I suggest copying down "The Chart" from the Cayce section under revelations before reading this explanation. The explanation is from the same book as "The Chart" and the same credit I do give as listed there.

Spiritual is the life, Mind is the builder, Physical is the result. The body is a physical pattern of the spiritual. Consequently, each major division of the Body must be complete in itself. No one organ can be a major division as it is only a result or a channel through which the three major divisions work; namely, Cells, Blood Circulation, Assimilation.

Without either the Construction by Attraction of Cells, the Keeping Alive by Perpetuation of the Blood Circulation, the influences to the Mental Material-Spiritual by Preservation of the Assimilation, a Physical Body could not--and would cease to--exist. It could not Attract other Cells so as to Perpetuate its own kind and Preserve the Mental-Spiritual Influences inherited from the beginning, and thus rise to the next step--the Power of overcoming, through Elimination of the dross.

When reaching that Power, all the Nerves of the Body become aware of greater Oppurtunity to have Life. The Nervous System gives us so many opportunities to express, to choose, Life. Without the nerves everything would be sort of Dead. (See Dan, the Serpent--left out of the 12 Tribes because he represents Death; and through rising to the Power and the Oppurtunity of Life we do not find Death as an Attribute of the Body. The Serpent-Satan cannot express in flesh save through the Environment we give him.)

Lymph means "water." Water means spirit, that from which all things sprang. Consequently, Lymph means Life--we have just come to the realization that our heritage is Life eternal. (An interesting point here is that the Lymph vessels with the lacteals from the absorbent system for Assimilated fats, and it is the only channel of Assimilation that does not empty into the liver. Remember, the liver, and kidneys are the positive and negative poles of the Physical Body.)

Consequently, we rise to the MENTAL influence, realizing that Mind is the Builder and we must do something about it; hence our conscience is the nearest dwelling place in our bodies of the holy of holies, the spirit of the Master. Thus it must be represented in the Physical by the Membranes that are skin-like tissue covering parts of the body, lining cavities and canals which communicate with the external air, lining cavaties which have no external communication. (It is interesting to note here that if a certain kind of membrane fluid is secreted in excess, one has a a dropsical "water" condition. Probably one dries up and dies if there is too little secretion.)

Then, having been pricked by Conscience, one has a Choice to make through the seven spiritual centers, the 7 glands about which so little is known in the Physical. (See chart of the 7 Churches, and Rev. 1 to 7.)

We can choose to express through the Glands and open the 7 spiritual centers, or we can Choose to leave them closed and just be Physical. We are always making Choice, consciously or unconsciously.

Choice is governed greatly by Desire; and Desire would attract Organs through which to function in the Physial Body. It was Desire that caused man to come into Physical Body, and the Organs have to function in order to manifest or express Desire.

Choosing and Desiring then to go upward toward our Source, we come to the SPIRITUAL Influence, with its Attributes. In order to attain stability and be able to STAND in the presence of the Most High, we must exercise Will; that factor which can make us strong, positive, and upright. Consequently, we have selected Bone Structure as the representation in the Physical for such a strong Attribute.

The Soul could not express very well in the earth without Covering; so it gradually took onto itself a Physical Body. Hence in the present Body our Soul shines through or is expressed through our center Covering. (See similarity here to our MENTAL Attribute of Conscience, represented in the skin-like Coverings called Membranes.)

The highest SPIRITUAL Attribute is Light. The first creation was Light. If our Soul continues to follow the Light, we will get back to our Source. The first thing a Body does when it is born into light (Physical) is start Digesting. Consequently, we have put the Digestive System as the representation of Light in the Physical Body. We must properly Digest all the Attributes; that is, spiritualize them, and return them to their Source in Spirit. Then we each will be as a complete Cell (Corpuscle) in the Body of God (Spirit), throbbing, pulsing, CREATING, CO-WORKING with the Whole, yet realizing ourselves to be INDIVIDUAL.

