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waiting to carry out the commands of the Lady of the White Lotus. Apart from these speculations, however, the story in question has a very noble lesson to teach. In its allegorical aspect it describes the trials and the difficulties of a neophyte. It is not easy, however, for the ordinary reader to remove the veil of allegory and clearly understand its teachings. It is to help such readers that I proceed to give the following explanation of the characters that appear in the story in question and the events therein related.
(1.)Sensa, the hero of the story, is intended to represent the human soul.
It is the Kutashtha Chitanyam, or the germ of Pragna, in which the individuality of the human being is preserved. It corresponds with the higher and permanent element in the 5th principle of man. It is the ego or the self of embodied existence.
(2.)Seboua, the gardener, is intuition. "They cannot make a phantom of me," declares Seboua; and in saying so this unsophisticated but honest rustic truly reveals his own mystery.
(3.)Agmahd, Kamen-Baka and the nine other high priests of the temple, who are the devoted servants of the dark goddess whom they worship, represent respectively the following entities:—
| (1.) | Kâma | ... | ... | ... | Desire. |
| (2.) | Krodha | ... | ... | ... | Anger. |
| (3.) | Lobha | ... | ... | ... | Cupidity. |
| (4.) | Moha | ... | ... | ... | Ignorance. |
| (5.) | Mada | ... | ... | ... | Arrogance. |
| (6.) | Matsara | ... | ... | Jealousy. | |
| (7, 8, 9, 10 & 11.) | ... | ... | The five Senses and their pleasures. | ||
