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Mystic Masonry.
and functions, and dealing with matter and force.
Just as experience and reflection taught him the
laws and processes of the physical plane, so his expanded
and refined experience and intuitions (spiritual
perceptions) teach him the laws of the higher
plane.
But, says the physiologist, on the physical plane
man has evolved physical organs which bring him
in contact with Nature on that plane. Even so it is
on all planes, for analogy is the key of interpretation,
"As below, so above."
Deep within the recesses of the skull, lying at the
base of the brain, is a curious little structure known
as the Pineal Gland—with the Restiform bodies.
Modern physiology assigns to it no function. Des
Cartes called it "the seat of the soul." In the average
individual it is small and apparently useless,
though its focalized position and symmetrical relations
to surrounding structures would seem to assign
to it some very important office. It presents a different
appearance in the very young, the very old,
and in the idiotic, from that found in the prime of
life, health, and vigor. It has been called "The
Third Eye." The Ancient Hindoos called it the
Eye of Siva, and it should be borne in mind that
Siva is the third person in the Hindoo Trinity, and