292 The Law of the Rhythmic Breath 



thoughts that prompt them building character hour 

 by hour, is sufficient reason for assigning to this 

 sheath the lowest place in the evolutionary spiral. 

 Of this sheath Mme. Blavatsky says, " It is the 

 grossest [that is the coarsest] of all our Principles." 

 The expansive character of Tejas vibrations and 

 their vapor-like nature, give them this marvellous 

 permeating and moulding power which enables 

 them to enwrap the solid, cohesive atoms of Frith- 

 ivi and become visible as red, and audible as Do, or 

 Middle C, the Tonic of the first major scale. 



The lower the race, the more visible is the 

 color of this sheath, but more of this when we 

 study the aura. Kamic atoms are diffused 

 throughout the blood, but are specially active in 

 pelvis, liver, heart, and lungs. The whole trunk 

 of the body, including the shoulders and arms, 

 is greatly influenced by Tejas, and there are also 

 subtle connections of this sheath with the left ear 

 and the little finger of the right hand. The liver 

 is the general and the spleen is the aide-de-camp. 

 All the work which the liver shirks falls upon the 

 spleen. This accounts for the fact that when a 

 man's liver misbehaves, he is very apt to be 

 "spleeny"; a most trying condition due to the 

 fact that his spleen (that supposedly superfluous 

 organ!) is overworked. 



During the life of the physical body, Kama is 

 pronounced " a shapeless thing," but after death 



