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    OPEN THE DOOR! WILFRED BRANDON TRANSCRIBED BY EDITH ELLIS oe * G & R ANTHONY, INC. “A Merit Publication” CONTENTS + Note by Edith Elis Foreword Note by the Author 1+ What We Are = The Way of Life m+ The Way of Death 1 + The Etheric Plane v + Getting Adjusted wi + Mediumship The Women and Children ‘Men and Women + The Least of These x + Time and Space xa + Waiting to Incarnate xm + The Last Morning xatt + Those Who Fall in Batile sav « This Was the Land of Promise xv « What Will Be the Future? + What Nest? + The Way Out «+ The Most Praise xix « Must We Gome Back? xx + Where Shall 1 Go? conrenrs + What Is the Law? Where Are the Saints? Where Are We? + Many Chosen + More of Life + When Will I Come Again? Most Men Are Liars More of the Law + When You Come + With Charity Jor AUL 187 162 166 170 174 wm 181 185 199 193 NOTE BY EDITH ELLIS + Ur to fifteen years ago T was qui of “peychic powers” and looked uy lacking in any sign were all more or less puppets, subject to laws beyond ‘our control, so there seemed nothing to do about it, and why bother? 1919 I suddenly began to hear clai ,. This was an jing and it ice the writing the same nly occasional yy voice gis 1g me good counsel in my affairs. ful for this guardianship though I now took xr of course and ceased to wonder. Of neces- my professional work and my domestic alfaire. In 1930 I contracted to go to Hollywood. There I began to “hear” more frequet ever. I was requested to pr ly and more clearly than A group of three “Masters” were the communicators, who died when I was a ing through to ‘world information in the work of World Peace and the Spiritual Reconstruction of our people. T could not disregard an appeal in such a cause, but I asked, and received, proofs of their identity and sincer- ity before I consented. They also tested my go. It was Wilfred Brandon, one of the three, who was the author of the work to be given to the world. With practice, my power 168 my own mind would 1e pencil. When that happened, my hand would move up and scrat supplied and the author’s thought would be inserted. His patience was endless. 1933 th to devote myself entirely to his work, Even messages and instruct faith, scribe for him grew stead Som terfere and st direct out I was able to take the time ith all the hhad been given me I was unprepared for the revelations that came as chapter followed chapter. What was undertaken on my part doubt, fear, and trembling came to be a labour of joy, Nore for I am sure if anything in my life has been the least to others, itis that my hand was chosen to transcribe this book. contribution or sert Eprrm Exus New York, N.Y. October 1534 FOREWORD BY WILFRED BRANDON + ‘Tas is an attempt to show mortals the science of and ite manifestations on the Etheric plane. The most we in some degree, the mystery known as “death,” which is but a rel uated form of mat into a more atten- id, F to say what I wish to say in the terms not make an effort to be erudite or profo but shall endeav of everyday speech. This work is the task set for me by erhood, a those who are in command of the White Brat! realm who are we still on the Earth pl When our plane and he Great War sent millions of young souls into ith despair, we realized that our peace here was at an end. he mortal realm those Now that there is every sign that another and more devastating war is in prospect, not only will this destroy ation on Earth, will also turn the Etherie plane, where the victims must dwell, into the vilest of hells FOREWORD We of the White Brotherhood are making the best of they must use every effort to prevent calamity. My own work is earried on through the devotion the White Brotherhood. and has already permitted her powers to be employed in of my drama More of is well known as a dramatist which is the process of a soul’s progress from 1¢ now is the medium by which I hope to express, in some manner, the facts of life that every Jhuman being must face sooner or later. choose and live according t ‘of right and wrong, we see that the which we shall attempt in some small the cause of world peace and give to the individual the FOREWORD courage to fight for it. Many are already devoting them- |, but even they do not know the awful consequences if they should fail and humanity retard its evolution by @ great and terrible reign of slaughter. We can only give the warning. If those responsible for the peace of nations are unaware of the personal conse- ‘quences of their acts in aiding or submitting to a breach of the peace, then they must be made acquainted with the be fully dire fate that awaits them here when they w conscious of the enormity of their failure. ‘over when the White Cross is st up to mark the grave of the young body whose soul has been thrust out in a state of consciousness that makes hi plane. That fact alor would make war an imposs years on No parent would doom his or her son to such a fate. The pain, dirt, and misery of his le in comparison to what follows. If only death ended the suffering. The tragedy is u only the beginning of it. The its strongest impression. One can war would seem believe that war effaces almost every other impression on the conscious: ness. Hate, fear, pictures of dead and wounded, memories of the unspeakably horrible sights and sounds, the despair and profound sense of the eruelty of men are what they bring with them. This is the stuff that creates their life here; for here our thoughts make our lives. The power of the mind impresses itself on the ether, and an appearance FOREWORD is created, It is as real as your own world. The frightful doom of the fal sn soldier can be imagined. ‘We hope that if only for the sake of these young souls who are already being reared for the purpose of using. ns of death, the facte set forth in this book may be used to defend them from the fate of the ‘many millions of souls who are now being slowly taught, here to forget. Our plane was shattered also by their com- ing, for our work isto teach souls as they come how to use their powers. The natural death makes that, as a rule, a not too difficult task, but the host of us who labour to help the victims of the Great War has made life here a veritable hospital for the insane and crippled. With only ‘our minds to use them as bat ssiving them comfort and hea 1 the best we can do is to give them the blessed sleep which dulls the memory somewhat. Those to whom we could give this boon are still unconscious. Few are able to remain, asleep for more than a few years, and many are too fran- tically possessed of fear when they die to relax so that sleep is possible. It is with no desire to harrow the feelings that these truths are told, but to educate mortals to a new sense of jeir responsibility. In former wars the fatalities were in comparison. Those on this plane could deal with the situation, pitiful and tr je as it has always been. invoked to make the next war one of extermination of whole populations. Even tims, Consideration for a world Now, however, science is bein children are to be FOREWORD tical geniuses who can even contem- plate, much less formulate, such devilish schemes for annihilating their fellow beings can have no place in ‘our thoughts We sh to explain what happens to human beings when death ply, and with as few words as may be, try comes, and what life is like when the body is no longer of flesh, but an attenu “Etherie bod Life ean be, and should be, a glorious evolution, The past twenty years are a Dark Age which, if continued, will gradually set the soul of man back for centuries. We of ion of matter which we call an the White Brotherhood are each trying to give a warning | Our means of doing so depend upon the sensitive souls still in their mortal bodies. We find few of these who h munication, and of those not many are e the glandular development essential for com- ing to study, acknowledge that they are not work with us, or publi the ordinary run of people. The small number who investigate and even begin to work with us are usually ng or use their gifts for exper definite res persecuted into rema Brow weary of the task, rents that lead to no very We that are pledged to help mortals to save themselves from annihi tion are only too glad to be of service, but we are frequently forced to abandon our work for the lack of power to communicate. We hope that those men and women who can hear or see or write automa ly will = at — FOREWORD study, call upon us in their thoughts, and prepare to do part in the co-operation of the two planes of being that are really only two sides of the same thing —Human Experience, know, therefore, what the soldier's fs the nineteenth and twentieth centur ‘no mind had con- ceived such horrors, degradations, and suffering as was then imposed on men at war. I was an American in my en Edward Thomas. I was the son of a farmer who small town of Morley, ‘Massachusetts. I was killed by the British in 1781 at age of nineteen. Like keen to get back 10 a body of flesh. I was ready and eager to incarnate when I had the great good old friend of my fathe world long enough to learn the ropes. He was kind ith 10 study, and to remain mne to be taken over by an rman who had been in the spirit jeach me a few of the things he had learned, decided to wi in my present body wi gent being, worthy to take on greater responsi if, and thus endeavour to make better T could become a