We trust you will all the time keep in view that the Soul does not lose its character as an entity, though divided in expression; that the Soul does not lose its quality of being perfect like God; and that the Soul is not changed in any of its attributes either by contact with, or expression through matter; that matter, as it is termed, has no effect upon the Soul, but only affects its expression; and that, if one consents to seek the shadow, one may illumine that shadow as ranch as possible, but must bear with the shadow while within it.

We hope to be able to show that there is not only an explanation but consolation for all those mysteries, ills, and problems in human life that have heretofore been inexplicable to man's moral nature. We hope to show that there is equal cause and remedy, and that whatever occurs in human expressions on the earth, or on any planet, can in no way affect the Soul in its eternal being, nor in its divine quality of absolute life and light. As light is the life of the physical universe, so God's Love and Goodness must be the life of the Soul; and whenever and wherever the Soul may endeavor to express itself God's Love is there.

We ask you to remember the definitions of the following words as we shall use them in the next lesson:

We use the word Impulsion as the volition of the Soul toward expression in matter. We shall use the word Spirit as a breath of that impulsion for each Embodiment on earth, and that word will be used only with reference to an individual embodiment, but the impulsion from the Soul will include all expressions.

We shall use the word Embodiment as the expression of that Spirit in human form, and the word Embodiments as the successive expressions from the Soul in human forms.

The word Expression we always use as being that which from within the Soul is manifest through matter, or through a condition less than the Soul, as it is in the outward, mortal, and external.

We shall use the word Within, not with reference to time and space, but with reference to the innermost, or that which pertains to the Soul; that which is the outermost being matter all expressions of Soul are toward the outermost.

We have used the word Archangels to denote the highest order of Angels beyond the earth. There are many degrees of Angels. The word Angel will afterward be more fully known when yon perceive what the result is of the expression of the Soul through matter