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              WORKBOOK FOR "THE ROSICRUCIAN COSMO-CONCEPTION":

                                Introduction:

   This workbook is intended for use with The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception 
by Max Heindel.  The Workbook contains two groups of questions for each 
chapter in The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception.  The first group of questions 
for a chapter are questions whose answer may be found somewhere in the 
chapter.  The second group of questions are labeled as Thought questions.  
The answers to these questions are not given in the chapter, but rather can 
be answered by relating what was said in the chapter to one's own experience 
and by using one's creative imagination.

   In using the Workbook it is recommended that one first read an entire 
chapter from The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception to get an overall picture of 
the topic being discussed.  Then answer the questions from the Workbook, 
referring back to the text in the "Cosmo" as needed.

   It is hoped that this workbook will help the reader clarify and make more 
precise his understanding of occult Truths, so that he may tred the path 
with a more certain step.

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A WORD TO THE WISE and INTRODUCTION

i-1]     The best attitude to have when a new teaching is being given is to

         a.  constantly compare the new teaching with your own views and 
             only accept it if there is agreement.
         b.  be open to considering that the teaching may be true and that 
             it is worth consideration.
         c.  be ready to reject the teaching if you have never heard of 
             anything like it before.
         d.  make up your mind concerning the merit of the teaching even if 
             you do not have any evidence to prove whether or not it is 
             true.

i-2]     Insert either "mind" or "heart" into each blank.
         The ____________  wants materially demonstrable explanations of 
         the phenomenal world.  The  _______________ feels instinctively that 
         there are spiritual truths which the _______________________  alone 
         cannot grasp.  In time, both will learn to work together.

i-3]     Which of the following is the least reliable method of obtaining 
         information concerning life after death?

         a)  Study what is written by people who have themselves personally 
             investigated the post-mortem states of man.
         b)  Survey the opinions of many people, and consider those opinions 
             which are expressed most frequently to be most reliable.
         c)  Through persistent effort, awaken the ability within oneself to 
             personally investigate the state of the human spirit after 
             death.

Thought question:  If one is to become wise, why is it necessary to desire 
         wisdom with great intensity?

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CHAPTER 1

1-1]     Mark each of the following statements true (T) or false (F).

         a)  Because most people cannot see super-physical worlds, we may 
             conclude that no one can see them.
         b)  When a person becomes clairvoyant, he at once knows all about 
             the higher Worlds.
         c)  Clairvoyants must first be trained before they can make 
             observations of any real value.
         d)  The reports of clairvoyants concerning the higher worlds should 
             all be the same if the clairvoyants are telling the truth.
         e)  To understand what happens in the physical World it is 
             necessary to understand the super-physical World.
         f)  Objects in the higher Worlds are more lasting and 
             indestructable than objects in the Physical World.
         g)  The spirit which molds matter into various forms in independent 
             of the forms, and the spirit existed before the forms and will 
             continue to exist after the forms have decayed.

1-2]     In each blank put one of the following words:  Chemical, Life, 
         Light, Reflecting.

         a)  The  ____________________ Ether is the medium through which 
             thought makes an impression on the human brain.
         b)  Forces which work to produce new forms (as seeds, eggs, 
             foetuses) work in the  ___________________________ Ether.
         c)  Forces which generate blood heat and which circulate the blood 
             work in the  ___________________ Ether.
         d)  The forces which cause nutritive elements of food to be 
             incorporated into bodies of plant, animal and man work through 
             the  _______________________ Ether.

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         e)  Forces which produce sense perception work in the 
             ____________________________ Ether.
         f)  Forces which cause the expulsion of materials unfit for use in 
             the body work through the __________________________ Ether.

1-3]     Which of the following is not true about the Desire World?

         a)  Cosmic forces active in the Desire World give incentive for 
             action.
         b)  Desires, wishes, passions and feelings express themselves in 
             the matter of the Desire World.
         c)  Desire World matter is less dense than matter of the Physical 
             World.
         d)  Everything that has ever happened has left behind it an 
             ineffaceable picture in the Desire World.