more my next mort progress in my evol ‘As one goes on with the ings of restive thinking, teresting, and, by contrast with mortal life, freer. For a a FOREWORD hundred and fifty-two years I have studied and worked, ‘and for fifty-eight years taught Etheric or Spiritual Sei- ‘ence and Metaphysics, finally in 1920 taking my degree ‘a4 Master in the White Brotherhood. Our work might be ‘compared to that in one of your great universities. We hhave the most distinguished Am from time jeans here, who bring. , as they come, the latest information of all branches of learning. We are able to keep adding to our sum of knowledge and we use it as a basis for ad- vancement to realms of thought which in turn we give to ‘when they are able to recei land, and once more I weary to incarnate again er adventurous spirits, I wished to ife of free democracy. The New World was for me only 1 soldier's grave. No use of my heart or mind was made on Ear made of myself ‘as a thinker was accomplished here. I hope to incarnate ‘once more, but only when an Age of Reason arrives. How hat Souls here, and those of a sort 1 fine world, hesitate to plunge far dista ‘material and worldly success its only criterion. Here we dare what we think. You can see what the future holds for those whose inds cannot rise beyond the animal tincts or the passion for New Dispensation of Brotherly Love, Fair Pl FOREWORD ‘World Peace can be ushered in if all come to know what the conditions are when they experience mortal death, to live with only their consciousness to give them their per- sonality, Anything that helps to bring that home to them is valuable service. In the hope that this book will make its readers con- scious of the duty which 1 must share in sp this way, we dedicate to mortals what we know ing the truth of whatever we ean expla ourselves to the task of gi of the science of life after death. Wrurnen Braxoon NOTE BY THE AUTHOR + OPEN THE DOOR was first published in 1995. Since then we have been plunged into another World War. In this book we sent through the warning of the con- flict and asked that all strive for World Peace and avert that catastrophy which even included the release of Atomic Energy used as a military weapon. A Third World War is now anticipated. Should it t be won not only by the force of our eventuate arms but by the safeguarding of the mentalities of ‘our fighting forces and all our enemy attacks either by release of Disease Germs or Atom, Such is the considered brutalization of the Science of War today. It all sums up to the basic fact that, along with the usual catastrophies incident to casualties in the fight- 1g forces, the whole population must face the possi bility of the ultimate of mortality and its aftermath— the life of the Soul after the body's death, ‘Those whose religious training has given them a firm faith in their immortality are assured that they cannot die. Many of our people however, both the young itizens: this in case the NOTE ‘and the old, are without this fait Here we explain what immortality real Natural Law operates Here and Hereafter. Modem science has made clear the facts of life as it is lived in the Etheric as in the Mortal body. All should wel- come these facts since they will free them of many doubts and fears. We in the Etheric realm, as well as you, have the the US.A. to defend for now it is traly 's best hope. From this plane of life we offer you the defense that comes of knowing how to protect ‘your minds; that part of you that lives on against every assault in their survival. is and how the wor Wunrmen Baanon November, 1949 OPEN THE DOOR! CHAPTERT WHAT WE ARE + ‘Twene are three degrees of matter known to us on this Biheric plane as a vehicle for man’s mind. The first is dense matter, flesh, blood, and bone. This is of such the Etheric body, or second degree, can 1d guide its manifest: the Spir more attenuated, which inhabits the Etherie ly flesh. ‘or higher self, which is the seat of the mind and the memory. No one ean say what the mind is. Here, as well 23 on turn functions under the dominion of the Spiri eae OPEN THE DOOR! ‘We move and ‘elf resides in the in a world of sense, but the higher it, enfolded by its Etherie shell Al three degrees of man’s individuality are connected by a cord that binds his threefold body into a unit. This is not new. ‘The ancients taught this, and the dif: ferent religious orders have brought down the knowledge nature of man is true, for here in the Etheric realm it is proved. We who are not yet in the Spiritual body cannot do who often see or hear us here on the Etheric plane. ‘When we speak of the “realm” or “plane,” we mean the particular material degree of the individ you are, to lean what the conditions are on the other planets and whether they are inhabited by beings like ourselves, 1 plane, who have progressed far they know there are planes of thought beyond them. They believe that the soul, as it rises in its conceptions, ia able agree and kind of existence in erestion. The Oriental seers claim to have reached this point of evolution, We here experience every de- WHAT WE OARE cannot claim any knowledge or proof of anything be- yond the three degrees of material existence. What lies beyond may be a continued unfoldment, euch aa we have ‘experienced s0 far. ‘We have had many questions put to us by our students, newly arrived souls from your mortal plane, questions ‘appears on this plane. We do not require sleep for re- ccuperation, only a brief rest and relaxation of mind. This fact makes the rhythm of life as you know it unnecessary. We sce the change from day to night, darkness to dawn, but it is like the passing of hours to mortals. Our renewed by the ether, in whic! there is all the nourishment our Etherie bodies require. We have a certain mode of life that is suited to these ey carry over from a normal Earth life. Tragedies exist here for those who are tunable to make a mental adjustment to the new Etheric body. ‘We are never so keen in the body of flesh, never 20 alive I processes, as we are in our Etherie bodies. The adjustment from one kind of or- ganism to the other is easy to those who die « death. Those who come through accident are very difi- —s— in the senses and me OPEN THE DOOR! mortal cult to persuade that they are not fe. They are not conscfous at first of the Etheric body's difference, and only when they miss the sensation of physical touch are they aware of what has happened. In cases where there is warning of accident or suffering, the soul is able 1 body before death, and the of flesh is then only a mechanism that com- aid of arti: as we knew it in mor js modified according to the character of our t Beauty increases ot decreases as we mould our minds here. Always it is the bt model. Age takes flight sed grasp ‘The more powerful the impression of one’s own ap- pearance in the flesh, the more definite will be the re- ‘own powers. comparatively recent by lives, The individual's memory is sealed when reincarns- tion takes place, so that his type in that Earth life is re we are able to uncover the record of our past WHAT WE ARE apt to be influenced by the physical characteristics of the parents of the child whose body he wil inh We are, so far as we know, the highest form of 1 harmonized and adapted to the different planes of existence tha wonder at the beauty and ssisdom of the law under which Our triple bodies are so perfect we exist. Al the penal Ignorance of ourselves and our threefold bodies has all put ruined the human family many times, but stores, in a measure, what we s0 continually maim and destroy. ‘This present century will probably be the turning-point in the history of mortal man. He is on the verge of self Only divine interferen jm from himself. He is bent on living only for the sake is mortal body, only the I body of flesh occupies his thoue! pared to go into another and finer state of deste of le span of years in the He ia quite unpre- consequence is that his body is, in most cases, merely an instrument for the gratification of his lower instincts, and his mind is retrograding in th Life ia given us, one would think, to enjoy, but with always the sense of obligation to our body. We must con- fe with it, in one or the other of its three thus our duty to is of the utmost im- re OPEN THE DOOR! ‘The Etherie body makes one demand—it must be clothed. We have no mate wwe can create an appe rnentally can pictures therefore we are able to give our- ves the garments we create with our own minds. Many dress themselves in costumes jometimes amusing and often Most persons of good sense clothe their bodies ple manner with what appear to be the things they wore in ‘Though this is only a minor item, it may interest some to learn th dress of those old Walloons who were painted by the carly Dutch artists, Of course this is only a sestion of the people. We can tell by the dress, usuall souls have been here. It makes for variety and consider- ow tong, ‘able charm, Women are more adaptable than men and ly to adopt the ideas of those who arrive from the Earth life. At all events we are sure of picturesque effect when we have a great meeting of those iho are eager to hear a new arrival of note, who wil give them a 1e of conditions among mortals. Also wwe congregate in groups for the sake of study and amuse- ‘ment. The variety of “periods” represented by the way ired would make an amusing picture ‘our bodies are fon one