So, before Creation there was Spirit. The Spirit comes down through influences, through the Attributes, into the Physical Body; and returns, starting from the Cells to build through the Physical to the Spirit again. With this picture we see exactly what was meant in Group #1 Reading on Spirit when it said Spirit was the beginning and the end of all steps for a soul's developement, in the earth. Also we understand the Spirit of Jesus Christ saying in the vision to John, "I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, the first and the last."

Notice the SPIRITUAL Attribute of Soul being represented in the Physical by the Tribe of Joseph, who became Jesus, the Christ. The meaning of the name Joseph is "he will increase," and he is the purest character known to history except Jesus. Read the story of Joseph and his brothers with the Chart in mind, fitting each one into his place. Notice how closely allied with Benjamin the brother Joseph is, and how beloved Benjamin is. The Soul without the Will would be lost indeed. Joseph was the eleventh son of Jacob (Body) but the first son of Rachel. Probably this means something, and also Rachel--which we have to figure out.

Benjamin (fortune) was the twelfth son of Jacob (Body) and the second son of Rachel. There's the weakness and the strength in the 2. The Soul and the Will united makes the Triune of strength. Benjamin had the affection of his brothers, and received their favors as a matter of course, and was not very positive, but a quiet, gentle spirit. The Will without the Soul couldn't do very much. The TRIBE of Benjamin was always of least consequence. The tribe was almost destroyed for violating the rights of hospitality (Judges 19:20), 600 only escaping to the rock Rimmon--which they held for four months against their enemies (Judges 20:47). The Benjamites seized the "daughters of Shiloh" and preserved a tribe from extinction (Judges 21:19) "at an annual feast of the Lord." The first deliverer of Israel was Saul, a Benjamite; and Saul (Paul), the apostle, was also of this tribe. It is interesting to note that in Jerusalem (temple body) there is a Gate called Benjamin.

Also it is interesting to notice that when Jacob (body) blesses or gives the message to his sons, he calls them in order of their birth: but in Revelation, according to the Spirit, they are given their place according to spiritual merit.

Simeon and Levi, being Desire and Choice, must certainly be closely united. Simeon (harkening) and Levi (to adhere) killed a whole tribe because of wrong they considered done to their only sister, Dinah (Genesis 34).

Here it might be worth while to note that there are 12 Openings in the Body of Man, and 13 in the Body of Woman. Perhaps this Dinah (Acquitted) caused so much trouble in the beginning. Nothing is recorded as to what became of Dinah. She was the 13th child of Jacob (Body)--the only daughter.

Simeon was the 2nd son of Jacob (Body). Here's the weakness of 2 again, and only becomes strong with the Choice added to Desire. The only great name of the tribe on record is the widow Judith, the heroine of the apocryphal Book of Judith, where she appears as an ideal type of piety, beauty, courage and chasity. There were 18 cities given to Simeon, including the famous well of Beersheba. A part of the tribe (500 men) took possession of a district in Mount Seir, where they were still living after the return from Captivity (I Chronicles 4:42, 43).

Levi, 3rd son of Jacob. Levi's descendants, among whom were Moses and Aaron, were made the ministers of religion and the representatives of the national faith. Jacob prophesied that Levi should be scattered among his brothers, which was fulfilled in the distribution of the tribe among the 48 Levitical cities, which were scattered throughout the whole country. The tribe displaced the earlier priesthood of the first-born as representatives of the holiness of the people. They guarded the ark, and were reckoned seperately as the host (of the Lord), and were not counted in the army. (See GLANDS under this in Chart--spiritual centers). Their special duties were the daily sacrafice, and the work about the tabernacle (and Temple), in a certain appointed order (Numbers 3, 4, 7). (See division in Bible Dictionary of the tribe into 3 seperate branches according to their functions [Exodus 6:16-25].) So MUCH is given about this tribe that seems to have a peculiar significance to the Body-Physical-Spiritual, and Jacob's saying "I will divide them in Jacob (body), and scatter them in Israel (seekers)."

