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ROSICRUCIAN PHILOSOPHY
This calcareous matter is primarily deposited in the walk
of the arteries and veins, causing what is known to the
medical profession as arterio-sclerosis or hardening of the
arteries. The arteries of a little child are extremely soft
and elastic, like a rubber tube, but gradually as we ad-
vance through childhood, youth and on toward old age, the
walls of the arteries become harder in consequence of the
deposits of chalk left by the passing blood. Thus in time
they may become as stiff and unelastic as a pipe stem.
There is a condition which is called pipe-stem artery. The
arteries then become brittle and may break, causing hemorrhage
and death. Therefore it is said truly that a man
is as old as his arteries. If we can clear the arteries and
capillaries of this earthy matter, we may greatly prolong
life and the usefulness of our body.
From the occult standpoint, of course, it is no matter
whether we live or die, as the saying is, for death to us
does not mean annihilation but only the shifting of the
consciousness to other spheres; nevertheless, when we have
brought a vehicle through the useless years of childhood,
past the hot years of youth, and have come to the time of
discretion when we are really beginning to gain experience,
then the longer we can prolong the time of experience the
more we may gain. For that reason it is of a certain value
to prolong the life of the body.
In order to accomplish that result, we must first select
the foods that are least impregnated with the choking
substances which cause the induration of arteries and
capillaries. These may be briefly stated to be the green
vegetables and all fruits. Next, it is of importance to seek
to eradicate the choking matter which we have already
absorbed, if that is possible, but science has not yet
found any food or medicine that will with certainty pro-