 4 flats, which is A flat. Thisis the key-note of Cancer,
the Cherubim, who at the sixthrevolution gave the necessary
Spiritual impulse to awak-en the Life Spirit. The Angels are the
humanity of theMoon Period, whose key-note is A for Aquarius.
Therulership of the Moon Period was Libra, the Lords
ofIndividuality, whose key-note, it will be remembered, isD, which
is five ahead of this humanity. On the otherhand, the trinity
carries us from 4 flats at the close of theSun Period to five for
the first half of the Moon Period,whose key-note is D flat, Aries,
the other Hierarchy whichis in the World of GodTaurus coming in the
Sun Period.
On the upward arc of the Moon Period after thehumanity of the
Angels on A, the trinity carries us from5 flats to six, and this
being the key-note of Gemini, theSeraphim, we have the necessary
Spiritual impulse givenin the fifth revolution to awaken the Human
Spirit. Wenote that the spiritual impulses for awakening the
aspectsof the Virgin Spirits have all fallen in regular order on
thefive keys which represent the five Hierarchies which arein
liberation, and that now the trinity carries us to B nat-
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ural, Pisces, and the three-fold Spirit, the Ego, comesinto
existence. The key-note for the Earth Period willconsequently be 7
flats or B natural, and the Lords ofForm, Scorpio, have charge of
the Earth Period, whosekey-note is Efive ahead of the humanity of
this periodas in the others. Now the key of seven flats being
identi-cal with five sharps, we have the turning point at thenadir
of materiality. Here we are forcibly reminded of thesignificant
sentence in the Cosmo: When a world hasserved the purpose for which
it came into being, Godceases the activity which sustains that
world and its exis-tence is terminated. We must bear in mind that
we arestill at the nadir, although the very lowest state waspassed
some two million years ago. This calls to mindanother fact worth
considering. The key of seven flatsbeing identical with five
sharps, we have a somber keyand a brilliant key combined. The
writer has done someexperimenting along this line and for some time
has beenconvinced that one playing in the key of B Natural can
makeit either somber or brilliant according to his own
inspiration.
Leaving the Earth Period with the key of 5 sharps, thetrinity
carries us to 4 sharps, the key of E natural. Againreferring to the
Diagram we see that E is the key-note ofthe Human Spiritalso of
Scorpio, who have charge ofthis aspect in the Earth Period. As the
Jupiter Period, onthe upward arc of the spiral, corresponds to the
MoonPeriod, at which time we awakened the Human Spirit,this Jupiter
Period becomes the period of HumanSpiritand we have the key-note of
4 sharps, E, theHuman Spirit. At the close of the Jupiter Period
theHuman Spirit is absorbed by the Divine Spirit, and thetrinity
carries us to A, the key of 3 sharps.
Now let us remember that while in the chemical regionof the
Physical World in the Earth Period, we are extract-ing the
Conscious Soul and in the Jupiter Period we willbe building the
Intellectual Soul from the Vital Body,while at that time the
densest state of matter will be theEtheric region. The key of 3
sharps falling on A is thekey-note of Aquarius, the Angels, who, it
will be remem-bered, were human in the Etheric region and
becamemost proficient with the vital body. So in the JupiterPeriod,
when we are extracting the Intellectual Soul, weshall sound the
key-note of A natural.
Proceeding by the trinity we are carried from the keyof 3 sharps
at the close of the Jupiter Period to 2 sharpsfor the beginning of
the Venus Period, which is D natur-al. Referring to the Diagram we
see that this is the key-note of Libra, who in the Earth Period
have charge of theLife Spirit. On the upward arc of the spiral the
VenusPeriod corresponds to the Sun Period and is the period ofLife
Spirit. At the close of the Venus Period the DivineSpirit absorbs
the Life Spirit and we note that at this peri-
od the third body is perfected, viz., the Desire Body, andthen
we shall be building the Emotional Soul. Now thetrinity carries us
from 2 sharps to 1 sharp, which is G nat-ural, the key-note of
Capricorn, the Archangels of theSun Period, who became most
proficient in working withthe attenuated matter of that planeDesire
stuff. So in thecorresponding period on the upward arc of the
spiral wewill be extracting the Emotional Soul from the Desire
Body.
