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«The Final Appeal to Mankind» by Nicolai Levashov
Chapter 9. The effect of the spirit on the human organism and
psyche

Let us now consider the pivotal role of the human spirit... It enters the fertilized egg at
the moment of conception – and departs after the physical body expires.

In the course of a human lifetime, the spirit passes through various stages of evolution,
affecting the physical body it happens to inhabit at the time. Its basic structure consists
of three spiritual bodies – etheric, astral and mental. Every individual possesses each

of these spiritual bodies, which may exist merely in rudimentary form, or more or less
fully developed.

There is only one basic rule governing this process, e.g.:

A complete astral body may emerge only after a certain critical developmental level is
reached, whereby the qualitative barrier between the physical and first mental planes

of the planet disappears.

Corollary to this, a complete mental body may emerge only after development of the
astral body up to the level of obliterating the qualitative barrier between the planet's
physical and first mental planes.

Whenever conditions arise for the development of the next spiritual body, the
preceding bodies continue their evolution. The pace may be rapid or slow – that is, any

of the bodies may assume a dominant role in the spiritual structure. Thus, any of the
bodies may become disproportionately developed as compared to the others: it
depends upon the actual sequence of their spiritual developments after birth. Moreover,
a human being keeps on developing – either positively or negatively – during his entire
lifetime.

Thus, in most cases, the changes manifested by each spirit body are consistent with one

another. The individual then manifests these changes both psychically and
behaviorally.

We may distinguish four basic psychological types:

1) Sanguine personality

2) Phlegmatic personality

3) Melancholic personality

4) Choleric personality

We have deliberately listed them in this order: let us try to determine why.

Each spiritual body of an individual may, in the process of its development, occupy a
dominant position in the basic spiritual structure. However, the mental body is the last
to develop, and therefore its qualitative impact on the spiritual structure starts occurring

at a later time than that of the other bodies. Most individuals are unable to develop their

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