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 A FULL ACCOUNT GIVEN IN 
 THE SYMBOLIC LANGUAGE 
 OF THE FLOWERS OF A 
 SOUL'S EXPERIENCE WHILE 
 ABSENT FROM THE BODY 
 FOR TEN DAYS :::::::: 
 
 SECOND BOOK OF THE MASTER THOUGHT LIBRARY 
 
 ®H Wag S. Btmrnztm 
 
 Seattle, Wash: Agne-Kelly Printing Company. MCMV. 
 
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 LIBRARY of CONGRESS 
 Two Copies Received 
 
 DEC 14 1905 
 
 Copyright Entry 
 CLASS a. XXc. No 
 
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 COPY B. 
 
 COPYRIGHTED 1903. 
 
INDEX 
 
 Frontispiece. 
 
 Introduction 9 
 
 My Soul's Journey 21 
 
 A Visit to the Temple of the Tulip 26 
 
 A Visit to the Temple of the Easter Lily 36 
 
 A Visit to a Conference of Birds 46 
 
 A Lesson in Eeincarnation Upon the 
 Higher and Lower Planes 63 
 
 A Tribute to the Calla Lily 83 
 
 At a Conference of Souls 92 
 
 A Musician's Sorrows and Final Tri- 
 umph 95 
 
 Angela's Dream Realized 107 
 
 A Visit to the Plane of Sleep 139 
 
 The Midnight Hour of Sorrow 155 
 
 The Dawn of a New Dispensation and 
 Its Triumphs 164 
 
 A Visit to the White Chrysanthemum 
 and Aster .. 172 
 
 Difference Between the Soul and Mind_201 
 
Introduction 
 
 When we understand the meaning of the 
 Law of life and being, we find that every 
 soul has a different way of interpretation, 
 because there are no two souls with the 
 same degree of unfoldment. 
 
 Nature makes the same demand of all 
 but she gives the freedom of method by 
 which to fulfill this demand to each soul's 
 own choosing. 
 
 There are as many expressions of power 
 as there are souls, hence their pathways are 
 in different directions, but all lead to the 
 same glory in the final. 
 
 The differences are demonstrated where 
 there are a number of children, each show- 
 ing different faculties ; some of them must 
 
1 Introduction. 
 
 be reared under very strict discipline, while 
 the others are dealt with in tenderness, and 
 thus there will be different gifts demon- 
 strated. 
 
 It is the same with the human family at 
 large, and therefore all can not become un- 
 folded by the same experiences, as there 
 are differences in all departments of life, 
 hence there are as many ways, tastes and 
 degrees of unfoldment as there are souls to 
 express them. 
 
 How strange that we do not see this, 
 when it is demonstrated every day all 
 around us, and how remarkable that so- 
 ciety and creeds insist on holding humanity 
 in bondage to old ideas and dogmas (in- 
 vented ages ago), when we find that there 
 are as many channels of thoughts as there 
 are differences in expressing them and each 
 soul is an individual expressor. 
 
 The more we recognize the power latent 
 in man, the more we will see it expressed 
 in variety, and there can be no skepticism 
 as to our relation to the Universal soul. 
 
 We have been led to believe that we will 
 
Introduction. 1 1 
 
 stay on this plane until we "go to heaven 
 to meet God face to face, ' ' if we believe in 
 him, but if we can not believe only but feel 
 that we must use reason, then we are told 
 that we "will be delivered to darkness in 
 some place of eternal torment." 
 
 We are taught to live up to the codes of 
 the church and study nothing else, but fol- 
 low the advices given by the "holy men" 
 chosen by a small number of persons to 
 see that all souls go to heaven. How can 
 one lead a multitude to glory when each one 
 must unfold his own way according to the 
 mandates of the law? 
 
 How is it possible that all can unfold 
 their higher powers and adhere to one rule 
 laid down by them who do not understand 
 the meaning of nature's laws themselves! 
 How can we deny the possibilities latent in 
 the souls when we have not unfolded 
 enough to know their limits! These are 
 questions which we should answer and we 
 should make it clear to ourselves what ob- 
 ject the law has with us. 
 
 We have not been taught that we have 
 
1 2 Introduction. 
 
 the power of God within now, and that it 
 must be demonstrated while we are on this 
 plane if it shall be possible to express it on 
 other planes, but we have been held in fear, 
 and ignorance as to the intentions which 
 wisdom has with us in the higher expres- 
 sions of Godhood in time to come. 
 
 When we commence to discover who we 
 really are in a dual sense, there can not be 
 anything but conflict between the "old and 
 the new" teaching and we will be placed 
 in a position of uncertainty until we learn 
 from experience ivhich is the truth. 
 
 It can not be that we shall live in ignor- 
 ance and weakness on this plane and by 
 saying a few prayers go to heaven and live 
 in glory with God, as we would not be able 
 to live in such glory unless we have un- 
 folded to become part of it. 
 
 The power latent in all souls must be 
 manifested in every department of life be- 
 cause the law of progress demands it, and 
 when we meet people in whom it is dormant 
 as yet, they look like blossoms plucked and 
 cast by the wayside to wither and die, and 
 
Introduction. 1 3 
 
 it does not matter how much of comfort and 
 luxury they have, their souls are yearning 
 for rest and peace. 
 
 We have been taught to "pray for pow- 
 er/ ? but, when we learn to know ourselves 
 we will find that we have it already, and 
 instead of praying we should develop and 
 express it and we would thereby prove that 
 the power of God is within us now. 
 
 The teachings of the church have proven 
 to be insufficient in making humanity mor- 
 ally strong, and spiritually free, because 
 she has forbidden the seeking of light else- 
 where than in her codes and this is the rea- 
 son why there is darkness and pain in the 
 hearts of men and longing and strife eats 
 into their lives as rust eats iron. 
 
 We forget that the power of the soul can 
 not be measured by our limited judgment, 
 as we do not know how small or great the 
 experience of the human race will be, be- 
 cause the possibilities of man are founts in 
 themselves, and an eternity can not exhaust 
 them, and when this becomes clear to us, 
 we will accept these possibilities in their 
 
1 4 Introduction. 
 
 fullness and seek to know them better. 
 
 What we do not know we must discover 
 and then we will see how little we really do 
 know, and how much there is to learn. 
 
 When humanity becomes so practical as 
 to investigate, it will be clear that all things 
 are possible and that the greatest possibili- 
 ties are latent in man. 
 
 When we can cast off the yoke of super- 
 stition we will see that every man and 
 woman is a revelator. 
 
 Creeds must be laid aside, and man must 
 find the beauty and truth in nature accord- 
 ing to the law and then it will be seen in all 
 its splendor throughout eternity. 
 
 Was there not more to learn than hu- 
 manity knows today it would indeed not be 
 much, and an eternity would not be needed 
 to reveal it> nor would mankind have such 
 struggles to understand. 
 
 When humanity realizes that the soul is 
 not limited to the body, but it can penetrate 
 planes and conditions and receive instruc- 
 tions where and when needed because 
 it is the master of gravity and locomotion, 
 
Introduction. 1 5 
 
 and when this is understood, then the race 
 will know its power as a higher being. 
 
 Our experiences and missions are dif- 
 ferent from one another and that is the 
 reason why we must learn our lessons in 
 different ways, as the law ignores creeds 
 and takes us face to face with the different 
 mysteries of life from which we are to have 
 the experiences by which others will be- 
 come benefited through us, but each one 
 must live his own ' ' Karma. ' ' 
 
 The above has been the case with the 
 writer of this little book. 
 
 The more I understand the law of life the 
 clearer I can see that my mission demands 
 all the strange experiences which I have 
 had all through my life. 
 
 Being reared by parents with strict ortho- 
 dox tendencies and very close adherence to 
 the rules of society, I was held in bondage 
 in my childhood and forbidden the freedom 
 to think and read what I wished, except 
 the Bible and such books as were dealing 
 with the same subjects, and this created an 
 irresistible desire to tear myself away from 
 
1 6 Introduction. 
 
 my home and go out in the world to find 
 the freedom my soul longed for. 
 
 At seven years of age I ran away from 
 my home and went out to the woods where I 
 remained for three days, and although I 
 could not speak plainly I mounted a high 
 rock and preached to multitudes of souls 
 which I saw in the air before me. 
 
 When the voice told me to go home I did 
 so and a reception of two severe whippings 
 awaited me which only served to make me 
 look for the next opportunity to leave home 
 again which finally came and I remained 
 away for nine months the second time, and 
 the third time I staid away for good. 
 
 My life has been different from others, 
 but in the differences are the greatest les- 
 sons to learn and the law does not consult 
 us as to what methods are to be adopted, 
 but it takes us through experiences by 
 which we best can learn. 
 
 Since it belongs to our ' ' Karma ' ' to learn 
 our lessons well, we must follow the dicta- 
 tions of our own souls and not those given 
 by certain creeds. 
 
Introduction. 1 7 
 
 Hearing and reading helps us, but it m 
 not sufficient to teach practically as we can 
 become taught only by the experiences 
 which make us live our lessons. 
 
 The more we become familiar with the 
 hidden meanings of life the more we will 
 realize that there are high purposes in all 
 strange experiences and we will understand 
 them. 
 
 My soul travel experience with which this 
 little book deals, dates back to Oct. 21st, 
 1901. While in the City of Chicago I had 
 an accident to my right foot which proved 
 to be more serious than first expected, and a 
 couple of days before it happened I was 
 commanded by the Brothers to leave the 
 city but allowed myself to become persuad- 
 ed to remain longer, hence, the accident in 
 which I saw the penalty for my disobedi- 
 ence. 
 
 I was compelled to remain in my rooms 
 for four months walking on crutches and 
 the thought of my helplessness made me low 
 in spirit as my whole life has been one of 
 great activity, and as I saw the gloom would 
 
1 8 Introduction. 
 
 hover over me for some time to come I re- 
 solved to concentrate my mind to leave 
 the body nntil the first sufferings which 
 every minute became unbearable would 
 leave me, and I prepared my body bathing 
 and dressing it in clean linen before leav- 
 ing it. 
 
 Feeling that I would come in contact with 
 wonderful things while away from the body 
 I concentrated my mind upon the typewrit- 
 ing machine and my fingers, in order to es- 
 tablish a vibrative connection between the 
 soul and the body that I might take down on 
 paper what the soul would experience. This 
 law, students of the higher life will under- 
 stand better than the part of humanity who 
 have not studied it. 
 
 As soon as my friends heard of my mis- 
 fortune they called and left beautiful flow- 
 ers which I arranged in vases while I con- 
 centrated my mind to be taken among them 
 in order to receive instructions as to their 
 relations to the soul. 
 
 I was sitting by the table upon which the 
 vases filled with beautiful flowers were 
 

 Introduction. 1 9 
 
 placed. I was singing to them, while 
 my mind was in the divine infinitude pray- 
 ing to God to reveal things to me which I 
 did not know by which to benefit others, and 
 as I was thns in supplication I saw myself 
 parted, one part of me was sitting in the 
 chair while my finer self stood by to my left 
 and I clearly recognized myself in both per- 
 sons as they were alike with the difference 
 that my finer self had much more delicate 
 features and form than my physical, and the 
 voice was more gentle, when it spoke to me 
 saying, "I will leave thee, my body with 
 thy sufferings in order to learn great les- 
 sons" and at the same time I felt myself 
 lifted in the air and floating comfortably 
 further and further away from the form 
 while it was still sitting in the chair. 
 
 I wish to state that I was not in a 
 "trance" nor "controlled" by any other 
 soul, but my own soul communicated with 
 the body during the whole journey as my 
 book will show. 
 
 How my body was dressed, undressed and 
 fed on bread, ivater and one pear a day, 
 
20 Introduction. 
 
 while I was away, I will endeavor to ex- 
 plain in the last chapter. 
 
 While sailing in space the sweet flowers 
 I arranged before leaving followed me, and 
 at the same time I saw them on the table 
 where I left them, and they told me that 
 there would be fresh flowers in their places 
 when they were withered. 
 
 It is with great reluctance that I proceed 
 to describe this strange experience, but I 
 realize that it happened in order that man- 
 kind might benefit by it and therefore my 
 timidity must step aside and give the free- 
 dom to the soul in giving its experience to 
 the world that it might understand that the 
 power of living in the dual consciousness is 
 latent in all souls upon all planes. 
 
 EXPLANATION. 
 
 The flowers shall be spoken of as persons, 
 in order that the reader might understand 
 their symbolic meaning more readily. 
 
My Soul's Journey. 
 
 Leaving my body, to be gone for ten 
 days, I commence to sail with great freedom 
 and comfort, to be parted from pain, loneli- 
 ness and confinement, and as I am lifted 
 higher and higher by the light clouds under 
 me I still see the beautiful flowers I left 
 standing on the table arrayed in their garbs 
 of splendor, and the reflections from the 
 colors becomes like a silvery brightness and 
 their fragrance gives new life to me and 
 transfigures everything before me to one 
 grand bed of flowers loading the air with 
 fragrant life. 
 
 
22 My Soul's Journey 
 
 Here is peace and stillness, and I inhale 
 its life and clothe myself in its beauty and 
 my aspiration becomes stronger than ever 
 to become pure, and filled with such 
 thoughts, while holding out my hands as I 
 float the flowers fall in them, and I can not 
 help but press them to my lips in one fervent 
 kiss as in their sonl I recognize my own. 
 
 The air becomes purer and more balmy 
 the further I go and I see a woman ap- 
 proaching surrounded by rays of light and 
 I feel impelled to bow my head as she is 
 so radiant that I dare not look her in the 
 face, she sees my thoughts and asks me to 
 rise saying, ' l Rise my child, I will take thee 
 from pain into joy and thou wilt know the 
 power and meaning of many things. ' ' 
 
 I feel new life come to me as she speaks 
 and all loneliness, pain and sorrow is gone 
 and I find myself in a state of indescribable 
 bliss. 
 
 The woman is very beautiful, of slender 
 build, her face shines like the rays in which 
 she is shrouded, golden hair, and sparkling 
 eyes, robed in gauzy material, with a dia- 
 
My Soul's Journey. 23 
 
 dem upon her head in which one can read 
 the word i ' purity. ' ' 
 
 Upon her right arm she carries a cornu- 
 copia shaped like the Calla lily filled with a 
 variety of flowers, saying, while she points 
 to them, ' ' here I carry the flowers symboliz- 
 ing the dual nature of man, and she takes 
 a large crimson rose from among the others 
 and holding it high she says, "this is the 
 symbol of vanity and pride, ' ' next, a white 
 rosebud meaning "weakness and depend- 
 ency but also the first awakening to con- 
 sciousness." 
 
 There is another combination in her corn- 
 ucopia and these flowers are the "tulip, 
 divine love, and easter lily, devotion. Thus 
 I have taught thee the lesson of the dual 
 man." 
 
 As her words die away she vanishes and 
 finding myself alone I am interrupted by a 
 vegetable peddler calling out his wares and 
 as my attention is drawn to him I find my- 
 self standing on my sore foot, my crutches 
 on the floor while I am gazing out through 
 the kitchen window into an empty lot filled 
 
24 My Soul's Journey. 
 
 with old tin cans, etc., and to me it looked 
 like a beautiful flower garden a few min- 
 utes before. 
 
 I feel no pain, only a stiffness in my foot 
 causing me to realize that I have returned 
 to my body, but as I concentrate my mind 
 to leave it again a change occurs by which 
 I find myself floating in the air as before. 
 
 I notice the same angel who had carried 
 the cornucopia filled with the flowers sym- 
 bolizing the dual man, and appealing to her 
 to take me away again, she does so, and I 
 live in space comfortably sailing free and 
 independent through one grand plane after 
 the other with the air filled with song and 
 music. 
 
 The songs I hear are sung in honor of 
 " Flora' ' the queen of the floral kingdom 
 and the heavens are filled with enchantment 
 while the great chorus of souls sing as fol- 
 lows : ' ' Flora, my sister, my bride forever, 
 bring me to thy kingdom and cause me to 
 remain there to drink life from thy goblets 
 of purity and innocence, thy language is 
 beauty in silence and not like the emptiness 
 
My Soul's Journey. 25 
 
 of man, as thou speakest stronger to the 
 soul and therefore the power of the Gods 
 is upon thy tongue. ' ' 
 
 w Flora, my queen, take me into thy 
 bosom and let me press a kiss of devotion 
 upon thy lips as they have the honey of 
 the higher life upon them. 7 ' A response 
 says, "Gloria, gloria, in excelsus. Amen." 
 
 The further we sail the more dazzling be- 
 comes the light on the horizon, and the 
 speed with which we have traveled is be- 
 coming slower and it looks to me as though 
 we are near some destination. 
 
<A Visit to the "Temple 
 of the Tulip. 
 
 We have arrived in some tropical coun- 
 try, the name I do not know, but we are told 
 that we are to visit the Temple of the Tulip 
 to learn a wonderful lesson, because the 
 flower like everything in nature represents 
 different virtues, and souls become drawn 
 to them on that account. 
 
 The temple built on this mountain is 
 beautiful in construction being like the tu- 
 lips both outside and inside, and a feast of 
 special importance is to be held and Hosts 
 of souls are to attend. 
 
 Everywhere the colors of tulips are seen 
 

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 Temple of the Tulip. 2? 
 
 and the Temple is decorated with them 
 everywhere. 
 
 The Host and Hostess is the male and 
 female tulips and they are to be called King 
 and Queen and royal honors are to be be- 
 stowed upon them. I will cause it to be 
 written down thus and it will be readily 
 understood by the reader. 
 
 These two flowers symbolize Divine Love 
 the highest virtue among all, and the sprays 
 extending from their goblets radiate light, 
 the symbol of the higher life. 
 
 The assembly which constantly arrives is 
 surrounded by the magnetism of the flow- 
 ers they attract as affinities, and the min- 
 gling of color is a most wonderful spectacle 
 to behold. 
 
 Music and songs fill the air and it echoes 
 into space as though returning from whence 
 it comes. 
 
 A rain of flowers falls upon the temple 
 and the smaller tulips fall at the feet of the 
 larger like devoted children serving as 
 thrones for the guests of honor while other 
 flowers are mingling their beauty with the 
 
28 Temple of the Tulip. 
 
 tulips until the whole composes a picture of 
 indescribable grandeur which causes one to 
 feel as though one lived in Paradise. 
 
 As the assembly draws nearer the temple 
 the heavens become illuminated and one 
 Host grander than the other descends and 
 enters the temple. 
 
 The Gods and Goddesses of all virtues, 
 Song, Music and Art, lead the way and a 
 Host, composing representatives of inspira- 
 tion, ivisdom, intellect and knowledge, also 
 of thoughfulness, simplicity, delicacy, mod- 
 esty, virtue, faithfulness, and forgiveness, 
 and lastly comes the four Goddesses of the 
 twenty-four hours, which also means the 
 four seasons and the four quarters of the 
 moon shrouded in veils made of their own 
 light, and their names are Morning, Noon, 
 Evening, and Night. 
 
 The Goddesses of Inspiration, Devotion 
 and Intellect enter the temple by themselves 
 alone, and all nature is in silence. 
 
 There is an awakening in the lower mat- 
 ter as the assembly are taking their seats 
 
Temple of the Tulip. 29 
 
 upon the daises prepared for them of the 
 flowers which they attract as affinities, fill- 
 ing the interior of the temple until it be- 
 comes resplendent with the light reflecting 
 from their robes and diadems and from 
 which magnetism in the most delicate col- 
 ors emanates while the perfumes from the 
 flowers fills the air, giving new life to all 
 who inhale them. 
 
 The male tulip King of his race rises and 
 in addressing his guests he bids them wel- 
 come, speaking as follows: 
 
 "Most Beloved: I, the male power in 
 the tulip, offer my loving greetings bidding 
 thee welcome to my palace, we are all 
 united in one love and one unf oldment. I 
 am but a small tulip different in form from 
 thee, and yet life of thy life, as thou art life 
 of my life, and thus united in one cause we 
 live of one power. I symbolize divine love 
 in its high expression, and therefore, my 
 power is in the winds, and cyclones, in the 
 water, as well as the earth. 
 
 1 i I am in the deserts as well as among the 
 multitudes because all things, as well as 
 
30 Temple of the Tulip. 
 
 man, lives of my life and by it everything 
 will be lifted to higher planes and express 
 their powers as higher consciousness. 
 
 "The divine love feedeth everything be- 
 cause it is everywhere. I will cause this 
 message to be sent to each plane that all the 
 life upon them may understand it in due 
 time, I bring joy and gladness to the down- 
 trodden, fatherless and forsaken; and I 
 wipe the tears from the eyes of those who 
 are lonely and in sorrows. 
 
 "I give this love freely because it is my 
 mission as there is no selfishness in the love 
 Divine I ask no return, and by my power all 
 will rise to live and give life to things 
 around them because the divine life giveth 
 but asketh nothing, and as my life is in 
 everything upon every plane, so will it be 
 expressed because it is part of me and all 
 kingdoms will blend together in the light of 
 my love for all enternity. Much peace 
 and glory be unto thee. ' ' 
 
 As the King of the Tulips finishes his 
 speech he seats himself upon his throne 
 made of tulips which rest on the sprays 
 
Temple of the Tulip. 31 
 
 from their innermost selves, and the female 
 power, the Queen of the Tulips, arises, ad- 
 dressing her guests as follows : "My love's 
 greeting be unto thee, I am the mother and 
 queen of the tulips and most beloved by my 
 husband the king. I give my life and power 
 unto thee with great joy and I carry it unto 
 thee in this goblet (holding a golden goblet 
 in her hand extending it towards the as- 
 sembly) which contains the highest love and 
 devotion given to man and all life, and it is 
 mingled with the power of innocence and 
 wisdom. I will scatter it all over the earth 
 and unto the four winds that the most dis- 
 tant life might drink and become awakened 
 to higher consciousness, ' ' and as she speaks 
 she scatters the contents of the goblet into 
 the air and the most gorgeous lights are 
 seen rising in the sky while a murmur is 
 heard as though new life becomes expressed 
 as never before, and here is silence, while 
 all are kneeling in prayers; and they join 
 in, the soft singing which is heard, and as it 
 comes closer their power increases, and the 
 song sounds like this, 
 
 
32 Temple of the Tulip. 
 
 "Most wonderful power thou Angel of love 
 
 We are all filled with thy life and light from above, 
 
 Of thee we will sing, of thee we will pray 
 
 All mankind will smile with contentment and say 
 
 'O, beautiful love at thy feet we will lay.' " 
 
 All are touched as by magic by the won- 
 derful words spoken by the mother of the 
 tulips, because of so much inward fire 
 of love's enthusiasm mingled with great 
 tenderness in the motherly eloquence of her 
 speech, and every soul has listened in awe 
 while the words have fallen like dew-drops 
 from her lips, refreshing the memories of 
 the great purpose by the wisdom on high. 
 
 I am sitting alone a short distance from 
 where this wonderful demonstration has 
 been given, and the closer I have observed 
 the details the more conscious is the life I 
 live at this time, and I fully realize the dif- 
 ference between this and the life in the 
 body. 
 
 I hear nothing but the most eloquent ex- 
 pressions of the beauty and life as it is and 
 will become, and I see nothing but illumin- 
 ated beings arrayed in garbs woven from 
 the vibrations of freedom and unfoldment. 
 
Temple of the Tulip. 33 
 
 I know of no struggle nor care and I see 
 more clearly than before, how subordinate 
 the bodies are to the higher souls because 
 they have learned to lay them off and take 
 them up at will as they are needed. 
 
 Every face shines in the light of angelic 
 purity and the harmony between every 
 plane, as well as between all things upon 
 them, is perfect, because I see it as it will be 
 and there is the lesson which I have been 
 brought here to learn in order to give it to 
 the world when I return. 
 
 I do not know the name of this place, but 
 the life upon it is more wonderful than the 
 senses are able to comprehend. 
 
 Everything is orderly and so flexible that 
 every move is one of masterly grace and 
 lends the spirit of naturalness which comes 
 only by personal experience. 
 
