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lunar current, which is then the stronger, is said 

 to flow at the rising of the sun, and during the 

 dark fortnight the solar current comes in first, the 

 currents alternating one after the other as pre- 

 viously described. In spite of this normal order, 

 however, Tantrik philosophy teaches that " It con- 

 fers groups of good qualities " to cause the nega- 

 tive breath to flow at sunrise and the positive 

 breath at sundown. Any electrician should under- 

 stand the rationale of this, for it puts the body in 

 a receptive condition towards the terrestrial Prdna, 

 which is at the maximum of its positive phase at 

 sunrise. If it is the normal condition for the lunar 

 current to come in first during the bright fort- 

 night, we need seek no further reason for its be- 

 ing considered the most fortunate half of the 

 month, especially for women, who are the nega- 

 tive half of humanity. 



The most important of the manifestations of 

 Prana are five in number, though the Hindu 

 proness to the ultimate analysis rests not till it enu- 

 merates ten of these forces, or so-called Vdyus. But 

 as the five minor ones are but modifications of the 

 others, signs as it were of their activities, we will 

 confine our examination to those governing organic 

 functions. 



The first is the act of breathing, and as this func- 

 tion is the key to the changes of the life-current, 

 it bears the same name and is identified as Prana, 



