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Disembodiment: The spirituallife in the sphere of the earth:
ANDRÉ was in his room, as he had received a message from Alcar that he would depart from his body. On his last journey to heaven and hell his leader had shown him conditions and attunements; on this journey he would get to know the spiritual life. He felt happy that he was allowed to visit the spheres again. He already longed for the moment that he would see, hear and talk to his leader and would be allowed to sense his love. What would he experience this time? Where would his leader be taking him to? Far distances, deep depths had already been shown to him in the spirit. It was quiet all around him, he still heard nothing from Alcar. Yet he sensed that a certain influence was being exerted on him, as he felt the silence of the spirit coming over him. This had nothing to do with the earth. This silence was unknown on earth. What he felt was spiritual possession, the radiation of love from a being that lived on the side beyond. A gentle, beautiful feeling of happiness flowed into his soul. Did he hear correctly? Yes, it was Alcar who told him to listen.

'André, get ready, I will release you from your physical body in a flash.'
Disembodiment made him feel a great, blessed happiness. He had experienced his last disembodiment consciously, but now this no longer seemed necessary. He went and lay on his bed, fully stretched out on his back, focussed his attention on his leader and waited what would happen. He soon felt himself sinking in the spirit, then he was drawn up, he saw himself floating above his physical body, and finally his leader caught him up in his arms. Now he was one with Alcar.
'Look my boy, we'll be together again for quite a while. This journey is harder still than all the other ones we made. You will now get to know life on this side, as wen as vatious forms of art such as sculpture, music and painting, but not until we have arrived in the higher spheres. But before we visit the higher spheres, you will get to know the pre-animal-like, the animal-like, the coarse-material and the material attunements in the sphere of the earth, and after that we will leave the earth, in order to descend into the dark spheres.

There we will visit the rulers, the geniuses and the masters of evil. You will witness how they too have their celebrations, which will make it clear to you that the human being who has departed from the earth continues his terrible earthly life on this side. In the sphere óf the earth, where we are now, I will show you life; beings that satisfy themselves on the human being who attunes to them. Then we will descend into the sphere of the suicides; you will see this condition too, so that man will receive a clear image what his life will be like if he puts an end to his earthly life. I will have to make terrible truths clear to you. I therefore ask you to be strong; we won't be back here for quite a while. You will experience a lot of beautiful things, André, but also deep darkness and misery. Ask me as much as you want, I will answer you to the best of my abilities.

Look, there's your physical garment, we have now transcended all me intermediary conditions which you experienced last time.'
Coarse-material and animal-like attunement:
'Come on, André, our journey is about to begin. Now listen carefully to what I'm going to tell you. In the condition we are in now, on this very spot, pre-animal-like beings exist, as weil as Divine beings, in other words we find the highest and the lowest spheres here. I will explain everything to you shortly, when we link up. You know that a higher spirit can visit the lower spheres which are located below his own attunement. On our previous journeys we looked at everything from wirhin our own attunement, bUt now you will experience every attunement. Is that clear to you?'
'Yes, Alcar', but André was trembling and felt nervous at the thought of the things he was about to go through.

Alcar sensed this and said: 'Don't fear, my son, nothing will happen to you. The unhappy spirits which you will presently see roam and ramble around in the sphere of the earth and assault rhose who are completely unaware. When we descend, unhappy ones will approach us and adress us, whileothers will attack us.All this is possible, but in that case leave everything to me and don't say a word when we're in their midst. We both speak the language of feeling which you were already allowed to use on previous occasions; everything will come to you in the mind because our inner selves are united. When they address us and want to take us along, we will accompany them, yet we will act according to our\own insights and powers. Danger lurks on all sides in this place. When I convey a message to you, you will act from within your own attunement, not from the one we're in at the time. That's simply impossible, as they see, hear and feel you, because you're linked up with them. We may also lose sight of each other, but in that case too you will sense me and you will take action according to the feeling that comes over you. As you know, on this side strong will power and concentration stand for connection. I had to explain all this to you so that you will know how to defend yourself if the need arises. We will now descend and also return into our own condition.'

