Occult Principles of Health and Healing

1 Occult PrinciplesofHealth and HealingBYMAXHEINDELN inth EditionThe Rosicrucian FellowshipMT. ECCLESIAOCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA, USACOPYRIGHT 2012 BYTHE ROSICRUCIAN FELLOWSHIPAll rights, including that of translation, reserved. Forpermission to copy or translate, application should bemade to the ROSICRUCIAN FELLOWSHIPINTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS2222 MISSION AVENUEOCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA, 92058-2329, USAT elephone: (760) 757-6600 Fax: (760) 721-3806 ISBN #0-911274-81-2 ISBN #978-0-911274-81-3 Max Heindel, spiritual Initiate and messenger of theRosicrucian Brotherhood, was born in Denmark on July 23, became a shipping engineer and eventually emigrated to theUnited States. By 1905 he had become seriously interested in thestudy of metaphysics, and spent the next few years consciouslyworking and searching for spiritual Truths.

2 When he was visitingGermany in 1907, the Elder Brother of the Rose Cross whobecame his Teacher made contact with him on the inner planes. Hewas instructed in the etheric Temple of the Rose Cross, receivingthe Occult Teachings that he eventually incorporated intoTheRosicrucian Cosmo-Conception, published in November 1909. HefoundedThe Rosicrucian Fellowship in August 1909, and spenthis remaining years, until January 6, 1919, writing, lecturing,establishing Fellowship Headquarters in Oceanside, California,and generally spreading the Teachings of Esoteric Christianity -the pioneer spiritual Teachings which will prepare all humanity forthe New Age of Aquarius, when all nations will join in Interpretation of Our SymbolismHow often have we looked at the cover of theCosmo-Conception and our other publications and perhapsremarked that it was a good design and quite unique, andwondered who made it up.

3 And if it meant anything at following are the thoughts of one who has often tried tointerpret the foot of the cover is thefleur-de-lis, the emblemof the Trinity - Father, Son and Spirit - but as only theFather and Spirit were active at the time here represented,we find but two of the petals colored with red, thus beings created we see as a stream flowing upwards,provided for a time with but two bodies, the dense and thevital, but after a time the desire body is added and is shownby the red appearing in the ascending each stream looks alike outwardly, they arevastly different, the one on the left being known in ourliterature as the Sons of Cain.

4 They are full of positiveenergy and are the craftsman of the world, thephree-messen, who carve their way through life, rather enjoyingthe obstacles which they know strengthen the work through the intellect, as is shown by the lampfrom the flame of which proceedsnine rays, showing thepositive path chosen by the esoteric other stream develops the heart side of life and thedivine flame proceeding from it shows buteight rays, anegative path. Those following it, desiring that they shouldhave a leader, someone to follow, someone to worship, theyare the churchmen of the world who obey the teachings oftheir stream of life flows onward side by side till a timecomes when the wise and loving ones guiding the evolution,decide that to hasten progress it is necessary that the twounite and plan that this shall be accomplished by thebuilding of a Temple for the worshipers by the craftsmenand that both streams would unite in a Mystical Molten can see the wonderful impulse by the chalice raisedfrom each and filled with the red wine of life.

5 You will readthe story of this in the building of Solomon's Temple. Thisplan was frustrated by the treachery of the Sons of Seth -those on the right. And after this each swung further awayfrom the other than serious condition now is shown in which some appearto fall away entirely through materialism. But still the racelives on, the churchman and the scientist, the mystic and theoccultist, each pursuing their own path independent of theother, till a stage of such materialism is reached that thespiritual guiders see grave dangers ahead. To prevent theplan of evolution being defeated, a great destruction ofhuman bodies is permitted - the present war (World War 1) -which for a time looks as if it would wipe humanity off theearth.

6 See the break in each stream. But this calamity hasthe desired effect, we now see again great force and eachstream turned directly towards the other, where they mayshortly unite as the foot of the page we find another symbol, so smallthat you may have overlooked it. Here is a small blackcross, that represents the physical body. In the enlargedhead of the cross is seen the heart. Heart and head haveunited and the result is shown in the spreading ray - theresultant soul another emblem occupies the center of the page -the Rose Cross. The lower limb represents the plant life,which draws its sustenance from its roots.

7 At one time ofour existence we were plant-like. The cross piece is theemblem of our passage through the animal stage with itshorizontal spine. The upper limb is the symbol of mindwhich is a human attribute, and the radiant star representsthe golden wedding garment which shall make us This compilation of material concerning thehealth and Healing of the human organism, asconsidered from the Occult viewpoint, affordsthose interested in attaining and maintaininghealth a treasure chest of valuable Heindel, a trained clairvoyant andinvestigator of the super-physical worlds, devotedmuch time and effort to ascertaining the realcauses of physical and mental disorders asrevealed in the realm of cause, the higher orsuperphysical planes.

8 And this volume contains thefruits of his labor. It embodies some of the mostpriceless truths in regard to the origin, functions,and proper care of the vehicles of man to be foundon the printed page, and those concerned with thetrue art of Healing will find it an indispensableaddition to their libraries. Christ admonished His disciples, Preach theGospel, and heal the sick. Maintaining Health ,when once gained or regained, requires aknowledge of the Gospel , or laws of God, and itis therefore in light of both parts of the commandof the Great Teacher that this book is dedicated tothe afflicted of humanity. May the contents of itspages, permeated as they are with the love andcompassionate understanding of the mystic heartof the author, be the means of bringing new solaceand relief to countless aching hearts and sufferingbodies, as well as speed the day for the generationof more perfect human to the reader: Occult Principles of healthand Healing is a compilation of materials frommultiple books.

9 A space between the paragraphsindicates the next paragraph is from a different bookor different section of the same book the twoparagraphs are not related. If there is no spacebetween the two paragraphs, then the nextparagraph continues from the previous .. iiiPART I - MAN AND HIS VEHICLESC hapter I The Dense Body ..11 Introduction ..11 The Brain and Nervous Systems ..19 The The Ductless The Lymphatic System ..39 Chapter II The Vital Body ..41 Evolution and General Purpose ..41 The Ethers and Their Functions ..42 Chapter III The Desire Body and the The Mind.

10 50 PART II - DISEASEC hapter IV General Causes of Introduction ..55 Causes of Mental Disabilities ..57 Causes of Physical Disabilities ..61 Chapter V Specific Causes of Disease ..65 Insanity ..65 Obsession ..69 Hysteria, Epilepsy, Tuberculosis, and Cancer .. 78 Impairment of Vision ..79 Shell Sclerosis or Hardening of the VI Heredity and VII Effects of Alcohol and Tobacco ..90 PART III - HEALINGC hapter VIII Origin and Development of Healing ..97 Curing versus Healing ..99 Chapter IX The Rosicrucian Fellowship Method of Healing .. 102 Why the Rosicrucians Heal.