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 that defileth," can not enter heaven. With many who have not made heaven possible, there is still some knowledge of the good or true, which must be taken away before hell is entered, for "whosoever hath not, from him shall be taken away even that he hath." Those who are undergoing this preparation, either for heaven or for hell, constitute the Intermediate World of Spirits.

Thus viewing the human organization as a whole, the philosophy and purpose of its creation are clearly seen. The Soul, composed of the Inmost, the Mind, and the Spiritual Body constitutes a complete spiritual being, which is the real man. The Natural Body is but a material covering enabling the person to live in the natural world.

The purpose of living in the natural world may be confirmed from the results. The infant is not a man, though it has in it in an undeveloped form all the human degrees. Nor is one truly a man because he is grown to the fulness of stature. An infant becomes a man in the true sense in proportion to the development of all the degrees of his organization; so also a man becomes the image and likeness of God. Man is clothed with a natural body not only that the soul may