Bible Review V15: October 1916 - March 1918 - Iapsop.com

256 BIBLE REVIEW Mar.
particular equilibrium, sleep and recuperaticn is a vital
necessity for all; and the cessation of exhaustive labor is
so beneficial that men of all classes seek a retreat into
the quiet habitation of nature, where the infiuence of
mountains and valleys, of woods and meadow, of brooks
and rivers, with blooming flowers scenting the air, sooth,
quiet, and reestablish the equilibrium of the nervous
system and conjure in man that peace which one feels in
the arms of mother nature. For truly to enter that
world without bringing into it the struggles of individualism,
is to step back into that era of peace, as well as
man's ancient existence, known as the age of Cohesion
which ruled man during the infancy of the race, termed
the Golden Age, in which all her creation-whose apex
of that period were the "people of the elements"-were
at rest.
The climate was even, salubrious, without tempests_
No one quarreled, for none displayed that self-hood
which grew into an act after the exhibition of self-will
on the part of man when Lucifer as lightning struck the
ground. Man's wants were but few, food in the shape
of fruits was provided in abundance. No danger luzked
on earth, no bloodshed marked that era, and men and
women
of that age being governed by periodicity like
children roamed over the face of the earth in groups enjoying
what was to them an eternal existence; knowing
neither sorrow nor trouble thru life. When death or
deep sleep overtook them, it was a process of transferring
the soul-consciousness from an active, happy state
into a passive devachanic existence; for man's phenomenal
life with its states, aspirations, and mcde of life
reflects itself not only upon his conscious being when
asleep, but clings to him even after death.
With his fall, which occurred when he decided to guide
his own being, man left the domain of peace that he en-