L. Stevenson's story?

188.— If we amputate the arm of a man, saw off the limb of a tree and blast away a portion of a cliff, will the in- visible counterpart of these different objects also bo severed ?
189. — Do you know of a place, a home or retreat where one may go to live this beautiful, simple and harmless life you are advocating?
Question
ANGELS. No.
Man a little lower than angels -r-. 2
Have Angels wings ? 77
The work of the Angels in evolution 81
ARCHANGELS.
Do the Archangels and Angels work with us individually? 76
ANIMALS.
Are animals amenable to the law of Causation? 167
Why hybrids cannot propagate 23
Why all oxen thrive on grass, but one man's meat is
another 's poison 35
How it benefits an animal to be killed 101
Why not use fish as food? Christ fed them to people. . . . 107
Elementals in animal shapes 123
Why is animal instinct more reliable than reason? 163
Is it right to kill venomous insects and reptiles? 164
May we kill animals to help them advance? 165
Do animals live after death ? 168
What is a group-spirit ? 166
Does our love help animals in evolution? 169
What is the efluvia whereby bloodhounds trace a man?. . 170
ASTROLOGY.
What is the connection between Pyramid-builders of
Egypt and Central America? 176
Comets and miscarriages 157
399
400 ROSICRUCIAN PHILOSOPHY
Question No.
Can Astrology predict the result of a marriage? 24
Astrological conditions favorable to conception of child. 27
Astrology as a factor in healing 35
Astrology the only means of determining time in the
Beyond 49
Astrology reveals ripe or mature destiny 65
Astrology and the feasts of the year 93
Was the Star of Bethlehem a Comet? 94
Why the Cross and the Lamb are the proper symbol of
Christ 100
Astrology and interference with Destiny 153
Is it wrong to use Astrology for a livelihood? 154
Do souls from the other planets incarnate here and vice
versa ? 155
The Harmony of the Spheres 158
Why are the names of the tribes of Israel connected with
the signs of the Zodiac 1 159
What is the difference between Heliocentric and Geocen- tric Astrology? 160
Which are the good and evil planets? 161
Prayer; the Star-Angels and their Ambassadors 162
ARCHETYPES.
How the archetype in heaven determines length of life. . 47
How archetype causes suffering of suicide in Purgatory. 58-
ACCIDENT.
Accidents as factor in infant mortality 52
Post-mortem condition following death by accident 60
Accident as a factor in evolution 165
AUTOPSY.
In its effects upon the spirit 53
ADEPT.
Difference between Clairvoyant; Initiate and Adept 131
Will contemplation of the God within lead to Adeptship?. 146
"Masters" and "Teachers" 180
BABYLON.
The antithesis of tho New Jerusalem 194
BIRTH.
Successive births of our various bodies 27, 52
QUESTIONS AND ANSWEKS 401
Question No.
Danger of insanity when coming to birth .-. . . 44
Is the length of life determined before birth? 47
What draws an Ego to a certain family 1 51
Must a returning spirit go through Purgatory? 71
Sin against the Holy Spirit and prenatal conditions 110
Are souls from other planets born here and vice versa. . . . 155 Miscarriages and Comets 157
BLOOD.
Why woman has periodical flow 8
Blood; Endogamy and the age of the Patriarchs 23
Individual blood and the thymus gland 31
Transfusion of blood as affecting the Ego 43
Why the Christ 's blood must flow 101
BRAIN AND LARYNX.
Their connection and their cost 7
BROTHERHOOD.
Among ' ' Niebelungen ' ' of early Atlantis 97
How brotherhood will decrease taxation and increase pros- perity 164
Brotherhood and capital punishment 184
BIBLE TEXTS AND TEACHINGS. Old Testament:
In Him we live and move and have our Being 92, 164
The Creation 79, 156
Archangels and Angels as factors in evolution 76
A mist went up from the ground 97
God made man in his image 84
Man became a living soul 82
God brought the animals to Adam and he named them. . . 3
Adam's rib 18, 23
The tree of Knowledge; the tree of Life and the Serpent. 86
The Cherubim and the Flaming Sword 88
Adam knew his wife 85
Cain and Abel 87
The longevity of the Patriarchs 23
Noah, the Flood and the Rainbow 26
Melchisedec ; King of Salem 103
Jacob ; his wives and sons 159
402 EOSICEUCTAN PHILOSOPHY
Question No.
