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"Even in his Buddhist Catechism, Col. Olcott, forced to it by the logic of Esoteric philosophy, found himself obliged to correct the mistakes of previous Orientalists who made no such distinction, and gives the reader his reason for it.   Thus he says:   "The successive appearances upon the earth, or 'descents into generation', of [...]

"Why Do We Not Remember Our Past Lives?"   "Enq:  You just said that the SPIRITUAL EGO was omniscient. Where, then, is that vaunted omniscience during the Devachanic life, as you call it?   Theo:  During that time it is latent and potential, because, first of all, the Spiritual Ego (the compound of Buddhi-Manas) is [...]

"Why Do We Not Remember Our Past Lives?"   "Enq:  Still there ought to be exceptions, and some ought to remember.   Theo:  And so there are. But who believes in their report? Such sensitives are generally regarded as hallucinated hysteriacs, as crack-brained enthusiasts, or humbugs, by modern materialism.   Let them read, however, works [...]

"Why Do We Not Remember Our Past Lives?"   "Enq:  Do you mean to infer that that which survives is only the Soul-memory, as you call it, that Soul or Ego being one and the same, while nothing of the personality remains?   Theo:  Not quite; something of each personality, unless the latter was an [...]