Soul

My soul was at peace, and I looked to the future with a glad heart.

Just as you heard your soul’s call and we have come together to enter upon this journey to ‘Know Thyself’ more deeply as a living Christ, so did I respond to my heart’s call to enter into the Mount Carmel Mystery School.

Just as the Earth has a Merkabah, so does every living soul.

Soul star.

These three chakras – the stellar gateway, the soul star and the causal chakra – emit very different states of consciousness from the chakras we know today.

Merlin’s soul stream is connected to Osiris and Isis, ancient beings of profound wisdom.

Dreams are where the soul communicates its deepest desires, where it shapes the reality of the physical world.

Karma denotes balance and is a principle carried within the soul’s energy from lifetime to lifetime.

Jesus himself said to the Harbinger before he was baptised: "All men must be washed, symbolic of the cleansing of the soul." (Aquarian Gospel 64:7.)

"They show the spiral journey of the soul until the man of earth and God are one for evermore."

"The bodies and the soul of men are finite things, and they will change, yes, from the finite point of view the time will come when they will be no more.

"But man himself is not the body, nor the soul; he is a spirit and is part of God.

"Creative Fiat gave to man, to spirit man, a soul that he might function on the plane of soul; gave him a body of the flesh, that he might function on the plane of things made manifest.

"Why did creative Fiat give to spirit man a soul that he might function on the plane of soul?

"Why did creative Fiat give to soul a body of the flesh that it might function on the plane of things that are made manifest?

"The human seed that came forth from the heart of God was full ordained to be the lord of plane of soul, and of the plane of things made manifest.

"So God, the husbandman of every thing that is, threw forth this human seed into the soil of soul; it grew apace, and man became a living soul; and he became the lord of all the kingdom of the soul.

"Hark, now, let every creature hear, The plane of soul is but the ether of the spirit plane vibrating not so fast, and in the slower rhythm of this plane the essences of life are manifest; the perfumes and the odours, the true sensations and the all of love are manifest.

"And these soul attributes become a body beautiful.

"A multitude of lessons man must learn upon the plane of soul; and here he tarries many ages until his lessons are all learned.

"Upon the boundary of the plane of soul the ether began to vibrate slower still, and then the essences took on a garb; the perfumes and the odours and the true sensations and the all of love were clothed in flesh; and man was clothed in flesh.

"Man will be fully saved, redeemed, perfected by the things he suffers on the plane of flesh, and on the plane of soul.

"Then he will stand untrammeled on the plane of soul where he must full complete his victories.

"Unnumbered foes will stand before the man upon the plane of soul; there he must overcome, yea, overcome them every one.

"Thus hope will ever be his beacon light; there is no failure for the human soul, for God is leading on and victory is sure.

"When man has conquered every foe upon the plane of soul the seed will have full opened out, will have unfolded in the Holy Breath.

"The garb of soul will then have served its purpose well, and man will need it never more, and it will pass and be no more.

1. Beyond the river Euphrates the magians lived; and they were wise, could read the language of the stars, and they divined that one, a master soul, was born; they saw his star above Jerusalem.2. And there were three among the magian priests who longed to see the master of the coming age; and they took costly gifts and hastened to the West in search of him, the new-born king, that they might honour him.3. And one took gold, the symbol of nobility; another myrrh, the symbol of dominion and of power; gum-thus the other took, the symbol of the wisdom of the sage.4. Now when the magians reached Jerusalem the people were amazed, and wondered who they were and why they came.5. And when they asked, Where is the child that has been born a king?