Moses and the Bed Sea 26
The Ark of the Covenant; Aaron's Eod and the hidden
Manna 88
Joshua and the Walls of Jericho 158
They shall beat their swords to ploughshares 182
Jeremiah called to be a prophet prior to birth 81
Neiv Testament:
In the Beginning was the Word 1, 27
God so loved the World that He gave his only begotten
Son 91
Mary said: How shall I conceive seeing I know not a
man . 85, 93
Gabriel foretold the birth of Jesus 81
The Star of Bethlehem 94
The gifts of the Wise Men 95
I come not to bring Peace; but a Sword 91
Before Abraham was I am 96
This is Elijah — Elijah has come and they have done to
him as they listed 81
Your father and mine 22
W'hosoever looks at a woman with lust has committed
adultery 16
All who came before me were thieves and robbers 104
Unless you receive the Kingdom as a little child you can- not enter 105
Go sell all thou hast and follow me 183
Take up thy cross and follow me 100
Go preach the gospel to every creature 118
Feeding the multitude with fish 107
Eaising the dead 113
Thy faith has made rhee whole 35
A prophet is not without honor save in his own country. . 35
They chose Barrabas 26
The two thieves 99
Thou shalt be with me in Paradise 98
A High Priest after the order of Melchisedec 103
The whole Creation is groaning and travailing in pain ... 90
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 403
Question
CHRISTIAN DOCTRINES. No.
The Trinity -.-.- 75
The Creation 79, 156
The Fall 83, 85
The Immaculate Conception 93
The Atonement 90, 91
Everlasting Salvation and Damnation 92
Sin against the Holy Spirit 110
Conversion 114
Confession and Absolution 115
Forgiveness of Sins 112
The Second Advent 103
Fall of Babylon and the New Jerusalem 104
CHRISTIAN FEASTS.
Christmas, Easter, Lent, etc 89
The value of the Latin Eitual 116
The value of Martyrdom 117
CAPITAL PUNISHMENT 184
Criminals made by other peoples ' thoughts 16
CONSCIENCE.
Is it the voice of God or the Guardian Angel 12
CONFESSION
And Absolution 115
CONVERSION
And hypnotism 114
CREATION: CREATORS.
How we become creators 1
How we create in the blood " 43
The Bible on Creation 79
The Masonic legend of creation of man 87
The Creation story and the nebular theory 156
Man know thyself 174
CONCEPTION.
The seed-atom as factor in conception 6
Use of Astrology in conception 27
The Ego as a factor in conception 29
Immaculate Conception 93
Mystery of the Grail and immaculate conception 175
404 BOSICRUCIAN PHILOSOPHY
\
Question
CREMATION. iS'o.
Persons buried alive 50
How premature cremation affects the Spirit 53
CROSS.
The two thieves on the cross 98, 99
The cross symbolical of the four Kingdoms 100
The Cross and the Lamb as symbol of Christ 100
CHILDREN.
Concerning the education of children 27
Why are children born where unwelcome? 28
Why are some marriages barren 1 29
Effect of thymus gland in children 31
Method of influencing refractory child 32
Effect of vaccination and antitoxin 42
Why do children die? 51, 52
Receiving the Kingdom of God as a little child 105
Prenatal conditions ar.d sin against the Holy Spirit 110
Immaculate conception of children 93
Clairvoyant children 139
CLAIRVOYANCE (see also Initiation).
How will clairvoyance help us after death? 145
The effect of marriage upon clairvoyance 23
Not sufficient to fix time of past events 49
Clairvoyant investigations verified 67
Trained and negative Clairvoyants compared 129, 133
Ordinary clairvoyants cannot penetrate earth 55
Difference between Clairvoyant, Initiate and Adept 131
Why do not trained Clairvoyants submit to tests? 132
How can coarse people be clairvoyant? 133
Why must trained Clairvoyants be unselfish? 151
What is the difference between Etheric sight; color vision
and tonal sight? 142
Are all infants clairvoyant ? 139
Danger of crystal gazing, drugs and breathing exercises. 148 DEATH.
