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ROSICKUCIAN" PHILOSOPHY
in animals, for instance, are also present in man, but they
are no longer needed and, therefore, most of us. have lost
the use of them. Other organs are in a state of developin
ert, such as, for instance, the heart, which is an involun-
tary muscle, hut is being invested with cross-stripes like
the voluntary muscles and will, at a future time, be capable
of regulation at any desired speed.
Another class of organs are simply in a state of dor-
mancy, and among these is the pituitary body and the
pineal gland. If they were not to be used in the future,
they would surely atrophy, as do all other organs when
they have ceased to be useful. In the far past these organs
were connected with the sympathetic system and invested
man with involuntary clairvoyance, and because of their
connection with the cerebro-spinal system they will in the
future enable mankind to effect a contact with the Spiritual
Worlds at will.
It is easier to roll a stone down hill than to roll it up
hill ; retrogression is more readily accomplished than pro-
gression, and when people seek for development in a nega-
tive condition they readily renew the negative activity of
the pituitary body and the pineal gland, and become negative
clairvoyants. But as any faculty which is exercised
by means of the involuntary nervous system cannot be
exercised by the powei of the will, this faculty is, of course,
sporadic in mediums. At times, when the power is on,
they can contact the Spiritual Worlds in a limited way.
At other times, when the power is off, they are unable to
see. Therefore, they often simulate in order to earn a
needed fee.
The man who consciously evolves his spiritual faculty
controls the vibration of the two little organs named by