André felt how he was assimilated by a different sphere, as a terrible coldness came over him, and the light which just a moment ago had enabled him to perceive had vanished too. He got a frightful shock, because theré in front of him stood an abominable being and he already prepared himself to return into his own condition. Where had that being appeared from so suddenly? The very moment he wanted to vanish, he heard: 'Stay, André, it's me.' But however can this be, he thought. Is that Alcar?
'Doesn't my son recognize me?'
No, André wouldn't have recognized his leader if he hadn't spoken to him. The thing standing in front of him was a coarse-material being.
'I've changed quite a bit, haven't I?' .
'You look terrible. How did this happen?'
'This is my spiritual body, but are you nevertheless able to recognize me as a spirit of light? Do you now understand what connection in the spirit means? lt also tells you that one cannot simply barge into this place. Those who want to work in the sphere of the earth, who have descended from the higher spheres to help unfortunate beings here, must be developed and possess the appropriate powers; otherwise they cannot hold their ground. This requires a lot of effort and holy conviction, but most of all love for our work. I will now show you something else. I will draw you back into your own condition, but I will let you depart in the spirit, which is only manifestation, so in the mind. These are powers which I also showed you in a visionary manner; but in order to make this even clearer to you. I want to show you that we can manifest ourselves in all those deeper attunements because these conditions are located below ours, et I remain in my own sphere. What it amounts to is that you can perceive your own image in the spirit. If there are four different pheres below me, then I can manifest myself in all those.. spheres without leaving my own condition. Do you feel w.hat I mean? Watch carefully, I will now draw you back, So that you will see an image which your concentration is focussed on.'

André felt himself getting lighter and also sensed that he remained linked up with that other sphere. He saw a shape resembling himself, he too was a terrible monster. Was he still human or was he an animal?
Alcar said: 'I will now link you up, but gradually, so that you will experience this transition into yourself. Accordingly this is the return into your previous condition.' 
He dearly saw an other body next to him and he recognized himself, but he was a terrible beast. How far had his spiritual body descended into this darkness? lt made him shudder to imagine having ra remain and live in this condition. How deep the men and women must have fallen who lived in this sphere. No other image could have been more convincing to him. Now he also knew that he would he invisible to all beings. There was no more fear left in him.
'You see how we can depart in our mind, even though we have shed our earthly body. lt's all a matter of concentration and strong will power, in the spirit concentration is light and by building up light we link up with and experience all the conditions we want to unite with.'

'How terrible you look, Alcar!'
'Why terrible? Am I not the same one? I carry my possession within, nobody can take anything away from me.'
André thought of Alcar's spiritual radiation which he had been allowed to behold in te higher spheres.  Where was his beautiful garment and everything that lit him up? He was truly witnessing miracles.
'Who could make me change, André? After all, 1 don't want to live like them; none of them can or will influence me. If I were to take part in their animal-like life, I would be one of them, but I remain who I am because I neither like nor want their kind of life; I remain in my own attunement.'
Alcar's well-shaped hands had changed into daws and his beautiful eyes had lost their gleaming lustre. All the loving glow had gone, Alcar as well as he himself were deeply ill-fated beings. What powers did man possess when he lived on this side? How great his powers were to be capable of all this. Who would still recognize him as a happy spirit? André knew that his leader had taken on his thoughts. 'So that's what you believe, André? A higher attunement will empathise with me and know the attunement I possess. But everything will soon become dear to you because you will experience it. And now on we go.'

They had hardly left before André sensed other beings nearby. 'Spirits, Alcar', he whispered softly.
In a flash it came to him: 'Remember what we just agreed on, André? We use our own language, the language of the mind.' André understood.
'They hear every thought that is spoken, and that would force us to return because they would recognize us and attack us. This would complicate our work. So be careful and use your powers with deliberation.'
André had sensed correctly, some beings were indeed approaching them. À colossal figure, a terrible monster, addressed them. There were a few more behind them who stopped some fifteen feet away and remained there, waiting.
'Well now', he said, and those two words contained everything, his possession and his entire personality. He addressed them as his equals. 'Where are you heading for?'
André didn't know what to do or say, although the question had been directed at him. But Alcar answered instead: 'Where we're heading for? Let's see, where shall we go to, we don't know ourselves.'
The o thers also came over to them; they too were unfortunate beings in an animal-like condition.

