"For the good man upon earth can love nothing less than the divine. Wherefore that which he loveth in his friend is the divine, that is, the true and radiant self. And if he love it as differentiated from God, it is only on account of its separate tincture. For in the perfect light there are innumerable tinctures. And according to its celestial affinity, one soul loveth this or that splendour more than the rest. And when the righteous friend of the good man dieth, the love of the living man goeth after the true soul of the dead; and the strength and divinity of this love helpeth the purgation of the astral soul, the psychic ghost. It is to this astral soul, which ever remaineth near the living friend, an indication of the way it must also go,--a light shining upon the upward path that leads from the astral to the celestial and everlasting. For love, being divine, is _towards_ the divine. 'Love exalteth, love purifieth, love uplifteth.'" And this also, which was similarly obtained, represents a further restoration of the original, pure, undistorted and unmutilated doctrine of Christianity concerning the communion of souls. * * * * * So weepest thou and lamentest, because the Soul thou lovest is taken from thy sight. And life seemeth to thee a bitter thing: yea, thou cursest the destiny of all living creatures. And thou deemest thy love of no avail, and thy tears as idle drops. Behold, Love is a ransom, and the tears thereof are prayers. And if thou have lived purely, thy fervent desire shall be counted grace to the soul of thy dead. For the burning and continual prayer of the just availeth much. Yea, thy love shall enfold the soul which thou lovest: it shall be unto him a wedding garment and a vesture of blessing. The baptism of thy sorrow shall baptize thy dead, and he shall rise because of it. Thy prayers shall lift him up, and thy tears shall encompass his steps: thy love shall be to him a light shining upon the upward way. And the angels of God shall say unto him, "O happy Soul, that art so well-beloved; that art made so strong with all these tears and sighs. "Praise the Father of Spirits therefor: for this great love shall save thee many incarnations. "Thou art advanced thereby; thou art drawn aloft and carried upward by cords of grace." For in such wise do souls profit one another and have communion, and receive and give blessing, the departed of the living, and the living of the departed. And so much the more as the heart within them is clean, and the way of their intention is innocent in the sight of God.... Count not as lost thy suffering on behalf of other souls; for every cry is a prayer, and all prayer is power.