of your “screens.” Much has been said of late about the radioactivity of the cells of the body. Your phy —8- jans and scientific re- highest degree. The em fe give off create @ veritable nimbus of light. We are able to judge the quality ‘of the mind by the character and colour of the emane tions. You will soon be aware of us if your sc ts perse sere. Up to now only those gifted with unusual acl of the pineal g) le to sce us, ted in the front of the head fa third eye, carved or painted on the forehead. they do yours. Ours are visible here, the radi the same as if we were thro are known by our ra’ we are, No covering or decoration ean conceal the real 1 and true, but makes no yrs off a bluish light. If he is in a very exalt the blue be- comes deeper; and when he is angry ot despondent, the emanations are dull red. Yellow flows from him if he has rot much vital strength. The best of moods engender —9- OPEN THE DOOR! sparkling white amidst deep hs, We are all on the way to finding ourselves, so there is never any comparison made. Here there is a democracy that helps each soul to make the best of itsel al CHAPTER IT THE WAY OF LIFE + Tae most lowly human being—lowly in the sense that he is of limi a prince of pared to the dumb animals, Most human beings have sense that enables them to desire those things te to their physical comfort, and this in fay engenders ideas of further enjoyments to be ions for his well- being are the means by which man continues to evolve igher levels. Stated briefly, the savage is father to 1¢ body is @ new creation of flesh each time that @ soul inhabiting its Etheric or Spiri ccarnates, though the individual is the same from one life to another. The soul does not change. Its gradual evolu- tion through ite various lives is well set forth in the ‘Theosophical teachings. We are not attempting any new ith and cean only conceive of life as beginning with a child's birth and ending with old age and death. This view of life is -u- envelope rein- preachment in that respect. Many doubt thi OPEN THE DOOR! the cause of much wasted and misdirected effort to gain happiness ‘The soul is aware of its own upward destiny and is only at peace when the human being it inhabits is in harmony with that conception of ‘Most men, who are taught some religious doctrine, have conception of a life after death that will reward them bountifully for their sufferings on Earth. They “heaven” somewhere, removed from this plan with splendours that they hope to enjoy. They lieve that those who are of a lower moral order will be this reward and spend an eternity in a pen manner. The place of punishment they call “he tween those who have received the truth as t death and those who have the heaven and hell ideas are those who do not profess to have any hope of @ con- ir Earthly body has ceased to ‘These are the ones whose minds are open to impressions when they come here and who easily adjust en tinuance of life efter fun themselves to life here. ‘This does not mean that religion hampers the a Frequently the soul is so advanced that it is perfectly in harmony with the conditions here, ‘Any human being who denies the law and the perfect order that govern the universe is blind to the proof of a Governing Mind, whose conceptions are of such grandeur ‘that we can only give it the name of Deity. -n— THE WAY OF LIFE Once accepting the idea of evolution through reincarns tion, it is easy to account for the marked differen human minds. Some have an apprehension and knowl: edge that appear to have little to do with whatever teach- ing they receive. ften said that these are “old souls” because they seem to be free of the confusion that many fall into in tying to solve the problems of life. They are old souls, or, rather, older souls, for we are the fact that we have lived many lives. What makes the difference is that some make little or no advance, during an incarna- tion, over previous lives they have lived. They neither advance nor go back, but simply exist to Gill out their days with no desire to learn or express anything that of the mind, ‘The physical process by which we incarnate is not easy to describe, for the reason that mortals have no knowledge of the mind’s action and processes when on the Etherie plane. ‘The act of reincarnation is supposed by many to take place at the moment of conception. This is not so. It is requires aid in doing so quite as much and even more than an infant needs assistance in entering the world at birth. On the Etherie plane we all make use of whatever talents we exercised in mortal -B- OPEN THE DOOR! of doing s0, The men wi surgeons on Earth find that here they have a field of work of reincarnating souls, ody chosen by the soul here fo visit to Earth is usually from four to five weeks old, strong enough for the entrance of the 1g. Sometimes, when the ine its growth, the soul may not make its + even eight weeks is required oc- is a mental one. The soul keeps imaging its body and experi- ts own Etherie body 3 of the babe. The time arrives when is perfect. A physician—one long two bodies through a gland at the base of the brain. The soul then enters the infant body. All is then a blank to the soul, eo far as the past is concerned. ‘This state of coma exists for a period of months. As awakens, the effort to use the new body begit ime, as it grows and learns to use its new faculties, the self and there awaits the time ‘Young souls, those who wish to incamate simply for re THE WAY OF LIFE the sake of the sensations of mortal life, with no desire to advance in knowled; repeat this process until they fe in its animal phase and long. desire for a mortal body, remain on the Etheric plane, and study to improve the mind so that the next incarna- ere the real school- Here we are not diverted by the need to earn money cor the necessity t in society. Here we ean all be what we viding we have the power of Natural labour for the right to occupy a place 1 then, here we are ‘mentally. There can be no pretence and no deception. Our bodies here are the reflocion of our desires. Our associates are those of our own kind. Here we can only be what we conceive ourselves t The ex: to impose upon his fellows, be- cause thought is telepathic hypocrite, the exhit pitiful in their attempts to be what they are not. They is unabl it is even visible. The jonist, and the impostor are rather soon realize this and take their proper place in the ranks of those who have learned serve them far better. yy and truth wi Naturally there are grades of whi cone might call so- ciety here, groups devoted to certain ideals of life. A -B- OPEN THE DOOR! ied by study and elevated associa- several Earth lives, seeks and finds con- Many very simple but fine souls devote themselves to fe of service to others. The women especi themselves over to the care and reari who come. The mortality among these li high. The soul frustrated in its I and be needed to give an idea ‘of the way we deal with this phase of life. In the case of infant prodigies we are not able to affirm their previous talent, but where geni can always trace the unusual command of its talents to its previous knowledge of the particular medium of ex: pression. Many souls come down from the Spiritual plane, stay in an Etherie body for a period of years, an then re- incarnate in mortal body for the purpose of bringing to the people of Earth some useful invention or seientifio, it may even be to leave with mortals works in I enrich the lives of future generations; these are thinkers who come to teach and je. There are hosts of them on hoth the Etherie al planes who long to bring to the race of mortals the treasures of their minds, ‘These beings are held back by the conditions that have prevailed on Earth for the past seventy-five years, In. 16 THE WAY OF LIFE stead of using the blessings brought to mortals by ad- ‘vanced spirits who hoped in their last incarnation to make life easier and richer for all, their work has been used for the purpose of greed. Men and women here are afraid to risk putting more power in the hands of mortals who have abandoned the ideals of human fellowship and, except for a few idealists, ing worthy of acceptance. ime we have to send these words through we cannot make an extended explanation of the details ‘of the method of reincarnation. The whole process is very simple. We have only to observe nature with its miracles What the Earth’s people should learn is that their is only one of many, past and to come, and save themselves—to live. Youth seldom is able to rect -ne THE Way op Live St ‘ng out of the lay, and the rhythm of tite on the three Planes of being known to us, With this main facp istence 38 made ¢] can be understood, is but ‘one PrOBteSS—that i our oym Teck of wil 70 help from the “uh Which is pasiv, oy. BH CHAPTER IIT THE WAY OF DEATH + Mone misery and human agony have been wasted over, the idea of death than any other experience known to man. The word 4 signal for all joy to flee and the mind of mortals to come to a sudden stop, The heart con- tracts with sudden terror and the whole aspect o life takes on a pall of gloom. ‘We have made of death a mystery so dark and so for- bidding, instead of penetrating it and discovering. nature, th hhas become a terrible and awful god whom. we are everlastingly endeavouring to appease and whose approach we regard as the suprome A few aged persons, weary of moi welcome what they know as als