1-4]     Choose the correct word or phrase from within each parentheses.
         Anything which happens in the Physical World causes a (similar, 
         different) form to be built in the Desire World.  If a person 
         truthfully describes an occurrence, a form (like, unlike) the 
         original is formed in the Desire World.  These two forms, because 
         they relate to the same thing, are drawn together and (strengthen, 
         weaken) one another.  If a false account of an occurrence is given, 
         a form (like, unlike) the original is formed in the Desire World.  
         This latter form is drawn to the original and the two (strengthen, 
         weaken) one another.

1-5]     In each blank substitute one of the following words:  Passion, 
         Impressionability, Wishes, Feeling.

         a)  Forces of sense-perception in the vital body of man cause 
             pictures to be formed in the region of  ________________________
             of the Desire World.
         b)  These pictures may generate Interest or Indifference in the 
             region of _______________________  in the Desire World.

1-6]     Which of the following cannot be found in the Region of Concrete 
         Thought?

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         a)  Principles of logic
         b)  Archetypes of physical forms
         c)  Archetypes of etheric forms
         d)  Archetypes of passions, wishes, feelings and emotions

1-7]     The archetypes in the Continental Region of the World of Thought 
         can best be described as

         a)  the reflections of the physical forms in the Region of Concrete 
             Thought.
         b)  the creative patterns according to which the Physical Forms are 
             built.
         c)  Thought patterns which have no direct relations to physical 
             forms.

Thought questions:
1-A]     Give an example of an occurence in the Physical World which, in 
         order to be explained, requires a knowledge of the higher worlds?

1-B]     What can we learn from existence in the Physical World that we 
         could not learn from existence in the higher worlds?

1-C]     In what ways do the laws governing the Desire World differ from the 
         laws governing the Physical World?

1-D]     Describe some evil in the world.  Then find and describe some good 
         within that evil.

1-E]     What do we need to do to surround ourselves with good, pure, and 
         beautiful forms in the Desire World?

1-F]     If the Etheric Region of the Physical World, the Desire World, and 
         the World of Thought are all around us, why is it that we cannot 
         see them?

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CHAPTER 2

2-1]     Insert in each blank the letter corresponding to the phrase which 
         best completes the sentence.  The phrases to be use are:  a) grow 
         and propagate; b) feel and move; c) use a definite language and 
         carry on logical thought.
         Man has an individual mind and thence can  ___________.  Animals and 
         man have individual desire bodies and are able to  _______________.  
         Minerals lack an individual vital body and therefore cannot 
         ____________.  Minerals and plants lack an individual desire body and 
         thence cannot  ________________.  Plants, animals and man all have 
         individual vital bodies and thence are able to ________________.

2-2]     What observational evidence supports the assertion that the vital 
         body of woman is positive whereas the vital body of man is 
         negative?

2-3]     What observational evidence do we have that the vital body leaves 
         the dense body at the time of death?

2-4]     In each bland, insert one of the following words:  bones, heart, 
         liver, muscles, nerves, spleen, desire body, Ego, germs, red blood 
         corpuscles, air, cancer, paralysis, strong, weak.
         Vital force from the sun is drawn into the body at the etheric 
         counterpart of the  _________________, and then spreads along the 
         ________________________ and energizes these so that they can carry 
         messages of the  __________________ throughout the body.  After 
         passing through the dense body, the vital force radiates outward 
         from the body and carries  _____________________ outward.  
         During sickness the radiations become _____________________ and 
         cannot so readily carry out  _____________________.  If the vital 
         force currents become blocked, ______________________ may result.

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2-5]     If someone has become a trained clairvoyant, what ethical rules 
         will he follow in the use of his power?

2-6]     Why do animals of a given species all act the same under similar 
         circumstances?

2-7]     The Ego of man has its consciousness focused in the  _______________ 
         World, whereas the Group spirit and Ego of animals have their 
         consciousness focused in the ______________________ World.

2-8]     The body of man which is most highly organized is the  
         ______________________ body.  The  ______________________ body and  
         _________________body are yet almost entirely unorganized and are of
         little use when not connected to the highly organized ______________ 
         body.

