Fear of trespassing into the field of black light had halted intensive investigation into further aspects of the mind. Then a little boy stated that he refused to believe that a bad thought could emanate from the spiritual mind, even though scientific logic dictated that variations in spiritual thought, as reflected in the aura, its brightness, colour, width, and striations could have no other meaning.

To have an accepted scientific conclusion challenged by a childishly illogical argument caused quite a furore. But after careful study of this idea, "Thinkers" became divided in opinion, bringing forth arguments in favour of, and against, this new suggestion.

"If Spirit is perfect, and man's spirit is in His likeness, how can imperfection spring from such a source, even though apparent facts show otherwise" ... reasoned the pro's.

"Instrumentation clearly proves otherwise..." said the "cons," and in a very short space of time the elders became embroiled in hot controversy over the issue.

About this time a small group of chemists announced the discovery of a new chemical formula that added weight to the arguments in favour of the new theory. The formula was announced with a very terse comment regarding its effects on the mind and shortly afterwards its further use was banned by the powerful group still opposed to the new childish theory which would topple the established logical conclusions of the times. The secret leaked out however, that early tests with the new chemical compound showed that it produced certain reactions indicating the possibility of

(a) Increasing the vibrational power of the spiritual mind.
(b) Decreasing the V.P.S. of the preconscious in such a manner that the subject came entirely under the influence of spiritual thought.

It would have been simple to solve this riddle by administering the drug and calibrating the aurae of the persons under its influence. But it was banned too quickly and the details of its discovery did not reach the smaller "pros" group until after the "cons" had successfully suppressed it.

The delayed announcement of the finding of such a formula, giving temporary freedom from physical dominance, (similar to today's psychedelics) did however spark the necessary impetus to cause a reopening into the facts of the matter.

And in the overall effect a great deal more was accomplished. Never again was any child taught that the sum knowledge presently at hand was equal to the sum total of all knowledge.

As a simple case in common; that 2 plus 2 = 4 being a fact that none could disprove, must only be accepted in conjunction with the absence of any other factor. Should other factors become involved in the sum, two plus two could equal almost any number.

The split in scientific opinion forced the weaker group, those in favour of the new theory, into subversive methods of procedure. It was considered that further advances could best be made by simple observation. A prismatic device was made for this purpose which was capable of picking up the calibrations of both aurae.

This device was designed to fit tightly against the eye of the observer, enabling him to study intimately, any group of people or any individual without being noticed.

The wearers of these lens were highly skilled in the art of translating various aura shades and calibrations, and their observations were further checked by other experts whose job it was to study the copious charts produced, and to analyze the interrelationships involved.

Conclusions bore out the fact that the spiritual aura captured permanently the fleeting record of the various colours which were registered in the physical aura, and DID NOT reflect only the spiritual thought of the person under study.

The charts also proved conclusively that every thought relayed to the conscious mind resulted in a dual form of energy release which was simultaneously interpreted into.

(a) Physical action by the body.
(b) Glandular action, or emotion within the body.

Of these two, only the emotional reaction showed in the physical aura, and emotion, being known as a glandular function, must also trigger a chemical reaction. Emotional stress or stability then, is the direct result of preconscious thought, based on the stored preconscious knowledge acquired in a lifetime. How important it is, that stored knowledge be based on unbiased truth rather than egotistical fabrication or erroneous teaching.

The item on page 25 of THE INNER POWER ... "There is no apple pie as good as Mother used to make", illustrates this point. Another "Apple Pie" story might now be in order to further demonstrate how ego magnifies its associations.

"A young lady married a widower. Being anxious to please in every way, she endeavoured to make their homelife exactly in accordance with his wishes. He was particularly partial to apple pie, but as time passed it became apparent that the new wife's apple pie was never quite satisfactory. Her husband made various comments on each one ... this was a trifle too sweet, the next a little underspiced. There always seemed to be a little something missing to make them slightly below the standard set by his first wife.

Finally, in desperation, the second wife paid a visit to a close friend of her predecessor ... and learned the lady's secret. That night she triumphantly awaited her husband's comment.

"Ah!" he exclaimed, "just right!" And from that time forward their matrimonial bliss continued without interruption. For the friend had revealed how the first wife had never managed to bake a pie without scorching it!!!"