In this article nothing has been said of the re-capitulations of
each period, but the student will re-member that when each period
begins, the first workdone is a recapitulation of all which has
gone before;consequently, in each period we have farther to go
beforewe begin the new work of that period. Thus, after
therecapitulations of all previous periods, the real Vulcanwork
begins and it can readily be seen that this is practi-cally at the
close of manifestation, seven epochs of theseven revolutions. So in
a general way we say that theVulcan Period consists of all periods
combined.
Thus the trinity carries us from G to C natural, the key-note of
the Divine Spirit, which now has absorbed theother two aspects of
the Spirit and the three-fold Souland the perfected mind. We are
then back to the Virginkey, sounding it as a conscious Spirit. We
are thendwelling in the whole week, the white color, and all
theseven octaves have beennot consumed, but unified.
It will be remembered that all the life-waves ahead ofus were in
varying degrees of evolution, prior to ourscheme. The next ahead of
us, the Angels, were in theirfirst, or mineral state in the period
prior to the SaturnPeriod and we had, as the Ruler of this period,
Leo, theopposite sign to Aquarius. Then considering the
differen-tiation of ourselves prior to this manifestation, we
bringinto the seven octaves the three tones below, making theseven
and a third octaves, or 88 notes.
It is not the purpose of this article to give a detailedanalysis
of the scheme, but merely to point out theimportant fundamental
co-relations for any who may feelinclined to carry the
investigation still further. Especiallymay the student of astrology
profit by a study of this out-line, for it is through astrology
that one can reach morepeople and serve in greater capacity than
through anyother science. As stated in the Message of the
Stars,Have faith in the stars and they will justify your faith.The
same might be said of any of our investigations. Ifwe approach the
subject with reverent enthusiasminstead of selfish aggrandizement,
if our purpose is toacquire more capability, more efficiency in
servinghumanity, undreamed-of truths will unfold to us. So uponthis
tonal basis a mighty structure may be reared.
In closing, let us consider the chords of the FieryTriplicity,
or trine. It is do-me-la, or la-do-me, a minor
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tone. The Airy triplicity is do-me-sol, or me-sol-do. TheEarthy
triplicity is the same as the Fiery, viz., do-me-la.The Watery is
the same as the Airy, do-me-sol. The stu-dent should bear in mind
that certain sextiles, squares,and trines will be formed by signs
which are in libera-tion, others between signs of the seven
manifesting life-waves, while still others form aspects between
them,causing an inter-play of influences from one to the otherwhich
makes a significant difference. Also the nature ofthe aspect, fire
to air, earth or water, is important to note.Combining these two
conditions, let us consider the var-ious chords and aspects,
remembering the dual rulershipof Mercury, Venus, and Mars.
SextileFire to AirAries to Geminisol-do. Leo to Librado-me.
Sagittarius to Aquarius-do-me.
SextileEarth to WaterTaurus to Cancersol-do. Virgo to
Scorpiodo-me. Capricorn to Piscesdo-me.
TrinesFiery and Earthydo-me-la. Airy and Waterydo-me-sol.
SquareFire to WaterAries to Cancerdo-sol. Leo to Scorpiofa-te.
Sagittarius to Pisces-fa-te.
SquareEarth to FireTaurus to Leodo-sol. Virgo to
Sagittariussol-do. Capricorn to Ariesfa-te.
SquareAir to EarthGemini to Virgofa-te. Libra to
Capricornsol-do. Aquarius to Taurusfa-te.
SquareWater to AirCancer to Librafa-te. Scorpio to
Aquariussol-do. Pisces to Geminido-sol.
OppositionAll discordant semi-tones . Here we come again to a
very significant thing. We
know that the opposite signs reflect each other and thatan
aspect may be formed denoting certain ailments in agiven sign or
its opposite. Thus we have all chordsformed by the oppositions,
different, yet too nearly aliketo be pleasing to the ear. That is
at the present stage ofdevelopment. The oppositions formed by the
signs of thelife-waves in manifestation prior to our scheme, on
theupward arc of the previous scheme, are rising tones,
asAries-Libra; Taurus-Scorpiobecause Libra andScorpio were human on
the upward arc of the spiral ofthe scheme of evolution previous to
ours. On the otherhand the path of evolution is downward on our
schemefrom the Saturn Period to the Earth Period covering
thehumanities from Sagittarius to Pisces. Consequently wehave a
lowered tone for Gemini-SagittariusCancer-CapricornLeo-Aquarius.