of Earth life. Suffer or disfigurement occasio Emotional stress drives of it as an end of the have endured years of sock relief in dea sacrifice” to end the pangs of love, But on the whole, mankind has expressed his idea of death in the symbol he uses to personil human skeleton. —2- THE WAY OF DEATH To the only people who have investigated death ‘open minds they would give to any other field of re- search, the truth has generally been revealed antithesis of the popular conception. Reli of the soul, but that has not subject any less ter average man sees in deat in hope, he may declare his faith in an after life, but his acts do not appear to be based on such faith. ‘The child dies and knows no fear unless it has heard death discussed by its elders. Animals have no fear of experi noble pro- No savage in the wilds of any continent has been more dish in the propitiation of his demons than have the 1d” races with glorious discovery would be the one cure-all for the sicknese that now holds the world in profound aa OPEN THE DOOR! despair. What would it not mean if each and every mortal lknew the truth—that their perience is but a part and preparation for further and work on the Etheric and Spirit planes! There would then be no poi he would know tha hhe cannot live it down by dying. He must live on: in a world where subterfuge, lies, and deception are fe goes on—that mortal ex: one man's to another, for possibl ‘The gradual merging of the soul the order of this mental progress—flesh, ether, and makes it only common sense to use his fac ja a way that will benefit him in of being, ree phases ‘There are many ways to Live inthe Earth life that con- tribute to the best in man, ways that are now challenged by the greed and selfishness of those who have gained worldly power. The soul that is aware of its destiny can- not meet is enemy. There is no way of overcoming the brutalities of modern and the spread of the truths of the science of life on the sxcept by universal knowledge at a time” is a slogan that many adopt to jt they have power. Life cannot be divided in that way. The life on the Etheric plane, after death, the mental states and consequent —2- their manner of dealing with those over whom THE WAY OF DEATH of varying degrees of advancement. Those who have much to contribute in art, science, ophy, good 16 the blessings of press their talents and use thei gifts tothe fullest possible On the other hand, those who are not yet evolved to this degree should be regarded as a sacred charge on the minds of those who are ‘At present the unbalanced state of the world’s bountiful sd by those who have is their false- salure, organization, leadership, and p! and the genius for coord ness to their own higher self. No matter what they may I have to meet the test, when th only their mind, memory, and emotion to make regard as success, they their environment here, they see the incart used to che mortals, One does not have to be a seer to know that if every yyrannize over, and destroy their fellow man had to face the consequence of his acts in mortal life, history would tell a tale quite other than the one now recorded in Earth's archives. ‘on the verge of discovering the secret of ig all but able to connect with our plane. Marconi and those who study the marvels of the _ OPEN THE DooRI ether in time find the connecting wavelength and then be united in a common understanding of the Law of Life. ‘There must first come, however, a complete reorg tion of society and the conception of mortal life as @ the opportunity for knowledge and an assured means of enjoying the comforts of civilization. ‘This does not mean a pol chance to og: 1 régime such as several of the great nations have adopted. The system of govern- ‘ment which permits individi iberty of opinion and action under the laws which protect all ed to the life of intelligent progress. The spiritual awaken- ing to what we are, the universal spread of the knowledge as it is here, would automatically make for this Death! Who that has been close to one who passes from the Earth body and watches the fight of the person ality, the essence of that being whose characteristics were known and loved, can fail to note the departure of the self—the one we knew. The body lying inert, a thing that is no longer animated by the least trace of life or intelligence, is indeed dead. One cannot even conceive of its having the least connection with the being who had been a part of our world such a little while before. ‘The dead, the living dead, are cruelly it taken for granted. Love doesn't dio—it grows more tol- —ue THE WAY OF DEATH cerant, it gains wider views of the causes of its manifesta tions and also learns why it has bestowed itself on the beloved. All is perfect Inv. Death is the revealing of that and ‘of many immutable laws which, if comprehended while in the mortal body, would add such measure of joy and happy understanding of our human relationships that the inharmonies of the average Earth life would soon be love are bound so closel death is, love is rarely absent, even on the mortal plane. Souls try to break through the crust of worldly practice those who depart a blessing and God-speed. We are all in this House of Life, We dwell in perfect accordance with the divine decree which automs human experience that where in these centuries of the modern age, mn that the only salvation is expression of a mind that has perfection da short cut to are travellers ink ourselves into what we would be. We are now, every living soul tal sum of our past thoughts. ‘There are more, many more who come here, who think they are victims than there are who understand the law. a OPEN THE DOOR! Modern metaphysics have educated many to these truths, Death, to them, is a change of sen they prepare for it as they would ye We do not wish to be understood as is the same as wit in a foreign c reflect the habits of E: would be too dificult, The thi grees of power, each perfect this one primary fact—that man should know that he cannot die. Weary as most mortals and many spirits grow in deal- the problem of existence, now horribly con- science of life, and in doing so find that life is worth living. A few facts as to the manner in which we receive the soul after death should be given. When the death is a natural one, coming after a gradual weakening of the vital e ‘or when the soul residing is powerful enough then there is no pain, no the process i, There yusness, and the separation to leave the flesh suddea wrench, no knowledge, even, of wl ‘comes a moment of uncons is accomplished. Usually the person is so amazed thet = 36 THE WAY OF DEATH he would not believe in his death if he did not find him- self looking down upon hi ‘The grief of his family is experience, them know that he ig alive. He still has fan appearance ereated by He longs to a body sciousness of himself. Usually have been long enough on the Etheric plane to know how charge. This is sure to be 20 if before death he has sent nughts of them, a natural instinct with those who loved their friends and parents the newcomer is strong enoug by the thought of his illness and reflecting mer i body experienced, he in appearance like those buildings and places he knew, those he has just let. H reassured and told how taken to a home, to use his mind so that he may grow into the new order of existence of which he is now @ ps ‘There is no death. There is only a garment for the mind. This is the life here on the Etheric pl made clear. The man or woman who bi sto what the “ for a time, experience just that. If fon, then a Ithypnosis uses a deep sl many cases will last a century or more, Us 5 then the sense of life in the soul stirs the Etheric body to life, sleeper awakes refreshed, amazed to find himself -a- sleep is of a few months’ or years’ dura OPEN THE DOOR! The ing comes to use the awakened powers in activity {in a world that seems to he the very one left behin: and work. Teachers and helpers soon show the way to become use- ful, and if all is normal in the mind of the newcomer, progress is made complete mastery of the Ii here is attained. Those whose minds cannot be freed of the longing for Earth life or for the beloved are held back and waste many years in fo or in efforts to be with those dear ones Many low-grade souls have no wi to progress, to think 1, oF even to study. These are a menace to themselves and to those they try to contact on the Earth ey are only dangerous to those whose re of the same wave-length, That ja an immutable law here. We automati our own kind. We see then how essenti pursue the ia to train the mind to ighest possible path of study. Better an un- here. All are aware, in what is called the “conscience,” —2- THE WAY OF DEATH of the right and wrong path of life. That awareness his Soul. be many revelati of Earth life, but none so important as the solving of the mystery of death, which is simply the opening of the Door of Life. CHAPTER IV THE ETHERIC PLANE + ‘Tas i the realm of the hosts of human beings who are waiting to reincarnate and those who are maki adjustment after the death of their mortal bodies. ‘A minority of those here are the Masters, men who have been long in the Etheric realm and have attained their fell material scie metaphysicians, teachers Masters correspond to the leaders of thought on the Earth plane. The difference is that here they all pursue one quest—how to master ‘The ether is the great reservoir