Filename: RC1116.TXT
Source: "Science & Religion" by Elsa Glover

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                              PERSONALITY:

Material scientists observe that one's personality is influenced, first of 
all, by the structure and composition of one's body, which is influenced by 
heredity, what the mother takes into her body during pregnancy, and diet 
after birth. Babies get half of their genes from their mother and half from 
their father, and the genes determine the major characteristics of the body 
structure. The materials from which the baby's body are built come from the 
mother's body. To build a strong and healthy body for the baby, the mother 
needs appropriate amounts of protein, vitamins, and minerals. If the 
mother's diet does not contain sufficient protein, mental retardation of the 
child may result. If the mother smokes, the baby's body will develop more 
slowly and also be more likely to be born prematurely, which increases the 
risk of deformity (especially cleft palate and cleft lip.) If the mother 
takes medicines or drugs, there is danger of improper development of the 
baby's body. After birth, continued good nutrition is needed for proper 
development and functioning. Lack of B vitamins in the diet has been linked 
with irritability, depression, and forgetfulness. Alcohol consumption leads 
to decreased ability to make correct judgments, decreased ability to 
remember, and loss of self-control. Drugs can influence the feelings and 
thinking ability. The carbon monoxide in cigarette smoke decreases the 
oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood, which reduces the oxygen reaching the 
brain, which decreases attentiveness and cognition abilities.

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personality of a person. One's physical surroundings, the books one reads, 
the TV shows one watches, the people one associates with can all have an 
influence. Physical surroundings stimulate personality development through 
the various types of problems that they present and the hardships in them 
that must be overcome. From books and TV, one obtains views of how others 
act under varying circumstances, which tend to lead to imitation. Associates 
not only provide examples to be imitated, but also give feedback on one's 
own actions when they express approval or disapproval, or if they reward or 
punish various actions. Material scientists have observed that people tend 
to do that which brings rewards and to not do that which brings them effects 
that they consider undesirable.

    Does the personality depend only on heredity, body development during 
pregnancy, diet, physical surroundings, the models one has observed, and the 
conditioning one has received in the form of rewards and punishments? These 
are all the influences that material scientists have detected, but 
clairvoyants can see additional influences.

    The clairvoyant can see that each Ego has a long history prior to the 
time of conception, and that in this time prior to conception has developed 
body structure patterns of its own and many skills and concepts of right and 
wrong and good and bad. Although the Ego must get its genes and dense body 
materials from its parents, it fits these materials (as well as it can) into 
its own previously structured dense body pattern. Although the Ego may learn 
certain things in this life, it comes into life knowing certain other things 
(which it learned in previous lives).

    The clairvoyant can see that different Egos are given different 
astrological force patterns to wrk with, and that which of the many models 
in one's environment one is most likely to imitate is determined by which is 
most in tune with one's own force pattern. Also, the astrological force 
pattern that one has to work with will influence what one considers to be 
rewarding.

    Can the personality of a person be explained entirely in terms of 
heredity, body development during pregnancy, diet, physical surroundings, 

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models, conditioning, pre-conception (past-life) experiences and 
development, and astrological force patterns? The answer is still no. 
Neither the material scientist nor the clairvoyant can see the Will of the 
Ego. Regardless of any past or present circumstances or conditions, the Ego 
can exert its Will and make a break with its past and take a new direction 
or rise above its present circumstances if it so chooses. It is because of 
this, that regardless of what our parents and teachers did or did not do, 
regardless of what our associates do, regardless of what we have done in the 
past, regardless of what horoscopes we have, we yet may turn our lives in 
any direction that we wish. We oursleves may make our lives beautiful or 
ugly, productive or destructive, satisfying or empty. It is because the Ego 
has the capability of exerting its Will that Paul could admonish people 
(Eph. 4:22-23) to "Put off your old nature which belongs to your former 
manner of life and is corrupt through deceitful lusts, and be renewed in the 
spirit of your minds, and put on the new nature, created after the likeness 
of God in true righteousness and holiness."

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                                BIRTH DEFECTS:

The physical process by which a baby is produced is quite intricate. The 
human body is composed of structural units called cells. Each cell contains 
a central part, called the nucleus, which is surrounded by cytoplasm, which 
is surrounded by a wall. In the nucleus are "genes" which contain the coded 
patterns according to which the various proteins in the body are built. 
These genes are linked together into chains called chromosomes. When an 
offspring is to be produced, the chromosomes within a cell must duplicate, 
and the duplicated chromosomes then go to form a sperm cell or an egg cell. 
A sperm cell unites with an egg cell, and the resulting cell then proceeds 
to duplicate and the embryo begins to grow.

    If one or both parents have defective genes, and if the parent's 
defective genes are among the half that are transmitted to the sperm and 
egg, then the baby will have defective genes and may have corresponding 
structural and functional weaknesses in its body. In the duplication and 
separation processes in the production of the sperm and egg and in the early 
growth of the fetus, if a gene is not duplicated accurately, or if a portion 
of a chromosome gets broken off or if chromosomes break and reattach in 
improper order, or if too many or too few chromosomes get transferred to the 
sperm or egg, then structural or functional weaknesses in the body may 
result.

    Throughout the ages there have always been (as far as we know) low 
levels of "cosmic rays" that are capable of producing genetic and 

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chromosomal mutations. Also, viral infections that can induce mutations 
(such as the virus that produces German measles) have been around for some 
time. Mankind has, however, introduced into his environment various new 
factors that are able to significantly increase the number of mutations. 
High-energy radiation produced by X-ray machines, or radioactive materials 
or video screens; some chemicals (mustard gas, formaldehyde, dioxan, 
caffeine, cigarette smoke, alcohol, leqad, herbicides, acridine dyes, 
apoxides, ethyl urethane, phenol, manganous chloride, bromouracil, etc.); 
and some drugs (LSD, diethylstilbestrol, aspirin, hormones. etc.) have been 
found to increase the number of mutations. In general it is the pregnant 
mother who must avoid these mutagenic agents, but in some cases the mutation 
can originate in the father. Soldiers who were assigned the job of spraying 
herbicides in Vietnam were found to father an unusually large number of 
defective children when they returned to their wives in the United States.

    Clairvoyants see that many congenital defects had their origin in a past 
life. Max Heindel notes (see "Web of Destiny," pp. 58-71) that when the 
creative force has, in one life, been wasted on gratification of the 
passions, then there is a dearth of creative force available in the next 
life for the building of the brain, nervous system, and larynx. Thus, the 
Ego may be born into a body that has mental, nervous, and/or speech 
disorders. Materialism in one life can lead to a construction of a body in 
the next life in which parts that should be soft are hardened, and parts 
that should be hardened are soft. Protracted disregard for truth in order to 
serve one's one selfish desires in one life can lead to misalignment of the 
Ego with the forces of truth when the arvchetype is being formed for the 
body for the next life. This can lead to malformation of the archetype and 
thence to malformation of the body for the coming life. Those who fail to 
make proper use of their sense organs in one life, who try to shut 
themselves off from the world around them, who ignore the cries for help or 
the opportunity to see the conditions and needs of others, may have impaired 
hearing or siight in their next life.

