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that is, visible effects of their ceaseless permu 

 tations and comminglings. The distinction 

 " gross " is used in this connection always with 

 the sense of being the antipodes, or direct opposite 

 of the most sublimated or subtle, a visible effect, 

 through a succession of ever coarsening vibrations 

 forming denser matter, of invisible forces; forces 

 of so tremendous energy that the average mind is 

 as yet incapable, wanting any standard of compar- 

 ison, of realizing their power and effect. What 

 you have already learned concerning the bonds of 

 sympathy established by the Tattvas has prepared 

 you for the consideration now of all the links in 

 the chain of causation, the analysis of which will 

 enable you to answer in fullest detail and incontro- 

 vertibly the question: What is this relationship 

 and correspondence? in answering which the first 

 question is answered also. 



All this is made clear through study of the Self, 

 a septenary compound of Principles which link 

 the microcosm to the macrocosm by the same sep- 

 tenary chain through and by which all phenomena 

 issue from the noumenon. The human body con- 

 sists of seven vehicles of expression, sheaths, 

 bodies, or Principles, as they are variously desig- 

 nated. The lowest of these in degree of density 

 is the physical body, an aggregation of cells com- 

 pounded by the grossest vibrations of the Tattvas; 

 but cells could not exist without molecules, nor 



