THEO. Just so, and one must be selfish to the core and utterly devoid of the sense of retributive justice, to have ever imagined such a thing. We are with those whom we have lost in material form, and far, far nearer to them now, than when they were alive. And it is not only in the fancy of the _Devachanee_, as some may imagine, but in reality. For pure divine love is not merely the blossom of a human heart, but has its roots in eternity. Spiritual holy love is immortal, and Karma brings sooner or later all those who loved each other with such a spiritual affection to incarnate once more in the same family group. Again we say that love beyond the grave, illusion though you may call it, has a magic and divine potency which reacts on the living. A mother’s _Ego_ filled with love for the imaginary children it sees near itself, living a life of happiness, as real to _it_ as when on earth—that love will always be felt by the children in flesh. It will manifest in their dreams, and often in various events—in _providential_ protections and escapes, for love is a strong shield, and is not limited by space or time. As with this Devachanic “mother,” so with the rest of human relationships and attachments, save the purely selfish or material. Analogy will suggest to you the rest. ENQ. In no case, then, do you admit the possibility of the communication of the living with the _disembodied_ spirit? THEO. Yes, there is a case, and even two exceptions to the rule. The first exception is during the few days that follow immediately the death of a person and before the _Ego_ passes into the Devachanic state. Whether any living mortal, save a few exceptional cases—(when the intensity of the desire in the dying person to return for some purpose forced the higher consciousness _to remain awake_, and therefore it was really the _individuality_, the “Spirit” that communicated)—has derived much benefit from the return of the spirit into the _objective_ plane is another question. The spirit is dazed after death and falls very soon into what we call “_pre-devachanic_ unconsciousness.” The second exception is found in the _Nirmanakayas_. ENQ. What about them? And what does the name mean for you?