Virgo, being also in upwardarc of the previous scheme, we having
rising tone for
Virgo-Pisces. For Aries-Libra we have D flat D.
ForTaurus-Scorpio, E flat E. For Gemini-Sagittarius F sharpF. For
Cancer-Capricorn, G sharp G. For Leo-Aquarius Asharp A. For
Virgo-Pisces B sharp B.
We have seen that the scheme is worked out on the 88notes of the
piano and that the Earth Period conditionsare at the middle. With
the addition of our last vehicle,the mind, comes the meeting of the
two streams of life,the evolving bodies and the suppressed spirit.
With theawakening of our consciousness we strike the 12th noteof
the scale, and the last region of the plunge into matteron this
scheme. We have command of all keys and buildour heavenly themes,
looking both ways. Backward intothe cataclysmic past we hear the
rumbling of history-making epochs growing less and less pronounced
and oflesser impulseforward to the brilliant and
inspiringpossibilities of the future unfoldment of the
enhancedspirit, still less understood and appreciated. But one
thingstands out pre-eminently. Whether we consider a simplemelody
on the piano or organ, or the masterpieces ofWagner-Liszt,
requiring the full orchestra with variationsand intricacies of
grandeur that few ears at the presenttime can fully appreciate, the
theme is built and carriedat the central octave with slight
deviations. The furtherwe deviate from the centre the more
uncertain becomesour interpretation. As the progressing spirit
becomesmore and more capable of receiving terrific vibrations,
ofworking out more of the consequences of its transgres-sions in a
shorter time, just as surely is the soul-growthenhanced and the
human ear capable of interpretingthemes which to the less developed
appear as a con-glomeration of discords, or a succussion of
meaninglesssounds. Thus we see how the progress of the
variousnations has in a measure kept step with the themes oftheir
musical schools instituted by the mastersalsohow the Spirit becomes
more and more skilled in inter-preting these messages from Home,
wedding the chaoswith the cosmos in a steady climb to God.
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QUESTION: Do the Rosicrucians believe incapital punishment and
if so, please state thereasons why, and when a man has been
exe-cuted does he come under the law of infantmortality in his next
life and die as a child the
same as victims of accidents? Answer:
The Rosicrucian teachings are never in conflict withthe
Christian religion and we know that according to thedoctrine of
Christ the principle of retaliation, an eye foran eye, a tooth for
a tooth, is absolutely wrong; besides,from the occult standpoint
there are other good and suf-ficient reasons why capital punishment
is emphaticallythe worst possible manner of dealing with a
dangerousman. So long as such a man is in the physical body it
iseasy to restrain him and put him in a place where he can-not do
society any harm, but when we hang or electro-cute him we actually
set him at liberty in the DesireWorld where it is possible for him
to influence others toa much greater extent than here and such
people who area menace to society are not slow in finding out their
pos-sibilities and taking advantage of them. They incite oth-ers
who have a grievance against the community to dotheir work by
inciting them to wreck buildings, commitmurder, and rape on a large
scale, or perhaps gratify per-sonal grievance against some enemy by
taking his life,and thus one murder will effect a number of other
crimesby the practice of capital punishment. On the other hand,if
the murderer were imprisoned for safety to the com-munity, it is
possible that during the years of his life insuch an institution he
will change his views. A greatmany of them do repent of their
crimes; then whenreleased from the body and sent out into the
DesireWorld at death they are no longer a menace to societyand will
not have an evil influence upon others. For thesereasons capital
punishment is really subversive of thepurpose for which it is meted
out. It does not act as adeterrent to others but actually fosters
crime, so that,even apart from the fact that the practice of
retaliation isabsolutely wrong and that we have no right to take a
lifewhich we cannot give, and apart from the considerationof the
fact that at times the wrong man is found guiltyand executed for a
crime he never committed, while thereal murderer goes free, capital
punishment should be
abolished to lessen crime. Referring to your question as to
whether. a murderer
who has been executed will have to die as a child in thenext
life, we may answer yes. For according to the law ofinfant
mortality anyone who dies under horrible circum-stances so that he
does not attend to the panorama of hislife, which is reviewed just
after death, does not reap thefruits of his past life. When a
person is executed, theshock, the anger, and resentment he feels
and the horrorsof the whole proceeding deprive him of the peace
andquiet necessary to the post mortem work, so that he willnot
obtain a record of the life just ended. Therefore thislack will
have to be supplied by educational work doneafter he has died as a
child in the next life, exactly on thelines we have shown in other
places in our literaturewhere the law of infant mortality is
explained.
