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HO
EOSICRUCIAN PHILOSOPHY
development of conscience so that it may continue its
evolution.
As in the past man has been exceedingly warlike and
not at all careful of the relatives who passed out at death
because of his ignorance, holding wakes over those who
died in bed, which were few, perhaps, compared to those
who died on the battle field, there must necessarily on that
account be an enormous amount of infant mortality, but
as humuanity arrives at a better understanding and realizes
that we are never so much our brother's keeper as when
he is passing out of this life and that we can help him
enormously by being quiet and prayerful, so also will
infant mortality cease to exist on such a large scale as at
present.
QUESTION No. 53.
Does the cremation of the dense body after death affect
the spirit in any way?
Answer: During life and in the waking state of consciousness,
the vehicles of the Ego are all together and concentric,
but at death the Ego, clothed in the mind and
desire body, withdraws from the dense body, and as the
vital functions are at an end, the vital body also is taken