Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 269, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1914 — Astral Spirits. [ARTICLE]

Astral Spirits.

The Oriental religions taught that each star had its special spirit, termed “soul” or ‘‘vital principle.” This doctrine passes into the religions of the Greeks and Jews, and even Into that of the Christian world. During the Middle Ages these astral spirits were conceived of sometimes as souls fallen angels, sometimes as souls of departed men, and sometimes as spirits originated In Are. Paracelsus (p4>s- - A. D.) taught that every person had his guardian-star, which presided over his destiny from Ms birth, and eu his death received Mm into tta keeping until the resurrection day.