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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 93
ply of blood from the parents, stored in the thymus gland,
for the years of childhood. But the time will come when
the Ego will be too far individualized to function in.
blood not generated by itself. Then the present mode of
generation will have to be superseded by another whereby
the Ego may create its own vehicle without the help of
parents.
QUESTION No. 44.
What are the causes of insanity?
Answer: To answer that question would require vol-
umes, but we may say that from the occultist's standpoint
there are four classes of insanity.
Insanity is always caused by a break in the chain of
vehicles between the Ego and the physical body. This
break may
occur between the brain centers and the vital
body, or it may be between the vital and desire body, between
the desire body and the mind, or between the mind
and the Ego. The rupture may be complete or only partial.
When the break is between the brain centers and the
vital body, or between that and the desire body, we have
the idiots. When the break is between the desire body and