1. Now, when the magian priests did not return to tell him of the child that had been born a king, King Herod was enraged.2. And then his courtiers told him of another child in Bethlehem, one born to go before and to prepare the people to receive the king.3. This angered more and more the king; he called his guards and bid them go to Bethlehem and slay the infant John, as well as Jesus who was born to be a king.4. He said, Let no mistake be made, and that you may be sure to slay these claimants to my throne, slay all the male children in the town not yet two years of age.5. The guards went forth and did as Herod bade them do.6. Elizabeth knew not that Herod sought to slay her son, and she and John were yet in Bethlehem; but when she knew, she took the infant John and hastened to the hills.7. The murderous guards were near; they pressed upon her hard; but then she knew the secret caves in all the hills, and into one she ran and hid herself and John until the guards were gone.8. Their cruel task was done; the guards returned and told the story to the king.9. They said, We know that we have slain the infant king; but John his harbinger, we could not find.10. The king was angry with his guards because they failed to slay the infant John; He sent them to the tower in chains.11. And other guards were sent to Zacharias, father of the harbinger, while he was serving in the Holy Place, to say, The King demands that you shall tell where is your son.12. But Zacharias did not know, and he replied, I am a minister of God, a servant in the Holy Place; how could I know where they have taken him?13. And when the guards returned and told the King what Zacharias said, he was enraged and said,14. My guards, go back and tell that wily priest that he is in my hands; that if he does not tell the truth, does not reveal the hiding place of John, his son, then he shall die.15. The guards went back and told the priest just what the king had said.16. And Zacharias said, I can but give my life for truth; and if the king does shed my blood the Lord will save my soul.17. The guards again returned and told the king what Zacharias said.18. Now, Zacharias stood before the alter in the Holy Place engaged in prayer.19. A guard approached and with a dagger thrust him through; he fell and died before the curtain of the sanctuary of the Lord.20. And when the hour of salutation came, for Zacharias daily blessed the priests, he did not come.21. And after waiting long the priests went to the Holy Place and found the body of the dead.22. And there was grief, deep grief, in all the land.23. Now Herod sat upon his throne; he did not seem to move; his courtiers came; the king was dead.

This is the preparation age of soul, the kingdom of Immanuel, of God in man;14. And these, your sons, will be the first to tell the news, and preach the gospel of good will to men, and peace on earth.15. A mighty work is theirs; for carnal men want not the light, they love the dark, and when the light shines in the dark they comprehend it not.16. We call these sons, Revealers of the Light; but they must have the light before they can reveal the light.17. And you must teach your sons, and set their souls on fire with love and holy zeal, and make them conscious of their missions to the sons of men.18. Teach them that God and man are one; but that through carnal thoughts and words and deeds, man tore himself away from God; debased himself.19. Teach that the Holy Breath would make them one again, restoring harmony and peace;20. That naught can make them one but Love; that God so loved the world that he has clothed his son in flesh that man may comprehend.21. The only Saviour of the world is love, and Jesus, son of Mary, comes to manifest that love to men.22. Now, love cannot manifest until its way has been prepared, and naught can rend the rocks and bring down lofty hills and fill the valleys up, and thus prepare the way, but purity.23. But purity in life men do not comprehend; and so, it, too, come in flesh.24. And you, Elizabeth, are blest because your son is purity made flesh, and he shall pave the way for love.25. This age will comprehend but little of the works of Purity and Love; but not a word is lost, for in the Book of God's Remembrance a registry is made of every thought, and word, and deed;26. And when the world is ready to receive, lo, God will sent a messenger to open up the book and copy from its sacred pages all the messages of Purity and Love.27. Then every man of earth will read the words of life in language of his native land, and men will see the light, walk in the light and be the light.28. And man again will be at one with God.

1. Again Elihu met his pupils in the sacred grove and said,2. No man lives unto himself; for every living thing is bound by cords to every other living thing.3. Blest are the pure in heart; for they will love and not demand love in return.4. They will not do to other men what they would not have other men do unto them.5. There are two selfs; the higher and the lower self.6. The higher self is human spirit clothed with soul, made in the form of God.7. The lower self, the carnal self, the body of desires, is a reflection of the higher self, distorted by the murky ethers of the flesh.8. The lower self is an illusion, and will pass away; the higher self is God in man, and will not pass away.9. The higher self is the embodiment of truth reversed, and so is falsehood manifest.10. The higher self is justice, mercy, love and right; the lower self is what the higher self is not.11. The lower self breeds hatred, slander, lewdness, murders, theft, and everything that harms; the higher self is mother of the virtues and the harmonies of life.12. The lower self is rich in promises, but poor in blessedness and peace; it offers pleasure, joy and satisfying gains; but gives unrest and misery and death.13. It gives men apples that are lovely to the eye and pleasant to the smell; their cores are full of bitterness and gall.14. If you would ask me what to study I would say, yourselves; and when you will have studied them, and then would ask me what to study next, I would reply, yourselves.15. He who knows well his lower self, knows the illusions of the world, knows of the things that pass away; and he who knows his higher self, know God; knows well the things that cannot pass away.16. Thrice blessed is the man who has made purity and love his very own; he has been ransomed from the perils of the lower self and is himself his higher self.17. Men seek salvation from an evil that they deem a living monster of the nether world; and they have gods that are but demons in disguise; all powerful, yet full of jealousy and hate and lust;18. Whose favours must be bought with costly sacrifice of fruits, and of the lives of birds, and animals, and human kind.19. And yet these gods possess no ears to hear, no eyes to see, no heart to sympathise, no power to save.20. This evil is myth; these gods are made of air, clothed with shadows of a thought.21. The only devil from which men must be redeemed is self, the lower self.

