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T he S y m b o l is m of D i c e ................................................................ p Case
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A lic e G r o f f ’s M y s t ic P h il o s o p h y ...................
143
M u s i c ...................................................
.....................B y S tu a r t L e e c h , M . D . 144
A strology and F ree W i l l ..............
.................................................... M a r t i n Petry 146
S om e T h o u g h t s o n t h e P s y c h ic C o n s t it u t io n o f M an and H is
L a t e n t P o s s ib il it ie s ................ ...................................... J o h n C. Sk ottow e 149
^ HE T ruth C o n c e r n in g th e L if e and T e a c h in g s of Z oroaster
H. C. H od ges 155
1 h e N ew U n d e r s t a n d in g ................................................... j. \y Norwood 158
T w enty M essages — M essage 5 ..................................... 161
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R E N TS IN T H E VEIL — P erso n a l E x p e r ie n c e s ..................................... 193
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T h e A lc h e m is ts V in d ic a te d

Perhaps no other thinkers or body of searchers into the mys­

teries of nature have been more laughed at, scorned and ridiculed
than the Alchemists. The complacent nineteenth and twentieth
century product of human evolution, firmly convinced of his
superiority in knowledge and common sense to any benighted
person of previous ages, has regarded the Alchemists, Astrologers
and Magicians of history as more or less harmless lunatics, super-
stitiously hunting will-o’-the-wisps.
Some with a little more brains recognizing that there could
not be so much smoke without some fire, became apologetic, and
explained that the real Alchemist only used the metals and pro­
cesses as symbols of spiritual development and that the A rt of
Alchemy was nothing more than a disguising language covering
a philosophical doctrine. Such regarded those who really
sought to transmute base metals into gold and silver, as fools who
had taken the writings of their predecessors literally, but whom
we had to thank for the modern science of Chemistry.
W ith the discovery of radium, science received something
of a shock; and the possibilities following the study of the ion
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and electron made science regard the old alchemist with a little
doubtful attention, but even at the present time we think there are
but a very few persons who believe that the old alchemists knew
what they were about.
A s one of these few it is with peculiar pleasure that we note
in the newspapers two important items. One is an account of
successful experiments in transmutation by Sir Ernest Ruther­
ford, an English Scientist. He has not actually made gold from
lead but working on the knowledge that differences in an atom are
solely the number of electrons and positive particles contained in
it, has succeeded in breaking them up, when they form different
combinations. He says that to make gold it would suffice to
detach two A lpha particles from Bismuth atoms or from lead
two A lpha and one Beta particle. This disruption is done by the
A lpha rays from radium.
The other case is that of Mr. Rudolph M elville Hunter, of
Philadelphia, who for many years has claimed to have mastered
the secret of turning base metals into gold. T h e foundation of
his process is evidently identical with that of Sir Ernest Ruther­
ford, the transformation of the constituents of the metallic atom;
his method seems to be by chemical and electrical means. He
w ill not give the secret to the world on account of the harm it
would do but exhibits metals in the process of changing to gold
and his alchemical gold has been tested by Sir W illiam Ramsay
of London and found to be chemically pure.
So the alchemists of old are vindicated. Their methods
were not the methods of modern science but closely analogous.
There can be no doubt that the old process of sublimation was to
resolve the metal into its atomic parts, but the change of the posi­
tive and negative particles in the atom giving it the different
power of combination was done by the aid of other forces of
nature than the alpha rays of radium.
It may be that modern science will go farther and some day
discover the elixir vitae. W ho knows?

T h e S u b -C o n s c io u s

Perhaps the greatest obstacle to a general acceptance of

spirit communication and its corollary, the continuity of the per­
sonality after death, is the theory of the sub-conscious mind. In
automatic writing of any kind in which the hand or hands are
used, either to hold a pencil or move a planchette or ouija board,
no matter how foreign to the ordinary intelligence, education or
knowledge of the medium the received communication may be,
there is a universal tendency by scientific and would-be scientific
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as well as the sceptical materialistic minds, to ignore the obvious

explanation and ascribe all such phenomena to the sub-conscious
mind.
Let us admit that the proper attitude in which to investigate
these things, in order that there may be no possible error as to
the source, is to consider every other possible explanation very
carefully and give a verdict of not proven if any such can be
found tenable, but it is a question how much we are justified in
attributing to the sub consciousness the source of all genuine auto­
matic writings.
In the first place we know very little about the so-called
subconscious beyond the fact that it has been fairly well demon­
strated that there is a region of mind in which is retained the
memory of all the incidents of the life so far experienced. W e
know that under certain conditions of suggestion or stimulation
these incidents can be recalled. It is considered true by many
that in addition to this the sub conscious includes a sense organ
memory of much to which those organs have reacted but which
have not reached the actual consciousness. How much of this
is fact and how much theory is debatable and we doubt if any­
thing very definite is really known about it.
Nevertheless it is precisely to this part of the sub-conscious­
ness that the messages received auomatically or spoken in trance
or hypnotic sleep are attributed. W e are invited to believe, for
example, that X, the Living Dead Man, who writes so interest-
ingly of his after death experiences; that Patience Worth with
her quaint dialect, her literary style, her brilliant repartee; that
Frederick of “ The Seven Purposes” and the helpful and valuable
Lessons claiming to emanate from “ Headquarters” in the same
book; all have their source in the subconsciousness of the respec­
tive amanuenses. If Judge Hatch, Patience Worth and Fred­
erick, not to mention numerous other communicants from the
“other side,” are merely the expression of the subconsciousnss of
the message-bearer, then we are confrontd with a problem much
more complex, extraordinary and profound than that of after
death life of the personality, v iz: the existence in each of us of
practically another personality using our organs of sense but with
a mind and knowledge superior to that which we can express; an
entity which can think and feel independently of our conscious
thought and feeling; an entity which can cleverly personate
others, and which addresses us or an audience, as a separate indi­
vidual. That we are all dual personalities in one body with the
less developed mostly dominant, seems more difficult of belief
than the communication with us of one in the so-called spirit
world, especially when we have so much evidence in allied
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phenomena, such as materialization, the direct voice, speaking

through trumpets, spirit photography, table rapping and tilting
and so forth, that prove the existence of such spirits.
A t our present state of actual knowledge the subconscious is
nothing more than a convenient term to which many people
relegate all spirit communication and which enables them to
avoid a frank admission of the obvious though unwelcome ex­
planation. T hat the subconscious is anything more than what
has been stated v i z : the latent and unconscious memory of past
experience, is not known, and the attribution to it of possibilities
of anything more than this is pure speculation and entirely un­
warranted.
Students of occult philosophy are familiar with the teaching
that in reality every individual is so limited by his physical and
astral bodies that the expression of his full character, knowledge
and memory is impossible. This real nature is called by various
names, the Self, the Ego, the Genius, etc., and M r. F. W. H.
Myers in his “ Human Personality” gets very close to this idea
when he posits the sub-liminal and the supra-liminal self. Some
persons use the word sub-conscious as including both these states
of consciousness, but, allowing for this extension of meaning, we
must maintain that the three conditions of sub, waking and supra
consciousness are but states of and part of the one consciousness
and cannot be considered as having a separate existence, and
therefore do not furnish any satisfactory explanation of spirit
communication. It is true that for purposes of clarity of teach­
ing the Ego and the Personality are sometimes treated as if two
separate entities, but it is not really so, and we do not credit the
possibility of the higher talking to the lower as a separate being,
claiming name, history, death, experience and many other
matters, absent from the memory of the lower or outside of its
knowledge.
The higher consciousness, when it does come through into a
man’s waking consciousness, expresses itself as idea, sudden com­
prehension, conscience or intuition, and in many other subtle
ways, but never as some entity not himself, and to ascribe all the
communications now being received to the subconscious or even
superconscious man is unscientific, in a measure cowardly, and
simply begs the question.
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Gfltje S>pmi)oltgm of Bice

By Paul F. C ase

A m o n g th e v a r io u s d e v ic e s e m p l o y e d f o r g a m e s a n d d i v i n a ­

tio n , d ic e a r e p r o b a b l y th e o ld e s t . S o p h o c l e s a t t r ib u te d th e ir

in v e n tio n to P a la m e d e s , a G r e e k h e r o o f th e T r o j a n W a r , to

w h o m a ls o w a s g i v e n th e c r e d it f o r i n v e n t in g th e a lp h a b e t , l ig h t ­

h ou ses, w e ig h t s a n d m e a s u r e s , b a c k g a m m o n a n d th e d is c u s . I n

G r e e k le g e n d s , t h e r e fo r e , P a la m e d e s h o ld s a p la c e s im ila r to th a t

o f T h o t h a m o n g th e E g y p t ia n s , w h o m a d e th e ib is -h e a d e d g o d

th e in v e n t o r o f w r i t in g , o f n u m b e r s a n d m e a s u r e m e n t , a n d o f

d iv in a t io n . T h o t h w a s id e n t ifie d w it h th e G r e e k H e r m e s a n d

th e R o m a n M e r c u r y , to w h o m th e d i c e w e r e s a c r e d b e c a u s e th e y

w e r e s u p p o s e d to b e th e p r e s i d in g d e it ie s o f g o o d l u c k in h a z ­

a r d o u s e n te r p r is e s .

T h a t T h o t h - H e r m e s s h o u ld b e s o c lo s e ly r e la te d in le g e n d

w it h th e d e s p is e d c u b e s w h o s e p r i n c ip a l m o d e r n u s e is in a

g a m b l i n g g a m e is a f a c t w h i c h , in its e lf, c o n s titu te s a v e r y s t r o n g

h in t th a t, lik e th e T a r o t , d i c e h a v e a n o c c u l t m e a n in g . W e k n o w ,

m o r e o v e r , th a t d i c e h a v e b e e n u s e d t h r o u g h o u t A s i a t i c c o u n t r ie s

f r o m p r e h is t o r ic tim e s . T h e Rig-Veda m e n t i o n s d i c i n g as a n

I n d ia n g a m e , a n d in th e Bhagavad-Gita, K r i s h n a c o m p a r e s h i m ­

s e lf to th e d ic e . T h u s it is n o ta x u p o n c r e d u l it y to s u p p o s e th a t

th e E g y p t ia n s w e r e f a m il i a r w it h s u c h g a m e s b e f o r e th e t im e o f

M o s e s , f o r e x c a v a t io n s f r o m a n c ie n t t o m b s a t T h e b e s h a v e

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r e s p e c t f r o m t h o s e th a t y o u m a y b u y t o d a y a t th e c o r n e r n e w s -

store.

T h e s ix s id e s o f a d i c e a r e i n v a r ia b ly s o m a r k e d th a t th e

s u m o f th e s p o ts o n a n y t w o o p p o s i t e s id e s s h a ll b e 7 . T h a n th is,

n o n u m b e r h a s b e e n r e g a r d e d m o r e s a c r e d b y th e a d e p t s o f e v e r y

a g e a n d p e o p le . H e n c e , to th e s a g e s in a n y g e n e r a t io n , a d ie ,

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n u m b e r . S t u d e n ts o f th e B i b l e w i l l r e c a ll th a t s e v e n is r e p e a t e d

a g a in a n d a g a in in th a t p r ic e le s s lib r a r y o f o c c u lt is m . T o N e o -

P la to n is ts a n d P y t h a g o r e a n s it w a s th e n u m b e r o f n u m b e r s , a n d

th e ir n o t io n s c o n c e r n in g it h a v e b e e n p r e s e r v e d f o r u s in th e

w o r d s o f P h i l o J u d a e u s , f r o m w h i c h I h a v e m a d e th e f o l l o w i n g

c o m p o s it e q u o t a t i o n :
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n o t h in g '. O u r s o u l is d i v i d e d in t o s e v e n d i v i s i o n s ; th e re b ein g

fiv e sen ses, a n d b e s id e s t h e m th e v o c a l o r g a n , a n d a fte r t h a t the

g e n e r a t iv e p o w e r . T h e n u m b e r 7 n e it h e r p r o d u c e s n o r is pro­

d u c e d ,1 o n w h i c h a c c o u n t o t h e r p h i l o s o p h e r s lik e n th is n u m b e r to

V i c t o r y , w h o h a d n o m o t h e r , a n d to th e v i r g i n g o d d e s s , w h o m the

f a b l e a s s e rts to h a v e s p r u n g f r o m t h e h e a d o f J u p i t e r ; a n d the

P y t h a g o r e a n s c o m p a r e it to th e R u l e r o f a ll th in g s . F o r that

w h i c h n e it h e r p r o d u c e s , n o r is p r o d u c e d r e m a in s im m o v a b le .

F o r g e n e r a t io n c o n s is ts in m o t io n , s in c e t h a t w h i c h is gen erated

c a n n o t b e s o w i t h o u t m o t io n , b o t h t o c a u s e p r o d u c t i o n , a n d to be

p r o d u c e d . A n d th e o n l y t h in g w h i c h n e it h e r m o v e s n o r is m o v e d

is th e E l d e r , R u l e r a n d L o r d o f th e U n iv e r s e , o f w h o m th e n u m ­

b e r 7 m a y r e a s o n a b ly b e c a l le d a lik e n e s s .”

K a b a lis t s a ls o a s s o c ia te 7 w i t h V i c t o r y , f o r t h a t is th e m ea n ­

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1r e e o f L i f e . T o a H e b r e w t h e o s o p h is t , t h e r e fo r e , th e n u m e r a ­

tio n o f a d i e w o u l d h a v e b e e n f u l l y as s ig n ific a n t as to a N e o -

P la t o n is t o r P y t h a g o r e a n . A n in it ia t e in t o th e m y s te rie s of

I s r a e l, m o r e o v e r , w o u l d h a v e b e e n s u r e to n o t ic e th a t s in ce the

to ta l n u m b e r o f d o t s o n th e s ix f a c e s o f th e c u b e is 2 1 , a d ie is a ls o

r e la te d b y n u m b e r s y m b o l is m to t h e d i v i n e n a m e , Eheyeh, “ E x ­

is t e n c e ,” w h o s e le tte r s ( A H I H ) a r e th e n u m b e r s , 1, 5, 10, 5, and

a d d u p to 2 1 . T h u s f o r o u r K a b a lis t , ju s t as f o r a G r e e k s a g e , the

n u m b e r i n g o f d i c e w o u l d h a v e b e e n a r e m i n d e r o f th e ce rta in

t r iu m p h o f th e “ E l d e r , R u l e r a n d L o r d o f th e U n iv e r s e ,” b e fo r e

w h o s e m ig h t n o o b s t a c le m a y s ta n d , b e c a u s e H e is th e s e lf-e x ­

isten t, a l l - k n o w i n g a n d a l l - p o w e r f u l O n e , d e s c r ib e d b y K a b a lis ts

as Kether, th e s u p r e m e “ C r o w n , ” t e r m e d a ls o t h e “ I n s c r u ta b le

H e ig h t , th e “ S m a ll P o i n t ,” a n d “ T h e C o n c e a l e d o f th e C o n ­

c e a l e d .” 1 o th a t “ M o s t H o l y A n c i e n t O n e ” th e B i b l e g iv e s the

n a m e Eheyeh, t r a n s la t e d in E x o d u s iii, 1 4 a s “ I A M T H A T I

A M , ” b u t m o r e a c c u r a t e ly r e n d e r e d , “ I a m H e w h o is.”

A G r e e k f a m il i a r w it h L a t in , n o t i c i n g th a t th e n u m b e r in g

o f th e d i c e a lw a y s g iv e s 7 , s a c r e d t o A t h e n e , m i g h t h a v e r e m e m ­

b e r e d th a t o n e o f h e r e p it h e t s w a s A lea ; a n d h e w o u l d d o u b tle s s

h a v e f o u n d f o o d f o r t h o u g h t in th e fa c t th a t th e v e r y s a m e w o r d ,

in L a t in , d e s ig n a t e s th e g a m e p l a y e d w it h d ic e .

H e w o u l d a ls o h a v e b e e n s u r e to c o n n e c t th e L a t i n te s s e ra ,
“ a d i e ,” b o r r o w e d f r o m th e G r e e k tesseres, “ f o u r ,” w it h th e fa ct

th a t H e r m e s w a s s a id to h a v e b e e n b o r n in th e f o u r t h m o n t h o f

1That is to say, it cannot by multiplication produce any number within

the first decade, as twice 2 does 4, or three times 3, 9; nor can any two num­
bers, by their multiplication, produce it.
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th e G r e c ia n y e a r ; o n w h i c h a c c o u n t , in A r g o s , th e f o u r t h m o n t h

w a s n a m e d a ft e r h im , a n d in A t h e n s h e w a s h o n o r e d w it h s a c r i­

fice s o n th e f o u r t h o f e v e r y m o n t h .

L i k e 7 , th e n u m b e r 4 is o f g r e a t i m p o r t a n c e in o c c u lt is m .

I t w a s th e s a c r e d tetraktys o f th e P y t h a g o r e a n s ; it is th e n u m b e r

o f le tte rs c o n s t it u t in g th e m o s t im p o r t a n t n a m e s o f G o d in H e ­

b r e w ; to th e H i n d u s it s y m b o l i z e d th e w h o l e o f d iv in e p h i l o s ­

o p h y b e c a u s e it w a s th e n u m b e r o f th e V e d a s ; a n d to C h r is t ia n s

it is c o n n e c t e d w i t h th e h e a v e n ly c it y , w h i c h “ lie t h fo u r s q u a r e ,”

d e s c r ib e d in th e t w e n t y -fir s t c h a p t e r o f R e v e la t io n .

W h a t th e a p o c a l y p t i c a c c o u n t o f th e N e w J e r u s a le m m u s t

h a v e s u g g e s t e d to a N e o - P l a t o n i s t m a y b e g a t h e r e d f r o m th e f o l ­

l o w i n g p a s s a g e in th e w o r k s o f P h i l o :

“ A n d as th is ( 4 ) is t h e m o s t a n c ie n t o f a ll s q u a r e n u m b e r s , it

is f o u n d to e x is t in r ig h t a n g le s , as th e fig u r e o f a s q u a r e s h o w s .

A n d r ig h t a n g le s a r e m a n ife s t e x a m p le s o f th e c o r r e c t n e s s o f

re a s o n . A n d r ig h t r e a s o n is a n e v e r la s t in g f o u n t a in o f v ir tu e s .

I t f o l l o w s o f n e c e s s it y t h a t th e s id e s o f a s q u a r e m u s t a ll b e e q u a l

to o n e a n o t h e r . A n d e q u a lit y is th e p a r e n t o f ju s tic e , w h i c h is

th e m is tr e s s a n d r u le r o f a ll th e v ir tu e s , so th a t it is n o w p r o v e d

th a t th e n u m b e r 4 is th e s y m b o l o f e q u a lit y , a n d ju s tic e , a n d o f a ll

v ir tu e b e y o n d a n y o t h e r n u m b e r . A n d th e n u m b e r 4 is lik e w is e

c a lle d ‘a ll,’ b e c a u s e it c o m p r e h e n d s in its p o w e r th e n u m b e r s u p

to 10, a n d th e n u m b e r 1 0 its e lf ( 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 = 1 0 )

T h e s e lf-r e fle c t io n o f 4 , w h i c h m a y b e r e p r e s e n t e d th u s , +

p r o d u c e s th e n u m b e r 8, w h i c h is a s s o c ia te d w it h I T :r m e s , o r

M e r c u r y , in th e K a b a la h , b e c a u s e th e e ig h t h S e p h ir a h , H od, is

th e s p h e r e o f Kokab, th e H e b r e w n a m e o f M e r c u r y . T h i s w o r d

is s p e lt K V K B , o r 2 0 , 6 , 2 0 , 2, g i v i n g th e to ta l o f 4 8 , th e d ig its

o f w h i c h a r e th e t w o n u m b e r s s a c r e d to H e r m e s . T h e i r s u m is

12, a n u m b e r p a r t i c u la r l y im p o r t a n t in J u d a is m , a n d o n e th a t is

a ls o d i r e c t l y c o n n e c t e d w it h d ic e , b e c a u s e a d ie is a c u b e , a n d

e v e r y c u b e h a s t w e lv e e q u a l e d g e s . T h e i r m u l t i p l i c a t i o n a ls o

re s u lts in a n im p o r t a n t K a b a lis t ic n u m b e r , 3 2 , w h i c h r e p r e s e n ts

th e 3 2 p a th s o f d i v i n e w i s d o m m e n t io n e d in th e S e p h e r Y e t z i r a h .

T h e n u m b e r 8 h a s a ls o g r e a t s y m b o l ic s ig n ific a n c e in th e

s e c r e t d o c t r in e o f C h r is t ia n it y . I t is th e le a s t n u m b e r r e s u lt in g

f r o m th e n u m e r a t io n o f th e A r a m a i c s p e llin g o f th e n a m e J e s u s ,

I S h V O = 3 8 6 . = 3 + 8 + 6 = i 7 = i + 7 = 8 ; w h i l e th e w o r d , 1*1601+ a c ­

c o r d i n g to th e G r e e k n u m e r a t io n o f le tte rs , a d d s u p to 8 8 8 .

F u r t h e r m o r e , 8 as w e ll as 7 a n d 12, is d e fin it e ly a s s o c ia te d w it h

d ic e , b e c a u s e e x a c t ly e ig h t p o in ts , o r c o r n e r s , a r e r e q u ir e d to

e s ta b lis h th e d im e n s io n s o f a c u b e .

I t m a y , o r m a y n o t b e s ig n ific a n t , b u t s u r e ly it is in te r e s tin g ,

to n o t e th a t th e G r e e k w o r d kubos, w h i c h m e a n s b o t h “ c u b e ” a n d
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“ d i e ,” g iv e s a to ta l o f 6 9 2 — 6 + 9 + 2 = 1 7 = 1 + 7 = 8 . P e r h a p s , t o o , it

is o n l y a c o i n c i d e n c e t h a t K r is h n a , w h o c o m p a r e s h im s e lf to d ice

in th e B h a g a v a d - G i t a , s a y s a ls o , “ A m o n g s p l e n d i d th in g s , I am

s p l e n d o r it s e lf,” s o t h a t to th e H i n d u m in d , h e r e p r e s e n ts w h at

K a b a lis t s d e s ig n a t e b y t h e ir e ig h t h S e p h ir a h , H od, o r “ S p le n ­

d o r . ” W h a t is e v e n m o r e s t r ik in g is t h a t K r i s h n a w a s th e eighth
a v a t a r o f V i s h n u , a n d th a t, lik e H e r m e s , h e w a s a te a c h e r of

d i v i n e p h i l o s o p h y , to w h o m th e e p it h e t Trismegistus, “ th rice -

g r e a t ,” m i g h t w e l l h a v e b e e n a p p l i e d , s in c e h e sa y s, “ I a m th e

b e g i n n i n g , th e m i d d l e , a n d th e e n d o f a ll e x is t in g t h in g s .”

I n J u d a is m th e n u m b e r s 4 a n d 8 a r e e m p h a s i z e d a g a in and

a g a in . O f a ll th e s y m b o ls o f th e o l d d is p e n s a t io n n o n e is m o re

c o m p r e h e n s i v e th a n th e b r e a s t p la t e o f th e h i g h p r ie s t, a n d the

d ir e c t io n s f o r m a k i n g it g i v e n in E x o d u s , l a y p a r t ic u la r stress

u p o n th e s e t w o n u m b e r s , f o r t h e y sa y , “ F o u r s q u a r e it s h a ll b e an d

d o u b l e . ” T h u s , b e f o r e it w a s f o l d e d , t h e b r e a s t p la t e w a s a p a r ­

a l l e l o g r a m m e a s u r in g t w o s p a n s in le n g t h b y o n e in b r e a d th .

I n th is s h a p e its p e r i m e t e r w o u l d b e six s p a n s , th e n u m b e r o f

f a c e s o n a c u b e ; b u t w h e n f o l d e d it w o u l d f o r m t w o s q u a r e s , e a ch

o f w h i c h w o u l d h a v e a p e r im e t e r o f four s p a n s , s u g g e s t in g the

n u m b e r o f s id e s o n e a c h f a c e o f a c u b e , a n d h a v i n g eight c o r n e r s ,

o r th e n u m b e r o f p o in t s r e q u ir e d to e s t a b lis h th e d im e n s io n s o f a

c u b e .

1 h e d im e n s io n s o f a d ie , t h e r e fo r e , p r e s e n t a ll th e n u m b e r s

e s p e c ia lly s a c r e d in th e s y m b o l is m o f th e H e b r e w c u ltu s . I t has

s ix s id e s , c o r r e s p o n d i n g to th e h e x a g r a m o r “ S h i e l d o f D a v i d ”

w h i c h is d i s p l a y e d to th is d a y in e v e r y J e w is h p l a c e o f w o r s h ip .

T h e f o u r s id e s o f e a c h f a c e c o r r e s p o n d to th e f o u r s id e s o f th e

b r e a s t p la t e , a n d to th e f o u r le tte r s o f th e d i v i n e n a m e s A H I H ,

Eheyeh, “ E x is t e n c e ,” A D N I , Adonai, L o r d , a n d I H V H , th e

I n e f f a b le T e t r a g r a m m a t o n . Its t w e lv e e d g e s r e fe r to th e t w e lv e

tr ib e s o f I s r a e l, a n d c o r r e s p o n d to th e t w e lv e je w e ls o f th e b r e a s t­

p la t e . T h e to ta l n u m b e r o f s p o ts is t h e n u m b e r o f th e n a m e

A H I H , E h eyeh ; a n d t h e y a r e so a r r a n g e d th a t t h e y g i v e th e

s a c r e d n u m b e r 7 t h r e e tim e s . F in a lly , th e d im e n s io n s o f a c u b e

a r e e s t a b lis h e d b y eight p o in t s , c o n n e c t e d b y twelve lin e s , w h ic h

f o r m six s u p e r fic e s , a n d th e s u m o f 8, 12 a n d 6 is 2 6 , th e s u m o f

t h e v a lu e s o f t h e le tte r s in th e T e t r a g r a m m a t o n I H V H

( 1 0 + 5 + 6 + 5 = 2 6 ) .

To be continued.
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The u n iv e r s e is s e v e n - f o l d s u b s ta n c e , f o l d w it h in f o ld . T h e

o u t e r m o s t f o ld , th e first to b e m a n ife s t e d in c r e a t iv e e v o lu t io n , is

th e p h y s ic a l; th e s e c o n d , th e e t h e r e a l; th e t h ir d , th e s p ir it u a l;

th e fo u r th , th e s e r a p h i c ; th e fifth , th e c h e r u b i c ; th e s ix th , th e

a n g e lic ; th e s e v e n th , th e D i v i n e ; a c o m p l e t e c y c le .

