Chart No. 3

of the conscious mind currents operating in that person. Ovals or cross lines are energy block indicators which limit the expression of the energy action, or cut across the field and sever the line, causing interruption of flow, and denote crises in the life and fate pattern of the individual. Squares also have their meaning of balancing or protecting effects.

Science accepts the cardiograph, encephalograph, finger prints, etc. Why not give life credit also for its own method of recording its various graphs in the space of the palms of the hands? Is life itself less important than the machines which man has created to measure such things? Or have we insufficient facts to enable us to interpret life's own recordings intelligently? Has this art been lost and misused by chiromancy or palmistry? Truth shines forth in reflections, and even misuse, words and systems cannot cover it utterly.

The warmth of the sunlight is the FIERY principle^[1] of energy in the blood stream which warms every cell of the body. Sunlight and warmth are radiating light waves which give feeling to the emotions, to desires and also impetus to action. Love, temper and temperament are its keynote. These were expressed as Venus and Mars in the cosmogony of old which dealt with the psychological energy in the cosmos and in man. The erythrocytes or red blood cells with their iron and oxygen contents tell the vital story of life's pattern of hopes and ambitions in every person. This is the heart line and is charted across the palm of the hand. It is the first line, immediately under the mounds of the fingers where they join the hand. The heart line expresses the pattern of the heart as a charted course to see and to study the life currents. No mirror is as accurate as these chartings of life on the neuter [neutral] pole of the hand of each person. Animals do not have these recordings.^[2] It is a superior type of handwriting on the wall of space in each one's hand, to enable that person to see and understand Life. The Patriarch Jacob used it when he described the characters and qualities of his twelve sons.

Again, this line has its value in depth, length, curves and interferences as happenings in Life. I am merely calling attention to energies of life and their own recordings in the body if we are interested enough to observe them and learn to understand ourselves. We often look into the mirror to see how our clothes fit, or how the complexion is, but what about our inner complexion of Life and how does it sit in our hands and on our brow? Is this important? Or is man merely a clothes rack for display? We can fool others but not ourselves. Bitter are the tears of a neglected life. We pray for more life, then pass it by in all its phases and simple splendor. Life knows us, but we do not know it. It is possible to understand Life and know it if we give it the same attention and energy of application as we do our pleasures and non-essentials. Then we need not cry that Life has passed us by.

The vital energy in the generative system is also represented in the blood stream as the fluidic WATERY principle^[1] of the moon, to balance and cool the fiery energy fields in space and in man. In its more material aspect it is the chemistry principle of all fluids of the body as well as the blood stream. The serum, the white cells, the fibrin, the albumin, the internal secretions and the skin and mucous membranes all belong under the vital energy of the waters of life itself. In the cosmos it is also the mother principle of forms and structures as bodies for many types of souls on this earth. This is a combination or balancing effect between the air and fire energies. The result is a stepped-down fluidic media of circulation where all three energies are represented and sustain a further stepped-down crystallization of more solid materials, as the body structures. Such is the story of Life and its relation to form and action, readily revealed to us if we but place our attention on Life as the star actor and main pole of our existence.

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¹ To alleviate confusion between the Three Principles and the Five Elements, many Polarity practitioners refer to Dr. Stone's "Fiery Principle" as "Yang," and his "Watery Principle" as "Yin." See The Three Principles and Five Elements for more information.
² Apes and some other primates also have unique and distinct finger and hand prints.