CHAPTER XIX 



THE CONNECTION OF THE ZODIAC WITH VITAL 

 CENTERS 



YOU are now prepared to appreciate the 

 significance of the statement that the con- 

 stellations of the Zodiac severally reflect 

 every stage of the involution of the Spirit into mat- 

 ter and its evolution out of it. Every zodiacal sign 

 is the geometrical symbol of a great truth and fun- 

 damental law of existence; for it corresponds with 

 successive stages in racial development through its 

 connection with some physical center and the ab- 

 stract principle which that center influences. 



The internal man is formed in the image of the 

 whole Kosmos, and the germ of correspondence 

 with every principle, from the lowest to the high- 

 est, is in every human being. All aspiration and 

 striving for excellence, all recognition of the value 

 of the best, even on the material plane, and dissatis- 

 faction with anything short of that best, is the 

 struggle of these potentialities for recognition 

 and for opportunity to develop. God's plan of 

 perfection for the race can never be thwarted no 

 matter how blindly we go astray. If we would 



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