Question: Do the people in the Desire World or Etheric
Region
see the Sun we see and do not these regions go roundwith the
world as its atmosphere? If so why would it notmake darkness and
day there also? Answer:
The reason why we have day and night, light and dark-ness is
that the earth is opaque to our physical sight.Therefore, when the
Sun is on the opposite side of theearth we cannot look through this
physical globe and seethe light nor can we perceive the light-rays
which pene-trate through it, by our physical sight, though there
issuch an invisible light by which psychometers and clair-voyants
see just as well in that which we call darkness asin that which we
call light. It is true that the atmosphereof the earth revolves
with it and so does the desire stuffwhich constitutes the Desire
World of our planet, butthose who have shed the mortal coil and are
in the DesireWorld see through the earth just as easily as we
dothrough a pane of glass. Furthermore, the greater part ofthem are
usually so far outside the physical earth thateven the direct rays
of the Sun would not be obstructedby the mineral globe upon which
we live in our physicalbodies. For those reasons there is neither
day nor nightthere, neither are there seasons, which depend in a
mea-sure upon what we call day, but there is everlasting dayand
everlasting light in those worlds.
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WHAT is the age of the earth? An ans-wer to this question, which
has baf-fled human intellect since the begin-ning of thought, was
attempted in alecture given recently before the ParisAstronomical
Society by M. Jean Bosler, one of the mostdistinguished scientists
of Europe. After running over theolder methods of attacking the
problem, based on the de-posit of sediment in river beds and the
saltiness of thesea, and showing that the results of these dated
the originof the globe not less than one hundred million years
ago,M. Bosler made statements of the greatest scientific
impor-tance based on the evidence of radio-activity in rocks.
He pointed out that if uranium, for instance, gives outhelium at
a speed which can be determined, the presenceof these two elements
in the same rock gives the lattersage as soon as the relative
quantity of each is measured.Investigating along these lines, it
has been calculated thata specimen of primary igneous rock examined
in theParis laboratories originated as far back as 710,000,000years
ago.
Another series of investigations which has been uti-lized in
attacking the problem is connected with themicroscopic colored
circles found imbedded in primitivegranites and other rocks. These,
which have for a longwhile received no explanation, prove to be the
efflores-cence of the alpha rays from minute specks of zirconi-um,
and it is certain that millions of centuries haveelapsed while the
rays have been penetrating the sur-rounding rock. Altogether, the
lecturer declared, weshould be wrong in regarding the world as less
than athousand million years old.
In conclusion, M. Bosler dwelt on the light whichthese facts
threw on the origin of the sun. If the solar heat
is only due, as has been thought for the last twenty years,to
the concentration of its mass, the sun cannot be morethan twenty
million years old. But since this would makeit an infant compared
with the earth, its energy must havesome other origin. But what?
Whether radium, or theinterior force of atoms, or some other source
nowundreamed of, remains, said the lecturer, one of the
greatmysteries of science which it may be reserved for
ourdescendants to unveil. The address has caused consider-able
discussion in scientific circles.
According to the foregoing, Science is getting warmin its
speculations concerning the age of the earth. As wehave said often,
it is a million years since the AtlanteanEpoch, and the further we
go back in the worlds history,the longer the spans of time required
for the variousdevelopments which were to be accomplished from
thebeginning of a certain Age to its end, because the
spiritsundergoing evolution were more or less asleep and there-fore
unable to co-operate with the divine Hierarchs incharge. As
consciousness increased, development wasaccelerated and time
lessened. Future periods and epochswill be of much shorter duration
than the Earth Period,on account of the intelligent co-operation
and initiativewhich will be yielded in increasing measure by
anenlightened humanity. There will, of course, always bestragglers,
but even their number will be materiallydecreased as we progress,
for with this higher develop-ment we shall also feel more keenly
than we do now thatwe are indeed our brothers keeper, and that
anythingwhich checks his growth has a retarding influence on ourown
advancement. Appreciation of this fact will promptus to take
measures to help the backward ones so that inthe later stages there
will probably be no lost sheep; naymore, many of those who have
been left behind, even at
The Astral Ray* * * * * *
Solar Soul-GrowthA scientific address of occult
significance.
