SECTION IV. THE RELATIONS OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY TO THEOSOPHY: On Self-Improvement 40 The Abstract and the Concrete 43 SECTION V. THE FUNDAMENTAL TEACHINGS OF THEOSOPHY: On God and Prayer 47 Is it Necessary to Pray? 50 Prayer Kills Self-Reliance 55 On the Source of the Human Soul 57 The Buddhist Teachings on the above 59 SECTION VI. THEOSOPHICAL TEACHINGS AS TO NATURE AND MAN: The Unity of All in All 64 Evolution and Illusion 65 The Septenary Constitution of our Planet 67 The Septenary Nature of Man 69 The Distinction between Soul and Spirit 72 The Greek Teachings 75 SECTION VII. ON THE VARIOUS POST-MORTEM STATES: The Physical and the Spiritual Man 79 Our Eternal Reward and Punishment; and on Nirvana 85 On the Various “Principles” in Man 91 SECTION VIII. ON RE-INCARNATION OR REBIRTH: What is Memory according to Theosophical Teaching? 96 Why do we not Remember our Past Lives? 99 On Individuality and Personality 104 On the Reward and Punishment of the Ego 107 SECTION IX. ON THE KAMA-LOKA AND DEVACHAN: On the Fate of the Lower “Principles” 112 Why Theosophists do not believe in the Return of Pure “Spirits” 114 A few Words about the Skandhas 120 On Post-mortem and Post-natal Consciousness 123 What is really meant by Annihilation 127 Definite Words for Definite Things 134 SECTION X. ON THE NATURE OF OUR THINKING PRINCIPLE: The Mystery of the Ego 139 The Complex Nature of Manas 143 The Doctrine is Taught in St. John’s Gospel 146