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wisdom, another love, and within these all

minor activities would group themselves, all

possibilitieswould beincluded. On thesides

you may see figured many lines that seem

parallel but are really convergent, the varied
lines of progress,mental,moral,spiritual,along

whichtheraceistoevolve. Andif youthink

of this pyramidas made ofgreat blocks,each

blocka greatstage ofprogress symbolisingone

oftheregionsof the universe,thenat thebase

weshould have thephysicalworld, andwork-

ing there all the powers and energiesof man

thataremanifestedas physical consciousnessin

the physical body, and are there gradually

evolvingthe threesides of hisnature-power,

wisdom,andlove. Next above it,the second

greatblocksymbolisingtheastralplane,another

greatregiontobeoccupiedbyhumanconscious-

ness; above that the plane of Manas-the

devachanicplane,theregionoftheminditself;

abovethataregion nobleryet and loftier,that

of Buddhi orspiritual intuition, the plane of

Samadhi, sometimes called Sushupti; above

that again the plane of Atma, Nirvana, the

crown, enfolding all, within all. To think of

this picture mayhelp us as wepassfrom step

tostep-fromblockto block forwe have to

trace mankind rising from stage to stage,and

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