![The body was the slave of the vortex; but the slave has become the master; and we must free ourselves from that tyranny. It is this stuff [ indicating her body ], this flesh and blood and bone and all the rest of it, that is intolerable. Even prehistoric man dreamed of what he called an astral body, and asked who would deliver him from the body of this death.](/assets/img/quote-photos/the-body-was-the-slave-of-the-vortex-but-the-slave-has-become-the-master-and-we.jpg)
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