Functions of the Gods. 51 



at once realise that the functions must be very 

 different, according to the grade of the Devas that 

 we may happen to be studying. Through the 

 whole of the Kosmos they are working. Some 

 are very lofty, some are very little evolved above the 

 level of humanity. One great difference there is 

 between us and them, that whatever may be the 

 grade of their mental, emotional, and spiritual life, 

 they do not, normally, use a physical body. That 

 is a clear mark or line of separation. The 

 being functioning as man, while spiritual, intel- 

 lectual and emotional, uses a physical body, in 

 order to carry on the activities connected with the 

 physical world. All the hosts of Devas are without 

 that physical covering or vehicle ; they normally 

 use as their vehicle a body which belongs to the 

 particular region in the universe in which their 

 normal activities lie. Suppose, for instance, that a 

 Deva belongs essentially to the spiritual world, he 

 will normally use a spiritual body ; if he wants to 

 function on the manasic plane, he will create for 

 himself a temporary manasic body, drawing together 

 for this purpose the matter of that plane and holding 

 it as his vehicle during the period of his functioning 

 thereupon ; if he wants to function in the kamic re- 

 gion, he will draw together the material of that re- 

 gion and make of it for himself a temporary body ; 



