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242 ESOTERIC ANTHROPOLOGY.
five organs, nor the tastes or attractions of a carnivorous
animal ; neither has he those of a grass-eating animal.
The teeth of a carnivorous animal are formed to tear,
and rend, and cut in pieces. Man's teeth are made,
the front for cutting, the back for mashing and grinding.
Those of grass-eating animals are adapted to a peculiar
cutting and grinding process, necessary for the commi
nution of coarse vegetable fiber. The digestive canal
of the carnivora is shorter and simpler
than that of
man; that of the gramminivora, or grass-eating tribes,
is longer and more complicated.
The class of animals whose teeth, digestive organs,
and general physiology bear most resemblance to man,
is the class of frugivorous, or fruit-eating animals, at
the head of which, and mostly resembling man, is the
orang-outang. This is a strong, active animal, grow
ing to nearly the size of man, and possessing a wonder
ful intelligence ; he lives on fruit, nuts, and roots.
The unperverted tastes of every animal point with
unerring certainty to its natural diet. Wherever a
decaying carcass taints the. air, there will be found the
foul creatures that feast on carrion—the hog, the hyena,
the wolf, the crow, the buzzard, the vulture. Worms
and insects finish the feast. The lion and tiger revel in
the warm blood of the animals they have just slain, but
turn away from carrion.
Now, what are the natural tastes and attractions of
man in respect to food. Reader, you shall be my judge.
Let me take you by the hand, and lead you into this
garden. It shall be, if you please, the Garden of Eden.
Trees loaded with fruit are around you
—vines bending
with luscious grapes, beds filled with mellons. Here