The Science of Death 53
Does insanity persist after death? 45
How does knowledge of post-mortem conditions help us?. 46 Are there seasons and times in the Beyond? 49
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 4Q5
Question No.
Do lamentations seriously affect the dying? 51
What is the cause of the appalling infant mortality?. ... 52
Do \ve meet our loved ones after death? 50
Do we recognize our friends after death? 57
What is the effect of suicide on the spirit ? 58
What is the .effect of death by accident or murder? GO
What is the effect of capital punishment ? 184
Where are the dead ? 64
By what power did Christ raise the dead? 113
Does the desire body die when the spirit leaves it? 122
What is the post-mortem state of innocent children? 139
Do elementals affect the dead ? 345
DESIRE WORLD.
Are people sick, hungry or naked in the Desire World?. . 10
Does insanity exist in Desire World ? 45
Are there days and nights, seasons and times in Desire
World? 49
DESIRE BODY.
Compared with physical body 5
Is the desire body subject to sickness, hunger and cold?. . 10
How our desire body colors our view and deceives us. ... 16
Position of the desire body in the dream-state 32
How desire body of suicide causes suffering 58
Desire body does not die when child dies 139
Mr. Hyde and a ' ' double desire body " 187
DISEASE AND ITS CURE.
Disease as a factor in spiritual progress 161
Insanity produced by crystal-gazing and breathing exer- cises 148
Is the desire body subject to disease? 10
How nursery rhymes combats disease in children 27
How to treat diseas? during sleep 32
The vital body of drowning person 34
Why individuality must be considered in healing 35
Interference with destiny when treating disease 36
Disease a result of mental conditions 37
Fasting as a cure for disease 38
Hypnotism as a cure for disease 39
4CG ROSICEUCIAN PHILOSOPHY
Question No.
Sclerosis or hardening of the arteries 40
Vaccination and antitoxin 42
Congenital insanity and its cause 44
DREAMS.
Chaotic and prophetic 33
DRUNKARD.
In Purgatory 11
Should be pointed out as example to children 27
Treatment during s'.eep 32
Hypnotism as a cure for drink 39
DWELLER ox THE THRESHOLD.
A demon contrast to the Guardian Angel 65, 187
EARTH.
Impervious to ordinary clairvoyance 55
Heaven ; a part of our planet 61
Christ the indwelling Earth Spirit 90
EGO.
Influence of the Ego on food and medicine 35
When does the Ego enter the womb of mother? 6
Ego compared to a gem polished in school of experience. 9
Our duty of providing bodies for incoming Egos 21
Ego may refuse prospective parents 29
The Ego and the thymus gland 31
The Ego and its creative activity in the blood 43
Ego in danger of insanity when entering womb 44
How Ego is hampered by its various bodies 363
ELEMENTALS.
As factors in spiritualistic seances 122
Elementals in shape of reptiles 123
Elementals meeting coward at death 145
EMBALMING
And its effects upon the spirit 53
EPIGENESIS.
Our original creative activity in heaven 1
Egos original creations in the blood 43
EXERCISES.
How they qualify us for Invisible Helpers 46
How they shorten intervals from death to birth 48
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 407
Question No.
Their effect on health; relaxation explained K3, 144
Why are the clay's happenings to be reviewed in reverse
order ? 150
The best time to cxercis- 149
Danger of breathing exercises 148, 151
EVOLUTION.
Spirals of evolution 2
Is it possible to shorten evoUition? 48
Our next step in evolution 76
If God made man perfect why is evolution necessary?. ... 84
Prodigal Son and evolution 108
Evolution and atrophy of organs 133
Evolution of the East and West compared 112, 173
How war furthers evolution 101
FAITH. '
And scepticism compared as to effects 35
FALL IN EDEN.
What was the Fall? 83
Cherubim ; with flaming Sword and open Flower 88
Man know thyself and Salvation 174
FERTILIZATION
Of ovum : method of 29
FOOD.
