We again take up the illustration of the traveler, and follow him to the higher heights, fore-gleams as well as after-gleams are on those shining pinnacles. Can any one doubt what realm we are entering? These heights constitute the realm of sages, teachers, prophets, and, finally, of Messiahs.

The state of perfect reminiscence is also the state of prophecy.

We have now reached that point of our subject which relates to spiritual existence, or what is commonly known as " The Spirit Life,"

" The Spiritual World," etc, etc., in connection with Embodiments.

Spirit is the breath of life from the Soul into matter for expression.

Each Embodiment is the result, in expression, of a Soul-breath, which is its spirit.

The Spirit of each Embodiment expresses a personality, but not a complete entity, the entity being the Soul.

The spiritual existence of each embodiment is expressed in the earthly form (of that embodiment) and in the spirit state tha auc-ceeds the form. Or, to be more explicit, the expression in each embodiment includes the earthly and spiritual states, the latter being the continuation or fruition of each embodiment. As the seed planted in the soil has a certain growth beneath the surface of the ground, a fuller growth above the surface, and fruition there, so the spirit has the fruition (as spirit, not as Soul) of its embodiment in the state which follows the separation from the body. Whatever is the intention, theme, or line of experience or expression in any embodiment, that is, in a spiritual sense, carried forward into the realm of spirit: each embodiment yielding its spiritual harvest.

There must be expressions and experiences in all the spiritual states belonging to earth, (or any planet) as there are in all the material states, to complete the full measure of the Soul's expression here. In the most primitive earthly states, or those nearest to matter, the spiritual expressions that follow each embodiment are very feeble, and, therefore, the spiritual existences are of short duration, and are not connected with any conscious moral or spiritual activities; but in later embodiments, when the mind and spirit begin to be active in expression, the spiritual states which follow the earthly embodiments are, necessarily, more complete and full as the fruition of each embodiment.

Between each embodiment and the succeeding one is such period of time (viewing the subject from the human side) as is required for the spiritual expression or fruition of the preceding embodiment. There is no haste, there is no delay; no imperfect or broken links in the entire chain.

The human mind takes alarm at once at these teachings, and declares a loss of identity if one embodiment is followed by another, and one spirit after another has expression. Herein we differ from that which is called reincarnation. There is no reincarnation; there is another expression, and another, until all that is possible is expressed here and in spirit life. Another embodiment is not a loss of identity, tut an added expression of identity. One may paint a picture to-day, another in a month or a year, and in two years may write a poem or a treatise on science; never losing, but adding to, his individual expression.

The entity is in the Soul. Identity is whatever is expressed from that Soul. One embodiment or one thousand can not destroy the identity nor the entity. As each form only expresses a portion of the spirit that pervades it, so each spirit (of a Soul) only expresses a portion of the Soul. Do not mistake the spirit of an embodiment for the Soul: it is as fatal as to mistake the body for the spirit Spiritualism reveals, as its name implies, a knowledge of the existence of spirit, and the experiences after the decease of the mortal form of the spirit which possessed and pervaded that form. The spirit of each embodiment has existence in spirit life, and when the embodiment is a culmination in any direction, the spirit of that embodiment remains as a perfect portion of the entire expressions on earth. When the experiences are complete, each of these culminated expressions, forms a portion of the entire expressions of the Soul. While the failures, as they are termed, all that has fallen short of perfection in any direction, form no part of the Soul possessions.