It should be pointed out that each spiritual center is
not simply an endocrine gland, but involves the nerve
plexus and other organs immediately adjacent to it. For
example, consider the thymus gland, represented by the
fourth church: This center also involves the cardiac
nerve plexus, the heart and the lungs. This center may
be referred to as the heart center or heart chakra
because its function traditionally relates to love. This
tradition is supported by the section of the Revelation
that names love as the virtue of the fourth church and
fornication as its fault. Since it encompasses the lungs,
the fourth center can also be referred to as the air
center, tying it in with the four elements.
      The relationships presented in this chart can be
thought of as archetypal in the sense that they reveal a
profound relationship common to all men between
certain images and symbols on the one hand and bodily
structures, physiological processes and emotions on the
other. If we can accept this theory we may have a most
useful and highly complex chart of hypotheses for
entering into the dream. Optimum use of the chart can
be achieved by undertaking a thorough study of the
Revelation and Edgar Cayce's interpretation of it. A
flexible imagination is also needed in order to relate the
key words on the chart to a wider range of associations,
to extend the chart's applicability into the area of human
psychology in general.
      As an illustration of how the above chart may be used
as a source of hypotheses for entering the dream, let us

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