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                      WORKBOOK FOR "THE WEB OF DESTINY":

THE WEB OF DESTINY

Part 1

1-1]     Why must every action have a corresponding reaction?

1-2]     Explain how the law of Cause and Effect compels people to be 
         reborn.

1-3]     Correctly complete each sentence by inserting in each blank one of 
         the following:  dense body, vital body, desire body, mind.  That 
         which is now the ____________ was the first vehicle acquired by 
         man.  Currently, the ___________ is the most organized of man's 
         vehicles, and the __________ is the least organized.  Even the most 
         abnormally degenerate ______________ can be thoroughly cleansed 
         inside a few months.  The activity of the __________ must be 
         brought under subjection to the will of the spirit before it is 
         safe to enter the spiritual worlds.  The higher part of 
         the __________ can be developed into a Soul Body for use in soul-
         flights.  

1-4]     What makes the two higher ethers of the vital body grow in volume?

Thought question:

1-A]     We have not seen any reactions to some of our actions.  Why?

Part 2

2-1]     Once one has learned to enter the higher worlds in his soul body, 
         can he then accurately read the Memory of Nature?  Why?

2-2]     a)  Where, within an individual, is a record of his life stored?
         b)  How does this record get into this storage place?

2-3]     There is a record of the occurences on Earth stored in the vital 
         body of the Earth.  When people study this record, what problem do 
         they encounter?  

2-4]     From what part of what world does this initiate prefer to read the 
         record of the past?

Thought questions:

2-A]     Of what value is it to be able to read the Memory of Nature?

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Part 3

3-1]     Choose from each parentheses the word or phrase which correctly 
         completes the sentence.  

         In the hours immediately following death, the panoramic pictures 
         which were stored in the seed atom in the [heart, liver, solar 
         plexus) are transferred from there through the (chemical, life, 
         light, reflecting) ether of the vital body into the (desire body, 
         mind).

3-2]     Choose from each parentheses the word or phrase which correctly 
         completes the sentence.  

         Devotion to high ideals and frequent expression of the devotional 
         nature leads to an increase in the quantity of (chemical and life, 
         light and reflecting) ethers in the vital body.  Frequent 
         indulgence of the passions and animal appetites leads to an 
         increase in the (chemical and life, light and reflecting) ethers in 
         the vital body.  Where there is a larger proportion of light and 
         reflecting ethers in the vital body and a smaller proportion of 
         chemical and life ethers, the body is more (insensitive, sensitive) 
         and more (delicate, physically robust).  

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

         After death, a cleavage occurs in     A. A person has lived a 
         the vital body.  The higher part is      degenerate, brutal life,
         retained and serves as a vehicle of      and has actively sought to
         consciousness in the Desire World.       gain power over others and
         ____                                     to inflict pain.

         AFter death, most of the vital        B. A person has aimed mostly 
         body decays synchronously with the       to satisfy his personal 
         dense body. ______                       desires, and has had 
                                                  little time for soul 
                                                  culture.

         AFter death, the lower part of the    C. A person has lived a life 
         vital body remains interlocked with      of devotion to high 
         the desire body for some years. ___      ideals.  

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3-4]     What two types of things may an evil person do after death while 
         the lower part of his vital body and his desire body are locked 
         together?

3-5]     Which of the following is not able to nourish the vital body of an 
         evil person after death, while his lower vital body and desire body 
         are locked together?

         a)   Living people
         b)   Odors of foods and liquors
         c)   The possessions of the person during life (such as his 
              clothes, weapons, jewels, etc.)

3-6]     Why is it undesirable to listen to the promptings of unseen 
         spirits?

3-7]     Why is capital punishment undesireable?

Part 4

4-1]     What name is given to the interlocking vital and desire bodies of 
         an evil person?

4-2]     If an earthbound spirit does evil while in his Sin Body, does he 
         later have to suffer for his deeds?  If so, when?

4-3]     When the Ego leaves the Sin Body, it proceeds through purgatory and 
         the heaven worlds and then is reborn.

         a)   What does the Sin Body do while the Ego is in purgatory and 
              the heaven worlds?
         b)   What does the Sin Body do when the Ego is reborn?

4-4]     If a medium allows elemental spirits to control his body during 
         life, what danger may the medium encounter AFter death?

Part 5

5-1]     When subhuman elementals attach themselves to and serve a person or 
         group of people, what may the elementals demand in return?  Why?