E a c h o f th e s e f o ld s is s e v e n - f o l d . T h e p h y s ic a l is first m in ­

e r a l; s e c o n d , v e g e t a b l e ; t h ir d , a n i m a l ; fo u r t h , h u m a n ; fifth , in ­

t e lle c t u a l; s ix th , i n t u it io n a l; s e v e n th , in s p ir a t io n a l.

E a c h o f th e o t h e r p la n e s o f m a n ife s t a t io n — e t h e r e a l, s p ir it ­

u a l, e t c ., is s e v e n f o l d a ls o , in s y m b o l ic c o r r e s p o n d e n c e to th e f o ld

o f th e p h y s ic a l ( m in e r a l, v e g e t a b le , e t c .,) b u t m a n ife s t e d in a

h ig h e r a n d fin e r a t t e n u a t io n o f s u b s ta n c e .

I n d i v i d u a l l i f e —— t h e e g o — is a p o l a r iz a t i o n o f t w o o f th e s e

p la n e s in o n e o r g a n i s m — th e p o s it iv e p o le b e i n g th e o b je c t iv e o r

c o n s c io u s p la n e — th e n e g a t iv e b e i n g th e s u b je c t iv e o r s u b c o n ­

s c io u s ( n o t u n c o n s c io u s ) p la n e .

P o l a r i z a t io n o f th e i n d i v id u a l l if e — th e e g o — e v o lv e s f r o m

th e lo w e s t to th e n e x t h i g h e r p la n e w h e n it h a s fin is h e d th e c o u r s e

o f th e l o w e r b y o s c illa t io n s f r o m o n e o f th e s e p la n e s to th e o t h e r

t h r o u g h d e a t h o r b ir t h , a n d a c c o r d i n g to d e v e lo p m e n t , u n t il th is

d e v e l o p m e n t is c o n s u m m a t e d . T h i s h i g h e r p la n e th e n b e c o m e s

in tu r n th e p o s it iv e p o le o r th e o b je c t i v e o r c o n s c io u s p la n e in

r e la tio n to th e next h i g h e r w h i c h b e c o m e s in its t u r n th e n e g a t iv e

p o le o r th e s u b je c t iv e o r s u b c o n s c io u s p la n e in r e la t io n to th e

lo w e r . T h e s u b je c t iv e o r h i g h e r o f e a c h o b je c t i v e p la n e is th e

G o d w it h i n — th e “ I a m ” o f th e e g o , a n d h o ld s in s t o r e d s o lu t io n

a ll o f th e c o n s c io u s e x p e r i e n c e o f th e e g o o n a ll o f its l o w e r

p l a n e s ; b u t th e o n l y c o n s c io u s n e s s o f th e e g o o n e a c h o f th e o b j e c ­

tiv e p la n e s is th e c o n s c io u s n e s s o f its e x p e r i e n c e o n th e s p e c ia l

o b je c t iv e p la n e to w h i c h it h a s e v o lv e d .

T h u s th e p o l a r iz a t i o n o f lif e e v o lv e s fin a lly to th e D iv i n e ,

w h e r e th a t s p e c ia l c y c le o f e x is t e n c e is fin is h e d , a n d its m a n i ­

fe s ta tio n in p o l a r iz a t i o n ce a s e s .
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M u s i c , th e w o r k i n g t o o l o f b o t h s a in t a n d s in n e r .

T h e a r t o f c o m b i n i n g s o u n d to d e l i g h t th e se n se o f h ea rin g ,

th a t g r e a t p o w e r f o r s t im u la t in g th e i m a g in a t iv e fa c u lt ie s an d for

e c h o i n g a n d r e - e c h o i n g in a v i b r a t o r y c a d e n c e t h r o u g h o u t a l l the

o t h e r s e n s e o r g a n s c a n b e e it h e r f o r o r a g a in s t u s. W h a t is not

c o n s t r u c t iv e is d e s t r u c t iv e . F r o m m y y e a r s o f o b s e r v a t io n as a

p h y s ic ia n w i l l s a y t h a t it is a g a in s t m a n y o f u s p h y s ic a lly and

m e n t a lly . T h i s m a y s o u n d p a r a d o x i c a l a n d s a c r ilig io u s to som e

b u t a c a r e f u l a n a ly s is o f th e fr u it s o f h a r m o n y ’s -v in e w ill show

y o u t h a t t h e r e is n o m is t a k e in th e s ta te m e n t. T h e g r e a t e r a th in g

is t h e g r e a t e r is its p o w e r f o r e it h e r e v il o r g o o d , b e it k n o w le d g e ,

m u s ic , o r p a s s io n . W r i g h t a n d S c h o n e r b v t h e ir t h e o r y o f b a c­

t e r ia l t o x in e s , r e c e p t o r s , a n d th e o p s o n i c - i n d e x s h o w h o w the

b o d y m a y b e ta k e n p o s s e s s io n o f b y t o x in e s o f m ic r o s c o p i c a l d i­

m e n s io n a n d h o w i m m u n it y to s o m e d is e a s e s is p r o d u c e d . W e

k n o w t h a t a s in g le a l k a lo id , (t h e a c t iv e p r i n c i p l e o f a d r u g ) say

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p o u n d s o r 1 ,1 1 8 ,4 0 0 g r a in s , c a n q u ie t a t u r b u le n t t r e m b li n g m an

f r o m h e a d to fo o t . I n th is in s t a n c e th e b o d y w e ig h s a b o u t fiv e

h u n d r e d m il l io n t im e s m o r e th a n th e d r u g a d m in is t e r e d , y e t in

t w o m in u t e s th e o n e d o s e w i l l b r i n g a b o u t th e s e r e s u lts in a stro n g

m a n . I n H o l y W r i t th e t w e n t y - s e c o n d c h a p t e r o f 1st K in g s , w e

r e a d h o w o n e e v il s p ir it t o o k p o s s e s s io n o f 4 0 0 m e n , a n d at the

v e r y s a m e t im e o n e M a s t e r g a v e th e tr u th to th e k in g .

A m il i t a r y c o m m a n d e r w it h a g o o d m u s ic a l b a n d a n d an

im p r e s s iv e v o i c e c a n lin e u p ten t h o u s a n d s t r o n g m e n in th e fie ld ,

ta k e p o s s e s s io n o f t h e ir w il ls a n d t h r o w t h e m to a m a n h e a d lo n g

o n to b a y o n e t s a n d in t o th e fie r y m o u t h p f c a n n o n .

A c e r t a in c la s s o f r e lig io n is t c a n m a k e h is a u d ie n c e s h o u t

a n d r o ll in e c s t a t ic s y m p a t h y b y h a r m o n y lin k e d to n e g a t iv e - e m o ­

t io n a lis m . T h e w a y s b y w h i c h th e s e w o n d e r s a r e a c c o m p li s h e d

d o n o t c o n c e r n u s s o m u c h as th e fa c t th a t s u c h is th e tru th .

T h e g r a n d e u r a n d d i g n i t y o f s o m e o f B e e t h o v e n ’s m u s ic s h o w s

im m e n s e e m o t io n a l r a n g e f r o m th e p r o f u n d it ie s o f p a s s io n to th e

m o s t c a p t i v a t in g h u m o r . I n m u s i c ; e v e n ts , c h a r a c t e r s , s to r m s ,

b a ttle s , f e e lin g s o f d e e p in t e n s it y a n d s c e n e r y o f t o n a l c o lo r s c a n

b e b e t r a y e d . A l l k n o w th a t m u s ic h a s c h a r m s , s o h a s th e s u b tle

s e r p e n t c h a r m s w i t h th e b ir d s as h e c a lls t h e m f o r t h f r o m th e

a ir to c e r t a in d e s t r u c t io n ; b u t th e p o w e r o f m u s ic is m o s t k e e n ly

f e lt in th e d e s t r u c t iv e q u a lit y o f e m o t io n a l s u g g e s tiv e n e s s . T h e

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th r o u g h th e in s t r u m e n t a lit y o f r h y t h m t o n a lit y , m e lo d io u s h a r ­

m o n y a n d flig h t, l u l l i n g th e in n o c e n t a n d th e u n w a r y in t o a l u ll a ­

b y o f n e g a t io n . W h e n th e s o u l is in n e g a t io n o r p a s s iv it y its

p r o t e c tiv e a r m o u r is la id a s id e a n d it lie s b a r e b e i n g at th e m e r c y

o f a n y e v il s p ir it b o d i e d o r d i s e m b o d i e d th a t h a p p e n s a lo n g .

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b ra in a re t e m p o r a r il y c h a r m e d to a sta te b o r d e r i n g o n p a r a ly s is .

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c a u s in g th e h e a r t to m a k e a n u n c o n d it i o n a l s u r r e n d e r w it h o u t a

s tr u g g le . O n e o f th e w a y s o f m u s ic le a d s to h e a lt h , h a p p in e s s ,

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a s t r o lo g y , th e s e t w o q u e s t io n s h a v e b e e n h u r l e d a t m e con sta n tly

b y a n x io u s in q u ir e r s h u n g r y f o r e n lig h t e n m e n t . T h e su b je ct

m a t t e r h a s in t e r e s t e d h u m a n it y s in c e th e d a w n o f t im e a n d w ill

c o n t in u e to e x c it e o u r c u r io s it y as l o n g as th is w o r l d e x ists. In ­

n u m e r a b l e e ssa y s a n d tr e a tis e s h a v e b e e n w r it t e n o n th e su b je ct

b y t h in k e r s a n d w r it e r s , a n d a s t r o lo g e r s g e n e r a l l y h a v e p r o m u l­

g a t e d th e o p i n i o n in th e f o r m o f tr u th , t h a t w e c a n r u le o u r stars.

H o w e v e r , m y e x p e r i e n c e in th e s t u d y a n d p r a c t ic e o f th e d iv in e

s c ie n c e h a s p r o v e d o t h e r w is e . W h a t e v e r th e sta rs in d ic a t e in a

c h a r t is b y in e x o r a b l e l a w s u r e to h a p p e n a n d it d o e s h a p p e n

w it h m a t h e m a t ic a l p r e c is io n . A s q u a r e o r a n o p p o s i t io n o f the

p la n e t s w i l l h a v e its e f fe c t ; o t h e r w is e th e w h o l e p la n e t a r y system

w o u l d fa ll to p ie c e s . A s t r o l o g e r s te ll u s th a t w h e n a n e v il c o n ­

fig u r a t io n is n o t e d , p r e p a r a t io n s c a n b e m a d e to m e e t it a n d o v e r ­

c o m e its in flu e n c e . I w a n t to s a y r ig h t n o w th a t it c a n n o t b e d o n e .

I n th e firs t p la c e , n o a s t r o lo g e r c a n te ll w it h a n y d e g r e e o f c e r ­

ta in ty ju s t w h a t e ffe c t a n e v il c o n f ig u r a t io n w i l l h a v e . I t m a y

in flu e n c e a d v e r s e ly th e m a t e r ia l a ffa ir s , it m a y u n d e r m i n e th e

h e a lt h o r it m a y p a s s o f f w it h o u t d o i n g m u c h h a r m , a ll d e p e n d in g

o n o t h e r m o d i f y i n g a s p e c ts in th e c h a r t . H o w e v e r , e v e n if the

c h a r a c t e r o f a n e v e n t c o u l d b e a c c u r a t e ly p r o g n o s t ic a t e d , it w o u l d

b e im p o s s ib le to a v o id it. I t m u s t b e b o r n e in m in d th a t o u r life

h e r e is o n e o f g r a d u a l d e v e l o p m e n t in th e s c h o o l o f e x p e r ie n c e ,

a n d a n y a d v e r s e o r m a le fic a s p e c t in th e c h a r t s h o w s b u t a n o t h e r

s te p in p r o g r e s s . W h a t e v e r is w r it t e n f o r u s is a n e x p e r ie n c e

w e a r e fa t e d to u n d e r g o , f o r o n l y in th e “ fire s o f a fflic t io n ” a re

w e c le a n s e d . T h e r e f o r e , a d v e r s e a s p e c ts a r e c o n s t r u c t iv e r a th e r

t h a n d e s t r u c t iv e a n d o n l y t h r o u g h t h e m d o w e a tta in th e s p ir it u a l

g r o w t h w h i c h is o u r u lt im a t e d e s tin y .
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A s to th e q u e s t io n o f f r e e w il l, I d o n o t h e s ita te to s a y th a t w e

h a v e v e r y little c h o i c e in s h a p i n g o u r p r e s e n t life . I n a c c o r d a n c e

w it h th e l a w o f c a u s e a n d e ffe c t a n d e t e r n a l ju s tic e as w e ll as c o m ­

p e n s a tio n , w e a r e h e r e to d o c e r t a in th in g s , to p a s s t h r o u g h

v a r ie d e x p e r ie n c e s , to o v e r s o m e c e r t a in w e a k n e s s e s a n d to c o m ­

b a t c o n s ta n t o b s t a c le s — a ll th e e ffe c t s o f c a u s e s in p r e v io u s in ­

c a r n a tio n s . L e t u s t a k e a s i m p le s u r v e y o f th e m a tte r . W e h a v e

n o c h o i c e as to th e t im e o r p l a c e o f b ir t h o r in th e s e le c t io n o f o u r

p a re n ts. W e a r e n o t c o n s u lt e d as to o u r r e lig io n , a n d th e c r e e d

o f o u r p a r e n ts is t h r u s t u p o n u s. O u r c h i l d h o o d y e a r s a r e in th e

c o n t r o l o f o th e r s , a n d th is e a r ly g u i d a n c e d o e s m u c h to s h a p e o u r

fu tu r e c a r e e r s . I f b o r n o f p o o r p a r e n t s t h e r e is l it t l e o p p o r t u n it y

f o r e d u c a t io n , a n d if b o r n o f w e a lt h y p a r e n t s w e a r e u s u a lly so

p e tte d a n d p a m p e r e d as to m a r o u r fu t u r e a n d r e n d e r u s i n c a p a ­

b le o f e v e r a c c o m p l i s h i n g a n y r e a l w o r k . B u t e v e n if o u r c h i l d ­

h o o d is a l l th a t it s h o u ld b e , d o w e a t m a t u r it y e x e r c is e f r e e w i l l ?

W e b e lie v e w e d o , b u t in r e a lit y w e d o n o t.

T h e w o r l d is o n e g r e a t o r g a n i z a t io n in w h i c h e a c h o f u s h a s

b e e n a s s ig n e d to p e r f o r m a c e r t a in p a r t. I t is lik e a b i g b u s in e s s

o r m a n u f a c t u r in g c o n c e r n , w h i c h , to b e s u c c e s s fu l, m u s t b e c o n ­

d u c t e d a c c o r d i n g to c e r t a in r u le s a n d r e g u la t io n s . L e t u s

im a g in e a n o r g a n i z a t io n e m p l o y i n g a b o u t o n e t h o u s a n d m e n a n d

w o m e n . T h e y h a v e t h e ir r e g u la r h o u r s o f w o r k a n d e a c h is

s e le c te d to p e r f o r m th a t k in d o f w o r k th a t h e o r s h e is b e s t fitte d

to d o . S u p p o s e th e h e a d o f th a t c o n c e r n t o ld h is e m p lo y e s th a t

th e y c o u l d c o m e to w o r k w h e n t h e y p le a s e d a n d c e a s e w o r k i n g

w h e n t h e y fe lt lik e i t ; a ls o to d o a n y k in d o f w o r k in th e e s t a b lis h ­

m e n t th a t s u ite d t h e ir ta ste o r fa n c y . H o w l o n g w o u l d th a t

o r g a n iz a t io n la s t? I t is th e s a m e as r e g a r d s o u r lif e o n th is

p la n e t. T h e C r e a t o r h a s s e le c t e d e a c h o f u s to d o a c e r t a in k in d

o f w o r k a n d to fill a c e r t a in n ic h e in th e g r e a t p la n , w h e t h e r w e

lik e it o r n o t. S o m e m u s t p e r f o r m th e m e n ia l la b o r , w h i l e o th e r s

a r e fitte d to le a d a n d d i r e c t a n d m a n a g e , a n d o t h e r s a g a in a r e

fa te d to c r e a t e a n d a c c o m p li s h g r e a t th in g s . S o m e m u s t w ro r k

h a r d a ll t h e ir liv e s w it h little r e w a r d , w h i l e o t h e r s e n jo y th e g o o d

th in g s o f l if e w it h o u t m a k i n g m u c h a p p a r e n t e ffo r t. M a n y h a v e

o n e c o n s t a n t g r i n d a n d s t r u g g le , a n d tr y as h a r d as t h e y w ill, t h e y

c a n n o t e s c a p e f r o m it. “ S o m e m u s t w a t c h w h i l e s o m e d o s le e p ,

so r u n s th e w o r l d a w a y .”

L e t u s ta k e a n o t h e r i ll u s t r a t io n : A p l a y w r i g h t in s t a g in g h is

d r a m a s e le cts h is a c t o r s a c c o r d i n g to t h e ir a b ilit y to p la y c e r ta in

r o le s . S o m e m u s t p l a y th e u n im p o r t a n t r o le s , a n d o n l y o n e o r

t w o a r e fitte d to p l a y th e l e a d i n g p a r ts . T h u s , as S h a k e s p e a r e

so a p t ly p u t it, “ a ll th e w o r l d ’s a s t a g e .” W e a r e s im p ly a c t in g

th e r o le s th a t th e G r e a t A u t h o r h a s a s s ig n e d u s. T h e o n l y fr e e
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w i l l w e h a v e is t o p l a y o u r p a r t w e l l ; a n d a s w e p l a y o u r p a rt, be

it h u m b l e o r g r e a t , so, w h e n t h e c u r t a in r is e s a g a in , w h ic h it

i n e v it a b ly w il l, w e w i l l b e r e w a r d e d b y h a v i n g a b e t t e r a n d m ore

im p o r t a n t r o le a s s ig n e d to u s.

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ta le n t. A l l w e a r e f r e e to d o is to m a k e th e m o s t o f th e ta len ts

t h a t h a v e b e e n g i v e n to u s, a n d w e w i l l b e r e w a r d e d a c c o r d in g ly .

H o w e v e r s m a ll o u r t a le n t m a y b e le t u s n o t h i d e it, b u t d o the

b e s t w e c a n w it h it in th e c ir c u m s t a n c e s a n d s u r r o u n d in g s in

w h i c h w e a r e p la c e d . “ T o h i m w h o h a t h s h a ll b e g i v e n .”

O f c o u r s e , m a n y s u c c e s s fu l m e n w i l l t a k e a ll th e c r e d it for

t h e ir s u c c e s s , w h i l e o t h e r s w h o h a v e f a il e d w i l l b l a m e fa te. In

e it h e r c a s e th e n a ta l c h a r t w i l l te ll th e s to r y . H o w m a n y o f us

h a v e e x p e r i e n c e d p e r i o d s o f u tte r d e s p a ir w h e n e v e r y t h in g a p ­

p e a r e d to b e a g a in s t u s, a n d a ll o u r s t r e n g t h a n d c a p a b ilit ie s w e re

u n a b le to c h a n g e m a tte r s . I k n o w o f th e c a s e o f a b r illia n t and

p r o m in e n t r e s id e n t o f th is c it y w h o , a f e w y e a r s a g o , e x p e r ie n c e d

s u d d e n m is f o r t u n e . H e h e ld a m o s t i m p o r t a n t p o s it io n in the

c o m m u n it y , a n d y e t d e s p it e h is e x c e l le n t r e c o r d a n d r e p u ta tio n ,

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fr ie n d s , h e w a s u n a b le to o b t a in e v e n a m i n o r p o s it io n . I n fa ct,

a ll d o o r s w e r e c lo s e d to h i m ; e v e r y t h i n g s e e m e d to b e a g a in st

h im . I d r e w u p a c h a r t f o r h i m a n d s a w a t o n c e th e p r o g r e s s e d

c o n ju n c t io n o f s u n to h is S a t u r n . T h a t t o ld th e w h o l e s to r y . It

w a s a n e x p e r i e n c e t h a t h e n e e d e d a n d a ft e r t h r e e y e a r s h e rose

a g a in a n d t o d a y is a g a in a t th e t o p , as in flu e n t ia l, as b r illia n t , a n d

a s p r o p s e r o u s as b e f o r e . W h e n th e p la n e t a r y a s p e c t s a r e a d v e r s e ,

w e c a n n o t c h a n g e c o n d it io n s . O f c o u r s e , w e c a n s a y Yes o r No
a n d I W ill o r I W ill N ot, b u t in r e a lit y th e a ffir m a t io n o r n e g a ­

t io n is a lr e a d y d e t e r m in e d b y o u r c h a r a c t e r , o u r s u r r o u n d in g s

a n d b y c a u s e a n d e ffe c t . W e s i m p ly h a v e to w o r k t h r o u g h w h a t ­

e v e r a d v e r s e p e r i o d s c o m e a n d d o th e b e s t w e c a n in th e c i r c u m ­

s ta n c e s . T h e r e lie s o u r o n l y f r e e w il l.
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k n o w le d g e f r o m th e p o p u l a c e f o r g o o d a n d v a l i d r e a s o n s , w e ll

k n o w n a n d u n d e r s t o o d b y th e s t u d e n t o f o c c u lt is m , a n d w h i c h

w e r e o n ly h a n d e d d o w n o r a l ly to th e I n it ia t e w h o to th e b e s t o f

th e ir k n o w l e d g e a n d b e l ie f a ft e r m o s t s e v e r e tr ia ls a n d tests w e r e

th en d e e m e d d u l y a n d t r u ly p r e p a r e d , w o r t h y a n d w e l l q u a lifie d

to r e c e iv e t h e m . W e a ls o fin d a ft e r a c a r e fu l s t u d y th a t th e r e

h a v e b e e n t w o d o m i n a n t fa c t o r s in r e lig io n , th e h ig h e s t a n d

n o b le s t f r o m t im e i m m e m o r i a l r e c o g n i z i n g a n d u p h o l d i n g th e

in a lie n a b le r ig h t s a n d lib e r t ie s o f th e I n d i v i d u a l , h o l d i n g th a t th e

I n d iv id u a l, to b e o f th e g r e a t e s t u s e to s o c ie t y o f w h i c h h e is a n

in te g r a l p a r t, m u s t d e v e l o p th a t in d iv id u a l it y to th e h ig h e s t

p o in t ; th e o t h e r h o l d i n g th a t th e o r g a n i z a t io n is o f s u p r e m e i m ­

p o r t a n c e a n d t e a c h i n g th a t lo y a lt y to th e I n s t it u t io n e v e n a t th e

ris k o f f o r f e i t i n g o n e ’s i n d i v id u a l r ig h t s a n d o p in io n s is n e c e s s a r y

a n d th a t m a n m u s t s a c r ific e h im s e lf to th e o r g a n i z a t io n so b e c o m ­

in g o f th e g r e a t e s t u s e to s o c ie t y w it h i n th e o r g a n i z a t io n a n d th u s

p r a c t ic a lly b e c o m i n g a s la v e to th e in s t it u t io n a n d its h e a d s , f o r

w h ic h s a c r ific e o f in d iv id u a l it y c e r t a in r e w a r d s a r e h e ld o u t to

th e m b o t h in th is lif e a n d e s p e c ia lly in th e lif e h e r e a ft e r . S o fa r

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d e c i d e d l y d e s t r u c t iv e to i n d i v i d u a l u n f o l d m e n t a n d s p i r i t u a l and

p s y c h i c g r o w t h , w h e r e a s th e f o r m e r is c o n s t r u c t iv e , as it fo llo w s

th e la w s o f n a t u r e o n a ll p la n e s , a n d n o t a n y m a n ’s p a rticu la r

t h e o r ie s . Its d is t in g u is h i n g b e t w e e n t h e o r ie s a n d n atu ral law s

m a y b e p r o v e d b y p e r s o n a l d e m o n s t r a t io n b y th o s e w h o e l e c t to
te st t h e m .

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b e e n h e l d in v a r y i n g d e g r e e in a ll r e lig io n s , s o m e , h o w e v e r , hav­

i n g a m u c h m o r e a d v a n c e d a n d c le a r id e a o n th is s u b je ct than

o t h e r s . I t is a ls o c u r io u s to n o t e th a t m a n y f r o m t im e im m em or­

ia l h a v e h e ld th a t it is p o s s ib le u n d e r c e r t a in c o n d it io n s for the

l i v i n g to h o l d c o m m u n i o n w it h th e d e a d . W e fin d that the

g r e a t e s t m a s t e r s o f th e O c c u l t t e a c h t h a t th is is p o s s ib le in tw o

w a y s , o n e o f w h i c h t h e y d e s ig n a t e as th e C o n s t r u c t iv e P rin cip le

o f N a t u r e in I n d i v i d u a l L i f e , w h i c h b e l o n g s to th e h i g h e s t k in d

o f I n d i v i d u a l L i b e r t y a n d w h i c h is b r o u g h t a b o u t b y In d iv id u a l

D e v e l o p m e n t t h r o u g h h a s t e n in g o n a n d a i d i n g e v o lu tio n a ry

m e t h o d s o r p e r h a p s b e t t e r e x p r e s s e d b y h a s t e n in g o n e v o lu tio n ­

a r y c o n d it io n s , in w h i c h c a s e th e I n d i v i d u a l is p e r f e c t l y c o n scio u s

o f e v e r y s te p h e t a k e s ; th is m e t h o d m i g h t a ls o b e t e r m e d th e o b je c­

t iv e m e t h o d b e c a u s e in a ll h e u n d e r g o e s h e is in a p e r fe c t ly self-

c o n s c io u s c o n d it io n . 1h e o t h e r m e t h o d t h e y c a ll th e D estru ctiv e

P r i n c i p l e o f N a t u r e in I n d i v i d u a l L i f e , w h i c h is th e su b je ctiv e

m e t h o d a n d is a ls o th e m e t h o d e m p l o y e d in m e d iu m s h ip , w h ich

is h e a r t ily c o n d e m n e d a n d p o in t e d o u t as d a n g e r o u s to th e soul

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a n d w i l l o f m a n , a n d is lia b le to le a d to lu n a c y a n d ob session .

