There is implanted in the very foundation of man's being the idea or the consciousness of a separable soul. It would seem to be an intuition, for with nearly every people of which we have any knowledge, no matter how near the animal plane, the belief or the folklore of a separable soul exists, in many cases held to be separable during life, and in most cases believed to survive the death of the physical body. (See folio editions of Herbert Spencer's "Descriptive Sociology," and Chapter XIII, herein.) It has generally been held by scientists and commentators, that this intuition, or belief, results largely from dreams. To say that dreams, in general, are mere fantasies, or the results of imagination, and have no real basis in consciousness, is folly; for dreams are of many kinds, and present great varieties. They are, moreover, both reminiscent and prophetic, sometimes moving like any other conscious experience, from fact to fruition, and in others, we are unable to relate them to any other conscious experience.[1] Hypnosis and Telepathy are related to the same states, so much so, that the modern scientist has been constrained to coin two new terms to avoid endless repetitions, viz.: "subliminal" and "supraliminal" states of consciousness. Bearing in mind all these subjective states and experiences, including the whole range of so-called mediumship, the _theorem_ of the Masters and adepts of all ages may be made exceeding plain. [Footnote 1: For a very valuable and suggestive treatise on "Sleep," see F. W. H. Myers "Human Personality," Chap. IV.] It consists in the _dominance of the Will_ over all conscious states. This is the _Alpha_ and the _Omega_--the principle, the potency, and the act--of Mastership. The mind of the Master no longer drifts in a boundless sea of fantasy, but with rudder and compass, he guides his ship whithersoever he would go. This does not mean that there are not still degrees and related states and conditions of consciousness in his experience. It does mean, however, that all these states and conditions, with all his faculties, capacities, and powers, are _co-ordinated_, not only in his _awareness_ of them as a whole, but in the exercise of each and its relation to the others, dominated by his own Will. He has "Mastered" them, and can incite or repress them, while they can no longer dominate him. Can the reader imagine such a degree of _Self-Control_? This, however, is but the beginning, as the "Secret of Power," and by no means the end. Controlling the phases and forms of consciousness, there comes next the determination to extend their boundary and to _refine and elevate the powers of the Soul_. In the first case, that of co-ordination, the ancient Wisdom admonishes the student or _chela_ to "_make the mind one pointed, like a light burning in a quiet place_." Light a candle and put it in a corner where no draught can reach it, and the flame will seem as though cut out of solid fire, and "one pointed."