In this sense, with ego as censor of truth, the human being is no longer master of his emotions but the servant of biased reflection, and subservient to his emotional reactions which are all influenced by likes and dislikes ... the two opposing chemical reactions triggered by all the lower scales of magnetic vibration.

In these cases, when any preconscious thought is fed to the conscious, the thought is based on all the acquired items of knowledge available, SUITABLY CENSORED, and being fifth in the magnetic vibrational scale, it will manifest in one way or another all of the lesser scales; light, colour, sound (odour), and heat.

As the physical mind gains its knowledge from the messages received by its five senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste and smell), so the spiritual mind has awareness of spiritual matters. Being without ego, spirit is aware of truth; being the offspring of love, spirit understands love, and finds joy in the pride of spiritual achievement.

Imprisoned in flesh for its moment on Earth, spiritual thought has no means of expression except through the conscious. In the human being the task of the spiritual mind is to "beep" its thoughts into the conscious to correct the errors transmitted by the preconscious. But the conscious, unable to think, is unaware of the source of these communications and cannot distinguish between right and wrong, so reacts obediently to each instruction, causing an emotional colour reflection in the physical aura, which again is reflected on the permanent record of the spiritual aura.

Having the capacity to think, the preconscious mind is aware of truth and falsehood only if it is without ego ... such a man rarely walks this earth. Few indeed have any vague idea of ego's cunning.

As with the preconscious, the spiritual mind has available within itself access to all the vibrational scales below its own; so it contains within itself the powers of light, colour, sound (odour) and heat.

Charts showing the calibrations of the spiritual aura, starting at 55 X 10/24 and rising to 55 X 10/31 indicated that the latter figure is the point where white spiritual light is reached. None of the physical sciences has ever gone beyond this point. In Suerne and Atlantis, having made this discovery, the scientists then began to concentrate upon adding to the knowledge available to them within this scale.

In the last few years, when explaining these facts to my 20th Century pupil, I have tried to show how magnetic vibrational scales can be compared to chords on a piano. And how spiritual guides today, who operate on any one of the seven scales above the range of the earthbound spirit, will each "lend" their scale for the advancement of the human spirit.

In this manner, as one goes deeper and deeper into meditation, the four and one half percent of preconscious power can be augmented by the full one hundred per cent capacity of the heavenly host ... up to Deity.

Deity, the centre and source of all magnetic vibrational power, must then contain within Itself all lesser chords; All knowledge; All Power; All Love ... for without love there would be nothing. For love, Supreme Being literally shattered Itself into little pieces, and gave an equal portion to each of Its creation, to develop as they chose.

What happens at the time of death, was the next question to arise in the minds of my forebears. This subject seemed worthy of further investigation.

Death represents the cessation of motion and emotion within the physical being. It was originally theorized and later proven, that death also marked the end of the physical aura. Complete unconscious also erases the physical aura, however, it was verified that there are two degrees of unconsciousness, one actually being a semi-conscious state which leaves the conscious devoid of manipulative force but able to pick up preconscious thought. Semi-unconsciousness and total unconsciousness each mean the elimination of ego -- giving further proof of ego's position of censor, one's only true enemy.

Quite often before death is complete, possibly an hour or so before the body ceases to function, the physical aura fads out. At this time the spiritual aura may separate from the body but hovers very close to its physical counterpart for an appreciable length of time.

In Atlantis, it was considered that no person could be pronounced officially dead until such time as the spiritual aura had departed. Tests also showed that in most cases of violent death, the spiritual aura left the body instantaneously, almost as if it had been jolted loose from its moorings. Once given an opportunity to get over the initial shock, the spiritual aura would do its utmost to get back into the body and keep it functioning, provided two conditions could be met, an undamaged conscious and a non-functioning preconscious.

Where the subject was in a deep coma for instance, given freedom of expression, the spiritual mind could direct the conscious in ways to heal the body, not allowing the coma to be lifted until the necessary repairs had been completed.