2-9]     In each blank insert one of the following words:  mineral, plant, 
         animal, man, group spirit, earth spirit.
         When a mineral is broken the  ______________________ feels what 
         happened.  When a plant is cut, the _________________ feels what 
         happened.  When an animal is hurt, both the  ______________________ 
         and the ______________________ suffer.  When a man's body is injured, 
         the  ___________________________ feels pain.

2-10]    Choose the correct word or phrase in each parentheses.
         Man has (no, some, complete) free will, and as a consequence often 
         acts contrary to Cosmic Law and brings suffering upon himself.  
         Animal spirits have (no, some, complete) free will.  They (must, 
         may if they wish) follow the dictates of the group spirit.  In time 
         the current animals will attain the human stage of development, and 
         then will have (no, some, complete) free will.

Thought questions:

2-A]     In what ways does the desire body of an advanced person differ from 
         that of a less advanced person (in size, material, and 
         organization).

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2-B]     In what ways does an animal group spirit help the animals of its 
         species?

2-C]     Compare the role of the group spirit in relation to the animal 
         spirits to the role of a mother in relation to her children.

CHAPTER 3

3-1]     What happens when the power of will projects an idea into the 
         concrete mind?

3-2]     What three types of reactions are possible when a thought form is 
         projected onto the desire body?

3-3]     What does the ether in the air we breathe carry into our lungs and 
         thence into the negative atoms of the vital body?

3-4]     During sleep, what bodies withdraw from the dense body?

3-5]     During sleep, which of the following has its harmony and vitality 
         restored first?  Which is restored last?

         a)  The dense body
         b)  The vital body
         c)  The desire body and mind

3-6]     Why does sleep accomplish more restoration than rest?

3-7]     How is soul brought into being?

3-8]     How does the soul benefit the spirit?

3-9]     Why should the dying not be given stimulants?

3-10]    When the heart stops beating, what is withdrawn from the dense 
         body?

3-11]    For a period of three and one-half days after the heart stops 
         beating, which of the following should be done with the body of the 
         dead person?

         a)  The body should be embalmed as soon as possible after the heart 
             stops beating.
         b)  The body should be cremated as soon as possible after the heart 
             stops beating.
         c)  Loud noise should be made in the vicinity of the body.
         d)  The body should be disturbed as little as possible.

3-12]    Why should the body be treated as in question 3-11?

3-13]    After death and after the vital body collapses the person breaks

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         connection with the vital body and enters the Desire World.  What 
         does the Ego then have in its possession?

3-14]    Why does a suicide feel hollowed out after death?  How long does 
         this feeling last?

3-15]    When the panorama of life is reviewed in the lower part of the 
         Desire World, what does the person feel?

3-16]    How can we cleanse ourselves from our evil deeds prior to death?

3-17]    After death, if someone habitually thinks in a materialistic manner 
         when they are building their body for the next life, what is the 
         effect on the body being built?

3-18]    What types of action during earth life bring us happiness in the 
         First Heaven?

3-19]    Mark each of the following true (T) or false (F).

         a)  One should give all the money that one has to whoever expresses 
             a desire for it.
         b)  Serving with love is frequently of more help than giving of 
             money.
         c)  It is better to help a person help himself that to do 
             everything for the needy person.

3-20]    Which of the following is not a reason why a child may die before 
         the age of fourteen?

         a)  A weak spirit may be in need of extra training in the Desire 
             World to fit it for a hard life.
         b)  At the end of the previous life the retrospection may have been 
             disturbed, and extra training in the Desire World may be needed 
             to compensate for the loss thereby incurred.
         c)  Someone in the Desire World may have had a strong wish to have 
             the companionship of the child.

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         d)  Someone, through an act of free will, may murder a child.

3-21)    Next to each item on the left put the letter of the item on the 
         right which is most closely related

         Purgatory  ___________  A.  The Chemical Region of the Physical World
         The First Heaven  _____ B.  The Etheric Region of the Physical World
         The Second Heaven _____ C.  The Lower Desire World
         The Third Heaven  _____ D.  The Higher Desire World
                                 E.  The Region of Concrete Thought
                                 F.  The Region of Abstract Thought

3-22]    What does the Ego carry with it when it enters the Second Heaven?

