CONTENTS.

Alchemy and Soul-growth original: "Soulgrowth" ..................................... 421
The Creative Word .......................................... 425

CHAPTER XVII. The Method of Acquiring First-Hand Knowledge.
    The First Steps ............................................ 430
    Western Methods for Western People ......................... 437
    The Science of Nutrition ................................... 441
    Table of Food-Values ....................................... 450
    The Law of Assimilation .................................... 451
    Live and Let Live .......................................... 460
    The Lord's Prayer .......................................... 462
    The Vow of Celibacy ........................................ 467
    The Pituitary Body and the Pineal Gland .................... 473
    Diagram 17. Path of the Unused Sex Currents ................ 475
    Esoteric Esoteric: intended for or likely to be understood by only a small number of people with a specialized knowledge or interest. Training .......................................... 477
    How the Inner Vehicle Refers to the subtle or spiritual body. is Built ............................. 480
    Concentration .............................................. 486
    Meditation ................................................. 489
    Observation ................................................ 492
    Discrimination ............................................. 493
    Contemplation .............................................. 494
    Adoration .................................................. 495

CHAPTER XVIII. The Constitution of the Earth and Volcanic Eruptions ........................................... 498
The Number of the Beast .................................... 499
Diagram 18. The Constitution of the Earth .................. 509

CHAPTER XIX. Christian Rosenkreuz The legendary founder of the Rosicrucian Order. and the Philosopher's Stone .................................................... 515
Initiation; The Order of the Rosy Cross; and the Rosicrucian Fellowship ........................................ 519
Index ..................................................... 529