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the brain are twelve pair of nerves which corre- 

 spond with the signs of the Zodiac in their positive 

 phase ; and, likewise, from the " four-petalled 

 lotus " of the heart proceed twelve Nddis con- 

 duits of blood which reflect the negative aspects 

 of the zodiacal signs (these can be identified in 

 any good illustration of the heart) . 



Thus the microcosm mirrors in itself the macro- 

 cosm, and every Nddi and Chakra therein is con- 

 nected with the greater sphere by invisible lines of 

 a power and influence that human intellect has 

 never yet weighed nor measured. Although there 

 have come down through the ages hints of these 

 mysterious relations which would not be silenced, 

 modern thought has brushed them aside contempt- 

 uously as rank superstition. Ere long all the text- 

 books will have to be re-written. 



Mme. Blavatsky says : " The heart is king, 

 the most important organ in the body of man." 

 And she further states that esoterically it is the 

 " seven-leaved lotus . . . the cave of Buddhi, 

 with its seven compartments " and corresponding 

 " brains; " that is, states of spiritual consciousness. 

 The Hindu Trimurti (Trinity) corresponds in 

 the world of matter with Fire (Sun), Water, and 

 Earth; and is symbolized by the Lotus, which, 

 rooted in the earth, grows up through the water to 

 expand in the sun-warmed air into leaf and bud and 

 blossom. A most sacred symbol to the Hindu, this 