'My friend and 1', Alcar began, 'have only been on this side for a short while.'
'How did you get here?' The sudden question was once again directed at André. And for the second time he was at a loss, but while Alcar talked he caught his thoughts and knew that he shouldn't say anything and would just have to wait how things were going to develop.
'We fell down, we had an accident, We're painters.'
'Ah', the being exclaimed, 'so you crashed down?'
'Yes, that's how it must have happened.'
André wondered whether they knew that they had died on earth. So many were oblivious of the fact. Again he got an inner answer which told him that they had passed on long ago and others had persuaded them of this. Yet Alcar was carrying on a conversation with them, but André felt that he should concentrate on Alcar, it would all settle itself and they would remain oblivious. How great the powers were of a being with a higher attunement. They could not be fathomed. None of them had sensed nor understood anything of their ronversation, and he understood the meaning of all these conditions cf feeling and the nature of all those attunements.
'Who told you that you were on this side?' the man again asked Alcar.
'Some people told us, but we don't know who they were.'
'Maybe not, but we do, they were blacks, no doubt about it. We know their sweet talk. They're all around the place.'

'I don't know who they were', Alcar told him, 'but they gave us some good advice what we should do to attain an other life.'
'He's already hooked', the monster retored and started to snigger in a terrible manner.
'How do you mean, sir?' Alcar asked him. They alI began to laugh. 'Sir? You call me mate, got it?
André was trembling, how coarse these terrible beings were.
Í bet they wanted to win you over', the one continued who had been doing the talking. 'Didn't they teIl you that there are people up above us?'
Alcar confirmed that this had been the case.
'They've been here often, but we don't need them. Don't let yourself get hooked, man, it's like poison.'
Alcar told him that they had meant weIl, because due to them they knew that they had died on earth.
He immediately went on: 'What's that? Then don't you know that you can profit from the earth here too? You can experience more, see, feel and hear more than in the life over there. Come on, join us, you'll be surprised how wonderful things are here. Do you fancy a drink?'
What's that being talking about, André thought. A drink?
Alcar said: 'You must be kidding us!'

'No, it's the truth all right, just you co me along with us, yoûll see for yourself. Here you can drink whatever you fancy, experience whatever you want. You can do anything here. You could find no better spot to live in than here. You can walk into any place without asking, nobody will throw you out. We lead a free life here, the people on earth have no idea what it's like, they would be amazed. They can't hide away from us, we find them anyhow. Some of them have got a cloud of vapour around them, we can't reach them. All the others walk into our traps of their own accord because they know nothing about this life. Yeah man, it's not as boring here as you might think. The only thing we haven't got is light; always that deep darkness, it's always nighttime.'
A shroud came over the monster, for a moment it stood there in thought. But it immediately went on: 'Come on now, follow me', and pulled them along by their arms.
'But you know', .Alcar continued the conversation, 'that there are other countries besides these, don't you?'
'Of course, at least if it's true what the blacks say. We don't know for sure, but we've heard about it so often. So what? I wouldn't want to part from this life, it's far too much to my liking.I've never ever felt as free to do as I please before. Why should I leave for another country? Are things just as fine there? We don't know about that ourselves. Seeing is believing, as my old dad used to say.  I'm just like him and 1'll do as he did. No man, you'll soon find out why I don't want to leave this place. Let me give you a tip, pick yourself a person who sticks to his way of life day in day out, otherwise you'll begin to burn inside.'

