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i. The 'Elemental Essence belonging to our own evolution. Just as the name".elementary” has been given indiscriminately by various writers to any or all of man’s possible post-mortem conditions, so this word"elemental ” has been used at differenftimes to mean any or all non-human spirits, from the .most god-like of the Devas down through every variety of nature-spirit to the formless essence which pervades the kingdoms lying behind the mineral, until after reading several books the student becomes absolutely bewildered by the contradictory statements made on the subject. For the purposes of this treatise let it be understood that elemental essence is merely a name applied during certain stages of its evolution to monadic essence, which in its turn may be defined as the outpouring of spirit or divine force into matter.