I h e fa c ts a n d p h e n o m e n a o f m e d i u m s h i p a r e n o t d e n ie d , b u t the

m e t h o d s o f t h e ir u s u a l p r o d u c t i o n a r e s e v e r e ly c e n s u r e d , it b e in g

p o in t e d o u t th a t m e d i u m s h i p lik e h y p n o t is m is a p s y c h ic process

a n d b o t h a r e lia b le to d e p r i v e th e i n d i v id u a l u n d e r t h e ir in flu en ce

o f h is I n d i v i d u a l W i l l a n d R a t io n a l I n t e llig e n c e , a n d h e n c e of

h is s e lf c o n t r o l th u s d e p r i v i n g h i m o f t h o s e fa c u lt ie s o f th e soul

w h i c h e n d o w h i m w it h th e g i f t o f H u m a n i t y a n d w h i c h ra ise h im

a b o v e th e b r u t e c r e a t io n , a n d in th a t c o n d i i o n h e m o r e than

lik e l y b e c o m e s th e m e r e a u t o m a t o n o f h is h y p n o t iz e r , o r if in

th e c a s e o f m e d i u m s h i p w h i c h is p r a c t ic a l l y h y p n o t is m b y a d is-

in c a r n a t e b e in g , o f h is c o n t r o l.

T h e y t e a c h u s th a t th e c o n s t r u c t iv e d e v e l o p m e n t if followed
a n d o b e y e d , fin a lly p r o d u c e s a M a s t e r . T h a t o n th e o t h e r h an d,

if th e s u b je c t iv e m e t h o d is in s is te d u p o n , it, b e i n g as a r u le d e ­

s t r u c tiv e , lik e l y le a d s to d a n g e r a n d d is a s te r to th e s o u l.

T h a t s o m e o f th e w is e m e n o r M a g i o f o l d u n d e r s t o o d the

c o m p l e x n a t u r e o f m a n m o r e f u ll y th a n it is g e n e r a l l y u n d e rs to o d

t o d a y , w e d o n o t h e s tita te in a d m it t in g , b u t w e a ls o b e lie v e that

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th e t e a c h in g o f th e s e a n c ie n t m a s te r s is n o t as s o m e b e lie v e e n t ir e ­

ly lo st, b u t th a t it h a s b e e n h a n d e d d o w n to th e p r e s e n t d a y to a

f e w b y w h o m it is je a lo u s ly a n d c a r e f u ll y g u a r d e d f o r m o s t i m ­

p o r ta n t a n d v a lid r e a s o n s , a n d th a t at th e p r o p e r t im e th e k n o w l ­

e d g e th e y p o s s e s s w i l l b e g iv e n g r a d u a ll y to th e w o r l d , a ft e r p e r ­

h a p s u n d e r g o i n g c e r t a in m o d ific a t io n s .

T h a t th e A h a s b e e n o n e o f th e s y m b o ls o f m a n in v a r io u s

s c h o o ls o f o c c u l t s c ie n c e f o r a g e s p a s t is in te r e s tin g . H e r e w e

fin d th e b a s e r e p r e s e n t in g th e P h y s ic a l B o d y w it h a ll its fa c u lt ie s

a ttrib u te s a n d p r o p e r t i e s ; th e le ft - h a n d s id e o f th e t r ia n g le r e p r e ­

s e n tin g th e S p ir it u a l B o d y w it h a ll its fa c u lt ie s , a ttr ib u te s , a n d

p r o p e r t ie s ; a n d th e r ig h t -h a n d s id e , th e I n t e llig e n t R a t io n a l

B e in g , E g o o r S o u l. I n a s u b je c t o f th is k in d o n e m u s t g iv e

c r e d it to a ll s o u r c e s f o r h is i n fo r m a t io n . W h a t h e c a n d o f o r

h im s e lf is to d r a w c o n c lu s io n s a n d test w h a t is c l a i m e d . A m o n g

o th e r th in g s w e le a r n to r e a liz e th a t th e r e is s p ir it u a l m a t t e r o r

s u b s ta n c e as w e l l as p h y s ic a l m a t t e r o r s u b s ta n c e , a n d th a t b e ­

tw e e n th e p h y s ic a l u n iv e r s e a n d th e s p ir it u a l u n iv e r s e th e r e is

a n o t h e r la r g e fie ld o f m a t t e r n o t s o e t h e r e a l as th e s p ir it u a l a n d

m o r e c lo s e ly a llie d to th e p h y s ic a l, k n o w n as th e M a g n e t i c F ie ld ,

a n d th a t th e r e is s p ir it u a l m a g n e t is m w h i c h is a t t r a c te d to th e

p h y s ic a l b o d y , a n d th a t P h y s ic a l a n d S p ir it u a l M a g n e t i s m a r e

a ttr a c te d to e a c h o t h e r . D u r i n g o u r e a r t h ly lif e th e s o u l w h i c h

is b a c k o f a ll th e s e m a n ife s t s its e lf o n th e p h y s ic a l p la n e t h r o u g h

th e p h y s ic a l o r g a n i s m th a t th e S p ir it u a l B o d y r e s id e s w it h in th e

P h y s ic a l, t h o u g h it d o e s n o t a c t u a lly o c c u p y th e s a m e s p a c e ,

w h ic h o n e w r i t e r e x p r e s s e s s o m e w h a t in th e f o l l o w i n g m a n n e r ,

“ Y o u c a n fill a g la s s w it h m a r b le s a n d a ft e r it is s o fille d y o u c a n

a d d to it a lo t o f s m a ll s h o t ; s till it is n o t fu ll, f o r y o u c a n th e n fill

u p th e still v a c a n t s p a c e w it h fin e s a n d a n d a ft e r th is y o u c a n p o u r

in w a t e r a n d still o t h e r liq u id s o f le ss d e n s it y a n d c a n th e n c h a r g e

it w it h e le c t r ic it y . M a t t e r in th e m a g n e t ic fie ld is o n a m u c h

h ig h e r v i b r a t o r y r a te th a n th a t in th e p h y s ic a l w o r l d , a n d m a t t e r

in th e s p ir it u a l w o r l d o n s till a h i g h e r v i b r a t o r y p la n e . T h a t th e

la te n t s p ir it u a l sen ses c a n b e d e v e l o p e d b y p r o p e r t r a in in g , th e

b a sis o f w h i c h is a s tr ic t m o r a lit y , m o r a li t y b e i n g d e fin e d as

“ m a n ’s e s t a b lis h e d H a r m o n i c R e la t io n s to th e C o n s t r u c t iv e

P r i n c ip le o f h is o w n b e i n g ,” th a t th e r e is a t e c h n ic a l w o r k o f

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b y a s t u d e n t a n d th e n n o t u n t il h e s h a ll h a v e p r o v e d h im s e lf

w o r t h y a n d w e ll q u a lifie d a n d d u l y a n d t r u ly p r e p a r e d to r e ­

c e iv e th e s a m e a n d n o m o n e t a r y r e m u n e r a t io n is e v e r r e c e iv e d f o r

s u c h in s t r u c t io n , th a t it is g i v e n o r a l ly a n d u n d e r th e g r e a te s t

s e c r e c y ; it is a ls o c le a r l y s ta te d th a t b u t f e w a t th e p r e s e n t d a y

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liv e s a p u r e a n d m o r a l a n d u n s e lfis h lif e , a t d e a t h w i l l th u s have

p r e p a r e d h is s o u l f o r r e s id e n c e in t h e h i g h e r s p ir it u a l p la n e s of

e x is t e n c e w h e t h e r h e a t p r e s e n t is a w a r e o f th e fa c t o r n ot, as

o b e d i e n c e to G o d ’s o r N a t u r e ’s la w s a lw a y s r e a p s its d u e re­

w a r d .

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u a l W o r l d in h is S p i r i t u a l B o d y a n d w i t h h is S p ir it u a l M a g n e ­

tis m , t h a t t h o s e n o t p r e p a r e d a n d s till c l i n g i n g to e a r th re ta in

t h e ir p h y s i c a l m a g n e t i s m o r p h y s i c a l m a g n e t i c b o d y a n d re sid e

in th e m a g n e t i c fie ld u n t il s u c h t im e as t h e y le a r n to u n f o ld and

le a v e it b e h i n d w h e n it g r a d u a l l y v a n is h e s b a c k to th e elem en ts

t o w h i c h it b e l o n g s as d o e s th e p h y s ic a l to its e le m e n t s , b u t t h a t it

c a n to s o m e e x t e n t a ft e r th e o w n e r h a s p a r t e d w it h it b e p re se rv e d

b y s p ir it s w h o u n d e r s t a n d th e w a y ( it s o m e t im e s b e i n g k n o w n

a s th e a s tr a l s h e ll) a n d th a t a t s p ir it u a l s e a n c e s th e s e a stra l sh e lls

a r e o f t e n m a d e u s e o f b y e v il s p ir it s as a m a s k to im p e r s o n a t e th eir

o r ig in a l o w n e r s , a g a in s h o w i n g o n e m o r e w a y b y w h i c h th e u n ­

w a r y m a y b e d e c e i v e d in m e d i u m is t i c s e a n c e s .

N o s t u d e n t o f th e O c c u l t c a n g e t v e r y f a r in h is s tu d ie s w it h ­

o u t r e a l i z i n g th e r e a s o n w h y w h a t is c a l le d th e s c h o o l o f W h it e

M a g i c c o n s t a n t ly w a r n s a g a in s t B l a c k M a g i c , w h i c h is d a n g e r ­

o u s a n d d e s t r u c t iv e to th e i n d i v id u a l s o u l. T h a t th e M a g n e t ic

F i e l d o f th e M y s t i c a n d O c c u l t S o c ie t ie s h a s g i v e n ris e to the

C h r is t ia n I n t e r m e d ia t e S ta te a n d th e R o m a n C a t h o li c P u r g a ­

t o r y , t h e r e is in m y m in d n o f u r t h e r d o u b t .

A g a i n th e r e a s o n t h a t o u r L o r d u n d o u b t e d l y la id su ch

t r e m e n d o u s stress u p o n r ig h t c o n d u c t to t h o s e w h o f o l l o w e d h im

is a ls o m a d e m o r e c le a r b y m y r e s e a r c h e s , as a g o o d lif e h ere

r e s u lts in a g o o d l if e h e r e a f t e r e v e n t h o u g h w e m a y b e in c o m ­

p le t e i g n o r a n c e c o n c e r n i n g th e c o n d it io n s in a n o t h e r life . T h a t

th e d a n g e r s a n d t e m p t a t io n s a r is in g f r o m th e s t u d e n t w h o u n ­

f o l d s h is m a r v e l lo u s la t e n t p s y c h i c p o w e r s a n d f o r c e s b y m e a n s

o f th e c o n s t r u c t iv e m e t h o d a r e a ls o v e r y g r e a t is a ls o p e r fe c t ly

c le a r , f o r if u s e d f o r s e lfis h p u r p o s e s , t h e y b e c o m e d e s t r u c t iv e to

t h e s o u l a n d w e a ll k n o w w h a t it m e a n s to e r a d ic a t e e v e r y p a r t ic le

o f s e lfis h n e s s w h i c h is so in n a t e in u s a ll. B u t th a t it is n e c e s s a r y

f o r s o m e to k n o w th e s e t h in g s a n d th a t th e r e a r e a f e w g r e a t a n d

g o o d e n o u g h to u s e t h e m a r ig h t is a ls o w e ll, f o r it is n e c e s s a r y fo r

s o m e to k n o w th e s e t h in g s b y p e r s o n a l e x p e r ie n c e a n d s e lf d e ­

v e l o p m e n t f o r s o m e m u s t b e in a d v a n c e o f o t h e r s to le a d th e

w o r l d g r a d u a ll y o n to h i g h e r a n d n o b l e r c o n c e p t io n s a n d m o r e

p r o f o u n d tr u th s . W e a ls o m o s t f ir m ly b e lie v e t h a t th e o n ly

l e g it im a t e w a y to u n f o l d th e s e la te n t d i v i n e p s y c h i c fa c u lt ie s is

b y th e i n d e p e n d e n t c o n s t r u c t iv e m e t h o d b y s tr ic t o b e d i e n c e to

th e la w s o f G o d th a t m a k e f o r I n d i v i d u a l u n f o ld m e n t , w it h o u t
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w ilfu lly i m p a i r i n g o r s a c r if ic in g o u r P e r s o n a l R e s p o n s ib ilit y

w h ic h d is t in g u is h e s m a n f r o m th e b r u t e c r e a t io n . W e b e lie v e

th e o n ly tr u e w a y is th e n a r r o w w a y o f a t t a in m e n t m e n t io n e d b y

o u r L o r d a n d M a s t e r . T h a t th e s u b je c t iv e m e t h o d b y w h i c h w e

t e m p o r a r ily f o r f e i t o u r P e r s o n a l R e s p o n s ib i l it y a n d a l lo w o u r ­

selv es to b e c o m e m e r e a u t o m a t o n s , o r m a c h in e s , y e a th e p l a y ­

th in g s, f o r o t h e r b e in g s e it h e r in c a r n a t e o r d is in c a r n a t e to d o

w h a t th e y p le a s e w it h u s, w e b e l ie v e to b e e x t r e m e ly d a n g e r o u s

a g a in s t n a t u r e a n d n a t u r e ’s G o d w h o h a s e n d o w e d u s w it h th a t

p r e c io u s g i f t w h i c h r a is e s u s a b o v e th e b r u t e c r e a t io n a n d m a k e s

us m o r a lly r e s p o n s ib le b e in g s , a n d to tr ifle w it h th is g i f t a n d to

f o r f e it it e v e n f o r a t im e is to tr ifle w it h o u r s o u ls w h i c h w i l l h a v e

a m o s t d e s t r u c t iv e e ffe c t u p o n o u r p r e s e n t a n d fu t u r e w e ll b e in g

w h ic h w e m a y fin d it e x t r e m e ly h a r d to r e c t if y a n d if in siste d

on , w h o c a n te ll, m a y b e fa t a l to th e I n d i v i d u a l s o u l it s e lf;

t h e r e fo r e m y a d v ic e , e x c e p t f o r s t r ic t ly s c ie n tific in v e s t ig a tio n

a n d p u r p o s e s , is f o r th e o r d i n a r y i n d i v id u a l to b e v e r y c a r e fu l as

to h o w h e o r s h e d a b b le s in p u r e l y s u b je c t iv e m e t h o d s .

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v e r y g r e a t in t e r e s t in m e d i u m is t i c P s y c h i c P h e n o m e n a a n d v a r i ­

o u s o t h e r s u b je c t iv e p r o c e s s e s o f c o m i n g in t o t o u c h w it h th e p h y s ­

ic a lly u n s e e n a n d h a v i n g f o u n d e n o u g h e v i d e n c e a t p r iv a t e s e ­

a n ce s to s a tis fy m y s e lf o f th e g e n u in e n e s s o f s o m e o f th e in s ta n c e s

r e c o r d e d , w e w e r e f o r s o m e t im e n o t u n f a v o r a b l y d is p o s e d

t o w a r d s h o n e s t m e d i u m s h ip , b u t o n e t h in g a lw a y s w a s u n s a tis ­

fa c to r y , w h i c h w a s th is, th a t th e o n e w h o b r o u g h t a b o u t th e r e ­

su lts w h e n g e n u in e w a s h im s e lf o r h e r s e lf v e r y o ft e n p r a c t ic a lly

u n c o n s c io u s a n d ir r e s p o n s ib le d u r i n g th e s ittin g . W e fe lt f o r

y e a rs th a t th e r e s u r e ly m u s t b e a n in d e p e n d e n t m e t h o d w h e r e b y

o n e c o u l d c o n s c io u s ly u n f o l d th o s e h i g h e r fa c u lt ie s , w h i c h a r e

ly in g d o r m a n t o r la t e n t w it h i n u s a n d w h i c h o n e s c h o o l d e s i g ­

n a tes as th e s u b je c t iv e m in d o r s u b c o n s c io u s s e lf, a n d a t th e s a m e

tim e r e ta in th e m e m o r y o f a ll e x p e r i e n c e u n i m p a i r e d , a n d o f

o n e ’s o w n f r e e w i l l g o a n d r e t u r n in t o th e h i g h e r p la n e s o f e x is ­

te n c e as w e s a w fit. W e h a v e b e e n e x t r e m e ly g l a d th a t s o m e o f

th e b e s t T e a c h e r s o f T r u e P s y c h is m a n d O c c u l t is m h a v e h e ld f o r

c e n tu r ie s th e p o s s ib ilit ie s o f th is v e r y th in g , a n d th e r e a r e s o m e

w h o h a v e i n d i v id u a l ly d e m o n s t r a t e d its p o s s ib ilit y . T h e w r it e r

in t u it iv e ly k n o w s it as a fa c t, b u t h e is s till b u t a n in te r e s te d

s tu d e n t a n d h o p e s a n u n b ia s e d a n d u n p r e ju d i c e d s e e k e r o f T r u t h .

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le a d s o n e in t o a t h o u s a n d a n d o n e q u e s t io n s n o t o n ly p u r e ly

p s y c h ic a l b u t a ls o s o c io l o g i c a l, f o r y o u c a n n o t s e p a r a te th e in ­

d w e ll i n g s p ir it th a t m a n ife s t s its e lf in a t h o u s a n d d iffe r e n t f o r m s

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b e a r s to o t h e r f o r m s s o m a n i f e s t i n g t h e m s e lv e s . N o o n e h a s ever

s e e n a s o u l ; a ll h e sees is th e f o r m t h a t s o u l m a n ife s t s its e lf in ; it

m a y b e a p h y s i c a l b o d y , a n a s tr a l b o d y , o r a s p ir it u a l b o d y , but

s o f a r as w e c a n le a r n it a l w a y s m a n ife s t s its e lf t h r o u g h s o m e fo rm

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w e l l as p h y s i c a l m a t e r ia l, o n l y o n a h i g h e r p l a n e o f v ib ra tio n .

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p e r f e c t s e lf c o n t r o l to w i t h d r a w o u r s e lv e s a b s o lu t e ly f r o m ou r

p h y s ic a l s u r r o u n d in g s a n d , f ig u r a t iv e ly s p e a k in g , to c lo s e o u r ­

s e lv e s to t h e w o r l d , th e n w e r e a l iz e th a t w e c a n u s e o u r la ten t

s e n s e s s o t h a t t h e y c a n b e h o l d o t h e r w o r l d s t h a n th is. A t d ea th

o u r p h y s i c a l in s t r u m e n t w h i c h c o n n e c t s u s w it h th e p h y s ic a l u n i­

v e r s e is d i s s o l v e d o r le ft b e h in d , t h a t is a ll. W e m a y , if w e k n o w

h o w , b e a b le to c lo t h e o u r s e lv e s t e m p o r a r i l y w it h p h y s ic a l m a tter

a g a in a n d s o a p p e a r f o r s o m e s p e c ia l o b je c t , b u t th is is s im p ly a

p h y s ic a l p h e n o m e n o n a n d n o t a s p ir it u a l o n e .

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s lig h t in t e r e s t in th is s u b je c t, o n e o f t e n n e g le c t e d a n d s o m e tim e s

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o n e o c c a s io n h e h a s b e e n a b le f r o m th e r e s u lts o f h is re s e a r c h e s

to g i v e c o n s o la t io n in th o s e h o u r s o f s o r r o w w h i c h c o m e s o o n e r

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w h e r e o f h e s p o k e , h e c o u l d n o t h a v e u t t e r e d th e w o r d s h e d id ,

w o r d s w h i c h h a v e h e l p e d to h e a l a s a d ly s t r ic k e n h e a r t.

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c o n v i n c e th e m a n w h o s ta n d s o n th e g r o u n d , s e e in g o n l y th e

m e a n e r l if e o f e a r th , a n d n e v e r r a is in g h is e y e s to b e h o l d th e

s u n . P o u r o u t fa c ts , set t h e m b e f o r e h i m to g a z e u p o n a n d

e x c it e h is w o n d e r ; le t h i m g r a s p t h e m as th e je w e ls o f re a s o n .

B u t f o r t h o s e w h o g l im p s e th e s e r e n e v a u lt o f h e a v e n th e

t r u t h is r e v e a le d in a ll its b e a u t y , a n d n o fu r t h e r e v id e n c e is

n e e d e d to g i v e a s s u r a n c e th a t m in d is im p e r is h a b le , th e so u l

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oth ers in m o r e r e c e n t c e n t u r ie s . W e g i v e b e l o w a b i o g r a p h i c a l

sk etch o f th is g r e a t p h i l o s o p h e r , a s t r o n o m e r , a s t r o lo g e r , a n d

tea ch er, c o n t a in n g th e d a t e a n d p l a c e o f h is b ir th .

T h e tr u e n a m e o f Z o r o a s t e r w a s Z e r o t h o s c h t r o , a Z e n d w o r d .

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as a r e fo r m e r o f I s r a e l, k n o w n b y s o m e as th e I s r a e lit e B u d d h a .

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Isra el f r o m th e S t a r o f B e t h le h e m . T h e G r e e k s m a d e Z o r o a s t e r

fr o m Z e r o t h o s c h t r o b y r e m o v i n g th e tr o , as th e “ r ” h a d b e e n c u t

o ff in th e P e h l o r a n d th e P a r s e e , w h i l e in H e b r e w w e h a v e

S c h o u r o a s te r , c o m p o s e d o f S c h o u r a n d S e t a r e h . B u t th e r e is

little g a in e d in in t e r p r e t in g H e b r e w , f o r a n a m e w h o s e o r ig in is

in th e a n c ie n t Z e n d , a n d w h i l e h e w a s k n o w n fa r a n d w i d e as a

c e le b r a te d a s t r o n o m e r a n d a s t r o lo g e r , h is c h i e f c h a r a c t e r is t ic w a s

as a r e f o r m e r in th e r e li g i o n o f th e Z e n d . H i s n a m e is c o m p o s e d

o f Z e r e a n d T h a s c h t r o , th e n a m e o f a sta r, th e e l o g y o f w h i c h is

fo u n d in o n e o f th e r e s c h ts o r p r a y e r s g iv e n b y Z o r o a s t e r . T h e

w o r d Z e r e s ig n ifie s g o l d o r th e c o l o r o f g o l d ; th e n a m e in t e r ­

p r e te d , sta r o f g o ld .

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A d e r b e d ja n , ju s t fiv e h u n d r e d a n d fift y y e a r s p r i o r to J e s u s

C h r i s t ’s b i r t h ; t h o u g h as to h is b i r t h p la c e th e r e is a g r e a t d i v e r s ­

ity o f o p i n i o n , a s a ls o to th e d iff e r e n t n a m e s g i v e n to h i m in m o d ­

ern tim e s . B u t Z o r o a s t e r w a s a H e b r e w , a n d b e l o n g e d to th e

ten c a p t iv e tr ib e s in M e d e a , w h e r e h e s e r v e d a n d le a r n e d w it h

D a n ie l, a n d h e h a s b e e n c o n f o u n d e d w it h D a n ie l. T h i s is a

m is ta k e . T h e a n c ie n t k in g s o f P e r s ia w e r e a m o n g h is a n c e s to r s

to F e r id o u n .

T h e E m p i r e o f th e a n c e s t o r s o f Z o r o a s t e r w a s fix e d in A d e r ­

b e d ja n , w h e r e U m r i is s i t u a t e d . D o g d o , th e m o t h e r o f Z o r o a s t e r

a n d d a u g h t e r o f F r a h e r n e r e r , is s u e d a ls o f r o m th e r o y a l ra ce .

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b ir th , w h i c h p r e s a g e d a r e m a r k a b le a n d g r a n d c a r e e r . F r o m

th a t c ir c u m s t a n c e h e w a s c a l le d S a p e t m e Z e r o t h o s c h t r o , th a t is

S a p e t m a n Z o r o a s t e r , m e a n i n g e x c e lle n t Z o r o a s t e r .

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t h e m s e lv e s o n th e p h y s ic a l p r i n c ip l e s o f th e u n iv e r s e ; th e R om an

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o f th e sta rs, e tc ., f o r th a t o f th e C r e a t o r , c o n f o u n d i n g th e a ttri­

b u te s o f th e a u t h o r o f g o o d w i t h t h o s e o f e v il g e n ii, a n d fo r fiv e

h u n d r e d y e a r s , a f e w s a g e s e x c e p t e d , I n d i a w a s g iv e n u p to the

d o c t r in e s o f F o . C h i n a h a d lo s t th e f o r m o f g o o d g o v e rn m e n t

a n d d i s d a i n e d th e s a g e s w h o e n d e a v o r e d to e n lig h t e n h e r ; in fin e,

th e p r o p h e t s o f I s r a e l w e r e a b o u t to c e a s e a n d th e J e w s seem ed

to a d o r e , b y p r e f e r e n c e , f o r e i g n d iv in it ie s .

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lu t e ly c h a n g e d th e f a c e o f h u m a n t h o u g h t a n d r e lig io u s ob serv ­

a n c e . P h e r e c y d e s , th e S y r ia n p h i l o s o p h e r , m a s t e r o f P y th a g o r ­

as, in s t r u c t e d in th e b o o k s o f th e P h o e n ic ia n s , w h o w r o t e o n n ature

a n d th e g o d s , w a s th e firs t to t e a c h th e i m m o r t a l it y o f th e sou l,

a n d o r ig in a t e d th e G r e e k p h i l o s o p h y w h i c h s o o n s p r e a d over

E g y p t a n d th e R o m a n E m p i r e , a n d p r e p a r e d th e w a y fo r the

e v a n g e lis t s .

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m o r a ls , s im p lifie d th e w o r s h i p o f th e F ir s t G r e a t C a u s e , a n d still

r e m a in s th e o r a c le o f m o r e th a n s e v e n h u n d r e d le a g u e s o f cou n -

try .

T h e n Z o r o a s t e r m a d e k n o w n to P e r s ia th e t im e w it h o u t b ou n d s,

th e e t e r n a l a n d th e s e c o n d a r y p r in c ip le s , to w h i c h th e F irst

C a u s e h a s r e m it t e d th e g o v e r n m e n t o f th e u n iv e r s e . H e an­

n o u n c e d th e i m m o r t a l it y o f th e s o u l, a n d e x p l a i n e d th e ca u s e o f

g o o d a n d e v il, in d e v e l o p i n g th a t o f th e o v e r t h r o w w h ic h a p ­

p e a r e d in n a t u r e . H e p e r p e t u a t e d , b y a n e x t e r io r la w o f re­

lig i o u s w o r s h i p , th e tr u th s w h i c h h e p r o n o u n c e d in h is o w n

c o u n t r y . H i s la w s w e r e r e v e a le d f r o m th e E u p h r a t e s to the

I n d u s , a n d th e B r a h m a n T e h e n g r e g h a t c h a , th e s e c o n d o f h is

d is c ip le s , s p r e a d t h e m to th e e x t r e m e s o f I n d ia . Z o r o a s t e r o fte n

c o n s u lt e d O r m u s d o n th e m o u n t a in s , a c c o r d i n g to P a r s e e re c o rd s

a n d a ls o a s s e r te d a t th e t im e o f D i o n C h r y s t o n iu s , th a t b y a p r in c i­

p l e o f lo v e , o f w i s d o m a n d ju s tic e , th is le g is la t o r h a d r e m o v e d

f r o m a m o n g h is f e l l o w m e n a n d liv e d a lo n e u p o n a m o u n ta in .

