Explain briefly how these laws satisfy a sense of justice. (The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception, page 153-155.)

   Without occult science much must be attributed to heredity. The occultists have demonstrated, however, that heredity applies only to the physical body and not to the moral or intellectual attainments. These are acquired in proportion to the use we have made of our opportunities in previous lives.

What is genius and how is it acquired? (The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception, page 155.)

   During the Ego's earth lives many relations have been established with various people. These relations were pleasant or otherwise, involving on the one hand mutually profitable associations as friends or relatives; or on the other hand obligations not liquidated, or injuries unatoned with the consequent feeling of a strong tie between the injured and his enemy. An exact adjustment of accounts must eventually be made.

Why are we reborn into certain families and environments? (The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception, pages 156-158.)

   The laws of Rebirth and Consequence are connected with the motion of the cosmic bodies, the Sun, the planets, and the signs of the zodiac. All move in harmony with these laws, guided in their orbits by their indwelling spiritual Intelligences--the Planetary Spirits.

Explain briefly how Astrology correlates with the operation of the Laws of Rebirth and Consequence. (The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception, 156-165.)

   The great Leaders of humanity take everything into consideration, the food of man included. This has a great deal to do with his development.

What purpose has the use of alcoholic liquor served in our evolution? (The Rosicrucian Cosmo-Conception, pages 165-172.)

1] The qualities inherent in the seed atom determine the kind of material attracted for the new bodies.

2] The material attracted by the seed atom of the mind forms itself into a bell-shaped figure, open at the bottom and with the seed atom at the top. This sinks into the next lower subdivison of the Region of Concrete Thought and takes from that its proper quota of matter. When it has passed through the four subdivisons the forces of the seed atom of the desire body are awakened. It places itself at the top of the bell, inside, and attracts material from the different regions of the Desire World as it descends. The seed atom of the vital body is next aroused into activity, and the material attracted is built into the new vital body under the direction of the Recording Angels.

3] Epigenesis is the ability of the Ego to inaugurate something entirely new - to set new causes into operation.

4] During early years the child has only the negative faculties of excretion, passive sense-perception, etc., active, while the positive faculties of assimilation, circulation of the blood, etc., are taken care of by the macrocosmic vital and desire bodies.

5] The vital body is born at the age of 7; the desire body at 14; the mind at 21.

6] The blood is the direct vehicle of the Ego, the means by which the Ego expresses itself in the physical world.

7] Seven years after physical birth the vital body is born; at 14 the desire body is born; and at 21 the mind is born. At 28 serious life begins; at 35 the prime of life; at 42 the change of life; at 49 the prime of mentality. After death the Ego passes through Purgatory, the First Heaven, the Second Heaven, and the Third Heaven, reaping the fruits of the past life and preparing for the next physical incarnation. It then descends through the Region of Abstract Thought, the Region of Concrete Thought, the Desire World, and the Etheric Region, attracting material for its new bodies. It is then ready for rebirth into the physical world.