2O4 The Law of the Rhythmic Breath 



gree it is natural, normal, and healthful. You 

 have learned that the soles of the feet are centers 

 of Prithivic activity, and that in the contact of the 

 feet with Mother Earth the flow of pure Prithivi 

 vibrations is greatly stimulated. This Tattvic 

 emanation received from the earth is an extremely 

 subtle, ethereal magnetism which exhilarates the 

 whole body. Whether the elemental forces which 

 develop as this subtle Tattva ascends and stimulates 

 and mingles with Tejas shall be purely physical or 

 shall be transmuted into purer and higher princi- 

 ples depends upon its use or abuse. 



The guide to both paths is in the Zodiac. For 

 still within man is the Occult spiritual Zodiac 

 which, corresponding exactly with that of the ma- 

 crocosm, is circular. In this, notice particularly 

 that Sagittarius is above Scorpio, and that Pisces 

 the abstract symbol of the will and influencing it 

 reflects its power upon desire in a vertical ray from 

 above as in the physical Zodiac it reflects it from 

 below. Accepting the guidance of Mercury and 

 governing the body by reason and understanding 

 we develop the power to employ all its mysterious 

 forces for good. By controlling his desires 

 through the power of thought much easier than 

 he who has never tried to dreams man enters the 

 upward, spiritual path, thus overcoming the down- 

 ward and outward flow of his activities and emo- 