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the present time may catch up. Naturally, this work willslightly
delay humanity as a whole, but it is certain thatthe concrete
earth, crystallized by us from the substanceof the Sun, will be
dissolved in a fraction of the propor-tionate time which by past
standards would be requiredto cover the two remaining epochs.
Nevertheless, in spiteof the increasing intelligence of humanity,
and the co-operation with the divine plan which must
eventuallyresult, it is safe to say that millions of years will
passbefore we have learned all the lessons which this earthhas in
store for us. The address shows that the scientistsare gradually
adopting the longer time measures ofoccultism. It is also
significant that their speculationspoint to Radium as the source of
the Suns luminosity,and we would refer the student to our articles
on TheChristian Mystic Initiation where the analogy is drawnbetween
the luminous radium extracted by often repeat-ed filtration and
distillation from the densest and black-est of all the chemical
elements, pitchblende, and theluminous vesture, the soul-body,
extracted from theopaque physical body, which becomes transparent
andradiant. It is then the philosophers stone, the elixir vitae,and
the healing balm all in one, thus expressing the char-acteristics
of the Sun.
As a matter of fact, the scientists are therefore gettingwarm in
their speculations. We have stated in theCosmo that the reason
planets were detached from thecentral source, the Sun, was that
groups of spirits whooriginally inhabited that sphere were unable
to keep upthe required rate of vibration so they crystallized part
ofthe Sun and were thrown off by centrifugal force. Eachsuccessive
group took with it much of the coarser el-ements and very little of
the finer, so that by a refiningprocess on a cosmic scale the Sun
is now composed prin-cipally of the finest and most radiant
elements which arekept in a state of intense vibration by the
Archangels.
Thus the Sun is a source of Light like radium while theplanets
are dark, or comparatively so, like the refusefrom which that
precious element is extracted, and it hasbecome luminous by a
process of elimination of itscoarser constituents, analogous to the
method nowrequired in human advancement and even in the refine-ment
of mineral, showing the universality of law asexpressed in the
Hermetic Axiom: As above, so below.
STARS AS POINTERS Nostradamus, who in his prophecies of this
Great War
mentions the fighting in the air, takes his radix fromthe year
4960 B.C., when Canopus was coincident withthe Vernal Equinox. He
uses the great stars as pointers. Inthis connection it has been
pointed out that the Flood,followed by the Great Dispersal in the
days of Peleg, inwhose days the world was divided, coincides with
the
equinoctial position of the star Eta Tauri. In the year1555
Nostradamus said: Now we are in the seventh mil-lenary and coming
near the eighth, and some shall begathered in Aquarius for many
years and others inCancer also for many years, so that all being
told, theworld draws near to an anaregonic revolution. Andthereupon
he predicted the French Revolution. Now if tothe year B. C. 4960 we
add 1555 A. D., we obtain 6515years since the beginning of the
cycle, which is in theseventh millenary, and coming near the
eighth.Calculation shows that at the beginning of the cycle agreat
cross was lifted up in the heavens, B Crucis, a starof the first
magnitude, being at the head of the cross atthe summer solstice,
Canopus on the right hand at thevernal equinox, and Vega on the
left hand at the autumnequinox.British Journal of Astrology
PSYCHIC SIGNS It has long been recognized by students of
astrology
that there are certain signs of the zodiac, called flexed
ormutable signs, which lend themselves especially to thedevelopment
of the psychic faculties These are the signsGemini, Virgo,
Sagittarius, and Pisces, and they areknown as the sympathetic
signs, because those inwhose horoscopes the majority of the planets
are thereinlocated are found to have flexible and versatile
natures,wide sympathies, multifarious interests, and
sensitiveminds, much influenced by their environment, and apt
tosimulate the characters of those with whom they associ-ate.
Prominent among these signs is Pisces, which, by itsassociation
with the 12th division of the heavens, is heldto be paramount in
the production of occult and psychicfaculties. A singular
illustration of this fact came undermy notice when staying in
Cornwall, where I came intocontact with Mrs. Ashton, a magnetic
healer and dows-er or water finder. She lives at Hawkes Point,
nearCarbis Bay, where she owns a pretty cottage on the cliffside.