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    Clairvoyants also see some congenital defects that were not due to 
actions in a previous life. Some Egos may not have done anything 
particularly wrong, but may need to concentrate on developing certain soul 
powers, and inhabiting a body with certain limitations may help focus their 
efforts on developing these soul powers as they struggle to overcome these 
limitations. Some Egos may be in the process of restructuring a particular 
organ and in the transition stages that organ may not function well. This is 
the origin of some of the eye problems that people have, as the eye is in 
the process of being restructured so that instead of receiving reflected 
rays and forming an image on the retina, the so-called blind dpot will be 
sensitized and people will look out through the eye and see directly the 
thing itself, both inside and out. Just before an Ego enters into a fetus, 
it sees a panorama of the coming life. If the Ego sees that a particularly 
difficult life is in store for it, panics, and tries to escape from the 
mother's womb, it may cause a partial disconnection between the sense 
centers in the etheric and dense bodies, so that the etheric cranium extends 
above the physical cranium. Then the spirit cannot enter into the body and 
control it. Idiocy results.

    The material scientist sees congenital defects as being the result of 
inheritance, environmental factors, and "chance" (which determines what 
genes an offspring will get from each parent and what genes and chromosomes 
get influenced by environmental factors). The clairvoyant sees congenital 
defects as being the result of past actions and current soul development 
needs of the Ego that is coming into the body. These two points of view can 
be united if it is allowed that those events attributed to "chance" are, in 
fact, intelligently controlled. We then may get the following unified 
picture: An Ego, due to past actions or current soul development needs, is 
in need of inhabiting a body that will have certain limitations. The 
Recording Angels find for this Ego some parents who can provide appropriate 
gene and chromosome structures, and the Recording Angels oversee the 
replication process to make sure that the appropriate choice of genes is 
obtained from each parent and that  these genes are (if needed) mutated as 

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required by the needs of the incoming Ego. This picture holds true for cases 
in which "natural" mutations occur. When humans introduce mutagenic agents 
into their environments, the natural situation no longer exists. Man has 
been given free will, and has power to do things that are harmful to himself 
and others. When man introduces mutagenic agents into his environment, he 
may be initiating a cause-effect chain. He may be casuing malformation and 
malfunctioning of some bodies that would otherwise have been whole. In such 
cases, debts are being stored up that will need to be repaid at some future 
time.

REFERENCE

Heindel, Max. "Web of Destiny." Oceanside, Cal.: The Rosicrucian Fellowship, 
1928

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                               FLESH FOODS:

Material science has observed that people who consume meat have higher risks 
of developing arteriosclerosis, coronary heart disease, stroke, diverticular 
disease, cancer of the colon, and cancer of the breast.

    Meat contains high levels of cholesterol and fat. If a person has too 
much cholesterol and fat in his blood, fat deposits tend to collect in the 
arteris, which makes them narrower and makes it more difficult for the blood 
to flow. If a blood clot lodges in a narrowed artery leading to the heart or 
brain, circulation may be cut off to a portion of the heart muscle or brain 
and a heart attack or stroke may result.

    Meat contains little fiber. Fibers, when they reach the large 
intestines, draw water into the intestinal tract so that the intestinal 
contents will not become too hard. Fiber helps stimulate peristalsis in the 
intestines, which helps move the contents. When the contents of the 
intestines move readily, these is less danger of diverticular disease (in 
which pockets from in the intestine wall and matter and bacteria collect in 
the pockets) and less danger of appendicitis. When the contents of the 
ihntestines do not spend too long there, there is less opportunity for 
bacteria to produce carcinogens and thence less risk of cancer of the colon.

    Meat tends to develop more anaerobic bacteria in the intestines that 
produce carcinogens, while a vegetarian diet produces more aerobic bacteria 

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in the intestines that do not produce carcinogens.

    In every animal body, the venous blood is filled with carbon dioxide and 
other noxious products on their way to the kidney or the pores of the skin 
to be expelled as urine or perspiration. These loathsome substances are in 
every part of the flesh, and when we eat such food, we are filling our 
bodies with toxic poisons. Meat contains urea and uric acid, which tends to 
produce gout or gouty arthritis. In the present day, many livestock raisers 
feed hormones, tranquilizers, and antibiotics to their livestock. DES 
(diethylstilbestrol), the synthetic estrogenic hormone used to fatten 
cattle, has been isolated as a carcinogen. Many fish that reach the market 
were grown in water polluted by industrial wastes, lead, and mercury.

    It is further observed by material scientists that people who eat mainly 
animal protein (meat, eggs, milk) cannot maintain vigorous physical exercise 
for as long as those on a complex-carbohydrate diet (bread, potatoes, corn).

    Clairvoyants observe that the cells in plant and animal bodies carry 
with them some invisible components that are not detected by material 
scientists. Plant cells are permeated by ether, whcih, when eaten, helps 
energize the vital body of man. Cells from animal bodies contain little 
ether because the vital body of the animal left the dense body when the 
animal was killed. The cells in the animal body were, during the life of the 
animal, worked on and interpenetrated by the individual desire body of the 
animal, and are permeated by the passions and desires of the animal. When 
animal flesh is eaten, it tends to stimulate animal passions (ferocity, low 
cunning, and depravity) in man. Cells in the animal body are more 
individualized than the cells in the plant body, and thus more energy is 
required to overcome the animal cells and get them to obey the Will of the 
one who is using them as food.

    Clairvoyants also observe that animals are evolving beings who come into 
embodiment in order to gain experience. When humans cut short the life of an 
animal, they hinder the evolution of the animal. Although plants are also 
evolving beings, when fruit is ripe, it has accomplished its purpose, which 

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is to act as a womb for the ripening seed. If is is not eaten, it decays and 
goes to waste. Any egg or seed, of itself, is devoid of life. If it is given 
the proper conditions of incubator or soil, the life enters it, thus 
grasping the opportunity so afforded of producing a dense body. If the egg 
or seed is cooked, crushed, or not given the conditions necessary for life, 
the opportunity is lost, but that is all.

    Clairvoyants also note that through evolution, all men are destined to 
develop clairvoyant powers and spiritual powers that will enable them to see 
spiritual things and to speak the creative word. But before men can be 
entrusted with these powers, they must become harmless as doves, for 
otherwise they would be apt to turn their powers to such selfish and 
destructive purposes that they would be an inconceivable menace to others.

    When people decide to discontinue eating meat, they must rearrange their 
diet so that they get sufficient proteins from other sources. Lowfat milk 
and milk products, beans, nuts, seeds, and whole-grain cereals are good 
sources of protein. Most fruits and vegetables contain some protein.

    Proteins are composed of amino acids. In digestion, proteins are broken 
into their component amino acids, which are then resynthesized into new 
proteins that the body can use. There are eight essential amino acids for 
adults (ten for children). These are essential because the human body cannot 
synthesize them in great enough quantities to satisfy body needs.

    All eight must be received in the stomach within about four hours of one 
another in certain relative amounts to be efficiently utilized by the body. 
If one amino acid is present in less than the ideal amount, the utilization 
of all the others will be decreased. All the foods listed in the following 
chart contain all of the eight amino acids to a level of at least 40 percent 
of the ideal, and thus any one can supply the protein needs of the body with 
at least 40 percent efficiency. The amino acids that are listed as being 
deficient are between 40 and 60 percent of the ideal.

