The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1907-04-03

q Occult science teaches that the uIti'
I mate physical atom Is an atom only
SO far as the physical plane is con-
cerned, that il cannot be broken VI
any further and still retain the mat
ter in physical condition, but that II
can be further divided and then be-
longs TO matter of a different realm
altogether, it becomes the matter Oh
another world, of another plane OF
nature, a part Of the unseen world. II
can no longer be called physical be-
cause it ceases to obey the laws which
physical matter does obey down here;
for instance, it is said to be no longer
subject to expansion or contraction
! from heat and cold.
So, above and beyond this physical
world we have states of matter Of a
finer kind which forms the matter of
| what, in Theosophy, we call the as
| trail world, or the astral plane. Tt has
/ it's different degrees of density cor
responding to our solids, liquids,
gases and ethers, and again, by push
/ ing up the subdivisions far enough we
come to another atom, the atom OF
| that world. Of that plane the same is
| true as of this, by further subdivision
/ of that astral atom we come TO a still
/
still composed of matter but very
much finer. It is true that these other
realms are unperceived by physical
senses, but they are not therefore at
all incomprehensible.
| 1t is true that a great part even
of the physical world is not appre-
ciated by our physical senses, the
whole of the etheric part OF the world
see the ether which carries the vibra-
tons of light to our eyes. In the same
way vibrations are received from other
and higher matter. Ether cannot be
seen yet it's effects are constantly felt
by us and in the same way vibrations
Of astral matter and of mental matter
are constantly reaching US and affect
ing US. for within US we have the mat
ter Of these higher planes forming our
astral and mental bodies and it is de-
pendent upon the development of these
bodies how much, or how little, we are
able to interpret vibration of the high
er planes.
1t VIII help us to get some idea Of
these higher senses if we consider the
senses we are familiar with now. All
sensation is a result of vibration.
tons, each color of the spectrum due
to different wave length which our
developed senses interpret. There are
a great many, out Of the infinite series
possible, that do not affect our senses
at all, We know this in many ways,
for instance, by photography. II we
take good prism and let the rays of
light pass through in we may then get
a beautiful spectrum thrown upon a
sheet of white paper, it will be small,
perhaps two inches long, but if in the
place Of the white paper we put a SEN
sitiVe plate such as a photogra pher
uses, We then get spectrum repro
duced which is about six times as long
as the one we saw. These waves
which worked on the sensitive plate |
were there all the time though we |
did not see them. Every scientist /
knows that there is an immense ex- /
tension of the spectrum of ultraviolet |
rays which can be photographed, and |
by other experiments it can be shown |
that heat rays extend beyond the red |
IF the spectrum. Other rates of vi /
orations there are besides those we /
as sound, heat and light. We t
get some OF them as electric phe- I
some we get as the Roentgen
rays. In fact the whole secret of the
Roentgen rays, or the X ray, is sim
ply bringing TO the capacity of the
EYE, few of the finer rates of yibra-
ions which normally are out of its
each.
NOW and then we find some abnor-
mai person who has X ray sight by
nature and who is able to see more
man olhefs This is not a question
y heeHness Of vision, it is a matter
IL AFFINITY TO respond to a different |
series OF vibrations. If you take peo-
eie with sight equally keen you viii
'leen ma that some will see more of
ne blue end of the spectrum than
,eders 40 while some viii see more OF
ne red. Occasionally you find those
VINO see more at each end than is
formal, and others will see less. The
whole question of color blindness
hinges upon the capacity of interpret
ng these rays Of light. The same is
rue of sound, we do not all hear
qually and some hear sounds which
tners cannot under any circumstances
lear An illustration of this is the
queak of the bat, like the squeak of
ne mouse only several octaves high
T, 1t is on the very edge of the pos
ioliitles of human hearing and there
re many who cannot hear it at all.
Ii then we are capable of responding
My to certain groups out of the vast |
mass of vibrations, think what an
normous change would be produced
We We're able to respond to them all.
he etheric sight so often spoken of
) simply an added power of respond
1g to vibrations in physical matter
M Is purely an extension of physical .
light Carry this thought further and :
o beyond the vibrations of physical
natter and imagine yourself able 10
aspond TO vibrations of astral matter
t once another world is open to you.
on see in this. although there is much 7
nat may be unfamiliar, there is moth
lg which is obviously impossible. It
Ii leads up, stage by stage. from
zculties we already know and use. I
GU see that the claim made by Theo-
1phy, and by those belonging to the
reat religions Of the East,-that it is
ossfble for those in higher stages Of I
to sense this world, un- q
nown to many of US, and to tell all t
oOuC~ it's no irnnnssiriIitv The :