H e t h e r e c o n s e c r a t e d a c a v e to M i t h r a , th e k i n g a n d fa t h e r o f a ll

t h a t e x is ts . H e liv e d as a r e c lu s e , a n d g a v e h i m s e lf u p to p r a y e r

a n d m e d it a t io n .

A r a r a t , M o r i a h , H o r e b , C in a i, H o r , P is g a h , C a r m e l, a n d

H e r m o n w e r e a ll s a n c t ifie d b y th e s p e c ia l m e e t in g o f th e p r o p h e t s

w it h th e A l m i g h t y o n t h e ir s u m m it s , a c c o r d i n g to th e h is t o r y o f

M o s e s , N o a h , A b r a h a m , D a n i e l, a n d E lija h . M o u n t a i n s a n d

sta rs a r e c lo s e ly a s s o c ia te d in r e lig io n .

F r o m th e b e g i n n i n g M i t h r a w a s th e P e r s ia n n a m e f o r th e

S u n . M i t h r a i c c a v e s h a d b e e n f o u n d in v a r io u s p la c e s , d e c o -
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ra te d w it h M a g i a n , Z o d i a c a l ta b le ts .

Z o r o a s t e r in t im e a p p e a r e d b e f o r e th e K in g , G u s t a s p , a n d

a fte r d e m o n s t r a t in g h is k n o w l e d g e b y p e r f o r m i n g n u m e r o u s

p r o d ig ie s , h e w a s a c c e p t e d , a n d th e Z e n d A v e s t a w a s a c c e p t e d as

th e la w o f th e la n d . H e e s t a b lis h e d th e A l t e s c h g r a h o r s a c r e d

fire s. H e t a u g h t t h a t th e E t e r n a l h a d c r e a t e d O r m u s d , a ls o th e

P e e tia r e , o r a c c u r s e d a t ir im a n , a n d t a u g h t th a t h e w h o in th e

w o r ld h a s s o w n in p u r i t y w i l l o b t a in it in h e a v e n , a n d h e w h o

sin s s h a ll b e c o v e r e d w it h s h a m e in h e ll.

A t th e a g e o f s ix t y -fiv e y e a r s , Z o r o a s t e r g a v e le s so n s in

p h i lo s o p h y a t B a b y l o n . P y t h a g o r a s w a s a m o n g h is d is c ip le s .

H e le ft th e m o r t a l f o r m a t th e a g e o f s e v e n t y -s e v e n , b e in g f u ll y

p r e p a r e d , as h e s a id , h a v i n g f o r e t o l d th e e v e n t.

O n th e Z o r o a s t r ia n ta b le ts o f th e M a g i is f o u n d th e, S u n , r e p ­

r e s e n tin g th e f a t h e r ; th e M o o n , th e m o t h e r o r c h u r c h ; T a u r u s ;

I s a c h e r ; S c o r p i o , D a n ; C a n c e r , Z e b u l o n , S ir iu s , a n d P r o c y o n ;

D e c a n s in G e m i n i ; D r a c o in S a g it t a r iu s ; J o s e p h c a r v e s in L e o ;

T u r d is S o lit a r is in L e o ; S p i c a in V i r g o ; P r e g a r u s in A q u a r iu s .

T h e t w o y o u t h s , w it h t o r c h e s f o r l if e a n d d e a t h , r e fe r to G e m i n i ;

C y g n u s is in A q u a r i u s ; H y d r a in L e o ; th e s m a ll b u ll r e fe r s to

A r g o in C a n c e r . I t is so r e p r e s e n t e d in th e D e n d e r a I s a ic Z o d i ­

a c. T h e c e n t r a l fig u r e is P e r s e u s in A r i e s ; th u s th e r e a r e s ix te e n

d iffe r e n t s y m b o ls u p o n th e s e M a g i a n ta b le ts a n d Z o r o a s t e r , b e i n g

a H e b r e w a n d u n d e r t a k in g a r e lig io u s r e f o r m a t i o n a m o n g th e

e x ile d I s r a e lit e s o f M e d e a , w o u l d n a t u r a lly u s e th e H e b r e w

Z o d i a c a l t y p e s ; f o r th is s y s te m o f t y p o l o g y in r e lig io n r e fe r r e d to

th o s e tr u th s o f r e v e la t io n w h i c h h a d b e e n g iv e n in s p e c ia l c h a r g e

o f th e H e b r e w s , a n d th e t w e lv e c h i e f s ig n s w e r e th e e m b l e m s f r o m

th e t im e o f M o s e s , o f th e t w e lv e H e b r e w tr ib e s . B y fa r th e la r g e s t

fig u r e is th e b u ll, a t t h a t t im e s y m b o l ic a l o f E p h r a im , f o r h e w a s

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b a s -r e lie f, f o u n d in th e C u p r i M i t h r a i c c a v e a n d n o w a t N a p l e s ,

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b e in g w o u n d e d b y P e r s e u s w in g e d , f o r E p h r a im , t h o u g h A s s y r ia

w a s th e in s t r u m e n t, w a s r e a lly c h a s t e n e d b y th e d i v i n e h a n d , as

H o s e a d e c la r e s at th is p o in t in th e fifth c h a p t e r a n d v e r s e s t h ir ­

te e n a n d fo u r t e e n . A t th a t t im e th e c h i ld w a s n a m e d a c c o r d in g

to th a t w h i c h e x p r e s s e d th e n a t u r e a n d c h a r a c t e r is t ic as f o u n d

in th e t w e n t y -n in t h c h a p t e r o f G e n e s is .

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th e p u r p o s e to r ig h t th e m is c o n c e p t io n s o f th e p a s t t w o t h o u s a n d

y e a r s , a n d le t u s p r a y th a t a ll h u m a n it y m a y le t th e s c a le s fa ll

f r o m t h e ir e y e s , th a t t h e y m a y see th e w i s d o m o f th e in fin ity .

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a n d a t t e n t io n to m e t h o d s o f m a k i n g t h e m s e lv e s u n d e r s t o o d w h e n

r e la t in g e x p e r ie n c e s .

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n o t o f s o m e t h in g s e p a r a t e a n d a p a r t f r o m h is p h y s ic a l e x is te n ce .

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o t h e r t h a n p u r e l y p h y s ic a l, h a s g r a s p e d th e id e a th a t th e r e is a

u n iv e r s a l la n g u a g e in s y m b o l i s m ; t h a t n o m a t t e r w h a t th e r a c ia l

o r n a t io n a l l a n g u a g e o f th e i n d i v id u a l m a y b e , n o m a t t e r w h e t h e r

h e it “ c i v i l i z e d ” o r “ s a v a g e ,” h e h a s a n in s t in c t iv e g r a s p u p o n th e

fu n d a m e n t a ls o f th a t la n g u a g e .

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f r o m N a t u r e , is g i v i n g ris e to a n e w s c h o o l o f t h o u g h t — o r p e r ­

h a p s a n e w g r a d e in a n o l d s c h o o l. T h i s is “ n e w , ” o f c o u r s e , o n ly

to th o s e w h o m a k e th e r e m a r k a b le “ d i s c o v e r y ” t h a t th e m in d

t h in k s in s y m b o ls — c a n n o t t h in k a n y o t h e r w a y . T h e G e r m a n

a n d th e E n g li s h m a n t h in k th e s a m e s y m b o ls , a u t o m a t ic a lly tr a n s ­

la t in g t h e m in to G e r m a n o r E n g li s h in o r d e r to e x p r e s s th e id e a

t h r o u g h th e s p o k e n w o r d . T h e i r m e n t a l m a c h i n e r y m a y b e

d iffe r e n t , is d iffe r e n t . B u t th e s y m b o ls a r e th e s a m e h o w e v e r

th e u s e a n d in t e r p r e t a t io n p l a c e d u p o n t h e m m a y v a r y . T o s tu d y

s y m b o l is m t h e r e fo r e is to s t u d y th e u n iv e r s a l m in d . O n e ’s v o ­

c a b u l a r y m a y c o n s is t o f o n l y a f e w h u n d r e d w o r d s o r m a n y

th o u s a n d s .

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l im i t o f g e o m e t r y as a n e x a c t s c ie n c e h a s b e e n r e a c h e d , o r th a t

t h e r e is n o s u c h t h in g as a fig u r e w it h o n e s id e ! A t h in g w it h

o n l y o n e s id e is o f c o u r s e a m a t h e m a t ic a l a b s u r d it y — b u t h o w

a r e y o u g o i n g to p r o v e it? H o w , a n y m o r e th a n y o u c a n p r o v e

th a t th e o n e - s id e d m e n t a lit y is a n a b s u r d it y a n d h a s n o u se . T o

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k n o w it h a s t w o s id e s . W e c a n p r o v e th a t b y d r a w i n g a lin e

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sa m e o p e r a t io n o n th e o t h e r . I f w e p a s te its e n d s t o g e t h e r w e

h a v e a h o o p w it h a n in s id e a n d a n o u t s id e . D r a w a lin e a r o u n d

its m id d le o u t s id e a n d a n o t h e r lin e in s id e . Y o u m u s t ta k e th e

p e n c il u p a t le a s t o n c e — p r o v i n g c o n c lu s iv e l y th e r e a r e t w o sid es.

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h o o p s . T o s a y th a t p i e c e o f p a p e r c a n p r e s e n t o n ly o n e s id e lo o k s

lik e th e u t t e r a n c e o f a c r a z y m a n . Y e t ta k e th a t s tr ip o f 1 x 1 2

g iv e it a s in g le h a l f t w is t a n d p a s t th e e n d s t o g e t h e r a n d tr y y o u r

e x p e r im e n t . Y o u c a n d r a w a lin e f r o m a n y p o in t o n th e s u r fa c e

e n tire ly a r o u n d th e h o o p a n d r e t u r n to th e s t a r t in g p o in t w it h o u t

lift in g th e p e n c i l ! D o e s th a t n o t “ p r o v e ” b y o u r “ test” th a t th e re

is o n ly O N E s id e ? O f c o u r s e w e k n o w it d o e s n o t — th a t th e r e

a r e s till t w o s id e s — a n d y e t w e h a v e fa lle n d o w n in p r o v i n g it b y

a m e t h o d w e w o u l d h a v e s w o r n w a s in fa llib le . B u t s till m o r e

r e m a r k a b le , c u t th e h o o p a l o n g th e m e d i u m lin e c le a r a r o u n d ,

a n d in s te a d o f g e t t in g t w o s e p a r a t e h o o p s t h e r e r e m a in s o n ly

O N E — t w ic e th e d i a m e t e r o f th e fir s t! H o w w i l l y o u e x p la in

w h a t y o u k n o w c a n ’t b e t r u e ?

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je ct. T h e h o o p n o w h a s a w h o l e t w is t in it a n d if c u t a r o u n d its

m id d le o n c e m o r e y o u w i l l g e t t w o lo o p s , o n e lin k e d to th e o t h e r !

Y . u c a n n o t s e p a r a t e t h e m e n t ir e ly .

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th e “ p h y s i c a l ” a r e s o lin k e d t o g e t h e r w e fin d it d iffic u lt to te ll

w h e r e o n e b e g in s a n d th e o t h e r e n d s — w it h o u r o l d h a b it s o f

t h o u g h t a n d e x p e r im e n t . P e o p l e w e h a v e c o n s id e r e d “ o n e ­

s id e d ” n o l o n g e r a p p e a r so in th e n e w lig h t . I t is t h e “ h a lf t w is t ”

th a t h a s p u z z l e d u s. D o c t o r s te ll u s th a t e v e r y m a n is h a lf-

tw is te d — p a r t ia lly in s a n e ! N o b o d y is n o r m a l ! B y w h i c h t h e y

m e a n w h a t o c c u lt is t s h a v e t a u g h t f o r t h o u s a n d s o f y e a r s — n o m a n

h a s a tta in e d th e a b s o lu t e id e a l. W e a r e a ll t w is t e d f r o m th e

o r ig in a l p a t t e r n — th e s p ir it u a l p a tte r n . W e tw is t o u r s e lv e s o r

a r e tw is t e d b y c ir c u m s t a n c e s w h i c h w e s e e k to c o n t r o l a n d c a n

c o n t r o l.

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w it t y n a r r a t iv e o f a w r i t e r w h o d e s c r ib e d th e a d v e n t o f a n e w

id e a in to th e la n d o f t w o d im e n s io n s — “ S h a d o w l a n d .” I n h a b i ­

tan ts o f th a t la n d h a d o n l y le n g t h a n d b r e a d t h . N o th ick n e s s .

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o n ly t w o d im e n s io n s . A c r im i n a l w a s o n c e p u t in ja il. T h e

ja il w a s a c ir c l e w h i c h w a s c lo s e d a ft e r h im . N o o n e h a d e v e r

im a g in e d a r o o f in th a t la n d . W h y s h o u ld t h e y w h e n th e r e w a s

o b v i o u s l y n o s u c h d ir e c t io n as “ U P ” ? T h e c r im in a l c o u l d n o t
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a b s u r d . W h y d i d n ’t h e ju s t s te p o v e r th e c ir c l e a n d g e t free?

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m e n s io n s . T e l e p a t h i c c o m m u n i c a t i o n w a s e s t a b lis h e d betw een

t h e ir m in d s a n d in s h o r t th e s c ie n tis t a c t u a l ly g r a s p e d th e id ea of

t h r e e d i m e n s io n s a n d p r o j e c t e d h is mind b e y o n d th e p r is o n but

n o t h is b o d y . H i s u n s e e n t h r e e - d im e n s i o n a l fr ie n d s h a d m u ch

d iff ic u lt y in c o n v e y i n g to h i m a n id e a o f th e method. F i n a l l y the

p r is o n e r a c t u a lly a c c o m p l i s h e d th e m i r a c l e o f r a is in g h im s e lf on

E N D a n d g e t t in g in t o th e t h r e e d i m e n s io n a l w o r l d w h e r e he

c o u l d s e e a n d h e a r h is “ u n s e e n f r i e n d s ” o f th e “ s p ir it u a l” three

d i m e n s io n a l w o r l d . B u t to th e r e s t o f th e in h a b it a n t s o f S h a d o w -

l a n d th e p r is o n e r h a d s o c h a n g e d t h e y k n e w h e w a s c r a z y a n d put

h i m in a m a d h o u s e ! T h e y s a w h i m n o w , n o t as a “ n o r m a l ” m an

b u t as a s t r a ig h t lin e in s t e a d o f a s q u a r e fig u r e . T h a t p a r t o f h im

w a s missing t h e y h a d n o d o u b t f o r t h e y c o u l d n ’t se e it— h e w a s n ’t

“ a ll t h e r e .” H e c o n t in u e d to w a l k e r e c t w i t h h is h e a d in the

c lo u d s o f t h r e e d im e n s io n s . T h e r e b y h e m a d e a m is t a k e w h ic h

o t h e r c r im i n a l s c ie n tis ts p r o f it e d b y a f t e r w a r d , as t h e y d id th eir

“ u p - e n d i n g ” o n l y in p r iv a t e t h e r e a ft e r , a lw a y s l y in g d o w n fla t

in p u b l i c , s o t h e y w o u l d n o t a p p e a r a b n o r m a l a n d m i g h t esca p e

th e m a d h o u s e .

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g a r d s th e “ o t h e r w o r l d , ” is t h a t o u r t h r e e d i m e n s io n a l w o r l d is

th e “ S h a d o w l a n d ” o f a “ F o u r - d i m e n s i o n a l ” w o r l d . W e h a v e

as y e t n e v e r f o u n d a n y la n g u a g e to d e s c r ib e e x p e r ie n c e s in “ F o u r -

d im e n s io n s ,” b e t t e r t h a n th e U n iv e r s a l la n g u a g e o f th e m in d —

s y m b o lis m . T h e r e m a y b e a h i g h e r la n g u a g e , b u t w e h a v e n ot

d i s c o v e r e d it y e t. S y m b o l i s m is th e M o r s e C o d e o f T e le p a t h y

w h e t h e r b e t w e e n p h y s i c a l ly e m b o d i e d h u m a n s o r “ s p ir it u a lly ”

e m b o d i e d h u m a n s . H e n c e P l a t o ’s “ w o r l d o f d i v i n e id e a s ” is n o t

s o a b s u r d as it m a y s e e m .

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s t o r e d in th e a r c h iv e s o f th e m in d . W h a t is to p r e v e n t o th e r

in t e llig e n c e s o n w h a t e v e r p la n e , f r o m t o u c h i n g a n d r e a r r a n g in g

th e s e s y m b o ls — m e n t a l le tte r s o f th e a lp h a b e t — so as to s e n d us

t e le p a t h o g r a m s ? P e r s o n s w h o in s is t th a t th is is d o n e c o n ­

s ta n tly , m a y s i m p ly h a v e a b e t t e r u n d e r s t a n d in g th a n t h o s e w h o

r e je c t th e id e a a n d s u p p o s e th a t e v e r y “ s u d d e n t h o u g h t ” th a t

“ s tr ik e s t h e m ” o r s e e m s to “ c o m e o u t o f th e a ir ,” is t h e ir o w n

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w e w o u ld g l a d l y ta k e t h e ir m e s s a g e s , w e fe e l th a t it w o u l d p e r ­

h a p s n o t b e th e m a t e r ia l f o r w h i c h y o u a r e lo n g in g .

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fo r e a m a t e r ia l m e s s a g e c a n m e a n lit t le to y o u .

W e , as T e a c h e r s , a n d D i r e c t G u i d e s f r o m w h a t y o u c a ll The
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D rin g th e m e s s a g e o f L I F E — n o t o f d e a t h .

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u p lift in g , y o u r o w n d e v e l o p m e n t , a n d , w e w o u l d sa y , f o r y o u r

o w n p r o t e c t io n .

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P r im a r y G r a d e s , a n d m e a n w h i le h e s tu d ie s a n d w o r k s a n d a d ­

v a n c e s . S o as y o u a r e t e a c h e r s in P r i m a r y G r a d e s , w e w o u l d

h a v e y o u g u a r d y o u r o w n e n e r g ie s .

D o n o t s e e k th o s e y o u w o u l d h e lp .

B y th e l a w o f A t t r a c t io n , D r a w T h e m T o Y o u . “ L e t y o u r

lig h t so s h in e .”

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firs t c ir c le w o u l d b e s m a l l; th e n la r g e r a n d l a r g e r a n d la r g e r .

S o w e w is h y o u r d e v e l o p m e n t to b e . N o t a f o r c e d c o n d it io n

but a natural growth, a n d fin a lly th e C i r c l e g r o w s so la r g e th a t

it w i l l e m b r a c e a ll h u m a n it y .

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th e C irc le .

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The Young S ister asked if th e reason the M essage cam e s lo w ly w as

because she an d T h e Young M o th e r h ad fixed u p th eir h o m e and h ad been
w o rk in g in a m a te ria l w a y .

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a t m o s p h e r e . W h i l e o n th is e a r t h p la n e , th e s e t h in g s a r e v e r y

n e c e s s a r y . T h e y s a y as T h e B o d y is th e T e m p l e o f th e S o u l, so

w h a t y o u t e r m th e H o m e m u s t b e a fit t in g S h r in e f o r th is T e m p l e

— to m a k e it b e a u t ifu l, s o l o n g as y o u a r e n o t w a s t in g y o u r t im e

' a n d e n e r g y , b u t a r e a ls o s e r v in g T h e G r e a t M a s t e r . H a d y o u

n o t th is d e s ir e w it h i n y o u — w e r e it n o t Heavenly — it w o u l d h a v e

b e e n material. Y o u r a c t iv it y h a s n o t b e e n o f a m e r e ly m a t e r ia l

n a t u r e ! I n s o d o i n g y o u w i l l h e lp o th e r s . Y o u d o n o t at p r e s e n t

u n d e r s t a n d th is fu lly .
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“You m ea n th a t b y m a k in g o u r h o m e b e a u tifu l— ”

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f e r r i n g to g ift s a n d n e w t h in g s w h i c h h a d p o u r e d in to th e h om e).

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to h a v e t h e m .

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th e w ay th ey w ere g o in g The Young F a m ily w o u ld soon be opening a
S a n a to r iu m .” )

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t o r i u m " — t h e n d o n o t c o m p l a i n . I f y o u k e e p y o u r s e lv e s in h ig h

e n o u g h v ib r a t io n s , o n l y g o o d w i l l c o m e to y o u — if y o u d o not

f o r c e c o n d it io n s . A s l o n g as y o u a r e in T u n e a n d R h y t h m no

h a r m c a n c o m e to y o u .

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asked one.

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b e e v e n a g r e a t e r o n e o p e n e d .

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little c h i ld r e n to c o m e u n t o m e , f o r o f s u c h is th e K in g d o m of

H e a v e n . ” I n p la n t in g F r u i t T r e e s w e d o n o t c o n s id e r trans­

p la n t in g th e o n e s th a t h a v e s t o o d f o r y e a r s . W e ta k e y o u n g and

s t u r d y t r e e s ; w e p r e p a r e th e s o il— w e c a r e f o r t h e m — w e trim

t h e m u p — h e r e a n d t h e r e w e p r u n e o f f l im b s — t h a t th e su n sh in e

a n d w a r m t h m a y p e n e t r a t e — th a t t h e y m a y g r o w a n d b r in g forth

fr u it .

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w h i c h y o u l iv e — o f th e p o v e r t y a n d w a n t o f th e y o u n g trees that

n e e d to b e t r a n s p la n t e d — p r u n e d — m u c h o f th e d is e a s e d m a te ria l

c u t a w a y a n d g iv e n a c h a n c e to m a t u r e a n d b e a r p e r f e c t fru it?

W e d o n o t a t p r e s e n t s a y th is is p o s s ib le to d o — b u t w e sa y:

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i m p o s s ib le th a t th is S a n a t o r iu m m a y n o t g r o w a n d b e c o m e a

m ig h t y in s t r u m e n t f o r g o o d .

11 is n o t i m p o s s i b l e th a t s o m e o f th e s e y o u n g s o u ls m a y r is e u p

to c a ll y o u b le s s e d . T h e H a r v e s t is G r e a t — -th e R e a p e r s are

F e w . 1h e r e a r e m a n y w h o w i l l g i v e th e m o n e y to e a se th eir

c o n s c ie n c e b u t f e w w i l l g i v e t h e ir t im e , t h e ir l o v e — t h e ir A L L .

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r e a liz e th e n e e d o f s u c h a w o r k . D o y o u r e a liz e h o w f e w p a re n ts

a r e c a p a b le o f g u i d i n g th e s e c h i l d r e n ? W e h e a r y o u s a y : T h e y
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a re th e fa t h e r s a n d m o t h e r s — t h e y m u s t u n d e r s t a n d . T h i s m a y

se e m a p a r t in g f r o m th e s u b je c t, b u t w e w is h to b r i n g a m e s s a g e

to th e o n e w h o s a i d : “ I fe lt a lm o s t as if I w e r e s e e in g in t o th e

B e y o n d .” ( T h e O l d e r S is te r h a d s a id th is e a r lie r in th e e v e n in g

in t a lk in g o f h e r r e c e n t e x p e r i e n c e s .) .

W e w o u l d sa y , d e a r F r i e n d , y o u were s e e in g in t o T h e

B e y o n d , b u t y o u w e r e o b s t r u c t in g y o u r o w n v is io n b y y o u r e x ­

tr e m e d e s ir e . Y o u m a k e it a b it t o o h a r d . Y o u t h in k it is s o m e ­

t h in g a tin y b it u n n a t u r a l. F o r g e t t h is ! R e m e m b e r it is th e

m o s t n a t u r a l t h in g in th e w o r l d , a n d n o t s e e in g is th e u n n a tu r a l.

Y o u w e r e t r y in g to m a k e y o u r physical eyes see w h a t o n ly y o u r

Spiritual Eyes c a n g a z e u p o n . F o r g e t f o r th e t im e th a t y o u h a v e

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w h e n th e t in y c lo u d s s e e m to o b s t r u c t y o u r w a y , t h e y w il l m e lt

in to n o t h in g n e s s .

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d u rin g th e d a y to o n e o f th e C ir c le . The w o r d s o f th e G u id e s are im p er-
sonalized so th at th e rea d er m a y h av e th e lesson— if he so desires.

W e a ls o b r i n g th is m e s s a g e : W e b r i n g y o u b a c k a g a in to th e

w o r d s o f th e S i s t e r - M o t h e r , w h o s a i d : “ W e h a v e o p e n e d o u r

S a n a t o r iu m .” Y o u d id n o t c o m e h e r e b y c h a n c e . Y o u c a m e

b e c a u s e th e G r e a t M a s t e r s e n t y o u to e a r th . T h e y s o u g h t a n

a v e n u e . T h e s e e x p e r ie n c e s w e r e n e c e s s a r y . T h e y s a w a c h a n ­

n e l t h r o u g h w h i c h y o u c o u l d r e c e iv e c a r e , e d u c a t io n , m a n y th in g s

n e c e s s a r y f o r y o u r p r e s e n t w o r k . Y o u h a v e g r o w n in e x p e r i e n c e ;

y o u h a v e g r o w n p h y s ic a lly , m e n t a lly , a n d fa r b e tte r th a n a ll—

y o u h a v e g r o w n s p ir it u a lly .

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— y o u m u s t k in d ly , g e n t ly , w it h th e s a m e c a r e b e c o m e h e r T e a c h ­

er. T h e t im e w il l n o t b e l o n g u n til th is m a t e r ia l h o u s e w il l p a ss

a w a y . T h e s o u l w il l s ta n d n a k e d — w i l l r e a liz e its n e e d s — r e a l­

iz e th e t h in g s it h a s n o t le a r n e d . T h i s is a le s s o n y o u m a y l e a r n !

W e m u s t p a y . I t m a k e s n o d iff e r e n c e w h a t it is. W e m u s t p a y !

T h e p r ic e y o u a r e to p a y is to h e lp h e r b y m o r e s p ir it u a l lig h t —

m o r e l o v e — m o r e w a r m t h in h e r h e a r t a n d in h e r s o u l. T h i s is

n o t c r it ic is m — th is is, th a t y o u m a y h a r d l y p a y a d e b t , a n d in so

d o i n g h e lp h e r a n d h e lp y o u r s e lf.