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               FOOD:                        DEFICIENT AMINO ACIDS:


Milk, eggs, cashews, spinach          No amino acids are deficient
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Wheat germ                            Tryptophan
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Mushrooms, wheat bran                 Isoleucine
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Sunflower seeds, millet               Lysine
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Brewer's yeast, soybeans,             Methionine
okra, brussel sprouts,
cauliflower, broccoli,
peas
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Kidney beans, lima beans,             Tryptophan, Methionine
navy beans, lentils,
garbanzos, dried peas
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Potato, mustard and turnip            Isoleucine, Methionine
greens, collards,
asparagus, cowpeas
(blackeye)
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Peanuts                               Isoleucine, Lysine,
                                         Methionine, Threonine
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Rye, corn                             Tryptophan, Isoleucine,
                                         Lysine
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If foods from the above chart that are deficient in some amino acids are 
eaten with foods that are not deficient in those amino acids, then the 
efficiency of these foods in supplying the protein needs of the body will be 
increased.

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    The vegetarian must also make special effort to obtain sufficient 
vitamin B12 as it is not present to any measurable degree in plants. Eggs, 
milk, and brewer's yeast contain vitamin B12.

REFERENCE

Lappe, Frances M. "Diet for a Small Planet," Rev. ed. New York: Ballantine, 
1975.

                                ALCOHOL: 

Material scientists observe that when alcohol is consumed, the alcohol 
passes through the stomach and intestinal wall into the blood. Thence it is 
carried throughout the body. Alcohol acts as a depressant on the functioning 
of the brain and nervous system. A small amount of alcohol depresses the 
area of the brain that deals with judgment, motor coordination, self-
control, and memory. The individual may then feel less inhibited and may say 
and do things that he might not ordinarily do if his judgment were not 
impaired. If more alcohol is consumed, muscular coordination and reflexes 
suffer, sleepiness is felt, and heartbeat rate may decrease and breathing 
may be depressed. The liver works on most of the alcohol in the body. There 
the alcohol goes through a chemical process, oxidation, in which its energy 
is released as heat. Some alcohol is oxidized or burned off in the lungs, 
and some is removed through sweat and urine. If only a small amount of 
dilute alcohol has been consumed, when the body has rid itself of the 
alcohol, it may appear to return to normal.

    When substantial amounts of alcohol (over a period of time) have been 
consumed, some other effects become noticeable. Alcohol is particularly 
poisonous to the protoplasm of the delicate cells of the nervous system. it 
interferes with the functioning of these cells at an early stage, ultimately 
causing permanent alteration of tissue. Cells become indistinct in shape, 
eventually with some parts shriveling up. At this stage the cells are not 
recoverable. It becomes serious when one loses large number of brain cells 

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to be replaced. There is then memory loss, poor judgment, confusion, and 
disorientation. Alcohol can also damage nerve cells in the stomach, and 
thence may impair the ability of the stomach to churn and pass on its 
contents. Alcohol relaxes muscles and makes them weak and less able to 
perform. Over time they become flabby. When the heart muscle is so affected, 
circulation is decreased. Fatigue and shortness of breath result. Alcohol 
may cause the destruction of cells in the liver (cirrhosis). Alcohol can 
damage the mucosal lining of the stomach, and cause ulceration. Alcohol can 
cause the kidneys to degenerate so that waste products are retained while 
albumin is allowed to escape.

    Clairvoyants can give added information on the effects of alcohol 
consumption. They can see that man has both a dense body (composed of atoms) 
and a vital body, which contains "points" that enter into the hollow centers 
of dense atoms, imbuing them with vital force that sets them vibrating at a 
rate higher than that of the mineral of the earth, which is not thus 
accelerated. Normally, when foods are taken into the body, during the 
process of assimilation, the food particles are fit into the points of the 
vital body, and their rate of vibration is brought into harmony with the 
rest of the body. Alcohols vibrate with such intense rapidity that the human 
spirit is incapable of tuning it down and controlling it. The alcohol acts 
as an anesthetic, and partially drives the vital body out. It then 
accelerates the vibratory rate of the atoms in the body to its own rate. 
Thus, the alcohol takes control of the body away from the man.

    The clairvoyant notes that there are two organs in the body, called the 
pituitary body and pineal gland, which in the past were used by man as 
organs of perception in the spiritual worlds. Consumption of alcohol, 
however, has caused these organs to become dazed so that they can no longer 
perform their previous function. In the course of evolution, man's view 
needed to be turned away from the spiritual worlds for a time so that he 

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would develop more self-consciousness and turn his attention toward solving 
the problems associated with physical existence. But when man gets ready to 
again turn his vision toward spiritual existence, the consumption of alcohol 
will have to be discontinued before the pituitary body and pineal gland can 
again be reawakened.

    Two statements have now been made about alcohol that at first glance may 
appear contradictory. It was stated that alcohol tends to accelerate the 
vibratory rate of the atoms in the body, and an accelerated vibratory rate 
is normally associated with a higher (more spiritual) consciousness. It was 
also stated that alcohol dazed the pituitary body and pineal gland so that 
they could not function as organs of perception in the spiritual worlds, so 
that alcohol turned man's consciousness away from the spiritual worlds. The 
relation of these statements can be understood by means of an analogy. 
Suppose someone caught a bird, tied a band around its wings so that it 
couldn't fly, and then lifted the bird up off the ground. Even though it 
was lifted up, the net effect would be that the bird was essentially 
earthbound. Likewise, alcohol prevents people from soaring to spiritual 
heights of consciousness although it may promote dreams of grandeur in the 
resulting earthly view. Just as the bird with its wings tied loses its self-
control when someone lifts it off the ground, so also the man loses his 
self-control when he uses alcohol to raise the rate of vibration of his 
body.

    The material scientists find it difficult to explain why alcohol is 
addictive. About all they can say is that in the drinker the cells of the 
body shift their metabolism so that they become dependent on alcohol. The 
clairvoyant Max Heindel, states that it is not the dense body that craves 
alcohol. The dense body is made sick by alcohol and would rather be without 
it. It vainly protests in different ways, but the desire body of the 
drunkard craves the drink and forces the dense body to take it, so that the 
desire body may have the sensation of pleasure resulting from the increased 
vibration.

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different for different people. If a person needs his consciousness focused 
more closely in the material world, then occasional partaking of limited 
amounts of alcohol may be appropriate. Such a person must, however, be 
careful not to do anything that could injure himself or anyone else when he 
is under the influence of alcohol, such as driving a car or operating 
potentially dangerous machinery or trying to forcefully get others to obey 
his desires. If, on the other hand, a person has begun to tread the path 
that leads to spiritual enlightenment, he should strictly abstain from 
alcohol in all forms.

                              COMMUNICATION: 

Material scientists observe that people can communicate by means of the 
spoken word. When one person speaks, he sets his own vocal cords to 
vibrating. When the vocal cords move upward, they cause the air above them 
to be compressed; and when they move downward, they cause the air above them 
to become rarified. Thus, the alternate up-and-down motion of the vocal 
cords produces a series of compressions and rarefactions in the air, which 
is known as a sound wave. The tongue and lips can be put in various 
positions to affect this sound wave as it passes them, and thus words are 
formed. The sound wave can travel outward in all directions from the 
speaker. If part of it enters the ear of a listener, each compression causes 
the eardrum of the listener to be pushed inward and each rarefaction causes 
the eardrum of the listener to be pulled outward. Thus the eardrum is set to 
vinrating with the same frequency of vibration as the sound source, and thus 
the same message that was sent out is received. A person's eardrum is 
capable of responding to only a certain range of frequencies. if the 
frequency of the sound is too high or too low, the sound will not be heard. 
A human cannot hear the high frequency sound produced by a dog whistle, even 
though dogs can hear it.