of thought. What the —0— and writers. This group of fo in an Etheric body. THE ETHERIC PLANE ether is no one can say. It is space, but in each smallest bat we b part of space there is an elemen! ly com: prehend. Ite qualities are of such a miraculous character that we are are aware of our power to evoke from explained by our Ma fare not the same, yet the pictured there also, as on a cosmic photographic pl. ‘The erestion of our clothing or homes is an appearance of Earth’s natural phenomena, but it is of sub stance; so are trees, flowers, and all natural formati the dearly loved scenes and places we knew in Eart he details of our surrou our possessions, during mortal life that make us feel at home here. All these are possible in appearance. We have dealt with many minds, teaching them how to live here, and few have had the least desire to make a higher life for themselves than the one they have just left lary and with no ambition be- yond taking life as easy as possible. Here it is a paradise for the indolent, The needs are met by though The pressure of economic ‘The animal man is again, with the idea of finding out what changes have —a— OPEN THE DOOR! taken place since one’s last departure from Earthly ex- istence, A high and fine mind here will pursue knowledge and win power over its own processes. Self-mastery is the way of attainment here, as among mortals. These souls become teachers, ster 7 alter long service in second-degree bodies, they die and attain to life on the plane. left by the spirit spirit. This the Etheric image wi .age persists for a time, but soon 1g to have to record that the poor and the ignorant can only bring with them their consciousness of their poverty and ignorance. They have the riches of the universe ready at hani if only they could envision ft they can only express themselves in their old Earth conditions. If the teacher can break through their apathy and rouse their minds to grasp the principles of mental action, Th bl is why the whole world must learn to di ise, “the poor always ye have with you.” ‘The most valuable of all services here is that of the a THE BTHERIC PLANE Recorder. This service is performed by souls who have lived so many lives that they are far along on the path the opposite to that fant, or child body, first the of reincarnating. The soul is in the and apprehends its own nature and powers. babe will be in the care of our women gua devote themselves to that work here, The th older children until it begins to get a mental ‘and faculties of such a being are very much finer than ‘of those who remember a mor Recorders, That title means wh the records. fe. They are our finest t says—one who reads Our records are not material things of paper and ‘They are the events cons taking place in the be better understood when your tele. ether, Every act of every to primitive life, The Recorders have the key to mystery. We find many uses for this knowledge, and = ty runs back OF @ soul's past can the rate of ity be discussed We see then that 1; ‘out a bett fer underst What life is after ‘anding of which is ag though all of tity I existence. Whee 8 waste of and strain and suffer for the ali ‘¢. The only ertia, OPEN THE poor! became such that I could not adjust myself to the idea of it. The Great War was the climax. Since then the chaos, hhere and on Earth, has made it imperative for all those ‘who love their fellow men to remain here in the service of the host who were thrust into our plane by the war. Thousands more are mowed down in an unnatural death by machinery and your motor cars. ‘An unnatural death means that a soul has been shocked, ‘maimed. Maladjustment is the result, and ‘unnatural deaths that are our hospital cases. needed here. Many carry their selfishness be- yond the grave and are quite indifferent to the condition ‘of anyone but themselves. ‘The minds of men of Earth are now hent on further horrors of war, industrial and leave our posts here even if we had the desire to enter upon mortal life, in which case our bodies would most Likely be used for the basest purposes of war and greed. ‘The individual here is living in absolute terror of what the race of mortals is contemplating. In Earth life men of science are giving themselves up to the ‘and means for the des the Etherie plane is beyond description. It is because of this danger that we here, by 1 our vibrations and attempting to control the ‘mortals, are making such efforts to warn those in Earth life. They do not realize the fate they are preparing aa ese souls THE ETHERIC PLANE for themselves and us. They cannot leave their minds be- hhind when their flesh dies they must come here, where mitted to put fear into any mind. We simply ask that you try to understand what we tell you and realize that we are giving you the key to your own future life. In these troubled and dangerous days we hope that the message from the Etherie plane will find to believe is ing to the facts of life here should bring in a state of mind ‘on the mortal plane that will lead to the New Dispensation, 0 eagerly looked for. CHAPTER V GETTING ADJUSTED + We shall have to make this @ very brief summary of the countless things that enter into the more or less difficult amazement to find they are just where they were when they Jost consciousness at the moment the sou body of flesh. The next is a rather what anyone desizes, fe and happiness. Joy is jon, however weary one may become in the struggle of existence in a man-made society. ‘The third emotion is one of most humble awe. The hty’s Law of Eternal Life, of which people speak to be proving itself. That gi pause and a feeling of timidity in the face of what confronting ws ‘Then comes the questioning of those friends who have managed, with the help of Masters, to come to the arrival and make him feel welcome and st home —#— GETTING ADJUSTED new adventure. The surroundings awaken curiosity. Fre- ‘quently the dead body is lying before the spirit self. The mx tendance at the death-bed are there, and an effort is made to speak and reassure them that their grief is needless, as life is continuing more als who have bee y than ever. When the effort to speak to friends is found to be what he has heard of astral bodies, of the gh who have died, and he grasps the fact body is now ‘earthly ears He ia conscious of many things he wiehes to communi the wall of silence between them prevents, and he is ands who have tried to help im—they are only able to advice him to leave his affairs to those less. He turns to the fi ble to manage them and to turn his mind to the study of his new environment. He is at the same time both joyous over this new op- y to “make good” and at the same time frightened at what the conditions are t leis usually he must meet. 1d to business that only by much persuasion is he at luenced to forget business affai making. These can do n and money: now. He is curious OPEN THE DOOR! as to how people death-chamber . So far he has seen only his own .0w he wishes to explore this new realm. and then those whose task it is to care for him there is no brick or stone or timber in those walls. It is all an appearance modelled on memories of auch buildings on Earth, Strange and almost unbelievable it is that these ap- pearances of things are more dura stone. They are creations of the mind and therefore of substance that is not subject to decay. They can only be destroyed by rmost powerful thought of their destruction, thought of greater intensity than that which ereated them The newly arrived soul is made to lear the exercise of his own mental power. At frst he wishes to be clothed and housed and nourished. These are simple achieve. ‘ments, The mortal has only to desire, and picture his attire and his home. His wry of the one he had in Earth is needed to nourish are not essential. As sires, to begin to ways the the body has no organs to function, only the appearance of the personality, the processes of receiving nourishment feature of the process of adjust- ‘ment to the new arrival is the mere living. Life, once it is 0 7 GETTING ADJUSTED recognized as an appare cepted. The soul, deprived of its organs of flesh, finds its sensations confined to mere seeing and hearing. The pleasures of taste, that belong wholly to the mortal body. to the newcomer how great a part of given to catering to these three senses, now wholly absent. His mind all retains the desire for these things that made his Barth life delightful in sense indulgences—food, drink, and the actual bodily contacts with others. I, and touch are lower attributes, ‘When a man has to give up these pleasures of Earth life, he is confronted with the necessity of either filling his mind with something that will eliminate the desire or torturing himself by thoughts of past exy have the effect of lowering his vibration state and becomes one of the host of inferior souls who weigh down the race and retard its progress toward a higher meatal level. These souls are always in the majority. We here, who ing that the human k further and further tate of ignorance unless some of the more en- plane and work ental betterment, million souls, added to the normal number, swamped us. -ae OPEN THE DOOR! ae We are reinforced by those who now S65 that they cannot tive to themselves alone, Our pla hall devote # chapter to this present to keep to the theme o weit Jeaves the Earth plane and takes uP its experi: time bave passed, and regular