"As worlds are absorbed into the Electric Circle and again thrown out in new and more glorious forms, so are we absorbed and changed into shapes of perfect beauty, having eyes that are strong and pure enough to look God in the face.

The body perishes--but what have WE to do with the body--our prison and place of experience, except to rejoice when we shake off its weight for ever!" Heliobas smiled gravely.
"You have learned your high lesson well," he said.

"You speak with the assurance and delight of a spirit satisfied.

But when I talk of DEATH, I mean by that word the parting asunder of two souls who love each other; and though such separation may be brief, still it is always a separation.

For instance, suppose--" he hesitated: "suppose Zara were to die ?" "Well, you would soon meet her again," I answered.