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The human soul : its movements, its lights, and the iconography of ...

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an e<strong>the</strong>realTHE HUMAN SOULfluidic body, an exact double<strong>the</strong> socius <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> material body.<strong>The</strong> vital cosmic force, also called odicfluid — Od, a particular natural force,Tvhich extends over <strong>the</strong> w^hole Universe,<strong>and</strong> differs from all <strong>the</strong> known forces, —saturates <strong>the</strong> organism <strong>of</strong> living beings<strong>and</strong> constitutes our fluidic boay, vs^hichmay be divided into four vital centresor animistic powers, namely : cerebralcentre, cardio-pulmonary centre, gastriccentre <strong>and</strong> genital centre. Our organismis <strong>the</strong>refore divided into a cerebral segment,a pulmonary segment, a gastricsegment, a genital segment, which havea radio-activity, a zone <strong>of</strong> vibrationwhich is particular to each <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>m.<strong>The</strong> fluidic body, or astral body is <strong>the</strong>intermediary <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> material body <strong>and</strong><strong>the</strong> spiritual <strong>soul</strong>. One might say, with<strong>the</strong> Pythagoreans, that <strong>the</strong> body is <strong>the</strong>chariot, <strong>the</strong> fluidic or astral body, <strong>the</strong>horse, <strong>and</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>soul</strong> <strong>the</strong> driver.T THE INTERPRETATION OF THEFORMULA. — When <strong>the</strong> vital body is— 20 —

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