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5-2]     Why do the "wise" spirit controls stand outside the victim's body 
         and behind it, while manipulating it?

5-3]     a)   What may cause a person to commit suicide?
         b)   If a person commits suicide in one life, what may happen to 
              the spirit's occupancy of its body in the next life?
         c)   What will the spirit then wish to do?

5-4]     What may lead a human, AFter death, to obsess an animal body?

Part 6

6-1]     Next to each item on the left put the letter of the item on the 
         right which is most closely related.

         A person ignores the love of others   A. In the next life the 
         and brings sorrow to those who love      person finds himself in an
         him.  ____                               unsympathetic environment.

         A person fails to love others and     B. In the next life the 
         as a consequence the others turn         person is born with a weak
         to a life of crime. ___                  mind or a speech impair-
                                                  ment or lack of muscular 
                                                  control.

         A person degenerates and wastes       C. In the next life the 
         his creative life forces. ____           person loves people who
                                                  are suffering for past 
                                                  mistakes.  

Part 7

7-1]     A spirit sees a panorama of the major events of the coming life as 
         it enters the womb and comes in contact with the etheric mold of 
         its new physical body (on or about the eighteenth day after 
         conception).  If, at this time, the Ego feels that the coming life 
         will be too hard for it, and tries to run away, what will be the 
         effect?

7-2]     What effect can a great fright or shock during life have on the 
         connection between the Ego and its bodies?

7-3]     a)   If a person is lascivious, but also of a devotional nature, 
              what effect may he experience in his next life?
         b)   If a person is lascivious and also of a cruel nature, what 
              effects may he experience in his next life?

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7-4]     If a person is materialistic in one life, what effect may he 
         experience in his next life?

7-5]     If a person persistently aligns himself with unthuths, what may 
         happen in the second heaven when he is building hie body for his 
         next life?

Part 8

8-1]     Next to each description of a spirit on the left put the letter of 
         the item on the right which describes what that spirit will do 
         while in the Region of Concrete Thought building the archetype of 
         its coming dense body.  

         The spirit loves music. ___           A. The spirit will build a
                                                  body with a weak voice or
         The spirit wishes to shut itself         an impediment in speech.
         away from other's expressions of
         joy or sorrow. ____                   B. The spirit will build 
                                                  strong vocal organs.
         The spirit wishes to share its
         knowledge with others. ___            C. The spirit will give
                                                  attention to building an
         The spirit wishes to keep its            accurate ear and dexterous
         knowledge for its own use. ___           fingers.  

                                               D. The spirit will neglect 
                                                  the building of the ear.

8-2]     What effect is the Christ spirit's continued ministrations on earth 
         having on

         a)   the vital body of the earth?
         b)   human morals?
         c)   human vital bodies?

8-3]     Insert the appropriate word or phrase in each blank.
         In the future, the ___________ in the eye will be sensitized, and 
         shall look out through the eye and see directly the thing itself 
         instead of the image upon our __________.

Thought question:

8-A]     When we see someone with a particular physical or mental 
         disability, why should we not draw hasty conclusions as to what 
         they may or may not have done in a past life?

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THE OCCULT EFFECTS OF OUR EMOTIONS

Part 1

1-1]     In the present time, the desire bodies of humans are responsive to 
         which of the planetary vibrations?

1-2]     What effect do these planetary vibrations have on the desire bodies 
         of humans?

1-3]     What was the molten sea, being made by Hiram, going to be able to 
         reflect?

1-4]     Insert the appropriate word into each blank.
         Hiram's plan to make the molten sea was frustrated because he knew 
         only how to work with _________, and when traitors poured _______ 
         into the mold, Hiram was unable to blend the two elements.  Hiram's 
         ancestor Cain gave Hiram _________ and ___________ which would 
         enable him, when he had become skilled in their use, to bend the 
         antagonistic elements and make the molten sea.

              In the present day there is a war going on in every person 
         between the aqueous _________ body which tries to build and sustain 
         the dense body, and the _________ body which stirs the person into 
         activity which tends to destroy the tissues in the dense body.  The 
         instruments which will help us blend these elements are the cross 
         of ___________, and the new word which is ____________.  

