28 " GROUP-SOULS " 



are pure nature — ^parts of a perfectly ordered 



system timed and tuned to operate in harmony. 



To return for a moment to the simile of the 

 clock : So long as the mainspring is active the 

 life and movement of the wheels, arranged in 

 cyclical periods, continues until the spring 

 runs down. Nature indicates the same cycUc 

 system ; but as her mainspring is everlasting 

 and unvarying the works never stop ; which 

 means that life, though transitional, never 

 ceases. 



Some do not admit that animals have 

 souls ; at death they are said to perish (anni- 

 hilation). But this is not the teaching of my 

 observation. 



This suggests to me that though man 

 possesses an individual soul, animals belong 

 to what are termed " group-souls." A group- 

 soul may be likened to a pool from which 

 drops can be taken (individualized) and sub- 

 sequently returned to be reabsorbed. This 

 aspect seems to fit in with what I have said 

 regarding communities, and what in future I 

 shall allude to as " mind-blending." For if the 

 nature of the spirit principle is to blend when 

 out of the body, it is possible for it to do so, 

 telepathically, when incorporated. Mind- 

 blending, however, I believe to be conditional, 

 and only to take effect within a certain zone 