    Material scientists also observe that information can be carried by 
means of electromagnetic waves. Radio and TV waves, radar and microwaves, 
visible light and X-rays are all examples of electromagnetic waves. 
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charges. In the radio, TV, and radar transmitting antennas, electrons are 
made to run back and forth. In hot objects, such as the filament of alight 
bulb or a flame, the electrons vibrate within the atoms and molecules. As 
electromagnetic wave travels outward in all directions from its source until 
it encounters some other object. Whether or not the electromagnetic wave is 
able to convey its vibrations to the object it hits depends on whether the 
object is able to vibrate at the frequency of the wave. When a radio has its 
dial set at a particular frequency, then the radio is only able to respond 
to waves of that frequency. It will receive the waves of a station that 
transmits at that frequency, but all other waves will pass through it with 
no effect. Our eyes are capable of responding to only a certain range of 
frequencies. We cannot see radio waves, TV waves, radar waves, or 
microwaves, because their frequencies are too low. We cannot see X-rays 
because their frequencies are too high. We see only the visible spectrum: 
red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and violet.

    Clairvoyants observe that in addition to sound waves and electromagnetic 
waves there are other radiations that carry messages through space. In every 
person there is a small organ in the brain known as the pineal gland. If 
anyone thinks very intently on a single idea, with concentration and 
sustained attention, the ether in the pineal gland is set into vibration. 
This sets up waves in the surrounding ether, which travel outward in all 
directions. When these waves reach another person's pineal gland, if they 
set the ether in it into vibration, the vibrations are transmitted to the 
desire body and mind in succession, thus reaching the consciousness. If the 
second pineal gland cannot reproduce these undulations, then the thought 
will pass unnoticed, making no impression.

    Thought-waves themselves are able to carry messages without coming down 
into the etheric region of the Physical World. The thinker, having created a 
thought form, may send it directly to another mind on the mental plane. In 
fact, all thoughts radiate outward from their originator and can influence 
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the vibrations and then re-radiates the thought, and thus strengthens the 
original thought-wave, so that it may go on to influence other minds.

    Men communicate with one another by means of spoken words or 
electromagnetic waves or etheric waves or thought waves. They then look 
around and ask, "Who else can we communicate with?" Some small amount of 
communication is achieved with animals through sounds and actions and 
thoughts. Men then look into the sky and wonder if there is anyone "out 
there." Material scientists have made many studies to try to determine, what 
conditions are needed for life (as they know it) exist, where in the 
universe these conditions exist, and how communication can be established 
with such life. In rockets that are sent out of the Solar System are placed 
plaques that are enscribed with symbols that it is hoped an alien would be 
able to comprehend. Also radio signals have been beamed in likely directions
carrying what are intended to be universal symbols, and some "listening" for 
signals from outer space is also being done. So far, no communication 
appears to have been established. Some people believe that some unidentified 
flying objects (UFO's) may be visitations from other civilizations, but the 
UFO reports are unsatisfying to the scientific community because they find 
that a large number of the reports can be explained in terms of natural 
(earthly) phenomena, and because no UFO's have stayed around long enough for 
sustained scientific investigation. Thus, material science still pictures 
humans as being rather lonely travelers in this great universe.

    The clairvoyant, who is able to perceive a wider range of frequencies 
than the material scientist, detects many living beings beyond the confines 
of the Earth. Max Heindel notes that the twelve constellations of the zodiac 
are the visible vehicles of the twelve great Creative Hierarchies that have 
helped and are helping mankind to evolve. The whole Solar System may be 
considered as the body of the God of the Solar System. Every atom within it 
is infused with His Life and consciousness and would cease to exist if His 
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beings at various stages of development. Their diverse needs require diverse 
external environments. In order to furnish such proper conditions, planets 
are thrown off from the central mass, each being deifferently constituted. 
The Christ and the Archangels have their home mainly in the Sun, although 
Christ sends a ray of His consciousness to the Earth during the fall and 
winter seasons each year and the archangels work to carry the solar rays 
from the Sun to the various planets and from each planet on to other 
planets. Also some archangels work as ambassadors from the various planets 
to the Earth, and some work as race and national spirits on Earth.

    Jehovah and the angels have their main home on the moons of the various 
planets, although they work on the planets to direct the processes of growth 
and reproduction of forms. Four angels, called the Recording Angels, see 
that each human pays his debts of destiny and encounters those experiences 
that he needs for his development. The Lucifer Spirits (fallen angels) have 
their home on Mars, but work to encourage humans to gain self-consciousness, 
to seek knowledge, and to act creatively and independently of external 
forces. The members of the class of virgin spirits to which our humanity 
belongs have, during the evolutionary periods, progressed at varying rates, 
so that at present different conditions of heat and vibration are needed by 
different ones. Thus some of ourclass of virgin spirits are on each of the 
planets and their moons. Those on Mercury, Venus, and Jupiter are generally 
more advanced than the humans on Earth. Those on Mars, Saturn, and Uranus 
are generally less advanced. The moons serve as homes for stragglers who 
were not able to keep pace with the beings on the main planet.

    The clairvoyant can not only see these extra-terrestrial beings, but 
also can note the interaction of these beings with humanity on Earth. The 
clairvoyant sees that each Archangel who acts as a national spirit radiates 
into the atmosphere of the nation of which he has charge various images, 
ideas and feelings and thereby influences the body structure, language, 
habits, customs, and feelings of the inhabitants. All people respond to the 
directions of the race, national, or family spirit until they develop the 

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will power, conscience, and reasoning power to be their own guide. 

    There are some archangels who bring the solar rays both directly to the 
Earth and indirectly to the Earth by way of the moon and other planets. 
These rays (which are what the astrologer studies) each carry messages, and 
each has power to enliven various parts of the person if the person attunes 
himself to them and allows them to resonate within his being (just as the 
radio wave has power to "enliven" a radio that has its circuit tuned to the 
frequency of the wave). During the fall and winter months each year, the 
Christ bathes the Earth in a flood of spiritual light, which carries a 
message of love and good will and generosity toward all. At the present 
time, himans feel these rays from the Christ only weakly, but as humanity 
grows in its ability to respond, feelings of Universal Brotherhood will grow 
on Earth.

    Is the communication between the higher powers (Christ, the Archangels, 
and others) and humanity always a one-way street? Does it always go from the 
higher to the lower? No! Man may also send communications to Christ, the 
Archangels, and the other higher powers. Doing so is called prayer. The 
higher powers are not particular as to the manner in which the prayer is 
made (the position of the body and the location are not important to them). 
In fact, every thought of every human is known to them and in a sense 
constitutes a prayer. Christ has given his promise (Matt. 7:7), "Ask, and it 
will be given you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to 
you." Some people feel that they ask and do not receive. Patience is needed. 
Continued asking, in time, will bring response, provided we ask with our 
whole being and do all in our power to bring about the desired end, and 
provided the condition of conformity to God's Law is met. This latter 
condition was known to Saint James, for he wrote (James 4:3), "You ask and 
do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions." If 
two countries are fighting a war and both countries are asking God to help 
them win the war, then obviously God cannot answer both prayers 
affirmatively. Max Heindel affirms, "If our prayers...are in conformity with

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the laws of God, the divine purpose can manifest through us and our prayers 
are answered."

    Max Heindel states that it is also possible to pray to the ambassadors 
from the planets to the Earth. Their names are given in the following chart.

