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color, deemed the culmination of light. I think 

 it could be proved that the foods most valuable 

 to mankind are yellow. The liver is most favor- 

 ably affected by oranges and by herbs of a yellow 

 or orange hue, which are also cerebral and nerve 

 stimulants; vitalizing, therefore, to the whole sys- 

 tem, and laxative. The more harmonious the hu- 

 man body becomes and the purer and higher the 

 aims of its indwelling Soul, the stronger, more 

 electric and magnetic is the flow of the Prithivic 

 currents through the Nddis. 



The Sukshma-sharira, or Etheric-double, third 

 Principle, is under the rule of Venus; for it 

 corresponds with Apas (water), and in color and 

 tone with yellow and Mi. But, being composed 

 of four grades of subtle ethers, the red and the 

 blue Principles are present to form its negative 

 violet. The absorbent, solvent, and reflecting 

 powers (as in a mirror!) of this Tattva, and there- 

 fore of the sheath, whose substance has like qual- 

 ities, make it inadvisable to attempt to establish 

 hard and fast color-rules in their connection. 

 Holding the septenary of colors latent, receiving 

 colors from every source, and reflecting every- 

 thing above and below, who can say positively 

 that Apas is this or that? In its primary state we 

 know it as white and colorless. But we can ven- 

 ture to assign it an orderly place in the scale of 

 progression as the normal state after permutations 



