[73] This sentence is of great importance. The Occidental mind delights much more in effects, personalities and authority, than in seeking for causes, just as many Theosophists have with persistency sought to know when and where Madame Blavatsky did some feat in magic, rather than in looking for causes or laws governing the production of phenomena. In this italicized sentence is the clue to many things, for those who can see.—[ED.] [74] _Masonic Review_, July, 1885. [75] The Cabbalah, its Doctrine, Development and Literature. [76] _Farhad_ was the youthful lover of _Shirin_. [77] _Her_ refers to the candle. The moth is the lover and the candle the beloved. [78] See note above. [79] Mulla is the Persian form of the Arabic Maulawi, “a learned man,” “a scholar.” [80] Khudawand is a Persian word signifying “lord,” “prince,” “master.” A professor: a man of authority. It is used as a title of the Deity and by Christian missionaries in India it is generally employed as a translation of the Greek Kyrios, “Lord.” (Hughes’ Dic.) [81] _Islam_ means _the resigning or devoting one’s self entirely to God_, and his service. [82] Isis Unveiled, p. 507, vol I. [83] Ibid. [84] Physio-philosophy. [85] I use this word “privilege” in its ethical sense; privileges are to the patriot what the “pleasures” are to the family life. [86] This is the man to be in the family and not of the family like the water on the lotus leaf, making only the good traits of the family the seat of his higher self. [87] The Ether, the Astral Light.—[ED.] [88] I use the word in the peculiar sense which I have already attached to it. AUM In the beginning this was Self alone—undeveloped. It became developed by form and name. The Self entered thither to the very tips of the finger nails, as the fire in the fireplace. He cannot be seen: for, in part only, when breathing, he is breath by name; when seeing, eye by name; when hearing, ear; when thinking, mind, by name. All these are but the names of his acts. And he who regards him as the one or the other, does not know him, for he is apart from them. Let men worship him as the Self, for in the Self, all these are one. This Self is the footstep of everything, for through it one knows everything, and as one can find again by footsteps what was lost, thus he who knows this may find the Self.—_Brihadaranyaka-Upanishad, 1 Adh., 4 Brah., 7 v._ THE PATH. VOL. I. AUGUST, 1886. NO. 5. _The Theosophical Society, as such, is not responsible for any opinion or declaration in this magazine, by whomsoever expressed, unless contained in an official document._ Where any article, or statement, has the author’s name attached, he alone is responsible, and for those which are unsigned, the Editor will be accountable. STAR COLORS AND ANIMAL MAGNETISM.