      Name:                     Planets from which the Ambassador Comes:

Archangel Ithuriel              Uranus

Archangel Cassiel               Saturn

Archangel Zachariel             Jupiter

Archangel Samael                Mars

Archangel Anael                 Venus

Archangel Raphael               Mercury

Archangel Michael               Sun

Angel Gabriel                   Earth's Moon

    The great commandments are (Matt. 2237-39), "You shall love the Lord 
your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your 
mind,"...and "You shall love your neighbor as yourself." Love comes through 
understanding, and understanding comes through communication, and 
communication is only possible when we open ourselves up and allow other 
beings to produce an effect on us. Psalm 46:10 has the key, as it states, 
"Be still, and know that I am God." This is the way to come to know God. 
This is also the way to come to know the god within each of our neighbors. 
When Love has developed, then it will radiate out from each of us and be a 
blessing to all.

REFERENCES

Besant, Annie. "Thought Power." Wheaton, Ill.: Theosophical Publishing 
House, 1973

Heindel, Max. "Questions and Answers, Vol. I." Oceanside, Cal.: The 
Rosicrucian Fellowship, 1922 (p.322-324)

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                        WISDOM IS A LOVING SPIRIT*: 

The scientist seeks to obtain knowledge through making objective 
observations and using logical thinking to draw conclusions from the 
observations. Does it matter what a scientist thinks about God? Does it 
matter what the purpose of a scientific investigation is--whether it be 
selfish or unselfish? Does it matter whether the scientist loves that which 
he is investigating? This chapter will seek answers to these questions.

    In proverbs 8:22, wisdom is represented as saying,"The Lord created me 
at the beginning of his work, the first of his acts of old. Ages ago, I was 
set up, at the first, before the beginning of the earth...When he 
established the heavens I was there...when he established the fountains of 
the deep, when he assigned to the sea its limit, so that the waters might 
not transgress his command, when he marked out the foundations of the earth, 
then I was beside him." God created wisdom; that is, he created the plan 
according to which the universe according to this plan. God is all-wise. He 
knows the plan and how he created things. He also knows all that is 
currently going on in His creation because He is omnipresent. "In him we 
live and move and have our being" (Acts 17:28).

    If God is all-wise, then those who commune with God will learn wisdom. 
Many centuries ago, King Solomon wrote (in the Wisdom of Solomon 7:17-20), 
"It is (God) who gave me unerring knowledge of what exists, to know the 
structure of the world and the activity of the elements;...the cycles of the 
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year and the constellations of the stars, the natures of animals and the 
tempers of wild beasts, the powers of spirits and the reasoning of men, the 
varieties of plants and the virtues of roots." In more recent times, Thomas 
Edison is quoted as having said that he believed his inventions came to him 
through the infinite forces of the universe. Dr. George Washington Carver 
rose early every morning and prayed to God before he went to his laboratory, 
and then went to the laboratory to carry out the direction he had received 
during his prayer. "Prayer," he said, "is an inner contact" ("The Man Who 
Talks with the Flowers," by Glenn Clark).

    If one is to receive wisdom from God through prayer, one's motives must 
be pure. Christ stated (Matt. 5:8), "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they 
shall see God." King Solomon further stated (Wisdom of Solomon 7:25-27), 
"(Wisdom is) a pure emanation of the glory of the Almighty; therefore 
nothing defiled gains entrance into her. For she is a reflection of eternal 
light, a spotless mirror of the working of God, and an image of his 
goodness....In every generation she passes into holy souls, and makes them 
friends of God, and prophets."

    Love of God can lead to communion with Him and partaking of His wisdom. 
On a smaller scale, also, if anything is to be understood, it must be loved. 
It is love that brings about the sympathetic uniting of one's consciousness 
with some being outside of oneself, which leads to the understanding of that 
other being. George Washington Carver loved the plants that he studied. he 
said, "No books are ever brought in here (to the laboratory)....Here I talk 
to the little peanut and it reveals its secrets to me....Anything will give 
up its secrets if you love it enough." In this manner, Dr. Carver discovered 
three hundred new uses for the peanut, including face powder, axle grease, 
printer's ink, shampoos, soaps, woodstains, oil dyes, and rubberoid 
compounds. If the chemist would understand the mysteries of molecules, he 
must love the molecules. If the electrical engineer would undertand the 
mysteries of electrical circuits, he must love the electrical circuits. If 
the medical doctor would learn how to heal his patients, he must love the 
patients.

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    As scientists increase their love of God and the various parts of His 
creation, as this love grows in breadth and strength, as it acts as a force 
drawing the scientist ever closer to the source of wisdom, there will come a 
time when it will have the power to project him into the invisible worlds 
where he can see first-hand the forces that form and control all earthly 
manifestations, where he can perceive the inner aspirations and hopes and 
fears of all living beings. (See Max Heindel, "Ancient and Modern 
Initiation," pp. 75-89.) Then he will have reached the source of wisdom. 
From that point on, he will have the power to control the forces of nature 
so that he can do such things as create bread out of stones, calm the winds, 
levitate, and heal the sick.

    Christ stated that the greatest commandments in the law were, "You shall 
love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with 
all your mind,....and you shall love your neighbor as yourself." These 
commandments are just as important for the scientist as they are for the 
priest; they are just as important for obtaining understanding of the world 
as they are for obtaining favor with God. May the Light of Love bring 
illumination to those who walk in darkness.

REFERENCES

Clark, Glenn. "The Man Who Talks with the Flowers." Saint Paul, Minn.: 
Macalester Park Publishing Company, 1939

Heindel, Max. "Ancient and Modern Initiation." Oceanside, Cal.: The 
Rosicrucian Fellowship, 1931

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                               HUMAN VALUES: 

The sociologist Pitirim A. Sorokin has made an extensive study of what 
various peoples throughout history have considered to be of value. He 
divided human value systems into two main classes, which he named sensate 
and ideational. The sensate value system places value on that which can be 
externally perceived with the physical senses. The ideational value system 
places value on intellectual and spiritual things. Sorokin found that what 
people consider to be of value influences their beliefs, their social and 
political structures, and their art and music.

    The peoples who hold the sensate view obtain truth from physical 
observation, and believe that the relation between cause and effect is 
invariant or determined by pure chance. The peoples who hold the ideational 
point of view obtain truth from inspiration or revelation from God, and 
believe that true causes lie in a world beyond the world of the senses. The 
peoples who hold the sensate view equate good with happiness; the peoples 
who hold the ideational view believe that good is determined by principles. 
The peoples who hold the sensate view believe that the individual is of 
prime concern, and that society is only of value as it helps the individual 
achieve a fuller realization of his self-seeking impulses. The rich or the 
military or those who physically dominate are the rulers in the sensate 
society. The peoples who hold the ideational view believe that the good of 
the whole is of prime consideration and individual "rights" may be abrogated 
for the good of the whole. The priest or religious leaders rule in the 
ideational society.

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    Sensate art and literature tend to be realistic, and based on familiar 
objects or persons. Ideational art and literature are symbolic, 
impressionistic, and allegorical. Sensate music is made to be interesting, 
enjoyable, entertaining, and spectacular. It may be accompanied by dancing, 
elaborate scenery, and food. Ideational music is meant to convey a hidden 
meaning, something that is beyond the sounds and for which the sounds are 
mere signs and symbols.