These are Elohim, creative spirits of the universe.20. And these are they who said, Let us make man; and in their image man was made.21. In early ages of the world the dwellers in the farther East said, Tao is the name of Universal Breath; and in the ancient books we read,22. No manifesting form has Tao Great, and yet he made and keeps the heavens and earth.23. No passion has our Tao Great, and yet he causes sun and moon and all the stars to rise and set.24. No name has Tao Great, and yet he makes all things to grow; he brings in season both the seed time and the harvest time.25. And Tao Great was One; the One became the Two; the Two became the Three, the Three evolved the Seven, which filled the universe with manifests.26. And Tao Great gives unto all, the evil and the good, the rain, the dew, the sunshine and the flowers; from his rich stores he feeds them all.27. And in the same old book we read of man: He has a spirit knit to Tao Great; a soul which lives within the seven Breaths of Tao Great; a body of desires that springs up from the soil of flesh.28. Now spirit loves the pure, the good, the true; the body of desires extols the selfish self; the soul becomes the battle ground between the two.29. And blessed is the man whose spirit is triumphant and whose lower self is purified; whose soul is cleansed, becoming fit to be the council chamber of the manifests of Tao Great.30. Thus closed the lesson of Salome.

Men saw him as the One, the causeless Cause of all that is, and he was sacred unto them, as Tao to the dwellers of the farther East.17. The people lived in peace, and justice ruled.18. But, as in other lands, in Persia priests arose imbued with self and self desires, who outraged Force, Intelligence and Love;19. Religion grew corrupt, and birds and beasts and creeping things were set apart as gods.20. In course of time a lofty soul, whom men called Zarathustra, came in flesh.21. He saw the causeless Spirit, high and lifted up; he saw the weakness of all man appointed gods.22. He spoke and all of Persia heard; and when he said, One God, one people and one shrine, the altars of the idols fell, and Persia was redeemed.23. But men must see their Gods with human eyes, and Zarathustra said,24. The greatest of the Spirits standing near the throne is the Ahura Mazda, who manifests in brightness of the sun.25. And all the people saw Ahura Mazda in the sun, and they fell down and worshipped him in temples of the sun.26. And Persia is the magian land where live the priests who saw the star arise to mark the place where Mary's son was born, and were the first to greet him as the Prince of Peace.27. The precepts and the laws of Zarathustra are preserved in the Avesta which you can read and make your own.28. But you must know that words are naught till they are made alive; until the lessons they contain become a part of head and heart.29. Now truth is one; but no one knows the truth until he is the truth.

Man never has been left without a beacon light to guide.17. And he has ever had a lighted lamp in hand that he may see the dangerous rocks, the turbid streams and treacherous pits.18. And so the Holy Ones have judged; when men have needed added light a master soul has come to earth to give the light.19. Before the Vedic days the world had many sacred books to light the way; and when man needed greater light the Vedas, the Avesta and the books of Tao Great appeared to show the way to greater heights.20. And in the proper place the Hebrew Bible, with its Law, its Prophets and its Psalms, appeared for man's enlightenment.21. But years have passed and men have need of greater light.22. And now the Day Star from on high begins to shine; and Jesus is the flesh-made messenger to show that light to men.23. And you, my pupil, you have been ordained to harbinger the coming day.24. But you must keep that purity of heart you now possess; and you must light your lamp directly from the coals that burn upon the altar of the Holy Ones.25. And then your lamp will be transmuted to a boundless flame, and you will be a living torch whose light will shine wherever man abides.26. But in the ages yet to come, man will attain to greater heights, and lights still more intense will come.27. And then, at last, a mighty master soul will come to earth to light the way up to the throne of perfect man.

