| Because of the relative proximity or distance of these worlds, a
                       statue, a form,
                       withstands the ravages of time for millenniums, but the colors upon a painting fade
                          in far shorter time, for they come from the Desire World, and music which is native to the
                          World furthest removed from us, the World of Thought, is like a will-o-the-wisp which
                          none may catch or hold, it is gone again as soon as it has made its appearance. But there
                          is in color and music a compensation for this increasing evanescence. The statue is cold and dead as the mineral of which it is
                       composed and has attractions for but few though its form is a tangible reality. The forms upon a painting are illusory yet they express
                        life, on account of
                        the colorwhich has
                        come from a region where nothing is inert and lifeless. Therefore the painting is enjoyed
                        by many. Music is intangible and ephemeral, but it comes from the home
                       world of the spirit and though so fleeting it is recognized by the spirit as a soul-speech fresh from the
                       celestial[pg 069]realms, an echo from the home whence we are now exiled, and therefore it
                       touches a cord in our being, regardless of whether we realize the true cause or not. Thus we see that there are various grades of spiritual sight,
                       each suited to the superphysical realm which it opens to our perception: Etheric vision,
                       color vision and tonal vision. The occult investigator finds that ether is of four kinds, or
                       grades of density: The Chemical Ether,The Life Ether,
 The Light Ether,
 The Reflecting Ether.
 The
                       Chemical Ether is the avenue of expression for forces promoting assimilation,
                       growth and the maintenance of form. The
                       Life Ether is the vantage ground of forces active in propagation, or the
                       building of new forms. The
                       Light Ether transmits the motive power of the sun along the various nerves
                       ofliving bodies and
                       makes motion possible. |