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Preface - Introduction - The New Point of View - Educational Ideals - Equanimity - The Subconscious Mind - The Spiritual Ideal in Childhood - An Experiment in Education - The Expression of the Spirit - An Ideal Summer Conference - The Ministry of the Spirit - The Mystery of Pain and Evil - The Philosophical Ideal - The Criteria of Truth - Organic Perfection - Immortality - Index - p. 247

may they not thus mount far beyond their present attainments, bequeathing a more advanced disposition to their children?

To the question, When does the human soul begin I do not venture an answer. That seems to be a part of the enigma which makes all ultimate origins a mystery. I take it simply as a fact that a divine individuation comes out of the unknown into the known, and that the type of soul attracted to the parents depends largely upon the plane of life attained, and upon the degree of subconscious receptivity, particularly on the part of the mother. Whatever the soul may be as an original individuation of the creative Spirit, there is abundant evidence that the external characteristics are inherited from the parents and grandparents. Consequently, it is of utmost consequence that the parents attain not only soundness of body but equanimity, self-control; that they learn to draw upon the omnipresent creative resources of the Spirit.

The world has heard chiefly about unfortunate prenatal influences; it is now time to hear about the fortunate; better still, it is time to realise them. There is no question about the influence; it is only matter of choice. A marvellous power for good, for beauty, health, and love resides in the mental atmosphere which, figuratively speaking, surrounds the consecrated soul. All the forces of practical idealism, all the helpful mental pictures which the soul can command should be brought to bear for the maintenance of this atmosphere. It should be

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