communication wi chanical means. ‘Wenow are obliged to work with mortals only through the organisms of gifted men and wome® who ean contact -a- GerrinG ADJUSTED Gf cenain parts of their glandular These particular glands aze enrelY ‘moribund in “Pipa. You should be wamed thet AY ve seeking expression tFouEh those in practice and we hope m, Most of the insane are We bere, when we Know of such Unfortunately they victims of this pract cases, endeavour to free the wre uouslly segregated in sanatoriome ‘and asylums where there are s0 many obsessing © it sminds of the unfortunate patients that our thought, which ie the only means we have, is not powerful enough t0 rercome that of the many who ee expressing themselves of the victims. to help these unfortunates. Wher ar efforts to seach the minds of mortals meet W free the helping them their tormentors o this plane benefited. the normal path which those who Jed properly vy earth naturally pursue. These are 6h titude of Yearning the facts of their new to be done in it The Law of ‘much ean be done those operating on every ® corve-who are not preceded BY ome OF BOM persons who ave Toved them in one of the several of _6- OPEN THE DOOR! Earth's relationships. The strongest bond is that between, y is the most un- feelings abandons her interest in the welfare of her son or daughter until the last service has heen performed. This of course means that 2 mother will usually not re- {incarnate until she has welcomed her loved sons and daughters and helped to start them on their Etherie way. they are the ones to bring the newcomer into Other strong love-ties of husband, wife, daughter, son, ready to welcome x, and after a few wish to take part 10 the consciousness, and the sense of being once more alive and doing stimulates the mind, jes of the soul, and, most of all, the knowledge that wwe are all capable of endless progress and achievement ‘every new experience, rearing our ambitions and hopes to the level of what we are able to accomplish at the time, Here, on the mortal plane, or in the Spiritual realm, we can move forward with time. No power can hold us from —4- GETTING ADIUSTED work, to learn, 158 are possible. lover lost opportunity and frustrati conditions are not the same. True, we carry the burden ns of our past conceptions, but once these are cleared away, there is nothing to prevent « steady march forward. ‘The most boring of all those who come, are those with 1 fixed idea of a hereafter based on the ego-cei tha for and sto be made a thing of continued sel they have suffered on earth, of idleness and pampered ease. ‘As man formulated his ideals of a future life, he usually embodied in them what he would like to have been in Earth life, One need not have a lively imagination to picture what a world of useless, self-indulgent, and stupid creatures would have resulted—far below the present none too intelligent races of mankind. Many of our new arr have been misled. The streets of gold and bejewelled palaces are not awaiting them. Where are the ancient promises? We try to explain that the religious prophets in order to persuade man to curb his wild dangerous tendencies, held out hopes of enjoy material w When the knowledge is brought home that we can aa OPEN THE DOOR! create all this in appearance, if it seems worth while, the soul begins to sense that since all can ereate such an ap- pearance, its value is gone. The many phases of snobbery soon disappear as we explain that a new scale of values, ‘The best example of this that I have seen was when a ly occupa: the picture which he would simply rest from all 1s one who had been nately a man of wide culture in the arts, a le time that he had to spare from business he spent in of works of beauty and relics of an- but he loved amazed to see that his ar lar cance. Members of .ple souls, no more advanced than the average. He ‘was not one of any part smily, already here, were had no way of expressing himself in his old medi ing a close contact with all the conditions in his former business. Why go back to a ruined world? More and 6 GETTING ADIUSTED amore he was depressed by the idea of a Creator who could 10 order things as to leave his talents unused. We of the White Brotherhood were watching 9 splendid qualities in our work is particular soul, ‘came when a member of ‘our Order approached him. This was a simple gentleman, ‘one who in Earth life had been a modest member of so- the teaching profession. The ex-financier was at ed to view any suggestion nega At last our member said: “What shall you do with your “I would destroy “And why?” “Because there is no point in existence here.” “My friend, you are so self-centred that you have never could,” the banker answered. ‘even examined this realm. You have no conception of what acti there is here. We have watched you and we see you are ready to give ear to us now. Why don’t you study?” “Study? And wl ‘eated. Iam not a should I study? My Tam a business man.” is edu- “But you are in a realm where there wi id you do with your gave my time to my collect “Ah! And there your soul was doi fil itself.” T don’t understand.” “You were starving your higher self, but it would not -7— OPEN THE DOOR! be denied. You were made to feel of the mind of man. You took an love for the works t's delight in col- lecting and arranging these treasures. When you came here, you had to leave them, but they are here in the Etheric realm; the thoughts and creations of those whose works you collected are to be enjoyed here. Why not fit yourself to become one of our great you have on Earth for one who the name lassify and arrange the r known and left behind was an great as he could explain and teach those who would come to enjoy these treasures. s00n be able to take his degr of knowledge and art. A gi friend of every student who comes to his bea made in the image of the one he left on the Earth plane. ‘This example is one of thousands. We know the value bore of the trained mind. The thinker is the man of power here. All depends, as it docs in mortal existence, on the direction in which the mind is turned. it can only destroy itself. The constructive mind, guided by the light of reason and the inspiration for service, leads « life full and blessed, beyond mortal conception. destructive, CHAPTER VI MEDIUMSHIP + ‘Temovcrour recorded time there have been seers and prophets, oracles and those who exhibited supernormal , OF is a sensitive, able to suspend these 1 and lend his organism to one on the Etherie plane eager to communicate with mortals, ‘This eagerness is common to all here with us. It is only reasonable to remark, however, that few have any organized ideas or information to impart. These average Btheric beings desire only to make themselves understood ‘and to assure friends or relatives in Earth life thet they still live. The result is seldom either edifying or satis factory to the r Now and then the communic in Etheri life so that the message helpful nature. The most that can be said for the average communication is that it proves the presence -#- OPEN THE DOOR! of power outside that possessed by mortals, Of course, this fact has led to much fraud and imposi- tion. I am not roving the existence of ed throughout the ages and is now the subject of proof in many societies of “Paychic Research” in Europe and Am ‘Those mediums who Iend themselves to phy: titling themselves to be used by those who hi constructive message, no organized work of mi danger in such who do not know how to keep thei above those of who are present, and perform- ing the tricks. many of these circles, beloved friends meet and speak, and thus solace and hope are given to the bereaved ones. ‘The sum of all this has not been great enough to win the minds of the people at large to belief in the ine terpenetration of the worlds of the living and the “dead.” Mediums of great power o not educated to the rmesning of their own phenomenal acts; they are satisfied to let the most elemental communicators use their or- ‘There is usual thas pot back progress and ‘ment of science. The sacred books of dup the advance. the great re ‘examples of Etherie beings helping mortal ements as to man’s estate beyond the <0 — are filled wi and the simp! MEDIUMSHIP grave have been plai the less there, waiting for rediscovery. The many symbols left by the master minds of past ages all shove the work of the two planes in harmonizing the facts of the soul’s progress and expectations of further despite the setbacks, the periods of crass materi engross the minds of men, the means of comm have continued. Mortals have not been able to sti enced countless lives in its evolution and is ever secking to go onward. ‘The modem medium of the better type is @ student clot by our Masters of Science here have been legion. Of those who have had the courage openly to avow . the number is compara: I am speaking of the United States of America. Tha 51 OPEN THE DOOR! same thing is true in Europe. It is on these two continents that the work of making advancement in esoteric knowl- edge has been most active. My own field, and that of my Order, is this country, Canada, and Australia—emong the English-speaking races. The Continental countries have their Orders on this plane also, who are co-operating. The reat of the world, in the Etherie realm, fs moving at the same rate as for ages past ‘We who have experienced the entrance of the war dead into this realm are working