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velope, not merely envelopes but penetrates the 

 whole body, and its source is a " Spiritual Sun " 

 of which our sun is a physical reflection, or more 

 probably the vehicle. It manifests as white, or 

 blue of such transcendent delicacy and illumina- 

 tion as only those who have seen the play of inner 

 colors can conceive. Of course this Principle syn- 

 thesizes all colors as it does all tones, and there- 

 fore all the other sheaths. 



The rationality of this classification will be best 

 understood, if the student draw a square beneath 

 a triangle and place the sheaths on the lines in the 

 following order: At the base of the square, 

 Kama, Tejas (write color and tone also) ; left 

 side, Sthula-sharira, Prithivi; right side Sukshma- 

 sharira, Apas; upper line (and base of triangle), 

 Lower Manas, Fayu, with green below line and 

 blue above; left side of triangle, Higher Manas, 

 'Akdsha; opposite side, Buddhi, Anupddaki; apex, 

 Atma, Adi. 



Notice particularly that this succession preserves 

 perfectly the interrelations and paramount influ- 

 ence of sheath upon sheath as reflections, shadows, 

 or rays one from another; and therefore does no 

 violence to our previous conceptions of Tattvlc 

 activities, being reconciled to them. 



With the yellow sheath above moulding its per- 

 manent form, and the red below thrilling it with 

 its incitements to activity and emotion, it is most 



