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Chapter XVIII.
THE DEVELOPED MAN.
The term " developed" is a relative one, so it
will be well to explain exactly what is here
meant by it. The vehicles illustrated under this
heading are such as might be possessed by any
pure-minded person who had definitely and
intelligently " set his affection on things above,
and not on things of earth." They are not
those of one already far advanced upon the path
which leads to adeptship, for in that case we
should find a considerable difference in size as
well as in arrangement. But they do distinctly
imply that the man of whom they are expressions
is a seeker after the higher truth, one who has
risen above mere earthly aims, and is living for
an ideal. Among such some may be found
who are especially advanced in one direction,
and some in another; this is an evenly-balanced
man—simply a fair average of those who are
at the level which I describe.
We may first examine Plate XXL, which
THE DEVELOPED MAN.
The term " developed" is a relative one, so it
will be well to explain exactly what is here
meant by it. The vehicles illustrated under this
heading are such as might be possessed by any
pure-minded person who had definitely and
intelligently " set his affection on things above,
and not on things of earth." They are not
those of one already far advanced upon the path
which leads to adeptship, for in that case we
should find a considerable difference in size as
well as in arrangement. But they do distinctly
imply that the man of whom they are expressions
is a seeker after the higher truth, one who has
risen above mere earthly aims, and is living for
an ideal. Among such some may be found
who are especially advanced in one direction,
and some in another; this is an evenly-balanced
man—simply a fair average of those who are
at the level which I describe.
We may first examine Plate XXL, which