of normal flesh for waste material.
It is the retained refuse in the form of urea and carbon dioxide gas that prematurely ages the flesh, dulls the mind and causes the whole being to mature too rapidly.
There is no doubt but that at the root of all old age of the flesh there are seeds of carbon products, while fresh air, perfect breath control, exercise, a limited amount of pure food and muscle education, is the open secret of rejuvenation.
Air and Fire, or Breath and Vibration, which form the fuel of the flesh, are the most potent forces of the Illuminatus. The conscious breath, passed over the lips in a rhythmical breathing, becomes like a bellows igniting the dry cells waiting for the spark of higher energy. This increased vibration of the cell body and circulation starts a violent conflagration in the body and burns out, like dead leaves, the lingering waste products.
This conscious control of the breath, with fasting and muscle tensing, were the mysteries of the temples of Lemuria and Atlantis over thirty thousand years ago, and those who knew the law continued their lives thousands of years in youthful, free, healthy bodies.
Greece caught something of this mystery many thousand years later as it was repeopled with the incarnate egos of ancient civilizations and it became a world of artistic wounder.
Under the new method of exercise we conserve all our energies, yet have results the old
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