Near to the cottage there is a metal lode hiddenbeneath the soil.
Having cut a new hazel fork shaped likethe letter Y, in which two
twigs converged on a commonstem, she took the two twigs in her
hands, her palmsbeing upward, and the fingers firmly grasping the
hazel,while the stem of the fork was pointing upward, awayfrom the
ground. With elbows firmly pressed to hersides, she slowly
traversed the indicated path, while I andanother held her hands, at
the same time using our dis-engaged hands to securely hold the
projecting ends of thetwigs. Now, although there was no perceptible
tremor ormovement of the hands of the dowser, nor any the leastturn
of the twigs in our grasp, the stem suddenly swunground toward the
ground and at the exact point where themetal was hidden it was
pointing perpendicularly down-ward, having traversed an angle of
180 degs. in the
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course of a few paces. The dowser had scarcely passedthe point
of this disturbance when the rod sprang backagain as if released
from a spring. Experiments showedthat three out of about ten people
present had a similarfaculty in less degree. Mrs. Ashton has been a
subject ofstudy by Professor Barrett, whose book on the subject
isdoubtless the best statement of the facts we yet possess.The
astrology of the case is this: Mrs. Ashton was bornon March 1st,
1849, at Aylesbury, and a figure of theheavens for midnightthat
being the hour of her birthshows the Sun, Neptune, and Saturn all
in the sign Pisceson the lower angle of the heavens, while the Moon
was
in the flexed sign Gemini. Another psychic of evengreater fame
was the late D. D. Home, who was born onMarch 20th, 1833, the Sun
and Moon being in Pisces insextile to Neptune, Saturn being in
opposition in Virgo,and Mars in Gemini, so that we find four of the
signifi-cators in flexed signs. In a note on this point Mr.
DavidGow remarks: I have been struck with the number ofpsychics who
were born with the Sun or Moon inPisces. This falls quite into line
with the association ofthe signs with the various Houses, the 12th
house andSign being allied and having obvious connection with-the
development of psychic faculty.
firms it, and the file of lame and halt and blind thatstreams
through the door of the apartment during thelads time away from
school attests the fact. These unfor-tunates give their names to
the little boy and describe tohim the exact nature of their
afflictions. Then he dis-misses them, and before he goes to bed he
prays for themall. Just how he heals them Johnnie professes not
toknow himself.
When I pray I feel light, he said yesterday. I feel asthough I
am flying.
We have many callers, said Mrs. McDonnell yester-day. It gets us
tired answering the doorbell. SometimesI wish we wouldnt get so
many.
Johnnies father is a waiter, at present out of work.The
McDonnell home is barely furnished and the familyis sometimes hard
put to provide for household expens-es. The boy healer has offered
to sell papers, but hisfather will not consider the suggestion.
We have different plans for the boy, said Mc-Donnell. We want to
make him a priest.
When they were living in Connecticut four years agoJohnnie got
his father a job by praying for it.
It is my belief that Johnnie is an instrument of God,said his
father. His power is a blessing God hasbestowed upon him. Of
course, he cant cure every case.
The only trouble, spoke up Mrs. McDonnell, aspare, tired-eyed
woman, is that we have been threat-ened with excommunication by the
Catholic Church. Wedont know whether its what people call
auto-suggestionor not, but our boy has cured people. We shouldnt,
how-ever, want to be expelled from the faith weve beenbrought up
in.
Johnnies school report card for the period just beforethe Easter
vacation showed nothing but As.
Our correspondent took pains to ascertain the boysdata and sent
us the horoscope cast for 6 a. m.,
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A Little Boy Healer
WHAT is bred in the bone will out in the fleshsays an old
proverb and it is true in a muchdeeper sense than the popular one
that hered-ity will find expression. We have received a
clippingfrom The New York Tribune regarding a boy of ten whoby
prayer heals numerous poor cripples. The power is
within himself, and he simply cannot help expressing itany more
than a stove filled with fuel in combustion canhelp radiating heat.
The account speaks for itself:
John McDonnell, of 337 East 123rd Street, is onlynine years old,
but his gift of prayer is mighty. Small andthin and yellow-haired
is Johnnie, and his intellect, asmen measure it, has only advanced
as far as the 3B gradein Public School 63. But his power as a
mental healer issuch that more than a hundred persons have
beenrestored to health by his prayers.