    Throughout history, at some times the sensate view has been predominant, 
and at other times the ideational view has predominated. Often there have 
been conflicts between the proponents of the two views. Which view is best? 
What view should we adopt? To answer this question, we need to view the 
overall evolutionary scheme (as seen by clairvoyants). At the beginning of 
the evolutionary scheme, we were united in consciousness with God. We then 
had the ideational viewpoint in its purest form. In this state we had All-
consciousness, but no self-consciousness, and so we could not exercise 
initiative or act creatively. In order to gain self-consciousness, we were 
helped to build bodies. These bodies acted as walls around the self, so that 
we lost the All-consciousness but gained self-consciousness and the ability 
to act as an independent, creative entity. This state of self-consciousness 
is the sensate view in its purest form. In the self-conscious state, 
conflicts arise between individuals and there are fights and wars and much 
suffering.

    The ultimate aim of evolution is to regain the all-pervading harmony of 
the All-consciousness, but to maintain the individual initiative and 
creativity associated with self-consciousness. Thus our aim should be to 
blend the sensate and ideational points of view, to unite the secular and 
the religious, the head and the heart, and the good of the individual with 
the good of the whole. Causes must be sought in both the supersensory and in 
the domain of the senses. Evidence of both the senses and the inutition must 
be allowed, and fit into our world view. Through love, we must unite 
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the hurts and joys of any one, then the good of the one becomes the good of 
the all. Political leaders must be both statesmen amd religious leaders. 
Art, literature, and music need to blend outer beauty with inner meaning.

    When unification has been achieved, then the "mystic marriage" will 
occur, and we will be able to enter the Holy City (state of being) in which 
there will be no more death or pain, where the water of life flows, and 
where the glory of God is the source of light (as described in Revelation 
19:7-9 and Revelation chapters 21-22). This is the Kingdom of Christ, and 
well may we pray, "Thy Kingdom Come."

REFERENCE

Cowell, F.R. "Values in Human Society--The Contributions of Pitirim A. 
Sorokin to Sociology." Boston, Massachusetts: P. Sargent, 1970

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                               GRAVITY:

Material science has found that every object in the universe may be assigned 
a number (called the mass of the object) in such a manner that the 
gravitational force of any object on any other object is proportional to the 
product of the masses of the objects and is inversely porportional to the 
square of the distance between the objects. This relation is written in 
terms of algebraic symbols as

(1)            F =  G X M1 X M2
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                     R squared

where "G" is a constant, "M1" is the mass of object one, "M2" is the mass of 
object two, "R" is the distance between the centers of the objects, and "F" 
is the force of either object on the other. Equation (1) is called Newton's 
Law of Gravitation. 

    Near the surface of the earth, Newton's Law of Gravitation correctly 
describes the pull of the earth on objects (which pull makes released 
objects fall, and which makes objects that are thrown horizontally follow a 
path that curves toward the earth). When man sends rockets into orbit around 
the earth, using this Law, he can accurately predict what forces the fuel 
must exert on the rocket in order to get the rocket into a certain orbit. 
When Newton's Law of Gravitation is applied to planetary motions, the 
theoretically predicted motions agree with the observed motions to within 
seconds of arc per century.

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    Einstein developed a new theory for describing gravity, which is called 
the "General Theory of Relativity," which brings predictions even closer to 
observations than Newton's Law did. There are, however, still some slight, 
unaccounted for, deviations between theoretical predictions and 
observations.

    Clairvoyants are able to give some added information on the subject of 
gravity. The clairvoyant, Max Heindel, tells us (see "The Rosicrucian Cosmo-
Conception," p. 260) that "When laggards inhabiting a Moon have retrieved 
their position and returned to the parent planet; or, when continued 
retrogression has caused complete disintegration of their vehicles, the 
abandoned Moon also commences to dissolve....As time goes on, the power of 
attraction exercised by the parent planet diminishes, its orbit widens, 
until it reaches the limit of our solar system. It is then expelled into 
interstellar space; and dissolved in Chaos."

    Scientists have not noticed any substantial decline in the gravitational 
force of a planet on its moon, but this may be because they have not studied 
in detail any moon in the process of being released, or because the effect 
was too small or spread over too long a time to be noticeable.

    In Psalms 75:3, Jehovah is quoted as saying, "When the earth totters, 
and all its inhabitants, it is I who keep steady its pillars." Max Heindel 
further states (see "Questions and Answers," Vol. 2, p. 320) that "Up to 
2,000 years ago Jehovah had charge and guided our earth from without....Thus 
the Earth was held in orbit by His power. However at the change made on 
Golgotha the Christ Spirit drew into our earth in order that He might aid 
us....The Christ is now guiding the earth in its orbit from within, and will 
continue until we have learned to vibrate to that attribute, love, whereby 
we shall be able to apply the power to our own planet and thus guide it in 
its orbit from within."

    Scientists have noticed small deviations from the Laws of Gravitation of 
Newton and Einsteain. It is possible that the steadying influence of Christ 
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the influence of Christ is needed in order for the Earth simply to obey the 
Laws. The Laws were formulated during his "reign," and we don't know what 
the Laws would be if Christ were not guiding the Earth and other planets. 
Without Christ, materialistic attitudes and thoughts perhaps could increase 
the mass of the Earth, which could make the Earth slow down in its orbit (in 
order to conserve angular momentum), which could cause the earth to go into 
a smaller orbit. It may be Christ's influence that helps hold the mass of 
the Earth constant, and thence keeps the Earth from moving toward the Sun.

REFERENCES

Heindel, Max. "Questions and Answers." Vol. 2. Oceanside, Cal.: The 
Rosicrucian Fellowship, 1922
--------------"The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception." Oceanside, Cal.: The 
Rosicrucian Fellowship, 1973

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                                 WEATHER: 

Material scientists have observed that as the Sun shines it heats some parts 
of the Earth more than others. As the Earth radiates its warmth to the air 
above it, some parts of the air become warmer than other parts. The warm 
patches of air are light and rise, the cool patches of air are heavy and 
fall, and a surface wind is created that blows from the high-pressure region 
(where the cool air fell) to the low-pressure region (where the warm air 
rose). As the winds blow, the rotation of the Earth also influences their 
motion. Warm winds may pick up moisture from damp regions of the Earth and 
carry this moisture until they cool down to such an extent that the can no 
longer carry the moisture. Then they release is as rain, snow, or some other 
form of precipitation. Based on these basic principles, plus observed data 
as to current weather conditions, scientists are able to make forecasts 
about future weather conditions. At present the accuracy of weather 
forecasts is quite limited.

    Clairvoyants can give some added insight into the causes of weather 
patterns. The clairvoyant san see the inside of the Earth and the spiritual 
forces there that are influenced by the moral development of men and which 
in turn influence natural occurrences on Earth, such as weather, 
earthquakes, and volcanoes. Max Heindel notes (in "The Rosicrucian Cosmo-
Conception," pp. 506-7) that these forces can be clairvoyantly seen in the 
seventh layer of the earth, and that:

    "In the beginning of the conscious career of man (these forces) were 
much worse than at present. But it appears that as humanity progresses in 

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morals, these forces improve correspondingly; also that any lapse in morals 
has a tendency to unleash these nature forces and causes them to create 
havoc upon the Earth; while the striving for higher ideals makes them less 
inimical to man,...From the occult point of view, the "Hand of God" which 
smites a Sodom or a Gomorrah is not a foolish superstition, for as surely as 
there is individual responsibility to the Law of Consequence which brings to 
each person the just results of his deeds whether for good or evil, so is 
there also community and national responsibility, which brings upon groups 
of men corresponding results for their collective acts. Nature forces are 
the general agents of such retributive justice...."

