In the advanced man, i.e., one approaching, or on, the probationary path, the shape of the personal figure shows that the physical plane is losing its hold upon the consciousness, which is now seated between the concrete and the abstract mind, with a powerful development of the former and the emotions. Contact with the intuitional plane has now been attained, and the radiance of the ego is playing upon and through the mental and emotional man, whilst a distinct flow of power through the ego to the dense physical is occurring. The ego is now in direct, contact with the monad, and has increased in size and capacity, so that the influence of the monad will begin to be felt in the personality. The initiate49 has