l evolution. Every item of real knowledge thus gained, is
just so much added preparation towards the understanding of the
spiritual; towards a harmonious interblending, and co-operation of the
two worlds. In accordance with the law of progression, truth, to the
ever changing stages of consciousness, is relative. In order to
illustrate the relativity of truth, and the magnitude of the domain of
knowledge in the mortal state, which must be conquered before
consciousness can be extended beyond the confines of the spiritual; let
us consider the following, somewhat approximate postulates.

"Let us suppose, that the life of the planet, Earth, embraces all forms
of life; each individual life pulsating in harmony with the great mother
heart of the planet.

"Let us suppose, that spirits, both embodied and disembodied, incarnate
and excarnate, considered as a mass, may act as the terrurgic spiritual
body and brain of the planet; subjective and responsive to the
inspiration and guidance of the universal cosmic mind, acting from the
cosmic center.

"Let us suppose, that the material world, with the atom as its smallest
unit, is the medium of mortal existence. Again, that the impalpable
ether of the interstellar spaces, is the medium of existence for the
spiritual world. And again, as a measure of the fineness of ether, that
the difference between an ether particle and an atom, should be as wide
as the difference between the atom and the planet.

"Considering these posits as a basis for comparing life in the two
realms, we at once perceive that life, organized to correspond with the
coarse meshes of the material plane of existence, can be permeated,
filled and quickened, by organized spiritual life, without disturbing
the unity of either organization. The interblending of spirit and
matter, is accomplished. The mystery of the dual existence of soul and
body, is explained. The soul in the body, yet, not of the body! The
permanent and the enduring, mated with the changing and the ephemeral!
The cell life of the physical, with the soul life of the eternal!

"In comparing the two states of existence, the physical with the
spiritual, we find the horizon of consciousness in the former, is
vaguely defined and very much limited; while in the latter, it is
sharply defined and widely extended. The more we study and compare, the
more readily we understand, that space, duration, size, minuteness,
solidity and porosity, are all relative ter