ioo The Law of the Rhythmic Breath 



The fibrous aril of the nutmeg, known to com- 

 merce as " mace," betrays in its red color and its 

 fiery pungency its affinity with Tejas, the taste of 

 which is pungent. Tejas is closely associated with 

 minerals, and during its flow, according to Tattvic 

 philosophy, the thought of minerals and quadru- 

 peds rises in the mind. Gastric juices, lymph, 

 bile, and marrow are in Sanskrit called either 

 " agni " or " tejas." When people are " cold to 

 the marrow of their bones," something is wrong 

 with Tejas. 



In all hot disputes and excitement Tejas vibra- 

 tions are disordered and increased; and in excess it 

 becomes the instigator of the most diabolic crimes, 

 blindfolding reason and shackling self-control. In 

 Sanskrit, impatience and inability to put up with 

 inconvenience (general cantankerousness as it were) 

 are called " tejas." The word identifies the sharp 

 edge of a knife, as also the point of a flame; and all 

 brilliant, dazzling, glowing, flaring things are 

 known as tejas. 



I believe the Tejas Tattva to be the chief force 

 employed in all intense, effective, organizing 

 thought; and also the space-annihilating vibration 

 which is the mysterious agent in thought transfer- 

 ence, and which transports us mentally from New 

 York to Tokyo at a speed that leaves Puck a lag- 

 gard. This conjecture is corroborated by the fact 

 that the Sanskrit name for the brain is tejas. The 



