SPECIFIC CAUSES OF DISEASE 79physical body generated in the present life was
normally healthy and their disability altogether mental,
while in other cases where the indulgence of the
passional nature was coupled with a vile character and
a cruel disregard of others, epilepsy together with
rachitis, hysteria, and a deformed body were the
present result. Frequently, cancer, especially cancer of
the liver or breast resulted.
In this connection, however, we wish again to
warn students not to draw hasty conclusions that these
are hard and fast conditions. The number of
investigations made, though very large and an arduous
task for one researcher to handle, are too few to be
really conclusive in matters involving millions of
human beings. They are, however, in line with the
teachings of theRosicrucian Cosmo-Conception given
by the Elder Brothers regarding the effect of
materialism in bringing about rachitis, a softening of a
part of the body that should be hard, and tuberculosis,
which hardens tissues that should be soft and pliable.
Cancer is essentially similar in effect; and when we
consider that the sign Cancer is ruled by the Moon, the
planet of generation, and that the lunar sphere is under
the sway of Jehovah, the God of generation, whose
Angels announce and preside over birth as instanced in
the case of Isaac, Samuel, John the Baptist, and Jesus,
we readily see that abuse of the creative function can
cause both cancer and lunacy in their most
differentiated forms.
Impairment of Vision
Regarding lack of vision or disabilities of the
organ of sight, it has long been known among