'How do you mean?' Alcar asked him.
'What I mean by that? You'll find out soon enough yourself. Aren't you thirsty and all that other stuff?'
'But I dont understand what youre saying', Alcar said to him, 'tell me more clearly.'
The man looked at Alcar with his bloodshot eyes and was silent; these secrets were his, he didn't utter a word about this, the animal didn't intend giving himself àway.
André had been able to follow the entire conversation; he was linked up with his leader and would remain so. Terrible, where was this leading to? How bestialized these people were. He saw many astral beings passing by who walked straight through the earthly people and thought nothing of it. He had seen similar scenes during his previous trips but now he was right in their midst. They all radiated passion and their eyes were bloodstained, making them appear like wild animals. In a heavily populated street they entered a large house. The one who had addressed Alcar said to him: 'Right, at least we'll get a drink here, and lots more; this is home to us.'
They stepped into a pub. Terrible, he thought, they've even got gin in the spirit? Didn't these people think about any other kind of life? Was this happiness to them? This was all terribly sad; not a spark of light would penetrate this darkness. He foIlowed Alcar in his footsteps.

An inner voice told him: 'So you see, my son, how real it is; presently it will all prove to be true. But we won't take part in their passions. Stay with me and keep your concentration focussed on me.' A terrible smell engulfed him. He saw in a glance where he was. There were no wealthy from the earth present here. He also saw what the monster had meant by that vapour; it concerned those who weren't quite as evil, which apparently prevented them from linking up with the others.
The pub was well occupied; earthly people were sitting about everywhere. There was a terrible nóise, they were shouting and screaming as if savages had gathered here. Passion and violence; earthly man and his many delights, enjoying an animal liquid that burnt their souls.There was no end to this. They radiated a flaming fire; their spiritual glow was the reflection of deep darkness. His entire being was impregnated, because they were all at the mercy of demons and in the hands of animal-like beings. This was a terrible place; coarse-material people were gathered here. He saw sinister looking beings and some of them would be lost for hundreds of years. He saw astral beings that were hanging on to earthly human beings, draining them of their vital juices. They clung on to them and could act like this because it's what these human beings themselves were after. Subconsciously man was linked up. How clear life on the side beyond was to him now, and the meaning of having to live on earth and what one should make of it. He read them like an open book. The earthly people felt nothing of this ghascly life; they thought they were alone and yet an other being, a human being who had once lived in matter but had shed his physical garment, had linked up with them. This was how the astral human being could give full vent to his passions.

'That one', the human beast in charge of everything shouted, 'he's mine' and immediately pounced on a human being. André shivered at the sight. The animal threw himself onto the human being, embaced his prey like a mother would do with her child in order to suck out his vital juices. An animal sense of delight flowed into its soul. It remained grimly connected, a disgusting truth was now being shown to him. Their souls united, one radiation, together they formed one being. Auras blended, feelings merged, one life, one hunk of animal-like life was experienced. The astral spirit had enormous strength, the human being would have difficulty in freeing himself. The latter was doomed to death and destruction. Lost for hundreds of years, to start a different life afterwards. Drinks were supplied, it was all poison, but their thirst was insatiable; it burnt into their souls.

How long would this go on? This was no form of pleasure, what he saw here was animal-like life. Ir was terrible. The spirit urged the physical being to keep on drinking. André felt how he did, he could accurately take on his inner condition. Ir was even very simple, the earthly human being would have to possess strong will power if he wanted to free himself from this. It was impossible, the astral human being was stronger, his powers of concentration were deadly. This power cut itself into the human being like a lancet; he acted accordingly, thought he was the one who was in charge, but he was under the influence of an animal-like being. When he caught sight of André at some distance away from him, the beast let go of his prey for a moment to focus his thoughts on him and with one leap he stood beside him. André was trembling alt over; what was going to happen now?

'Haven't you got the guts? Or don't you know what to do, then I'll show you. Come here and if you don't like what they're drinking, then you lay your own will into them and everything will happen as you want it to. Isn't it simple? Come on, lad, get going. You've got to join in with the fun. You can have it all, as long as you're set on it. Look, that one over there, him with me vapour all around, he's out 'of reach. You simply slither off, but there are enough others to choose from. Or take a woman, they're easier to enter, they draw you in of their own accord once you've captured them.
What a language they used here! What kind of opinion did they have of man? What did love mean to those who had sunken so low? Alcar was standing in a corner of the hall where he was lending him support.
The beast continued: 'Once you've found someone, don't let go of him and follow him wherever he goes. Now off you go.'

