As one of the members associated with the Council in the capacity of a Vice-President I am aware of some of the difficulties which the Council had to overcome in carrying on the work of the Society and it is a matter for sincere gratification that with the difficulties they have had to contend with the Society has such a good record to show of work done during the past session. [...] The horses that are yoked here would seem to symbolize invisible aiireal conveyance of the spirit-world for the object is to send the departed to the abode of the Sukrits and only the conveyance of the spirit-world can go there. [...] They are steps as it were illumined by the deity of sacrifice in the form of the sacrificial fire on the earth of lightning in the mid-region and of the sun in the sky. [...] Thus ascending by the three steps the soul enters into the third light namely the sun in the third region and remains in a lovely form in the company of the gods in the highest heaven. [...] The bones of the shoulder and arm are picked up by saying this one to thee' ; of the sides buttocks and thighs by saying the further one to thee' ; of the chest and shanks by saying with the third light dost thou come in unison ' ; and of the feet by saying the last portion of the mantra.
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