At this time in the history of Swn and Atlantis (which might also be considered human history), the machine age now came into prominence. During this period of technological experimentation, the men dedicated to producing engineering marvels invaded the fields of mind study. While undoubtedly the overall result was of service to mankind, a feeling of horror was experienced by the Theochristic philosophers when attempts were made to build equipment that could reproduce spiritual vibrations -- or any part of spirit. It would not be fair to present an incomplete picture of progress by ignoring these attempts.

The task of making a machine capable of reproducing the physical aura was comparatively simple. It was well known among scientists that scintillating light could be produced in their laboratories by energy vibrations. Spiritual aura, appearing as a rainbow, apparently defied imitation.

Machines were developed that could create each of the spectral colours, and by increasing or decreasing the magnetic vibrational calibrations, shadings of any of these colours could be manufactured.

Other pieces of equipment were designed to think and react in the same manner as the preconscious might be expected to react, once a particular piece of information was fed into it. But such thoughts would not reflect in the spectral colours as no emotional reaction ensued.

Further adaptations gave the "Automan" the ability to pick up "emotional reactions", the second ability of the conscious, which led to an automan with the faulty of being able to pick up preconscious thought on its way to the conscious as one aspect; ability to receive the conscious' emotional interpretation; and ability to register the action instigated by the conscious as a result of the message ... so that this computer could register three separate answers as these vibrations were received.

This still resulted in partial reproductive failure until further modifications "taught" automan to take into account the various chemical reactions and glandular functions within the body in relationship to particular emotions. A single vibrational measurement gave but a single answer, and what was at first thought to be different reactions in two persons was later recognized as meaning only that a different calibration was being received, as proven by the varying shadings in the aurotic reaction of a single person to identical suggestions presented on different days. Thus weather, hunger, state of physical being, menstrual cycle etc., were found to affect the individual reaction.

Automan's limitations in reproducing human reactions were so demonstrated. For automan never failed to respond to an identical suggestion in an identical manner regardless of the time of day or the day of the week. It was without the variable factor of its human counterpart.

Students of a separate research group had, for many decades, been interested in the various physical reactions to assorted stimuli and were in possession of the answer to this particular phase of enquiry. Their studies had shown that physical and chemical reaction within the body was instigated by the conscious. They had classified increased heart beat, more rapid breathing etc., as physical reaction; and such things as rise in body heat, perspiration, internal chemical secretion etc., as chemical reaction.

Automan then, had to be modified in such a way as to include the ability to register calibrations of all these items at one time.

All this was achieved. It now became possible to use test personnel to estimate what reactions would occur in different people to the same suggestion under the same set of circumstances. The Technologists were jubilant! The findings appeared conclusive. Without any doubt, it should now be possible to evaluate emotional reaction down to the last degree ... only it didn't work. The emotional reaction in separate people to an exact set of circumstances differed.

Disappointment was followed by furious activity. A long term research programme was inaugurated to solve this problem. Selected infants, both male and female, were taken until a fourth generation was born of the original groups' exact circumstances. They were then intermarried, and their progeny was raised in exactly the same manner, and so on until a fourth generation was born of the original groups ancestry. At no time did any of these people mix with normal society, nor did any one receive training the others did not. The fourth generation group of the "Abwa", as they came to be known, were controlled products of such magnetic vibrational exactitude that to all outward appearances and reactional measurement, their minds were in perfect sympathy and synchronization one with the others. Being closely related they were also very much alike in physical appearance.

Subjecting these people to a new automan brought results that gladdened the hearts of its developers. It appeared that generations of painstaking projects were to be finally rewarded ... for the emotional reactions of the Abwa were identical in every calibrated measurement.

Invitations to other scientific groups were sent out, and all went well until one day a visiting expert from the group who specialized in visual observation of the spiritual aura declared that he saw definite differences in both shading and width of some of the colour bands in the spiritual aura of the Abwa.

Wow! did aurotic sparks fly!!! at first unbelieving, then furious at having their scientific hopes of centuries dashed to the ground, Automan's advocates were equally enraged at the keen interest displayed in their emotional fireworks by the group who were trained to observe aurae, and the cool way in which these people drew colour charts to trace their reactions, for all were fully aware of what these colours indicated.

The resultant scientific furore reopened the long suppressed argument started by the innocent childish belief many generations before; for there were still two definite camps of thought on this subject.