    One may ask if the views of the material scientist and the clairvoyant 
are compatible, as they each see weather patterns as arising from different 
causes. To answer this question, we may consider the following story (from 
Max Heindel, "The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception," p. 125): "We see two men 
conversing on the street and one suddenly strikes the other, knocking him 
down. One observer may say that an angry thought knocked the man down. 
Another may scoff at this answer and declare that he saw the arm lifted, the 
muscles contract, the arm shooting out and coming in contact with the 
victim, who was knocked down. That is also true, but it is safe to say that 
had there not first been the angry thought, the blow would not have been 
struck."

    For weather patterns, the morality of people on Earth may act as a cause 
that influences the way in which the various parts of the air warm up or 
cool down, or gain or lose moisture, and that thereby influences weather 
patterns. Emotions such as hate, gloom, and fear can influence the flow of 
vital forces and blood within the human body, and can lead to disease. A 
similar thing may happen on a larger scale when a group of people engage in 
such feelings. They may thus influencethe flow of energies through the 
Earth's atmosphere and thus may influence weather.

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astrological forces. These energize the thoughts and feelings of men (either 
harmoniously or disharmoniously), which in turn influence the flow of 
energies in the atmosphere, which in turn produce weather.

    Above all these things stand the Recording Angels. They see all and know 
every person's evolutionary needs. They arrange the timing and location of 
all natural events and the paths of people so that each and every one 
encounters exactly what he needs for his development.

    In Mark 4:35-41 is told the story of one time when Christ and his 
disciples in a boat were caught in a great storm and the boat was filliung 
with water. But when Christ commanded, "Peace, be still!" the wind ceased, 
and there was a great calm. It is reasonable that just as disharmonious 
thoughts and feelings (such as those that Christ radiated) can bring calm.

    The next time that we encounter violent weather or other inimcal natural 
occurrences, we would do well to lift our hearts and minds to God. or better 
yet, if we can keep our hearts and minds lifted to God and can influence 
those around us to do likewise, we may help calm the winds of this troubled 
Earth.

REFERENCE

Heindel, Max. "The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception." Oceanside, Cal.: The 
Rosicrucian Fellowship, 1973

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                                MIRACLES:

A scientific law is a statement of an observed pattern of behavior of the 
world. Sometimes it is found that certain laws are only valid under certain 
conditions. Thus, some laws may be valid only at low temperatures, others 
may be valid at high temperatures. Some may be valid only for macroscopic 
objects, others may apply to microscopic objects. But under the same 
conditions, the world generally behaves in the same way at all times. A 
miracle may be defined as an event that is either highly improbable or 
impossible according to known laws. In the Bible, many miracles are 
described. How can these be fit into the scientific world-view (In the 
present day also, miracles are occasionally testified by reliably witnesses 
to have occurred. The same arguments that we will apply to biblical miracles 
can also be applied to current miracles.)

    Some biblical miracles are allegories and are not meant to be taken as 
records of scientific observatons. The story of Eve and Adam being tempted 
by a talking serpent, eating some fruit and becoming wise (Gen. 3) is an 
allegory that describes how the Lucifer Spirits (serpent) drew the awareness 
of humanity (Adam and Eve) to his dense body and to his ability to make 
decisions as to what he would or would not do. The story of Lot's wife 
looking back and turning into a pillar of salt (Gen. 19:26) is an allegory 
that points out that if people cling to old ways of doing things, their 
lives will become crystallized and no more progress can be made. The story 
of Samson, who had miraculous strength when his hair was long, but lost his 

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strength when his hair was cut (Judges 16), is an allegorical representation 
of the sun, which gains power when its rays grow in spring and summer, but 
loses power when its rays lessen in the fall and winter. The story of 
Jonah's running away to sea to avoid having to do the task that God assigned 
to him, being thrown overboard and being swallowed by a whale, and being 
released (unharmed) from the belly of the whale and again asked to do the 
same task, is an allegory that shows that if a person commits suicide in 
order to escape from certain problems, those same problems will again 
confront him when he is reborn. The story that states that Jesus was born of 
a Virgin is an allegorical representation of the fact that Mary and Joseph, 
although they had intercourse, did so without passion, maintaining a pure 
and holy mental state. Because these stories are allegories, there is no 
need to explain the miracles that occur in them, any more than there is a 
need to explain how Cinderella's fairy godmother could turn a pumpkin into a 
coach. 

    Some biblical miracles do not actually contradict known scientific laws, 
but appear remarkable because of their timing. Known scientific law would 
allow that a strong wind could push back a sea, but the fact that the Red 
Sea was thus pushed back just when the Israelites wanted to cross and then 
immediately flowed back again (Exod. 14:21-31) is remarkable in its timing. 
Known scientific law would allow that lightning, storms, earthquakes, 
droughts, plagues, or other "natural" disasters can occur, and that people 
who have been sick sometimes recover, but it is remarkable that plagues 
struck Egypt when Pharoah refused to let the Israelites go (Exod. 7-12); 
that the earth opened up and swallowed the tents of Korah and the others who 
had rebelled against Moses, but none of the faithful Israelites were hurt 
(Num. 16); that the Philistines were struck with tumors while they kept the 
Ark of the Covenant (1 Sam.5); that when the Philistines yoked cows to a 
cart carrying the Ark, the cows headed straight toward the land of the 

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Israelites (1 Sam. 6); that Uzzah fell dead immediately after touching the 
Ark (2 Sam. 6:7); that fire from heaven consumed an offering that Elijah had 
set up (1 Kings 18:38); that Gehazi was struck with leprosy when he took 
payment from Naaman after Elisha had cured Naaman from leprosy (2 Kings 5); 
and that many people were healed when they touched Christ's garment, or when 
Christ touched them. These miracles indicate that God (or higher spiritual 
beings in general) often work in accordance with physical laws. If something 
needs to be destroyed or some people need to be punished, the easiest or 
most convenient way for God to accomplish it may be to release those energy 
currents that set the physical cause-effect chains in motion.

    Some miracles do appear to contradict known scientific laws. One reason 
for this contradiction may be that conditions have changed, making the 
current patterns of action different from the previous. In Genesis 5-9 are 
listed seven persons (Adam, Seth, Enosh, Kenan, Jared, Methuselah, and Noah) 
who all lived to be over nine hundred years old. Clairvoyant investigation 
shows that in those days physical bodies were just as subject to aging as 
they are today, but in those days a father was able to pass his memories on 
to his descendants and thus the father "lived in memory" in the descendants 
for a number of generations. Because the condition needed for passing this 
memory on (namely, intermarriage within a small tribe of family, see "The 
Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception," pp.353-354) are no longer present, such 
lengthy lives are no longer observed. 

    Another reason why miracles may contradict known scientific laws may be 
that some unknown law may be in operation. Clairvoyants, who can see in the 
spiritual worlds and thus can see the patterns of operation of these worlds 
and how these "higher worlds" influence the physical world, can extend the 
range of known laws so that what before appeared miraculous then becomes 
understood. Clairvoyants see that in the higher worlds the past and the 
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prophets could foresee the future, or how someone's consciousness could stay 
at a given time or move backward in time to make the sun and moon appear to 
stand still (Josh. 10:11-14) or to make the shadow of the sun appear to go 
back ten degrees on a sundial (2 Kings 20:9-11). Clairvoyants can project 
their consciousness so that they can see things that are not in the line of 
sight of their physical eyes. Thus they can understand how Elisha knew that 
Gehazi had received (undeserved) payment from Naaman (2 Kings 5:26); and how 
Christ could tell the Samaritan woman at the well all about her family (John 
4:17-19) and could tell Nathanael that he had previously been sitting under 
a fig tree (John 1:47-50) and could tell his disciples where to place their 
nets to get them full of fish (John 21:4-14).

