Arthur H Ward

THE SEVEN RAYS OF DEVELOPMENT

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For mdny yeare I have. been mich interested. in the question of the Raya of Development
on vhich :certain types of men vere-said to be, and along vhioh they progrepsed in the
oourse of their aeonie development, By dint of seeking, several friends and yself,
vorking independently, got into communication with the other side, and obteined sone
information of an interesting nature vith regard to pest-birthe, efter death states
our 'different vaye of growth, and. such metters.

Many of, the ideas tentatively put
forvard in the folloving papers vere arrived at tn this vey and. I have been told in
the course of 'a oomunication that I funderstand the question of the Rays of Development correctly I quote this for what it ray be worth, because I sm. not able myseif
ta verify the sta tement. The syuten seems to me to hang together, and to be, regsonable in itself, 'and I lesvei students of these subjects to form their own vievs as to
the truth of, the oonclusions 18 rrtved.ets It.ǐв possible of course that I em unduely
diffident, and: that others might present similer work:es- inepired revelation vith
really no better grounds, since all peychim, unless perfect,:is surrounded with pitfalls and illubionsi But in my mind there is a gulf, fixed; betveen vhat,I know and
. what I' believe, and anything which I,cannot verify, however much intuition may,guppor
it,
muธt, come under the
latter oategory.

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I hope thérefore that my readers vill quelify any too dogmetie phreses, sinee it
is dnpoesible to indicate uncertainty in every sentence, partieulerly when one's
8pace is, strictly:lindted. I hope that the accompanying diagr㏂ will make my notion
of the Raya more easily understood. It is formed on the lines of
The three circles at the top symbolise. the three highest solar apheres, the triple
the Egyptian Tau.
, the Trinity in Unity.
as in the humen person' from vhose triple nature. ve infer these Mystories of the Divr torntheri end this process is Indiceted by the ...… (meer)