But she was not called hence until her tasks were done.5. The calls of death are always for the best, for we are solving problems there as well as here; and one is sure to find himself where he can solve his problems best.6. It is but selfishness that makes one wish to call again to earth departed souls.7. Then let your mother rest in peace.

They come to God through ceremonies and forms.18. And so when you would make men know that sins are washed away by purity in life, a rite symbolic may be introduced.19. In water wash the bodies of the people who would turn away from sin and strive for purity in life.20. This rite of cleansing is a preparation rite and they who thus are cleansed comprise the Church of Purity.21. And you shall say, You men of Israel, hear; Reform and wash; become the sons of purity, and you shall be forgiven.22. This rite of cleansing and this church are but symbolic of the cleansing of the soul by purity in life, and of the kingdom of the soul, which does not come from outward show, but is the church within.23. Now, you may never point the way and tell the multitudes to do what you have never done; but you must go before and show the way.24. You are to teach that men must wash; so you must lead the way, your body must be washed, symbolic of the cleansing of the soul.25. John said, Why need I wait?

The tongue may speak to human ears, but souls are reached by souls that speak to souls.15. He is the forceful man whose soul is large, and who can enter into souls, inspiring hope in those who have no hope, and faith in those who have no faith in God, in nature, nor in man.16. There is no universal balm for those who tread the common walks of life.17. A thousand things produce inharmony and make men sick; a thousand things may tune the harpsichord, and make men well.18. That which is medicine for one is poison for another one; so one is healed by what would kill another one.19. An herb may heal the one; a drink of water may restore another one; a mountain breeze may bring to life one seeming past all help;20. A coal of fire, or bit of earth, may cure another one; and one may wash in certain streams, or pools, and be made whole.21. The virtue from the hand or breath may heal a thousand more; but love is queen.

Thought, reinforced by love, is God's great sovereign balm.22. But many of the broken chords in life, and discords that so vex the soul, are caused by evil spirits of the air that men see not; that lead men on through ignorance to break the laws of nature and of God.23. These powers act like demons, and they speak; they rend the man; they drive him to despair.24. But he who is a healer, true, is master of the soul, and can, by force of will, control these evil ones.25. Some spirits of the air are master spirits and are strong, too strong for human power alone; but man has helpers in the higher realms that may be importuned, and they will help to drive the demons out.26. Of what this great physician said, this is the sum.

And Jesus bowed his head in recognition of the wisdom of this master soul, and went his way.

1. When Jesus saw the sudras and the farmers in such multitudes draw near to hear his words, he spoke a parable to them; he said:2. A nobleman possessed a great estate; he had four sons, and he would have them all grow strong by standing forth and making use of all the talents they possessed.3. And so he gave to each a share of his great wealth, and bade them go their way.4. The eldest son was full of self; he was ambitious, shrewd and quick of thought.5. He said within himself, I am the oldest son, and these, my brothers, must be servants at my feet.6. And then he called his brothers forth; and one he made a puppet king; gave him a sword and charged him to defend the whole estate.7. To one he gave the use of lands and flowing wells, and flocks and herds, and bade him till the soil, and tend the flocks and herds and bring to him the choicest of his gains.8. And to the other one he said, You are the youngest son; the broad estate has been assigned; you have no part nor lot in anything that is.9. And he took a chain and bound his brother to a naked rock upon a desert plain, and said to him,10. You have been born a slave; you have no rights, and you must be contented with your lot, for there is no release for you until you die and go from hence.11. Now, after certain years the day of reckoning came; the nobleman called up his sons to render their accounts.12. And when he knew that one, his eldest son, had seized the whole estate and made his brothers slaves,13. He seized him, tore his priestly robes away and put him in a prison cell, where he was forced to stay until he had atoned for all the wrongs that he had done.14. And then, as though they were but toys, he threw in air the throne and armour of the puppet king; he broke his sword, and put him in a prison cell.15. And then he called his farmer son and asked him why he had not rescued from his galling chains his brother on the desert plains.16. And when the son made answer not, the father took unto himself the flocks and herds, the fields and flowing wells,17. And sent his farmer son to live out on the desert sands, until he had atoned for all the wrongs that he had done.18. And then the father went and found his youngest son in cruel chains; with his own hands he broke the chains and bade his son to go in peace.19. Now, when the sons had all paid up their debts they came again and stood before the bar of right.20. They all had learned their lessons, learned them well; and then the father once again divided the estate.21. He gave to each a share, and bade them recognise the law of equity and right, and live in peace.22. And one, a sudras, spoke and said, May we who are but slaves, who are cut down like beasts to satisfy the whims of priests--may we have hope that one will come to break our chains and set us free?23. And Jesus said, The Holy One has said, that all his children shall be free; and every soul is child of God.24. The sudras shall be free as priest; the farmer shall walk hand in hand with king; for all the world will own the brotherhood of man.25. O men, arise!

