126 ROSICRUCIANCOSMO-CONCEPTION
Man's work in the Heaven World is not confined solely
to the alternation of the surface of the Earth which is to be
the scene of his future struggles in the subjugation of the
Physical World. He is also actively engaged in learning how
to build a body which shall afford a better means of
expression. It is man's destiny to become a Creative
Intelligence and he is serving his apprenticeship all the time.
During his heaven life he is learning to build all kinds of
bodies—the human included.
We have spoken of the forces which work along the
positive and negative poles of the different ethers.Man
himself is part of that force. Those whom we call dead are
the ones who help us to live. They in turn are helped by the
so-called “nature spirits,” which they command. Man is
directed in this work by Teachers from the higher creative
Hierarchies, which helped him to build his vehicles before
he attained self-consciousness, in the same way he himself
now builds his bodies in sleep. During heaven life they teach
him consciously. The painter is taught to build an accurate
eye, capable of taking in a perfect perspective and of
distinguishing colors and shades to a degree inconceivable
among those not interested in color and light.
The mathematician has to deal with space, and the
faculty for space perception is connected with the delicate
adjustment of the three semi-circular canals which are
situated inside the ear, each pointing in one of the three
dimensions in space. Logical thought and mathematical
abilit y are in prop ortion t o the accuracy of the adjust ment of
these semi-circular canals. Musical ability is also dependent
upon the same factor, but in addition to the necessity for the
proper adjustment of the semi-circular canals, the musician
requires extreme delicacy of the “fibers of Corti,” of which