Chapter XIV.

We thus see that the outer part of the
Sacrament is of very great importance.
Eeal changes are made in the materials
used. They are made the vehicles of en-
ergies higher than those which naturally
belong to them ; persons approaching them,
touching them, will have their own etheric
and subtle bodies affected by their potent
magnetism, and will be brought into a con-
dition very receptive of higher influences,
being tuned into accord with the lofty Be-
ings connected with the Word and the Sign
used in consecration; Beings belonging to
the invisible world will be present during
the sacramental rite, pouring out their be-
nign and gracious influences; and thus all
who are worthy participants in the cere-
mony— sufficiently pure and devoted to be
tuned by the vibrations caused — will find
their emotions purified and stimulated, their
spirituality quickened, and their hearts
filled with peace, by coming into such close
touch with the unseen realities.

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