He went at it again. André had been told a terrible truth. He sensed his leader regardless of the goings-on. Oh, how brutal it was to pounce on the human being who wasn't aware of anything. He looked at Alcar, who made him feel that they would be moving on. Alcar walked on into the hall and he shivered at the sight he saw. There were astral beings everywhere, they had all found their prey, they were all one. This was how they experienced the earthly life they had left behind. All this was possible. In the sphere of the earth, where man existed, a different life was present that could acquire this kind of life, because this was what man on earth wanted himself. Otherwise it wouldn't happen. All these conditions would cease to exist as soon as man had conquered his ego. Life on earth had fallen so low, so inhumanly low. This was the poison of life, it burnt their souls away. This was the way they brightened up their dark lives.What was their life after death like compared to the lives of those who dwelt in higher spheres? How poor in feeling, in light, in happiness and how far away still from the first existential sphere in the spirit. Suddenly he heard an infernal noise that drowned out the previous din. Before he knew what was happening, he was seized and dragged out of the hall.

'Alcar, Alcar!' In his mind he cried out for his leader, but he saw him nowhere and felt that he would collapse. Suddenly he felt enormous power coming over him. He focusses all his powers of concentration on his attunement and noticed how he dissolved in their hands. Thank goodness, that was done with. He had had enough and he would have preferred to return to his physical body. All this misery was terrible. His leader was standing a few paces away from him. Alcar smiled.
'How on earth did that happen so suddenly, Alcar? After all, I didn't do them any harm. They took me completely by surprise. 'You notice that they watch your every movement; they were the ones who took us along. They sensed that we weren't taking part in their passions and so they understood that we didn't belong here. They're all one and will attack those who refuse to participate. They don't put up with other attunements here. Don't forget, evil, hatred passion and violence prevail here.

Everything spells destruction. I withdrew into my own attunement because I wanted you to experience this and use of your own powers. You've got to see this through, otherwise we would have to return and try again, until you could handle things on your own. This is necessary, André, you will understand that. Are you feeling a little better? Here in the sphere of the earth, as well as in the dark areas, you must remain linked up with your inner self, otherwise you can't accomplish any work here. As you see, the astral human being can participate in earthly pleasures in the life after death. There is nothing I need add to that. We were amongst the lower social classes; we will shortly visit those who are capable of hiding behind a mask. But to the astral human being this offers no impediment. Those we just met are coarse-material beings who are attuned to the animal level. They haven't sunk as low as those we will meet up with shortly, because the others destroy mankind and pour death and destruction out over them. They are malicious, because they hide behind masks. Terrible though it may be, yet those we were with just now are true and open; one can protect oneself against them. They live in mud and sludge, but the wealthy of the earth, who are often the poison of life, are shrouded by their garments which conceal their dark souls. But one day there's an end to that too, and then astral beings will be waiting for them when they enter this life.'

'They can't be reached, Alcar, can they?'
'No, at least not at the moment; but they have learnt that there's a possibility to ascend. You disappeared before their eyes; by freeing yourself from their claws, they think they witnessed a miracle. Look, there are some of them over there; they're wondering where you went to. Listen, they're carrying on a conversation.'
Those who had attacked him were still around him as if they expected him to return. André heard them say: 'Any idea where that black one went to?'
'No', the other said, 'I couldn't tell you, it's beyond me. What kind of powers have they got that make them dissolve before our eyes? Did you ever experience anything like this before?'
'Yes, various times. I had an idea that they might be blacks, but I don't understand how they pull this off.'
'Where's the other one who did all the talking? Have you seen him?'
'Not me. He was the leader of the one I got hold of. I knew it, but I had my doubts, otherwise we could easily have overpowered them. You find that scum everywhere. Come on, let's get back in again.' And their hideous life began anew.