 The perfection of love, and blending of 
 will in unity, makes such harmony that here 
 is not one break in the vibrations between 
 the celestial planes and the one upon which 
 this temple is located and the surrounding 
 is one of peace, joy and affinity. 
 
34 Temple of the Tulip. 
 
 The fountains which send their sprays 
 towards the sky are clear as crystal and 
 their rainbow colors, mingling in the sun- 
 light, surpasses in divine beauty everything 
 I have seen in the physical, and its mag- 
 netism gives new life to my soul. 
 
 Would that I were ready to remain here 
 for good; would that I could describe this 
 beauty beyond the mortal gates of life to 
 my brethren in their physical forms, that 
 they might endeavor more than before to 
 become ready to experience it. 
 
 Here is the sweetest singing during 
 which the assembly rises to leave the temple 
 and ascending into the air they look like 
 fairies while hovering over the temple in 
 graceful joy-dance and showered with flow- 
 ers they disappear. 
 
 My companion speaks to me and instantly 
 I am lifted into the air and both of us sail 
 away from this mountain deeper into the 
 clouds in another direction ; my companion 
 sails faster than I do because I feel myself 
 too heavy to sail easily, and as that feeling 
 comes over me she sends of her magnetism 
 
Temple of the Tulip. 35 
 
 to me and I become lighter and sail faster. 
 The further we go the more devotional 
 becomes the atmosphere, and I can almost 
 see the clouds smile while telling us by 
 their motions that they are at our service, 
 and as we go along I notice that my com- 
 panion slowly descends, which indicates to 
 me that we are at our next destination. 
 
 * 
 
A Visit to the Temple 
 of the Easter Lily. 
 
 This place is also a mountain surrounded 
 by palm trees upon which is constructed a 
 Temple shaped like an Easter Lily over the 
 entrance of which one can read "Devo- 
 tion," and wonderful harmony pervades 
 everything. 
 
 This locality has higher altitude than 
 that of the tulip, and yet the virtue which 
 this temple symbolizes is not greater than 
 divine love, as that is the highest, accord- 
 ing to the masters. 
 
 The power which this flower symbolizes 
 is Inspiration, for which aspiration is the 
 

 Temple of the Easter Lily. 37 
 
 foundation while devotion binds the two to- 
 gether. 
 
 No one can understand the language of 
 this flower unless he has learned to conquer 
 self and overcome the desires of the lower 
 senses. The center in which this temple is 
 built is in the east, symbolic of activity of 
 the higher consciousness. 
 
 One breath of this life will make the 
 lower life aspire to reach the higher. 
 
 Lilies grow in great profusion here and 
 it seems as though this is the palace where 
 the Queen and King of the Lilies reside, 
 and all the Lily families are represented of 
 which the smaller bow at the feet of their 
 sovereigns. 
 
 When I see these small flowers delicately 
 open their goblets in the sunlight fanned by 
 the breezes of the morning and smiling 
 while being rocked to and fro on their 
 stems, I can see their faces shining with the 
 light of God while their silent language of 
 beauty and fragrance are like heavenly 
 music to every passer by. 
 
 Hosts hover over this mountain en- 
 
38 Temple of the Easter Lily. 
 
 wrapped in the light of the higher heavens 
 which reflects upon their faces from whence 
 rays come to me where I am sitting. 
 
 A hush is upon the surroundings as the 
 Host commences to descend, indicating that 
 they are to attend the Easter feast of love 
 and devotion. I can but ask myself if it is 
 possible that the races can be in total ig- 
 norance of this wonderful life, or if the 
 weakness in which they are, as yet, prevents 
 them from knowing it! 
 
 Can it be that this is the culmination of 
 human struggle! 
 
 Can it be that such wondrous life as this 
 is the reward for our sorrows and their in- 
 tensities! And is it possible that strug- 
 gling mortals are to inherit a kingdom of 
 such peace as this! I pray to know if it 
 can be granted while I am in the body. A 
 voice speaks to me while I am in commun- 
 ion with the infinite, saying, "Yes, greater 
 than this will be the life of man when he 
 reaches his destiny in the final. ' ' 
 
 This wondrous splendor is almost too 
 great for a mortal who has not as yet be- 
 

 Temple of the Easter Lily. 39 
 
 come freed from the confinement of the low- 
 er matter, but I rejoice at the privilege of 
 having seen it, as now I know what grand- 
 eur the unseen has in store for those who 
 struggle faithfully to reach it. 
 
 I rejoice to know that this is the inherit- 
 ance for every one who seeketh and also 
 that those who are ignorant at this will 
 know, and experience in due time what I 
 have seen here. 
 
 I am filled with new life to such an extent 
 that the astral matter which serves me as a 
 body upon this plane can hardly keep to- 
 gether because the power of this pure plane 
 is almost too strong for me to be upon it at 
 this time. 
 
 As the sun rises higher I see in the dis- 
 tance three women figures arrayed in mag- 
 nificent robes, and sparkling diadems upon 
 their heads coming toward this mountain. 
 As they sail in the air their robes form one 
 graceful furl after the other, each move- 
 ment sending a ray of beautiful light into 
 space. 
 
 The names of the women are Inspiration, 
 
 
40 Temple of the Easter Lily. 
 
 Love and Purity, and Hosts of souls follow 
 them, all of whom carry cornucopias filled 
 with different flowers belonging to the lily 
 family. 
 
 This temple is differently constructed 
 from that of the tulip as it has golden spires 
 shining in the sunlight upon which one 
 white dove, the symbol of inspiration, and 
 one colored in red, the symbol of aspiration, 
 are lovingly cooing to each other while their 
 little bills meet in fervent kisses. 
 
 While I am watching this sweet com- 
 munion of love, quickening vibrations fill 
 me and my whole being becomes subdued 
 by the harmony it brings. 
 
 The Goddess of Inspiration holds a 
 chalice filled with love's wine in her right 
 hand, symbolizing the power of the higher 
 life, and in the other the morning star, 
 while her form is enwrapped in the veil of 
 the Celestial heaven, and the Goddess of 
 Wisdom follows her carrying the scroll 
 upon which is written the destiny of man. 
 
 The Goddess of Freedom is here also, sur- 
 rounded by the light of her mission, and 
 

 Temple of the Easter Lily. 41 
 
 upon her head rests the star of her name 
 casting its rays in all directions enlighten- 
 ing the pathway of mankind, and the Host 
 which follows her are attired in "Greek 
 yoke togas" and flowing garments which 
 makes them look gracefulness personified, 
 and wonderful sweetnesses are in their 
 greetings. 
 
 The variety of colors emanating from the 
 robes and veils of the whole assembly, 
 makes a picture of surpassing beauty, and 
 their beautiful faces are shining with the 
 light of virtue. 
 
 After all are seated upon daises made 
 of Lilies, " Flora," the queen of the floral 
 kingdom, bows reverently before the Host 
 and Hostess, and the whole assembly ad- 
 vancing slowly, she kisses the garments of 
 the Lilies, who respond by sending forth 
 a new supply of life-giving fragrance ; she 
 addresses all saying, thou who symbolize 
 the power life of devotion which are the 
 expressions of .life demonstrated in my 
 kingdom, not like that of the human family, 
 but we express in silence by our fragrance 
 
42 Temple of the Easter Lily. 
 
 and beauty by which the language of the 
 Angels is spoken. 
 
 Our powers are not known by man in the 
 times of the moderns, nor can it become 
 known by the activity of the lower senses 
 alone, because the spirit understands the 
 life of its own, without words. 
 
 Posterity will know us and also recog- 
 nize in us the power of the soul exchanged 
 on all planes. We are the communicators 
 between the souls, and our powers are a 
 great part of man, and he will understand 
 and demonstrate it." As she finishes her 
 speech the assembly rises and the Goddess 
 of Inspiration, fanned by the veil of the 
 celestial heaven, addresses the hosts as fol- 
 lows : ' ' Loves greetings be unto thee, and 
 the peace who art the life from on high 
 shall permeate thy being until thou become 
 like the suns of purity and electrifying life. 
 I am with thee as thou art with me and 
 our united energies shall bring light and ex- 
 pressions of the power of God within, and 
 His praise shall be sung by the tongue of 
 
Temple of the Easter Lily. 43 
 
 As she finishes there is a murmur in 
 everything and voices are heard saying, ' ' I 
 am in the storms and cyclones, I am in the 
 power who makes "elementa" (the female 
 power of the elements), ring her bells of 
 Universal energy, I am in the seasons, 
 times and beings, and it is by my power 
 that all things expresses its higher life upon 
 all planes and by my power man shall re- 
 joice in time to come, take thou this mes- 
 sage, oh, Goddess of the Morning, and car- 
 ry it to the Goddess of Noon, that she might 
 in her own way give it to mankind in the 
 right season to uplift all kingdoms to 
 higher planes." 
 
 While the speech is in progress the God- 
 dess of Devotion takes sprays from her in- 
 nermost self and lays them at the feet of the 
 assembled, bowing deeply while her guests 
 make their exit from the Temple. 
 
 The Goddess of the Morning takes the 
 message and, surrounded by her compan- 
 ions, the little morning glories, she ascends 
 into the air and disappears, and upon her 
 arrival she is greeted with love and devo- 
 
44 Temple of the Easter Lily. 
 
 tion by the Goddess of the Noon, who is her 
 sister and most beloved, and in addressing 
 her she speaks as follows: "My beloved 
 sister, thou beautiful Goddess, I am one 
 with thee and our united missions shall help 
 and lead matter to its higher destinies. 
 
 By our power the birds fly and sing, and 
 by our power the fishes swim, and all things 
 will sing in chorus of their freedom. 
 
 After an affectionate parting the God- 
 dess of the morning leaves for other planes. 
 ****** 
 
 God and Goddess symbolize the male and 
 female power in all things, expressing their 
 higher power and virtues, and when we 
 represent them as making speeches we do 
 not mean in words, but the vibrations of 
 thought which are set into action by the 
 color and shape of the flowers are sent to 
 the body while I am among them and when 
 these vibrations come in contact with the 
 magnetism of the body they are expressed 
 in words upon the paper as I directed be- 
 fore leaving the body. On the planes where 
 I now journey words are not needed for ex- 
 pressions, as there are nothing but thought 
 
Temple of the Easter Lily. 45 
 
 and every one communicates by thought 
 only. 
 
cA Visit to a. Conference 
 of "Birds. 
 
 The temple is vacated and here is a si- 
 lence as though nothing had taken place, 
 but I am in wonderment at the wonderful 
 lesson I have learned by hearing and see- 
 ing all these things. 
 
 My visit among the finer flowers has edu- 
 cated me as nothing else can, but it has been 
 of such an exalted nature that I can hardly 
 understand its full meaning right away, 
 and it makes me long to visit the plainer 
 and more insignificant flowers in order to 
 learn the contrast between the higher and 
 lower. 
 
 3 
 
Conference of Birds. 47 
 
 As I am holding these thoughts I feel 
 myself floating in space and I realize that 
 my desire to learn a lesson from the smaller 
 flowers as they are known to the infinite, 
 as I see them on the fields while sailing 
 swiftly in company with the Goddess of 
 Purity. 
 
 As we pass, the fields covered with a 
 variety of wild flowers my attention is most 
 drawn to the wild rose, buttercup, daisy, 
 lily of the valley, golden rod and the dear 
 old blueflag. 
 
 This part of the country is totally iso- 
 lated, not a footstep nor a sign of life can 
 be found. 
 
 Birds fly to and fro singing sweetly while 
 the gentle breezes tell their story of past 
 struggles. 
 
 The flowers open their goblets receiving 
 the dew of the morning while humming- 
 birds and butterflies move in the magnetic 
 whirl-dance which fills the air with its beau- 
 tiful life. 
 
 I have descended upon a high hill around 
 which are mountains surrounded by trees 
 
48 Conference of Birds. 
 
 filled with sweet birds' nests and valleys 
 filled with flowers, when I look around in 
 this palace of nature, built without human 
 hands, I remember the words of Solomon 
 when he said, "Look at the flowers of the 
 fields, they neither spin nor work and 
 there are none as beautiful as they." 
 
 This simplicity and freedom of nature 
 teaches me the lesson that everything must 
 have complete freedom to unfold. 
 
 Here is not a human being nor a single 
 abode for man, but the birds rule this 
 place alone, and their happiness can be ap- 
 preciated only when one hears their songs 
 in chorus and in soul follows their trills, 
 circling their way into the air until it be- 
 comes filled with sweet melody ascending 
 higher and higher. 
 
 There is life of a different expression in 
 those tones and one becomes lifted in soul 
 like the birds are by their wings, realizing 
 that they have a mission which they faith- 
 fully perform. 
 
 As these thoughts fill my mind I fully 
 realize the enormity of the offense of killing 
 
Conference of Birds. 49 
 
 them for money making, or other purposes. 
 
 The love and the innocence which they 
 demonstrate make me feel that the earth 
 plane would not be as good as it is had it 
 not the sweet magnetism which their songs 
 attract from the air. 
 
 It seems to me that I can remember this 
 place as though I had visited here before 
 and while I am trying to refresh my mem- 
 ory I am taken back to an incident which 
 happened to me while in the City of Pitts- 
 burg, Pennsylvania, a few years ago. 
 
 It happened that it became the style for 
 women to wear stuffed birds in their hats. 
 I have always felt that it is cruel to take 
 these innocent little lives, but at this time 
 (for some reason which I can not explain) 
 I became so fascinated by the style that I 
 could not resist the temptation of 
 purchasing a large "Paradise Bird." 
 I bought it at considerable expense 
 and placed it on my hat and the first 
 time I wore it I felt very proud when I 
 heard the compliments of its beauty, but 
 the second time I wore it my conscience 
 
50 Conference of Birds. 
 
 commenced to trouble me and I awoke as 
 from a hypnotic spell, and before I came 
 to myself in full realization of what I had 
 done I saw a flock of different birds hover 
 in the air coming towards me, speaking in 
 their own way to my inner self, asking me 
 to go with them to a place selected by them 
 for a conference between themselves as to 
 what measures to adopt for the prevention 
 of cruelty to the birds. 
 
 The more I listened to their cackle the 
 plainer I understood what it meant, and 
 my close attention made me feel that I 
 floated away from my body and became 
 smaller until I felt that I was as small as 
 they are. 
 
 I have always advocated humanitarian 
 principles, defending the dumb animal, but 
 this time I forgot who I was and followed 
 the rest of the violators of this law. 
 
 We came to the place where I am now 
 sitting on the hills under the trees filled 
 with beautifully constructed birds' nests, 
 and I remember the transactions which took 
 place at that time and will relate them to 
 
Conference of Birds. 51 
 
 you in this chapter. 
 
 To me it looked at that time as though 
 everything was transacted on a legal basis, 
 judge and jury being chosen by the older 
 birds, also counsel was chosen from the dif- 
 ferent bird families, all being the larger 
 birds, while the smaller were listening. 
 
 Here was every kind of bird I have seen 
 and not seen before, and some of them were 
 ferocious, others sweet and gentle and to 
 me the variety reminded me of my own race 
 (the human) as they vary in coarseness and 
 refinement. 
 
 The vulture, eagle and peacock were 
 anxious to be masters over all, but they 
 were rejected on account of their brutality 
 and the peafowl because of his pride, and 
 they argued that pride predominated in 
 him and that he could not use his reason 
 and common sense. 
 
 The swan was selected judge, and a bird 
 from each family as counsel for both sides, 
 and the jury was chosen from the turkey 
 family, and also from the wild duck, tame 
 duck, chicken, goose and quail, also from 
 
52 Conference of Birds. 
 
 the families of the paradise birds, larks, 
 doves, mockingbirds and nightingales. 
 
 Here are different kinds of rocks upon 
 which the judge and jury are sitting, and 
 also for the counsel other birds as well as 
 bird-souls who had come to listen rested 
 in the trees around the center where the 
 procedings took place. 
 
 Counsel for the prosecution read the 
 charge to the court, which was "premedi- 
 tated murder and inhuman way of commit- 
 ting it." 
 
 Turkey, chicken and goose were the 
 prosecutors, while the wild duck and quail 
 spoke for themselves. 
 
 The vulture and eagle were asked to de- 
 part and they did so with much anger and 
 feeling of revenge. 
 
 Such an army of legal talent among birds 
 I never heard of before and had I not been 
 one of them at that time I would not have 
 understood nor been able to learn the les- 
 son which was taught me on that occasion. 
 
 Every speaker was eloquent, presenting 
 his side convincingly, and when points of 
 
Conference of Birds. 53 
 
 special importance were touched all birds 
 cackled as though they wished to make their 
 case stronger, and such cackle I never heard 
 before mingled with sorrow as well as an- 
 ger. 
 
 After the prosecution had finished their 
 argument the dear dove spoke and her voice 
 trembled with emotion as she told of the 
 disgrace to kill her sisters and place them 
 upon a pile of soil to represent peace on 
 the graves of those who had hated peace all 
 their lives. The lark spoke of the blas- 
 phemy upon song and beauty, to kill and 
 place her sisters, as well as other relatives, 
 such as the mockingbird, nightingale, etc., 
 in women's hats, and the paradise bird 
 spoke of the crime against refinement, to 
 murder animals as well as human beings. 
 He demonstrated his feeling by his earnest- 
 ness and while he was speaking he moved 
 his beautiful feathers in the sunlight and 
 every motion he made was one of beauty,, 
 which made him the embodiment of bird 
 grace while he moved everybody with his 
 eloquence. 
 
54 Conference of Birds 
 
 I was sitting near by and it seemed to 
 me that he looked at me more intensely as 
 his speech advanced until I felt my guilt so 
 that I could not remain silent any longer 
 but asked for a chance to say a few words, 
 which was granted. 
 
 I confessed my guilt and recommended 
 my case to the mercy of the court. The 
 swan delivered his charge to the jury, and 
 in doing so he recommended the severest 
 punishment possible, as he felt that the 
 crime was so great that a lenient penalty 
 should not be thought of. He said that he 
 was disgraced at the way the human fam- 
 ily used his fine feathers, trailing his down 
 in the dust, "but," says he, "that I can for- 
 give sooner than to see how my brethren are 
 treated, and therefore, ' ' says he, * ' you must 
 sing no more in the treetops of these sinful 
 people who are our brothers, having been 
 in the same condition as we are now, but 
 since their advancement above our plane 
 they take advantage of their own, by killing 
 them as though they had a right to do so. 
 
 This case is sad, said he, and therefore 
 
Conference of Birds. 55 
 
 I recommend that we expel the humans 
 from enjoying our songs at sunset, and let 
 us agree not to fly by the windows of those 
 who wish to hear our songs ! ' ' 
 
 The jury went out and remained in de- 
 liberation for some time. The paradise 
 bird was foreman, speaking for all. After 
 deliberating for some time they finally 
 came in with the verdict contrary to the 
 recommendations of the swan, and the fore- 
 man addressed the court as follows : ' ' We 
 have agreed not to cease our singing at the 
 windows of our human brothers, because if 
 we do not sing they will kill us quicker 
 than if we do sing, as then they will feel 
 that we are no good anyway, and might as 
 well be dead as not; we have decided to 
 sing our best songs when our murderers 
 come around us, as that will appeal to their 
 finer feelings and they will be more liable 
 to cease persecuting us than otherwise." 
 
 All who had listened to the argument of 
 the paradise bird agreed with him and felt 
 as he did. 
 
 After all was over the lovely lark com- 
 
56 Conference of Birds. 
 
 menced to sing while rocking to and fro on 
 a wild rosebush and the vibrations of her 
 song were heard in the distance and at- 
 tracted the attention of a multitude of souls 
 who had come to take part in the confer- 
 ence and listen to the proceedings. All the 
 birds present joined the lark in her song, 
 and as they were lifted on their wings in 
 the air the mingling of their singing filled it. 
 
 Among these souls there were hosts of 
 human souls as well as of animals, and they 
 formed themselves into groups and agreed 
 to form societies to prevent the cruelties to 
 the birds by impressing those who are in 
 their bodies as yet to cease their blood- 
 thirstiness and become more humane than 
 in the past. 
 
 I was asked to enroll my soul identity 
 with them and work in the cause in and out 
 of the body for the protection of the little 
 darlings. 
 
 I heard one soul say, i l there will never be 
 peace in the hearts of men until they be- 
 come more humane to things beneath them, 
 and as for women they will be in sorrow 
 
Conference of Birds. 57 
 
 and loneliness until they cease to take the 
 life of the weak and innocent, the songs of 
 the birds are beautiful but they are also 
 a woeful warning to those who are guilty. 
 
 The singing of the birds are their pray- 
 ers to be left alone and enjoy the freedom 
 which is their gift of nature as well as to 
 the human race, because they have the right 
 to live and unfold as well as everything 
 around them. 
 
 When woman lives on a higher plane she 
 will not allow anything to suffer on her ac- 
 count and the vibrations of death with 
 which she is now constantly surrounded will 
 then leave her and she will feel more free 
 than ever before. 
 
 As long as our Christian brothers only 
 sing "Nearer My God to Thee," without 
 living it, they will never in truth know God, 
 because "him who calleth God, God only, 
 but do not do his will, will never know the 
 reward given to them who live the life of 
 true Christianity. ' ' 
 
 The beautiful trills of the lark, the hum- 
 mings of the bees, as they fly to and fro 
 
58 Conference of Birds. 
 
 among the hummingbirds and butterflies 
 have taken my attention during which all 
 the souls have been leaving this place with- 
 out me seeing it, the conference is ended 
 and I find myself alone. 
 
 From the above can be seen that I was 
 made to violate the law of humanitarian- 
 ism for the time being, in order to become 
 able to learn the lesson which I did at that 
 time and which I have recalled to my mind 
 while I have been sitting here. 
 
 The lesson has been to fully understand 
 that the mind dominates everything and 
 that it must have undisturbed freedom to 
 bring out the power of higher realization 
 of the continuance of life on other planes, 
 and also to show that we must not take 
 life, particularly of that which by instinct 
 is rising higher and higher and by the 
 demonstrations of its own life's power, it 
 is helping others to realize the same. 
 
 The bird is the symbol of aspiration, 
 based upon gentleness as nothing can rise 
 to its fullest capacity of individuality until 
 
Conference of Birds. 59 
 
 it has become a conqueror of the low pro- 
 pensities on all planes. 
 
 I have related this most remarkable co- 
 incident in the way humans are on trial for 
 things which they understand to be wrong 
 but which they commit anyway, and also to 
 show that all things have a portion of con- 
 sciousness which it expresses even though 
 we do not believe it because it is on a lower 
 plane from us, everything sighs and has 
 feelings and a portion of knowledge by 
 which to make regret felt around it. 
 
 This place has charmed me, and I have 
 been in wonderment over the finding of such 
 harmony between the marigolds, the sym- 
 bol of grief, and the buttercups sym- 
 bolizing joy, as though they could 
 tell each other how much they love 
 one another, while the humming bird 
 sips the honey from the flower, which 
 gives freely her life and sympathy, this and 
 other expressions of the freedom and love 
 which mother nature bestows upon all her 
 children even to the spider, who weaves his 
 web from the magnetism of the moonlight 
 
60 Conference of Birds. 
 
 as well as the morning dew. I see the little 
 glories peep out from their beds of night, 
 like little children, saluting all passers by 
 with their sweet "good morning." 
 
 The generosity of this isolated temple 
 built by nature is greater than I can ex- 
 press, and I fully realize the beauty of such 
 free life as I am now living free from the 
 confinement of the body. 
 
 Wherever I look I find communion be- 
 tween planes and souls as well as between 
 souls and things, and when man can under- 
 stand this communion it will be seen that 
 Angels have communion with every king- 
 dom in nature, and this demonstrates that 
 the kingdom of heaven is within, in all 
 things on every plane. 
 