Though question:

1-A]     Just as Hiram gathered materials and melted them down to construct 
         the molten sea, each one of us is gathering materials to build 
         within ourself a molten sea.  What type of materials do we need to 
         build our own molten sea?  What do we need to do to "melt down" and 
         "purify" these materials?

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Part 2

2-1]     What effect does the singing of a hymn by a group of people have on 
         the desire bodies of those people?

2-2]     What type of emotion can cause one to congeal one's desire body 
         into a steel colored, almost motionless shell of armor, which is 
         impervious to outside inflience?

2-3]     What type of emotion can cause the desire body to be full of little 
         eddies, none of which is large enough to lead to action?

Thought question:

2-A]     How can someone who is full of fear and worry best be helped?

Part 3

3-1]     When one person is angry at another person, what is the appearance 
         of the desire forms created?


3-2]     In the war zones it was observed that there were no people with 
         congealed steel-colored desire bodies.  Why?

3-3]     How does death of a loved one in a war help a person to develop a 
         sixth sense?

3-4]     When a person is killed by a large explosion, what happens to his 
         vital body?

3-5]     What effect does being killed by a large explosion have on the 
         after-death retrospection?

Part 4

4-1]     Why do the prismatic ether atoms gathered by the seed atom extend 
         farther beyond the periphery of the dense body of a child than of 
         an adult?

4-2]     The vital body contains prismatic ether atoms.
         a)   From what ethers are these prismatic atoms composed?
         b)   During life, are new prismatic ether atoms added or old ones 
              lost from the vital body?

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         c)   Do the prismatic ether atoms change their positions relative 
              to one another in the body?

4-3]     Which part of the vital body grows by service?

4-4]     What determines the effects on us of what people say to us or about 
         us?

4-5]     In order to keep the desire body from running riot or congealing, 
         what attitude must we cultivate?

Part 5

5-1]     What effect does bathing in water have on the vital body?

5-2]     How is the vital body restored after it becomes depleted?

5-3]     Why should someone who is not in perfect health avoid excessive 
         bathing?

5-4]     What effect does remorse have on the life panorama stored in the 
         seed atom in the heart?

5-5]     How much remorse is needed to cleanse the seed atom from a given 
         evil deed?

5-6]     What effect does remorse have on the desire body?

5-7]     AFter having felt appropriate remorse for a given deed and AFter 
         having made restitution in so far as we are able, why should we 
         then consider the incident closed and forget about it?

PRAYER-A MAGIC INVOCATION

Part 1

1-1]     What is the source of all power in the universe?

1-2]     Where can a person go to escape from the presence of God?

1-3]     With what attitude must we do our daily work if our prayers are to 
         be effective?

1-4]     Which of the following does not aid in the optimizing of the 
         efficacy of collective prayer?

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         a)   The readers in the services should love and live the 
              scriptures which they read.
         b)   Each person should sit in a different place each time they 
              come to the sanctuary.
         c)   No gossip or profane conversation should take place in or near 
              the sanctuary.  

Thought question:

1-A]     In what ways must worshippers be attuned if they are to effectively 
         pray together?

Part 2

2-1]     What three qualities are most necessary for the aspirant to have if 
         his prayers are to have 'wings and power'?

2-2]     What are the effects of prayers of praise and thanksgiving?

Thought question:

2-A]     Should one, in prayer, ask God for gifts--either temporal or 
         spiritual?

PRACTICAL METHODS OF ACHIEVING SUCCESS

1.       If some of the buds are pruned from a rose bush, what effect does 
         this have on the growth and longevity of the bush?

2.       During childhood, for what is the creative force generated within 
         the body used?

3.       AFter puberty, to what three possible uses may the creative force 
         generated within the body be put?

4.       Is use of the creative force for generation (production of 
         offspring) legitimate?  If so, under what circumstances?

5.       What effect does frequent indulgence of the desire for sexual 
         pleasure have on the link between the two lower ethers and the two 
         higher ethers of the vital body?

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6.       What effect do we wish to produce on the link between the lower and 
         higher parts of the vital body if we wish to learn to travel in our 
         soul bodies?

7.       Which of the following is not an effect of sending the creative 
         force upward for regeneration?

         a)   It etherealizes and refines the physical body.
         b)   It materially lengthens life.
         c)   It strengthens the chemical and life ether parts of the vital 
              body.
         d)   It strengthens the soul body.

Thought questions:

A.       Why is health desirable?
B.       What constitutes "success" in life?

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