Ýou see, André, they won't be roused, but something stuck in their minds and one day they will free themselves from this life to start a higher one. They are just the ones we can use later on for our task of helping the unfortunate, because they have all learnt in this life. They all know how to get around, they know their shortcomings. sense what they're capable of, know exactly when to act, in short they are the guides who will help others because of the life they led themselves. They too will enter the higher spheres because no child of God is ever lost.'
'Where did the others go to, Alcar?'
'They follow the ones they have in hand, and I'm sure that you sense that they won't stop at drinking. That's how man is destroyed. and he wants all this himself because he lives an animal-like life. They will sink lower and lower, and finally they fall into an abyss of passion and misery. Here good and evil live together, because on earth the attunements ranging from the pre-animal-like to the material all live together. Co me on André, off we go.'

They passed through lots of streets and he saw various physical beings who were surrounded by dark figures who followed them in their footsteps. Some were there to bring happiness and protection to the bereaved, others brought death and destruction. Others again had come to convince their loved ones of a life that goes on forever. What a strange kind of continued existence he was looking at; and yet it would serve irs purpose to know all this on earth. He felt the power of this truth; it would be a support, an incitement to begin a different way of life right now on earth while one was still in possession of material life. The things he had seen and experienced here were terrible.
'We will visit conditions yet, my son, which even outdo this one in their horror. And all this within the sphere of the earth, around and within man, of which he is not aware. Isn't it high time for him to know all this? Wouldn't you exert all your strength to stand up to this? When people enter this life and have left loved ones behind on earth, only then does an urge arise in them to be allowed to speak about all this on earth but usually this isn't possible.

First they have to rake themselves in hand; there are thousands here who return to convey this to the ones on earth. But for those who have already reached this condition on earth and want to give themselves for others, the need to learn this no longer exists on this side. in the life after that life. They have acquired something on earth, which is light and happiness, so that they can offer warmth to others, make them attune to higher spheres and then they will return in happiness. Here they will possess nothing but happiness because their development in matter will have progressed that far. But if one is allowed to experience all this as a disembolied spirit, my son, then this is a great blessing granted to only few human beings. We will now descend further down and visit a place where the wealthy of the earth are gathered. Come André, we will enter here without asking; nothing and nobody will hinder us.'
André sawa big building in front of him where Alcar entered as if he owned the place. They passed through various large rooms and arrived in a big hall where hundreds of earthly people were gathered. He also saw thousands of astral beings that lived around and within them.

'Where are we here, Alcar?'
'We're in a building where man spends time to relax his nerves.This is a concert hall and as you see, where there's life, the spirit is present. Connections are possible everywhere. There are hundreds of different attunements and this alone would suffice to fill volumes, we could make this into a beautiful composition. But I won't linger on one condition; man must be given an extensive image of all the transitory conditions in the spirit. You will see beings amongst mem who are attacked and possessed by many at the same time. On earth murders are committed to possess a being. And when they arrive here they keep on fighting because they can't free themselves from that being and it remains the focal point of all their powers because their conditions of feeling are the same. Then life begins anew, but now in a more acute sense, as they can link up without being visible to the earth. But they meet up with resistance on this side, since there are beings which they have sent here and who will be waiting for them, which will result in renewed fighting in the spirit. Here they battle for the possession of an animal-like being.'

What André saw was nothing but luxury. The earthly people were dressed in rich garments. He saw them strolling about and talking in little groups; apparently this was an interval. Next to them was me astral human being with all his lusts and he felt that there were many on earth to protect them. Others had terrible appearances and were lurking for a prey or they experienced certain things that would destroy them. He saw young handsome spirits who accompanied earthly man to attest to their presence. But the people didn't fee! it; they knew nothing about this, and the spirits were not understood. They would follow their loved ones invisibly. He saw good and evil, passion and violence, coarse-material and animal-like conditions gathered together. These were people and all these people lived in different attunements of good and evil. What he perceived was a world in itself, a world in which he got to know a form of life which wasn't possible on earth. It was wisdom in the spirit, spiritual laws and attunements of love.