to bring about a closer con- ‘This we can only do through those with ‘whose hand transcribes my thoughts, this is not #0, as sho is a well-known member of the dramatists’ profession. speaking to the world. She was all but a nervous wreck from the strain of work and worry and the horror of the war, which her vivid imaginati are often able to minister to mortals and give them vibra- a ‘and speak to her, she understood wh: faith in the power of her own is often of such a simple order that the co- operation is not easy. We are not in favour of entrancing mediums, and it is not necessary where harmony exists between medium and communicator. We are not always fortunate in selecting for mediumship those who are of « mercurial nature. ‘They weary of the work, and doubt is apt to ente the need or usefulness of it. We have to depend ‘on the goodwill and altruism of our medium. In some -s- OPEN THE DOOR! ‘eases we have abandoned the effort because we found we were not making progress. ‘We know the terrible odds against us, but that is only ‘8 further stimulant to our efforts, We have only one motive—to help the mortal world to get back on its path of progress, me suficient for every mortal being to live in decent comfort. It is only spiritual poverty thet prevents the proper dis- twibution of We shall not make any promise of a future of blessed- ness. This Etheric plane, like the mortal realm, is what ‘human beings make it. CHAPTER VII THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN that men and women are equally capable of doing the same work. Life on this plane is bated on the premise that the sexes 1 of each so that they may be alike, or reversed, but here we take them as they are, ‘Women excel in all those matters thet require delicacy, tht, and compassion. Men are unable to muster the with new ideas. Our schools and hospitals, our homes, and our lecture. halle are most of them dependent on women. They take ‘no have come charge of most every case of the cl 55 — OPEN THE DooR! here before the soul has recovered from the Iong coma that takes place when i of organization, We have many helpers among women in our work with ‘mediums. As a rule, they are good at keeping the student * let and relaxed state. Sometimes they help te drive obsessing spirits from mortals who are lance. inces women do not seem to be able to use their minds very positively, The science we have to master, the use of the ether, seems very dilfcut foc them. Usually nly those trained to do mental work in the Professions, during their Earth life, are able to master the technique, which is the way to power here, Occasionally a woman will artive who will astonish ~~ THE WOMEN AND cHILDREN 1 by her mental facility, but she is apt to be the Product of the teaching profession, with s talent. We also bow to the amazing ment momen who have had training in busines Life. Women who are able to crete inthe fields of music and the plastic arts abound in the Etheric plane. Their minds can conjure beautiful creations in architecture, acu pture, Gand in the appearance oftheir own surround, One of the greatest orators we have is a woman, known i wife, Her work in lecturing of such a nature that we ty they should engage in, when they again express themselves in a material world, This woman has been on this pl or more. Her the cause Her preceptress,a woman who had seen what the trend was for women, freedom from home tice and a snore public life, impressed her with the folly of entering life without some preparation for the new Position that omen are to occupy. After a year of study the new. on Earth would be le desire to compete wit Comer came to the conclusion tha men, in # world that, 80 far, is made and controlled largely by them and for them. She has remained here, growing in a OPEN THE DOOR! understanding and wisdom and knowledge, to the end that when she does reincarnate she will be a power in the world, providing, of course, she chooses a good heredity which to work, I protect, guard, and cherish women. We find also that this is not unwelcome. We are of the opinion that man is « dangerous animal unless he and a perfect body wi Here we trained to regard himself as the protector of women. The average male who is arriving here now is so very selfish in his instincts that it is not a very agrecabl his mind as it manifests the ruling passion—eelflove, There is much to be said of the relations of men and women, and these I speak of in a separate chapter. present tendency of mortals to put the to regard them as merely & the most rev phenomenon of nature, fing and out- rageous travesty on the God-given being shown the advantage of becor ing bodi ‘can be of more use. This ideal of growth \d mind. takes possession of the ct gradually impressed wi age of the larger whom it desires to equal. This repeats iteelf unt growth is manifested. This process usually takes from. three to five years, Once ful growth has been attained, THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN the man or woman is to all appearance mature, but there remain the charming innocence, joy of life, and happy carefree mind of one who has never known the cares and shocks of Earth life. ‘There is another matter connected with our children ‘that must be spoken of. We keep the records of their death over of their and their earthly parentage. The cor relatives is the occasion of a bea ceases, The surprise when parents who lost a small child are greeted by a young man or women is not always wel- come, Soon, however, they are made to understand the ‘ance of from twenty-five to thirty is reached and there the personality is fixed and stationary. There is no further sign of age, even though they remain here for centuries before going on to the Spiritual plane, or back to Earth in another mortal body. ‘The very best examples of this Etheric development are the men and women who have no recollection of mortal fe. They have matured in the world of second-degree mat- ter, as we have called it. These beings are without the greed, envy, selfishness, and cruelty that after even a few years of mature life on the Earth plane seem to become «part of the consciousness. This is perhaps why these Etherie children grow to be divinely beautiful. They have no consciousness of ugliness. Their women guardians are interested in making them into as perfect specimens as may 9 OPEN THE DOOR! be, The children themselves, having no mirror, are filled with an ideal of themselves that is modelled on the best children. We of this plane are amazed to find how little care is taken of the Earth child in selfculture. Mere athletics and bodily cleanliness they have seen of the I and health are of course fundamental, but there is no soul- culture going on, so far as we are able to discover. ‘The most impressive sight in our schools is when the chi beautiful movements are in the rhythm of the music of are given an exercise in praise of life. Their Etheric harmonies, as lovely soft colours radiate from them, These colours are intensified es the child's thoughts ther levels of consciousness. All that words as 4 glorious and perfect gift from the Divine Author of it is in verse ‘and prose and song. Our poets delight in giving their talents to such composition. Perhaps, from the mortal point of view, this is not practical training for souls who will reincarn we know that the soul, the higher eel yed here, and to some extent they offset the experiences of the mortal realm, which chal- Tenges all that is not devoted to the idea and service of making money and worldly success. ‘When a girl is half grown, she is taught the science of This is not the tame thing as the biol tion in sex prevalent in your schools, We are intent on _ y— THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN making love a thing of grandeur, highest conceptions of which a human being its differ loyal, dut the brother and sister, a sense and proud devotion. For lowship, of end ids we tesch delicate, affectionate tolerance, For the lover and husband we teach the ideal of a sacred and perfect trust—never to doubt, never to betray in thought or deed, the beloved, ‘These exercises are the basis of the amazing examples find of Earthly love. It is not the animal sex- or the communal life of the family that creates these lovely qualities, It is a matter of a soul that holds, ter odds, the ideal of perfect love, consciousness has been impressed while a child ‘on the Etherie plane. It may be asked whether the poor and ignorant who bring their mental conceptions with them are not doomed to carry their Earth impressions over with and selfless comradeship. For pression can be replaced by another. Especi child cling to what is lovely and happy and attractive. is makes easy the task of rescuing these litt 1m a state of mind that is the curse of both planes. of well-being, for the ether is fil a OPEN THE DOOR! ye human mind ean igs and deprivations wed, and estate is now altogether the joy. Long years of ugly s hold the minds of the vi they cannot Believe that thei 18 of poverty en creation of their own memory. Children are natural mediums, On Earth they are le- gion, and the pineal gland, in the centre of the head, be- hind the brow, is active in them from birth until the age of adolescence. and our children of this plane frequently become the playmates of Earth children who would otherwise be lonely. These companionships are very charming, but