Issachar (hire), 9th son of Jacob, 5th son of Leah. He is not mentioned again as a person, only as a tribe. (Interesting, considering this to be Conscience.) Its land was and is now the richest in Palestine. We are left to suppose that the tribe fell into idolatry, because there is nothing recorded in favor of its religious history. In the order of march in the desert, Issachar's place was on the east of the tabernacle, with Judah and Zabulon. Notice "A strong-boned he-ass, couching down between two hedgerows," apparently the missing link--or conncecting link-- between the Preservation of the Physical (Juda) and the Light of the Spiritual (Zabulon). Since Conscience is not very tangible in the Physical Body, it is easy to see why the tribe apparently passed out of existence.

Aser, 8th son of Jacob, 4th son of Bilah. The boundaries of the tribe are extremely difficult to trace. (Imagine trying to trace life in a Physical Body, or measure the 8th step--after 7th gland-seal is opened.) It is only known that the boundaries were North of Carmel (Park--fruitful field), on the Great Sea (7 glandular centers leading to Spiritual). Notice the description in anatomy as to how the lymph ducts carry the "water" of the blood. The land (tribe of Aser) contained some of the richest soil in Palestine, and minerals. Anna, who lived in the temple, wathing for the coming of Christ, was of this tribe.

Nephthalim (wrestled), 5th son of Jacob, 2nd of bilhah. There is not a word said about him personally in the Scriptures. See Exodus, Twleve Tribes. Evidently Nephthalim used his Opportunity to become all "Nerves," that is, "Impulses," instead of actualities or personal recognition. Notice, "Nephthalim IS a hind let loose; he giveth goodly words." Jesus said, "Father, thy word is truth." So perhaps the Nerves give the words truth the Oppurtunity to register and be carried to all parts of the Body.

Manasses: There is no reason given for depriving Manasses of his birthright, as there was in the case of his grand-uncle Esau. On leaving Egypt at the Exodus this was the least of the 12 tribes, but later increased so that he is honored with a first mention before Ephraim. The division of the tribe is one of the singular facts in the history of the Israelites (seekers) and seems to be at variance with the national feeling and laws. Some of this tribe were warriors and made extensive conquests. There is no account of this tribe seperate from Ephraim, and it is likely that the two neighbors were spoken of as one people. It is interesting here to note that we have Manasses corresponding with Elimination in the Body; and evidently Manasses takes the place of Dan (Satan-Death), Eliminates Death and becomes Powerful.

it is also interesting here to notice that Ephraim was given the birthright, yet Manasses is one of the 12 divisions of the body mentioned in Revelations. Consequently, Ephraim must have to do with that 13th element again, or Opening of the Woman--which becomes so necessary to the tribe of Manasses, in order to become Powerful through united strength to Eliminate Satan (Dan Serpent), or to undo the harm caused when "the Sons of God looked upon the Daughters of Men," etc. Consequently, Woman spiritualized--as in Mary, the Mother of the Lord--gives Power to man and strength to overcome.

Ephraim means "double fruitfulness"; he was the 2nd son of Joseph by his wife Asenath. Again the weakness of 2 unless made strong in the Triune. Joshua the son of Nun was of the tribe of Ephraim. Joseph disliked the idea of Jacob blessing Ephraim above his older brother Manasseh, yet Joseph himself chose the tribe of Ephraim for his channel of reappearance as Joshua. There was the earthly Power objecting to the spiritual Power; or man saying "Let me sit on the right hand," etc., not realizing yet it has to be merited. The portion of Ephraim in Canaan (lower country, bowed down) was elevated, hilly, and having the plain of Sharon, a narrow strip on the West, Esdraelon on the North, and the Jordan valley on the East, in the center of the country. It was 55 miles from East to West and 70 miles from North to South. The whole was called Mt. Ephraim. It had the "precious things of the earth, and fullness thereof," as blessed by Moses. The finest and most fruitful of all the land. Afterward called Samaria. Its wealth and importance were increased by the presence of the Ark of the Covenant and the Tabernacle at Shiloh within its borders. The people were jealous, and at enmity with the tribe of Judah from the time of David. If this does mean the Woman, can't you see the jealousy and warring with Juda through the gradual giving away of the Power into the hands of Juda for the Preservation? Very few attempts to conquer Ephraim were ever made, and Shalmaneser only succeeded through the internal divisions of the kingdom of Samaria (watch mountain). Samaria is mentioned along with Shechem. (See Shechem Samaria).