They were people who could all be Divine, children of one Father. He saw radiations, beautiful to behold, which caused an ardent feeling inside of him. He saw that glaring green that was fatal if one became linked up with it. He saw luminous figures who, in this darkness, carried their light within; he sensed this because it came over him. Nothing, absolutely nothing could be perceived if he didn't adapt. It was tremendous what he now experienced. Earthly man was oblivious of all this, with some he felt a conscious transition in their feeling towards this side. They all passed through him, they stood talking inside of him, told each other terrible things, spoke about destruction as if it were nothing and meanwhile he and many others listened in without being seen. Of course it was tremendous for him to be allowed to experience this as a earthly human being. He saw that many were lived by those who wanted to destroy life. They acted through their powers and according to their will. But as long as man refused to change, these conditions would go on existing, and these beings would be lying in wait for them in the life on this side.

He could already imagine the course certain scenes would take. He saw man who had left the earth and was linked up with demons. Man would say: Who are you, what do you want from me to bother me like this? The astral human being would answer: You have lived your whole life on earth through my powers and according to my will. Wasn't it terrible to have to hear and accept this truth? Yet that moment would come, but then they were lost. They tried to conceal their dark souls hehind all those beautiful garments, but on this side everyone was recognized. He clearly saw that man could protect himself but it had to be his own wish, he had to attune to higher conditions, give love to everything that lived. How disfigured many were, many were ruined by their flaming passions. But the very worst thing of all was that they were able to conceal their inner condition. All this was possible on earth; many were misled and would perish there, but here their inner being could be derived from their exterior appearance and recognized. He saw many women who had a beautiful radiation; how beautiful they were when they felt love. Others again had been maimed right down to their soul; the poison of life had penetrated deeply into them.

Ahead of him walked a woman who to earthly standards was very beautiful, but what a monster she was, seen on this side. How terrible she looked, something earthly eyes could not perceive. What was her beauty? Nothing but here material garment; deep down she was black, as dismal as the darkness in which she dwelt. And yet people were killed to possess such a being. He sawa hideous being all around her that held her entangled with his terrible claws. She was in his power, she was lived by that being. It sucked off her vital juices, led her through life, held her captive and yet she felt nothing of it. They were one, equal in their essence. What he perceived was connection. Here he saw true life, the core of spiritual powers. They had damned themselves and others.
The astral spirit roared because he was attacked by another. It turned into a terrible fight that had started on earth and was continued on this side. He saw how one of them had an open wound on his forehead which must have been caused by a bullet. This one had taken his life because he had been cheated whereas he thought he loved. This was human love; that's how man pictured love to be. He loved and destroyed his own life. 'Man, oh man, know yourself!

André looked at his leader. 'A terrible truth, Alcar.'
'Everything is reality, my son, truth in the spirit. There are hundreds of other conditions similar to this one.' The fight still continued; who would win? They were both from one condition. Their souls were being unraveled. Even in the life after death they were fighting because of her who had sent both of them here. Where was the end if man continued his unsuccessful earthly life behind a veil? Was that a woman? If one saw her like André did, they would disappear from her immediate vicinity. Their souls melted away, consumed by animal juices. They were one in their feeling, one in passion and violence; they had an animal-like attunement. Finally one remained lying. He immediately saw some spirits carry him away. Where had these assistents come from so suddenly? Who had called them in this darkness? Had they not been recognized? Would they be attacked too? But beside him stood a spirit who looked at him closely. In a flash it came to him: 'Do not fear, André, all is well, a spirit of light.' He saw Alcar on the opposite side of the hall; yet he had caught this message. André sounded out the spirit and a great happiness came over him. Love, nothing but love, warm th radiated in him. He understood everything. He lived in this darkness in order to help the unfortunate.

The spirit spoke to him and said: 'From the earth, on earth, and yet in the life of the spirit, aren't you, my brother?' Por him who possessed a higher attunement, this was possible. Yes, he was from the earth and now lived in the spirit but in this way sawa completely different earth than when he lived in his physical body. How great this mighty scene was, what a difference. 'Fear nothing, brother; God is love is out password in this darkness.'
André was happy, but when he wanted to speak to him, the spirit had disappeared. Neither did he see his leader. What would be the meaning of this? Not a sign of Alcar to be seen. Was he amongst them who were gathered here? He searched the surroundings, but nowhere did he see any light of him. Suddenly he felt influence being exerted on him. Where did that come from? Who was influencing him in this darkness; who else knew him and wanted to re ach him? He felt it even clearer than the first time and now he knew that this was Alcar. He focussed his powers of concentration on him and caught the following which he understood literally. 'I am in a different condition and will wait for you. But I want you to follow me in your thoughts which will enable me to show you how we can be linked up and remain connected with each other. Don't worry about anything.'

