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ROSICRUCIAN PHILOSOPHY
dog was missing. After a search had been made in the
immediate neighborhood, Rider Haggard finally betook himself
to the spot seen in his dream. There he found among
the bulrushes the body of his dog in the very position he
had seen it in his dream.- Explanations, of course, could
not be given; it was a puzzling experience and that was
all. But to the occultist it is very plain that the intelli-
gent dog, having met death and finding
itself in the De-
sire World at night, goes to its master, who was at that
time also outside his body, and brings him to the place
of the accident in order to obtain his help and explanation.
QUESTION No. 169.
When a pet dog or cat dies, does the entire group spirit
to which it belongs die at the same time? Also what be-
comes of the animal soul, and does the human love and
care it has received help it on its upward journey?
Answer: The question shows that the inquirer has not
the proper idea of what a group spirit is. As our body is
composed of innumerable cells, each cell having its own
little cell life, but all the cells subjected to our own central
intelligence, so the group spirit of a species of animals is a