 What I have seen and heard while sitting 
 here has formed itself into one magnificent 
 combination upon which falls the light of 
 past ages, thereby telling that this place has 
 been the abode of the masters and sages of 
 past dispensations because every leaf and 
 the breezes from the winds carries with 
 them a silent message of untold wisdom and 
 
Conference of Birds. 61 
 
 power which the soul recognizes, and one 
 can hear a whisper while looking at the 
 flowers which grow here in such profusion, 
 saying "and God looked at all the things 
 He had made and saw that they are good. ' J 
 
 Would that I could stay here for all time, 
 in this wonderful quietude and indescrib- 
 able peace by which I have been so royally 
 entertained while I have learned my lesson, 
 I do not know which to prefer, to remain 
 (if such could be), or return to the temples 
 where I have seen such numbers of Illumi- 
 nated Hosts. Here I live on the fragrance 
 of the wild flowers among which humming 
 birds, butterflies and mocking birds have 
 their homes, lending their charms to the 
 beauty and fragrance of flowers while na- 
 ture sings her love song, carried by the 
 winds through the trees by such wonderful 
 power that one cannot help but desire to 
 remain for all time and rest in nature's 
 arms unseen and unknown and be rocked 
 into sweet and peaceful slumber, while 
 flowers and birds, winds and waters in unity 
 
62 Conference of Birds. 
 
 sing the songs of triumph over darkness, 
 brutality, sorrow and strife. 
 
<A Lesson in Reincarnation 
 
 Upon the Higher and 
 Lower Planes 
 
 Sailing away from this place to another, 
 I am told by my companion that I am to 
 be taught a wonderful lesson of the law of 
 reinbodiment and for that purpose will be 
 taken to a place which the modern people 
 have never seen nor heard of. 
 
 We sail over fields and valleys hearing 
 sweet song and music as we go. 
 
 I have learned a lesson which no one has 
 ever taught me before, in which it has been 
 fully demonstrated to me that there is no 
 place nor distance, except in the limitations 
 of the mind of humanity. 
 
 Hovering in space I can see that all coun- 
 tries are united as one by law, and I can 
 
64 A Lesson in Reincarnation. 
 
 look over the whole earth as it is held to- 
 gether with all other planes by their mag- 
 netism. 
 
 There is no distance between country and 
 country, as they are so close to my eyes that 
 I could speak and my voice be heard by 
 them all at the same time. 
 
 Arriving at our next destination I find 
 another large mountain totally isolated 
 from the presence of mankind on the physi- 
 cal plane. 
 
 I can see no houses or modern abodes of 
 any kind here, but I see a number of pe- 
 culiarly constructed caves far and high on 
 the mountains away from the interior of 
 the earth and their construction is very ar- 
 tistic. I have never felt so isolated before 
 nor have I seen nature so free from inter- 
 ference of the struggle of man or animal 
 and so void of personified activity, I mean 
 in the way I am used to see it in my body. 
 
 I never realized what exclusion meant 
 until now, here is not a word, sound nor 
 whisper of the kind I am used to hear, and 
 
A Lesson in Reincarnation. 65 
 
 it seems to me that even the winds are si- 
 lent and the trees motionless to make me 
 feel as never before that I am alone. 
 
 As I see the caves I become very attracted 
 to them by their appearance and it makes 
 me feel that I must try and obtain a glimpse 
 of their interior. 
 
 As my desire to investigate is known in 
 space, I am taken a small distance away 
 and I have a wonderful view of all. The 
 caves look to me like unknown palaces 
 whose ceilings consist of a fine network 
 made so delicate that it looks like spider 
 webs and the sun is shining through them 
 while the winds are playing through their 
 fine weavings and I see souls come and go 
 and all look to me like fairies and their 
 sweet abodes like fairy lands. 
 
 Great activity of a different nature than 
 that which I am used to in my body domi- 
 nates the whole mountain and as I watch it 
 I see the caves are inhabited but not by 
 souls from my present plane of earth, as 
 they are far beyond the human development 
 of the present day on the physical plane. 
 
66 A Lesson in Reincarnation. 
 
 The people who live in these abodes are 
 very delicate, but strong ; they are not large 
 in stature but very finely proportioned 
 with the most wonderful beauty of face. 
 
 Most of the women are light complex- 
 ioned with golden hair, oval features and 
 blue eyes, and their every motion is that of 
 masterly grace. 
 
 I do not understand their language but 
 they speak more by thought than sound, 
 and I understand everything they say to 
 one another by being in the soul, as they 
 do not use the vibrations of sound except 
 once in a while. 
 
 They are masters in the manipulation of 
 magnetism as they understand how to 
 centralize it right under their feet, and 
 then select the finest from the bulk which 
 they cause to circle around themselves and 
 thus weave their bodies when they need to 
 change them for other planes. Light is 
 emanating from the center of the magnet- 
 ism thus attracted in different colorings 
 and out of that light they make their finer 
 senses. 
 
A Lesson in Reincarnation. 67 
 
 They travel by ascension and descension, 
 and when they ascend they have a niagneti- 
 cal veil which serves as attraction for them 
 to come back. 
 
 This veil they let fall upon the spot from 
 where they ascend and it is the outer cover- 
 ing which they cannot take with them to 
 any other plane. They go where they feel 
 like and stay away as long as they desire, 
 because they seem to have mastered the law 
 of gravity. 
 
 Their devotion is to nature and it does 
 not look to me as though they worshiped 
 any deity. 
 
 They sit down with their feet a-crossed 
 and extend their hands and fingers out in 
 space, and after holding them in that posi- 
 tion for a while they twine their arms 
 around themselves and cause the magnet- 
 ism around them to become illumined and 
 afterward they have new bodies. 
 
 They weave their robes from vari-colored 
 magnetism and when they ascend they 
 cause them to dematerialize. 
 
68 A Lesson in Reincarnation. 
 
 They renew their bodies very often and 
 their faces look more child-like after each 
 renewal, radiant with delicate smiles, 
 their teeth are like pearls, lips rosy, and 
 their whole beings are like a smile from 
 heaven. Their food I do not know anything 
 about, as I have not seen them eat like we 
 do in our bodies on the earth plane. 
 
 When they stand up all kinds of colors 
 and magnetism circle around them from 
 which flames like fire emanates. 
 
 Every move by this people indicates that 
 they are people of wonderful wisdom, as 
 they handle the dew in the morning like 
 masters and cause magnetism to produce 
 different robes, veils, flowers and other 
 wonderful things, and when they hold their 
 hands out there comes lights like illumi- 
 nated wires to them from heaven, and great 
 activity is caused by it. Song and music 
 is heard, such as cannot be given on my 
 plane of physical existence. 
 
 That these people are masters can be 
 seen by the rays which they attract while 
 in meditation, the minute they sit down 
 
A Lesson in Reincarnation. 69 
 
 there is new activity all around them and it 
 seems as though heaven with its light is 
 drawing nigh, and power comes over them 
 like whirlwinds, out of which they select the 
 magnetism they find suited to bring new 
 life to races on the lower planes. 
 
 By seeing this I learn the lesson that it 
 is by magnetism we can commune with the 
 great whole. 
 
 Here is one cave separate from all the 
 others located higher on the mountain and 
 it is the home of a master who is the teacher 
 of the rest of the inhabitants here, and I 
 have seen him among the people on this 
 mountain before, his whole being is en- 
 wrapped in Illuminous light which sur- 
 rounds him wherever he goes, and he is 
 shrouded in a veil colored like the rainbow 
 holding in his right hand a magnetic veil 
 which he moves to and fro, thus sending 
 power in all directions. 
 
 I cannot tell what location this is, but 
 it does not appear to me as though it be- 
 longs to earth, as everything is so different 
 from the life in the physical. I see no ani- 
 
70 A Lesson in Reincarnation. 
 
 mals of any kind, and yet I hear the sweet- 
 est birds sing, but they are not here and I 
 do not know whether it is vibrations or fine 
 birds somewhere at a distance. 
 
 This sweet song is much clearer than any- 
 thing of this kind I have ever heard while 
 in the body and that leads me to believe 
 that they are not earthly singers but they 
 belong to some higher plane. 
 
 Great Hosts are coming in the air to- 
 ward this mountain and the souls all look 
 like fairies in their thin robes gracefully 
 furling about them as they sail in the sky, 
 and their motions are very swift, easy and 
 graceful. 
 
 The master I have spoken of above is 
 to instruct the people in Eeincarnation and 
 its power on the different planes and show 
 them the possibilities now as well as in 
 time to come. 
 
 The master makes strange looking mo- 
 tions with his body while extending his 
 hands towards the mountains from whence 
 lights are coming attaching themselves to 
 his fingers and in a moment a golden rod 
 
A Lesson in Reincarnation. 71 
 
 is placed in his hand and as he moves it to 
 and fro in the air every one becomes en- 
 wrapped in a cloud of the finest magnetism 
 while breathless silence pervades every- 
 thing. 
 
 All are seated on the ground and the mas- 
 ter commences to speak as follows : ' ' Most 
 beloved : 
 
 All life expresses itself according to the 
 law, its purpose being the quickening and 
 hasty transmission to higher planes, as 
 nothing can rise except through matter the 
 souls must take bodies and lay them off as 
 conveniently as possible in order not to de- 
 lay the unfoldment for self and others. The 
 races on the earth plane must learn this 
 lesson first of all, as they cannot accept 
 anything which they cannot see and touch, 
 and therefore they must go through the dif- 
 ferent experiences which the lower planes 
 offer to them before they can rise higher 
 and appreciate the reimbodiment and its 
 blessings upon the higher planes. 
 
 As here are souls from different planes it 
 is for their benefit that this lesson is given 
 
72 A Lesson in Reincarnation. 
 
 as they will go back to work upon them and 
 give the unfoldment to souls in lower mat- 
 ter. 
 
 Be it known that conception and birth by 
 woman as is practiced upon the lower earth 
 plane is not the method used upon other 
 and higher planes for the purpose of giving 
 bodies to souls. 
 
 In higher degrees of unfoldment souls 
 need not depend upon the birth of infants 
 for bodies through which to demon- 
 strate their powers as they can make mat- 
 ter serve them as before shown, and higher 
 unfolded souls do not at any time allow 
 such dependencies to come in their way, be- 
 cause matter is subordinate to them at all 
 times and on all planes and therefore an 
 infant's brain is to the conscious soul in- 
 sufficient for its work, and because the 
 unconscious soul needs the birth of a child 
 in order to find a body for its growth it 
 must not be understood that it is of import- 
 ance to all. 
 
 In the mating man and animal are alike 
 and from that alone it can be seen that both 
 
A Lesson in Reincarnation. 73 
 
 are partly on the same plane, and we also 
 see that it is not safe to judge all planes 
 from the life of the lower. 
 
 Man can not understand his own possi- 
 bilities until he has risen beyond the ex- 
 pressions of life upon the lowest. 
 
 The pain and inconveniences connected- 
 with births in the human family is on ac- 
 count of the dominating animal nature in 
 man and his holding on to it by saying 
 "that it is natural/' and while it is true 
 as far as it can cover it is far more true 
 that soul must dominate all matter and help 
 it to rise from one plane to the other. 
 
 At all times there are confusions around 
 the human female during the time of preg- 
 nancy because they have not unfolded to 
 the plane where they can rule matter by 
 the power of the mind. 
 
 In proportion as the souls become con- 
 scious in that proportion they are masters 
 over the lower and they need not be de- 
 layed in waiting for the growth of a child 
 to find suitable matter to work through. 
 
 The method of conception and birth upon 
 
74 A Lesson in Reincarnation. 
 
 the earth plane belongs to that plane alone 
 and no other. 
 
 We do not mean that the expression of 
 love upon the lower planes are inferior be- 
 cause they are not as refined as upon the 
 higher, but when humanity rises higher 
 there will be far more comfortable avenues 
 for material abodes for souls than there is 
 now in lower conditions. 
 
 The power of taking and laying off of 
 bodies at WILL belongs to all souls but 
 they cannot avail themselves of this privi- 
 lege until they have learned how to com- 
 mand matter. 
 
 All passions will in due time become a 
 beautiful blending of virtue, and then man's 
 superiority will become known to him. 
 
 All earth planes are as yet very coarse, 
 but they will become elevated and their peo- 
 ple will then understand the potencies of 
 their inner selves. Mankind must see the 
 ' ' Image of God" vjithin their own being be- 
 fore they can realize who they are. 
 
 The ascension and descension which has 
 been seen here is the result of the knowledge 
 
A Lesson in Reincarnation. 75 
 
 of how to make matter obey mind at all 
 times and under all circumstances, and the 
 souls who have been attending this lesson 
 have shown their independence by taking 
 and leaving their bodies in order to teach 
 that lesson to those who have not been 
 taught this method before, and to those who 
 understand the law, conception and birth 
 by woman is only the first step in evolu- 
 tion leading to the heights of soul mastery 
 when they can truly say "be it" and it will 
 be as suggested. 
 
 This place has been chosen by this people 
 for the purpose of establishing a battery of 
 power for coming generations from which 
 to attract energy and because of this chosen 
 place the magnetisms will centralize from 
 higher spheres and the coming generations 
 will understand how to draw it to them 
 and build bodies from it. 
 
 There are far higher truths to be given 
 in regard to this matter but they cannot 
 be understood by humanity at this time, but 
 in the new dispensation the children will 
 know as they are known. 
 
76 A Lesson in Reincarnation. 
 
 Ascension and descension as done by 
 Jesus, our elder brother, the messenger of 
 peace and visitor from Venus, shows that 
 some bodies are made up of lighter and 
 finer matter than the ordinary man, hence 
 this convenient means of travel, and when 
 man understands to select the magnetism 
 needed for the time being there shall not 
 be such slow progress as it is now upon the 
 earth plane. 
 
 The reason why Jesus let his mantle fall 
 when he ascended was to teach humanity 
 this lesson, but humanity has seen nothing 
 in it except an unexplained miracle. 
 
 In proportion as the lower senses of man 
 become trained to accept the unexplained 
 possibilities in life it will be clear that mag- 
 netism is the power by which all motion is 
 made and by it all transportation both on 
 the higher and lower planes will take place. 
 
 Thus we have shown that reincarnation, 
 its comforts and blessings, are not known 
 to the children of earth as yet, but in time 
 to come it will be seen that one beautiful 
 castle after another will be built by the soul 
 
A Lesson in Reincarnation. 11 
 
 for its temporary abode and when the soul 
 is done with its mission it will perhaps be 
 built and ready for another soul without the 
 atoms falling to pieces in decay which has 
 been taught as a law by those who do not 
 know. 
 
 It is blessed to know that body building 
 will take place in the future with ease and 
 comfort without the painful agencies to 
 which the human female is subjected, and 
 when woman understands the law she will 
 not be a victim as she is today and be de- 
 layed in her unf oldment by bearing of chil- 
 dren of a lower grade, she will not submit 
 to the gratifications of the lower propensi- 
 ties and under such conditions conceive and 
 bear offspring which should not be born at 
 such times. 
 "Love's greetings be unto thee." 
 As his words echo in the sky £ feel the 
 vibrations of new life penetrating my being 
 and I am rejoiced to hear that a time will 
 come when the earth race will become freed 
 from the bondage in which it now is and be- 
 come happy in the independence. 
 
78 A Lesson in Reincarnation. 
 
 The great lesson is given and the Host 
 rises to ascend and as they move the whole 
 heaven is illuminated and one veil falls 
 after the other as the wearers ascend into 
 space, here is silence as though it was a 
 day of Sabbath. 
 
 I hear a voice in the air saying, "power, 
 light and greater blessings will come to the 
 races of earth in time to come than the hu- 
 man senses have ever conceived of." 
 
 How will I feel to go back to the body 
 where there is such struggle? As I ask 
 myself this question I am lifted in the air 
 and in company with the angel who has fol- 
 lowed me to and from other places I sail 
 away, over hills and valleys and I am taught 
 that it is magnetism which giveth life and 
 it causes all things to demonstrate the pow- 
 er latent in them. 
 
 Looking over the fields as we pass we 
 can see multitudes of souls who have not 
 reached the plane of individuality as yet, 
 and among them there is great struggle and 
 confusion as they move in every direction 
 and seem to have no aim. 
 
A Lesson in Reincarnation. 79 
 
 The animal instincts take human forms 
 because there is not enough individuality 
 in them to prevent it, and therefore there 
 are many human forms intended for abodes 
 for higher souls, but being ruled by animal 
 passions higher souls are prevented from 
 using them. Violent temper, jealousy and 
 greediness are examples of the mind of the 
 animals ruling human forms. 
 
 It has been taught me that all souls do 
 not take infants ' bodies but make their own 
 forms and also take the forms of older 
 people. 
 
 I have also learned that it is not always 
 the souls belonging to the bodies who rule 
 them, causing them to move, speak and act, 
 but many times there are lower souls 
 around the body who take possession of it 
 and use it as they please and the reason 
 why that can be done is that there is not 
 enough of positivity or consciousness. 
 
 It is wonderful to find how the reality 
 differs with what we have been taught and 
 how much greater the reality is on the high- 
 
80 A Lesson in Reincarnation. 
 
 er planes because the conscious mind regu- 
 lates everything there. 
 
 The cave dwellers understand this and 
 therefore they live in strict accordance with 
 the law as it is lived on the higher planes 
 and they have selected these places for the 
 purpose of leaving some of the vibrations 
 by which posterity will know of the 
 higher in order to differentiate between that 
 and the lower planes. 
 
 I have been taught stronger than ever 
 that we need not lay off the body in order 
 to visit higher planes because the soul can 
 leave its earthly abode and go to other 
 spheres, while it learns its lessons such as 
 cannot be taught in the body. Wonderful 
 Wisdom and marvelous arrangement is 
 the scheme of evolution which takes the soul 
 through one struggle after another, until it 
 has learned its lessons and gained mastery 
 over all things in the vast Universe. 
 
 I am in the chaos of life, and yet I recog- 
 nize my home in former bodies, and I re- 
 member that it has been my fate to go 
 through different kinds of sufferings in 
 
A Lesson in Reincarnation. 81 
 
 them, as well as in the one I use now on 
 the earth plane, in order to learn the les- 
 sons by which I have been used to benefit 
 humanity in my present body, and yet, I 
 know that my mission was delayed until I 
 came in contact with my present earth 
 form. 
 
 As we leave this place I am lifted to 
 higher planes where the beauty is as great 
 as the confusion is on the lower planes, and 
 I am sailing over mountains where abodes 
 of the brothers are located, and I recog- 
 nize my own hut where I so often have 
 rested my soul while away from the body. 
 
 How well I know these grottoes and 
 mountains with their temples and sanctuar- 
 ies, here are the oases where I recognize my 
 own, and how well I remember their sun- 
 rises and sunsets, the wonderful songs of 
 the birds, the quietude and the many lessons 
 I learned which have been my saviors from 
 much suffering in my present form. 
 
 All is to me new as though it had just 
 happened, a beautiful memory, illuminated 
 by the light of wisdom, here are my 
 
82 A Lesson in Reincarnation. 
 
 brothers, they come to my rescue when I 
 am in tribulation. Beautiful memory, grand 
 reality, but I must say no more, as the 
 world will not understand me nor accept 
 the truth I give by relating these experi- 
 ences. 
 
 Glorious rest, beautiful sojourn, in this 
 sweet rendezvous of peace, the life here is 
 happiness which surpasses anything yet de- 
 scribed. 
 
 I am taken into the temple to give an 
 account of my travel so far and after I 
 have given account of my journey I am in- 
 structed to continue and keep the secret 
 until the world is ready to receive it, and 
 I leave the temple, my home, to continue 
 my travel among the hosts. 
 
 The stillness, peace, bird song and faint 
 whispers of the tree tops, all bow to my 
 "Au revoir," as I sail away. 
 
<A tribute to the Calla Lily. 
 
 I am leaving the dear old mountains, my 
 home in the past forms, where I clearly 
 recollect wonderful experiences when in 
 contact with the beautiful grottoes so fa- 
 miliar to me, and again we are to search 
 for new lessons. My companion tells me 
 that our next visit will be to the sweet Calla 
 Lily, loved and admired by everybody. 
 
 We need not sail far until we are in con- 
 tact with a great concourse of souls show- 
 ing different degrees of unfoldment as well 
 as hosts of celestials who understand the 
 relationship between the soul of man and 
 the soul of things, and here is singing in 
 honor of the Lily, not as much from her ex- 
 ternal beauty as more for that which she 
 symbolizes. I am told that she is the sym- 
 bol of purity, generosity and modesty; 
 
84 A Tribute to the Calla Lily. 
 
 these are the highest virtues upon which all 
 kingdoms rest and also the strongest ex- 
 pression of wisdom. 
 
 The hosts of souls who have learned each 
 virtue best are most attracted to this Lily 
 and she becomes their affinity. 
 
 The Goddess of Wisdom says, "that her 
 color of white is the symbol of parity, and 
 the yellow rod in the center the symbol of 
 generosity and the expressions of life in 
 everything living. 
 
 Her large leaves are the symbols of gen- 
 erosity of giving in obedience to the law of 
 evolution, as it always gives power and 
 strength to all things to move onward to- 
 wards its destiny of triumph. ,, 
 
 The Lily gives herself like a generous 
 mother and by her lastingness she becomes 
 company for the Goddesses of the twenty- 
 four hours. 
 
 Her sweet friend, the dear blueflag, ad- 
 mires her fondly, and one is the symbol of 
 the night's struggle, and the other of day, 
 meaning mental, spiritual activity, they 
 Iblend in wonderful harmony, giving 
 
A Tribute to the Calla Lily. 85 
 
 strength one to the other. 
 
 The Goddesses of the four seasons have 
 their own companions, who are their affini- 
 ties. 
 
 The four Goddesses are named Morning, 
 Noon, Evening and Night, and they are the 
 symbols of the four season of the Moon, 
 four corners in the Universe, four pillars 
 in the temple, etc., each Goddess is sur- 
 rounded by the flowers which symbolize her 
 especial work and virtue, and hosts of souls 
 follow them wherever they go, and all are 
 attired in the most wonderful garbs of il- 
 lumination, and the fragrance of flowers 
 rises towards heaven like an offering from 
 the multitudes, while song and music is 
 heard in the sky in honor of the sweet Calla 
 Lily, and it sounds to me as follows : 
 
 "Thou modest little Calla, imbued with silent 
 
 strength, 
 Thou symbol sweet of patience and endurance, 
 Thou teach these noble virtues to every soul serene, 
 And by such light our pathways are illumed." 
 
 As the multitudes give their greetings 
 to the sweet flowers thus the Goddesses of 
 Evening and Night fondly kiss the Calla, 
 
86 A Tribute to the Calla Lily. 
 
 who lovingly responds by her smiling, pure 
 white face and her friend, the old blueflag, 
 joins her by giving blending of color to 
 their innermost life as recompense for the 
 love received. 
 
 The Hosts sail away watched by multi- 
 tudes of souls and received by the moon and 
 stars, whose lights are resplendent around 
 them, but slowly the heaven becomes en- 
 wrapped in the veil of night, and lighted 
 by the brilliancy of the moon, they sail 
 farther and farther until they have disap- 
 peared on their way to their destinations. 
 
 The message of life, given by the God- 
 dess of Inspiration, they have taken with 
 them to be delivered to "all who liveth, 
 moveth and have being.' ' 
 
 Night joins the Goddess of the Morning, 
 surrounded by the sweet morning-glories 
 and lighted by the rising sun, they sail in 
 space to meet the host of angels with the 
 message. The Goddess of Night receives it 
 and hands it to the Goddess of the Morn- 
 ing, who, like a sweet mother, tells all 
 whom she meets to use the first hours of the 
 
A Tribute to the Calla Lily. 87 
 
 morning well, as they bring more power 
 than all the other hours together, and she 
 also says that upon the morning hours de- 
 pend the success of the whole day. 
 
 All listen very attentively to the instruc- 
 tions and hosts of souls are hovering, learn- 
 ing this grand lesson. 
 
 As she finishes her speech she gives her 
 parting greeting and sails away, as it is 
 time for Noon to appear and do her work, 
 because all life is waiting for her, and par- 
 ticularly her own companions, the Eoses, 
 who are anxious to give her their greetings, 
 and as the Morning leaves all the little glor- 
 ies who have been nodding and smiling 
 sweetly are falling down to wither, but not 
 unto death, as they fall asleep only until 
 they can greet the Morning again. 
 
 All have been watching with profound in- 
 terest and here has been complete silence 
 and wonderment as the representatives of 
 the different virtues have hovered around 
 in the heaven, fully realizing that there is 
 soul life in the flowers to attract the souls 
 of the human family. 
 