The McDonnells themselves admit this, Johnnie con
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September 13th, New York, which we herewith re-produce for the
benefit of students to show the stellarinfluences which indicate
Johnnies gift earned byhimself in previous existences by
sympathetic helpful-ness to suffering fellow beings, for we feel
certain thatunder the immutable law of cause and effect, neither
henor anyone else can have anything not acquired by ourown efforts,
any more than we possess the faculty ofwriting without the now
forgotten effort expended inchildhoods days.
We find four common signs on the angles showingthat Johnnie is
not of an aggressive nature in physicalmatters, but the spiritual
tendencies are so much the moreprominent as shown by the presence
of Neptune, Moon,and Jupiter elevated in the psychic sign Cancer.
Neptuneis the most prominent and best aspected planet in
thehoroscope. its conjunction with the essentially dignifiedMoon
and the noble and philanthropic Jupiter shows avery close touch
with the psychic forces which will beused for benevolent purposes.
There is also a close trinebetween Neptune and Saturn who is in the
occult twelfth-house-sign Pisces. Pisces signifies the department
of lifedevoted to sorrow, trouble, obstacles, prisons, et
cetera,and would thus indicate the sympathetic fellow feeling
inherent in this soul. We also find Neptune sextiIe to itslower
octave Mercury who is exalted in Virgo in thetwelfth house. A
synthetic reading of these influencespoints in the same direction
as the foregoing testimony,to a benevolent care of the sick through
occult means, butthe power itself comes from the Sun on the
Ascendant inVirgo. For be it noted that without the physical
magnet-ism as an avenue of expression, the desire would not beable
to manifest as potently as it does in this case. TheSun is the
life-giver, the vehicle of the Godhead fromwhom come all blessings,
including the great boon ofhealth. The Ascendant is occupied by
Virgo the sixth-house-sign governing health and disease. It is
therefore anotable fact that the people who express Virgo
strongly,when they are not the victims of disease, become
greatapostles of health, nurses and healers. The Sun and theMoon
are sextile focussed through the psychic sign Can-cer and the
healing sign Virgo. It is this which gives forceof expression to
the prayers of Johnnie, and his parentsare following the right
track by encouraging him tobecome a priest. He is absolutely unfit
for a commercialor industrial career, but the mystic and
profoundlydevout nature shown by this horoscope are
infallibleindications that his mission is the ministry
Moon always brings into action any planet wherewith sheis in
aspect. We may therefore judge that the aspects ofthe Moon and
Mercury to Jupiter, the planet of opulence,will give Henry an ample
income, but the eleventh houseposition of Saturn in the
twelfth-house sign Pisces, andsquare to Jupiter, shows that Henrys
friends, particularlypeople who are older than himself, will cause
him finan-cial trouble unless he can learn in time to keep out of
theirclutches. He should be taught to discriminate betweenfriends
who only seek him for their own self-interest andto his detriment
and those who really seek him for him-self. The conjunction of
Neptune with the Sun in the psy-chic sign Cancer shows Henry to be
mystically inclined,and the sextile of Mercury and the Moon to
Jupiter andVenus will further accentuate the religious
tendencies.Moreover, Henry is not by any means a negative
charac-ter and he will therefore profit considerably from
theseconfigurations without danger to himself.
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Your Childs HoroscopeIf the readings given in this department
were to be paid for they would be very expensive. for besides
typewriting. typesetting, plating
of the figure, etc., the calculation and reading of each
horoscope requires at least one half day of the editors time.
Please note that we donot promise anyone a reading to get them to
subscribe. We give these readings to help parents in training their
children, to help youngpeople find their place in the world, and to
help students of the stellar science with practical lessons. If
your childs horoscope appears, bethankful for your luck. If it does
not. you have no cause for anger at us.
We Do Not Cast Horoscopes.Despite all we can say, many people
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time writing letters of refusal
and giving us the trouble of returning their money. Please do
not thus annoy us: It will avail you nothing.
HENRY F., born July 4th, 1905, 0:30 a. m.,Schenectady, N Y. Here
we have a youngster coming into the world amid
the rejoicing incidental to the nations birthday, withTaurus on
the Ascendant and the gentle Venus and Jupiterrising sextiIe to the
Moon and Mercury which are the sig-nificators of mind, thus giving
him a benevolent, opti-mistic disposition for a birthday present.
