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like you to remember, in this connection, that 

 wherever or whenever the Apas Tattva most 

 prevalent in Venus can be isolated, it is recog- 

 nized by its glistening silvery whiteness. It is said 

 to impart a silvery edge to the human aura. 



I wish I knew how many of my readers could 

 answer the question: What are the three prin- 

 cipal Nadis in the physical body? Those who 

 cannot would better re-read Chapter XII. and fix 

 firmly in their minds the names and offices of " the 

 great main reservoir and conduits of life-force." 

 You will understand perfectly then that thePingala, 

 on the right side of the spine, is the conduit of the 

 solar current (positive), and the Ida, on the left 

 side, of the lunar current (negative) ; and, there- 

 fore, these Nddis correspond respectively with the 

 sun and the moon and are influenced by their activ- 

 ities. With what does the Sushumna, in which the 

 two currents meet, correspond? 



In our study of planetary relations and influences, 

 we have traced the correspondence of the organic 

 activities in the human body with the whole solar 

 system, and the truth of the old Greek aphorism, 

 " As it is above, so is it below," has been made to 

 us a living reality. :< When once your attention 

 is drawn to the fact, you will constantly come upon 

 proof that to many ancient people this was a fa- 

 miliar truth. Bacon says the ancients styled man, 

 " a little world in himself." Now, the correspond- 