88 A Tribute to the Calla Lily. 
 
 The instructions are at an end and all 
 leave for other planes and again I find my- 
 self alone, surrounded with glorious light 
 and a peace which no physical sense can un- 
 derstand, I have learned the lesson that 
 such as the flower is built as well as her 
 colors and fragrance, such are souls who 
 become attracted to her and in this wise 
 we find the kingdom of the soul one with 
 the kingdom of the flowers. 
 
 The Goddess of Wisdom speaks as fol- 
 lows: "All flowers are the symbols of one 
 virtue or another, and we know virtue is the 
 result of wisdom, the foundation upon 
 which the kingdom of peace rests. ' ' I have 
 been taught that every bud and blossom 
 thinks in its own way by virtue of the flow- 
 ing life in their fibers and also with that in 
 man and the souls in the flowers and man 
 both understand each others language 
 in silence by the life which flows from one 
 to the other, there is unity, yes, affinity and 
 the expression of love is the result. I find 
 that this could not be so unless man is part 
 of the blossom and thus knows his own. 
 
A Tribute to the Calla Lily. 89 
 
 Flowers breathe in their own way, we 
 have said, and thus draw to them the same 
 life as man and here we see that everything 
 in the Universe are parts of one another. 
 
 Suns, moons, stars and flowers, all are in 
 motion as dictated by the law of evolution, 
 thus contributing their power for the un- 
 f oldment of all. 
 
 It is in obedience to wisdom that it is so, 
 as only in this way can everything reach 
 (step by step) the higher planes of con- 
 sciousness." 
 
 The Goddesses of the twenty-four hours, 
 four seasons and quarters, of the moon sur- 
 rounded by the light of the stars and the 
 brilliancy of the shining moon are hovering 
 in the sky ready to sail away from this 
 mountain and their own light is sent every- 
 where as they also symbolize the four cen- 
 ters of the Universe ; morning means East, 
 noon, South, evening, West, and night, 
 North. 
 
 As they leave the Goddess of the Morn- 
 ing holds in her right hand a goblet filled 
 with the morning dew, the symbol of the in- 
 
90 A Tribute to the Calla Lily. 
 
 vigorating life to all things, and in the left 
 hand the light of the morning star, while 
 she is robed in the reflection of the rising 
 sun. 
 
 Noon is arrayed in a thin garb woven 
 from the magnetism of the midday sun 
 holding in her hand a golden rod from 
 which emanates the reflection of its light, 
 looking like fire in which there is energy to 
 be sent to all things. 
 
 The Goddess of the Evening attired in a 
 robe woven from the magnetism of the set- 
 ting sun, joins the Goddess of Night, robed 
 in the brilliancy of the full moon, wrapped 
 in the veil of night, and they journey 
 together and over them hovers a host en- 
 wrapped in the veil of the celestial heaven 
 giving to love's evangeline, the message of 
 protection to all kingdoms to be delivered 
 by her while the weaker species are in slum- 
 ber, and other hosts are sounding their 
 trumpets while she sails away to give power 
 and strength to the sleeping, and one can 
 hear a unanimous "Peace, love and power 
 be unto all races upon earth and else- 
 
A Tribute to the Caila Lily. 9 1 
 
 where." 
 
 Here is stillness of the night, not a move, 
 whisper nor sound of any kind, but some 
 one finally breaks the silence by saying, ' ' It 
 is Sabbath, the time in which all mankind 
 bow in prayer to wisdom and during which 
 the lower senses are receptive to the higher 
 power, given from heaven and what there is 
 to earth and what is there upon, by which 
 all kingdoms shall rise and come carrying 
 their sheaves in joy." 
 
 I am truly in the soul as the physical 
 senses could not receive this light and' be 
 active, nor hear these words and under- 
 stand, neither could the body of flesh en- 
 dure the power of this wonderful revelation. 
 
 I am in the spirit like John, conscious as 
 he was when he like I, saw and heard things 
 which could not be fully told to the world 
 as it would not be understood. 
 
 I realize how much he felt like a little 
 child in unfoldment, hence he saw much 
 grander things than these, and yet, can 
 there be grander than this? Glorious life 
 beyond the physical. 
 
At a Conference of Souls 
 
 A small distance from this place a con- 
 ference of souls is to be held and I am taken 
 away in order to be a witness to what is to 
 be said and done there. 
 
 The assembly is fast becoming larger, of 
 souls desiring to witness the proceedings, 
 and among the assembled are souls from 
 every plane which I have heard and not 
 heard of. 
 
 All are wrapped in the emanations of 
 the flowers to which they are attracted from 
 the standpoint of power and gift. 
 
 Every moment the concourse is becoming 
 greater and the color effect grander as each 
 has a color of its own. 
 
 One Host is more illuminated than the 
 rest, and from the power coming from them, 
 I infer that they are masters and from out 
 
At a Conference of Souls. 93 
 
 of this Host there is a Master chosen to 
 lead the conference, and he descends from 
 the air upon the dais specially arranged for 
 him. 
 
 The flowers which surround him are the 
 tulip, Easter lily, calla lily and pansy. His 
 robe is a wonderful creation of gauzy ma- 
 terial with a star in his forehead and a staff 
 of gold in his hand, while upon his left 
 arm rests the Book of Life, and he bows 
 deeply to the assembly who are seated in 
 order of their power and unfoldment. 
 
 In addressing the congregation he says : 
 "My dearly beloved, greetings with much 
 power be unto thee:— 
 
 This conference is to be held for the 
 benefit of souls who have lately departed 
 from their earthly bodies, not for them 
 alone, but also for all who have assembled 
 upon this mount. 
 
 The power of the soul must give its ex- 
 pression to all things everywhere because 
 there is a constant interchange of energy, 
 and when man understands that it will be 
 
94 At a Conference of Souls. 
 
 brought to bear stronger upon all condi- 
 tions. 
 
 All things conscious and unconscious 
 speak to the soul because of it the soul is 
 part and they shall blend into one perfected 
 endlessness." 
 
 As the Master speaks the soul of a woman 
 very lately departed from her body, who 
 becomes so attracted to the beauty of the 
 flower coloring that she exclaims with joy : 
 "Glorious life, generous arrangement, that 
 souls who have left the earth form, filled 
 with pain and tribulation are considered 
 worthy of becoming such holy beings, ' ' and 
 she seems as if awakened to new life in 
 which she can realize as never in her earth- 
 ly form the freedom and power as a soul. 
 
A Musician s Sorrows and 
 Zfinal Triumph. 
 
 My attention is very strongly drawn to 
 a group of souls sitting by themselves a 
 little nearer the Temple, where the confer- 
 ence is held and among them is a young 
 boy who turns his whole attention 
 to the assembly ; they are as natural as they 
 used to be on the earth plane when sitting 
 by the fireside conversing with one another 
 while in their forms. 
 
 My attention is drawn to this boy on ac- 
 count of his lovely and innocent looking 
 face, and because he seems more interested 
 than the rest of the group. 
 
 A special invitation is given him to speak 
 as he is noticed by the great Master, and he 
 answers by a deep bow and advances to ad- 
 
96 A Musician's Sorrows and Final Triumph. 
 
 dress the conference, as follows: "I ad- 
 vance in all humbleness to give my experi- 
 ence while in my earth form. 
 
 In my last form I had to endnre great 
 hardships and on account of their severi- 
 ties they are very vivid in my memory. 
 
 I did not have the love of a mother nor 
 protection of a father in my infancy be- 
 cause both passed out of their forms be- 
 fore I knew them. 
 
 A good woman took me up and cared for 
 me until I could take care of myself, but 
 she soon passed away also and I was alone 
 and have been a wanderer ever since. 
 
 I was never understood by any one and 
 my higher wishes were never realized on 
 that account. 
 
 I had a longing to learn music but lacked 
 the resources by which to have this longing 
 realized. 
 
 My life became a burden on account of 
 my failure to become a musician and the 
 more I was compelled to do hard work the 
 more I prayed that I might be released from 
 my body. 
 
A Musician's Sorrows and Final Triumph. 97 
 
 Music was in my mind all the time and I 
 prayed that something might come in my 
 way to help me to the plane I desired. 
 
 The gloom of my being a poor orphan 
 followed me particularly as I knew that my 
 highest ambition could never be a reality 
 to me. 
 
 One day I was much drawn to the forest, 
 and I wandered until I found a lovely spot 
 under two trees on whose branches two 
 doves were sitting cooing to each other; 
 they attracted my attention and I looked up 
 to them and as I did so I saw their little 
 bills meeting in fervent kisses and I thought 
 to myself, how happy you are because you 
 have companionship with one another, but 
 I have no one, and while I was thus in 
 thought I noticed two birds on another 
 branch in the same trees and they com- 
 menced to sing very sweetly and again I 
 looked up to them and I saw them look right 
 at me while singing and I felt impelled as 
 by a voice of some one around me to look 
 down to my left and my eyes fell on a 
 beautiful bed of wild violets bowing to and 
 
98 A Musician's Sorrows and Final Triumph. 
 
 fro as though inviting me to pick them, 
 which I did, and the minute I took them in 
 my hand I felt a strange power penetrate 
 my whole being, and as I became very strong 
 in the same moment, they spoke to me in 
 their own way and I understood them, I 
 looked into their faces and they looked into 
 mine and thus we were lost in communion 
 with one another and they became to me like 
 persons and loving companions, I pressed 
 them and the more I looked at them the 
 more strength I received and when I needed 
 advice I looked at them and they directed 
 me what to do. 
 
 I was sitting in the midst of cooing doves, 
 singing birds, flowers and long grasses, 
 rocking in time to the songs; and I held 
 my violets to my heart and told them that 
 there were no better times for me in the fu- 
 ture than I had with them, and as I looked 
 into their sweet foliage they told me that I 
 should meet my own, and play as my soul 
 desired to do in the sweet bye and bye, they 
 also told me to be faithful and obey the im- 
 
A Musician's Sorrows and Final Triumph. 99 
 
 pressions which I would receive while hold- 
 ing them in my hands. 
 
 With these beautiful flowers speaking to 
 my soul thus, I rose and left the forest and 
 I was directed to go along the road until I 
 found a farmhouse and call there as I was 
 needed. I obeyed this impression, walking 
 along holding my violets in my hands and 
 after I had walked a small distance my 
 eyes fell on a little house yonder and I felt 
 that it was the place where the violets told 
 me to call; when I reached it I found two 
 old people living there and the gentleman 
 was very old and feeble and soon after he 
 passed away. 
 
 I was cordially received by the couple, 
 and invited to make my home with them, 
 which I did and they needed me. 
 
 It made me happy to be able to serve 
 somebody who could not help themselves. 
 
 After but a short time we had to lay the 
 gentleman away and his poor wife soon fol- 
 lowed him and I was again alone with 
 nothing but my lovely violets, which I 
 carried with me all the time. 
 
1 00 A Musician's Sorrows and Final Triumph. 
 
 More lonely than ever before I wandered 
 away from the old farm house back to the 
 forest where I picked my sweet compan- 
 ions and sat down under the same trees, but 
 this time there was silence, no cooing 
 doves, singing birds nor rocking flowers, as 
 the midday sun had burned away the grass, 
 I looked into the faces of my flowers and 
 they spoke to me of peace and love like 
 that of a fond mother and I felt my mother 
 whom I did not know anything of caress- 
 ing me; something asked me to be of 
 good cheer as the day of my triumph was 
 nigh, nobody whom my eyes could see said 
 this to me, but I felt as though there was 
 some one by me. 
 
 A spell of weakness came over me because 
 my strength had been leaving me for some 
 time and I felt sleepy and I remember that 
 I kissed my violets and fell asleep. I did 
 not know anything until I found myself 
 here among those who cared for me and the 
 old farmer couple." 
 
 As he finishes he looks upwards and 
 three angels hover over his head, they de- 
 
A Musician's Sorrows and Final Triumph. 1 1 
 
 scend and he prepares to leave when he no- 
 tices them, but one beckons to him to remain 
 and he stands motionless bowing his head 
 as though in intense prayer. 
 
 One of these figures is a woman robed in 
 pure white, and she advances first to where 
 he stands and opens her arms and presses 
 him to her heart and the whole assembly 
 remains in silent prayer, which is broken 
 by her voice saying, "My beloved one, my 
 child, I am the servant who gave thee thy 
 last earth body. I left thee in thy infancy 
 for the purpose of teaching thee lessons, it 
 belonged to thy life to be lonely and to be- 
 come a wanderer lest thou would lose the 
 time in which to become prepared for the 
 triumph awaiting thee. I caused thee to 
 wander to the forest, and sit down under 
 the two trees, I caused the doves to kiss and 
 the birds to sing to attract thy attention in 
 order to pick the violets in and by which I 
 could give thee power and strength and di- 
 rect thee to go to the old farmhouse where 
 thou were needed to help the old couple 
 as long as they remained in their forms. 
 
1 02 A Musician's Sorrows and Final Triumph. 
 
 By serving others, and by self-sacrifices 
 only can the latent powers be brought forth 
 and as the power of music is latent in thee 
 thou must go the pathway which thou hast 
 just finished and no other. 
 
 Meekness is the road to greatness and the 
 law of life will take each one through the 
 experiences needed for the unfoldment of 
 the power which is hidden within. Thy 
 longing will now be realized and thou wilt 
 play on the harp of peace and joy and 
 through thy music other souls will become 
 awakened to the realization of their great- 
 ness. 
 
 The reason why thou must take the body 
 just laid off was to have the last experiences 
 preparatory to thy final mission. Peace be 
 with t~hee." 
 
 As she finishes her sentence she takes a 
 heart of violets which she has hidden under 
 her veil in which her neck and shoulders is 
 enwrapped and she kisses it and lays it at 
 his feet while she reverently bows to him, 
 leaving room for the other two who have 
 been standing by, listening to what has been 
 
A Musician's Sorrows and Final Triumph. 1 03 
 
 said, with deep emotion he kneels while re- 
 ceiving it, and meanwhile the Goddess of 
 music, robed in a gauzy material of deli- 
 cate violet color, and she carries a golden 
 harp upon her arm smilingly advances 
 while she beckons him to rise, and 
 handing him the harp enveloped in 
 illuminations, she addresses him, saying, 
 "Beloved, thy prayers are heard and thy 
 hope realized, this is the reward for tears, 
 tribuations and loneliness, thou wilt play as 
 the angels teach thee and hence the vibra- 
 tions from thy harp shall reach the soul yet 
 in confinement and when thou art sent 
 thither the power of sound shall mingle in 
 unity with silence and in its own way it 
 shall commune with the sleeping until they 
 awaken by the voice of their higher selves. 
 
 The smallest shall be the greatest, and 
 the wanderers upon the earth plane shall 
 find abodes prepared for them in the great 
 bosom of eternal consciousness. Peace be 
 with thee, we will meet hence." 
 
 The Goddess of Freedom holding an il- 
 luminated staff with a shining star aloft, 
 
1 04 A Musician's Sorrows and Final Triumph. 
 
 speaks to him next, saying, "Him whom 
 the truth makes free is truly free, and he 
 has the key which opens the doors to ail 
 mysteries which shall be solved by those 
 who seek understanding. 
 
 Thou, pilgrim from earth, be free from 
 all bondage and limitations and this free- 
 dom gives thee access to the illuminated 
 temple of God as thy heritage, and by thy 
 power of music thou shalt proclaim life's 
 triumphs. 
 
 Much glory will follow in thy pathways, 
 fare thee well. ,, 
 
 As her words die away in the air he com- 
 mences to play and there is magic in every 
 vibration as the stillness which has pre- 
 vailed is broken and there is great won- 
 derment at the beauty of the procedings. 
 The three angels accompanied by the young 
 musician ascend and disappear in the air 
 and the most wonderful music echoes back 
 as they become invisible. 
 
 Great activity follows and here are souls 
 who are invited to speak and some of them 
 desire to ask questions, which is granted. 
 
A Musician's Sorrows and Final Triumph. 1 05 
 
 One soul asks why the young musician 
 was allowed to pass away when he was so 
 young and could have done so much good 
 to others by his gifts? Answer, "He had 
 to learn his lesson that way and as there 
 was but a certain experience which he must 
 have before he could commence his real 
 mission he had to have an earthbody to 
 learn it in, and because the time was near 
 for him to work on the higher planes he 
 could not do his work in the body he had, 
 as it was too coarse for him to work 
 through, because the soul was too far ad- 
 vanced for the lower earth plane.' ' 
 
 Another soul asked who the mother of 
 the musician was! Answer, "She is a 
 higher soul who was prevented from fulfill- 
 ing her mission in her next last earthbody 
 that mission being to give body to a soul 
 which must have an earth form for a short 
 time in order to complete preparations for 
 his mission.' ' 
 
 Another soul asked why he ascended in 
 company with the three angels! Answer, 
 "Because he was now ready to commence 
 
1 06 A Musician's Sorrows and Final Triumph. 
 
 his mission proper and they were to guide 
 him to the plane where his work is to be 
 done." Another soul asked if there was 
 a soul in the violets so conscious that she 
 could communicate the will of the mother 
 to him, or if his own soul had made his 
 physical senses so sensitive that they could 
 respond? "Yes, said the master, the body 
 had been built and rebuilt while the soul 
 used it until it became so fine that it re- 
 sponded to every vibration which the soul 
 of his mother caused to bear upon it." 
 
Angela's Dream Realized. 
 
 Spellbound interest has been manifested 
 in the proceedings during which the young 
 musician had been recognized and so won- 
 derfully honored, and the whole assemblage 
 remain in silence with bowed heads while 
 he and his glorious companions, take their 
 departure, ascending into the air escorted 
 by most beautiful music, and as they disap- 
 pear, all nature seem in thoughtful still- 
 ness. 
 
 As activity makes itself manifest again 
 among the assembled, the attention becomes 
 centered upon one soul, that of a woman, 
 whose face shines of the light surrounding 
 it, her robes are thin like webs, colored like 
 the tints of the rainbow, and meekness is 
 
108 Angela's Dream Realized. 
 
 demonstrated in her every move. The 
 Master upon the dais notices her and holds 
 his hand out towards her, inviting her to 
 speak to the assemblage, and in response 
 she bows her head lowly and commences 
 her story, as follows: 
 
 "Most Glorious Master and Companion 
 Souls : I am here among thee, having late- 
 ly left the last of my earth-bodies, I have 
 had three in succession, and without inter- 
 mission and my mission I have just fin- 
 ished in the last body. Pride and folly pre- 
 vented me from reaching the object of my 
 coming to earth in the first of the three 
 bodies which I last had, and if thou 
 wilt bear with me I will relate my experi- 
 ence as it is vivid to my soul from each 
 body. 
 
 In the first of my earth-bodies of the suc- 
 cessive three I came in contact with strong- 
 er masculine matter than that of feminine, 
 because the confusion around the earth 
 plane is very great. I became attracted to 
 a woman of great strength and character, 
 and I could not leave her, as she held me by 
 
Ansela's Dream Realized. 109 
 
 the power of her mind, her companion, the 
 one who became my father, was inferior to 
 her mentally, and here two forces , the 
 stronger and the weaker, were in constant 
 combat. 
 
 ' ' I was born, grew up and became a man 
 (only as a body), and I tried to express my 
 fineness as a feminine soul, but by the con- 
 fusion which constantly surrounded my 
 parents there was friction which prevented 
 me from reaching the point of expression I 
 desired and for which I had become at- 
 tracted to that body. 
 
 ' ' My parents were well provided with all 
 things of earth which make comfort to the 
 body, but their aspirations were not higher 
 than to associate with the wealthy who had 
 a high standing in society. 
 
 "My people gave me a good education 
 and were anxious for my welfare, and they 
 finally picked out a woman for me as com- 
 panion who did not understand me nor my 
 object on earth. I had chosen the calling as 
 a writer, but I could never give full expres- 
 sion in my writings because I was placed 
 
1 1 Angela's Dream Realized. 
 
 in the wrong position and had in my home 
 surroundings opposition all the time. I 
 had two children in my marriage, one boy 
 and one girl, and the girl was much like my- 
 self, while the boy was like his mother, 
 wilful and haughty, and desired nothing 
 higher than to be among society, honored 
 and flattered. 
 
 ' ' The girl tried to devote herself to some 
 higher mission, but like myself, the confu- 
 sion was too great around her and she final- 
 ly passed out of her body disappointed, be- 
 cause she could not adopt that which her 
 soul dictated to her. I left my body at a 
 young age, because I felt that in it I could 
 not realize the purpose for which I had 
 taken it. 
 
 "I became immediately attracted to an- 
 other woman as soon as I had left my form 
 and she was also of strong mental activity. 
 Her companion was more of affinity to her, 
 and when she conceived I had the power of 
 drawing to her the stronger feminine ele- 
 ment and I took the body of a woman from 
 it, as my mission upon earth was to give 
 
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Angela's Dream Realized. 1 1 1 
 
 birth to a child which should be body for a 
 special soul from a higher plane, I was seek- 
 ing such a body, and this time I finally had 
 this desire realized. 
 
 "This time, like the previous, my people 
 were endowed with wealth, and I was raised 
 in pomp and luxury and petted so that in 
 my girlhood I became a proud weakling, 
 who had no higher desire than to be known 
 as one who possessed more knowledge than 
 the average. 
 
 "My pride centralized around the point 
 of understanding and I had more company 
 among books than among people, for which 
 I was often censured by my parents. My 
 people were great entertainers and often 
 gave balls and dinners with great display, 
 and I finally became very tired of it and 
 ran away from home into the woods, taking 
 some interesting book along, reading it 
 often a whole day, during which my people 
 did not know where I was. At one of our 
 receptions, father invited a family he used 
 to know in his boyhood who had one son, a 
 fine looking young man who had a position 
 
1 1 2 Angela's Dream Realized. 
 
 as a clerk, because his parents were poor, 
 and he came with them. 
 
 "He looked very humble, and yet there 
 was something dignified about his appear- 
 ance. I saw that he became attracted to me 
 and I felt that I was attracted to him, but 
 his position was too humble for me, both in 
 my own estimation and that of my parents ; 
 but, the more I noticed him the more he be- 
 came attracted to me, and I felt that I loved 
 him and I knew that he loved me. I could 
 not become relieved from him in my mind. 
 
 "My home became empty to me and I 
 sought solitude more than ever, and every 
 opportunity I had I went by myself, in or- 
 der to be left alone to my thoughts. My 
 people noticed that a change had come upon 
 me and they became alarmed, as they said, 
 that they noticed a sadness in my face which 
 they had not seen before. Both my friends 
 and my parents laid the blame for this on 
 the young man. My people did everything 
 they could to prevent me from meeting my 
 young friend again, and he knew of this, 
 and, besides, he felt that I was on a much 
 
Angela's Dream Realized. I I 3 
 
 higher plane than himself materially, so he 
 did not encourage our acquaintance, but 
 the more I thought of him the more I felt 
 that he was the one by whom my mission 
 was to become fulfilled, and I tried to make 
 him feel that I loved him, but he made no 
 overtures towards a closer understanding, 
 which distressed me more and more. 
 
 "I commenced to feel that my home was 
 not my home, that I did not have any home 
 on earth, and that I came to the earth plane 
 to be a wanderer for the purpose of helping 
 the race in the end to its higher under- 
 standing, and I commenced to long to leave 
 my form. j 
 
 "One day my father came home very 
 much elated, and as soon as he came to the 
 doorsteps he wished to see me and called 
 me to meet him. As soon as he saw my 
 face he exclaimed with great joy: 'Have 
 good news for you, my chilld; all of our 
 troubles, as well as yours, are now past. 
 The young pauper is dead. He passed away 
 at sunset last night, and I am so happy be- 
 cause I know that our darling girl will be- 
 
1 1 4 Angela's Dream Realized. 
 
 come her real self again and forget all.' 
 This was a great shock to me, and from 
 that time my health commenced to fail and 
 I became weaker and weaker until one day 
 I went by myself and sat down under a tree 
 when my strength entirely forsook me and 
 I found myself out of my form. Owing to 
 the great confusion I had been in two forms 
 without fulfilling the mission for which I 
 took them. 
 