It appeared that the variations in the spiritual aurae of the Abwa gave credence to what had long been believed and taught by the Metaphysicians ... that the spiritual self was pure and perfect, in the likeness of its Creator and neither circumstances, nor all the arts of man could separate an individual from knowledge of Spirit -- unless it be individual ego.

For clarity, perhaps it would be better to define the Machine Age -- Scientists of Atlantis as being similar to today's I.B.M. experts and Physicists, and to define the group working along the lines of understanding the mind as today's psychologists and metaphysicians -- grouped somewhat differently than they are today in the 20th Century.

The net outcome of this discord was the banning of any further experimentation in Atlantis. And in Suerne, the child's theory, suspected for generations as being true, was given long awaited sanction as accepted fact. The Abwa people, social misfits because of their unusual environment, were sent to Suerne in the hopes that they could be repatriated into society as useful and happy citizens.

Much compassion is due these long dead ancestors of ours. Their search for truth led into many puzzling highways and byways, as they struggled without the benefit of prayer and meditation to pit their intelligence against Intelligence to prove their theories. There are still people who battle along these same lines today...

Prior to the foregoing revelation, it had been thought and taught, that as every baby was born with an identical aura, the reason he grew up to be "bad" or "good" was because the sins of the fathers were contained within him, though not observable. It was considered unavoidable that each child must "live out" these inborn ancestral errors.

It was well known that genes and chromosomes could not carry memory into the new baby, but how else could Atlanteans explain the enigma of incredible things experienced by so many people of widely differing backgrounds ... the strong feeling that certain things had been experienced before, that they had known certain places before, felt kinship with certain individuals. Under hypnosis the results had been even more startling, many claiming to have lived before in much earlier times.

In the minds of my people in those far off days, none of these happenings could be explained in any manner other than by theories similar to those held by believers in reincarnation. It was thought that in some way, the spiritual aura relived the things which accompanied acquired ancestral weaknesses and strengths, which were constantly being handed down from one generation to the next.

This reasoning gave ample explanation for the wide variations in spiritual aurae among young children of similar background ... and fostering belief in acquired vices or virtues certainly had advantages.

Any person with criminal tendencies would consider them inherited and soon turn himself over to the authorities for an aura reading and corrective treatment for fear that he may pass on the curse to offspring. During treatment such a person would be restricted from mingling with society.

The more sons born to a man, the better this was considered to be, as a single son might have the whole load of error to bear, while this burden might be more equally distributed between many male offspring.

This again gave good reason for the head of a family to be especially careful concerning his conduct, and the necessity for making each offspring fully conversant with the consequences of error and the brave history of his forbears. (A fore runner of ancestor worship).

Nothing in experiments conducted up to this time indicated any reason to change this line of thinking. It was good reasoning, lacking in only one element ... truth. Facts were especially enhanced in the minds of the people which gave strength to these beliefs. Atlanteans never gave up these basic tenants and this was a major difference of opinion between Atlanteans and Suernians, a division which later grew as Atlanteans placed quite strong emphasis upon reincarnation theories, while the people of Khe came to understand individual responsibility and rejected these older beliefs entirely.

But this still left one small group of free thinkers who were not completely satisfied with the teachings of the time. Though logic and research supported each phase in official beliefs, these few Metaphysicians could only describe their dissatisfaction as a sense that something was lacking. Two and two make four, they reasoned, only when all the facts involved are present. This inner feeling of a missing factor led them to suspect that some obscure point was being overlooked.

In particular, the group had difficulty in reconciling the numerous spiritual manifestations with the reincarnation idea. Such supernatural visitations were supposed to be ancestors returning through the colour vibrations of the spiritual aura to indicate that they could not be "at peace" in the Spirit World until family purity had been attained.

Significance was placed on the term "peace" in the traditional story, and in searching for an answer to this question, the Metaphysical group remained together to continue studies. "What life could there be after death?" they wondered ... "Is peace the end of a second "Life"? ...

Forbidden the use of any apparatus, the group was inactive for awhile. Meanwhile, the technologists were loudly proclaiming that man was fallible, but given time, an infallible automan could be invented that could be depended on to do exactly what was required of it with perfect accuracy.