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various names for one sheath or principle ; to Bud- 

 dhi, the soul, or spiritual sheath; and terminates 

 with the Auric Egg, or Atma, the Divine Spirit. 

 The seventh holds all the other sheaths in synthe- 

 sis; but the lower member of the triad, as in all 

 trinities, holds the two highest Principles in syn- 

 thesis and also, as the fifth from the lowest Sharira, 

 holds the lower quartenary in synthesis, and unites 

 them to the higher. You have doubtless recog- 

 nized this as the all-pervading Akdsha. 



The two higher Principles, the duad of the 

 upper triad (6-7), pervade everything in nature 

 from the mineral upwards, but only in man is the 

 fifth Principle found in an active state. It is the 

 Causal Body, the beginning of individuality and 

 consciousness, and marks the passage of the life 

 from the beast to the human. 



The four lower Principles are those in which, 

 during earth life, the Spirit is involved; and the 

 three higher, those through which by ascent the 

 soul accomplishes its evolution earns its immor- 

 tality. Do not think of these sheaths or planes as 

 one above another, either in the Universe or in 

 man. All seven may be said to permeate all space. 

 Their difference is a variation in form of manifes- 

 tation of one and the same substance Eternal 

 Spirit; and this change in form is a change of ve- 

 locity as well as change in combination of the pri- 

 mary simple Tattvas* The change is best and 



