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no existence; or again, all conscious beings are expressions of a unit of consciousness which is the major mind—the Logos or God. (2) Emotional Consciousness In order to understand the relationship of the astral to the other bodies, we must remember that the ego himself is in direct and continuous contact with the brain, which he keeps charged or dynamized by means of the downflow of his energy, through his subtler vehicle. Though the resemblance of the causal body to a coloured sphere is produced by outrushing forces, there is a centre within it which acts as the focus for all the egoic activities. That centre is in direct contact with the brain. Geographical space is exceedingly difficult of exact examination at the causal level, but the effect is as though this egoic focal point were in the middle of the physical head. On descending to mental consciousness, the ego and the brain seem to be drawn apart. The brain is still in the centre of the mental body, “but the ego is above it, the two being connected by a tube, or shaft of light. As far as its actual position in space is concerned, from this level the mental body rises for the distance of half its height above the physical head, whilst the causal body appears to be similarly situated above the mental. Descending to the emotional level, the astral, etheric and physical “brains” appear to coincide, while the “tube” passes through the top of the emotional body into the mental body above, and travels upwards until it is no longer visible from any personal level. The astral and mental bodies serve as sheaths or insulating mediums for this egoic shaft. One outstanding characteristic of the emotional body appears to be the existence of two centres of consciousness—like the twin foci of an ellipse— which are situated at the head and the solar plexus. The head centre appears to be intensely positive in its polarity, and to be capable both of transmitting and receiving impulses, whilst the solar plexus is negative, and appears to be relatively sluggish, and largely concerned with receiving impulses direct from the astral plane. Looking downward to the physical body from the emotional, the spinal cord is clearly visible as a line of bright yellow light, following closely the natural curves of the spine. The vertebrae themselves show up clearly at the astral level. The chakrams are all visible, arising like flowers with thin stems from the spinal