 "As soon as I found myself out of my 
 second form I desired another and better 
 one at once. I knew that it was the un- 
 alterable mandate of the law that I fill the 
 mission for which I was in soul activity, 
 and as I had failed so far I was anxious to 
 try again as quick as I could. I came by 
 attraction to hover over a village in the 
 country somewhere, and I became attracted 
 to a middle-aged farmer woman who had a 
 young daughter, seemingly of the age of 
 twelve, who had been sick for a long time 
 until the soul could not remain in the body 
 any longer. I floated aimlessly while this 
 circumstance became known to me, and I 
 
Angela's Dream Realized. 1 1 5 
 
 remembered what a master told me before I 
 appeared on the earth plane, when he said 
 that I should have much tribulation and 
 disappointment in different bodies for the 
 purpose of learning the sorrows which the 
 earth people have before they reach their 
 higher consciousness. When I saw the strife 
 which this woman was going through with 
 this child his words came back to me. 
 There were other souls attracted to this 
 child, and myself, as well as they, tried to 
 hold the soul in its body until it became 
 strong enough to take care of itself, but it 
 could not remain, and when I saw this I re- 
 solved to attach myself to that body, as it 
 was fine and strong in itself but for the con- 
 fusion which surrounded it. 
 
 ' ' As soon as I had attached myself to the 
 body of this girl, after the soul left it, it 
 commenced to be strong and happy, and 
 the mother wondered what had happened to 
 it, as it acted so much more lively and buoy- 
 ant than she was used to see it do, and she 
 was very happy indeed, until she com- 
 menced to complain of it being so different 
 
1 1 6 Angela's Dream Realized. 
 
 from what it used to be. She said: 'You 
 are more lively than I ever saw you, and 
 also stronger, and, most of all, more men- 
 tally active than you ever were. How this 
 sickness has changed you.' 
 
 "I tried to explain that I remembered 
 how that soul left its body, and I taking it 
 since no other soul could use it ; but I could 
 not, as she only would listen to the teach- 
 ings of the grace of God, saying, 'That 
 whatever was was for the best. ' 
 
 "Soon I was strong enough to help my 
 parents on the field, to sow and harvest, 
 and we had large crops, and the year before 
 leaving my home we had a very large har- 
 vest, and my people resolved to have the 
 largest harvest party they ever had, and 
 to invite old and new friends from far and 
 near and have a great and happy time. 
 
 ' ' My people invited a family which I had 
 never seen before who had one son, the only 
 child. And when all had come we had 
 dancing on a big lawn, but this young man 
 did not take part in the dancing, nor did I, 
 but he followed me constantly and looked 
 
Angela's Dream Realized. 1 1 7 
 
 at me very closely, taking particular notice 
 of all my movements, and I was attracted 
 to him from the openness of his face and 
 manliness and dignity in manners. 
 
 "He did not pay the slightest attention 
 to the other girls, for which I felt mnch em- 
 barrassed, and I asked him to dance with 
 them, bnt he answered that he had not come 
 to dance, bnt for something he did not know. 
 
 "We went for a stroll through the fields, 
 and he told me then that he had seen me be- 
 fore and remembered me somewhere else, 
 and as I listened to him I felt the same way 
 that I had met him elsewhere, and when we 
 pnt our minds together in recollection we 
 found that we had met and loved in our 
 last bodies, and we resolved to renew the 
 acquaintance and compare our past experi- 
 ences, and as we talked these things over 
 and went deeper into the past both of us 
 felt that we had met again, as we devotedly 
 loved each other, but we were prevented by 
 our parents to make it known to anyone 
 else. I felt that I had met my old love 
 and as he had the same feeling, we agreed 
 
1 1 8 Angela's Dream Realized. 
 
 to become united in marriage, and when 
 we returned to our friends, who were danc- 
 ing and enjoying themselves, we told them 
 what we had discovered, and they only 
 laughed at what we said and we resolved to 
 keep our secret to ourselves. 
 
 "My desire always was to give birth to 
 a child as the Master told me was my mis- 
 sion, and I felt that this young man was 
 chosen by God to give it to me. Both of 
 us knew that our parents would oppose us, 
 as we both were young in age and had noth- 
 ing of the world's goods for our support; 
 but we felt that the great law of destiny 
 had decreed that we should do something 
 great for the upliftment of humanity, and 
 we made up our minds to be married at any 
 cost, no matter what the consequences 
 would be. 
 
 "We recognized great souls in one an- 
 other and we were willing to be guided by 
 their directions and let the world say what 
 it pleased. 
 
 "When our parents discovered that our 
 intentions of becoming united in marriage 
 
Angela's Dream Realized. 1 1 9 
 
 could not be changed, they demanded that 
 we leave our homes for all time because of 
 our disobedience to them in this matter. 
 We left our homes never to return, and we 
 agreed that the Angels should witness our 
 marriage and that none else should have 
 anything to do with it, and we walked to a 
 grove and sat down there among the wild 
 forget-me-nots and dandelions, and after 
 an earnest prayer to God for guidance 
 through our own souls we joined hands and 
 promised troth to one the other, and as we 
 did so we heard sweet singing in the air, 
 and wonderful music coming closer and 
 closer to us, and we both saw light sur- 
 round the whole place where we were sit- 
 ting while the ceremony took place. We 
 knew that our marriage was a soul mar- 
 riage and too sacred for any mortal to take 
 part in, and we saw now that we were guid- 
 ed aright. 
 
 "We were gloriously happy because we 
 had followed the dictations of our own 
 souls, and we were ready to meet anything 
 which was to come in our way, and realizing 
 
120 Angela's Dream Realized. 
 
 that our honey-moon would be short, we pre- 
 pared to part for a while and both earn a 
 livelihood for ourselves. We agreed always 
 to recognize each other's presence instead 
 of absence, and we would not feel lonely 
 while parted. 
 
 " Before parting we went to the grove 
 where we had joined hands in marriage 
 and both of us prayed in tears of mingled 
 joy and sorrow while in each other's arms 
 that the Angels would protect us and bring 
 us together again, and thus we placed one 
 the other in the protective keeping of God. 
 Lotus gathered some of the wild forget-me- 
 nots and bound them into a bouquet, kissed 
 it and gave it to me as a memento from our 
 marriage, and as the hour arrived for his 
 departure we were in each other's arms, 
 and he held me closer to his heart 
 than ever before while he kissed 
 the pressed forget-me-nots which I 
 carried in my bosom nearest my heart 
 since the moment they were given to me, 
 and we agreed that they should be the me- 
 dium of communication between us. 
 
Angela's Dream Realized. 121 
 
 We finally had to part, and as we held 
 one another to each others hearts in gen- 
 tle embrace, my beloved whispered, while 
 he pressed a fervent kiss upon my lips: 
 'Au revoir, my true love; peace shall be 
 with thee and we shall be united again and 
 live the higher life forever.' He tore him- 
 self away from me quickly and disappeared 
 among the trees and I saw him no more. I 
 stood as dazed for a moment, as I could 
 not realize that I was left alone without a 
 home, mother, and most of all, the one my 
 heart held so sacred. I waved my hands in 
 the direction where he had gone a moment 
 before as though I saw him, but I did not 
 see him ; he was gone. I resolved to go out 
 myself and seek employment and help my 
 loving Lotus to earn enough for us to be 
 together again soon, and I obtained work, 
 but upon discovery that I had been chosen 
 to be a mother I was anxious to get as gen- 
 tle work as possible that I might not bring 
 too coarse vibrations to my body by which 
 to affect the child in my womb. I tried my 
 best to obtain easy work, but I could not 
 
122 Angela's Dream Realized. 
 
 find it, so I accepted a position to take care 
 of the cattle on a large range, and although 
 it was very hard I managed to keep it until 
 a certain time when my condition became 
 such that I could not hold it any longer, be- 
 cause the time came closer and closer to- 
 wards the birth of my child. I had not 
 heard from Lotus all this time, and could 
 not understand, but I felt sure that he had 
 not forsaken me, as I always felt his pres- 
 ence when I kissed the flowers he gave me, 
 and as he was a greater soul than the aver- 
 age men demonstrate I knew that there was 
 reason for his silence. 
 
 "I had no place to go where my child 
 should be born, so I went back to the sacred 
 place where my marriage took place, and 
 where we had heard Angels sing at the time 
 and seen the wonderful light, and I felt the 
 impulse to build a grotto for my home dur- 
 ing this advent, and I supplied it with all 
 the comforts which the woods could pro- 
 duce. I gathered enough fruit, berries and 
 water to last me, and I made clothes from 
 material bought from my earnings for the 
 
Angela's Dream Realized. 123 
 
 sweet stranger who soon should knock on 
 the portals of my grotto. I waited for 
 Lotus to come, but heard nothing, and 
 knowing that something had happened I re- 
 conciled myself to whatever was to befall 
 me. My child was born in loneliness in the 
 grotto and the angels visited me, but I did 
 not hear or see my Lotus, and I remem- 
 bered that I as well as my parents in my 
 past form rejected him because of his hum- 
 ble calling, and I knew that I was only suf- 
 fering justice in this body for what I had 
 sown in my last. 
 
 "I consulted my forget-me-nots, and I 
 could not feel Lotus there as distinct as I 
 used to, and it dawned upon me that some- 
 thing had happened to him, as the flowers 
 told me so, and they also told me that all 
 would be well, to be of good cheer. I had 
 felt him with me as he said he would be, but 
 I longed to hear from him by letter or oth- 
 erwise, but I did not. 
 
 "My child was born, the image of its 
 father, and it was a wonderful child from 
 the moment it saw light on this plane, and I 
 
124 Angela's Dream Realized. 
 
 realized that it was born for a great and 
 wonderful purpose, and I thanked God that 
 I was chosen to give body to such a wise 
 soul. 
 
 "Each time I could call forth a sweet 
 smile from my new companion it was the 
 sweet and pure face of my beloved husband 
 that shone forth in this wonderful child, 
 and I thanked God for the gift and was not 
 lonely because the dear father could not but 
 be true to principles whatever might hap- 
 pen. 
 
 "I was in meditation one day with my 
 sweet child, the little girl which the Angels 
 who surrounded my Grotto at its 
 birth gave the name of Angelotia 
 which means the angel messenger of the 
 higher life. I took the flowers which Lotus, 
 my beloved, had given me at the time of our 
 marriage as the only dowry he had, and I 
 looked at them and kissed them, and they 
 seemed to give me a fear instead of joy, 
 and yet they told me that he was with me 
 and that all was well, that I must thus learn 
 my lesson and atone for my pride in my last 
 
Angela's Dream Realized. 125 
 
 body. I had given Lotus in God 's keeping, 
 and I felt that all was well. 
 
 ' ' I reared my little Angelotia as well as I 
 conld and tanght her the principles of the 
 higher life, bnt I f onnd that she knew more 
 of them already than I conld tell her, and I 
 saw that the tastes of hers was different 
 from the tastes and ideas of the average 
 earth beings, and this was demonstrated to 
 me more and more for every day nntil I 
 became convinced that she did not belong 
 to earth, bnt had come from another planet. 
 I did not have as much hardship to provide 
 food for both of ns as I thought I would, 
 as I found that everything with which I 
 came in contact provided food for myself 
 and my child. In my last body I cared for 
 no other flowers except those who gave 
 great display, such as the large crimson 
 rose and the like of it, all the smaller had 
 no attraction for me, and I have found that 
 in this body which I have just laid off I 
 came in contact with none but the wild and 
 smaller flowers, and I came to love them as 
 
126 Angela's Dream Realized. 
 
 they have given me so much comfort in my 
 loneliness. 
 
 ' i Dandelions and the wild forget-me-nots 
 have kept me company, and they have been 
 healing and feeding to both of us during 
 the time I had my Angelotia at my breast. 
 
 "My child advanced so fast in under- 
 standing that I knew that a mastersoul was 
 in her body because every word and deed 
 was that of masterly wisdom. 
 
 ' ' One morning early while I was in com- 
 munion with the Infinite I became over- 
 shadowed by a wonderful power, as I held 
 the flowers in my hands which dear Lotus 
 gave me (when he told me that they should 
 be the means by which we should communi- 
 cate one with the other), as I looked at 
 them I heard and recognized my dear hus- 
 band's voice, saying: 
 
 " ' Angela, my darling, I have been with 
 and helped thee in all thy difficulties, al- 
 though thou hast not seen me bodily. I was 
 called to go back to the plane from whence 
 I came to become the father to our darling 
 beloved Angelotia. I could not be with thee 
 
Angela's Dream Realized. 127 
 
 in flesh as then thou would not have learned 
 thy lesson, nor made good the mistakes 
 thou made in thy last body. We are both 
 souls who belong on the planet Venus, and 
 both of us had to come to the earth-plane 
 for the purpose of giving body to a master 
 whose soul had chosen to come in flesh in 
 order to teach and help the earth children. 
 Thou hast learned thy lesson well, and the 
 sorrows and hardships which thou hast ex- 
 perienced since we parted will now be 
 transmitted into joy and glory. 
 
 " 'I am not aware how I left the earth- 
 body, but it was done very suddenly, and I 
 told thee before our parting that the flow- 
 ers I gave thee should be the medium by 
 which my power should be with, and help 
 thee in all difficulties, and I was with thee 
 in the grotto when our child was born, but 
 I was not there alone, as a Host were with 
 me, and this made thy labors more easy. 
 Our child had to be born in seclusion in 
 order to save it from the confusions of 
 mixed surroundings, and this helped thee 
 as the mother. Darling, it was I who led 
 
1 28 Angela's Dream Realized. 
 
 thee to the grove where we were sitting 
 among sweet wild flowers when we joined 
 hands in the sacred bonds which made us 
 man and wife; and it was I who helped 
 thee to build tae grotto and led thee to the 
 spot where it was chosen to stand. ' 
 
 " These words in communion while I 
 looked my sweet flowers in the face 
 solved the silence which my dear and de- 
 voted Lotus had maintained, and I could 
 see that it was for my best that I had been 
 left to myself to bring out my own power. 
 
 ' ' The flowers which were given to me had 
 given me wonderful comfort and the hum- 
 ble dandelion had given me and my child 
 much strength. I remembered how I used 
 to ignore this flower among flowers in my 
 past body, before the one I have just laid 
 off, as at all functions of importance my 
 people cared for no other flower but the 
 large crimson rose. I have seen that the 
 more tender and humble flowers like that of 
 the soul gives the greatest comfort, and I 
 have learned the lesson that the help given 
 in meekness by the meek is the greatest be- 
 
Angela's Dream Realized. 129 
 
 cause it lasts the longest, whereas the dis- 
 play only lasts for the time being because 
 it has a weaker foundation. I became very 
 much attached to the dear dandelion and I 
 was impressed by my forget-me-nots to 
 make tea of them and give it to my baby 
 and drink it myself, and I found that it had 
 a wonderful effect upon our bodies as a 
 purifier, and this taught me a lesson which 
 I have just spoken of. Angelotia's wonder- 
 ful wisdom made her grow very fast, both 
 mentally and physically, and while she was 
 yet small she gave evidence of her power 
 by teaching wonderful things before she 
 could speak plain, and people came to our 
 grotto as soon as it became known that this 
 wonderful child was there. She taught wis- 
 dom such as many gray-haired men had 
 never heard of before, and she answered 
 questions whenever they were given, but 
 she always said that she did not belong to 
 earth but had come to perform a particular 
 mission, and as soon as her work was done 
 she would depart without suffering the 
 death struggles which are common to the 
 
1 30 Angela's Dream Realized. 
 
 lower earth mind. I became aware that I 
 would not be blessed with her exalted com- 
 pany very long, and prepared myself to 
 give up my darling (the dearest I had on 
 earth), willingly and without a murmur. 
 While in minor years she began to wander 
 about, feeling that she wanted to come in 
 contact with different people in order to 
 tell what great and wonderful things she 
 knew, and sometimes she would remain 
 away for several days without me knowing 
 where she was, but she would always come 
 back with some wonderful story of things 
 which she had seen and heard in the air, 
 and she told me that she did not belong on 
 earth and had no home there. One day she 
 came and kissed me very fondly, throwing 
 her little arms around my neck, and said 
 that she had been sent for by her own and 
 must go home, and she told me that she 
 would be with me and that we would meet 
 in some far more beautiful place than earth, 
 and then I would know her better than I did 
 at the time. 
 
 "I realized that the time had come for 
 
Angela's Dream Realized. 131 
 
 me to give up my treasure, and as she dis- 
 appeared from my view it seemed to me 
 that the clouds lifted her into the air and 
 closed around her as she faded from my 
 view. 
 
 i ' I felt lonely more than ever before, but I 
 understood that this sacrifice belonged to my 
 lesson and I felt by giving it willingly I pre- 
 pared my way to greater glory than I had 
 ever realized, and now, beloved, I am here 
 among thee, free as I never was before." 
 
 As she spoke the last words the heavens 
 became almost fully illuminated and there 
 was a murmur among those who had 
 listened to her wonderful story, and there 
 descended a host of souls, garbed in thin 
 garments reflecting all kinds of the most 
 beautiful and delicate tints, and all sur- 
 rounded dear Angela. Two of the angels 
 came, one on each side of her, and bowed 
 deeply before her, after which they laid 
 their arms about her. The lights were so 
 strong that I could hardly look up, but I 
 saw that the two souls illuminated in the 
 various lights were Lotus and Angelotia, 
 
1 32 Angela's Dream Realized. 
 
 who had come to greet and honor Angela, 
 whose story had drawn them to her by its 
 magnetism, and as the magnetism from the 
 rain of flowers in which these two souls had 
 made their appearance ascended into the 
 air, it was seen that the wild forget-me-nots 
 in their delicate hues predominated, and as 
 sweet Angela recognized her dear Lotus she 
 let her veil fall from her shoulders and un- 
 derneath she was adorned with robes in the 
 colors of the sweet bouquet given her in the 
 grove by her darling husband whose soul 
 now embraced her to give her part of the 
 vibrations of his wisdom and triumphs. 
 
 His robes have the colors of the setting 
 sun and the light of sunrise surrounded 
 him. Angelotia is robed in a thin garb, sil- 
 vered by the moon in its full shining beauty, 
 and upon her head she wears a diadem of 
 three stars, and she descends and ascends 
 in the light of her own magnetism, and 
 both father and daughter are recognized as 
 master-souls from the planet Venus, who 
 came to earth for particular missions, and 
 
Angela's Dream Realized. 1 33 
 
 as soon as they were performed they re- 
 turned to their own. 
 
 While they are in each other's embrace 
 sweet music is heard in the heavens and 
 singing is also heard in the sweetest pianis- 
 simo, and as they release one another 
 Lotus speaks to his sister soul Angela as 
 follows: "Angela, my beloved bride, and 
 Angelotia, my darling sister and child, 
 most beloved and precious art thou to me. 
 I have been absent from thee by the decree 
 of Divine law, that thou might perform thy 
 missions and learn thy lessons without in- 
 terference, but while we have been parted 
 we have been together, as there is no part- 
 ing for companion souls, the unseen is seen, 
 and now we art united to perpetuate the 
 glory of God by teaching the law of wisdom 
 and lead souls to light.' ' While Lotus is 
 speaking here is seen a wonderful soul in 
 the sky coming swiftly towards where the 
 trio is standing, and it is arrayed in mag- 
 nificent garments of silver illuminated. On 
 his head he wears the star of freedom, and 
 in his hand he holds the celestial veil of 
 
1 34 Angela's Dream Realized. 
 
 the higher identification, and he descends 
 in front of Lotus, Angela and Angel otia, 
 bows on his knees and kisses the ground, 
 after which he rises, saluting them in em- 
 braces and kisses them fondly while pro- 
 found silence pervades everywhere. 
 
 Angela speaks to Lotus of Angelotia, say- 
 ing: "Lotus, my beloved husband, here is 
 the Angel which thou gave to my care, for 
 which much blessing shall be given unto 
 thee and me throughout all eternity,' ' and 
 as she speaks she unfolds another veil, 
 the color of her bouquet, which falls from 
 her bosom into her hands, and while she 
 looked into the faces of the sweet flowers 
 she says: "Thou sweet, meek and ten- 
 der flowers, thou life of me, thou soul of my 
 soul, thou faithful communicators between 
 me and my companion soul, thou have well 
 earned thy name as thou speaketh to the 
 soul which cannot forget,' ' and a bouquet 
 of dandelions also falls from her bosom, 
 and to those she says, l i and thou quickening 
 life, unknown to the proud and haughty, 
 ignored by the ignorant, thou giveth 
 
Angela's Dream Realized. 135 
 
 strength to the weak and thou doeth more 
 than this, as thou inspireth life with thy 
 color, and thou teacheth the lessons that 
 the meek in the meekness of nature shall re- 
 ceive power and life of that which the 
 haughty do not recognize, and thou tells us 
 that we should recognize the Divinity in 
 the small and obscured as well as in the 
 great, most glorious dandelion, the symbol 
 of the power of life, I thank thee for the 
 strength which thou gave me, and my darl- 
 ing, while I was in earth life risen shall 
 thou be by evolution and weak souls shall 
 learn lessons from thee." Kissing it she 
 lets it fall on the ground and it became il- 
 luminated with the most wonderful colors, 
 one finer than the other, until it forms a 
 great kingdom of itself, which will be ap- 
 preciated in due time." 
 
 She holds the bouquet still in her right 
 hand and presses it to her heart, smiles and 
 gives it to sweet Angelotia, who kisses it; 
 so does Lotus, and finally the Master, who 
 has just made his salute and kissed them, 
 lays his celestial veil over them all, and also 
 
1 36 Angela's Dream Realized. 
 
 the flowers, and then it becomes so light as 
 though the sun was shining in its full 
 strength, and from the light extends rays 
 whose vibrations rises towards the sky like 
 love's truest offering. The spectacle be- 
 comes too magnificent to be described, and 
 it is growing in grandeur, while the 
 Master speaks to the trio, say- 
 ing: "Thou my beloved thou was 
 sent to earth from our home in Venus 
 to make centers of power for its redemp- 
 tion in time to come, thou have fulfilled thy 
 missions well, as thou hast been led 
 through the sorrows, without which none 
 can see glory, I come to take thee to thy 
 planes of reward where joy is given for sor- 
 row, wisdom for folly, and perpetual hap- 
 piness for obedience. Light and under- 
 standing shall fall upon thee, as the dew 
 falls upon the grass at sunrise." As 
 the Master finishes song and music 
 increased into fortissimo whose power 
 fills the air, and meanwhile the faces 
 of Angela, Lotus and Angelotia are 
 radiant while their robes woven from 
 
Angela's Dream Realized. 137 
 
 the morning dew cast their light over the 
 whole surroundings and slowly the Master, 
 as well as themselves, are lifted into the 
 sky and like the triumphant musician they 
 are escorted by music and song until they 
 disappear from our view, and the singing 
 continues and I can hear the words, saying, 
 " glory to love, obedience to wisdom, all 
 souls shall rise in its power, ' ' and as the as- 
 sembly rises, who have been in breathless 
 silence during the whole of the interesting 
 narrative of Angela's experience, during 
 which the different scenes have been of 
 bewildering beauty, the echoes return to 
 us from the songs in the air and we can 
 hear the sweetest tones of "Gloria, Gloria 
 in Excelsus." 
 
 Angela was chosen to come to earth for 
 the purpose of becoming a mother to give 
 body for a master soul. She belonged on 
 a higher plane than earth, but owing to the 
 confusion upon the earthplane she could not 
 find the right material for the body, which 
 she was to give to this soul until she had 
 taken three bodies in succession and by be- 
 
1 38 Angela's Dream Realized. 
 
 ing influenced by the worldliness of her 
 parents of her two previous bodies she had 
 to atone for these mistakes in her third 
 body while she was bearing her child as 
 well as while she was rearing it. Lotus was, 
 like herself, a great soul, and he was chosen 
 to be the father, and as soon as he had ful- 
 filled that mission he had to return to the 
 planet Venus, where he belonged as a 
 higher soul, and leave Angela to herself to 
 work out her own Karma, and thus her 
 dream was realized. 
 
