Publisher's Synopsis
From the INTRODUCTION.The following course of Lessons has been prepared in response to the urgent request of many of our students in various parts of the world, who, having read with interest and profit many works on Spiritual and Mental Healing, have expressed a fervent desire for some added statements concerning the most effectual way of making the general theory practical in special instances.The subject of Correspondences is now attracting great attention in many circles, and as we are thoroughly convinced that it is a very rich mine of wealth for all who are willing to diligently explore it, we have set ourselves the task of attempting to reason out, in as simple and logical a way as possible, some of those obvious correspondences between inward and outward states which only need to be impartially investigated to be rendered plain to the general perception of mankind.The days of willing ignorance and of blind devotion to ancient renderings and established precedents are happily fast drawing to a close, so that now, instead of submission to accepted limitations, the human family is clearly bent on acquiring mastery over all those conditions which are ignorantly denominated Fate.Science is proclaiming through its votaries everywhere, the immutability of Order, therefore Scientists of every ilk unmistakable sequence, while they are properly distrustful of whatever is even partially based on the sand of partiality or favoritism.The Oriental word Karma has within the past few years become a recognized addition to the English language, and we have occasionally employed it in our lessons because it conveys such an abundant wealth of meaning in the space occupied by only five letters. The definition herewith given (viz., sequence, ) is the only meaning the present author attaches to it. We therefore request the reader before going further to fully master this definition. Karma signifies the unvarying, unalterable relation, perpetually existing between Cause and Effect, consequently our Karma can never be anything other than what we have brought and are bringing upon ourselves through our own action on one or more of the various planes of our existence...
