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the world which theyleft vibrationsof distrust
a.ndhatred of men,affectingthe animals living
upontheearthandbringingaboutthe*'instinc-
tive" repulsion which so largely marks the
attitudeoftheanimal-world towardsman. In
those days the crime called "sport" will no
longerdisgracemankind,stainingwith innocentblood the hands that should be pure. Men
will cease to be the chief agents who bring
misery into the world, and when once they
see what they are doing these evils will be
sweptawayforevermore.
Thus as man rises in self-consciousness to
theastralworld,therewillcomeaboutwonder-
ful changes that will alter the whole face of
society,andwillmaketheearthfarfairer,love,
wisdom and power having been developed
along the lineswhichwehave considered,and
alongmanyanother that timepermitsusnotto
follow.
Anotherstage arises now before our eyes-
the devachanic world,the region of the mind
Itself; and the timewill come when mankind
shallriseintothat loftierconsciousness,shall be