250 The Law of the Rhythmic Breath 



sciousness is inherent in substance, therefore em- 

 bodied in the atom which is the soul of the mole- 

 cule, so that " every molecule in the Universe is 

 able to feel and to obey after its kind, the inor- 

 ganic as well as the organic " (Perfect Way, p. 



122). 



Sir William Crooke's " protyle," the withinness 

 of his dual atom, is a Prithivic Vdyu sheath of this 

 synthesizing spiritual ray the soul of every atom, 

 of every created thing. It is for this reason that 

 to sensitive souls, the souls awakened to the pres- 

 ence of the Spirit, the immanence of the God-pres- 

 ence becomes in all the secret haunts of nature an 

 abiding fact ever present to their consciousness. 

 Therefore, these enlightened ones see more, hear 

 more, feel more, and receive more from intimate 

 association with nature than those average folk 

 whose chief characteristics are their gregariousness, 

 their obtuseness to blatant noise, and their love of 

 excitement often indeed, their acute horror of 

 being alone. They are afraid of the mystery of 

 life which in silence knocks on the door of con- 

 sciousness, afraid because it has been clothed in 

 terror when it should be radiant with beauty. 



Western science is to-day ably corroborating all 

 that the ancient religions and wisdom have affirmed 

 concerning this septenary chain of creation, of in- 

 volution and evolution. The telescope has re- 

 vealed that the great globe of Jupiter is divided 



