Higher psychical development (Yoga philosophy) : an outline of the secret Hindu teachings . interesting topic in connec-tion with psychic development, and that is a discussionof the pineal gland and the pituitary body, and theiroccult functions. The pineal body is physiologically aductless gland,—one of several glands in the body whichdo not lead out into the external environment, and arehence called ductless; but they have a profound ef-fect upon the nutrition of the body, on the circulationof the blood, on growth, on sex-life, and on other innerfunctions of the body. These functions of the p
Higher psychical development (Yoga philosophy) : an outline of the secret Hindu teachings . interesting topic in connec-tion with psychic development, and that is a discussionof the pineal gland and the pituitary body, and theiroccult functions. The pineal body is physiologically aductless gland,—one of several glands in the body whichdo not lead out into the external environment, and arehence called ductless; but they have a profound ef-fect upon the nutrition of the body, on the circulationof the blood, on growth, on sex-life, and on other innerfunctions of the body. These functions of the pinealgland are fairly well-known now, from the physiologicalpoint-of-view; but, apart from these, there are certainmystical and occult phenomena connected with the func-tioning of the glands, which have been taught in occultscience for a very long time. Both the pineal glandand the pituitary body are situated in the brain—theso-called Cave of the Mind—the pituitary body be- GUARDIANS OF THE THRESHOLD 201 ing in the lower fore part of the brain, and the pinealgland near the From the occult point-of-view, the pituitary body isthe seat of the mental principle, and through this bodyor centre, the will is energized,—and it is, in a sense,the bridge or connecting point between the physical 202 HIGHER PSYCHICAL DEVELOPMENT world and the spiritual world. Inasmuch as the bloodis thought to be a stream of life force—prana—on thephysical plane, these glands—the pineal gland and pitui-tary body—are the doorways, so to speak, between thephysical and spiritual life—atma. . They are pointsof contact between the brain-consciousness and the higher Spiritual Self, leading to the Supreme One. . .The pineal gland is said to be the organ for InnerSpiritual Feeling or Sensation. Dr. William H. Dower, in his Occultism for Beginners,says: Molecular motions in the pineal gland cause spirit-ual clairvoyance, but to make this clairvoyance illuminethe field of the Universal, the
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