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"Enq:  I understand. You say, then, that this true Ego cannot return to earth after death. But surely the actor is at liberty, if he has preserved the sense of his individuality, to return if he likes to the scene of his former actions?   Theo:  We say not, simply because such a return to [...]

"Enq:  But what is the distinction between this "true individuality" and the "I" or "Ego" of which we are all conscious?   Theo:  Before I can answer you, we must argue upon what you mean by "I" or "Ego". We distinguish between the simple fact of self-consciousness, the simple feeling that "I am I", and [...]

"Enq:  I was told that the Theosophical Society was originally founded to crush Spiritualism and belief in the survival of the individuality in man?   Theo:  You are misinformed. Our beliefs are all founded on that immortal individuality. But then, like so many others, you confuse personality with individuality.   Your Western psychologists do not [...]

"Enq: This means that you reject the philosophy of Spiritualism in toto?   Theo:  If by "philosophy" you mean their crude theories, we do. But they have no philosophy, in truth. Their best, their most intellectual and earnest defenders say so. Their fundamental and only unimpeachable truth, namely, that phenomena occur through mediums controlled by invisible [...]