from The Power of the Rays: The Science of Colour-Healing, by S.G.J. Ouseley, Fowler & Co. Ltd., Essex, 1951:
from The Power of the Rays: The Science of Colour-Healing,
by S.G.J. Ouseley, Fowler & Co. Ltd., Essex, 1951:
"The physical body -- the temple of flesh in which the
spirit of man dwells for a time -- consists of two parts: 1()
a visible part and (2) an invisible part.
To occult students the first part is known as the dense or corporeal
body and the second part is termed the etheric double or the vital-body.
They are correctly classed together as they both function on the
physical plane, are both composed of physical matter and are cast
off by the human spirit at death and disintegrate together.
These dual principles of the physical nature both belong to the
lower or physical plane by their composition and cannot pass outside
it -- the life-force consciousness working in them through the
Red and Orange Rays is bound within their spiritual limitations
and is subject to the ordinary laws of space and time. The Etheric
body is the real source of all physical vitality -- the absorber
of the vital fluid of life called prana or solar energy. The twin
principles are rarely separated during earthly life, but separation
does occur when certain drugs and anaesthetics are administered."
p. 31
"We saw in the previous chapter that the physical world is
composed of substances vibrating with certain fixed limits to
which we give the name 'matter.'
We know that matter which appears so solid is really not solid
at all. A piece of wood or a piece of glass are made up of an
immense number of electrons in vibration, revolving round a central
point known as a proton. Matter consists of atoms and these atoms
are in turn composed of electrons and protons which are held together
by electro-magnetic forces. Thus matter is built up of minute
electric charges, positive and negative, not moving at random,
but freely and orderly, connected together by the invisible universal
elements called the ether.
The ether is an omnipresent cosmic substance filling all space
and is the vehicle or medium by which all physical-etheric forces
contact the earth and ourselves.
The vibrations of the ether are many and varied. One form of etheric
undulation or wave-motion gives us the phenomenon we call light
-- other forms give us heat, colour, electricity, ectoplasm, etc.
This marvellous substance is perpetually conveying across empty
space the cosmic energy which enables us to live and think.
The ether is never at rest, it is ever in movement -- it cannot
be seen or felt by the physical senses, yet if it were non-existent
one would be blind and cold as there would be no medium to carry
the waves of light and sound, warmth and colour. Matter itself
is basically etheric. The electrons in the atoms are particles
of negative electricity and the protons are considered by science
as electric in their motive. Both are etheric and matter is thus
only ether in a particular state of vibration.
The ether is the great connecting link between the physical senses
and the higher cosmic forces. It is obvious that our physical
senses only respond to a very limited range of vibrations, that
outside these there is a universe full of life and thought which
responds to a higher range of vibrations, unreal to us but more
real to it that physical matter. Our ordinary senses -- our range
of sight, touch, perception, smell, hearing -- are limited to
the last degree. This fact is clearly illustrated by the scientific
instrument known as the spectroscope which analyses light into
its seven component parts. Our physical eyes perceive only an
infinitesimal part of the vibrations of colour -- the visible
vibrations as compared with the invisible are much less an inch
compared to a mile. It is evident that there is a vast region
of force and activity beyond our normal sense perceptions. Until
we realize that our ordinary senses respond to a very limited
range of vibrations and that outside there is a vast universe
of life and activity, we cannot hope to unfold and develop our
inner perception.
The etheric forces influence physical life in a variety of ways.
They are creative and formative, ensouling matter with life, vitality,
form, and power -- the ether is the transmitter of the essential
life-forces. Furthermore, this cosmic organizing force is susceptible
to control by Mind and Will -- mind controls life and life controls
matter.
Just as the physical world is surrounded and influenced by the
ether, so also is man. The etheric forces are gathered and concentrated
in man and form what is called the Etheric Body or double, which
surrounds and interpenetrates the physical body and is an exact
copy or duplicate of it, organ for organ and cell for cell.
The Etheric, or vital body, as it is also called, extends beyond
the periphery of the dense body as the etheric region extends
beyond the dense part of the planet.
The distance of this extension of the etheric body is about an
inch and a half, and it is visible to clairvoyants as a luminous
outline of a pale golden colour.
The etheric body plays a very important part in our life, health
and the development of occult powers." p. 37
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