76 INVISIBLE HELPERS

magazine, I sent it to-Cyril himself, to see what he
would say to it, and his answer was this:

"It is quite true, as the writer says, that I am
onlya boy, and know very little yet, and that I shall
be much more useful when I have learnt more. But
I am able to do a little even now, because there are
so many people who have learnt nothing about
Theosophy yet, though they may know very much
more than I do about everything else. And you see
when you want to get to a certain place, a little boy
who knows the way can do more for you than a
hundred wise men who don't know it."

It may be added that when even a child has been
awakened upon the astral plane, the development
of the astral body proceeds so rapidly that he is very
soon in a position upon that plane but little inferior
to that of the awakened adult, and is of course much
in advance, so far as usefulness is concerned, of the
wisest man who is as yet unawakened. But unless
the ego expressing himself through that child-body
possesses the necessary qualification of a determined
yet loving disposition, and has clearly manifested it
in his previous lives, no occultist will take the seri-
ous responsibility of awakening him upon the astral
plane. When, however, their karma is such that it
is possible for them to be thus aroused, children
often prove most efficient helpers, and throw them-