At Katak, by the river side, he taught, and thousands of the people followed him.2. One day a car of Jagannath was hauled along by scores of frenzied men, and Jesus said,3. Behold, a form without a spirit passes by; a body with no soul; a temple with no altar fires.4. This car of Krishna is an empty thing, for Krishna is not there.5. This car is but an idol of a people drunk on wine of carnal things.6. God lives not in the noise of tongues; there is no way to him from any idol shrine.7. God's meeting place with man is in the heart, and in a still small voice he speaks; and he who hears is still.8. And all the people said, Teach us to know the Holy One who speaks within the heart, God of the still small voice.9. And Jesus said, The Holy Breath cannot be seen with mortal eyes; nor can men see the Spirits of the Holy;10. But in their image man was made, and he who looks into the face of man, looks at the image of the God who speaks within.11. And when man honours man he honours God, and what man does for man, he does for God.12. And you must bear in mind that when man harms in thought, or word or deed another man, he does a wrong to God.13. If you would serve the God who speaks within the heart, just serve your near of kin, and those that are no kin, the stranger at your gates, the foe who seeks to do you harm;14. Assist the poor, and help the weak; do harm to none, and covet not what is not yours;15. Then, with your tongue the Holy One will speak; and he will smile behind your tears, will light your countenance with joy, and fill your hearts with peace.16. And then the people asked.

And Jesus sat with them and taught; but they who followed him were much aggrieved because he sat with thieves and courtesans.5. And they upbraided him; they said, Rabboni, master of the wise, this day will be an evil day for you.6. The news will spread that you consort with courtesans and thieves, and men will shun you as they shun an asp.7. And Jesus answered them and said, A master never screens himself for sake of reputation or of fame.8. These are but worthless baubles of the day; they rise and sink, like empty bottles on a stream; they are illusions and will pass away;9. They are the indices to what the thoughtless think; they are the noise that people make; and shallow men judge merit by noise.10. God and all master men judge men by what they are and not by what they seem to be; not by their reputation and their fame.11. These courtesans and theives are children of my Father-God; their soul are just as precious in his sight as yours, or of the Brahmic priests.12. And they are working out the same life sums that you, who pride yourselves on your respectability and moral worth, are working out.13. And some of them have solved much harder sums than you have solved, you men who look at them with scorn.14. Yes, they are sinners, and confess their guilt, while you are guilty, but are shrewd enough to have polished coat to cover up your guilt.15. Suppose you men who scorn these courtesans, these drunkards and these thieves, who know that you are pure in heart and life, that you are better far than they, stand forth that men may know just who you are.16. The sin lies in the wish, in the desire, not in the act.17. You covet other people's wealth; you look at charming forms, and deep within your hearts you lust for them.18. Deceit you practice every day, and wish for gold, for honour and for fame, just for your selfish selves.19. The man who covets is a thief, and she who lusts is courtesan.

Among the guests was one, a tiller of the soil, a generous soul, a seeker after truth, who loved the words that Jesus spoke, and Jesus went with him, and in his home abode.