 Thus the law of Divine destiny acts on 
 every plane in the Universe. 
 
cA tyisit to the Plane of Sleep. 
 
 " Heaven and earth, water and wind, join 
 in one long murmur of wonderment, angels 
 higher and lower beings shall know and 
 understand the great purpose of life, ' ' says 
 a voice in the sky, and the whole assemb- 
 ly unite in one harmonious amen. 
 
 As soon as all are silent one of the host 
 enveloped in light speaks while lifting his 
 hand toward heaven, saying in a soft but 
 clear voice, "Beloved, for the benefit of 
 souls who have come to this conference to 
 learn of the power in nature, we will make 
 a visit to the 'plane of sleep' in order to 
 learn the condition in which the souls are 
 before their first awakening to higher con- 
 
140 A Visit to the Plane of Sleep 
 
 Accompanied by sweet song, the assembly 
 ascends into the air and the journey com- 
 mences to the "plane of sleep." 
 
 All ascend higher than this mountain, 
 where the conference has taken place, but 
 now it looks to me as though all were de- 
 scending lower than previously, while my- 
 self and companion are following as closely 
 as possible, as all travel very fast, and be- 
 fore I have time to wonder at the ease with 
 which they are transported to their destina- 
 tion, I see them descend upon a mountain, 
 located in a desert, where the air is very 
 depressing because of fog and darkness. 
 
 Owing to the darkness I can see neither 
 people nor abodes, nor hear a sound indi- 
 cating that we are near them. 
 
 The assembly have taken their places on 
 this mountain a short distance from where 
 I am sitting, and they bow their heads in 
 meditation while extending their hands to- 
 wards the sun, and the longer they remain 
 in this posture the clearer becomes the at- 
 mosphere around us and it is more easy to 
 breathe. 
 
A Visit to the Plane of Sleep 141 
 
 The absence of activity of the conscious 
 life indicates that the souls are more in 
 bondage here than on any other plane I 
 have visited, and one can readily under- 
 stand that sleep in a spiritual sense holds 
 both souls and matter in its bosom, but it 
 must not be understood to mean that here 
 is inactivity of death or desolation, because 
 as the atmosphere becomes clearer one can 
 see activity and turmoil caused by uncon- 
 sciousness in all directions on this plane. 
 
 "Let thine eyes become opened that thou 
 may see the struggles of the first awakening 
 on the lower planes, and let it be known 
 that it is so everywhere until the soul be- 
 comes conscious of its higher destiny,' ' 
 says the master, and while he speaks it looks 
 as though the earth opens and from its in- 
 nermost depths comes a great variety of be- 
 ings which makes the activity and con- 
 fusion greater than before because they are 
 unconscious as to where they are as souls. 
 
 On this plane animals take possession of 
 human bodies and make them live and move 
 about like themselves; they are moved in 
 
142 A Visit to the Plane of Sleep 
 
 their unconsciousness by the animal in- 
 stincts and live on their planes, as they 
 know nothing about their destinies as 
 souls. 
 
 Mankind are living, eating and sleeping 
 among the animals and it follows that they 
 will absorb their magnetism and thus be- 
 come one with them. It is evident that the 
 beast has emotions as he often shows them 
 by anger, love and loneliness like the hu- 
 man, the similarity being so great, there are 
 attractions between them and they are 
 drawn to one another and this is the reason 
 why the unf oldment of the human race is 
 so very slow. 
 
 These are truths which will be accepted 
 later and then man will advance faster as 
 he will understand how to protect himself. 
 
 There are constant exchanges of magnet- 
 ism between man and the beast and it is 
 the law that it should be so, otherwise there 
 would be no progress for our lower broth- 
 ers. 
 
 The animals play, dance and romp, love 
 and pet their young and love to be petted 
 
A Visit to the Plane of Sleep 143 
 
 like man, and mankind shows hatred, self- 
 ishness and thirst for blood like the ani- 
 mals; as said above the similarities are 
 caused by the constant exchanges of mag- 
 netism, and while the animals are elevated 
 by the magnetism from the humans, the lat- 
 ter are delayed in their unf oldment as long 
 as they do not seek higher understanding 
 but remain on the lower plane. 
 
 The absorption of magnetic and electric 
 forces will change the features, invigorate 
 and quicken the action of the body, bring 
 the latent possibilities to bear upon the 
 lower life by their constant electrifications. 
 
 Because of this relationship between man 
 and animal there is confusion which makes 
 it difficult for souls of higher unfoldment 
 to find proper material for their bodies, and 
 therefore they are compelled to hover in 
 space for a long time before they can find 
 suitable abodes to live in while they per- 
 form their missions. 
 
 When mankind rises higher spiritually 
 these difficulties will be overcome and man 
 will understand how to choose matter to 
 
144 A Visit to the Plane of Sleep 
 
 suit himself without being taken into con- 
 ditions beneath him. 
 
 Matter must be at par with the soul in 
 order to have harmony, but there can be 
 no harmony as long as the soul has to be 
 shrouded in the magnetism of beast life. 
 
 It is the law that the lower life seeks the 
 higher as all things struggle for advance- 
 ment. Although the law makes its man- 
 dates known to all life, the latter seeks un- 
 consciously to unfold itself and is not com- 
 pelled by any one to join in the strife with- 
 out which it would remain in darkness. 
 
 Some one asks if it is not murder to take 
 life upon all planes, and if the punishment 
 should not be meted out alike. To this 
 the master answers, saying, ' ' that it is, but 
 there are no other punishments on the 
 physical or other planes than the conse- 
 quences which under all circumstances will 
 be strife and suffering as the deed has 
 drawn it to the perpretrator, and that there 
 is retribution on every plane until the de- 
 sire to take life has been outgrown. 
 
 Taking of life, says the Mas- 
 
A Visit to the Plane of Sleep 145 
 
 ter, is an animal tendency, no mat- 
 ter how educated man and women are 
 by the letter, if they do not possess the edu- 
 cation of the soul, the animal passions will 
 dominate, and mankind will live a low and 
 unconscious life side by side with their 
 lower speechless brothers. 
 
 The word civilization means not only a 
 certain amount of literal training, but it 
 means gentleness and humanitarianism, 
 and it is the demonstration of peace and 
 harmony with the expressions of the vir- 
 tues resulting from higher understanding. 
 
 Our responsibilities will be as our unf old- 
 ment is, but there cannot be anything but 
 suffering as long as mankind remains in 
 darkness. 
 
 Therefore, he who injures others injures 
 himself, and it makes very little difference 
 how severe or modified society makes the 
 punishment for life-taking it will occur un- 
 til humanity has become elevated to a high- 
 er understanding of their positions as in- 
 dividualities. 
 
 There can be nothing on this plane but 
 
146 A Visit to the Plane of Sleep 
 
 darkness and chaos, as long as the souls are 
 confined in snch coarse bodies they will re- 
 main in the dormant condition in which we 
 see them. 
 
 Thus we have seen that sorrows and 
 strife are the punishments and conse- 
 quences of mental slumber and no matter 
 if the souls lay off their forms, they will 
 remain on the plane where they took them, 
 until they have fulfilled the missions for 
 which they come here ; man is not rewarded 
 for anything he does outside of what he 
 does to himself and gives to himself, as 
 he is his own savior; if he rises to higher 
 understanding he will enjoy the happiness 
 which it brings, that is the reward for his 
 struggles, and if he remains in the lower 
 and coarser he will suffer the pain it brings 
 which will be his punishment. ' ' 
 
 Some one asks as to the responsibility of 
 suicides and their penalties. The answer is 
 practically the same as above with the ex- 
 ception that it is held that the latter unfor- 
 tunates are further advanced than ordinary 
 murderers but they are too weak to pro- 
 
A Visit to the Plane of Sleep 147 
 
 tect themselves from confusion. They are 
 on a higher plane and have become more 
 refined, gentle and sensitive but they have 
 not been able to cultivate courage to avoid 
 the confusions around them; instead they 
 become possessed by fear and are overcome 
 by coarser surroundings, they are sensitive 
 souls who shrink from the lower elements 
 when they are confronted by them and thus 
 they are overcome by confusion and driven 
 out of their bodies by their own hands as 
 well as by other means. 
 
 The penalties are the same as above 
 stated and they have to endure great hard- 
 ships before they can reach the planes 
 where they belong. 
 
 All souls who are surrounded by low vi- 
 brations are delayed in their progress and 
 have to remain longer in the unconscious 
 conditions than would be the case if they 
 were strong mentally and able to regulate 
 them. 
 
 What does the plane of sleep mean? is 
 asked. The Master answers: "It 
 means the low degree of understanding 
 
148 A Visit to the Plane of Sleep 
 
 which people and animals demonstrate 
 upon the plane of which we have 
 spoken.' ' As the Master concludes his 
 explanations a host of sonls are hovering 
 over this mountain, and coming closer they 
 descend slowly and among them there is 
 one soul whose garments are illuminated 
 and the reflection of a variety of colors 
 sends rays all around us; he holds in his 
 hand a book looking as though it is en- 
 wrapped in fire ; advancing he bows deeply 
 and addresses the assembly as follows: 
 "Most glorious assembly, my greetings 
 with great joy, I rejoice to be allowed to 
 give the experience of my life in my last 
 two earthbodies as I know that it will help 
 some soul in this assembly to hear it. 
 
 The difficulty in taking suitable bodies 
 for our different missions must be experi- 
 enced to be understood, as the matter on the 
 earthplane is very coarse as yet, it is hard 
 for a soul with my calling to fulfill its mis- 
 sion. I came to the earthplane for the pur- 
 pose of giving the truth in writing, but in 
 the body before my last one, I could not 
 
A Visit to the Plane of Sleep 149 
 
 perform my mission as I became bewilder- 
 ed in lower matter and had to live in it for 
 a time and then leave it before my work 
 was done. 
 
 I hovered in space for a long time before 
 I could find a body in which to finish my 
 work, and in company with other souls I 
 drifted to a village where a delicate young 
 girl resided in whose body lived the soul 
 of an artist, and as confusion had over- 
 taken this soul and dragged the body into 
 low vibration it was compelled to leave. My 
 self and companions did what we could to 
 help the soul to remain in its form until its 
 work was finished, but we did not succeed 
 and when I saw that it could not remain I 
 resolved to inhabit the body myself until 
 I could finish what remained undone of my 
 work. 
 
 I found this body well suited, as the 
 nerves and brains were flexible and active 
 and the finer emotions very much alive, and 
 thus the body could serve my high pur- 
 pose and become elevated also. 
 
 In general the minds of the earth people 
 
150 A Visit to the Plane of Sleep 
 
 are more dormant than upon other planes 
 as they cannot accept nor understand 
 things which they cannot see with their 
 physical eyes. 
 
 Many times when souls have left their 
 bodies they would have been buried if there 
 had not been other souls to take them, in 
 time to keep the matter from dissolving ; this 
 truth will be manifested as soon as man 
 realizes that the body is but a covering for 
 the soul, which it uses for the purpose of 
 communicating with lower matter, and 
 therefore many souls may use one body as 
 one goes and the other comes, which I have 
 experienced during my earth lives. 
 
 Souls are attracted to some forms more 
 than to others because they are in harmony 
 with them and will hover over them until 
 they can be used. It is the same among 
 the animals and the part of the human race 
 which lives on their plane; the instincts of 
 the animals inhabit the human forms in 
 many cases, as we have seen above. 
 
 I was very much attracted to the last 
 form I had and that is the reason why I 
 
A Visit to the Plane of Sleep 15.1 
 
 could do the work so well through it. 
 
 I had seen a multitude of unconscious 
 souls hover over the body before I could 
 take possession of it and they tried to 
 possess it and hold it, but the ma- 
 terial form had become refined by the oc- 
 cupation of the artist's soul, and therefore 
 it was more difficult for the lower instincts 
 to keep it and I had less difficulty to in- 
 habit it. Most of the physical bodies on the 
 earthplane are surrounded by such souls; 
 they cause the confusion which the race 
 has to contend with and by which they are 
 hindered from attaining rapid progress. 
 
 I did not desire to hypnotize the physi- 
 cal senses of this woman as it would be 
 to take away her chance of individual un- 
 derstanding and growth by the work I in- 
 tended to make her perform. I lived in 
 that body and it was mine until I finished 
 my mission. 
 
 No soul has a right to take possession of 
 a body and keep its mental faculties dor- 
 mant, as that is to hold the lower mind in 
 darkness and confine it to the will of others, 
 
152 A Visit to the Plane of Sleep 
 
 thus compelling it to do their work while it 
 is prevented from its own advancement. 
 
 Souls of higher attainments would not 
 be guilty of taking advantage of the weak 
 to such an extent, as they well know that 
 they would be held responsible for that in 
 the final adjustment of all things. 
 
 Through this fine and subtle body I did 
 not only finish my delayed work but also 
 accomplished a good work for the liberation 
 of souls whom my writings could not reach. 
 
 My earthly experience has taught me that 
 higher souls are hindered from doing the 
 work needed in liberating souls confined in 
 coarse matter on the lower planes, because 
 it is very difficult to find matter there fine 
 enough to operate with. 
 
 I have also discovered that matter and 
 mind in conjunction are on the upward 
 journey, to the awakening of their higher 
 knowledge and final destiny in due time. 
 
 As long as the races are in ignorance of 
 the law of the higher life they will remain 
 in bondage, but the time is near when they 
 will rise, be free, and know the mysteries of 
 
A Visit to the Plane of Sleep 153 
 
 their past as well as future, and demon- 
 strate their power within. 
 
 I rejoice at being permitted to give this 
 experience to this assembly, as here are 
 souls who will benefit by it and I am thank- 
 ful to thee, most glorious Master souls, for 
 the privilege of being among thee with my 
 love's greetings. Glory and much peace. 
 I bid thee farewell." 
 
 As the last words uttered by this grand 
 soul died away in space, while he 
 bowed his exit, the whole assembly 
 joined in the most beautiful song and music, 
 which was heard in the air and surrounded 
 by a rainbow of light, he and his company 
 disappears from our view. 
 
 Silence and wonderful peace pervades 
 while he has been speaking, and the whole 
 mountain became illuminated. I have par- 
 ticularly seen Angela, Lotus and Angelotia, 
 surrounded by beauty, and indescribable 
 peace which has made their faces shine with 
 radiance. 
 
 While the singing is going on, offerings 
 of thanks for the lesson received is given 
 
154 A Visit to the Plane of Sleep 
 
 to God, and the assembly rises and are 
 lifted on the wings of freedom, into the 
 great infinitude of space, and again I am 
 alone, reflecting over the lesson which has 
 been taught me by the wonderful soul who 
 has spoken. 
 
The Midnight Hour 
 of Sorrow 
 
 All are returning to the mountain, where 
 the conference previously has been held, 
 and they realize more than ever the im- 
 portance of the lesson received on the plane 
 of sleep. 
 
 The travel in the air is instantaneous and 
 one cannot realize how it is done. 
 
 Here is complete stillness, while all bow 
 their heads in silent prayers and as it con- 
 tinues a most remarkable phenomenon pre- 
 sents itself in the sky. The heaven be- 
 comes red like blood and very slowly there 
 is forming a large rosebud whose dimen- 
 sions are increasing and as it becomes 
 
1 56 The Midnight Hour of Sorrow 
 
 larger the darkness becomes greater, and 
 after its increase has come to a standstill 
 a large golden statue rises slowly from the 
 center of the bud which has expanded until 
 it has become a very large rose of dark red 
 color, and I see the reflections of cities, 
 deserts, mountains and valleys surround 
 the rose in a circle and the shining light 
 from the gold against the dark red color 
 makes the combinations most magnificent, 
 presenting a spectacle of indescribable 
 grandeur. 
 
 The more I watch the slow rising of the 
 statue the clearer I see its symboli- 
 cal meaning, and I ask that I may be truly 
 in the spirit in order to understand it fully. 
 
 The whole heaven are lighted up by the 
 brilliancy of the bright gold, with the red in 
 the background; it is so bright that I can 
 see every figure in the carving and construc- 
 tion. 
 
 I see people of various tribes and colors 
 gather around the monument as it takes 
 greater dimensions, and all bow before 
 it imploring its grace and favors. 
 
The Midnight Hour of Sorrow 1 5 7 
 
 All are watching the progress of this 
 phenomenon with breathless silence, and 
 they give spellbound attention to every- 
 thing which takes place, as it develops. 
 
 The monument stands upon a foundation 
 of human skeletons and on its pedestal are 
 four figures representing Ignorance, Van- 
 ity, Selfishness and Time with his reaper. 
 
 On the top of the monument is the figure 
 of a woman worked in pure gold wearing a 
 diadem of diamonds on her head; in her 
 hand she holds a jeweled cross around 
 which one can read in sparkling light the 
 words ' ' Salvation by the grace of God. ' ' 
 
 Smaller figures are represented kneeling, 
 one of which is called Flattery, paying hom- 
 age to Vanity, holding before her face a 
 small golden mirror while complimenting 
 her beauty. Vanity responds lovingly to 
 the compliments while she places gold du- 
 cats in the hand of her flatterer. 
 
 Selfishness is represented as holding in 
 one hand the lines attached to yokes laid 
 about the necks of a herd of cattle and in 
 the other she holds a sword symbolizing 
 
1 58 The Midnight Hour of Sorrow 
 
 Capital driving and domineering over 
 labor. 
 
 Ignorance is most beautifully attired in 
 jewels and costly robes, represented to be 
 entertained by a clever jester who is fas- 
 cinated by her beauty and wealth, and is 
 endeavoring to come into possession of a 
 part, by paying homage to her as a great 
 being. 
 
 Lastly, a great host of souls are gather- 
 ing around the upper figure, asking favor 
 and grace, and they turn to Time who holds 
 his reaper in his hand asking him to give 
 them some recompense, for the time they 
 have lost, by being held in ignorance, en- 
 during great sufferings therefrom, and he 
 answers them that he can give no indulg- 
 ence, as their time has been wasted and he 
 makes one stroke with his reaper and I see 
 them no more. The sculptor 's name is Evo- 
 lution and the whole monument is marvel- 
 ously well executed, although it is rough 
 now, time will make it finer, as it is placed 
 in his keeping. 
 
 Upon this monument Suns, Moons and 
 
 10 
 
The Midnight Hour of Sorrow 1 59 
 
 Stars with everything upon them are repre- 
 sented in motion, giving power to all things 
 by which they become more refined. 
 
 An explanation is asked, and the master, 
 who has been the leader of the conference, 
 rises and speaks as follows : ' t This monu- 
 ment symbolizes the mental and physical 
 condition of the human race, as well as the 
 conditions of the church, representing the 
 will of God. The woman standing upon 
 the top of the structure is the symbol of 
 its selfishness and weaknes ; its place means 
 religion defending the oppressors who are 
 making life harder for mankind to bear ; her 
 teachings demand absolute obedience; but 
 they do not come to the rescue of those who 
 obey them when they are in need. The 
 whole statue demonstrates church and state 
 acting hand in hand, and also that wealth 
 is of the greatest value to her. 
 
 The small figures symbolize the folly of 
 the race and its final penalty, when time 
 with his reaper shall gather his harvest 
 without mercy. 
 
 Ignorance always places its highest value 
 
1 60 The Midnight Hour of Sorrow 
 
 on wealth and magnificence, while the pow- 
 er of mind is inactive and the understand- 
 ing of the law of life is absent. 
 
 The darkness which has been increasing, 
 is the symbol of the hours of sorrow, when 
 retribution shall be meted out to the violat- 
 ors of the law of principles, and the strug- 
 gle which we have seen around the monu- 
 ment, is to come to the race of the earth 
 as they have been worshiping gold and laid 
 it as their foundation for eternal happi- 
 ness, instead of unfolding the power of 
 higher life. 
 
 The hosts of souls which we have seen 
 asking indulgence of time are those who 
 have lived for their own physical comforts 
 and laid burdens upon the shoulders of the 
 poor and forsaken, and unto them are given 
 what they have given to others; they will 
 remain in their darkness until they have 
 paid the penalties for their folly. 
 
 This phenomenon is the symbol of the 
 finish of the old dispensation when selfish- 
 ness must receive the retributions for what 
 she has sown. It is the representation of the 
 
The Midnight Hour of Sorrow 1 6 1 
 
 midnight hour of sorrow, because when 
 mankind worships gold as its God there can 
 be but tribulation in the end. 
 
 The laws of evolution work in hand with 
 time as has been demonstrated; that is the 
 reason why we find suns, moons and stars 
 act in conjunction with everything upon 
 them, and that is also the cause of "the 
 great turmoils in the earth which will be 
 shaken in the arms of the universe like the 
 wheat in the sieve until her foundations 
 shall tremble and man and beast will 
 mourn. ' ' 
 
 "While all are watching the increase of 
 darkness in the heaven a terrible struggle 
 takes place, masses of souls are pressing 
 forward demanding their rights, holding 
 their hands outstretched to those who pos- 
 sess gold and power, and, while their de- 
 mands are going on the earth opens, and, 
 from the openings belch forth fire ; cannons 
 are sounding their frightful reports, blood 
 is shed in streams, groans, sorrow and 
 agony are increasing also, the darkness of 
 night is becoming deeper and deeper, the 
 
1 62 The Midnight Hour of Sorrow 
 
 stronger rises against the weaker, and all 
 feeling of brotherly love has vanished; 
 there is weapon against weapon, and the 
 elements are adding to the frightful strug- 
 gle ; the ocean roars in anger and the winds 
 shriek woe, while the mountains stand as 
 forgotten majesties of the deserts. 
 
 Purity and Innocence are defeated prin- 
 ciples, and refinement is taken advantage 
 of and it appears as though God has hid- 
 den his face and closed his ears to the ap- 
 peals for help and mercy. 
 
 "The sun has hidden its light and the 
 moon its brilliancy, and the stars are like 
 they were in grief. 
 
 Is there no redemption? Is there not a 
 time to come when humanity will take ad- 
 vantage of their own power and inborn 
 greatness ? 
 
 Is the time not soon to come when prin- 
 ciples shall reign supreme and selfishness 
 loose its power? Will humanity not re- 
 ceive recompense for their belief when they 
 did not understand? Will not the earth, 
 which is now pouring forth her anger, re- 
 
The Midnight Hour of Sorrow 1 63 
 
 lent, and once more deal with her children 
 like a loving mother !" 
 
 These are questions which are asked 
 while the children of earth are pleading for 
 help, and are becoming awakened to the 
 truth that law cannot be silenced. 
 
The 'Dawn of a New 
 
 Dispensation and 
 
 its Triumphs 
 
 In the midst of the tempest while these 
 questions are being asked hosts of illumi- 
 nated souls known as the "Devas" are 
 hovering around the center of the great 
 struggle of past ages, who have endured 
 the same sufferings as are seen here, and it 
 is by their good work that they have ob- 
 tained their high positions. 
 
 " Columbia/ ' symbolizing freedom, rises 
 in the mid-ocean holding a white banner in 
 her hand, upon which is written ' ' Liberty, ' ' 
 surrounded by stars worked in silver, and 
 in the rear one can see islands reflected 
 
The Dawn of a New Dispensation 165 
 
 upon the heaven as though they were com- 
 ing into view surrounded by rays of the 
 rising sun, while multitudes are seen build- 
 ing abodes upon their hills. 
 
 Hosts and Angels representing the high- 
 er virtues join the goddess, who bows in 
 grief at seeing the advantage which the 
 mighty takes of the weaker upon her shores, 
 and as she raises her head she holds her 
 hands out to the downtrodden inviting them 
 to come and enjoy the peace which follows 
 after the struggle. 
 
 As the morning star is beginning to give 
 light on the horizon the activity is increas- 
 ing, and trumpets are sounding as the first 
 hour of the new dispensation makes its en- 
 try. 
 
 The midnight hour with its tempest is 
 past and the stillness is over all things so 
 that one cannot hear a sound nor see a leaf 
 move while the old dispensation passed into 
 oblivion. 
 
