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worlds? In thephysical worldamanwillbe
able to aid others, to protect others by con-
sciouslysending forces from the astraltoeffect
his purpose, thinking a useful thought and
clothing it in elemental essence, thus creating
anartificialelementalwhichhecandirecttothe
helpingof theweaker,the safeguarding of the
unprotected,thewarding-offofdanger,forming
acontinualshieldforanyonetowhomitissent.
Allthiswill bewithin the easyreachof those
whoarethevanguardof human evolution,and
themostbackwardwillbeaidedbythosewho
haveadvancedfurther,allthesepowerscoming
withinthereachofthemajorityofmen. Help
to allwhoneed itin the astralworldwillalso
begiven,helptoall the soulsof thebackward
ones who, on casting off the physical body,
enter forthe first timeaworld that is newto
them; for all mankind will not beequal then
anymorethantheyareequalnow. Thegreat
majoritywillbeworkingself-consciouslyonthe
astralplane,buttherewillstillbevastnumbers
whoseconsciousness will not have risen toit;
the majority will be available from which to
draw helpers to guide,comfort and direct all
themore ignorant soulswho have cast off the
garment of the physical body,to do thework
that onlythe few do now. There are great
