80 ROSICRUCIANCOSMO-CONCEPTION
the higher Worlds, where its vehicles are fewer and finer, it
is in closer touch with cosmic wisdom which shines out in a
manner inconceivable in the dense Physical World, but as
the spirit descends, the light of wisdom becomes temporarily
more and more dimmed, until in the densest of all the
Worlds, it is held almost entirely in abeyance.
An illustration will make this clearer. The hand is man's
most valuable servant; its dexterity enables it to respond to
his slightest bidding. In some vocations, such as bank teller,
the delicate t ouch of the hand b ecomes s o sens itive, that it is
able to distinguish a counterfeit coin from a genuine in a
way so marvelous that one would almost think the hand
were endowed with individual intelligence.
Its greatest efficiency is perhaps reached in the
production of music. It is capable of producing the most
beautiful, soul-stirring melodies. The delicate, caressing
touch of the hand elicits the tenderest strains of soul-speech
from the instrument, telling of the sorrows, the joys, the
hopes, the fears and the longings of the soul in a way that
nothing but music can do. It is the language of the heaven
world, the spirit's true home, and comes to the divine spark
imprisoned in flesh as a message from its native land. Music
appeals to all, regardless of race, creed, or other worldly
distinction. The higher and more spiritual the individual the
plainer does it speak to him and even “the savage breast” is
not unmoved by it.
Let us now imagine a master musician putting on thin
gloves and trying to play his violin. We note at once that the
delicate touch is less subtle; the soul of the music is gone. If
he puts another and a heavier pair of gloves over the first
pair, his hand is hampered to such an extent that he may
occasionally create a discord instead of the former harmony.