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The following are some of the speculations printed in the October number of ''The Theosophist, ''in an article which was described by us last week as interesting but unscientific; in other words it is assertion, assertion, assertion, from beginning to end, with no proof:— | |||
{{Style S-HPB SB. Continues on|11-281}} | In order to understand clearly the view of the Occultists, it is necessary to glance at the constitution of the living human being. Even the spiritual theory teaches that man is a trinity, composed of (l) a higher spirit, or the “Spiritual Soul” as ancient philosophers designated it; (2) its envelope—the ethereal form or shadow of the body—called by the Neoplatonists the “animal soul;” and (3) the physical body. | ||
Although from one point of view this is broadly correct, yet, according to Occultists, to render our conceptions of this truth clearer and follow successfully the course of man after death, it is neccessary to subdivide further these three entities and resolve them into their {{Style S-HPB SB. Continues on|11-281}} | |||
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Theosophists' Ideas as to the Nature of Spirits
The following are some of the speculations printed in the October number of The Theosophist, in an article which was described by us last week as interesting but unscientific; in other words it is assertion, assertion, assertion, from beginning to end, with no proof:—
In order to understand clearly the view of the Occultists, it is necessary to glance at the constitution of the living human being. Even the spiritual theory teaches that man is a trinity, composed of (l) a higher spirit, or the “Spiritual Soul” as ancient philosophers designated it; (2) its envelope—the ethereal form or shadow of the body—called by the Neoplatonists the “animal soul;” and (3) the physical body.
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Editor's notes
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London Spiritualist, No. 483, November 25, 1881, pp. 260-62