The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-03-17
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(Continued from Fourth Page) mind alone nor desire alone, but re- tlection of both. This may be compared to the magnetized iron, capable of what neither iron nor magnetism alone could effect This shadow must fade when, at death, the lower mind WithdraWs from it's own plane and the animal soul passes into latent state to await the return of mind, When man identifies himself with this shadow he seems to stand apart from his real self and to lose sight of his immortality,
 The mind inCarnates with the desire principle for the purpose of raising it to its own high plane, to train it to become a perfect expression of divine knowledge. In the entanglement with desires of a low plane the divine mis- sion is often forgotten, but again and again the lower mind receives warning from above. Again and again it strives, during many lives on earth, to teach the animal soul to ascend the path by which it descended, leading the animal soul to renounce what is eX- ternal for the internal, the transitory for the everlasting.
 The story of the descent into mat ter" the fall of man." is told in many myths, "The Mythus," said Mime. Bla- vatsky in Isis Unveiled" lis the un- disclosed thought of the soul. The characteristic trait of the myth is to convert reflection into history Ca his torical form). As in the epos, so in the myth, the historical element predom- ina tas fs\ constitute the basis of the myth, and with these religious ideas are inter woven." In the Greek myth Prome- theus snatched fire from the gods and bestowed it upon man, giving him the power of raising himself to the gods. In the garden of Eden the serpent Gin ancient philosophies the emblem of divine wisdom) led man to the means of acquiring Knowledge, and thus re- Vealed to him his lower nature. With this lower nature the man still strug- gles, the mindless animal is yet unbur- dened with self-consciousness
 Theosophy teaches that there was in deed time, as related in the traditions of all races, when the descent into matter" took place Divine men then incarnated in the souls of the animals who had attained all the experience possible in the animal kingdom. When We compare the intelligence of the wild dog with that of the domestic dog who is his masters close companion, we dimly perceive the possibility of mans future bestowal of his power on the animals In many of us the animal soul still predominates. Only by long, suffering experience does it become willing to lead the higher life How many times day, how many times an hour, do we permit the lower nature | to turn aside from the path of self renunciation to that of self-indulgence! | Thus Theosophy teaches we have a dual nature, higher and a lower ex- | istence. Of the lower we are well aware-we identify ourselves with it Of the higher we get occasional | glimpses-in sleep, perhaps, when the physical nature is for the time sub l dued. Moments of great inspiration | reveal the higher existence. A man who has many of these precious mo- ments is called a genius, poet a pro- 1 phet, or a seer.
 | Mind is the seat of memory-the store-house of thoughts. We shall re- member more when the physical brain instrument has become less limited | The existence of mind gives to man the feeling T am Pa strong sense ot identity which bridges sleep and other periods of unconsciousness. The belie1 1 in immortalty--"ne the spirit was born; the spirit shall cease to be never can hardly fail a man who has, 1T the slightest degree, united with hi' higher existence.
 The god within each man will show it's divinity if permitted. Hinder i not identify yourself with yourself Think, speak, act, from the highes motives and you will exalt your lowe, self till it unites with the higher self Then you will know that separatenes is not of the Eternal, then you ma, say with Jesus of Nazareth, q and m! Father are one"
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