Man's life in three worlds : a booklet for beginners / by Annie Besant.

  • Besant, Annie, 1847-1933.
Date:
1923
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Credit: Man's life in three worlds : a booklet for beginners / by Annie Besant. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    spreading themselves out in all directions if unconfined in a vessel, and adapting them¬ selves to the shape of the vessel if confined. Modern chemistry has appropriated the term “element” to something else, so we have lost it, though so convenient as distinguishing dif¬ ferent kinds, or types, of matter, possessing certain characteristics. Chemistry deals only with our earth, and appropriates all the old names to its own use, and then calmly says that the ancients were wrong in using the words as they did, forgetting that it is the younger, and has given a new sense to an old word. The ancients knew that there were more worlds than one, and used words to suit their larger knowledge; and as they were first in the field they can hardly be blamed for di¬ viding kinds of matter according to their spe¬ cial characteristic and calling each kind an “element.” Man's Inseparate Sheaths However, that which is important to us is the fact that there are two Divine Worlds above our fivefold universe and below these are the five: The world of Ether (Akasha) the world of air (Vayu), the world of Fire (Agni), the world of water (Apas), the world