 As the trumpets are heard the sun 
 slowly rises and the Goddesses of 
 night and Morning, robed in the bril- 
 
166 The Dawn of a New Dispensation 
 
 liancy of the morning star are paving the 
 way for the new day, while light is replac- 
 ing darkness and joy the sorrow just ended 
 and the message of freedom and great joy 
 is read to all life. 
 
 Victims of the dark ages rise in their 
 power and these souls rejoice while be- 
 holding the Light of the coming day, and 
 grand singing and music are heard, in 
 which they join, and it sounds to me as fol- 
 lows: 
 
 "Take thou our bodies and bear away 
 Whatever thou canst call thy own, 
 Thy image stamped upon the clay 
 Give thee that, but that alone. 
 
 "Take them; O, grave and let them lay 
 Folded upon thy narrow shelves 
 As garments by the soul laid by 
 And precious only to themselves. 
 
 "Take them; O, great eternity 
 Such little lives are but a gust, 
 That bends the branches of the tree 
 And trails the blossoms in the dust." 
 
 During the singing beings from the tern- 
 
The Dawn of a New Dispensation 167 
 
 pies, fields, mountains and elsewhere, rep- 
 resenting different gifts and their virtues, 
 having with them books in which are regis- 
 tered the progress of different souls upon 
 different planes, hovering to and fro 
 in the light of the morning sun, surrounded 
 by stars whose rays make the scene one 
 of bewildering beauty; a voice is heard 
 among them saying, "as the possibilities of 
 man are unlimited, so will the expressions 
 be through him, the old will become new 
 and the humanitarian principles be lived 
 and there will be harmony and peace, be- 
 cause all things will blend into one soul in 
 the final." 
 
 Stillness pervades everything while the 
 master is speaking and heroes of the past 
 ages are among the assembled and they un- 
 derstand what the whole Vision means ; one 
 of them I recognize to be the immortal Lin- 
 neaus the "Child of Botany" enwrapped in 
 the reflections of the beautiful "Linea" 
 upon a white horse advancing towards Teg- 
 ner, whose "Voices of peace" have given 
 comfort to many sad hearts, while the 
 
168 The Dawn of a New Dispensation 
 
 flower lias been forming itself into garlands 
 encircling the poet in its plain beauty. 
 
 There are others of which I have heard 
 and read as a child, and their deeds make 
 them immortal to us. "Dobeln with Jutas," 
 the generous-hearted hero, accompanied by 
 the simple-minded but courageous "Sven 
 Duva" with his small capacity of learning 
 but great love for his country, also Sweden- 
 borg, the pioneer seer, Joan D'arc and a 
 host of others who were the servants of 
 past ages, and Oracles of truth in their day 
 who will give inspiration to the minds in 
 days to come. 
 
 Musicians and singers of all times are 
 also here holding in their arms be jeweled 
 instruments of all kinds and over them all 
 the Goddess of Inspiration lets her veil fall 
 and they receive the power from the Celes- 
 tial heavens until their music and song be- 
 comes life to the Angels. 
 
 From all four centers of the earth are 
 seen slender figures traveling in light en- 
 circled by thin Veils from which magnetism 
 emanates to earth with which their light 
 
The Dawn of a New Dispensation 169 
 
 blends, and a voice is saying, " Man's goal 
 is to become so free that his power blends 
 with all things and when he becomes con- 
 scious of this his triumph will be com- 
 plete/ ' 
 
 In the new dispensation there will be 
 freedom and love between the races and it 
 will be understood that these virtues are the 
 foundation upon which Godliness and true 
 happiness rest. 
 
 ' ' Whosoever thirst may he come and take 
 the water of life free as peace and good will 
 will be to all men." 
 
 The robes and flowing garments of the 
 multitude move in graceful folds in 
 the air as the wind plays through them, 
 silence again pervades all things in the 
 heaven and earth, and it seems as though 
 the beings upon all planets are in medita- 
 tion, oceans have ceased to roar and the 
 fishes to swim for the time being, and the 
 winds are silent while all kingdoms with 
 their matter join and it seems as though all 
 species of life has power to think and medi- 
 tate upon the great meaning of the change 
 
1 70 The Dawn of a New Dispensation 
 
 which has taken place. 
 
 The lower man and also the beast will be 
 subdued and live in peace with one another, 
 and the principles of the living Christ in 
 man will be demonstrated through him. 
 
 Now souls and things heaven-bound and 
 earth-bound seem to join with Angels and 
 masters in the chorus of one perpetual 
 "Hosanna." 
 
 By the ringing of bells, song and music, 
 prayers and devotion, the first day of the 
 new dispensation makes its triumphant en- 
 try, and the benediction is heard saying, 
 " Honor to God, and obedience to Wisdom, 
 Gloria, Gloria in Excelsus. ,, 
 
 The assembly are all rising from the posi- 
 tion which they have had during the dis- 
 play on the heaven and ready to leave this 
 mountain they bow in meditation while as- 
 cending into the air and while my Angel 
 companion is ready to follow them she first 
 speaks to me, saying: "Beloved, I leave 
 thee into the keeping of God, that thou 
 mayest learn the lessons well which have 
 been given thee during this journey. Be 
 
The Dawn of a New Dispensation 171 
 
 faithful in thy work giving, to the race on 
 the earthplane the benefit of the experience 
 given thee as a soul and power of its free- 
 dom, that they might unfold to understand 
 that the power of the soul is not limited to 
 the lower planes alone, and in due time 
 thou wilt be with me again on a longer 
 journey than this and learn more glorious 
 lessons. Peace and much power be with 
 thee until thou shalt see me again. Fare 
 thee well. ' ' 
 
 As she finished her sentence she followed 
 the assembly and disappeared with* them 
 while their robes furl and unfurl as the 
 wind lifts them higher and higher in the 
 air, and wondrous magnetism falls upon 
 the mountain as each furling causes great 
 activity on earth, so much so that a mur- 
 mur can be heard as though all things real- 
 ize that new power has been given to souls 
 in lower conditions. 
 
 It seems as though all kingdoms were 
 bowing in meekness, giving thanks to God 
 for such power. 
 
A Visit to the White 
 
 Chrysanthemum 
 
 and c/Lster 
 
 Every Host I have seen and been in con- 
 tact with during this journey, as well as 
 all flowers gathered together, will make one 
 final visit to the greatest flowers of all, the 
 white Chrysanthemum and Aster. 
 
 These flowers, I am told, belong to the 
 reaping season, symbolizing all the greater 
 virtues combined, the reaping season (a 
 master tells me) is the summing up of all 
 the energies of other seasons, and in unity 
 they will be rewarded. 
 
White Chrysanthemum and Aster 1 73 
 
 In the calendars of the earth people the 
 Autumn is the season of reward, which 
 means wisdom, gained by the labors 
 of all the previous efforts. The flow- 
 ers, which I in company with many 
 Hosts have visited, have given us various 
 lessons: the Tulip, divine love; the Easter 
 Lily, devotion, and the Cala Lily, modesty, 
 and all the minor flowers which have been 
 mentioned and visited during this journey 
 have all their meaning as well as seasons, 
 and each season is the symbol of the differ- 
 ent degree of development of the soul. We 
 have been taught that each soul is attracted 
 to the flower whose growth and color is its 
 affinity. 
 
 The whole assembly is to make a visit 
 in state to the flowers of reaping. 
 
 Coming to us in the months of Autumn, it 
 means the triumph of the efforts of the 
 soul. It takes the first months of the Mid- 
 Summer before these glorious flowers 
 make their great entry, and it takes more 
 bodies than there are seasons before the 
 soul can make its full power demonstrated 
 
174 White Chrysanthemum and Aster 
 
 in and through flesh. 
 
 We have arrived to the new dispensation 
 and its triumphs, and we have seen the 
 great struggles before we could see the new 
 dawn, and now the great flowers which can 
 give the grandest display are to give 
 a festival, and as the soul understands 
 what the physical senses can not under- 
 stand, they are all making great prepara- 
 tion for the most magnificent floral re- 
 union that souls ever witnessed. 
 
 Here is great activity and the lower souls 
 who can follow are invited to do so, as they 
 will learn a great lesson. 
 
 Every flower which has been present at 
 the different temples and assemblages must 
 be there to greet the great Emperor and 
 Empress of this specie. 
 
 As all things must struggle through hard- 
 ships before it can gain shape and beauty, 
 the law is demanding obedience among the 
 flowers as well as everything else in nature 
 and as it is manifesting the results of the 
 struggle in everything else so is it among 
 the flowers which is noticed from the great 
 11 
 
White Chrysanthemum and Aster 1 75 
 
 difference in fragrance, shape and colors, 
 thus it is seen that the Chrysanthemum and 
 Aster are superior flowers from their size, 
 color and wonderful fineness in foliage and 
 texture. 
 
 The night of sorrow is past and the dawn 
 of a new dispensation is here, and all who 
 have been struggling have been lead in 
 glory to their rewards ; and the journey of 
 reaping is now at hand, and it is a won- 
 derful spectacle to see all the Hosts in the 
 heavens gathered together, here and there 
 during this journey, oh, the shining faces, 
 the sparkling diadems, and the thin, gauzy 
 looking robes in a thousand different deli- 
 cate tints, who could imagine such beauty 
 without seeing it? Some of the Hosts hover- 
 ing here to take part in the journey to the 
 palace of the white chrysanthemum have 
 their scrolls on which to register the devel- 
 opment and learning which they have re- 
 ceived and they will be rewarded accord- 
 ingly, some carry with them their Cornu- 
 copias filled with the different flowers the 
 symbols of the different degrees of unfold- 
 
176 White Chrysanthemum and Aster 
 
 ment, some carry staffs, the symbols of 
 leadership and the lights of their own wis- 
 dom leading them wherever they go. 
 
 The Goddesses of Music, Song and In- 
 spiration is greater illuminated than I ever 
 have seen them before, and they are to lead 
 the Hosts into the wonderland of expres- 
 sion. 
 
 The Hosts form in accordance to rank 
 and wisdom, and all are accompanied 
 by the souls who are attracted to the vir- 
 tues which they demonstrate, The King and 
 Queen of the Tulips, of the Easter lily, of 
 the Calla lily and all the smaller flowers in 
 the field, as well as in the more nourished 
 position of flower degrees, all form them- 
 selves in accordance with their great- 
 ness and they attract souls to them 
 from their symbolic meaning. The 
 Lily of the Valley, the symbol of Innocence, 
 and the wild rose, the symbol of delicacy 
 and simplicity, the Golden Rod, gener- 
 osity, etc., etc., and all the Lily families, 
 form by themselves, and the souls who are 
 attracted to them, all the Eose families and 
 
White Chrysanthemum and Aster 1 77 
 
 the souls attracted to them, all the Pansy 
 families and the souls attracted to them, 
 as well as all the different degrees of the 
 dear f or-get-me-nots, and the souls attract- 
 ed to them, each specie send forth the vi- 
 brations of their colors and the heavens be- 
 come illuminated in a variety of wondrous 
 colorings, oh, such beauty, would that the 
 human race could understand it, could be- 
 hold it even with the small conception it 
 has now it would serve a thousand times to 
 refine their senses to greater conception of 
 the symmetry and beauty of order in the 
 Universe. 
 
 As I sit here on this mountain where my 
 sweet companion, the Goddess of Purity, 
 left me, and behold in soul (because I am 
 freed from the bondage of the earthbody), 
 the most wonderful spectacle a soul can 
 witness, and yet I know that living on the 
 earthplane, as I do, it being yet very coarse, 
 I can only see the smaller portion of all 
 this beauty. 
 
 Among the Hosts I see the Triumphant 
 musician, and the soul who inhabited the 
 
1 78 White Chrysanthemum and Aster 
 
 body of his mother, here I see Lotus, Angela 
 and Angelotia, surrounded with the beau- 
 tiful tint of the rising sun, fringed with the 
 silvery light of the setting moon, and 
 the musician carries his violet-colored harp, 
 while the trio carries the emblems of their 
 missions, Lotus holds a staff, Angela a 
 heart and Angelotia an illuminated star, 
 whose brightness is seen far and wide in 
 the heaven. 
 
 The more I see this perfect order and 
 great harmony the more I am taught the 
 lesson that there must be order and ele- 
 gance in order to have harmony. As the 
 morning star beckons the rising sun, all the 
 Hosts are commencing to move slowly and 
 lifted higher and higher, I notice that the 
 Goddesses of Inspiration, Wisdom, and 
 knowledge lead the way, and the King and 
 Queen of the Tulips, divine love, follow 
 next in company with the Goddess of Music 
 and Art ; next come the King and Queen of 
 the Easter Lily, the symbol of devotion, in 
 company with all the different Lily fam- 
 ilies ; next come the King and Queen of the 
 
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 Pansies and Forget-Me-Nots, the symbols 
 of tkoughtfulness and memory, in company 
 with every specie of their families. 
 
 The Goddesses of Time, and the four sea- 
 sons of the year lead these Hosts, carrying 
 their scrolls upon which to register the ex- 
 periences of the souls as the time make its 
 entry illuminated with the different colors 
 of its changes for the higher understanding. 
 
 Next come, in the greatest variety, all 
 the flowers in the field, and the souls who 
 are attracted to them by their symbolic 
 meaning leads the way, and as this marvel- 
 ous procession rises higher into the heaven 
 there are music and song, such as can only 
 be understood by an unfolded soul. The 
 song I now hear sounds to be like this : 
 
 All that which slumbers shall rise, and come nigh, 
 
 It shall hear the voice of Angels as the Hosts passes 
 
 by, 
 Each Wondrous flower as part of the whole, 
 With fragrance and beauty gives life to the soul. 
 
180 White Chrysanthemum and Aster 
 
 The high and the low is one in Divine, 
 Thou art part of my life and I part of thine, 
 We smile and we weep in our cradle of growth, 
 We move and we sleep and God loves us both, 
 Oh, soul, and thou flowers in glorified Hosts. 
 
 As the Hosts move on the songs become 
 clearer and here comes to me the vibrations 
 from my companion, although I cannot see 
 her, and as I feel them I am lifted into the 
 air and I am sailing with the rest, but far 
 behind as I am not as far advanced as to 
 be in their company, and besides this, as a 
 reporter I can see better what is taking 
 place from behind them than right in their 
 midst. 
 
 I feel that we are sailing westward, the 
 center of reaping, or expression; and the 
 more we come in this direction the more we 
 feel that here is great preparations for 
 bearing, and the giving of reward. The 
 palace of the chrysanthemums is found in 
 many localities and it is resplendent only 
 at the time when the reaping is at hand. 
 
 It seems to me that our first visit will 
 be on one of the Isles of Britania, here I 
 
White Chrysanthemum and Aster 181 
 
 see in the beyond a little isle surrounded by 
 water and great mountains surround 
 these premises with a fringe-like dec- 
 oration lending majesty and grandeur to 
 the otherwise plain looking bit of terri- 
 tory. Now, I see that the Goddesses who 
 leads the whole cortege advances beyond 
 this place and I gather that they will visit 
 it on our return. We are not traveling 
 as fast as we were the first part of the 
 journey, but sailing more slow I find that 
 we are near the beautiful home of the 
 Chrysanthemum and Aster, and I see that 
 the procession is descending, indicating 
 that we are at our destination. 
 
 We have alighted near a beautiful grove 
 surrounded by trees and mountains, and 
 the peace and stillness make it appear to us 
 like a spot dedicated to the Angels, and as 
 I overlook the whole assembly I find that 
 many have been added to the company since 
 I saw them arrange the procession; some 
 have bugles, others have all kinds of musi- 
 cal instruments, different cornucopias 
 staffs, etc., etc., but greatest is the God- 
 
182 White Chrysanthemum and Aster 
 
 desses of Inspiration and Divine Love hav- 
 ing the veil of the celestial heavens around 
 their heads and their slender forms are en- 
 circled in the magnetism of devotion, which 
 by their motion while sailing have made one 
 graceful furl after the other giving power 
 and light to all. 
 
 We are directed to take our places upon 
 mountains which look like they were spe- 
 cially prepared for this visit, and as here 
 is a concert by the birds, who have their 
 homes in the trees surrounding this peace- 
 ful neighborhood, T hear the twitters of the 
 dear larks, and the melodies of mock- 
 ing birds, nightingales, and the dear chip- 
 pings of canaries, to and fro flies the 
 hummingbird like a little mischief 
 as though he wished to inspect the 
 great concourse which has settled down 
 here. One can see that the variety of colors, 
 the sparklings of diadems, golden staffs, 
 illuminated stars, and robes, etc., in every 
 color of the rainbow, is something new to 
 them as they are used to take their meals 
 in the palace alone. 
 
White Chrysanthemum and Aster 183 
 
 The midsummer with its excessive 
 warmth has past and the mild sunshine and 
 peacefulness of September surrounds this 
 spot and I see far and yet near a great sheet 
 of land shaped like a big heart, and 
 it rests on stone, the symbol of solidity and 
 lastingness, and this is the palace of the 
 chrysanthemum. On the great point of the 
 heartshape is the Temple, where the Em- 
 peror and Empress of the White Chrysan- 
 themum and Aster worship and here are 
 also apartments for their audiences given 
 to their relatives, the colored flowers of 
 their kind, and all the flowers in the floral 
 kingdom. 
 
 The palace is built in the style of one 
 great white Chrysanthemum whose foliage 
 falls gracefully over the tops of the build- 
 ings and the hangings are like beautiful 
 urns, surmounted from spires much higher 
 than the roofings. The inner part of this 
 structure is arranged in its own colors and 
 shape, and there are special daises of honor, 
 one which attracts my attention especially 
 is for the Master, who led the conference 
 
184 White Chrysanthemum and Aster 
 
 of souls, and the rest are arranged in ac- 
 cordance with the different ranks, and de- 
 gree of spirituality and wisdom. Oh, such 
 magnificence, such bewildering beauty, and 
 yet only white, in the other corners of this 
 heart are asters of different degrees accord- 
 ing to colors they bear, here are all kinds 
 of colors in the two corners of the heart, 
 purple, pink, blue, red, etc. 
 
 The white chrysanthemum is the high- 
 est symbolization of the virtues gained by 
 greater activity than that of the lower 
 flowers. 
 
 The Hosts enter the palace two by two, 
 male and female, in accordance with rank 
 and precedence, and they are seated on the 
 daises prepared for them. The assembly 
 is much larger than before, as all the souls 
 who have witnessed the wonderful vision in 
 the heavens many of whom have been 
 martyred for their faith are present, 
 and the hues of different flowers en- 
 velops them and it can be readily seen how 
 each attract its own. The flowers speak by 
 the different shades and the souls speak by 
 
White Chrysanthemum and Aster 185 
 
 the radiance in their faces, and as all are 
 seated the Master who presided at the con- 
 ference of souls is invited to open the meet- 
 ing here, where the chrysanthemum and 
 aster are the magnificence of beauty un- 
 personified. 
 
 He rises in the light and glory of his 
 own greatness and he addresses the great 
 assembly as follows: "Most gloriously 
 honored and dearly beloved : Wondrous is 
 the law of life, and most grand in its de- 
 crees, because it expresses in all things and 
 makes one thing demonstrate its power 
 stronger sometimes than the other, today 
 we assemble in this magnificent floral palace 
 where we shall behold the great royal 
 couple of the white chrysanthemum, 
 the symbol of the triumph by evolu- 
 tion over the lower until it reaches the high- 
 er expression of its true self. All the 
 flowers with which we have been so graci- 
 ously surrounded during our journey, who 
 have given us inspiration by their sweetness 
 and understanding by their different colors 
 and fragrance, are the servants of this won- 
 
186 White Chrysanthemum and Aster 
 
 derful flower, she has reached her highest 
 plane as a flower and is the symbol of soul- 
 growth and perfection in beauty. She sym- 
 bolizes the masterhood of power, beauty, 
 virtue and innocence, and her magnificent 
 foliage becomes dazzling to the eye 
 and inspiring to the senses and by 
 her beauty she speaks most elo- 
 quently to us of the great reward in the 
 unfoldment which is the result of constant 
 activity and reimbodiment, meaning the 
 casting off of the lower forms and the 
 adornment of finer. ' ' While the Master is 
 speaking Cupids directed by Divine love 
 brings a magnificent urn filled with the 
 power of Divine love to the center of the 
 spacious hall where the assembly have con- 
 vened, and it is placed in the Divine pres- 
 ence of the Goddesses of Inspiration, Wis- 
 dom and Devotion; while soft music 
 is heard and the Hosts commence to 
 sing in the most delicate pianissemo, dur- 
 ing which inspiration lifts the celestial veil 
 from her head and holding it in her hand 
 she waves it to and fro and as she does so 
 
White Chrysanthemum and Aster 187 
 
 the magnetism of every flower and soul 
 rises towards heaven and the gentle sun- 
 shine mingled with the silver of the moon, 
 and stars centralizes itself in the urn, and 
 seemingly the power becomes a fluid known 
 as "love's wine," and in the midst of this 
 wonderful offering are the Empress and 
 Emperor of the Chrysanthemums and As- 
 ters, arrayed in their purest white, moving 
 on their slender stems and known by their 
 rich and delicate foliages, their royal robes 
 are made of the tinted leaves of the autumn 
 mingled with their own green leaves which 
 makes their raiments dazzling to behold. 
 They are surrounded by all their relatives 
 among the chrysanthemum and aster fam- 
 ilies of all colors and hues, and as they en- 
 ter the great assemble hall every soul places 
 their hands together and bows in devotional 
 salute. The smaller asters act as pages and 
 the smaller chrysanthemums as an assem- 
 bly in waiting. Profound silence pervades 
 while their majesties are seated and that 
 silence continues. 
 His white-garbed majesty rises to ad- 
 
188 White Chrysanthemum and Aster 
 
 dress his guests, and in doing so his sub- 
 jects, the smaller flowers, are bowed at his 
 feet in service, while a murmur of wonder- 
 ment passes through the entire palace; as 
 the magnetism which emanates from each 
 flower in motion rises in mighty volumes of 
 varicolored life towards heaven. 
 
 As his majesty delivers his speech it 
 can plainly be seen that the male of these 
 flowers looks different from any other 
 flower in the whole great variety, here are 
 many white flowers, but none is as large, 
 strong looking (and yet delicate) nor have 
 any other such long stems (symbolic of 
 power) as his white majesty, and therefore 
 all eyes are centered on him and his queen. 
 Oh, what a grace and elasticity of move- 
 ment, his great long stem performs almost 
 a full circle and yet his crown of foliage 
 holds its entire strength and dignity. 
 
 Bowing first to the different goddesses 
 he himself and the Empress turn their faces 
 to the King and Queen of the Tulips and 
 Easter Lily, and next to the whole 
 assembly, his welcome speech is as 
 
White Chrysanthemum and Aster 189 
 
 follows : ' ' Beloved souls, oh, thou my mas- 
 ters, and all ye flowers my faithful sub- 
 jects, I have invited thee to my palace in 
 order to let thee see that I demonstrate the 
 result of the power of evolution. My palace 
 is as I and I am as my palace (turning to 
 the King and Queen of the Tulips and 
 Lilies). 
 
 Thou, oh, majesties my most beloved, 
 thou symbols of divine love and devotion, 
 it is by thy power that I liveth and it is 
 of its inspiration that I am representing the 
 greatest flower in the kingdom both in size 
 strength and beauty. My season is the Au- 
 tumn, as that is the season of reaping, and 
 it is so with the soul, because it is by activ- 
 ity and changes through many periods that 
 it is able to demonstrate its power and con- 
 sciousness at one final season. 
 
 When the weaker flowers lay down to 
 sleep in earth to their next season than I 
 am able by thy power, oh, King of the Tu- 
 lips, to rise in my beauty, I can endure 
 storms, as well as receive sunshine and dew, 
 and by this power in the soil which thy life 
 
190 White Chrysanthemum and Aster 
 
 giveth to all things, on the field, 
 and on the mountains, in the waters 
 as well as in the heavens, and the 
 soul of man is likewise risen hy that 
 power. As man has come through the mid- 
 night hour of sorrows, and reached the 
 dawn of the new dispensation of joy so 
 have I by the same power passed through 
 all the different stages of transplantation 
 and its hardships until I have become what 
 thou see me be at this time. By my beauty 
 and strength I demonstrate the power of 
 Divine Love and Devotion, such as thou 
 heard in the singing at the dawn of the 
 new dispensation, proclaiming the strug- 
 gle of night at an end and peace in its 
 stead. 
 