André thought this was very interesting. The terrible being was no longer in sight. All the people from earth hurried to their places, but he walked into another hall and was cautious not to be attacked a second time. Danger lurked here on all sides. At a certain moment he felt himself being drawn out of the building into the open. What would he be seeing now? The wonders he experienced wouldn't cease. He decided to concentrate on his own condition if something serious happened; nobody could stand in his way in this; it was his only means of rescue in this darkness. He landed in a street which he walked through to the end although he felt an urge to refuse. An invisible power pulled him along. He felt that power so intensely that he couldn't escape from it. Again he met many spirits, accompanying people from the earth. How wondrous this life was.  How little they knew about this on earth. André continued his way and reached a large square with a statue in the middle. He felt that he should walk around it and when he came to the other side he sawa being that he would prefer not to see or meet. But the being had already discovered him because it walked in his direction. It was of course an unhappy spirit.

He was ready to return into his attunement. Come on then, he thought and walked towards him, there was nothing else he could do. The monster stopped right in front of him. What did it want from him? He heard a growling and gathered that he was asking where he was heading for. Should he tell him? But what should he say; was it any of the being's businness what he was doing here? No, he thought, I will go on and he wanted to pass the being that stared at him with glowing eyes as if it wanted to tear him to pieces. André jumped aside and had nearly passed it when he felt that the being wanted to latch onto him. He prepared himself to return into his condition. The animal grabbed him by his shoulders and at that moment the being told him: 'You are stayin:g with me, aren't you, André?' He felt dazed when he heard that familiar voice. 'Alcar, how is this possible; where did you co me from so suddenly, what is the meaning of this? I didn't recognize you. What kind of attunement is this?'
Í am in the transitory condition on the way to the suicide's sphere with which I have linked up. We will descend down there too soon. Really, André, you can link up and you know how to act. I kept my concentration focussed on you and you see, you followed me. I couldn,t have given you a clearer image. You have now experienced how we can link up at a distance.'

'But you know me, Alcar; if you didn't know anybody here, would it still be possible?'
'Even then, Andre, after all I link up with higher pwers. I will show you. Watch, Andre. Look there are a few beings over there coming towards us.'
Andre saw two beings coming towards them. He couldn't believe his eyes; they were happy spirits, they radiated light. Alcar addressed them: 'Brother Asper, I called you to convince my instrument. I knew that you would come wherever you were.' The spirits greeted Alcar and him too and left. The short meeting had been cordial.
'Spirits of light, workers for the good cause, André. They are on the way and will not be stopped. You see how we can reach each other. In this way you get to know the life on this side. So it will be dear to you that everything lives together on earth, but that it is impossible on this side. Here people find their own attunement and they will be together with those with whom they feel one. I let you experience all this to show you that man on earth bears the Divine but also the animal aspect inside. Both attunements are one and are inherent in man. It's up to him to free himself from evil. So on me spot where we are now all attunements are present as well as ours and the higher conditions which are all invisible to us but will become visible if we link up. We will descend deeper and deeper and people and spheres will change. Come on, André, off we go. You know now how to protect yourself.'

André felt an icy coldness and saw his leader changing. The misery lay even deeper on his face than just before. What a change. Alcar looked like an animal and to think that he dwelt in the fifth sphere. Here laws were known which people were not acquainred with on earth and would not be understood there. Man would firn: have to enter this life before he could become convinced of it. The streets, the houses and trees, in short, everything he had just perceived had now vanished before his eyes. Nothing was still visible, everything was barren, deep darkness and coldness.
'Can't those who live here be convinced, Alcar, that people live up above and mat everything is different?'
'Not,' that's impossible, because they don't feel it within.'
Jozef Rulof.