3-23]    Which of the following is not one of the activities carried on in 
         the Second Heaven?

         a)  Feeling of the effects of all one's good actions in the past 
             life
         b)  Building into the threefold spirit the spiritualized 
             quintessence of the three bodies
         c)  Preparing the environment for the next physical existence
         d)  Learning to build bodies

3-24]    When the desire arises for new experience and a new birth is 
         contemplated, what pictures appear before the vision of the Ego?

3-25]    Why do we need to return to physical existence on earth many times?

3-26]    When an Ego is coming into rebirth, what do the Recording Angels 
         impress into the reflecting ether of the vital body?

3-27]    Which of the following is not involved in building the vital body 
         for the coming life of an Ego?

         a)  The Recording Angels
         b)  The physical father of the returning Ego
         c)  The inhabitants of the Heaven World
         d)  Elemental Spirits
         e)  The returning Ego itself

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3-28]    What must be present in the head of one of the spermatoza in the 
         semen of the father before fertilization can take place?

3-29]    What must be in the womb of the mother (in addition to an ovum) 
         before fertilization can take place?

3-30]    At what time does the Ego in its desire body and mind sheath 
         actually enter the mother's body?

3-31]    At approximately what age is the vital body of the child liberated 
         from the macrocosmic vital body?

3-32]    Prior to the birth of the vital body only the forces which operate 
         along the (negative, positive) pole of the child's vital body are 
         active.

3-33]    Which of the following are carried on through forces which work 
         along the positive pole of the vital body?

         a) Assimilation,  b) Excretion of solids,  c) Excretion of liquids,
         d) Propagation,  e) Production of blood heat,  f) Blood circulation,
         g) Sense perception,  h) Negative clairvoyance.

3-34]    How do the forces which work along the positive pole of the ethers 
         get carried out (to a limited extent) in the child's body?

3-35]    At approximately what age is the individual desire body born from 
         the macrocosmic desire body?

3-36]    When the individual desire body is born, the force which had been 
         use for growth is diverted from that, and becomes available for 
         ___________________________.

3-37]    At approximately what age is the individual mind born from the 
         macrocosmic mind?

3-38]    What can the mind do after it is born which it could not do before?

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3-39]    Which of the following is not needed if the Ego is to control the 
         blood?

         a)  The Ego must make its own red blood corpuscles.
         b)  The Ego must make its own white blood corpuscles.
         c)  The blood must be at the proper temperature.
         d)  There must be enough red blood corpuscles in the blood.

Thought questions:

3-A]     Give examples of thought forms which, when projected on the desire 
         body, might arouse forces of attraction.  Repeat for forces of 
         repulsion, and for forces of indifference.

3-B]     Give some examples of desires which might make a deceased person 
         want to remain on the earth plane.

3-C]     What might you say to a person contemplating suicide in order to 
         dissuade them?

3-D]     If you were in charge of some children in the First Heaven, what 
         might you mold them out of desire stuff?

3-E]     If God is a loving God, why did He include pain in the universal 
         plan?

3-F]     What is the purpose of life on earth?

3-G]     Why is it dangerous to put too much physical strain on a child's 
         body before the age of seven, to put too much emotional strain on a 
         child before the age of fourteen, or to put too much mental strain 
         on a child before the age of twenty-one?

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CHAPTER 4

4-1]     The materialist asserts that mind is the result of material 
         structures.  What conclusion would the materialist tend to draw 
         from the fact that at least once in seven years there is a change 
         in every atom composing our bodies?

4-2]     How do the twin laws of Rebirth and Consequence account for the 
         inequities in talents with which different people are born?

4-3]     If talents are not inherited, why do people with similar talents 
         often occur in the same family?

4-4]     Why are two people who hate each other sometimes drawn into the 
         same family?

4-5]     In general, how many times is an Ego born during the time when the 
         equinox passes through one sign of the zodiac?

4-6]     In earlier times, man had perception in the spiritual worlds and 
         knew that when one body died, another could be built to take its 
         place.  Why was it necessary that man's spiritual perception be 
         lost and that he become ignorant of rebirth?