A s w e s a id b e f o r e , “ T h e H a r v e s t is G r e a t a n d th e W o r k e r s

a r e F e w . ” S h e b e lo n g s ju s t as m u c h to th e G r e a t B r o t h e r h o o d o f

G o d — th e s a m e d iv in e S p a r k is w i t h i n h e r . W e fe e l y o u u n d e r ­

s ta n d th is m e s s a g e . D o n o t tr y to m a k e h e r t h in k as y o u t h in k —

d o n o t tr y to m a k e h e r see as y o u see— b u t g iv e h e r th e L o v e a n d

L i g h t a n d s h e w ill, in t im e , r e s p o n d .
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T h e r e w a s an in te rru p tio n at th is p o in t b y a p e rso n al c a lle r and by a telephone

c a ll.

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p le a s a n t in t e r r u p t io n b u t a b e t t e r le s s o n o r a b e t t e r illu stra tio n

c o u l d n o t b e b r o u g h t in t o y o u r m id s t . W h i l e w it h i n th is soul

( r e f e r r i n g to th e p e r s o n a l c a l l e r ) s h in e s th e d i v i n e L ig h t , she is

n o t f a r e n o u g h o n t h e R o a d to u n d e r s t a n d y o u r la n g u a g e . T h is

is o n e o f t h e tr e e s o f w h i c h w e h a v e s p o k e n . A t th e p r e s e n t tim e ,

t r a n s p la n t in g m i g h t b r i n g it to b e t t e r f r u it a g e , b u t th e p ru n in g

a w a y w o u l d b e s o s e v e r e t h a t it w o u l d ta k e y e a r s o f la b o r .

T h i s is a ls o a n illu s t r a t io n o f th e u n - p o i s e d , th e u n -b a la n c e d .

A n d w e f e e l t h a t s o m e o f y o u a r e a s k in g , m e n t a lly , th e q u e s tio n :

“ O n w h a t lin e d o e s s h e s t a n d — w h i c h o f h e r ta le n ts a r e p r e d o m ­

i n a n t ? ” W e s a y a g a i n : D o n o t ju d g e , t h a t y e b e n o t ju d g e d . D o

n o t tr y to c a r r y h e r b u r d e n . D o n o t p u s h h e r f u r t h e r a lo n g the

lin e a n d p o s s ib ly u n b a la n c e h e r l o a d e v e n m o r e t h a n it n o w is.

One a sk ed : “ W o u ld it be rig h t to h e lp * * * who is in mental

t io u b le ?”

I f y o u r l ig h t is s t r o n g e n o u g h to d r a w h i m in t o y o u r v ib r a ­

t io n . Y e s ! D O N O T S E E K ! H o l d y o u r l ig h t s te a d y an d

h ig h , a n d if it is y o u r w o r k , h e w i l l b e d i r e c t e d to y o u . T h is is

a ls o a le s s o n w h i c h w e w o u l d h a v e y o u c o n s t a n t ly b e a r in m in d .

C h r i s t s a i d : “ S e e k a n d y e s h a ll fin d — k n o c k a n d it s h a ll be

o p e n e d u n t o y o u .” T h a t d o e s n o t a p p l y to t h o s e w h o a r e s e e k in g

A L S O . B u t th e T r u t h s y o u h a v e f o u n d — t h o s e h o l d h i g h a n d

s t e a d y , a n d o t h e r s w i l l w is h th e g r e a t k n o w l e d g e a n d u n d e r ­

s t a n d in g — w i l l se e th e L i g h t a n d fin d th e W a y . Y o u h a v e s o u g h t

a n d f o u n d . T h e y m a y d o th e s a m e a n d o t h e r s t h a t a r e n o t yet

r e a d y . A l l T r u t h s m u s t c o m e f r o m w it h in . T h e l o n g i n g — th e

D E S I R E — m u s t b e th e r e .

W e w o u l d s a y r e g a r d i n g th e Y o u n g B r o t h e r ( r e f e r r i n g to

th is s a m e y o u n g m a n to w h o m r e fe r e n c e w a s m a d e a b o v e ) — a n d

w e p e n e t r a t e f o r o n e in s ta n t in t o h is a t m o s p h e r e — h e n e e d s to

le a r n th e v a lu e o f p o is e .

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T h e d o o r is o p e n — a n y t h in g m a y e n t e r a n d n o t k n o w i n g , h e

d o e s n o t u n d e r s t a n d h im s e lf. I t m ig h t b e w h a t y o u c a ll o b s e s s io n .

W e d o n o t r e g a r d it in th is w a y .

“ M ay we send * * * to the Y o u n g M o th e r?”

I f s h e w is h e s to c o m e , y e s ! I f s h e fe e ls th e d r a w in g . Y o u

s a y : “ M a y w e s e n d .” S h e m u s t h a v e th is d e s ir e w it h i n h e r s e lf.

She m u s t h a v e th is s e e k in g — th is d e s ir e .
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S u c h m e e t in g s (a s th is o n e ) n e v e r c o m e b y a c c id e n t . T h e y

c o m e f o r a p u r p o s e . T h e r e is a r e a s o n — a lw a y s a r e a s o n . W h e n

it is n e c e s s a r y th e w a y is a lw a y s p r o v i d e d , a n d y o u m u s t a ll r e ­

m e m b e r ; if y o u a r e in T u n e a n d R h y t h m , s p a c e m e a n s n o t h in g ,

— d is ta n c e , to u s, d o e s n o t e x is t. A n d y o u w o u ld n o t b e s itt in g

in as c lo s e c o m m u n i o n as y o u a r e th is e v e n in g , w e r e y o u n o t in

v e r y c lo s e v ib r a t io n . I t is a ls o a le s s o n y o u m u s t le a r n th a t d is ­

ta n ce d o e s n o t e x is t in th is w o r k .

W i l l the S a n a to r iu m d ep en d fo r its s ta r t, u p o n o u r rea liza tio n , o r has it

already sta r te d ?

T h e r e a r e m a n y c h a n n e ls o p e n , a n d a S a n a t o r iu m d o e s n o t—

w e d o n o t— in a B r o a d e r S e n s e — e n t ir e ly m e a n th e b u i l d in g o f a

h o u s e a n d p l a c i n g t h e m w it h i n it. T h e H o u s e y o u h a v e a ll b u ilt

u p : T h is w e t e r m a S a n a t o r iu m . T h e r e h a s b e e n lo v e a n d

t h o u g h t a n d c a r e ta k e n to n o u r is h s o u ls in o t h e r h o m e s w h e r e

sick n ess is.

W e see a ls o a n o t h e r S a n a t o r iu m o p e n e d — i f c o n d it io n s c o m e .

T h e Y o u n g m a n ( r e f e r r i n g to th e y o u n g m a n w h o s e e m e d to b e

m e n t a lly u n b a la n c e d ) e n te r s y o u r c ir c le . A n o t h e r S a n a t o r iu m

w ill b e o p e n e d .

W e see, a t tim e s , w a v e s o f L o v e a n d L i g h t g o a c r o s s th e C o n ­

tin e n t, p e n e t r a t i n g th e h o m e w h e r e m a n y m o u r n e r s a r e m o u r n in g .

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T h is w e t e r m a S a n a t o r iu m .

Y o u t e r m a C h u r c h a H o u s e o f G o d . W e s a y : W h e r e t w o

o r th r e e a r e g a t h e r e d t o g e t h e r in “ M y N a m e ” th e r e w i l l “ I ” a ls o

be. T h a t a ls o is a p la c e o f w o r s h i p .

S o , a S a n a t o r iu m is w h e r e d is e a s e o f m in d o r b o d y o r s o u l

ex ists. A n d w it h th e v ib r a t io n s o f l o v e a n d l ig h t w e w o u l d h a v e

y o u e n te r.

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m a n k in d , k n o w i n g th a t th e H a r v e s t is R i p e a n d th e W o r k e r s

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w i l l n o t b e d e a d . W e a r e a t M e l l i e ’ s. M e l l i e w il l h e lp m e

w r it e . W e a r e h a p p y a ll th e t im e . W e n e v e r m a k e a n y n oise

n o w w h e n w e c o m e to se e y o u . M a m a te lls m e y o u m is s m e. I

d o n o t m is s y o u f o r I c a n s e e y o u s o m e t im e s . W e a r e a ll busy.

M e l l i e sa y s, w e w o r k to b r i n g m a n y p e o p l e h e r e . W e a r e never

t ir e d o r s ic k . T o m a n y p e o p l e w e b r i n g h e lp . W e w e a r m an y

b e a u t if u l r o b e s , t h e y c a l l t h e m . W h e n I c a m e o v e r h e r e w e

h a d m a n y m a n s io n s . M y g r a n d p a h a s a m a n s io n . W e liv e w ith

h i m — m y s is te r H e le n , T o t t i e , M e l l i e , W i l l i s a n d a u n t E lle n and

u n c le H a r r y a ll s ta y w it h h im . W e e a t w h e n w e a r e h u n g r y -

n u ts a n d fr u it s w i l l b e d iff e r e n t f r o m th e k in d y o u h a v e . M a m a

w i l l c o m e s o o n to u s. M e l l i e sa y s s h e w il l. M e l l i e n e v e r m akes

m is t a k e s . T h e m a n h e r e sa y s th e b o y s w i l l n o t b e h e r e f o r a lo n g

t im e . T o m e th a t is b a d n e w s . I w o u l d l ik e to h a v e C h ester

h e r e w it h m e . M a n y b o y s a r e h e r e — t h e y h a v e m a n y g o o d tim e s

t o g e t h e r . W e a r e w e l l n o w . W e w i l l n e v e r d ie a g a in . M e llie
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h e l p y o u a ll w e c a n . D o n a l d lo o k s s o w e l l a n d is as s t r o n g as he

e v e r w a s . D o n a l d ta lk s o f C h e s t e r a n d R o l a n d o ft e n . W h e n

h e sa y s, C h e s . a n d m e w e n t fis h in g t o g e t h e r , w e a ll l a u g h w h e n he

te lls h o w t h e y fis h e d . M y n a m e is M e l l i e . I w a s ju s t a little

b a b y w h e n I c a m e o v e r h e r e . M r s . R ------------- i s m y f r ie n d . W e

a ll l o v e h e r . W h e n s h e c o m e s w e w i l l a ll m e e t h e r a n d m a k e

h e r w e l c o m e . M r s . R ------------- f e e l s v e r y b a d ly w h e n s h e th in k s o f

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n o t d o th a t, b u t h e is w it h h e r as m u c h as h e c a n b e . D o n a ld

n e v e r k n e w h o w h e c a m e h e r e . W e b r o u g h t h i m o v e r a n d le t
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h im o p e n h is e y e s to see u s a ll a r o u n d h im . H e w a s n o t s u r p r is e d

to see us, b u t s a id , “ W h e r e is m a m a ? ” W e t o ld h im s h e w o u l d

c o m e s o o n a n d h e s e e m e d s a tisfie d . W e a r e m a k i n g m a n y p r o ­

g re s s io n s. D o n a l d h a s g o n e in th e t h ir d s p h e r e . W e w il l p u s h

h im o n r a p id ly w h e n w e w i l l n o t s t o p t o -------------

( M e l l i e b r o k e d o w n h e r e .)

M r . S ------------- n o w ta k e s th e p e n c il.

M y d ear F r ie n d s :
M y d a u g h t e r h a d a s k e d m e to w r it e to y o u a b o u t o u r life in

th is b e a u t ifu l w o r l d . W e a r e m o r e a liv e th a n w e e v e r w e r e

b e fo r e . W e h a v e b e e n h e r e a l o n g t im e . W e w o r k a ll

th e tim e . I a m in th e fifth s p h e r e . M y lif e is a b u s y o n e .

I a m fo n d o f little c h i ld r e n a n d d o a ll I c a n to h e lp t h e m a lo n g .

W e h a v e s c h o o ls w it h a ll th e m a n y a d v a n t a g e s p e o p l e e n jo y o n

ea rth , e x c e p t th a t o u r s a r e o n a h i g h e r p la n e . W e te ll m a n y

p e o p le to b r i n g t h e ir ta le n ts h e r e w it h t h e m . T h i s is th e p la c e

w h e r e g e n iu s te lls. I t is a ll so d iffe r e n t f r o m w h a t I e x p e c t e d to

fin d . M y lif e is b u s ie r , m e n t a lly a n d p h y s ic a lly , th a n it e v e r

w a s o n th e e a r th . L u c y ’s little s o n h a s la t e ly jo in e d us. W e

lo v e h im v e r y m u c h . H e c a n n o t r e a liz e w h e r e h e is, f o r e v e r y ­

th in g s e e m s th e s a m e to h im . W i l l w r it e a g a in s o m e tim e .

T r u l y y o u r s , R . J . S .

I n S e p t e m b e r , c a m e o u r t h ir d le tte r f r o m M r s . R ------------- e n ­

c lo s in g le tte r s f r o m D o n a l d , M e l l i e , M r s . S ------------- a n d m y u n c le

A l o n z o . O n l y c e r t a in p o r t io n s o f M r s . R ------------- ’ s le tte r a r e o f

in te re s t r e g a r d i n g o u r s u b je c t.

M y d e a r F r ie n d s :
------------- 1 g e t g r e a t c o m f o r t f r o m h e a r in g f r o m D o n a l d a n d

w h e n I w a n t h is v o i c e I g o to a s e a n c e a n d h e a r h i m t a lk to m e ,

b u t e v e n a ll th is s e e m s p o o r c o m f o r t f o r it is th e c h i ld I w a n t

ju st as I u s e d to h a v e h im . T h e r e s e e m to b e s e v e n d e g r e e s o r

s p h e r e s in th is in t e r m e d ia t e l if e to w h i c h a ll h a v e a c c e s s , th a t is,

b y th e ir o w n e ffo r ts . T h e firs t o n e is th e d a r k s p h e r e o r th e t w i ­

lig h t, as th e y c a ll it. I n it a r e th e w i c k e d w h o p a s s f r o m e a r th

a n d it rests w it h t h e m ju s t h o w l o n g t h e y s ta y th e r e . I f t h e y

m a k e th e e ffo r t in t im e , t h e y w i l l le a v e it as e v e r y o n e h a s h is o r

h e r o p p o r t u n it y . D o n a l d sa y s th e r e a r e n o c h i ld r e n th e r e .

F a t h e r t o ld m e th e la s t t im e I t a lk e d to h im , th a t h e w a s in th e

fifth s p h e r e a n d th a t D o n a l d w a s w it h h i m so y o u see a little

c h ild d o e s n o t s to p l o n g in th e l o w e r s p h e r e s . T e l l R o l a n d w h e n

h is t im e c o m e s h e n e e d h a v e n o fe a r — th a t h e w il l g o to s le e p

h e r e a n d w a k e u p t h e r e w h e r e I k n o w h e w i l l fin d D o n a l d a n d a

* She refers to “ G a te s A j a r ” by E . S. P h elp s.

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g o o d m a n y o t h e r s w h o m h e k n e w in th is life . I h a v e rea d M iss

P h e l p ’s s t o r y * b u t d i d n o t c a r e v e r y m u c h f o r it. I g o m o re on

th e w r it in g s o f m e n w h o h a v e m a d e a s t u d y o f th e B ib le such as ,

“ O u r L i f e A f t e r D e a t h ,” a n d , “ O u r E x is t e n c e A f t e r D e a t h ,” this

la s t b y a P r e s b y t e r ia n m in is t e r . D o n a l d h a s w r it t e n to C h ester

b u t I w a s g r i e v i n g s o I ’m a f r a id it is n o t a v e r y g o o d lette r, but I

h o p e h e w i l l d o b e t t e r th e n e x t t im e . T e l l y o u r m o t h e r t h a t this

p e r s o n s a y s h e is h e r s o n * b u t o f c o u r s e I d o n o t k n o w , b u t I g ive

it ju s t as it c o m e s to m e . W i l l a s k f a t h e r to w r i t e to y o u .

S e p t , i o , 1 9 0 1 . L . S. R .

D o n a l d ’s le tte r .

D e a r C h e s t e r :
M a m a r e a d m e y o u r le tte r . W e w i l l s w i m h e r e lots of

tim e s . W e w o n ’t g e t d r o w n e d t h o u g h . W e w i l l n o t m a k e any

o n e c r y a n y m o r e n o w . M a m a c r ie d w h e n s h e r e a d y o u r letter

t o m e . W e w a n t m a m a to c o m e . W e w i l l m e e t h e r . T h e n she

w o n ’t c r y a n y m o r e . W e d o n ’t n e e d a n y b o a t s o r c a r s h e r e . W e

c a n g o w h e r e w e w a n t to. T e l l A n d r e w * w e a r e n o t d e a d . W e

w i l l se e h i m s o m e t im e . W e w i l l te ll h i m to m a k e u s a b o a t to

sa il. W e w a n t to m a k e little b o a t s to s a il o n th e w a t e r . I p la y

b a ll a n d m a r b le s w it h th e b o y s w h o a r e h e r e . W e w il l p la y

w it h H a r o l d H a u c h e r . H e u s e d to liv e in W h e e l i n g . W illie

N e l s o n w i l l c o m e s o o n . H e liv e s in C o l u m b u s . H e w a s th e

lit t le b o y w h o liv e d b e s id e u s o n T a p p e n S tr e e t. H e w ill get

s ic k . W h e n h e c o m e s w e w i l l m e e t h im . M e l l i e f o u n d A lo n z o

f o r m a m a . H e w i l l w r it e to h is m o t h e r . W e w a n t to m a k e the

o t h e r s h a p p y . W e w i l l w r i t e a g a in . W e a ll s e n d l o v e to y ou

a ll. M e l l i e , H e le n , T o t t ie , H a r o l d , C h a r li e , W i l l i s a n d a ll the

rest. I a m y o u r s t r u ly , D o n a l d R ------------- .

M y u n c le A l o n z o ’s le tte r to m y g r a n d m o t h e r .

D e a r M o t h e r :
I a m w e l l n o w '. W e a r e h a p p y . W e w o u l d lik e to h a v e

y o u h e r e w it h u s. M o t h e r , w e w a n t y o u n o t to w o r r y . M o t h e r ,

w o u l d y o u lik e to h e a r f r o m f a t h e r ? W e w i l l w r it e to g e th e r .

W e a r e n o t m a n y m ile s f r o m y o u m o s t o f th e t im e . W e w il l te ll

y o u w h e r e w e a re . W e w i l l n o t m a k e y o u c r y , m o t h e r . W e w ill

h e l p y o u a ll w e c a n to b e a r y o u r b u r d e n . W e w a n t to m a k e y o u

* T h e person she refers to w a s m y u n cle A l o n z o A --------- . T h e letter was

w r itte n to m y g ra n d m o th e r w h o w a s liv in g w it h us at th at tim e . T h i s is very
re m a rk a b le , as M r s . R --------- k n e w n o th in g abo u t o u r fa m ily and did n ot k n o w that
m y m o th e r ’s b ro th e r w a s d ead . A l o n z o ’s h a n d w r itin g w a s fa ith fu lly reproduced.
* O n e o f th e boys C h e ste r and D o n a ld used to p lay w ith . H e w a s a great
ship b u ild e r , m a k in g w o n d e r fu l boats o u t o f shingles.
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h a p p y . I ’m in th e t h ir d s p h e r e . W e a r e m a k i n g p r o g r e s s ,

m o th e r . W e w a n t y o u n o t to w o r r y . W e a r e a ll r ig h t a n d w e ll

an d h a p p y . W e w i l l w r it e a g a in s o m e t im e . Y o u r l o v i n g so n ,

A l o n z o A -----------

M e l l i e w r i t e s :

M y d ear F r ie n d s :
M e l l i e w il l w r it e to y o u . W e w i l l tr y w h e n y o u c o m e to

m a k e y o u h a p p y . W e w i l l fin d A r t h u r if h e is h e r e . W e w il l

te ll h im w h a t y o u s a id . M e l l i e c a n a lw a y s fin d h e r fr ie n d s .

W e m u s t n o t w o r r y w h e n y o u m a k e th e te a r s c o m e . M r s . R -------------

c r ie d so w h e n s h e s e n t C h e s t e r ’s le tte r to D o n a l d . W h a t m a k e s

h er d o it? D o n a l d is w e ll a n d s tr o n g . W e w a n t to m a k e a

m e d iu m o u t o f M r s . R ------------- b u t s h e w o n ’t le t u s. S h e is n e r v o u s

w h e n w e m a k e n o is e f o r h e r . W h e n s h e w a n t s u s s h e te lls u s to

m a k e a n o is e . W h e n w e d o it, s h e is a fr a id . M e l l i e w i l l w r it e

a g a in s o m e t im e . Y o u r l o v i n g f r ie n d , M e l l ie .

A n o t h e r le tte r f r o m M r s . R ------------- ’ s fa t h e r , M r . S --------------:

D ear F r ie n d s :
L u c y sa y s y o u w a n t m e to w r it e y o u a g a in . W e m a y n o t b e

so v e r y fa r f r o m y o u a t a n y t im e . W e h a v e s e v e r a l s p h e r e s o r

d e g r e e s o f H e a v e n . W e p r o g r e s s b y o u r o w n e ffo r t s a ssiste d

s o m e tim e s b y g o o d a n d h o l y m e n . T h e first s p h e r e is a p la c e

w h e r e th e w i c k e d a r e p u t b u t t h e y h a v e th e s a m e p r iv ile g e . E v e r y

o n e h a s to m a k e t h e ir w a y o u t. W e h a v e h o u s e s to liv e in w h i c h

a re c a lle d m a n s io n s h e r e m a d e o f b e a u t ifu l m a r b le w it h m a n y

m o r e p r e c io u s m a t e r ia ls . W e h a v e flo w e r s , fr u its , b ir d s , a n d

e v e r y t h in g th a t m a k e s lif e b e a u t ifu l. W e e a t w h e n w e fe e l th e

n e e d o f it, n u ts a n d fr u its . M e l l i e sa y s s h e w o u l d lik e to w r it e

to y o u . W e a r e a ll h a p p y a n d c o n t e n t to s ta y h e r e . D o n a l d sa y s

h e w o u ld n o t g o b a c k to e a r t h to liv e b u t h e is a n x io u s f o r t h e m a ll

to c o m e to h im . W e n e v e r r e g r e t c o m in g . L u c y sa y s I h a v e

b e e n h e r e fo u r t e e n y e a r s . I t s e e m s as y e s t e r d a y to m e . W e h a v e

n o n ig h t b u t s o m e t h in g lik e a t w ilig h t w h e n e v e r y o n e rests if

th e y fe e l th e n e e d o f it. W e a r e n o t d e a d b u t v e r y m u c h a liv e

m o r e so th a n y o u a re . W e w i l l n o t te ll e v e r y t h i n g w e k n o w .

Y o u w o u l d a ll b e t o o a n x io u s to c o m e . W e l l , I h a v e to c lo s e .

Y o u w il l h e a r f r o m m e a g a in . Y o u r s tr u ly , R . J . S.

T h e r e f o l l o w e d a n in t e r im in w h i c h w e h e a r d n o t h in g f r o m

M r s . R ------------- . H e r n e x t le tte r h a d n o e n c lo s u r e , b u t it is in t e r ­

e s tin g b e c a u s e it g i v e s h e r id e a s a n d im p r e s s io n s g le a n e d f r o m h e r

r e a d in g a n d s p ir it u a lis t ic c o m m u n ic a t i o n .

M y d e a r F r ie n d s :
Y o u r v e r y k in d le tte r r e a c h e d m e y e s t e r d a y . I w o n d e r e d
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w h a t h a d b e c o m e o f y o u . I h a v e in th e la st t w o o r th re e w eeks

lo s t th e p o w e r I h a d — c a n n o t g e t a s in g le w o r d in w r it in g though

I t h in k it w i l l c o m e b a c k . I g o e v e r y w e e k a n d h a v e a n ice talk

w it h D o n a l d a n d m y fa t h e r , b r o t h e r s a n d siste r. W e h a v e such

g o o d m e d i u m s h e r e . I t is to a t r u m p e t m e d i u m I g o w h e r e the

s p ir it s d o t h e ir o w n t a lk in g . D o n a l d ’s v o i c e is ju s t as n a t u r a l as

c a n b e . A s fa r as I c a n u n d e r s t a n d , t h o s e w h o h a v e g o n e from

u s a r e n o t w it h th e S a v io u r a n y m o r e t h a n w e a r e . T h e y have

m e r e l y g o n e in t o a n in t e r m e d ia t e life , w h e r e t h e y h a v e th e sam e

o p p o r t u n i t y to p r o g r e s s as w e h a v e . A n y p o o r s o u l w h o h a s led

a w i c k e d l if e h e r e h a s s till a n o p p o r t u n i t y to b e c o m e w h a t he

s h o u l d b e e v e n a ft e r h e h a s le ft th is life , t h o u g h a g o o d life , w e ll

s p e n t h e r e , r e a p s its r e w a r d o n th e o t h e r s id e as in t e llig e n t m en

w h o m a k e s u c h t h in g s a s t u d y c l a i m w e s h o u ld a ll b e a b le to enter

th e t h ir d d e g r e e in th is in t e r m e d ia t e e x is t e n c e . D o n a l d says he

is h a p p y — t h a t h e h a s e v e r y t h i n g h e w a n t s , p la y s b a ll an d so

f o r t h , s a y s h e c a n p l a y a fife p r e t t y g o o d . A little fr ie n d w h o

w e n t o v e r t h e r e a y e a r a g o , D o n a l d s a y s c a n b e a t th e d r u m just

fin e , a n d h e p la y s th e fife . I f ir m l y b e lie v e t h a t w e w il l a ll fin d

t h a t th e o t h e r l if e w i l l o n l y b e d iff e r e n t f r o m th is in so m u c h as

th e p a in , s o r r o w a n d t r o u b le o f e v e r y k in d is le ft o u t. W e w ill

a ll s e e C h r is t a t th e s a m e t im e , at th e s e c o n d r e s u r r e c t io n , th e first

b e i n g a t th e t im e w e le a v e th is w o r l d , th e s e c o n d a t th e tim e of

C h r i s t ’s c o m i n g o r th e e n d o f th e w o r l d . I w is h y o u c o u ld g o to

M r . S --------------h e is s u c h a fin e m e d i u m , a w e l l k n o w n m a n , here

w h e r e h e h a s s p e n t a ll h is life . H e h a s b e e n t r ie d a n d tested

a n d w e k n o w th a t h e is p e r f e c t l y h o n e s t. I h a v e b e e n tr y in g to

g e t D o n a l d to w r it e , b u t I h a v e h e ld th e p e n c i l f o r a h a lf h ou r

w it h n o r e s u lt b u t h is n a m e w h i c h is m o r e t h a n I ’v e h a d f o r som e

t im e . Y o u r s v e r y t r u ly ,

O c t . 15, 1 9 0 1 . L . S , R .

