Of course no pretension is made of fully covering the ground. The book is a student's presentation of some of the phases of theosophy as he understands them. They are presented with no authority whatever, and are merely an attempt to discuss in simple language some of the fundamental truths about the human being. No claim is made to originality but it is hoped that by putting the old truths in a somewhat different way, with new illustrations and arguments, they may perhaps be seen from a new viewpoint. The intention has been to present elementary theosophy simply and clearly and in the language familiar to the ordinary newspaper reader. All technical terms and expressions have been avoided and the reader will not find a single foreign word in the book. L. W. R. CONTENTS I. THEOSOPHY 9 II. THE IMMANENCE OF GOD 15 III. THE EVOLUTION OF THE SOUL 23 IV. LIFE AFTER BODILY DEATH 29 V. THE EVOLUTIONARY FIELD 43 VI. THE MECHANISM OF CONSCIOUSNESS 49 VII. DEATH 59 VIII. THE ASTRAL WORLD 69 IX. REBIRTH: ITS REASONABLENESS 103 X. REBIRTH: ITS JUSTICE 135 XI. REBIRTH: ITS NECESSITY 153 XII. WHY WE DO NOT REMEMBER 167 XIII. VICARIOUS ATONEMENT 181 XIV. THE FORCES WE GENERATE 187 XV. SUPERPHYSICAL EVOLUTION 205 CHAPTER I. THEOSOPHY