4-7]     What effect does alcohol have on man's consciousness?

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CHAPTER 5

5-1]     Which of the following is not true concerning the Seventh Cosmic 
         Plane?

         a)  It is the plane on which humanity carries on most of its 
             activities.
         b)  It is interpenetrated by the sixth Cosmic Plane.
         c)  It is more extended in space than the sixth Cosmic Plane.
         d)  It is divisible into seven Worlds (or states of matter).

5-2]     Next to each item on the left, put the letter of the item on the 
         right which is most closely related.

         The God of our Solar System  ________    A.  The Seventh Cosmic Plane
         Planetary Spirits _______________        B.  The First Cosmic Plane
         Gods of other solar systems  _________   C.  The Root of Existence
         The Supreme Being _______________
         The Seven Great Logoi  __________
         The Absolute  ___________

5-3]     What are the three aspects of the God of a Solar System?

Thought question:

5-A]     Explain ho Will, Wisdom and Activity are needed for a person to 
         create, say, a house.

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CHAPTER 6

6-1]     Mark each of the following true (T) or false (F).
 
         a)  Solar Systems are born, die, and come to birth anew in cycles
             of activity and rest.
         b)  The God of a Solar System created the Solar System in order to 
             evolve added self-consciousness.
         c)  All of the Beings within the God of the Solar System were first 
             differentiated within Him at the beginning of this Day of 
             Manifestation.
         d)  Beings who have attained higher degrees of development work on 
             those who have not yet evolved and self-consciousness.
         e)  Some of the less evolved beings cannot come into manifestation 
             at the beginning of a period of manifestation because they must 
             wait until higher evolved beings have made proper conditions 
             for them.

6-2]     Which of the following is not one of the things which the God of 
         the Solar System does to the Cosmic Root-substance in the process 
         of creating a Solar System?
  
         a)  Within His aura He permeates the atoms of Cosmic Root-substance 
             and awakens them into activity.
         b)  He draws in Cosmic Root-substance from his immediate sphere.
         c)  He sets the Cosmic Root-substance into varying rates of 
             vibration.
         d)  He creates the material of all seven worlds simultaneously with 
             a "creative fiat".

6-3]     Which of the following is not true concerning the virgin spirits 
         which proceed from the God of the Solar System?

         a)  These virgin spirits are separated from God at the beginning of 
             Manifestation.

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         b)  In the virgin spirits are enfolded all the possibilities of 
             their Divine Father.
         c)  The latent possibilities of the virgin spirits are transformed 
             into dynamic powers during evolution.
         d)  Prior to the beginning of its pilgrimage through matter, the
             virgin spirit has Divine Consciousness, but not Self-conscious-
             ness.

6-4]     Why is it desirable for us to understand the scheme of evolution?

Thought question:

6-A]     What will we have at the end of the seven great Periods of 
         Manifestation which we did not have at the beginning?

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CHAPTER 7

7-1]     Next to each item on the left put the letter of the item on the 
         right which is most closely related.

         Saturn Period-Globe A  _____           A.  World of Divine Spirit
         Sun Period-Globe A ______              B.  World of Life Spirit
         Moon Period-Globe D  _____             C.  World of Human Spirit
         Earth Period-Globe D  _____            D.  Region of Abstract Thought
         Vulcan Period-Globe B  _____           E.  Region of Concrete Thought
                                                F.  Desire World
                                                G.  Etheric Region
                                                H.  Chemical Region

7-2]     How many times is Globe A of the Saturn Period traversed?

7-3]     When Globe D of the Saturn Period has been traversed for the last 
         time, what happens to the globe and the forces within it?

7-4]     What period, revolution and globe are we in now?

7-5]     What takes place in between Periods?

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CHAPTER 8

8-1]     Next to each item on the left put the letter of the item on the 
         right which is most closely related (for the life wave which is 
         currently human).

