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of color and of tone, there is a triad of form, the 

 triangle, cube, and sphere, or circle ; and the chemi- 

 cal elements recognized as most closely related to 

 these triads are respectively hydrogen, carbon, and 

 'oxygen. But they are none of them simple Tatt- 

 vic forms; that is, hydrogen, recognized by Babbitt 

 as " the champion heat atom of the world," is a 

 Prithivic form of Tejas; carbon, a Prithivic-Prith- 

 wi; and oxygen, a Prithwlc-Fdyu. Mrs. Besant 

 says the scientist has as yet discovered no atoms 

 that are not of this physical or terrestrial form, 

 all are Prithivic states of matter. He has as yet 

 no conception of the six "higher atoms that stretch 

 beyond." But the scientific view of the atom is 

 rapidly changing as we have before this had occa- 

 sion to notice. Already it is recognized that the 

 atom is a complex not simple unit. A single atom 

 of radium contains 160,000 electrons or corpuscles ! 

 Science is fast taking down the walls between the 

 visible and invisible, and ere another decade is 

 marked off on the spiral of Time the materialist 

 will be recognized as the true degenerate. All 

 atoms of recognized chemical elements so-called 

 admit of four dissociations, or separations, to 

 simpler, more subtle states before the " ultimate 

 atom " is reached. Students, who are interested 

 to pursue the subject farther are advised to study 

 Annie Besant's Occult Chemistry; and the work of 

 Dr. Babbitt, previously mentioned. 