Of what he wrote this is the sum:5. My mother, noblest of the womankind; A man just from my native land has brought me word that father is no more in flesh, and that you grieve, and are disconsolate.6. My mother, all is well; is well for father and is well for you.7. His work in this earth-round is done, and it is nobly done.8. In all the walks of life men cannot charge him with deceit, dishonesty, nor wrong intent.9. Here in this round he finished many heavy tasks, and he has gone from hence prepared to solve the problems of the round of soul.10. Our Father-God is with him there, as he was with him here; and there his angel guards his footsteps lest he goes astray.11. Why should you weep?

There is no power in grief to mend a broken heart.12. The plane of grief is idleness; the busy soul can never grieve; it has no time for grief.13. When grief come trooping through the heart, just lose yourself; plunge deep into the ministry of love, and grief is not.14. Yours is a ministry of love, and all the world is calling out for love.15. Then let the past go with the past; rise from the cares of carnal things and give your life for those who live.16. And if you lose your life in serving life you will sure to find in it the morning sun, the evening dews, in song of bird, in flowers, and in the stars of night.17. In just a little while your problems of this earth-round will be solved; and when your sums are all worked out it will be pleasure unalloyed for you to enter wider fields of usefulness, to solve the greater problems of the soul.18. Strive, then, to be content, and I will come to you some day and bring you richer gifts than gold or precious stones.19. I'm sure that John will care for you, supplying all your needs; and I am with you all the way, Jehoshua.20. And by the hand of one, a merchant, going to Jerusalem, he sent this letter on its way.

(The Hebrews call these seven Spirits, Elohim.)21. And these are they who, in their boundless power, created everything that is, or was.22. These Spirits of the Triune God moved on the face of boundless space and seven ethers were, and every ether had its form of life.23. These forms of life were but the thoughts of God, clothed in the substance of their ether planes.24. (Men call these ether planes the planes of protoplast, of earth, of plant, of beast, of man, of angel and of cherubim.)25. These planes with all their teeming thoughts of God, are never seen by eyes of man in flesh; they are composed of substance far too fine for fleshy eyes to see, and still they constitute the soul of things;26. And with the eyes of soul all creatures see these ether planes, and all forms of life.27. Because all forms of life on every plane are thoughts of God, all creatures think, and every creature is possessed of will, and, in its measure, has the power to choose,28. And in their native planes all creatures are supplied with nourishment from the ethers of their planes.29. And so it was with every living thing until the will became a sluggish will, and then the ethers of the protoplast, the earth, the plant, the beast, the man, began to vibrate very slow.30. The ethers all became more dense, and all the creatures of these planes were clothed with coarser garbs, the garbs of flesh, which men can see; and thus this coarser manifest, which men call physical, appeared.31. And this is what is called the fall of man; but man fell not alone for protoplast, and earth, and plant and beast were all included in the fall.32. The angels and the cherubim fell not; their wills were ever strong, and so they held the ethers of their planes in harmony with God.33. Now, when the ethers reached the rate of atmosphere, and all the creatures of these planes must get their food from atmosphere, the conflict came; and that which the finite man ahs called, survival of the best, became the law,34. The stronger ate the bodies of the weaker manifests; and here is where the carnal law of evolution had its rise.35. And now man, in his utter shamelessness, strikes down and eats the beasts, the beast consumes the plant, the plant thrives on the earth, the earth absorbs the protoplast.36. In yonder kingdom of the soul this carnal evolution is not known, and the great work of master minds is to restore the heritage of man, to bring him back to his estate that he has lost, when he again will live upon the ethers of his native plane.37. The thoughts of God change not; the manifests of life on every plane unfold into perfection of their kind; and as the thoughts of God can never die, there is no death to any being of the seven ethers of the seven Spirits of the Triune God.38. And so an earth is never plant; a beast, or bird, or creeping thing is never man, and man is not, and cannot be, a beast, or bird, or creeping thing.39. The time will come when all these seven manifests will be absorbed, and man, and beast, and plant, and earth and protoplast will be redeemed.40. Barata was amazed; the wisdom of the Jewish sage was a revelation unto him.41. Now, Vidyapati, wisest of the Indian sages, chief of temple Kapavistu, heard Barata speak to Jesus of the origin of man, and heard the answer of the Hebrew prophet, and he said,42. You priests of Kapavistu, hear me speak: We stand to-day upon a crest of time.

