78 OCCULT PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH & HEALING
kingdoms, there are also other life waves which
express themselves in the various invisible worlds.
Among them there are certain classes of sub-human
spirits which are called elementals. It sometimes
happens that one of these elementals takes possession
of the sin body of someone of a savage tribe and thus
adds extra intelligence to that being. At the rebirth of
the Spirit that generated this sin body, the usual
attraction brings them together, but on account of the
elemental ensouling the sin body, the Spirit becomes
different from the other members of the tribe and we
find them then acting as medicine men or in a similar
capacity. These elemental spirits ensouling the sin
bodies of Indians also act upon mediums as spirit
controls, and having obtained power over the medium
during life, when he dies, these elemental controls oust
him from the vehicles which contain his life
experience. Thus the medium may be retarded in
evolution for ages, for there is no power that can
compel these spirits to let go once they have gained
control of such a body. Therefore, though mediumship
may produce no seeming evil effect in a lifetime, there
is a very, very grave danger after death to the person
who allows another to take possession of his body.
Hysteria, Epilepsy, Tuberculosis, and Cancer
Hysteria, epilepsy, tuberculosis, and cancer were
all found to result from the erratic propensities of a
past life. It was noticed that though many of the
subjects had been, in the past lives investigated, almost
maniacal in the gratification of their lasciviousness,
they were at the same time of a highly devotional and
religious nature. In such cases, it seems that the