In Search of the Miraculous

hydrogen' we will, to begin with, speak about living creatures. First of all it is necessary to know the level of being of the creature in question. The level of being is primarily determined by the number of stories in the given machine. So far we have

spoken only about man. And we have taken man as a three-story structure. We cannot

speak about animals and man at one and the same time because animals differ in a

radical way from man. The highest animals we know consist of two stories and the

lowest of only one story."

G. made a drawing.

"A man consists of three stories.

"A sheep consists of two stories.

"A worm consists of only one story.

"At the same time the lower and middle stories of a man are, so to speak, equivalent to the sheep, and the lower story—to the worm. So that it can be said that a man

consists of a man, a sheep, and a worm, and

that a sheep consists of a sheep and a worm. Man is a complex creature;

the level of his being is determined by the level of being of the creatures of which he is composed. The sheep and the worm may play a bigger or a smaller part in man. Thus

the worm plays the chief part in man number one; in man number two—the sheep; and

in man number three—man. But these definitions are important only in individual

cases. In a general sense 'man' is determined by the center of gravity of the middle

story.

"The center of gravity of the middle story of man is 'hydrogen' 96. The intelligence of 'hydrogen' 96 determines the average intelligence of 'man,' that is, the physical body of man. The center of gravity of the 'astral body' will be 'hydrogen' 48. The center of

gravity of the third body will be 'hydrogen' 24, and the center of gravity of the fourth

body will be 'hydrogen' 12.

"If you remember the diagram of the four bodies of man which has been previously

given and in which the 'average hydrogens' of the upper story were shown, it will be

easier for you to understand what I am now saying."

G. drew this diagram:

"The center of gravity of the upper story is only one 'hydrogen' higher than the

center of gravity of the middle story. And the center of gravity of the middle story is

one 'hydrogen' higher than the center of gravity of the lower story.

"But, as I have already said, to determine the level of being by the 'table of

hydrogens' it is usual to take the middle story.

"With this as a point of departure it is possible for example to solve

such problems:

"Let us suppose Jesus Christ to be man number eight, how many times is Jesus

Christ more intelligent than a table?

"A table has no stories. It lies wholly between 'hydrogen' 1536 and 'hydrogen' 3072

according to the third scale of the 'table of hydrogens.' Man number eight is

'hydrogen' 6. This is the center of gravity of the middle story of man number eight. If

we are able to calculate how many times 'hydrogen' 6 is more intelligent than

'hydrogen' 1536 we shall know how many times man number eight is more intelligent

than a table. But, in this connection, it must be remembered that 'intelligence' is

determined not by the density of matter but by the density of vibrations. The density

of vibrations, however, increases not by doubling as in the octaves of 'hydrogens' but

in an entirely different progression which many times outnumbers the first. If you

know the exact coefficient of this increase you will be in a position to solve this

problem. I only want to show that, however strange it looks, the problem can be

solved.

"Partly in connection with what I have just said it is imperative that you should

understand the principles of the classification and the definition of living beings from

the cosmic point of view, from the point of view of their cosmic existence. In ordinary

science classification is made according to external traits—bones, teeth, functions;

mammals, vertebrates, rodents, and so on; in exact knowledge classification is made according to cosmic traits. As a matter of fact there are exact traits, identical for everything living, which allows us to establish the class and the species of a given creature with the utmost exactitude, both in relation to other creatures as well as to its own

place in the universe.

"These traits are the traits of being. The cosmic level of being of every living

creature is determined:

"First of all by what this creature eats,

"Secondly by what he breathes, and

"Thirdly by the medium in which it lives.

"These are the three cosmic traits of being.

'Take for instance man. He feeds on 'hydrogen' 768, breathes 'hydrogen' 192, and

lives in 'hydrogen' 192. There is no other being like him on our planet. Although there

are beings higher than he is. Animals such as the dog can feed on 'hydrogen' 768 but they can also feed on a lower 'hydrogen' not 768 but approaching 1536, food of a kind

impossible for man. A bee feeds on a 'hydrogen' much higher than 768, even higher

than 384, but it lives in a hive in an atmosphere where man could not live. From an

outward point of view man is an animal. But he is an animal of a different order from