Although this issomewhat toned down by the square of Saturn, the
plan-et of obstruction, to Jupiter, the planet of benevolence,
itwill, nevertheless, have the tendency to turn the cornersof
Henrys mouth upward and give him a feeling of opti-mism, even under
trying circumstances. Thus he willbecome very popular among his
associates, for such peo-ple are always well received and much
sought after.There is no truer saying than Laugh and the
worldlaughs with you, weep and you weep alone. Mercury isruler of
the second house, which governs finances and the
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The indications regarding Henrys health are exceed-ingly
favorable. Venus and Jupiter rising in the ruggedsign Taurus give
him a strong robust body, and the Sun,which is the giver of life,
trine to Mars, the planet ofdynamic energy, shows that he will have
an abundance ofvital energy all through life. There is only one
adversetestimony, Saturn, the planet of obstruction, square
toJupiter, the planet which governs the arterial circulation.This,
we believe, is more than offset by the trine of Sunand Mars, though
it may give Henry a poor circulation inthe feet, which are governed
by the sign Pisces, whereSaturn is found. The sextile of Jupiter
and Venus placedin the Ascendant in Taurus, sextile to Mercury and
theMoon, will give Henry musical talent which should becultivated.
Probably that is the best vocation for him inlife for we find Virgo
and Libra in the sixth house, in-dicating that his service to the
world should come fromVenus and Mercury.
Josephine M., born May 10th, 1905, 4:15 p. m.,Mountain Home,
Idaho.
Here we have a young lady with an exceedingly well-fortified
seventh house. There we find the Sun, which fora woman is the
significator of the marriage partner,Jupiter, the planet of
benevolence, Venus, the planet oflove and coalition, and Mercury,
the principal significa-tor of the mind. There can therefore be no
question thatJosephines sphere in life is in the home. There are
all theelements of success for her in this life. The Sun
andJupiter, the planet of opulence, on the cusp of the eighthhouse,
which indicates the finances of the marriage part-ner, show that he
will be well-to-do and generous, butthere is also an element of
trouble immanent in this fig-ure which will come from Josephine
herself, and unlessit is checked it will mar her happiness, for we
find that
Mars, the planet of dynamic energy, is in Scorpio inopposition
to the Sun and Jupiter. This will give her avery violent temper,
and the marriage partner will be theparticular victim thereof. We
find the Moon, which is oneof the significators of mind, in the
sign of the heart, Leo,and square to Mercury and Venus in Aries,
the sign of thehead, showing that Josephine will develop an
exceeding-ly jealous nature which may eventually cause a rupture
inthe marriage relation. On account of these indications itis the
first duty of the parents to strive from the very ear-liest
childhood to teach her control of temper. She is nowat an age where
these things can be explained to her bythe object lessons, which
unfortunately are only too fre-quently occurrences in our social
life. She also has astrong tendency toward reckless extravagance,
onaccount of the influence of Mars in the second house,which
governs finances. This ought to be checked asmuch as possible.
With regard to her health, Mars in Scorpio, oppositionthe Sun,
shows a tendency toward copious menses, forScorpio governs the
genitals, and it would therefore bewell for the parents to instruct
her carefully in advance ofthe occurrence so that she may know how
to take care ofherself and not become unduly frightened. Saturn
inPisces, the sign which governs the feet, shows a tenden-cy to
cold in these extremities, and for one with theaforementioned
tendency that may cause serious con-sequences which you would do
well to guard her againstin the severe northern climate where you
are living. TheMoon square Venus and Mercury also indicates
distur-bances to the health, particularly through over-indul-gence
in pleasure and worry. There is a tendency to bevery sarcastic and
quick-spoken which it would be wellfor you to endeavor to curb by
reasoning with her, forsuch an attitude of mind is what causes
unpopularity and
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the worry that follows then has a reflex action upon thehealth.
Fortunately, however, it is possible for a personwho has the will
to modify the influences indicated in thehoroscope and thus change
the undesirable tendencies tosomething better.
Frances W., born September 15th, 1903, 11 p. m.,Seattle,
Wash.
Here we have a young lady of unusual ability in theoccult
direction. Uranus in the mental sign Sagittarius,sexti