Magick Without Tears

REINCARNATION 297 case; we do not trouble to find "authority"; we put our shirts on Experience. Now as to (1) what is evidence for me is hearsay for you; so forget it! But there is a clear method of obtaining these memories for yourself. See Liber Thisharb (Magick, pp. 415-422); and go to it!! As to (2) it seems to me fairly obvious. The doctrine of Karma is plain common sense; and although a terrestrial set of causes might conceivably have their effects in other spheres of action, as of course they do, it seems less trouble for them to remain in their original ambit. As I pointed out long ago, the Law of Karma is the Law of Inertia. Nor is it necessary to assert that it always works out in this way; "sometimes" is quite good enough. Besides, to say "sometimes" explains (or rather, avoids) most of the evident objections to the theory . I grant you cheerfully that Reincarnation is a comparatively rare occurrence; and it throws upon the objector the onus of proving an A or an E proposition. What is it that reincarnates? We have had this before , in another connection; it is the Supernal Triad of lechidah, Chiah, and Neschamah that clothes the original Hadit or Point-of-View, with as much of the Ruach as the Human Consciousness, Tiphareth, has been able during a given life to attach to itself by dint of persistent Aspiration. If there is not enough Ruach to ensure an adequate quota of Memories, one could never become conscious of the continuity between one life and the next. Briefly, the orthodox theory as put forth by H.P.B. is that one works off one's Karma after death in Devachan, or Kama Lika, or some such place; when the balance is exhausted one may come back to earth, or in some other way carry on the Great Work. One theory-see Opus Lutetianum, The Paris Working-says that when one has quite finished with Earth-problems, one is promoted to Venus, where 'bodies' are liquid, and thence to Mercury, where they are gaseous, 1. It is quoted at the end of this particular letter, at length.