Ahlmaneser (reverential towards fire), King of Assyria, took Samaria after a siege of 3 years, and carried Hoshea captive beyond the Euphrates, ending the kingdom of Israel. Notice the Fire under the MENTAL Influence. When Samaria (city on a hill, watch-mountain) is overcome, we rise to the MENTAL Influence with its attributes and are able to conquer the 12 major divisions of the body (12 tribes) through Mind over Matter.

Juhah (praise Jehovah), 4th son of Jacob by Leah (see 4 influnces to body of man from his Source throughout). Judah was a leader in family matters from his youth up, and more is known of him than any other save Joseph. Reuben advised the brothers to throw Joseph into a pit, and Judah proposed the sale to the traders, both acting honorably to themselves, wishing to save the life of Joseph (Preservation, you see). Judah went before Jacob (Body) into Egypt (mystery). In the beginning the Soul has to Assimilate before it could build up a Body. Jacob (Body) honors Judah (Preservation) first in his blessings. It was from the line of Judah and Tamar that Jesus came. Here again we see a Woman playing such an important part in the PRESERVING of the strain. See Genesis 38. Nothing is given as to where Tamar came from, or from what family; yet what she did was counted to her for righteousness.

Reuben (behold, a son), 1st son of Jacob and Leah. The tribe of Reuben was located, at their own request, on the East side of Jordan, and against the wishes of Moses. (Numbers 32:19.) Notice Jordan means "the descender," the watering place; largest river in Palestine. Notice how Perpetuation and Blood Circulation fit in with this, when we consider that the Blood in the Physical is the pattern of Water in the Spiritual--that from whence all comes. The children of Israel passed over Jordan, and were Perpetuated.

Gad (troop), Jacob's 7th son, 1st born of Ailpah, brother to Aser (Life). The country given to the tribe was the center of the east of Jordan (notice Reuben's choice, above). The most beautiful district in Syria (high); a high range of purple tinted mountains, cut down by deep ravines, partially clothed with forests of oak, sycaores, beech, figs, evergreen shrubs, etc. The climate is fine and soil fertile, affording the best pasturage. Notice the siilarity between the location of Gad in the "center" and the glands of reproduction in the Body--the seat of the "tree of life," the Opportunity to retrace one's steps through Attracting and Constructing Spiritual Cells that will overcome the "troop" that has been Attracted by undesirables or non-essentials throughout the ages. It is noteworthy that the tribe of Gad was carried into captivity, and its cities inhabited by Ammonites (sons of my relatives). The Ammonites were descended from Lot. Women of the Ammonites were in Solomon's house. The last mention of them is in 1 Macc. v. 5, 30-43. Solomon means wisdom. So with Wisdom we will start spiritualizing our Cells and by the law of Attraction return to that from whence we came.

Zabulon is the Light, the haven in the Sea (Spiritual), from which we first began to Digest outside things and add all these Attributes. "Zabulon shall dwell at the haven of the sea; and he shall be for an haven of ships; and his border shall be unto Zidon." Zidon means "fishing." The Jews never conquered the city, and so far failed of the promise. It is one great garden, filled with every kind of fruit-bearing trees, nourished by streams from Lebanon (white)--the white mountains of Palestine, on the north of the country given to the Israelites. Zabulon means "dwelling"; it is the city without foundation, a house not made with hands, whose Maker and Finisher is God.

See Matthew 4:13-14; reading 1462-1--Gates of Zubar (?) in Temple Beautiful, Temple of Sacrafice in Egypt; later became in other languages known as Zabulon. The LIGHT of those activities made for greater purifying, enlightenment, in other lands.