I n N o v e m b e r w e g o t a le tte r w it h a n e n c lo s u r e f r o m D o n a ld
to C h e s t e r .

M r s . R — :— ’s le t t e r :

M y d e a r F r ie n d s :
T h e e n c lo s e d le tte r w a s w r it t e n y o u a lm o s t a m o n t h a g o . I

t h o u g h t it h a d g o n e a n d w o n d e r e d th a t I d i d n o t h e a r f r o m you .

J u s t c a m e a c r o s s it. T h i n g s a r e ju s t th e s a m e so m i g h t as w e ll

s e n d it. D o n a l d w r it e s a little . I a m g o i n g to th e E a s t E n d

t o n ig h t a n d e x p e c t to h a v e a ta lk w it h D o n a l d . D o n a l d says he

is h a p p y a n d h a s e v e r y t h in g h e w a n ts , p la y s b a ll a n d e n jo y s

e v e r y t h i n g h e d i d w h e n h e w a s w it h u s, so I s h o u ld n o t c o m p la in .

N o v . 6, 1 9 0 1 . Y o u r f r ie n d , L . S . R .

D o n a l d ’s le tte r to C h e s t e r :
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D ear C hester :
Mama says I did not write to you but I want to tell you lots
of things. W e will want you to write to us. Mama feels so bad
about me. When she cries it hurts me but she has to cry. Some­
times mama lets us write. W e all love mama. W e want her to
come. W e will meet her when she comes. W e are not dead,
Chester. I am Donald just the same. W e want you to think we
will be alive just like you are. I see Freddy sometimes. He
would like to see me. He will not forget me. When he comes
to us I will have him too. I have my bunny now. The dogs did
not get it cause it is here. Brownie is here. She was Mr. Burn’s
dog. She knows me. She will not want to go away from me.
I will tell Alonzo you know me. He will be glad to hear that.
Well Chester, we can’t fish any more together but I am with you
sometimes. W e are not dead. W e are living spirits just like
you are. W e will never die again. W e are well and happy.
We want you when you come to meet us here. W e all will make
you happy. Goodbye. D onald .
Mrs. R------ became more and more interested in Spiritual­
ism and therefore had little time for writing. Strangely enough,
as her interest grew, her power lessened. It was when she did
not understand that she was in her full power.
In January came this letter from Mrs. R ------
My dear F riends :
I don’t get many writings any more but I still talk to
Donald. I went to a strange medium, the other day. I heard
from Donald and my people just the same. The Spiritualists
have a fine church here and I went there for the first time about a
week ago with a friend. Neither of us had ever been there. N o
one knew us. The minister was a new man who had never heard
of me. After he was through preaching he gave some tests and
to my astonishment, addressed himself to me. He gave me a
wonderful test. I had my brother’s name, Harry S------ , with a
message to me; my sister Ellen, my little girl and Donald. I
was so surprised. The lady with me, had one also. They told
her what would happen to her that week. Everything came out
all right. M r. R------ believes, implicity, that it is Donald that
talks to us. He told me almost everything I had for Christmas,
what grandma had sent, said he was there when I opened the box,
told me about going to the cemetery with me and just what flow­
ers I had. You know he was so fond of flowers and knew a good
deal about them. He said, “ Mama, if you did not feel so sad it
would make me laugh to see you putting flowers there when I ’m
not there but alive just like I always was.” The belief is making
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wonderful progress and “ Cal,” that is the guide of the medium

I generally go to, says that it won’t be a great many years until we
will be able to communicate with our loved ones right in our own
homes without the aid of a medium. That God never meant
for us to suffer when they were taken from us. W on’t it be a
happy day should this ever come true? Death would not be such
an awful thing then. Your friend,
Jan. 1 6 , 1 9 0 2 . L. S. R.
Mrs. R------ ’s last letter came to us in June. After that, she
becomes a mystery.
M y D ear F r iends :
W e have gone to housekeeping and I miss Donald more than
words can tell. W e set his place at the table and he says he sits
there when we do. He asked me not to put the chair so close to
the table. Donald says he eats but not when he comes home but
in the other world and that there are beautiful streams of water
but he says you are not wet when you come out after going way
down to the bottom. W e did not ask for these things, it was
voluntary information. W e were out at the cemetery this after­
noon. W e had our baby moved from Virginia a few weeks ago.
I went to a seance the next day and Donald said, Helen, our little
girl, had something to tell me. She knew all about us taking
that little body out to the cemetery, when I am sure the medium
could not have known. When I told Helen that it was she we
were moving, she most emphatically said, “ No, it wasn’t because
I am here.” So you see they do not think themselves dead. I
trust you are all well. I don’t try to get any more writings.
Always your friend,
June 2 2 , 1 9 0 2 . L. S. R.
Mrs. R------ then ceased to write to us. Our letters to her
brought no reply. Whether she died and went to Donald, as
M ellie said she would soon, we have never found out.
I only know that she left these wonderful, inspiring letters
that I feel now should be published. I feel that others should
have the benefit of them. They have long been a source of
wonder and comfort in our home.
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in d e n t Craft Jlasionrp
T H E Z O D IA C IN R E L IG IO N
AND F R E E M A SO N R Y

B y F ra n k C. H iggins, 3 2 o A.A.A.S.R.
Past Master, Ivanhoe No. 6 1 0 , N. Y.

XI
TH E LETTER “G”

W e have another and still greater surprise in store for us

in our study of the identical origins of both dogmatic Religion
and Freemasonry in one and the same Zodiacal gnosis.
In identifying the Masonic Lodge, with the ninefold
“ Square of Saturn"’ and its various cabalistic significances, we
have an even more sure guide, than any so far discussed.
If the student will refer to the table of Zodiacal and
planetary significance attributed by the ancient Hebrews to
the twenty-two letters of their alphabet, he will discover that
the planet Saturn was signified by the letter “ G,” or guemel,
which was at the same time the number “ Three.”
The Chaldean name of Saturn was Sheb and his Phoe­
nician name Kronos, which finally settled into Chronos or
“ Time,” as adopted by the Greeks. Sheb is the root of our
word “ Sabbath,” the day of Saturn, or Saturday, the holy day
of the Israelite.
The number Seven was sacred to him throughout the East,
hence his title of Sabaoth or “ heavenly host,” relating to the
seven planets and his day was the “ seventh day.” Saturn was
particularly the planet of Jehovah, although not, as some have
mistakenly inferred from the various connections, considered to
be Jehovah. Mowers says (History of the Phoenicians) that
the planet Saturn very early became the chief deity of Semitic
religion, long before the Sabbath, and long before Moses
consecrated the number seven to him, perhaps earlier than he
became father of Jupiter and all the other gods of Greece and
Italy. The connection is very plain, also, in that Saturn as
“ god of Tim e” represented the three aspects of Jehovah,
“ Past, Present and Future.” In the ancient star religions it
was as imperative to the faithful to be shown their god, as it is
found in some modern cults and so Saturn was pointed out as
the Ab Ram or “ Most High Father” and as Brahma. The
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very name of “ Semite” is taken from Saturn who is the Shem

of Noachic legend, from whom they are putatively descend­
ed.
1 he poetic notion of Kronos devouring his own children,
born of the fact that Time, also, destroys all that which it
engenders, gave rise to sad consequences among the Phoenicians,
who yearly sacrificed the loved and only begotten children of
Kronos.
“ Israel” was originally a name of Kronos, among the
Phoenicians, who had a legend, that he was king of their
country and had an only begotten son called Jeud (Judah).
W hen very great dangers in war threatened the country,
Kronos had his son adorned with the royal dress and offered
him up.
Philo Judeaus, the famous Alexandrian philosopher,
writes— “ Kronos, whom the Phoenicians surnamed El, a ruler
of the land and later translated after his death as God, into
the star of Kronos (Saturn), had by a native nymph an only son
whom they therefore named “ Yeud.”
The slaying, searching and mourning for this “ Only be­
gotten Son,” who according to time and place, was Tammuz,
Adonis, Dionysius, Osiris and a score of others, was the chief
rite of all the ancient mysteries and its hero was particularly
pointed out by the early Jews, as the ancestor of their race.
One of the forms of this “ Only begotten son” was the
Phoenician god Kadmus, who represented the Creative Wis­
dom or Demiurge (Great Architect). The Cabbalists con­
sidered Adam Kadmon the oneness of the powers which
emanate from God. His is the figure of the man which
hovers above the symbolic animals of Ezekiel. From him
the creation emanates in four degrees or four worlds. This
Adam Kadmon, precipitated into human flesh becomes the
“ Adam ” of the Cabbalists, who said that the three letters of
the name “ A D M " signified “ Adam,” “ David” “ Messiah,” the
three incarnations which were to ensue.
Through a veritable maze of ancient Phoenician philos­
ophy, self-evidently derived through the Chaldean Magi, from
the Hindue, we trace the story of the father-god, Saturn, and
the son-god, Bel, through whom the father is revealed. This
connection between the planet Saturn and the Sun run through
all. the mythologies of Ayran inception flowing, finally, into the
receptive bosom of so-called Christian revelation.
“ The Orphic philosophy, so much quoted by expositors of
Masonic philosophy, “ placed Tim e’ (Chronos), says Dunlap,
“ at the head of all things and endued it with life and creative
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power, that is— Time is God. From Him emanate Chaos and
Aether. Chronos makes an egg of the Chaos, surrounded by
the Aether and from this springs the golden winged Eros-
phanes, the soul of the world. This according to the Orphic
poets is Zeus” ( 7 + 5 + 6 + 6 o = 7 8 :r=H JH JV H V V H H J H ).
Zeus is Jove and Jove is J H V H , while the latter, as we have
seen, with the letter Schin in the middle, to indicate the sign
of Pisces, is JH S h V H or Jeshuh, Jesus.
Saturn was thus the symbol of the incomprehensible Father
and the Sun that of the Logos, “ W ord,” or comprehensible
Son, through whom, alone, the Father is made known to man­
kind.
According to the Manicheans, Christ the Mediator had
his dwelling in the Sun. Dunlap further says that “ In St.
Paul’s application of Psalms X L V and C II, 2 5 , found in the
First Epistle to the Hebrews, is positive evidence that JH V H
was regarded by him as the Son, the Creator Logos, the “ W ord
of Power of God.” Iao was the mysterious name of Bacchus,
who is also “ Dionysius.” The word “ Messiah,” is another of
the many Hebrew alliterations of a foreign term. It is the
Persian Meschia, who is their “ first man,” ’ equivalent to Adam.
Zeus in Greek M ythology rules over the Kingdom of Saturn,
in his father’s place, just as Jesus is called to rule over the
Kingdom of God.
In Genesis, Jehovah sets a rainbow in the cloud. In
Homer’s Iliad— “ Rainbows, which the son of Saturn has fixed
in the clouds, a sign to articulate speaking men.” Iliad X I, 2 7 .
Dunlap continues— “ The Phoenicians and Hebrews had
two pillars, the embodiments of the two hostile gods. The
Hebrews called them “ Jachin” and “ Boaz.” Boaz is the sun-
god Abas or Busi, Ikin is the same as Chijun or Saturn. It
was the usual opinion of the ancients, derived principally
from Egypt, that the god of the Jews was Saturn. The idea,
however false, became general, among the Egyptians, that the
Jews worshipped the evil demon, Saturnus-Typhon, the prin­
ciple that continually governs the Sun,” Saturn being the good
god and Typhon, the evil one.
“ Bel contains, within himself, the full idea of Deity in the
Nature religions of antiquity. He is not merely the Creative
( “Jah” or J H V H ) but the preserving and sustaining ( “ Bel” )
and the Destroying or Transforming principle ( “ On” ).
“ As Saturn, ( T? ) he is the principle of order and harmony
in the universe and as Mars ( S ), the cause of all the disorder,
confusion and contention in the world.”
The Tav, or “ Tau Cross” as it is often called, was the dis-
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tinctive symbol of “ Jehovah” among the Hebrews. It respond­

ed to the numerology of the Divine Name, as a perpendicular
line of ten units standing upon or depending from, a horizon­
tal line of sixteen units ( io + i 6 = io + 5 + 6 + 5 = :J H V H ). This
figure as the base and height of a Triangle ( 3 ) the radius of
a Circle ( 6 ) and the side of a square ( 4 ), presented the letter-
numbers, Guemel, Vav, Daleth ( 3 — 6 — 4 ) or “ G—O—D”
which represents the Creative powers, at one and the same
time, as those of self existent Geometry and the Cycle of the
Year and constituted the Hebrew symbols for 1? b $ , which
indicates the aspect of Deity ( T?) as observed by man ( $)
from the earth ( 8 ), also terrestrial “ Birth” and “ Death.” It
will thus be observed, that that which is, at present considered
the amiable allegory of symbolic Masonry, with no other func­
tion than that of cementing good fellowship under the more
classic name of “ Brotherly love,” is the survival of an elaborate
“ magical” ceremony, which appears to have been devised in
the days when such ceremonies were seriously considered,
through which a candidate might be, so-to-speak, de-magnetized
from the sinister influences directed against him by evil
zodiacal and planetary aspect and caused to vibrate only to
those which portended his best good, greatest usefulness and
inevitable reward. As to the inception of this ceremonial
process, I am willing to take a leaf from the book of our
Roman Catholic critics, who have always insisted that Free­
masonry led by successive grades to ultimate secret degrees and
domination by secret leaders, none of which or whom were
even suspected in the lower ranks.
W hile unwilling to concede that this be the case in the
present day, I am inclined to judge, from all the obtainable
external evidence, that Freemasonry was, at one time, the
outer court of the Rosicrucian brotherhood and the source
from which were recruited the disciples of the inner arcane.
Brethren of the present age stand aghast when invited to in­
vestigate the lore of the Magian and Kabbalist, for the source
of something they are so sure has no more complicated aspect
than the literal text of an historical Bible. They feel that
they are in the presence of some unheard of profanation, when
they are told that the true meaning of H oly Scripture itself
is sealed to all but the possessor of a special light which can
only be attained through occult study.
That stories so simple, so sweet, so utterly human, can
have any meaning beyond the mere letter to the man who has
never before heard of the existence of a concealed meaning,
seems utterly preposterous.
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Yet that is what the investigator of the future must face.

I have shown that Masonry is not of the Jews, nor of the
Christians, nor of the Pagans, but that it is the Universal
Truth, which passes beyond the specious quibbling of all
sects and dogmatists. In works upon the ancient symbolisms
of the “ Cross,” I find an ancient picture derived from farther
India and called, from its associations there, the “ Tree of
Buddha.”

A smybol of “ Three times three,” upon a nine-fold ob­

long. I have seen this emblem in the triple three-petalled
almond flower of Aaron’s Rod, in the lilies of a taper fingered
Virgin, placed by wise Minerva in the hand of Sun-god Her­
cules and thrust from Heaven into the astonished view of a
suppliant Toltec priest. Be it a Sephiroth of the Kabbalah, the
Rood of Redemption or the “ Tree of L ife” if I have inter­
preted the hidden soul of Masonry aright, I have read it also,
for it fills the Universe with its branches, leaves and fruit,
while its roots lié buried in the depths of the Unfathomable
Wisdom.
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JMi&er Cfjougfjt
C O N C E N T R A T IO N A N D T H E S IL E N C E

By E ugene D el M ar

The world is so replete with appearances that appeal to and

delight the senses, that one is apt to permit simultaneous entrance
to many images, each of which becomes confused with thf others
and is distorted. A t the same instant the eye, the ear and the
touch will accept sensations that, while unrelated in fact, are
assimilated in thought and merged inharmoniously. The
tendency of the world of the senses is toward diffusion of thought
and dissipation of energy.
One accepts but he may not assimilate readily the many
images that press continually on the senses, demanding reception
and interpretation. One fails to understand fully any one of
them because of the many others that combine to distract his
attention. The sense messages that reach one are so many and
come so rapidly that often they arrive together and merge, so that
the intelligible simplicity of each is converted into an unintel­
ligible compound of them all. The world makes so many claims
to attention that mental confusion is inevitable unless on deter­
mines to which of these claims he shall give his attention.
W hile the mind moves with almost incredible swiftness, and
makes momentary transfers from one sensation or thought to
another, at each instant it is single-pointed and possesses a sub­
conscious concentration. But when images are crowded upon it
in rapid succession, this deeper understanding fails to reach the
mental surface, and conscious thought becomes diffused and at­
tention distracted.
T o the Infinite vision, doubtless the view is the same from
any point of center or circumference; but the finite vision
seems to require a particular view point, a special focus and a
defined image. Both telescope and microscope direct the vision
to a particular point, and exclude all else from view. The burn­
ing glass brings to a single spot the diverging rays of the sun, and
creates a miniature orb with power similar to that of its proto­
type.
When the mind brings together its powers and centers them
upon the object of its attention, it may understand and compre­
hend to the best advantage. It concentrates. It gives complete
attention to one thought or idea, to the exclusion of all else.
When it focuses rightly from a particular point and upon a defi-
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nite image, it is single-pointed toward the center of that which it

surveys.
Like the telescope, mental concentration reduces distance
and brings to one’s immediate presence that which otherwise re­
mains afar. Like the microscope it magnifies that upon which it
turns its attention, and thereby discovers unsuspected beauties and
fascinating peculiarities. Like the burning glass, it delves be­
low the dross of the circumference of things and discerns the
treasures that abide at their center. It tears away disguises and
removes the masks that protect the secrets of nature from the
diffusion of sense ignorance and conceit.
One concentrates most readily upon that which is of greatest
interest to him. T o facilitate concentration, one must cultivate a
deeper interest in that to which he proposes to give his undivided
attention. As conscious interest always attends pleasure, the
more pleasure one derives from any particular idea or thought,
the deeper is his interest in it, and the more easily may he con­
centrate upon it. Pleasure leads to interest, and interest smooths
the path of concentration.
At any time, one may banish from his consciousness that
which is distasteful by suggesting to it something more to his lik­
ing. Taking a position most restful physically and under con­
ditions that permit of the least sense distraction, one has but to
place his mind on some pleasant recollection of the past, some
picture that suggests peace or power, in order to take its attention
from that which distracts it unpleasantly. Attention will waver
between the fascination of the undesired and the attraction of
the desired, but it becomes increasingly easy to keep the mind
centered at will.
After a few exercises in concentration of this character, one
no longer requires an especially pleasing picture to lure his at­
tention, but the increasing pleasure of the process itself will soon
make an attractive thought or word sufficient inducement. As
the facility of concentration increases, simply placing oneself in
mental repose and physical quiet will suffice to induce the de­
sired concentration.
One may concentrate at varying depths of consciousness with
different results. He may investigate physical phenomena and
fathom the depths of scientific investigation. He may dwell in
the mental realm and follow the intricate courses of philosophical
inquiry. Or he may sink his plummet in the waters of spiritual
depths and realize his complete oneness with the Infinite. It is
the essential Oneness of each of these levels that gives power to
concentration, whether it be that of mental consciousness or
spiritual realization.
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The elemental mind delights in noise. In the animal king­

dom, the lion claims lordship by virtue of the volume and terror
of its roar. Elephants trumpet and eagles scream. No bird of
prey can sing. The untutored mind of the savage relishes the
torturous vibrations of the tom-tom, and even the children of
civilization take their pleasure boisterously.
W ith increased intellectual development there is a sensible
diminution of sound, but there remains a more or less marked
correspondence to physical conditions in the inherent sense of
opposition that the intellect adopts toward anything that has not
yet been appropriated by it. The intellect delights in turmoil
and contest and the noise of wordy combat.
W hile the conception of fundamental duality and opposition
persists in the mind, the intellect is ravenous for discords and in­
harmonies, and seeks to dominate and subject others to its point
of view. It regards itself as the standard to which all else must
conform. It is arbitrary and dictatorial, and insistent that its
position is the only correct one.
Until one realizes that the physical is but the manifestation
of a deeper form of life, he lives only on the surface. His thoughts
and ideas are of the earth, earthy. He thinks in terms of tem­
porary pleasure and acts accordingly. He responds readily to
primitive sensuous appeals. He talks much and when others
do, and listens only when he must.
W ith the growing realization of an inner life, words are
weighed more carefully, and one is more disposed to listen and
receive. The aggressive and positive intellectual attitude is
chastened. A new phase of life is revealed and words now reflect
more of the inner consciousness. They take on a less personal
aspect.
There is great power in spoken words, but they have signifi­
cance to others only as they are interpreted. They will be re­
ceived only as they are accepted. Often words conceal more
than they reveal. They are interpreted usually very differently
from their intended meaning, while each added word but in­
creases the probabilities of misunderstanding. Moreover, the in­
tellectual disposition is to doubt and challenge every assertion.
W ith the dawn of spiritual realization comes the disposition
to be quiet, to listen, to still the physical and mental machinery,
and await the promptings of the inner voice. The activities of
the outer world that appeal to the senses are slow and crude com­
pared to those on the mental plane, while these bear no compari­
son to the intense velocities of the spiritual realm.
W ith the senses calmed and unresponsive to the slower vi­
brations of the outer world, a peace and quiet pervades the mind,
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and it becomes receptive to the higher vibrations of vital energy.

Immune from the lesser harmonies, one opens himself to the
greater ones that are seeking new outlets of expression. A sense
of power steals over one and he is inspired with fresh vigor and
vitality.
With the consciousness controlled and subdued, one opens to
himself an inflow from the great ocean of subconscious wisdom,
and taps the region of intuitional powers. The accumulations
of his past may become an open book to him, and he can secure
access to the wisdom of the ages. The deeper the silence the
more profound the stillness, and the more complete the isolation
and aloneness.
More interior even than the subconscious, is a realm into
which but few may enter. One may not cross the threshold of
the superconscious until his initiation has been completed, and he
has graduated from the lures of the senses and the claims of the
personal self. W ith these dead and forgotten, the silence leads
along paths of serenity and poise so far transcending ordinary
existence as almost to seem a contradiction of it, toward those
supernal heights where dwell the Saviors of Mankind.

K A R M A

By A l m o n H en sley

I f one c o u ld d o u b t o f th e fu ll-flo w e r e d p lu m
T h e b lo sso m ’s fa ll an d fr u it a g e ; if w e feared
W hen n ig h t m ak es th in g s in visib le and d u m b
A la g g in g d a w n ; if w h e n o u r course w e steered
N o r t h w a r d w e k n e w n o t if o u r ship w o u ld sh ift
S o u th , E a s t, o r W e s t , th en th e u n w e lc o m e g ift
O f life in a w ild w o r ld w e r e b u t a je s t,
A q u a in t con ceit enshaped a t so m e m a d k in g ’s behest.

B e h in d all life is one u n e r r in g la w .