Six times ago a master soul was born who gave a glory light to man, and now a master sage stands here in temple Kapavistu.43. This Hebrew prophet is the rising star of wisdom, deified.

1. The Indian sage and Jesus often met and talked about the needs of nations and of men; about the sacred doctrines, forms and rites best suited to the coming age.2. One day they sat together in a mountain pass, and Jesus said, The coming age will surely not require priests, and shrines, and sacrifice of life.3. There is no power in sacrifice of beast, or bird, to help a man to holy life.4. And Vidyapati said, All forms and rites are symbols of the things that men must do within the temple of the soul.5. The Holy One requires man to give his life in willing sacrifice for men, and all the so-called offerings on altars and on shrines that have been made since time began, were made to teach man how to give himself to save his brother man; for man can never save himself except he lose his life in saving other men.6. The perfect age will not require forms and rites and carnal sacrifice.

A light not comprehended shown about, as though some mighty spirit overshadowed him.2. A magus noted this and asked him privately to tell from whence his wisdom came, and what the meaning of the light.3. And Jesus said, There is a Silence where the soul may meet its God, and there the fount of wisdom is, and all who enter are immersed in light, and filled with wisdom, love and power.4. The magus said, Tell me about this Silence and this light, that I may go and there abide.5. And Jesus said, The Silence is not circumscribed; is not a place closed in with wall, or rocky steeps, nor guarded by the sword of man.6. Men carry with them all the time the secret place where they might meet their God.7. It matters not where men abide, on mountain top, in deepest vale, in marts of trade, or in the quiet home; they may at once, at any time, fling wide the door, and find the Silence, find the house of God; it is within the soul.8. One may not be so much disturbed by noise of business, and the words and thoughts of men if he goes all alone into the valley or the mountain pass.9. And when life's heavy load is pressing hard, it is far better to go out and seek a quiet place to pray and meditate.10. The Silence is the kingdom of the soul which is not seen by human eyes.11. When in the Silence, phantom forms mat flit before the mind; but they are all subservient to the will; the master soul may speak and they are gone.12. If you would find this Silence of the soul you must yourself prepare the way.

are candles all in place, just waiting to be lighted by the flaming torch of love.18. And when you see the candles all aflame, just look, and you will see, with eyes of soul, the waters of the fount of wisdom rushing on; and you may drink, and there abide.19. And then the curtains part, and you are in the Holiest of All, where rests the Arc of God, whose covering is the Mercy Seat.20. Fear not to lift the sacred board; the Tables of the Law are in the Ark concealed.21. Take them and read them well; for they contain all precepts and commands that men will ever need.22. And in the Ark, the magic wand of prophecy lies waiting for your hand; it is the key to all the hidden meanings of the present, future, past.23. And then, behold, the manna there, the hidden bread of life; and he who eats shall never die.24. The cherubim have guarded well for every soul this treasure box, and whosoever will enter in and find his own.25. Now Kaspar heard the Hebrew master speak and he exclaimed, Behold, the wisdom of the gods has come to men!26. And Jesus went his way, and in the sacred groves of Cyrus, where the multitudes were met, he taught and healed the sick.

Why not arise and hasten to the fount and wash, and be made well?16. The child replied, I need not haste; the blessings of my Father in the sky are measured not in tiny cups; they never fail; their virtues are the same for evermore.17. When these whose faith is weak must haste to wash for fear their faith will fail, have all been cured, these waters will be just as powerful for me.18. Then I can go and stay a long, long time within the blessed waters of the spring.19. And Jesus said, Behold a master soul!

He told them of the brotherhood of life, and of the inborn powers of man, and of the kingdom of the soul.12. And as he spoke, Ashbina, greatest sage of all Assyria, stood before his face.13. The people knew the sage, for he had often taught them in their sacred halls and groves, and they rejoiced to see his face.14. Ashbina said, My children of Chaldea, hear!