         Work on the dense body  _____  A.  Saturn Period, seventh revolution
         Work on the vital body ____    B.  Sun Period, first revolution
         Work on the desire body  _____ C.  Sun Period, sixth revolution
         Work on the mind  _________    D.  Sun Period, fifth revolution
         Work on the Human Spirit  ____ E.  Moon Period, fourth revolution
         Work on the Life Spirit  ___   F.  Moon period, fifth revolution
         Work on the Divine Spirit  __  G.  Earth Period, fourth revolution

8-2]     Next to each item on the left put the letter of the item on the 
         right which is most closely related.

         Hierarchies who were so far            A.  Angels
         advanced that helping humanity
         gave them no new experience.  ____     B.  Archangels

         Hierarchies who helped awaken the      C.  Cherubim
         Life Spirit in Man.  ________

         Hierarchies who were human in the      D.  Lords of Individuality
         Saturn Period.  _________
                                                E.  Lords of Mind
         Hierarchies who are currently
         helping man build and use his
         desire body.  _________

         Hierarchies who are currently
         helping man build and use his
         vital body.  _________

         Hierarchies who worked with us
         throughout the Moon Period.  ________

         Hierarchies who are no longer
         involved with human evolution.  ______

         Hierarchies who were human in the 
         Sun Period.  ________

         Hierarchies who were human in the 
         Moon Period.  ________

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         Hierarchies who have charge of
         the development of the Life Spirit 
         during the Earth Period.  ________

         Hierarchies who radiated from
         themselves into man the nucleus of
         material from which we are building
         a mind.  ____________

CHAPTER 9

9-1]     If a being is to evolve, what must it be able to do when it meets 
         new conditions?

9-2]     Next to each item on the left put the letter of the item on the 
         right which is most closely related.

         Beings who commenced evolution in      A.  Present day animals
         the Saturn Period and did not
         straggle.  ____                        B.  Present day anthropoids

         Beings who commenced evolution in      C.  Present day angels
         the Saturn Period but straggled in
         the Saturn or Sun Period.  ____        D.  Present day pioneers of 
                                                    humanity
         Beings who commenced evolution in     
         the Sun Period and did not             E.  Trees and perennials
         straggle.  ____                      
                                                F.  Flowers and grasses
         Beings who commenced evolution        
         in the Sun Period and straggled        G.  Sands and soft soils
         in the Sun Period.  _______

         Beings who commenced evolution in
         the Moon Period and straggled.  _______

9-3]     Mark each of the following true (T) or false (F).

         a)  It is possible for stragglers of a life wave to catch up with 
             and overtake the pioneers of that life wave.
         b)  If stragglers fail to make a certain step in one period, they 
             may again have the opportunity to take that step in the next 
             period.
         c)  If a group of beings straggle persistently, they may need to be 
             dissolved.
         d)  Of the total number of virgin spirits which started evolution 
             in the Saturn Period, about 99% will make it to the end of the 
             originally planned evolutionary scheme.
         e)  Materialism, if carried too far, can result in the destruction 
             of all seven of the vehicles of the virgin spirit.

Thought question:

9-A]     Why is it undesirable to be a straggler?

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CHAPTER 10

10-1]    a)  At the beginning of the Earth Period what vehicles were 
             possessed by those beings who began their evolution in the 
             Saturn Period but straggled in the Moon Period?

         b)  Among these beings, some had desire bodies which could be 
             divided into two parts.  Why was this feature desirable?

         c)  What became of those whose desire bodies were divisible?

         d)  What became of those whose desire body was not divisible.

10-2]    What modification in the dense body was made in the Saturn 
         Revolution of the Earth Period?

10-3]    When matter has become too crystallized for a spirit to work in, 
         what does the spirit do?

10-4]    What Period was recapitulated on Globe C of the fourth revolution 
         of the Earth Period?

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CHAPTER 11

11-1]    Why does our solar system need to have planets in it?

11-2]    Where does matter come from?

11-3]    The interim between Periods and Revolutions is (more, less, 
         equally) important to the growth of the soul (than, as) manifested 
         existence.  During these intervals of rest, beings of lesser 
         development (are, are not) in contact with beings of higher 
         development and thereby benefit.  Also past experiences are 
         (assimilated, expurgated) during these rest periods.