Food as a factor in ageing the body 40
Fasting as a cure for disease 38
How overeating makes us liable to disease 42
How it benefits animals to be killed 101
Why not eat fish? Christ gave it to people 107
Why was the fatted calf not killed for the elder son?. .. 108
Do we not take life when eating eggs, fruit? 186
Why is one man 's mtat another 's poison ? 35
Pork, Cancer and Consumption 107
FORCE.
The coming force ; what will it be? 3
Our relation to the intelligent nature-forces '. 41
How vital force prevents and- combats disease 42
FORGIVENESS OF SINS.
How forgiveness is obtained 46
408 ROSICRUCIAN PHILOSOPHY
Question No.
How forgiveness shortens the interval from death to birth 48
Foregiveness complementary to the Law of Consequence. 112
FORM.
Origin of 3, 171
GENESIS.
Is the Seven-day Creation story true 79
GENIUS.
What is Genius ? 13, 70
Why is a Genius not appreciated till dead? 14
GOSPELS.
As formula} of Initiation 78
GRAIL (sec Holy Grail).
GROUP-SPIRIT.
How it prevents cross-breeding 23
Group-spirit and similarity of tastes in animals *. . . 35
Group-spirit compared to man; the " living soul" 82
What is a Group-spirit? 166
Does Group-spirit die when animal dies? 1G9
GUAREIAN ANGEL.
Is conscience the voice of God or the Guardian Angel?. . 12
Deceased mothers as Guardian Angels 64
Guardian Angel the antithesis of Dweller on Threshold. 65, 76
HJEMOLYSIS.
International marriages and haemolysis 23, 43
Blood-transfusion will produce haemolysis in the future. .. 43
HAPPINESS.
Will honesty and fair dealing here bring happiness here- after? 15
HEALTH.
Of child affected by nursery rhymes 27
How a heavy meal endangers health 42
HEAVEN.
How we build our environment in Heaven 173, 112, 4
Between Hell and Heaven 15
Where is Heaven? 61
When loved ones are reborn is there not sorrow in Heaven? 62
Thoughtforms of Holy City in Heaven 121
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 409
Question
HEREDITY. No.
Heredity and genius 13
Heredity and bad characteristics of parents 30
HOLY GRAIL.
The story of 175
HOLY SPIRIT.
The sin against 110
HYPNOTISM.
Hypnotism and sleep compared 32
Hypnotism as a cure for bad habits and disease 39
Hypnotism and conversion at revivals 114
IMMORTALITY.
Are there positive proofs of Immortality? 80
INCARNATION.
Length of interval between incarnations 4
What determines the length of interval between incarna- tions? 14
What are the reasons for change of sex? 19
INDIVIDUALITY. •
Can we lose our individuality? 18
Dependence of individuality upon marriage 23
The thymus gland and individuality 31
Individuality as a factor in treating disease 35
Individuality as affected by a misshapen body 41
Individual crystals in blood 43
INITIATES AND INITIATION (see Clairvoyance).
How initiation shortens time between death and rebirth. 48
Initiation necessary to penetrate into the earth 55
The gospels as formulae of initiation 78
The Ark in Solomon's Temple as symbol of high Initiate. 88
Initiation as factor in the Second Coming • 103
Prodigal Son and initiation 108
Clairvoyant, Initiate and Adept compared 131
What is initiation and why are only men initiates 134
Why Initiates have charmed lives 164
Man know thyself 174
Mystery of the Holy Grail and initiation 175
INSANITY.
Cause of congenital and other classes of insanity 44
410 KOSICRUCIAN PHILOSOPHY
Question No.
Does insanity persist after death? 45
Insanity and consumption from crystal-gazing and breath- ing exercises 148
INSTINCT.
Why is instinct more reliable than reason? 163
INVIS.IULE HELPERS.
Steps towards becoming Invisible Helpei 46
Difference between medium and Invisible Helper 329
Helping others as duty 135
Qualifications of aspirants 136
Purpose in leaving the body 137
How clairvoyance helps us in post-mortem state 145
Why Invisible Helper must be unselfish 151
Dweller on the Threshold 65, 187
Have we a right to leave the world to study? 181'
INVISIBLE WORLD.
The relative reality of visible and invisible Worlds 152
JEWS.
The lost tribes. Why they were exiled and international
marriage 26, 43
Why Christ was born a Jew 96
LAW OF CAUSATION.