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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 387
80. The Bible teaches the immortality of the soul in an
authoritative manner. The Rosicrucian teaches the
same professedly by appealing to reason. Are there
no positive proofs of immortality ?
81. Is there any authority in the Bible for the theory of
rebirth ?
82. According to the Bible only man was given a soul.
Why, then, do you say that the animals have a group
spirit ?
83. Is it true that Eve was taken out of Adam's side?
84. If God made man in his image and likeness and sup-
posedly perfect, why were the different epochs prior
to the fall of Adam and Eve necessary?
85. What was the sin or fall in Eden?
86. Is the Tree of Life spoken of in the Bible the,, same
as the Philosopher's Stone of the Alchemist ?
87. The Lord had respect unto Abel and his bloody of-
fering, but unto Cain and his sweet and clean offering
He had not respect. Why?
88. What is the esoteric significance of the Ark of the
Covenant ?
89. Is there an occult significance in the various Chris-
tian feasts of the year?
90. I understood you to say that the Christ had been in-
carnated only once, in Jesus. Was he not previously
incarnated in Buddha and still earlier in Krisna?
91. W^e are told that God so loved the world that He
gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth
in Him shall not die but have everlasting life. How
do you reconcile that idea with the words of Christ,
"I came not to bring peace, but a sword."
92. What is meant by everlasting salvation and damna-
tion?