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also given a corroboration of his belief, and is allowed to see the joys of the
blessed of all religious faiths.
It must be remembered, however, that these Astral representations of the
various religious faiths and beliefs comprise only the best of each particular
form of belief—in short, the soul witnesses the highest conception and ideal
of which it is capable regarding its favorite religion. This naturally has the
effect and result of developing the highest religious conceptions in the soul,
and inhibiting the lower ones, to the end that when the soul undertakes its
next earthly pilgrimage it will carry with it a taste and inclination for only the
highest in its own religion, and will thus aid in the evolution of religion on
earth. Sometimes a soul will evolve from one form of religious conception
in its Astral Life, and upon its reincarnation will be ready for one higher.
Remember, always, that the spiritual evolution constantly leads onward and
upward, from lower to higher—on, and on, and on, forever.
The question of religious rewards and punishments, on the Astral Plane,
which naturally forms a part of the subject just considered, will be discussed
in the following chapter.