    In the spiritual worlds, the clairvoyant can see the archetypes 
according to which all forms are built and the various vibration patterns 
that bring inbto being the various types of materials on earth (see "Ancient 
and Modern Initiation," pp. 87-89). Thus he sees how vibration patterns can 
be modified so that stones can be turned into bread or water into wine or 
food can be created out of air. He can then understand how manna could 
appear out of "nowhere" (Exod. 16:14-35); how the widow's oil and meal could 
be continuously replenished (1 Kings 17:14-16), how Christ could turn water 
into wine (John 2:1-11); and how Christ, starting with seven loaves and a 
few small fish, was able to feed four thousand ,men, besides women and 
children (Matt. 15:32-38). When the archetype is mentally held together even 
in the presence of fire, then one can walk in fire without being burned, as 
did Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego (Dan. 3:19-27). When an archetype of a 
human body has lost its vibration energy, the person dies. The clairvoyant 
can see hoa run-down archetype can be re-energized and how the departed 
spirit can then return to the body and thus the dead can be brought back to 
life. Thus the rasining from the dead of the widow's son by Elijah (1 Kings 
17:17-24), of the Shunammite's son by Elisha (2 Kings 4:18-37), and of the 
widow's son by Christ (Luke 7:11-17) become understandable.

    As men make more and more observations (both physically and 

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clairvoyantly), and from these gain more and more understanding of the laws 
according to which the universe operates, they find that phenomena that they 
previously considered to be miracles now appear to be working out of laws. 
Each new set of observations, however, also brings in new unexplained 
phenomena, and thus drives the scientist to seek further explanations. it is 
an occult maxim that, "Veil upon veil will lift, but there is veil upon veil 
behind."

REFERENCES

Heindel, Max. "Ancient and Modern Initiation," Oceanside, Cal.: The 
Rosicrucian Fellowship, 1931

Heindel, Max. "The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception." Oceanside, Cal.: The 
Rosicrucian Fellowship, 1973

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                             INCREASING POWER:

Material scientists observe that when several forces are present, maximum 
effect is obtained if all the forces push in the same direction. When 
molecules of air fly randomly in all directions, they exert no observable 
forces on objects. But if a substantial fraction are moving in a given 
direction (as occurs when the wind blows, or when a fan or propeller of an 
airplane sets air in motion, or when a jet engine is operating), the air 
cannot only move small things about but may blow down trees and houses, and 
lift airplanes into the air. Every atom in a piece of iron is a small 
magnet, but the iron cannot exert any noticeable forces on other pieces of 
iron until a substantial fraction of the individual atomic magnets are 
aligned so that their north poles point in the same direction.

     Material scientists observe that when forces are drawn together and not 
allowed to scatter, increased strength is obtained. It is much easier to 
drive a nail point-first into wood than to drive the nail in head-first, 
because with the point on the wood, all the driving force is concentrated on 
a small location and thence entry into the wood is obtained. When a river 
flows in a wide bed, the current is gentle, but when the channel narrows, 
the current becomes strong. When steam is allowed to escape in all 
directions from a cooking pot, the steam has little force, but if the steam 
is channeled into a single narrow pipe, it is capable of exerting tremendous 
pressure. Near the Sun the light and heat from the Sun are very intense, but 
the farther one goes from the Sun, the more the rays spread out and the less 

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intense the radiations become. Thus the planets closer to the Sun get more 
heat from the Sun than the planets farther from the Sun. The rays of the Sun 
spread over the surface of the Earth produce only moderate warming, but if a 
lens or concave mirror is used to make the rays converge, the rays can be 
used to start a fire or to bake food.

    Material scientists also observe that the longer a force is applied, the 
more effect is has. When a baseball is being batted, the longer the bat can 
be kept in contact with and pushing on the ball, the farther the ball will 
go.

    Thus, in the material world, the three basic ways of increasing power 
are:

1] Align the forces so they all push in the same direction.
2] Do not allow the forces to scatter and concentrate them on a point.
3] Extend the time over which the forces act.

    The Hermetic axiom states, "As above, so below." Corresponding to each 
method of increasing power in the material world is an analogous method for 
increasing spiritual powers. Let us consider some spiritual applications of 
each of the above three methods.

    1] Alignment of forces so they all push in the same direction: If we 
would develop spiritual powers, we must live our lives so that every action 
leads toward this goal. We must avoid actions that lead us away from this 
goal--such as drinking alcohol, taking drugs for pleasure, smoking, eating 
meat, and degenerating of the creative force. We must also avoid actions, 
which, although not leading us away, do not lead us toward the goal--such as 
wasting time and energy gathering and caring for material possessions that 
we have no real use for, reading books and viewing shows that are not 
uplifting, seeking knowledge for which we have no use, and talking about 
trivia that no one will benefit by hearing. We must fill our waking hours 
with those activities that lead toward the develolment of spiritual powers--
such as doing the spiritual exercises of Concentration and Retrospection, 

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gathering knowledge that will aid us in perfecting our own being and in 
serving humanity, doing loving self-forgetting service to others, saying 
that which can help others, etc.

    We must not allow our minds to waver between "I can" and "I can't" "I 
will" and "I won't" "I want" and "I don't want," etc. If we would obtain 
spiritual power, we must decide what needs to be done, convince ourselves 
that we can do it, resolve to do it, and then let nothing (other than 
realization that the resolution was in error) hinder us from doing it.

2] Not allowing forces to scatter and concentrating them on a point: The 
constant barrage of sense impressions that come to us during our waking 
hours tends to defocus our minds (as they are diverted from one sense 
impression to another) and scatter our spiritual powers. Some sense stimuli 
we may try to avoid. One can try to stay away from loud, disharmonious noise 
and one may try to take care of the dense body so that it does not feel 
discomfort. It is generally not possible, however, to remove all 
disturbances. Thus we ultimately need to train our mind to igmore to refuse 
to receive those impressions that are of ni use to it, and to concentrate 
its full attention on those impressions that are of use or on its own inner 
activity.

    We need to learn to focus our mind on one thing at a time. If we are 
observing some object, we should for a few moments focus all our attention 
on that object and observe all its details accurately. if we are listening 
to someone, we should focus all our attention on him and block everything 
else out of our mind. If we are thinking about some subject, we should not 
let our mind wander onto other subjects until we consciously give it 
permission to do so.

3] Extend the time over which the forces act: If some goal is not attained 
in one minute, work on it two minutes. If a goal is not attained in one 
hour, work on it two houts. If a goal is not attained in one year, work on 
it two years, or twenty years or a lifetime. If a goal is not attained in a 
lifetime, continue working on it in the next lifetime. The more time one 

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spends directing one's efforts in a given direction, the more spiritual 
power is built up, and eventually the power will be sufficient to 
accomplish its object. Anyone can do anything if he works at it long enough 
and hard enough.

    When the material scientist uses his knowledge of how to increase power, 
he can do such things as make roads through mountains, and build skyscrapers 
and bridges. he can make heavy rockets lift into the air, fly faster than 
sound, and even fly to the moon. When the spiritual scientist uses his 
knowledge of how to increase spiritual power, he will be able to speak to 
others by means of thoughts, to heal the sick, and to create by means of the 
spoken word.

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