11-4]    What are the dense bodies of the "Seven Spirits before the Throne?"

11-5]    Next to each item on the left put the letter of the item on the 
         right which is  most closely related.

         The first planet thrown off            A.  Mercury
         from the sun  _____
                                                B.  Venus
         A body on which life is at a
         stage corresponding to the             C.  Earth
         Saturn Period  _______
                                                D.  The Earth's moon
         A body on which the field of
         evolution corresponds to the           E.  Mars
         Jupiter Period  ________
                                                F.  Jupiter
         The last planet thrown off from
         the sun  _______                       G.  The Asteroids

         A body on which retrogression          H.  Saturn
         and disintegration is occuring
         due to too close adherence to          I.  Uranus
         material existence on the part of
         the inhabitants  ____                  J.  Neptune

         Former moons of Mercury and
         Venus  _______

         A planet which does not properly
         belong to our solar system  _____

11-6]    How did the inhabitants of the former moons of Mercury and Venus 
         earn the right to return to the parent planets?

11-7]    What happens to an abandoned moon?

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CHAPTER 12

12-1]    In the Polarian Epoch, where in the Solar System was the material 
         which now forms the Earth?

12-2]    Describe the means of propagation in the Polarian Epoch.

12-3]    How did propagation differ in the Hyperborean Epoch from what it 
         was in the Polarian Epoch?

12-4]    When was the Earth thrown off from the Sun?

12-5]    How did throwing off the Earth from the Sun, and of the Moon from 
         the Earth result in people beginning to exhibit predominantly 
         either will or imagination?

12-6]    What effect did Mars have n humanity prior to the time when the 
         Earth was thrown off from the Sun?

12-7]    What happened to Mars and its influence over the iron on the  Earth 
         when the Earth was thrown off from the Sun?

12-8]    When part of the creative force began to be used to build a brain 
         and larynx, how was procreation affected?

12-9]    When the Lords of Venus and the Lords of Mercury guided early 
         humanity step by step there was no rebellion.  Why?

12-10]   How did the Lemurians view a) their dense bodies, b) other people, 
         c) physical death, d) physical birth, e) sex relations, f) 
         language, g) past events.

12-11]   What quality did the education of the Lemurian boys aim to develop?

12-12]   What quality did the education of the Lemurian girls aim to 
         develop?

12-13]   From what life wave are the Lucifer Spirits stragglers?

12-14]   What did the Lucifer Spirits need which they could not obtain for 
         themselves?

12-15]   What beings first brought man's attention the physical world?

12-16]   What else did these beings tell man about?

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12-17]   What came to man as a result of his becoming his own (often unwise) 
         master?

12-18]   At what point in time did the Lucifer Spirits first start awakening 
         man to the existence of the Physical World?

12-19]   When (in the latter third of the Atlantean Epoch) man gained full 
         consciousness in the dense Physical World, what did he lose?

12-20]   Why did the Atlanteans sorrow at the loss of their spiritual 
         perception?

12-21]   Which of the following was not a major characteristic of the  
         Toltecs (the third Atlantean Race):

         a)  Instinct (based upon transmission of internal pictures from 
             father to son)
         b)  Memory (based upon experiences)
         c)  Reason

12-22]   For what purpose did the Original Semites (the fifth Atlantean 
         Race) use their reasoning powers?

12-23]   Were the original Semites able to see the God whom they were 
         supposed to worship?

12-24]   What incentives did the Original Semites have for obeying the 
         commands of God?

12-25]   What incentive is present in Popular Christianity for living a good 
         life?

12-26]   What incentive does the Esoteric Christian have for doing right?

12-27]   What viewpoint must be taken in order to avoid becoming so enmeshed 
         in a Race that one cannot progress beyond the race idea?

Thought question:

12-A]    Why did the Earth need to throw off its moon?  What beings inhabit 
         the Moon?

13-1]    What will be the object of the new Race of the Sixth Epoch?

13-2]    Where is the nucleus of the new Race of the Sixth Epoch being 
         developed?

13-3]    What characteristics must a person have if he is to be part of the 
         nucleus of the new Race of the Sixth Epoch?

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