what a Catholic would call a definite "act of
devotion"--better still, an act of utter selflessness, of self-surrender
and renunciation.

INTELLECT

_Vague Intellectual Pleasure._--Fig. 18 represents a vague cloud of the
same order as those shown in Figs. 8 and 14, but in this case the colour
is yellow instead of crimson or blue. Yellow in any of man's vehicles
always indicates intellectual capacity, but its shades vary very much,
and it may be complicated by the admixture of other hues. Generally
speaking, it has a deeper and duller tint if the intellect is directed
chiefly into lower channels, more especially if the objects are selfish.
In the astral or mental body of the average man of business it would
show itself as yellow ochre, while pure intellect devoted to the study
of philosophy or mathematics appears frequently to be golden, and this
rises gradually to a beautiful clear and luminous lemon or primrose
yellow when a powerful intellect is being employed absolutely
unselfishly for the benefit of humanity. Most yellow thought-forms are
clearly outlined, and a vague cloud of this colour is comparatively
rare. It indicates intellectual pleasure--appreciation of the result of
ingenuity, or the delight felt in clever workmanship. Such pleasure as
the ordinary man derives from the contemplation of a picture usually
depends chiefly upon the emotions of admiration, affection, or pity
which it arouses within him, or sometimes, if it pourtrays a scene with
which he is familiar, its charm consists in its power to awaken the
memory of past joys. An artist, however, may derive from a picture a
pleasure of an entirely different character, based upon his recognition
of the excellence of the work, and of the ingenuity which has been
exercised in producing certain results. Such pure intellectual
gratification shows itself in a yellow cloud; and the same effect may be
produced by delight in musical ingenuity, or the subtleties of argument.
A cloud of this nature betokens the entire absence of any personal
emotion, for if that were present it would inevitably tinge the yellow
with its own appropriate colour.

[Illustration: FIG. 18. VAGUE INTELLECTUAL PLEASURE]

_The Intention to Know._--Fig. 19 is of interest as showing us something
of the growth of a thought-form. The earlier stage, which is indicated
by the upper form, is not uncommon, and indicates the determination to
solve some problem--the intention to know and to un