 By this same power my subjects, the 
 smaller flowers, shall move onward from 
 one plane of action to the other, and they 
 shall become larger and more beautiful for 
 each step of advancement. 
 
 Beloved King, my cousin, thou directed 
 that this power of Divine love which is 
 thy life might be sent to the east and 
 
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White Chrysanthemum and Aster 191 
 
 west, south and north, to all flowers 
 and things, and thy beloved Queen, her 
 gracious majesty of the Tulips, held life's 
 wine in her golden goblet and scattered it 
 all over the earth and the entire Universe, 
 and thus it has come to us, and by it we 
 will reach our destiny. It became part of 
 the fishes, fowls, seed and of the waterdrop, 
 and it is the cause of the wondrous effect 
 which we see among us, and be thou most 
 honored and welcome among us, and be our 
 joy thy joy, and live thou in our palace and 
 presence as our masters; who we wish to 
 give honor, glory and our humble greet- 
 ings throughout all eternity.' ' 
 
 Bowing to the Goddesses and the royal 
 couples of the Tulips, and Temple Lilies, 
 he seats himself upon the throne of the 
 White Aster, while the pages of smaller 
 white Asters and Chrysanthemums are 
 fanning his face with his own leaves, and 
 the female chrysanthemum, his Empress, 
 arises in the magnificence of her beauty, 
 bowing very deeply (because from instinct 
 she knows that meekness is greatness) to 
 
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 every one in the whole assembly, oh, but 
 she becomes a revelation of beauty as she 
 stands in the sunlight of the autumn, 
 more delicate both in warmth and light, 
 than that of the mid-summer, it reflects 
 more gentle and tender beauty than it would 
 have done in that season. Her robes 
 are an intermingling of the green leaves 
 of her own and the golden, and wine 
 colored leaves of the autumn, and 
 here and there is placed white plumes 
 of the great aster, and her crown 
 consists of three wonderful chrysan- 
 themums, one is of the most delicate hue of 
 light lavender while the other two are snow 
 white, there is a garland around her should- 
 ders of smaller white asters and the leaves 
 of the autumn colors are layed at the hem 
 of her robes of state in the form of tri- 
 angles, her words is like her form, round, 
 full, generous and beautiful beyond descrip- 
 tion, as she moves so does all the smaller 
 flowers, and the gentle breezes of the wind 
 plays through the palace, and each flower 
 which I have seen during my travel is 
 
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 present and they are moved by the wind, 
 and in their motions they send their finest 
 colors and fragrance towards heaven as 
 love's offering for the power they receive. 
 The Empress of the asters speaks as fol- 
 lows while bowing upon her stem at the 
 command of the gentle breeze: "Most 
 exalted monarch, my beloved husband 
 and father of Chrysanthemums, I give 
 unto thee and our exalted visitors my 
 humblest greeting, I give my devotion to 
 all the Goddesses, Kings and Queens, my 
 cousins, most beloved, and I bow in thank- 
 fulness for the power and devotion be- 
 stowed upon us as flowers. I recognize that 
 we could not show our beauty, strength and 
 endurance in this autumn season if it was 
 not for the generosity of Divine love and 
 Devotion, we could not rise in our per- 
 sonification in the time of reaping without 
 thy life being imparted in us, and we could 
 not give the strength to our smaller rela- 
 tions of the families of the autumn 
 flower. If we did not have the life 
 within us, we could not become the 
 
194 White Chrysanthemum and Aster 
 
 symbol of magnificence, power and deli- 
 cacy if it was not given to us by thee, oh, 
 most Divine life. We greet thee, rejoicing 
 because we know that all smaller flowers 
 and things shall reach their higher homes 
 by thy generosity and all of us shall in com- 
 mon sing the song of full freedom and glory 
 because we shall recognize our part in the 
 Universal life in due time. I ask of thee 
 to look in my face and thou shall see the 
 expression of God in my delicate foliages, 
 notice the generosity of my form and thou 
 shall see that God and I are one. 
 
 Thou, oh, most glorious Host of all souls 
 who have assembled in our palace, we are 
 part of one the other and that is the reason 
 why thou hast come here in triumph, I am 
 the symbol of the gentler expression of the 
 higher in the lower and thou art 
 the expression of the power of wisdom 
 gained by the same activity which is ex- 
 pressed by this season. All of thee have 
 come as a Host because I am the demon- 
 stration of the reward. Thou could not 
 visit this temple until thou had first 
 
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 visited the Temple of the Tulip and Lily, 
 the symbolization of the Divine cause, 
 after thou have seen and followed the 
 smaller flowers thou came in the right 
 time to visit us as the finish of 
 the struggle. The dawn of higher expres- 
 sion, is symbolized by the autumn (the sea- 
 son of reaping) . My humble devotion I lay 
 upon thy altar be thou blessed forever and 
 ever." As she finishes she rocks on her 
 long strong stem like her husband, the 
 Emperor, and every other flower follow 
 until the whole palace becomes one unity 
 of action and the magnetism emanates from 
 each motion of souls and flowers. The birds 
 fly to and fro and the different colors 
 of their feathers is in mingling like their 
 songs as each sing and twitter as he moves 
 upward. Harps and other instruments 
 comes from the air woven from the violets, 
 forget-me-nots, pansies and a great num- 
 ber of other magnetisms, and the motions 
 causes their golden strings to send forth 
 the melodies of joy and gladness as all 
 things are now on its upward journey to 
 
196 White Chrysanthemum and Aster 
 
 realization, of its grandeur and power, and 
 as I watch the motion of the winds and 
 flowers I see many souls of them whom 
 gathered to see the great monument in the 
 air, and they are like dazed hy the bril- 
 liancy of the whole spectacle which in itself 
 has a lesson to give mankind who shall read 
 what is taken down on these pages. 
 
 As by flashlight the whole scene is moved 
 to other localities and we are traveling in 
 the air and I see now the shape of the 
 heart on the little island among the Brit- 
 anias, and there are a wonderful mingling 
 of the smaller asters and chrysanthemums 
 and I see many of the colors which I have 
 seen in the grand palace and I also see mul- 
 titudes of souls surrounding the stone heart 
 filled with the subjects of this grand couple, 
 and their majesties themselves often make 
 visits to this colony of their own, there is a 
 soul in the body of a woman who is sent 
 there to live among them and she does not 
 understand that she is guided by the higher 
 souls to learn to communicate with the con- 
 scious life through her lovely asters. This 
 
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 little spot on the little island is chosen for 
 communication between souls and the 
 flowers and that is the reason why my sis- 
 ter has been honored by being asked to re- 
 main among them until it is time for her 
 to take up another mission. "Oh, thou 
 my sweet sister among the victorias, be thou 
 in rejoicing that thou art worthy to live 
 and move among such exalted messengers 
 of " flora' ' and know that souls visit thy 
 abode and the heart of stone carved out by 
 the inspiration of genius, directed by the 
 finer life in the flowers. Live thou in the 
 sphere of Divine expression and let it lift 
 thee into the same beauty and glory of 
 demonstration as it has lifted the white 
 aster, and thou shall give mankind the same 
 lesson of God, in nature as they do. ' ' These 
 words are spoken by the Goddess of In- 
 spiration while she becomes lifted like the 
 rest into the sky, and while she speaks she 
 holds her celestial veil out to space and by 
 the wind it makes one beautiful whirldance 
 after the other while silvery emanations of 
 the combined colored life is sent like the 
 
198 White Chrysanthemum and Aster 
 
 offerings of love and Devotion to God. 
 
 Amid the songs and music of the birds 
 in unity with all things the Hosts bow their 
 farewell to the royal couple and all sail 
 away, each to its own plane of development 
 to become more and more radiant by the 
 light of wisdom gained by experience and 
 I find myself sailing also while I am filled 
 by the wonder at what I have seen as the 
 finish of this wonderful journey is near. 
 In triumph this visit began and in triumph 
 it has ended, and it has been too dazzling 
 to be described in words Oh thou wonder- 
 ful life would that man knew thee. 
 
 The emanations of all life join the souls 
 who in different Hosts in accordance with 
 their degree of unf oldment are sailing back 
 to another mountain where they will linger, 
 while others join them and then in full 
 blending with the symbolic colorings of 
 every virtue expressed in life they form 
 into one magnificent Tulip, which closes 
 in the center to one large bud, cover- 
 ing the largest part of the heaven, and 
 quickly the Goddesses of the Morning, 
 
White Chrysanthemum and Aster 199 
 
 Noon, Evening and Night form them- 
 selves like an Easter Lily, who with the 
 Calla lily, pansy and forget-me-not be- 
 comes like a cluster which symbolizes as 
 follows : Tulip in the center, the symbol of 
 Divine love, Calla lily to the left generos- 
 ity, Easter lily, devotion, at her right the 
 pansy, thoughtfulness, beneath on both 
 sides forget-me-not, memory, and all this 
 becomes a monument of power dedicated to 
 the virtues which they symbolize and the 
 honor of the souls who have taught me this 
 wonderful lesson while my soul has been 
 traveling in their magnetism and life for 
 ten days. This symbolic cluster shall adorn 
 the cover of the book into which this report 
 shall be printed. 
 
 Oh, thou Divine Goddess of Purity, who 
 has escorted me to all the places, and things 
 with which I have been in contact during 
 the journey, what can I say, unto thee and 
 how can I express my gratitude for the les- 
 sons which have been taught me, as I ask 
 this question I find myself alone on the 
 same mountain from whence I witnessed 
 
200 White Chrysanthemum and Aster 
 
 the great sign in the heavens, I see the 
 Angel who has followed me hover over my 
 head and as I notice her she lets the above 
 described cluster fall into my lap, saying: 
 "As these flowers has taught thee, so may 
 thou teach the same lessons to thy fellow 
 man, live and remember it, and more light 
 and peace shall be unto thee, fare thee 
 well. ,, 
 
 As she disappears the winds carry to me 
 three magnificent white chrysanthemums, 
 the symbols of the souls reaping in triumph, 
 and while the pansy tells me to think over 
 all carefully, and the forget-me-not to re- 
 member. The chrysanthemum says : i l Sow 
 in unselfish love and devotion among the 
 weaker, and the soul shall reap in triumph 
 and glory the reward of all labors. ' ' Thus I 
 learn that by motion and constant action 
 we shall reach the highest glory destined 
 for man. 
 
difference between the 
 Soul and Mind 
 
 Dear Eeader:— 
 
 My ten days' soul journey is at an end 
 and in returning to my bodily confinement 
 I feel none the worse for my experience. 
 
 My foot is well but very stiff ; in my head 
 I feel as though it did not belong to my 
 body, and the feeling in the skin of my face 
 is very limited from the absence of mental 
 action, but aside from that I feel much 
 stronger than before I left, although I have 
 not eaten but what is stated in the introduc- 
 
202 Difference Between the Soul and Mind 
 
 tion very small quantity each day just 
 enough to keep the body warm. 
 
 I am free to confess that if it was not 
 that I know my mission is not finished I 
 would not be willing to take up the body 
 again because the peace and freedom from 
 care is in such contrast to the life in the 
 body that no one can realize it except those 
 who have experienced it. 
 
 I have seen what are the rewards for 
 faithfulness and the wonderful gifts which 
 are developed while we are in the body, 
 and that makes one willing to endure any- 
 thing which belongs to one's mission, as 
 souls are lifted out from their darkness by 
 our help and therefore it is well worth 
 while to struggle for the advancement of 
 self and others. 
 
 We will endeavor to explain the differ- 
 ence between the soul and the lower mind. 
 By the word soul we mean the individual- 
 ized higher mind and consciousness and the 
 lower mind is more like the instinct of the 
 animals who think very limitedly on any- 
 thing but that which concerns the body, such 
 
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 as eating, drinking and sleeping, and man 
 takes but little wider scope when he thinks 
 of wealth and luxury, etc. The field for the 
 action of the lower mind in man, is on the 
 lower plane only, because it can not go 
 beyond as it has not developed the power to 
 extend its interest any farther as the 
 higher activity is beyond its capacity. We 
 often find people act mechanically with 
 their minds upon other subjects than those 
 with which they deal, and we often 
 speak to those around us, and perform la- 
 bor without remembering until we are told, 
 and in this condition intensified I have been 
 while away from my body, my soul has been 
 on other planes while the fingers have taken 
 down what the soul has given it. 
 
 We see that there is a certain degree of 
 mentality in the animals as they eat, and 
 clean themselves, without thinking, and it 
 is the same with man. It is this we call the 
 lower mind and it becomes more personi- 
 fied by training and will demonstrate high- 
 er power of thought accordingly. As the 
 soul reaches higher it does not concern 
 
204 Difference Between the Soul and Mind 
 
 itself with the things belonging to the body 
 but carries to it greater power all the time 
 which makes it more and more like the soul, 
 and thus it will be able to live in the arms 
 of death. The world calls the lower mind 
 the consciousness and measures the power 
 of the soul by its expression, and this is the 
 reason why we are not willing to accept 
 anything which we cannot see, hear nor 
 smell, because these lower senses cannot 
 realize anything beyond them. 
 
 During the entire journey I have been ac- 
 tive both in the soul and body at the same 
 time even though they were far apart, but 
 as said above I have been entirely conscious 
 on the higher planes while very limitedly 
 so in the lower. 
 
 Here is the secret of our growth and 
 knowledge of higher things, and it shows 
 us that we cannot know spirit except 
 through the spirit, nor can we know God 
 and confine our mind to the lower things 
 alone, because all life is known from its 
 different expressions. 
 
 Many things in this report will seem 
 
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 strange to my readers and many will refuse 
 to accept them as reality and it will be 
 natural that they view it from their 
 standpoint of understanding, as it 
 cannot be understood by any other than 
 those who have studied the power of the 
 soul. But I wish to state that it is a soul's 
 experience which has been reported to the 
 body and therefore it must not be judged 
 by the lower senses. It is clear to our minds 
 how hard it must be to find proper language 
 by which to make such unusual reading un- 
 derstood by people of everyday experience 
 alone, it is very difficult and almost im- 
 possible, to find anybody who is in harmony 
 with the unseen power sufficiently to in- 
 terpret the details of the soul's life on 
 higher planes into everyday language with- 
 out detracting from its original value. 
 
 There is great power and life underneath 
 the vocabulary in this report, and therefore 
 people who are on the plane where they can 
 absorb it will be fed and enlightened spir- 
 itually by it, but those who are not will 
 have difficulty in accepting it as truth, and 
 
206 Difference Between the Soul and Mind 
 
 to those I will say, that the time will come 
 when you will have such experiences as are 
 reported on these pages, leave what you 
 cannot understand today, as there is a 
 i ' sweet bye and bye for you when you shall 
 know as you are known.' ' 
 
 Every thought and word carry with them 
 the magnetism from the plane where they 
 belong and therefore it can be readily seen 
 what an amount of power there will be in 
 this book by the descriptions given. 
 
 As soon as we understand the possibili- 
 ties of all souls we will know that we are 
 active on more than one plane at the time 
 and a report of the above nature will then 
 be appreciated because it will be clear to 
 our minds that we are not confined to the 
 body on this plane but the soul leaves it 
 and gains knowledge on other planes, using 
 the body for expression only. 
 
 The plainer the higher powers can be 
 demonstrated the greater they become to us 
 both in words and deeds, but in order for 
 the lower man to understand the life of the 
 higher he must rise to the plane of the 
 
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 higher activity, and therefore it is hard to 
 find words by which to carry the message 
 from the higher to the lower that it may 
 be comprehended and lived, and the plainer 
 great truths can be given to the masses 
 the more powerful they become, it is indeed 
 very difficult to make slumbering souls un- 
 derstand the life of those who have not 
 only past the period of the awakening but 
 risen to the planes with the Masters. 
 
 This little book will be very condensed in 
 preparation, and every word will be preg- 
 nant with the higher life and I am com- 
 manded to ask my readers to read it two or 
 three times as the more often you read it 
 the more there will be in it and more power 
 will be found the last time it is read than 
 the first. 
 
 The reason why this is so can readily be 
 seen as soul has written to souls and it is 
 not the result of long and hard thinking but 
 of an obedient surrender on the part of the 
 writer to the higher expression of the soul. 
 
 While remaining in the rear as a physical 
 personality I submit these lines to those 
 
208 Difference Between the Soul and Mind 
 
 whom they can help and thus acting in 
 obedience to the masterhood, who under- 
 stands the trials which souls have to en- 
 dure, because they have gone through the 
 same and that is the reason why they know 
 so well what we need for our unf oldment. 
 
 I have been consciously living this glori- 
 ous life in the subconsciousness. I have 
 been part of all the different transactions 
 which have taken place among the great as- 
 semblies, and it is experience with me and 
 not a story, I have witnessed everything 
 and much more than is reported in this book 
 and when we are ready for more we will 
 find it, and while my soul has lived this life 
 in the higher the body has moved about in 
 the lower as above stated, hypnotized or 
 controlled by no one during that time. 
 
 By the foregoing we have seen that we 
 are prompted in our actions by two degrees 
 of consciousness, the higher and the lower, 
 and I hope that this explanation is made 
 clear enough for all to understand the dif- 
 ference between them, and only those who 
 have studied Life and being, have the ex- 
 
Difference Between the Soul and Mind 209 
 
 perience which is the best teacher in all 
 things on all planes. 
 
 We cannot receive the knowledge which 
 we need in this study from books alone but 
 we must have personal experience without 
 which all information is too limited to rely 
 upon, and we do not know who we are until 
 we learn from our own selves, and as soon 
 as we can see that we are founts of power 
 we shall look from within and there will be 
 more to know than we ever knew before. 
 
 We have been taught to look to others 
 for the kingdom of God, and that is the 
 reason why we never found it, but as soon 
 as we look within we will see it in all its 
 power and grandeur. 
 
 Nothing is impossible for him who has 
 found this to be so, because he expects to 
 see more and the more he expects from his 
 own soul the more he will find. 
 
 Freedom is the key to all mysteries and it 
 is indeed to the capacity of man, be- 
 cause he is eternal and such is his power, he 
 is as pure as God and such is his dual being 
 that gives of his power to all things be- 
 
210 Difference Between the Soul and Mind 
 
 neath him and the more he gives the more 
 he receives. 
 
 This is a truth which I never knew until 
 I found that the soul had no confinement as 
 a soul, but that it can take flight and live 
 on different planes while it holds the body 
 and keeps in communion with it, but as I 
 have said before it must be experienced to 
 be understood. 
 
 As spoken of above, it has been by vibra- 
 tions that my soul has been in communica- 
 tion with its body during this journey and 
 not by the help of any other soul, with the 
 outer world I have had no communication 
 as I have not known anything about it while 
 my journey has lasted; my fingers moved 
 upon the machine by the same vibrations as 
 those which sent the messages, and I have 
 lived among Angels and wonderful beings, 
 free from all inconvenience and sorrow 
 which we have here on earth, and I feel like 
 a child who has never known of any sor- 
 row. I remember myself conscious on both 
 planes and I also remember how I spoke to 
 my body which was far away from me and 
 
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 my message to it was carried along an il- 
 luminated fine wires, and I saw the body 
 respond the moment my vibrations reached 
 it. 
 
 From the above it can be seen that none 
 but my soul ruled the body for the time be- 
 ing and that the duality have been sepa- 
 rated during my absence and yet the form 
 has served itself. 
 
 It was by concentration that I left the 
 body as seen in the introduction and the re- 
 quests I made before leaving were granted 
 after it was left to itself, this will demon- 
 strate that we make our own lives as what 
 we say, that will be either directly or indi- 
 rectly, and it also shows that mind sets mat- 
 ter in motion to promote its own activity 
 and as the thought is, such will the matter 
 be which it moves. 
 
 I concentrated my mind to be among the 
 flowers and I have been among them most 
 of the time during the entire journey, and 
 such beautiful flowers cannot be found 
 around the body, and yet they have looked 
 to me like the flowers which we have among 
 
212 Difference Between the Soul and Mind 
 
 us on this plane but far more delicate. 
 
 The faces of the souls among whom I 
 have lived have appeared to me much like 
 our people here but finer, younger and more 
 innocent. 
 
 The robes are the only things which have 
 been totally unlike anything I have seen 
 upon this plane, as they appeared to be 
 more like gauzy reflections of different col- 
 ors from flowers, than anything I have 
 seen. 
 
 We have been on the mountains all the 
 time during my absence from the body and 
 I am unable to say where they are located, 
 sometimes it has looked to me as though 
 they were located on earth and sometimes 
 not, because everywhere there has been such 
 stillness and peace that it has been heaven 
 to me everywhere. 
 
 None of the music or singing I have 
 heard has been earthy but it has been be- 
 yond anything which can ever be produced 
 on earth. 
 
 The higher and lower heavens have given 
 their echoes to every sound and it has 
 
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 seemed to me as though every melody has 
 come from the innermost of heaven. 
 
 Every place we have visited has heen dif- 
 ferent and its heauty in accordance with its 
 fineness and degree of development. 
 
 Every different move has been for the 
 purpose of learning a new lesson, and I 
 have not been alone among those who live 
 in the form on earth but with a great num- 
 ber of souls who have left their forms for 
 the time being like myself. 
 
 I have learned during this journey that 
 it is a great number of souls who thus fill 
 their missions by living alternately in and 
 out of the different forms. 
 
 And this is what the masters are anxious 
 to teach the earth people, as it will be more 
 easy to know the finer planes, and their 
 progress will be greater and go faster than 
 otherwise. 
 
 Among all higher souls, services are con- 
 sidered the highest honor which can be 
 given and they are eager to serve as is 
 demonstrated in the case of the young 
 musician, when all bowed in reverence when 
 
214 Difference Between the Soul and Mind 
 
 the Goddess of Music handed him the gold- 
 en harp and let her veil fall at his feet. 
 
 Thus I have tried to explain the differ- 
 ence between the higher and lower self, also 
 the conditions under which I went out of 
 my form as well as the conditions under 
 which this book has been written, and I 
 hope that there will be no misunderstanding 
 resulting from the limited capability of lan- 
 guage on the part of the writer to deal with 
 a subject so vast as this is. 
 
 I have been taken into this condition for 
 the purpose of helping others and I have 
 served willingly but I am thankful for the 
 privilege of serving those who need me, and 
 in conclusion, I pray that this message 
 which comes to the lonely from their higher 
 homes might bring good tidings as it can 
 only do so when it is accepted. 
 
 I am thankful for this experience, and I 
 rejoice for the freedom as I have learned 
 that none need be confined to the earthplane 
 but that every soul will live in higher and 
 finer homes beyond the physical and there- 
 fore, sweet reader, I bring thee tidings of 
 
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 great joy as in time to come thou shalt 
 know God better than thou does in mor- 
 tality and also know thyself better, and 
 thus live in perpetual happiness and glory. 
 
 I thank God that I am made free, so that 
 the beliefs or disbeliefs or any kind of 
 opinion of the world cannot affect me, I 
 am thankful that my soul has tasted the 
 sweetness of the unseen realities of a beau- 
 tiful life, so that darkness and sorrows can 
 not weaken my onwardness to higher un- 
 derstanding, I am thankful that I have been 
 worthy to be chosen to serve the downtrod- 
 den and forsaken. 
 
 With my soul thus filled with joy I cheer- 
 fully deliver this message from the Masters 
 to the whole world from its higher homes 
 where there are not rich nor poor, high nor 
 low, good nor evil, yours nor mine, but one 
 soul, one brotherhood, one joy and freedom 
 with one and the same entry in the final, 
 into spheres of Purity and Innocence whose 
 temples are illuminated by the Sun of right- 
 eousness where all are arrayed in garments 
 woven from the vibrative Mendings of truth 
 
216 Difference Between the Soul and Mind 
 
 and spiriutality, not as gifts but earned by 
 sorrows leading to a life in perpetual ec- 
 stacy, where for all time we will have the 
 experience of " peace and good will to all 
 men" with its Gloria, Gloria in Excel sus." 
 
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