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Chapter XVI: Earth Bound Souls2253
Chapter XVI: Earth Bound Souls
In the works upon the subject of the Astral Plane, particularly if the work
be by one of the old authorities, there will be found many references to
what are called “earth-bound” souls. As a rule, these references are to the
lower order of souls, which refuse to lift their mental gaze beyond the things
and scenes of earth, and which haunt their old scenes of activity and life,
finding therein the only pleasure that is possible to them in their degraded
condition. But, in this consideration, we must not neglect a mention of a
higher order of souls who, unfortunately, are slow to break their earthly
bonds, and who cling closely to those who have been left behind them. Let
us consider this last class for a moment.
It sometimes happens that a soul who is naturally fitted for the normal life
on the higher Astral Planes, is so tied and attached to matters concerning
earth-life, that after its awakening from the soul-slumber it at first refuses
to participate in the normal Astral existence, but, instead, busies itself with
the affairs of earth-life which it should have left behind it. This unfortunate
condition arises generally from some sense of unperformed duty, remorse,
or anxiety about the welfare of some loved one left behind. In such cases
it actually hovers in space around the presence of the person or place in