F o n d fo o ls th ere be w h o deem th e P o w e r th a t hold s
The w o r ld s u n c h a n g in g w ill a d m it a fla w
At som e d eep -v oiced requ est,— th e creatu re m o u ld s
G od as he w ills . W e , w ith th e lesson learn ed
K now action and reaction are not tu rn ed
F r o m th eir o w n cou rse. W e reap as w e h av e so w n
A n d in the fu l l req u ital are b u t fu lle r g r o w n .
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TOjeoSopfjtcal ®alfcs
L E T T E R S T H A T M A Y H E L P YOU

By A seka

Number 6

F r i e n d ..................
I do not wonder that the teaching of re-incarnation attracts
y o u ; it has attracted and does attract men of all sorts, from Hume,
the well-known English historian and atheist, (who said that if
continuity of life was ever proved, re-incarnation would follow as
natural corollary), to the humblest illiterate peasant in China
or India.
It may come as a bit of news to you to be told that at least
7 5 ° , 000,000 of mankind (about two-thirds of the human race)
accept the doctrine, and not merely as a part of the creed or teach­
ing of whatever church they belong, but as a factor in their lives.
The teaching in the Early Christian Church (the data of
which I gave in my last letter) was merely a continuation of the
teaching in Judaism, in the various “ pagan” religions, and also
in philosophies of various kinds which antedated both the Chris-
tions and the Jews. The so-called “ Christian” religion is merely
a hotch-potch based on the religion and ritual of Philo, an Alex­
andrian Jew and philosopher, combined with the account of a
man “ Jesus Christ” (who never lived), which account is again
merely the putting into narrative form— building it around the
mythical Jesus— the allegory of the last steps of the great Initia­
tion which the aspirant to spiritual freedom has to go through in
order to attain that freedom.
As you probably know, the Jews got all their so-called scrip­
ture from Egypt and from the Chaldeans, both of which peoples
believed and taught the doctrine of re-incarnation.
“ That the ancient Egyptians believed in the return to earth
of those who died, after a period of rest and temporary reward
or punishment, is not only proved by modern researches into the
meaning of the hieroglyphics that remain to us, but by the doc­
trine as related of the Egyptians by Herodotus, by Diogenes
Laertius, Hecataeus, and by Aeneas Gazeus. Aulus Gellius
notably refers to the same belief, giving as an example of one
person reincarnating as another, the tradition that the soul of
Pythagoras had previously been embodied in the form of a female
named Alee Ovid also gives narratives of rebirth.” (Theo-
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sophical Siftings, No. 5 ). The last examples to show its influ­

ence in Greek and Roman times.
The Bible has many references which show the belief in
reincarnation was accepted and believed in by the Jews. Quot­
ing from “ Reincarnation,” by E. D. Walker, a book you should
read:
A sufficient evidence of the Biblical support of pre-existence,
and of the consequent wide-spread belief in it among the Jews, is
found in Solomon’s long reference to it among his Proverbs.
The wise king wrote of himself: ‘The Lord possessed me in the
beginning of his way before the works of old. I was set up from
everlasting, from the beginning, or ever the earth was. When
there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no
foundations abounding with water. Before the mountains were
settled, before the hills was I brought forth; while as yet he had
not made the earth, nor the fields, nor the highest part of the
dust of the world. When he prepared the heavens I was there;
when he set a compass upon the face of the depth; when he
established the clouds above; when he strengthened the founda­
tions of the deep; when he gave to the sea his decree, that the
waters should not pass his commandment; when he appointed the
foundations of the earth; then was I by him, as one brought up
with him and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before
him; rejoicing in the habitable part of the earth; and my delights
were with the sons of men.” (P rov: V I I I , 2 2 -3 1 ). Skipping
passages of disputed intepretation in Job and the Psalms which
suggest this idea, there is good evidence for it all through the Old
Testament, which is universally conceded by commentators, and
always claimed by the Jewish rabbis.” “ The assertion of Jose­
phus that this idea was common among the Pharisees is proven
in the Gospels, where members of the Sanhedrin cast the retort at
Jesus, “ Thou wast altogether born in sins.” (An impossibility if
the soul “Jesus” was a new creation straight from the hand of
God). Repeatedly Jesus confirms the popular impression that
John the Baptist was a reincarnation of Elijah. T o the throng
around him he said: “ Among them that are born of women there
hath not risen a greater than John the Baptist . . . I f ye will
receive it, this is Elias (E lijah), which was to come.” Again,
Jesus asked his disciples, “ W hom say men that I am?” And his
disciples state the popular thought in answering, “ Some say
Elijah, others Jeremiah, and others one of the old prophets.”
In St. John’s Gospel, frequent allusions to it occur: “ Ye shall
see the Son of Man ascend up where he was before” (v. 6 2 ) ;
“ Before Abraham was, I am” (V I I I 5 8 ) ; “ Glorify thou me with
the glory which I had with thee before the world was” (X V I I
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5) ; “ For thou lovest me before the foundation of the world"

( X V I I 2 4 ). Regarding the text “ There was a man (John the
Baptist) sent from G od ” (John 1.6). Origen says it implies the
existence of John the Baptist’s soul previous to his terrestrial
body, and hints at the universal belief in pre-existence by adding,
‘ And if the Catholic opinion hold good concerning the soul, as
not propagated with the body, hut existing previously and for
various reasons clothed in flesh and blood, this expression, ‘sent
from G od,’ will no longer seem extraordinary as applied to
John.” N o words could more exactly suit the aspirations of an
oriental believer in reincarnation than these in the Apocalypse
“ H im that overcometh will I make a pillar in the temple of my
God, and he shall go no more out” (Rev. I l l , 1 2 ).
The following are significant: “ The wicked are estranged
from the wom b; they go astray as soon as they be born, speaking
lies.” (Psalms 5 8 , 3 ). “ Behold, I was shapen in iniquity, and
in sin did my mother conceive me” (Ps. 5 1 , 5 ). Both of which
would not be possible if the souls were newly created by God.
Although commonly rejected in Europe and America (says
E. D. W alker in “ Reincarnation” ), reincarnation is unreserv­
edly accepted by the majority of mankind at the present day, as
in all past centuries. From the dawn of history it has prevailed
among the largest part of humanity with an unshaken intensity
of conviction. Over all the mightiest eastern nations it has held
permanent sway. The ancient civilization of Egypt, whose
grandeur cannot be overestimated, was built upon this as a funda­
mental truth, and taught it as a precious secret to Pythagoras,
Empedocles, Plato, Virgil and Ovid, who scattered it through
Greece and Italy. It is the keynote of Plato’s philosophy, being
stated or implied very frequently in his dialogues. “ Soul is older
than body,” he says. “ Souls are continually born over again
from Hades into this life.” It was also widely spread in the
Neo-Platonism of Plotinus and Proclus. The swarming mil­
lions of India have made this thought the foundation of their
enormous achievements in government, architecture, philosophy,
and poetry. It was a cardinal element in the religion of the
Persian Magi. Caesar found its tenets propagated among the
Gauls. The circle of metempsychosis was an essential principle
of the Druid faith, and as such was impressed upon our fore­
fathers the Celts, the Gauls, and the Britons. The Bardic Triads
of the Welsh are replete with this thought, and a Welsh antiquary
insists that an ancient emigration from Wales to Ondia conveyed
it to the Brahmans. Among the Arab philosophers it was a fav­
orite idea, and it still may be noticed in many Mohammedan
writers. In the old civilization of Peru and M exico it prevailed
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universally. The priestly rites of the Egyptian Isis, the Eleusin-

ian mysteries of Greece, the Bacchic processions of Rome, the
Druid ceremonies of Britain, and the Cabalic rituals of the H e­
brews, all expressed this great truth with peculiar force for their
initiated witnesses. The Jews generally adopted it after the
Babylonian captivity through the Pharisees, Philo of Alexandria,
and the doctors. The Talmud and the Cabala are full of the
same teaching. It was a main portion of the creed of the Gnos­
tics and Manicha'eans. In the M iddle Ages many scholastics
and heretical sects advocated it. The elder English divines do
not hesitate to inculcate pre-existence in their sermons. In the
seventeenth century Dr. Henry M ore and other Cambridge
Platonists gave it wide acceptance. Many philosophers of meta­
physical depth, like Scotus, Kant, Schelling, Leibnitz, Schopen­
hauer, and the younger Fichte, have upheld reincarnation.
Geniuses of noble symmetry like Giordano Bruno, Herder, Less­
ing, and Goethe, have fathered it. Scientists like Flammarion,
Figuier, and Brewster have earnestly advocated it. Theological
leaders like Julius Muller, Dorner, Ernesti, Ruckert, and Ed­
ward Beecher have maintained it. O f course the long line of
Platonists from Socrates down to Emerson have no doubt of it.
Nearly all the poets profess it.”
A goodly array, truly! ASEKA.
{T o be continued)

T H E S A L U T A T IO N O F T H E D A W N

L is te n to th e E x h o r ta tio n o f th e D a w n !
LO O K T O T H IS D A Y !
F o r it is L i f e , th e V e r y L i f e o f L i f e .
I n its b rie f course lie a ll the
V e r itie s an d R e a litie s o f y o u r existence.
The G lo r y of A C T I O N .
T h e B liss o f G R O W T H .
T h e S p le n d o r o f B E A U T Y .
F o r Y e s t e r d a y is b u t a D r e a m .
And T om o rro w is o n ly a V is io n .
But T O D A Y w e ll liv e d m akes every
Y esterd ay a D ream of H ap p in ess,
A n d ev ery T o m o r r o w a V is io n o f H o p e .
L o o k w e ll th erefo re to this D a y .
SU CH IS T H E S A L U T A T IO N O F T H E D A W N !
From the Sanscrit.
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Ustrologp
T H E DECANATES

By H oward U nderh ill

American Academy of Astrologians
Continued from February number

C ancer

The first decanate o f Cancer is ruled by the Moon. It de­

notes a person, humane, fond of home and family, careful in his
domestic affairs, but fond o f travel. His feelings are active and
changeable; much influenced by his emotions and surroundings;
often psychic and mediumistic. He is interested in antiques, also
in research or exploration appertaining to prehistoric matters.
Note well the position o f the M oon and planets in the fourth,
eighth, and twelfth houses. The first or positive face of this
decanate applies to one fond of the occult, the old and curious,
with a desire to come before the public and sometimes with a gift
of oratory. H e attains to a good understanding and discrimina­
tion o f all matters that come before him. The second or negative
face indicates one easily influenced by his sensations; quite im­
pressionable, and often reflecting the feelings and ideas of others.
The second decanate of Cancer is ruled by Mars and in
general denotes a person ambitious, proud, fearless, independent,
a hard worker and o f an excitable temper. He loves travel and
will not find satisfaction in family life. He is usually successful
in business, and has experiences in life out of the common. He
makes a good doctor or surgeon. Observe whether Mars is in
the fourth or eighth house and his influence there. Depending
much on the M oon’s position in sign or house, the first or positive
face of this decanate indicates a person of ability, tenacity and
personal endurance; who gains through personal enterprise and
may have talent for acting or expressing the work or feelings of
others. The second or negative face signifies one more of show
and less reliable, who is largely affected by his surroundings.
There is tendency to stomach troubles and financial difficulties at
the close of life, in particular if Mars is in the fourth house.
The third decanate of Cancer is ruled by Jupiter and Nep­
tune; more often by Jupiter, for few people are as yet able to
respond to the Neptunian vibration. In general it denotes an
honorable, enterprising, benevolent person with fondness for the
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arts and sciences and often for psychical research. There is love
for home and mother. He likes public work and as a traveler is
much interested in the truth wherever found and desires to pro­
claim it. W hile he finds many obstacles in the way, he is in the
end successful. The first or positive face of this decanate shows
an aspiring, ambitious nature, active and resourceful. The
second or negative face is more impressionable and sensitive, not
always to be depended upon. There is often a superficial reli­
gious trend to the character. The student will note the positions
of the Moon, Jupiter and Neptune and the condition of the
twelfth house.
L eo

The first decanate of Leo is ruled by the Sun and is symbol­

ical of one given power and authority. The person may hold
high position and be very self confident, and yet meet reverses
because of his passionate or uncompromising attitude towards
others in what he deems matters of principle. He sometimes
has more will-power and courage than inherent mental capacity.
As a rule this decanate betokens an eventful life. Note the posi­
tion of the Sun and whether other planets are in the fifth house.
The first or positive face is apt to express pride and self-esteem;
boastfulness and daring, but age and experience improve the
nature. The native is magnetic, inventive and determined. The
second or negative face is more harmonious and peaceful; kind
and sympathetic; in manner more courteous and amiable; neat
in dress; philosophical and conscientious.
The second decanate of Leo is ruled by Jupiter and denotes
one who may be a dignitary of the church; allied to the law courts
as judge or counselor; in government employ, or some position
of prominence or responsibility. He may be religious, but is
fond of honor, power, pomp and ceremony, and of being financi­
ally connected with large projects of whatever nature. Jupiter
and the ninth house represent this decanate and their condition
should be noted. The first or positive face of this decanate indi­
cates benefits from long journeys; also that the native may through
chastity attain to an exemplification of love and wisdom. But he
seldom forgets a wrong against himself or friends. The second
or negative face is usually harmonious, but there may be selfish­
ness and undesirable ambition, sometimes allied with hypocricy.
He may express goodness strong and positive, or weak and nega­
tive. Note Jupiter’s position and aspects for both faces.
The third decanate of Leo is ruled by Mars and in general
belongs to one destined to an eventful career. Being a capable,
natural commander, he will be found in positions requiring cour-
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age and responsibility. He is forceful and positive; ardent in

love and strong in argument; of good vitality and of excellent
mechanical ability. The first or positive face denotes a true,
loyal friend, sincere and sympathetic, of good understanding and
discrimination, often inventive, generous and liberal. The second
or negative face denotes one whose head and heart are allied in
the seeking of pleasures; he is sociable and fond of company; and
should avoid or control a strong tendency toward gambling.
Study the position and aspects to Mars and the planets in the first
house.
V irgo

The first decanate of V irgo is ruled by Mercury and denotes

a person of excellent mentality, practical, versatile, studious and
of good memory; one who is capable of deep perception into the
natural or occult sciences. He is a good speaker, writer or
linguist; has much self-esteem and does not like manual labor.
Observe the positions and aspects to Mercury and the planets in
the sixth house. Unfavorable conditions may easily change the
above for the worse, also of course note the face indications. The
first or positive face of this decanate shows one who is ingenious,
constructive, intuitive, and capable of any kind of work requiring
ability and dexterity. The second or negative face indicates a
person of wisdom and discretion, truthful, honorable and con­
siderate of his fellowmen.
The second decanate of V irgo is ruled by Saturn. This de­
notes one inclined to learning, quiet, reserved, cautious, doubtful,
who meets with obstacles and difficulties in the first half of life.
He is independent, abrupt, likes his own way best, and often at­
tains distinction in the professions or politics. He is critical and
possesses an excellent faculty of discrimination. He has an ac­
tive imagination; is accurate in his work, but not rapid. Take
note of the condition of Saturn in the chart and the tenth house.
Saturn afflicting Mercury will much change the above. The
first or positive face of this decanate signifies one successful in
most of his undertakings; fond of occult and deep studies; who
has a strong desire for justice and accentuates the discriminative
powers indicated by the whole sign. The second or negative face
inclines one to a sober, mystical trend of mind, who often attains
to much knowledge and if he lives a chaste life may become a
seer. He lacks confidence in his own ability and is therefore fre­
quently found working under the direction of others less gifted.
The third decanate of V irgo is ruled by Venus and denotes a
person who is usually fortunate, of a quiet, kindly disposition, a
student of nature, a lover of birds and flowers. He has artistic
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or musical talent, and frequently acquires wealth. There are

probable delays or disappointments in his love affairs. He is
philosophical and intuitive; sympathetic in the troubles of others
and usually has good health. Note the positions and aspects of
Mercury and Venus and the condition of the second house. The
first or positive face of this decanate denotes a thoughtful, sincere,
though diplomatic person, who will rise in life through attention
to details. Unless the eleventh house is badly afflicted he has
many educated or intelligent friends. The second or negative
face signifies an impressionable person, very talkative, who dis­
plays much ingenuity and is fond of hygiene and bathing.

L ibra

The first decanate of Libra is ruled by Venus and denotes a

fondness for music, painting, poetry and all the fine arts. The
native is kind, sympathetic, sociable and popular. This decanate
often denotes a merchant, agent or dealer in merchandise, who as
a rule is successful. He has excellent judgment of the values of
goods. There may be gain in wealth through marriage or part­
nerships. The position and aspects of Venus and the condition
of the seventh house have much to do with this decanate. The
first or positive face denotes a person of good desire, honest, sin­
cere, just and prudent. W hile not particularly enterprising, he
is successful because of the confidence that people repose in him.
The second or negative face also denotes a desire to do right in
all matters. There is considerable discretion in right or wrong,
but circumstances may influence. He may join a church and
become quite devotional.
The second decanate of Libra is ruled by Saturn or Uranus,
depending on the person in question. In general it signifies a
person of a pleasant disposition, but outwardly of cold demeanor
and rather eccentric; fond of all occult and mystical matters.
This decanate is not in harmony with marriage and may bring
separation or divorce, and troubles in love affairs. However the
native’s friends are found among philosophic people and usually
of good social standing. The condition of Saturn, Uranus and
the eleventh house must be well considered. The first or positive
face denotes one ambitious, thoughtful, intuitional, mentally en­
ergetic; likes to be surrounded by his friends but is often mis­
understood. The second face gives aesthetic tastes, a quiet in­
offensive nature, prudent outside of his affections, with good
perceptions of right and wrong.
The third decanate of Libra is ruled by Mercury and shows
one refined, reasonable, broad-minded, with an aptitude for all
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intellectual matters and an agreeable disposition. It may indi­

cate a marriage of mind instead of the heart, or a case of platonic
love outside of marriage. If M ercury is much afflicted, condi­
tions of marriage and love affairs are not good. The native is
probably successful in business and fond of people with whom he
is intimately associated. Look into the conditions of Mercury
and the third house.
The first or positive face denotes a person who is a lover of
nature and who much appreciates the objective side of life. There
is much adaptability for social contact and the native is harmon­
ious with his relatives. The second or negative face depends
much on the sign and house location of Venus. W hile naturally
versatile and well disposed, there may be a tendency to make too
much of the unimportant things of life.

Scorpio

The first decanate of Scorpio is ruled by Mars. This signi­

fies one with good executive ability, firm, brave, active, positive
and forceful. But he is liable to accidents, and may meet a sud­
den or violent death. He possesses good foresight, is strong in
opinion and revengeful if injured. This decanate is quite indic­
ative of the whole sign and is liable to go to extremes. Its na­
tives are found to be either very good or very bad. It is well
known that many change from one condition to the other during
a lifetime. About as many change from good to bad as from bad
to good. It is a strange influence. Study the place of Mars and
also all the houses of this triplicity. The first or positive face of
this decanate denotes one ambitious, strong, intrepid and of sar­
castic speech. He is often misunderstood because he does not
express his true feelings. There may be deceit, anger and jeal­
ousy, and there may be honesty, dignity and self-control. This
applies more or less to all the faces of the sign. You cannot well
judge unless all the factors of the case are taken into considera­
tion. The second face indicates strong will-power and self-con­
fidence and those under this ascendency usually possess some
valuable latent talent.
The second decanate of Scorpio is ruled by Jupiter. It
denotes a person more or less prominent among his fellows. He
has a good understanding concerning matters of an abstruse
nature. He is fond of chemical research and of all matters re­
lating to the occult, mystical and psychical. He may profit
through death, marriage, or business partner. He holds secrets
and information affecting the honor of others; belongs to secret
societies and possesses much tact and diplomacy. The first or
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positive face of this decanate denotes one who has good judgment,
is honest, outspoken and gifted with a mind able to delve into
nature’s secrets. The second or negative face indicates a serious
nature, a mind keenly critical and disposed to intrigues and liti­
gation. Struggles and poverty are noted in the life, but the
native may overcome them.
The third decanate of Scorpio is ruled by the Moon. This
denotes a person often emotional, critical, somewhat vacillating,
inclined to be sarcastic and unpleasant if conditions do not please
him. There is great desire for love and sympathy and all the
jealousy of Scorpio may be evidenced if the love is not recipro­
cated. Those more advanced turn toward the occult and psychi­
cal and if Neptune is here become good mediums. Some are
quite studious and fond of investigating all matters curious and
hidden. Study the condition of the Moon, Mars and the fourth
house. The first or positive face of this decanate indicates a good
judge of human nature, often interested in magical and psychical
matters and have strong intuitive powers. The passions are
strong and there may be trouble from the opposite sex. The
second or negative face signifies a blend of the positive intel­
lectual forces with the emotional activities and general sense
qualities of the personality.
(T o be Continued)

T H IN E O W N SH A LL C O M E T O TH EE

“ T h i n e o w n s h a ll co m e to th e e ,” th u s saith the Seer.

T h o ’ h id in A r c t i c ice o r s h iftin g sands.
T h e th in g th ou hast created by th y th o u g h t
A n d w ille d to liv e— sh a ll liv e. Y o u r o u t-stre tch e d h a n d —
S e ek in g to w a v e aside th a t ye h ave w r o u g h t
B u t d r a w s it clo ser w ith m a g n e tic bands

I t is th in e o w n . N o m a tte r w h a t caprice
U r g e d its fo r m a tio n in the distan t past,
O u t o f th e s ta r -s tu ff its life you released
O f y o u r desire, th en lig h tly fr o m you cast
Y o u r o w n c r e a tio n ; w a n t o f it has ceased—
Y e t it retu rn s a con crete fa c t. Y o u r so m e tim e W IS H unm ask ed.

O h ! th en b ew are w h a t ye b y th o u g h t create.
T h i n e o w n sh all C O M E to t h e e ; T ’ is K a r m a -F a te .
D u dley D orn
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A P E C U L IA R C O IN C ID E N C E IN DREAM S

I n an a p a r tm e n t h ou se in th e c ity o f W a s h i n g t o n , D . C ., a friend occupied

a r o o m d ir e c tly o p p o site fr o m m in e across th e c o r r id e r .
O n e n ig h t a fte r h a v in g been in so u n d sleep , I w a s su d d e n ly awakened by
a v e r y rea l d r e a m th a t I ( o r o n e o f us— th is w a s n o t q u ite c le a r ) had lost the
la tc h k e y , a n d th e person w h o fo u n d it, k n o w in g th e d o o r it w o u ld open, was
at th a t m o m e n t tr y in g to b u r g la r iz e th e a p a r tm e n t.
I t w a s so v iv id I h a stily arose. B y th e tim e I reached m y d o o r which was
o pen as w a s m y fr ie n d ’s, in o rd e r th a t w e m ig h t each secure m o r e air, I could
see th a t she to o w a s u p . Q u ic k ly I crossed th e h a ll to w h e r e she w as standing
in fr o n t o f h e r d ressin g ta b le , and b e fo r e I c o u ld t e ll h e r o f m y dream, she
e x c la im e d : “I ju s t w oke up w it h th e stra n g e st dream th a t I had lost my
la tc h key, so I g o t u p this m o m e n t to h u n t it in my purse, b u t fortunately
it is h e r e .” W h ereu p on I p ro ce ed ed to t e ll h e r a b o u t m y d re a m . Naturally
b o th o f u s w e r e a sto n ish ed a n d in te n se ly in te re ste d . S h e k n o w s n othing about
th e o c c u lt n o r is she a b e lie v e r in d rea m s. N e it h e r h a d w e discussed anything
c o n c e r n in g keys p re v io u sly .
The q u e r y is, d id each o f us see o n th e astral p lan e th e sam e occurrence
w h ere a lo st la tc h k e y w a s th e c e n tra l th e m e , o r d id b o th o f us m erely see
a n e v e n t w h ic h cast its sh a d o w b e fo r e , because o n th e fo ll o w in g evening, when
w e l e f t o u r a p a r tm e n t, each fo r g o t h e r k e y and c o n se q u e n tly w e locked our­
selves o u t and h ad to sit o u tsid e and a w a it o u r la n d la d y ’s re tu rn .
W ill th e E d it o r or any read ers of th is m a g a z in e ex p la in the mental
processes o f these t w o d re a m s w h ic h w e r e a like and w h ic h each o f us brought
th r o u g h at the sa m e in s ta n t?
M ir ia m M il n e r F r e n c h .

E X T R A O R D IN A R Y P R E S E N T IM E N T S

Som ehow a co p y of A zo th has fa lle n in to my h an d s. I have never

h e ld to a n y r e lig io n ex cep t S p iritu a lism . I h av e a firm b e lie f th a t the spirit
liv e s a fte r d eath .
W hen I w a s seven teen y ears I first h ea rd sp iritu a l rap p in gs w h ic h came
as a c o m m a n d , th ree lo u d raps. I search ed th e r o o m fo r th e so urce o f these
rap s, w hen th e y w ere rep eated . F r ig h te n e d , I seized a sh a w l and ran to
th e v illa g e post office w h e r e I fo u n d a te le g r a m a w a itin g m e , sa yin g, “ Your
b r o th e r is d r o w n e d , m o th e r ca n n o t liv e . C o m e im m e d ia te ly .” I w o u ld take
m y d y in g o a th to th is sta te m e n t.
Two years la te r I m a r r ie d and h ad t w o b oys. W h ile fish in g w ith them
o n e d a y I w a s s ta rtle d to see t w o h an d s appear fr o m th e w a t e r and lif t the
a p p a re n tly lifele ss fo r m o f m y eld est b o y to th e b oa t beside m e . T u r n in g to
th e liv in g b o y I said— “ L u n d y , you are b orn to be d r o w n e d .” T h ree years
la te r h e w a s d r o w n e d in th e B o u ld e r R iv e r .
I g iv e rea d in gs o cca sio n a lly and th e y say I te ll m a n y th in g s w h ic h come
tru e . S o m e tim e s I w r it e p o etry and m u sic th ro u g h inspiration , a lth o u g h I am
poor an d u n e d u c a te d . I have been c a lle d a fr e a k and a fo o l and others
sta n d in a w e o f m e .
E lle n Sm it h ,
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TH E H A U N TE D H OU SE, O R W H A T B R O U G H T M E T O T H E

ST U D Y O F O C C U L T IS M

T en years a go I w o u ld m ak e fu n o f th e th in g s I am now in v e stig atin g ,

because I w a s th en ig n o ra n t an d fo o lis h as m illio n s are tod ay .
W h e n I w a s in E u r o p e I h eard m a n y th in g s abou t the O c c u l t , b u t did n ot
believe in th e m — n o w I a m th e m o st in terested stu d en t in the w o r ld , in the deep
realms o f p sy ch o lo g y and o c c u ltism . I search th e books o f the G r e a t M a s te r s —
I am prou d to o w n so m e o f th e books o f K i n g S o lo m o n — and o f P aracelsus
and others. They are m o r e to m e th an p e a r ls !
It is n o w five years since th a t n ig h t w h e n I — a m aterialist w h o feared
neither the liv in g n o r th e dead— w a s rou sed fr o m m y sleep at m id n ig h t w ith a
great start. T h e noise w a s te r r ific ! I t w a s as if so m eon e w e r e d r a g g in g logs
and board s ro u n d an d ro u n d .
M y first th o u g h t o n w a k in g w a s , n a tu r a lly , o f thieves, and I w e n t to seek
them arm ed w ith r e v o lv e r and a lig h t. I searched b u t found nothing.
B e fo r e r e tu rn in g to bed I m a rk e d certain th in g s and placed th em so th at
the sligh test m o v e w o u ld be n oticea ble. T h e n w e n t to bed and slep t th ro u g h the
rest o f th e n ig h t.
The next n ig h t, fo r p ro te ctio n , I placed one of our d ogs in the roo m
w h ere the sou n d s had been h ea rd , and the o th e r I to o k w ith m e to m y bedside.
T h e y w e r e h u g e beasts, b ig e n o u gh to eat a m a n apiece at one m ea l and seem ed
am ple pro tection .
B e tw e e n tw e lv e and t w o o ’clo ck th e noises b eg an . I roused to the sound
of w h is tlin g an d h o w lin g in expressible. T h is lasted fo r som e tim e , to my
con stern ation , and the d o gs stoo d abo u t w it h b ristlin g h a ir ! N o t h in g could
be s e e n ! T h e c r o w n in g p h e n om en o n cam e w it h the ru shin g past m e and up
the stair o f— something. I c o u ld not describe it! The d ogs shivered and
cow ered a w a y fr o m it.
H ow c o u ld this b e ? I w a s th e o n ly person liv in g in th a t house, and I
had lock ed it secu rely m y s e lf ! W ith th e evid en ce o f m y o w n senses and the
testim o n y of th e poor d o gs, I now cou ld not but a d m it th a t it w as no
physical th in g . No m an c o u ld be in th e house— n o m an c o u ld have done
these t h in g s ! The noises lasted fo r an hour or tw o, so m etim es sw eep in g
th ro u g h th e w h o le place.
A f t e r so m e tim e I le ft th at h ou se, I d id n o t care to live there lo n g e r.
S o m e day I th in k I m a y g o th ere again , w h e n I a m prep ared , and see w h a t
I can d o to relieve the p o or so u l th a t h au n ts th e place.
D r. H . C. Sc h w a r t z .
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A DREAM

T h e Bible says “ In a dream , in a vision o f the night, when deep sleep

falleth upon men, in slum bering upon the b e d ; then H e openeth the ears of
men, and sealeth their in struction.”
T h e difficulty lies in understan ding the im port o f dream s and making the
instruction given in dream s o f som e practical w orth.
H ere is a dream related to me by a lady, a m em ber of my parish, one for
whose reliability and tru th fu ln ess I am w illin g to vouch :
“ A few m ornings ago I had a m ost rem arkable dream . So vivid and
intense w as the dream th at when I aw oke it w as a lon g time before I could
persuade m yself th at it w as a dream . I thought I w as lying in my bed and
the bed stood between tw o doors, a closet door and the door giving out into
the hall. F o r aw hile I lay there but late r on felt inspired to arise and open the
closet door, A fte r I had opened the closet door I returned to my bed. As I
w as about to get into my bed I w as suddenly seized by the w rist by a hand
which appeared under the bed coverings, sheets, etc. T h e hand w as hard and
firm. I shook m yself free and ran to the door givin g ou t into the hall and
opened it w ide w ith the intention to call fo r assistance if need be or to take to
flight. T h e n a desire cam e to me to return to the bed to see who it was
lying therein all covered by the sheets and bed coverings. A s 1 did this
1 happened to glance at the ru g at the side of the bed and to my great horror I
saw on the ru g a large circle o f blood. I stooped dow n to examine this
circle of blood when to my am azem ent it w as transform ed into a wreath of
red roses woven into a fam iliar and m ost loved pattern. T h is fact imparted
fresh courage to me and em boldened me to stand by the side of the bed and
pull the coverings off the person concealed by the sam e. W h en I did this the
form of a sleeping w om an w ith her face turned in the opposite direction
w as revealed. I took the sleeping w om an by the arm and shook her but could
not w aken her. T h e n I bent over the w om an and lifted her head from the
pillow and caught her by the shoulders and gave her a good severe shaking.
T h e w om an then lifted herself up, opened her eyes w ide and looked me full
in the face. T o my intense surprise I recognized m yself in the intruder. Then
I awoke and found m yself alone in the bed.”
N o w could it have been that this lady’s Spirit o r A stral S elf had been
aw ay on some mission and on its return in try in g to get back in the sleeping
form o f the physical body induced the d ream ?
Perhaps the dream has some significance? I f so, if any reader of A zOTH
can interpret the dream this lady w ould be glad to receive the interpretation.
E . W . H u n tkr,
R ector o f St. A n n a’s Church.
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tCIje Calbron
IS C H R I S T I A N S C IE N C E L O G IC A L ?

