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cells; cells, tissues; tissues, organs; and organs, the
whole body; so the Principles, while preserving a
similar orderly sequence, in relation to each other,
are, at the same time, organized in relation to the
whole. That is, the Ego, the Thinker, unites with
its vehicle, the Body.
Physiology has determined that certain functions
are performed by certain organs, and that certain
tracts are sensory, and others motor: that there are
co-ordinating centers of motion, or of sensation,
like the cerebellum, the medulla, or the sensory
ganglia; and has assigned thought, memory, reason
and volition, to the cerebrum. But neither physiology
nor modern science has been able to arrive
at the slightest conception as to what Mind, or Soul,
really are, beyond functions of organs, or results of
organization. Empirical facts in Hypnotism show
processes actually taking place that can not be
classified under any known physiological law.
The point at which the Triangle touches the
square; that is, where the Spiritual-Soul forms its
connecting link with the Physical-Body, is through
Mind. Kama (the fourth principle, appetite, desire,
passion, etc.) is not found in the upper triangle, but
is the first in the square, or lower quaternary; and
Kama has been called the vehicle of Manas. We