the es wonders why it never touches its Our Etherie chi to.come too close to an Ea frightens the little mortal, who would be shocked if she knew she could passthrough the bodies of her playfellows without harming them. ‘An infant who dies before a soul has incarnated in ita body simply resolves into the elements, from which natural life Iren are instructed not considering the and cases of e ‘The many errors of the social structure are to blame for this waste of energy, but comments on the subj work of this kind. ‘The women who leave Earth life without having expe- t would be out of place in a rienced maternity are among our most valued helpers a THE WOMEN AND CHILDREN here. Many of them have refrained from m ‘or because of physica tus, This does le to make the extended descrip phase of life here. Perh right be undert new system of ol ‘As for Etheric women, there are there are of Earth women. We find, howe ‘comes to those matters that require energy, devotion, and telflessness, that women on the same mental level as men respond more readily to the help we give them than men when it y are, in almost every instance, ready to do all things for the sake of one whom they love. All women seem to have the Divine gift of unselfishness. CHAPTER VIIT MEN AND WOMEN + ‘Tar greatest blessing known to the race is human love, It more nearly approaches divinity than any other buman, experience. The genius, who gives of his mental riches to the world, is, of course, the greatest manifestation of the ascending scale of the mind. he fundamental need of each soul is understandin love can interpret ‘one soul to another, from the love of the student for the ‘master, to the high level of maternal love and the sacred love that binds a man and a woma: mates. ‘The world is rapidly losing its sense of value when it makes light of this bond which is the very foundation of human happiness and progress. The changing world less possessions, in the last half-century. Pride of the intellect, which can, always find an outlet in tearing down an ideal, has de- stroyed the joy to be found in the closest of all relation build, is now a matter of commerce. The thoughts of young aa yo MEN AND WOMEN ‘men are now set upon the dowry of a bride rather than that that may be collected. ied ths matter ofthe mating of human beings as the most important of all matters concerning the rave, Our scientists have been devoted in their labours to discover the answer to that unutterable longing of the ‘and the woman. There is no subterfuge, no pretence. ‘What we think is revealed. Im: the Earth plane. What re if this were true on thing. Women were merely ‘They were kept in auch a state of mental, as well as physi- cal, enslavement that they could only hope for the ereature comforts of shelter and food in return for the service of y ofa ‘mating that was reciprocal in all ways. This became the legend in song and story, by which an ideal of love was preserved down the ages, and gradually moulded society to a degree that women became free and able to choose their mates, However sorry the present scene may be, it 6 OPEN THE DooR! is at least more encouraging than that we are able to ing of “God” we will accept the idea of a Force that has created a plan that advancing knowledge calls perfect. We are not able to name it as a Being, but we find the operation of its Laws only productive of good. ‘The most perfect example of this beneficent Power is the law which governs the be immut le, and when co-oper- ting of all sentient beings. In the lower animal kingdom, where instinct governs en- tirely, the mating of male and female works to the joy and perfection of the species, except, of course, where man age of food, or the to make inequalities of opportunity for ‘existing among them. Occasionally there is inharmony in the flocks and herds of wild life, bat nature seems usually to make their loveclives satisfy. ing, even joyous ones. Only the human being, with his freedom, his egotism, and his varied interests, has lot the power to choose per- fectly his other cout the reasons fo I, his mate. It not necessary to pe nor to hold up examples, for a ‘know that most marriages are failures, and the exceptions but prove the rule. Here we are in the attitude of making the most of our lives, as you are on the Earth plane. We are human beings 6 — MEN AND WOMEN deprived of the pleasures of sensuous experience, but we know the joy of perfect companionship. We have all been ‘Through the discovery of scientists on our plane, in learned the seoret that underlies the past century, we hat the mystery of the soul’s attraction for and to another. This has, no doubt, meant more to us than anything else ‘means that there is, for each, justment to the needs of the ve learned here, fo ‘a self that is perfect in its This newly discovered answer to the heart hunger that has been atthe bottom of the world’s cynicism and despair is the harbinger of future completion for each and all of We are aware thet the many believers in the latest Earth. born science, paycho-an: be more or Teas dis- proved by what we have to aay. The interpretations of are other names given to the manifestations of the soul, oF th the often person of subconsciousness, and impressions are made in le relation to his everyday i sleep th ‘The subconsciousness has been exalted at the expense of pressions,” which in and self-control, are the finest i ‘ost cases are merely sel -a— OPEN THE DOOR! of the grestest value in fitting people to carry respons bility and use their faculties wisely and with cool judg- ment. At present, lack of self-mastery is sending two genera: tions, who have imbibed this theory of so-called “self the whole purpose of the soul is ‘We are, as your own scientists have told you, two halves cof acell. The male and female principle became separated, fn some unknown way, and since then the instinct to re- been the deepest the soul knows. As wed more and more individual freedom, this it has had greater sway. Many perfect unions have taken place, and because of them the ideal of the perfact ‘mate has been implanted in the world. ea lization .———------- MEN AND WOMEN We had not been able to prove that the two comple: mented each other in this harmonious relation until the science of Etherie vibration resched the stage where it became clear that every indiviuel has a wave-length thet is its own key to the mystery. The male and female who possess the same wave-length will find themselves inevi- tably attracted, and, in spite even of training, background, or any other dif only at peace when they are together. Many have been united in past incarnations, for then the chance of separa- tioo, through diferent incarnations, was not so great. The art of transportation had not made it easy, or even possi- of life, here and on the mortal plane, kept them to their es, a8 their minds had no conception of any- ‘oure peace and content with another, but until the truth is, 0 OPEN THE DOOR! be barren. Of course, Tine themselves that they make blessing. We are not making any claims of perfection for those here. We see about us examples of those souls who have grown bitter, disbel Since we have been able to trace the past incarnations ‘of those here (and of that more later), we can prove that natural mates, in most cases, have been lovers again and fed in another generation, through ignorance of what unhappiness they were thus bringing upon themselves. We ean only testify to what we know. We are not trying to build up a theory to console satisfy that craving for completion that lies deep within us all. We cannot stifle this only adds to our unsatisfied longing. We wreck our health ‘of mind and body in a vain effort to give expression to I urge to mate with our own, We can assure that here, and here alone, is to be found the answer to that quest. This isa subject containing so much that every soul has close at heart that a whole book would not answer all the —0— MEN AND WOMEN average mortal desires to know. We can only touch on the phases of it that belong to our effort to lead those in Earth life to co-operate with us in our desire to clarify life as a whole, We tell you, with every assurance, that you are not wrong if you desire love and happiness with one ‘whose nature complements your own. We can solemnly swear that the end of the secking is peace in wedded love is possible as will, istence, make much of the misery of present human expe- rience a thing of the past. Many are very keen to continue their relationshi hbusband, wife, or lover beyond morta natural. Old tice are not forgotten. But we are gradually making this new ating universally known, ‘Those who wish to give as well as find happiness are able to take a wider view of their Earth relationship, and they are generous to the point of making no further claims on cone they now see isn ‘We here have a duty to perform toward this new science cof mating lovers. When the true companions are found here and are ready to reincarnste, one goes into mortal life some time before the other follows. Those of us who are in charge of these “cases” guard them and pass on to ‘our successors the task of guiding their souls toward each ‘other. It will be found that those we have mated are happy and content. There isa great majority here who see in this discovery the basis of a new order. It will mean a more hopeful at-

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