94 "SPLENDID OCCASION" 



(humanity) directly with the Divine. For one 

 ecstatic moment we seem carried beyond 

 the mundane plane of self-consciousness and 

 launched in the realm of ReaUty. A like sen- 

 sation is experienced when contemplating the 

 marvellous beauty and perfection of flowers, 

 which is the same though silent expression of 

 spiritual ecstasy. This " splendid occasion," 

 beyond words to express, will, nevertheless, 

 be recognized by many who can recall similar 

 experiences, and who know that it does not 

 occur on every occasion when looking at a 

 flower or on hearing a bird sing. No, it is only 

 when the conditions are right, the " intangible 

 connections " complete, that it occurs, and 

 then instantaneously ; for this glance " behind 

 the veil " is within (subconscious), and not 

 subject to time and space. 



A very curious fact in nature, as it seems to 

 me, is that her joy-notes are, by no means, all 

 of them vocal ; there is a great deal of what 

 might be called " instrumental " music, especi- 

 ally among insects. Insects have nothing 

 corresponding to the human ear, yet it is 

 certain they appreciate sound; moreover, 

 sound vibrations which, as regards pitch, far 

 exceed our sense perception. The antennae no 

 doubt are the organs for intercepting sound, 

 also scent and other frequencies of which we 