M r . G ilm o r e refu ses to w rig g le —

T o t h e E ditor of t h e A z o t h :
Sir :
It is altogether patent that your hum aneness is such that, despite any
protests to the contrary, you w ould hugely rejoice at the escape of your victim
from the dire fate you have so sk illfu lly prepared for him. A nd w hat more
tragic situation could befall one than to be im paled upon whichsoever horn
of an unescapable dilem m a he m ight choose as being the less dangerous. A fter
all, as the greatest jo y is not to be had in witnessing the discomfiture of your
victim you probably w ill not be altogether regretfu l if I refuse to “ w riggle”
on either horn, but proceed to defend m y position as to the perfect logic
of Christian Science.
It should be recognized th at w ith any line of reasoning the start must be had
from a given premise accepted as basic and fundam ental, from which one’s conclu­
sions are deduced. M r s. E d d y predicates her statem ent as to the allness of G od,
infinite M in d or intelligence. Spirit, T ru th , L ife , w holly upon the Scriptures.
T o conceive of G o d as anything less than infinite, omnipresent and omnipotent
would be to destroy the very basis o f C hristian teaching. A s in mathematics
the application of a w ell defined principle to a given problem results in a
correct solution, so startin g w ith G od as infinite Principle, the C reator of a
perfect universe including m an, the problems incident to human experience
have been solved. T h ro u g h the application o f C hristian Science this demon­
stration includes the destruction of m aterial belief expressed as sin, sickness
and death in proportion as the hum an mind is spiritualized, that is, loses its
belief in the reality of m atter. T h e ascending consciousness, as this leavening
process goes on, gives up its m ateriality with its concept of life inherent in
m atter. M rs. E d d y has expressed this w ith perfect clarity on nage S7c of
Science and H ealth,— “ the heavens and earth to one human consciousness, that
consciousness which G o d bestows, are spiritual, w hile to another, the un­
illumined human mind, the vision is m aterial.”
A s so often happens with critics of this religion, perhaps your difficulty
lies in failin g to recognize the im portant distinction which M rs. E d d y makes
between the absolute and the relative, between G od, infinite M in d , and the
universe like H im spiritual and perfect including m a n ; and m ortal mind w ith its
counterfeit of this universe, the false concept of G o d ’s creation, including m an­
kind “ the sinning race of A d am .” W ith o u t this distinction C hristian Science
teaching w ould seem a bundle o f contradictions. T h e w arran t for this dis­
crimination is found in the tw o accounts of creation as appearing in Genesis,—
the first or Elohistic, C hristian Science accepts as the true story of creation ; the
second so-called Jehovistic, is regarded as the story o f the false or counterfeit
creation, which is the claim of an im perfect m aterial universe sim ulating in
belief the infinity of G o d ’s creation.
T h is “ A dam -m an” is the claim of a dual being including spirit confined
in m atter, which C hristian Science utterly repudiates. "A ll is infinite M ind
and its infinite m anifestation” (S . & H ., p. 2 6 8 ) precludes the possibility of a
m aterial universe as a reality or G o d created entity. I t w ould seem that the
declaration that m atter is but the subjective state or m ortal mind is thoroughly
substantiated in the teachings of the Scriptures. T h e w riter of the Book of
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H ebrew s w ith true spiritu al vision definitely asserts that “ Through faith we
understand that the w o rld s w ere fram ed by the w ord of G od, so that things
which are seen w ere not m ade of things which do appear.” N o less definite
w as P a u l’s declaration th at “ the things which are seen are temporal; but the
things which are not seen are etern al.” O bviou sly both are sound metaphysical
statem ents pointing directly to the reality of the spiritual creation. Christ
Je su s in precept and exam ple tau gh t and proved the unreality of matter. The
“ Rem ove hence to yonder place, and it shall rem ove” which he emphatically
declared w ould follow in the case of the m ountain “ if ye have faith as a grain of
m ustard seed” is scarcely capable of explanation on any other than a meta­
physical basis. I f the m ountain be recognized as reality and substance, as the
m aterial senses declare it, obviously its rem oval w ould be seen to be quite
im possible; w hile as a concept of m ortal m ind the m ountain may be removed
w henever hum an consciousness is sufficiently healed of its belief in the reality
o f m atter to grasp the fact of spiritu al creation. T h e turning of water into
w ine at the w edding in C an a no less proved the truth of this viewpoint than
stillin g the tem pest, w alk in g on the w aves, feeding the m ultitude, or passing
through the closed door. A ll these experiences point as to the possession of a
consciousness so spiritualized that to Je su s no longer w as m atter substantial,
fo r he had lost his belief in its reality. T h a t he reappeared in the flesh is
conclusive proof to the C h ristian Scientist th at life is in no wise dependent
upon m atter.
P ro fessor L ark in , director of the L o w e A stronom ical Observatory, apropos
of the discovery th at the ultim ate of m atter is not the atom , has recently stated,
“ N o m atter w hat line of research I am engaged in here looms up above my
‘horizon of reality’ the stupendous, ever present, com pelling and dominating
fact th at the entire process of atom bu ilding is m en tal.” W h ile it is probably
true th at P ro fessor L ark in does not hold the C h ristian Scientist’s point of
view regard in g the unreality of m atter, yet he declares in the same article
his firm belief in the existence of a M a ste r M in d as the C reator. T o be
sure within the realm of the m aterial universe, which is ju st another way of
saying w ithin the experience of the physical senses, the process of evolution
m ay w ell have gone on. B u t C hristian Science regards this but the simulation
o f the real creative process which is the unfoldm ent of ideas for their infinite
source, M in d .
C h ristian Science m akes no claim to heal G o d ’s man, H is image and
likeness, w ho is not and never has been less than perfect. T h e real man has
never been in need of healing. H e exists at the standpoint of perfection, from
which he has never departed, since the perfect idea of infinite M in d never
“ fe ll.” C hristian Science, it m ay be said, aim s to destroy the impression of a
sick m an, a discordant creature dw elling in a universe in which sin, discord,
w oe and w an t are prevalent and dom inant. G o d could scarcely have pro­
nounced such handiw ork good, and yet we are assured th at he did pronounce
good all that he m ade. So it w ill be seen that C h ristian Science does not make
a reality of diseases or of a sick m an, but proves the nothingness of both through
know ing the truth about G o d and H is perfect man, never sick and never dying.
Sincerely yours,
A l b e r t F . G ilm ore .

My dear M r . G il m o r e :
Y o u are right. I w ould rejoice if you w ere to escape from the horned
anim al you are trying to drive along the path called logic, and w ould decide
th at it could not be done, but if you persist, I fear im palation upon one or
other of its fron tal appendages is inevitable.
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A gain you state a truism “ th at w ith any line of reasoning the start
must be had from a given premise accepted as basic and fundam ental,” but
you im m ediately start by positing a premise which is not, nor can be, accepted
by thoughtful m inds as true, v iz :— that G o d is infinite Principle, th e C rea to r
o f a perfect U n iverse including man (italics m in e).
I have already shown you in m y reply to you in the Decem ber A z o t h
that this position is false and I notice that you carefully avoid answ ering the
pertinent questions I put to you to show its falsity, also that you make no
attempt to parry the argum ents I advance. Instead of doing this you cloud
the issue som ewhat by repeating in other form s, the same illogical statements,
such as the distinction you em phasize as one which M r s. E d d y makes between
the absolute and relative, etc., which in one breath states the existence of G od,
infinite mind, and the universe like H im Spiritu al and perfect including man
and “ the existence of m ortal mind w ith its counterfeit of this universe, the
false concept of G o d ’s creation including m ankind, etc.” I utterly fail to
grasp how a universe spiritual and perfect, including m an, can contain any
m ortal mind w ith false concepts, etc., and so not m aking this distinction the
C hristian Science teaching does seems as you say “ a bundle of contradictions. ’
Y ou bom bard me w ith quotations from the Bible, which m ay or m ay not
be correctly interpreted or tran slated, and draw my attention to the statem ent
attributed to Jesu s, th at had we faith as a grain of m ustard seed we could
remove m ountains, which you yourself confess m ust be taken on a metaphysical
basis and not literally, which surely convicts you of the admission that the
mountain is not an illusion of m ortal mind but a reality. O f course you can
remove and create concepts of all kinds and of the m ost extravagant natures
in some m ortal m inds but w e are not discussing illusions only realities.
In conclusion let me point out to you the illogicalness of basing all your
teachings upon the Bible and at the same time discrim inating as to w hat
portions you w ill believe and w hat you w ill discard. T h is procedure is hardly
one which w ill give you an accepted basic and fundam ental premise for
your argum ent.
A lso if any conception which is logical and rational and so recognized
by many thinkers can destroy the “ very basis of C hristian teaching” then by
all means let it be so destroyed. W h a t I am after (an d I presume you also)
is the T ru th , and “ there is no religion higher than tru th .”
I f you wish still further to sacrifice yourself on one of those horns you
may, but please stick to the original pair and do not bring a herd of cattle
into the discussion, otherwise I fear A z o t h readers w ill get too confused to be
able to follow , and m y only wish in giving and taking so much space is to
present them w ith as clear an argum ent as possible so that they m ay decide
upon the m erits of the question themselves.
Y o u rs sincerely,
M ic h a e l W h it t y .
D ear C a l d r o n :
( 1 ) A s e k a says th at our E arth is m ade up of combinations of con­
sciousnesses, ju st as our physical body is ; and mentions microbes and bacilli
as parts of our body. It seems to me they are no more parts of our body
than the w orm in the apple is part of the apple. ( 2 ) Is it not w ell to confine
the use of the w ord “ consciousness” to w hat is intelligent and has the power
of self direction?
( 3 ) H e speaks of the planets as the physical bodies of “ Beings.” (4 )
F rom whom does such teaching com e? ( 5 ) A nd w hat reasons have w e for
relying upon it ? ( 6 ) W h at evidences have we that planets have intelligence?
( 7 ) T h e y have no freedom of movement, no self direction.
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( 8 ) H e thinks th at because they are ruled by law we should infer that

m an is. ( 9 ) I f m an w ere ru led by law , as planets are, we could always predict
w hat he w ould do, but w e cannot. ( 1 0 ) M a n is intelligent and can oppose
the law and prevent it from accom plishing its object.
A S eeker.
C o m m e n ts o n th e fo r e g o in g :
( I ) In theosophical parlance, “ the m onadic, o r rather cosmic essence, ii
such a term be perm itted, in the m ineral, vegetable and anim al * * *
differs in the scale of progression * * * I t is a concrete manifestation
o f the U n iv ersal E n ergy , w hich in itself h as not yet become individualized
* * * the physical atom s are the vehicle and the substance through
which th rill the lo w e r and th e h ig h er d eg rees o f in tellig en ce ." (Secret
D o ctrin e, 1. 2 0 1 .)
“ T h e M a n a sic , o r m ind principle, is cosm ic and universal. It is the
creato r o f all form s, and the basis of all law in nature. N o t so with
consciousness. ( 2 ) Consciousness is a condition o f the m onad as a result
o f em bodim ent in m atter. Self-consciousness, which from the animal plane
looking up w ard is the beginning of perfection, from the divine plane looking
dow nw ard is the perfection of selfishness. ( 1 ) T h e com plex structure that
we call “ M a n ” is m ade up of a congeries of alm ost innumerable “ Lives.
N o t only every m iscroscopic cell o f which the tissues are composed, but the
m olecules and atom s o f which these cells are composed, are permeated with
the essence o f the “ O n e L if e .” E v ery so-called organic cell is known to have a
nucleus * * * T h e nucleus is in its ow n degree and after its kind a
“ m on ad” im prisoned in a “ fo rm .” E v ery m icroscopic cell, therefore, has a
consciousness and an intelligence o f its ow n, and m an thus consists of innum­
erab le “ lives” * * * A diseased tissue is one in w hich a group of in­
d iv id u al cells refuse to cooperate * * * disease of the very tissue of
m an ’s body is neither m ore nor less than the sin o f separateness. ( 3 ) More­
over, the group in g of cells is upon the principle of hierarchies. Sm aller groups
are subordinate to larg er congeries, and these again are subordinate to larger,
o r to the w hole. ( 4 ) W . Q . Ju d g e . ( 5 ) N one except one’s own reason.
W h ile I give the tw o founders of the T . S. as “ authorities” at the same time
it should be understood th at the theosophical teaching does not depend on
“ auth ority,” in the sense that statem ents m ust be accepted as a m atter of belief
because this or th at “ auth ority” says so. H . P . B lav atsk y herself said that she
w oyld not accept the statem ents of a D h yan Chohan unless it appealed to her
-reason. I su ggest th at m y correspondent follow her in this respect. “Au­
thority” o f various— and devious— kinds are only too common and rampant
today. ( 6 ) A s fa r as w e can see, planets like hum an beings have freew ill
w ith in lim its ; ( 7 ) so w hile they run around in their orbital paths in accord
ance to L a w , yet they exhibit evidences of freedom o f movem ent inasmuch
as the E a rth — fo r instance— has about a dozen separate and w ell denned
movem ents. ( 8 ) Seein g th at m an— so fa r as his physical p art goes— is part
and parcel of the E a rth planet, it m ust be obvious that as the whole (the
p lan et) is under and answ ers to L a w , the part ( M a n ) m ust also answer to
L aw . ( 9 ) M a n being given a certain am ount o f freedom (tow ard s evil, all
the freedom he w ants tow ard good) prediction— by A strology, or other
m ethods— can not be absolute so fa r as the details o f his life are concerned:
b u t as m any good astrologers w hile not claim ing th at they know all there
is to be known can predict the salien t occurrences;— as the w riter knows in
his ow n case and in those of others. ( 1 0 ) H e can oppose the L a w f o r a time ,
b u t w hether he can prevent L a w from “ accom plishing its ob ject” is something
m y questioner w ill have to prove to m e before I believe it. T h e teaching of
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K arm a is based on the inerrancy of L a w . T h e m ills of G o d grind slow ly

but they grind exceedingly sm all. A ll the teachings of all the religions and
philosophies agree on this point.
T h e little I know of L a w on this E a rth m akes it plain to me that I
have but little (com paratively) leeway. I can ju m p only about three feet off
the ground, being im m ediately yanked back. Perhaps my correspondent has
evolved to the point where he has so much “ self-direction” that he is inde­
pendent of the E a rth and its law s. T h e re is, of course, the other possibility
that he is not aw are of his lim itations. T h e follow ing m ay interest him
(and others) if only to show him how little self-direction we possess. L e t
him set w ith a clock or w atch in fron t of him. W h en the m inute hand is on
the minute, close the eyes and m ake an im age of the sim plest thing he can
conceive,— such as an equilateral triangle,— in his m ind. L e t him with his
m ind’s eye see this triangle, and k eep his m ind on it u ntil a n oth er th ou gh t
com es in to his m ind . A s soon as that happens, he should open his eyes and
look at the clock to see how long (o r sh ort) a time he has been able to keep
the first im age in his m ind. T h e n , unless I miss m y guess, he w ill be a trifle
more hum ble when speaking of “ self-direction” and opposing the law .
I further suggest that he read “ O cean o f T h eosophy” by W . Q . Ju d g e ,
and subscribe to “ T H E O S O P H Y ” a m agazine published in L o s A ngeles which
is reprinting m any of the articles by H . P . B . and W . Q . Ju d g e .
A seka.

T o the E d ito r of the T im es , N ew Y ork, D ec. 11, 1919-

In today’s T im e s , the R ev. D r. Joseph H . M c M ah o n is reported to
have told an audience of R om an C atholics that the “ doctrine of re-incarnation
* * * is depraving.”
Seeing that the doctrine of “ reincarnation” w as taught in the E arly
C hristian Church for six ( 6 ) centuries, I feel sure some of the tw o-thirds of
the w orld ’s population (w h o believe the doctrine) w ill be interested to know
why the Rev. D r. now condemns it as “ depraving.”
H e m ay take refuge by saying that the doctrine w as not an “ officially
recognized” tenet of the C h u rc h ; the fact rem ains that some of the most
prominent of the Church Fath ers— bishops, etc., taugh t reincarnation w ithout the
Church authorities objecting for 6 0 0 years. Indeed some w ent still further,
and taugh t “ metempsychosis.” ( A return into anim al bodies; reincarnation
being a return into human bodies.)
A s the learned R ev. D r. did not tell his audience the reason, perhaps he
w ill be kind enough to tell us through the T im es .”
(T h is letter w as not published. R eaders can draw their own con­
clusions.— E d ito r.)
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Jxtirietos
E x p e rim e n ts in P s y c h ic a l S c ie n c e , L e v ita tio n , C o n ta c t and th e Direct
V o ic e . B y W . J. C r a w fo r d , D . S c ., 201 p p . 1919 . E . P . D utton
& C o ., N e w Y o r k .
A c o n tin u a tio n 'a n d e la b o r a tio n of D r. C r a w f o r d ’s now w ell known
e x p e rim e n ts and research in to th e o p e ra tio n and la w s of physical psychical
phenom ena. I t is an a b so rb in g ly in te re stin g a cc o u n t o f research experiments to
d isc o v e r h o w ta b le s are le v ita te d , rap s s o u n d e d , et cetera, w ith and without
c o n ta c t o f th e h a n d s o f the m e d iu m and sitters w it h th e tab le.
A lth o u g h D r. C r a w fo r d is fir m ly c o n v in ce d th a t those w hom he calls
th e o p e r a to rs are sp irit b ein g s, who are h e lp in g h im a ll th ey can in his
in v e stig a tio n s, he is m ore con ce rn e d w it h d isc o v e rin g how such physical
p h e n o m e n a are a cc o m p lish e d , th e q u a lity o f th e n e w m a tte r he has contacted
a n d its p ro p ertie s th a n the c o n d itio n s o f existen ce a n d th e philosophy o f spirit
li f e . He is a tr u e m a n o f science stic k in g to his w e ig h in g m achines, electric
b e lls a n d p h y sica l a p p a ra tu s a n d is d o in g a v e r y r e m a rk a b le w o r k ; one which
w i l l h av e th e stro n g e st k in d o f ap p eal to o u r h a rd h ea d ed sceptics w ho will
o n ly b elie v e th a t w h ic h can be d e m o n stra te d to th e physical senses. H ere is
su ch a d e m o n s t r a tio n ; n ev erth less if th e y b e lie v e it, as th ey m ust, their
m a te r ia lis m m u s t be fo r e v e r lo st and th e y w i l l have to p lu n g e out into the
sea o f o th e r p sy ch ica l p h e n o m en a .

D r. C r a w fo r d and D r. G e le y have now in c o n te sta b ly dem onstrated the

ex iste n ce o f w h a t M a d a m e B la v a ts k y c a lle d astral m a tte r fo r ty years ago, just
o n e o f m a n y scien tific c o r r o b o r a tio n s o f sta te m e n ts m a d e in th e S ecret Doctrine,
and scorn ed b y science at th e tim e . W e b elie ve th a t if D r. C r a w fo r d and
o th e r in v e stig a to rs o f P sy c h ic a l P h e n o m e n a w o u ld stu d y th is w o n d e rfu l book
a n d e x p e rim e n t fo r c o r r o b o r a tio n o f th e tea ch in g s g iv e n th erein , their knowledge
a n d discoveries w o u ld increase m u c h m o r e ra p id ly .
E v e r y o n e w h o is at a ll in terested in p sy ch ica l research or spiritistic
p h e n o m e n a s h o u ld o w n this v a lu a b le b oo k .
M . W .

The V ita l M e ssa g e. B y S ir A r t h u r C o n a n D o y le , 164 p p . G eorge H .

D oran C om pany, N ew Y o rk .
T h is g re a t p r o ta g o n ist of sp irit c o m m u n ic a tio n w h o se w h o le life and
e n e rg y n o w seem to be d e v o te d to sp rea d in g th e gospel o f “ there is no death
in th is his la te st b o o k , w h ile g iv in g m a n y fa c ts a n d exp eriences in proof of
th e lif e b ey on d an d in te rco u rse w it h its d e n iz en s, m ak es w hat the reviewer
con sid ers a very s tr o n g and w e ll m e rite d a tta c k upon th e attitu d e of the
C h r is tia n C h u r c h e s as a w h o le t o th e su b je c t.
I n con sid e rin g the five years o f self-sacrifice and suspense o f the w a r the
a u th o r says t r u ly th a t “ this tre m e n d o u s exp erience fo r c e d u p o n m an k in d with
every n a tio n stra in e d to ex h a u stio n c o u ld n ot be in o rd e r th a t this or that
fr o n tie r be m o v e d o r so m e fresh c o m b in a tio n fo r m e d in th e K aleidoscop e of
n a tio n s .” He sees th e causes as m ore p r o fo u n d th a n th a t, and essentially
r e lig io u s n o t p o litic a l, and th a t these resu lts w i l l ru le th e w o r ld . H e prophesies
th a t th e d irectio n these resu lts w ill tak es is “ the r e fo r m of th e decadent
C h r is tia n ity , its s im p lific a tio n , its p u rifica tio n , and its re in fo rc e m e n t by the
fa cts o f sp irit c o m m u n io n and th e c le ar k n o w le d g e of w hat lies beyond the
e x it door of d e a th .” It is these fa cts, this cle a r k n o w le d g e w h ic h is “ the
V i t a l M e s s a g e ” as h e sees it.
He cites a num ber of instances of sp irit appearance and com m union
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given in the B ib le w h ic h it w o u ld be w e ll fo r priests a n d c le rg y t o m e d ita te

upon; he, h o w e v e r , does not con fin e th e V ita l M essage to C h r is tia n ity but
believes th at S p iritu a lism w i l l en d b y b ein g ra th er th e p r o o f and basis o f a ll
religions th an a r e lig io n in its e lf, and a p tly adds “ W e h av e a lre a d y to o m a n y
religions, b u t to o fe w p r o o fs .”
To those who are u n a b le to see w hat good it w ill do m a n k in d even
if existence and c o m m u n io n a fte r d e ath are fir m ly establish ed, S ir A rth u r
has this to s a y :
“ W ith th e a ctu al c e rta in ty o f a d efin ite lif e a fte r d eath and a sure sense
of respon sibility w h ic h ca n n o t be put upon any o th e r sh ou ld ers how ever
exalted , b u t m u st be b orn e b y each in d iv id u a l fo r h im se lf, th ere w ill com e
the greatest re in fo rc e m e n t o f m o r a lity w h ic h th e h u m a n race has ever k n o w n .”
A ch ap ter is d e v o te d to d e ta ils o f th e a fte r life con d ition s g ath ered fr o m
the la rg e a m o u n t o f te stim o n y th e a u th o r has received. I t is in accord w it h
the g re a t m a jo r ity o f sp irit sta tem en ts b u t like th e m s o m e w h a t m a te ria l in tone,
or, as the a u th o r h im s e lf says, m u c h th e sa m e lif e but on a h ig h e r octave.
It is stra n ge to th e re v ie w e r th a t n on e of our in v e stig a to rs in to S p iritistic
phenom en a ever take in to con sid e ratio n in s tu d y in g these m a tte rs the teach in g
o f E a stern p h ilo so p h y th a t consciousness a fte r d eath fo r m o st persons is m o re
a su b jective th an an o b je c tiv e on e an d th a t th e liv in g dead to a la rg e e x te n t
in v o lu n ta rily m ak e th eir o w n con d itio n s an d liv e in a state m o r e o f illu sio n
than o f a ctu a lity .
The b oo k con clu d es w it h fo u r appen dices, b e in g a resu m e (i) of D r.
G e le y ’s e x p e r im e n ts ; (2 ) th e p h e n o m en a l experiences o f M argaret C a m e ro n
as g iv en in T h e Seven P u rposes; (3 ) Som e in stances o f sp irit p h o to g ra p h y
w ith in terestin g p h o to gra p h s and (4 ) th e r em a rk a b le cla irv o y a n ce o f a M rs.
B ., a ll o f w h ic h are n o t th e least in te re stin g pa rt o f th e v o lu m e .
“ T h e V i t a l M e s s a g e ” is a v a lu a b le c o n trib u tio n to th e psychical lite ra tu re
o f the d a y an d w i l l, w e h op e, h av e a la rg e aud ience.
M . W .

A T ru e R ecord of M y P s y c h ic D re a m s an d V is io n s . By F lo r e n c e M.
B a ile y , 106 p p . The H e r m e tic P u b lis h e r s , J a c k s o n v ille , F lo r id a .
1919 .
S o m e w h a t o f an a u to b io g ra p h y as w e ll as a n a rrative of psychic exp er­
iences, b oth of w h ic h are h ig h ly in stru ctiv e an d in te re stin g . M rs. B a ile y
is e v id e n tly a rem ark a b le c la ir v o y a n t an d cla ira u d ien t b e in g e n d o w e d w ith th e
fa cu ltie s fr o m c h ild h o o d . A stu d y o f h e r v a rio u s experiences is w e ll w o r th
w h ile and so m e o f th e m g iv e m u c h fo o d fo r th o u g h t.
She is e v id e n tly also q u ite a stu d e n t o f psychic la w s and con d ition s and
her rem ark s u p o n th e da n gers o f m ed iu m sh ip an d w h a t is tru e m ed iu m sh ip are
b oth tru e and tim e ly at th is p eriod o f g r o w in g in terest in the su b ject.
M . W .
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