pirituality," etc. The
highest form of spiritual, religious feeling and thought is represented
by a beautiful, rich, clear violet tint, while the lower and more gross
phases of religious emotion and thought are represented by the darker
and duller hues, tints, and shades until a deep, dark indigo is reached,
so dark that it can scarcely be distinguished from a bluish black. This
latter color, as might be expected, indicates a low superstitious form
of religion, scarcely worthy of the latter name. Religion, we must
remember, has its low places as well as its heights--its garden grows
the rarest flowers, and at the same time the vilest weeds.
High spiritual feelings--true spiritual unfoldment--is indicated by a
wonderfully clear light blue, of an unusual tint, something akin to the
clear light blue of the sky on a cool autumn afternoon, just before
sunset. Even when we witness an approach to this color in Nature, we are
inspired by an uplifting feeling as if we were in the presence of higher
things, so true is the intuition regarding these things.
Morality, of a high degree, is indicated by a series of beautiful shades
of blue, always of a clear inspiring tint. Religious feeling ruled by
fear, is indicated by a shade of bluish gray. Purple denotes a love of
form and ceremony, particularly those connected with religious offices
or regal grandeur of a solemn kind. Purple, naturally, was chosen as the
royal color in the olden days.
THE BROWN GROUP. The brown group of astral colors represents desire for
gain and accumulation, ranging from the clear brown of industrious
accumulation, to the murky dull browns of miserliness, greed and
avarice. There is a great range in this group of brown shades, as may be
imagined.
THE GRAY GROUP. The group of grays represents a negative group of
thought and emotions. Gray represents fear, depression, lack of
courage, negativity, etc. This is an undesirable and unpleasant group.
BLACK. Black, in the astral colors, stands for hatred, malice, revenge,
and "devilishness" generally. It shades the brighter colors into their
lower aspects, and robs them of their beauty. It stands for hate--also
for gloom, depression, pessimism, etc.
WHITE. White is the astral color of Pure Spirit, as we have seen, and
its presence raises the degree of the other colors, and renders them
clearer. In fact, the perception of the highest degree of Being known to
the most advanced occultist is manifested to th
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