No other land has been the homeland of such mighty men of thought as grace your scrolls of fame.13. A host of sturdy giants of philosophy, of poetry, of science, and of art, were born upon the soil of Greece, and rocked to manhood in your cradle of pure thought.14. I come not here to speak of science, of philosophy, or art; of these you are the world's best masters now.15. But all your high accomplishments are but stepping stones to worlds beyond the realm of sense; are but illusive shadows flitting on the walls of time.16. But I would tell you of a life beyond, within; a real life that cannot pass away.17. In science and philosophy there is no power strong enough to fit a soul to recognise itself, or to commune with God.18. I would not stay the flow of your great streams of thought; but I would turn them to the channels of the soul.19. Unaided by the Spirit-breath, the work of intellection tends to solve the problems of the things we see, and nothing more.20. The senses were ordained to bring into the mind mere pictures of the things that pass away; they do not deal with real things; they do not comprehend eternal law.21. But man has something in his soul, a something that will tear the veil apart that he may see the world of real things.22. We call this something, spirit consciousness; it sleeps in every soul, and cannot be awakened till the Holy Breath becomes a welcome guest.23. This Holy Breath knocks at the door of every soul, but cannot enter in until the will of man throws wide the door.24. There is no power in intellect to turn the key; philosophy and science both have toiled to get a glimpse behind the veil; but they have failed.25. The secret spring that throws ajar the door of soul is touched by nothing else than purity in life, by prayer and holy thought.26. Return, O mystic stream of Grecian thought, and mingle your clear waters with the flood of Spirit-life; and then the spirit consciousness will sleep no more, and man will know, and God will bless.27. When Jesus had thus said he stepped aside.

It is the matchless wisdom of the master minds of Greece, united in a master mind.18. This giant mind has taken to itself the substances of soul, and thinks, and hears, and speaks.19. It will remain a living soul while master minds feed it with thought, with wisdom and with faith and hope.20. But when the master minds of Greece shall perish from the land, this giant master mind will cease to be, and then the Delphic Oracle will speak no more.

1. It was a holy day and Jesus walked upon the Athens beach.2. A storm was on and ships were being tossed about like toys upon the bosom of the sea.3. The sailors and the fishermen were going down to watery graves; the shores were strewn with bodies of the dead.4. And Jesus halted not, but with a mighty power he rescued many a helpless one, oft bringing back to life the seeming dead.5. Now, on these shores were altars sacred to the gods supposed to rule the seas.6. And men and women, heedless of the cries of drowning men were crowding all about these altars calling on their gods for help.7. At length the storm was done, and all the sea was calm, and men could think again; and Jesus said,8. You worshippers of wooden gods, how has the fury of this storm been lessened by your frantic prayers?9. Where is the strength of these poor, weather-beaten gods with painted swords and crowns?10. A god that could abide in such a little house could hardly hold a frantic fly, and who could hope that he could hold at bay the Lords of winds and waves?11. The mighty powers of worlds unseen do not give forth their help till men have done their best; they only help when men can do no more.12. And you have agonised and prayed around these shrines, and let men sink to death who might have been, by your assistance, saved.13. The God that saves dwells in your souls, and manifests by making use of your own feet, and legs, and arms, and hands.14. Strength never comes through idleness; nor through a waiting for another one to bear your loads, or do the work that you are called to do.15. But when you do your best to bear your loads, and do your work, you offer unto God a sacrifice well-pleasing in his sight.16. And then the Holy One breathes deep upon your glowing sacrificial coals, and makes them blaze aloft to fill your souls with light, and strength and helpfulness.17. The most efficient prayer that men can offer to a god of any kind is helpfulness to those in need of help; for what you do for other men the Holy One will do for you.18. And thus God helps.19. His work in Greece was done, and Jesus must go on his way to Egypt in the South.

Go forth and search till you have found your soul and then return.7. The guide led Jesus to a room in which the light was faint and mellow, like the light of early dawn.8. The chamber walls were marked with mystic signs, with hieroglyphs and sacred texts; and in this chamber Jesus found himself alone where he remained for many days.9. He read the sacred texts; thought out the meaning of the hieroglyphs and sought the import of the master's charge to find himself.10. A revelation came; he got acquainted with his soul; he found himself; then he was not alone.11. One night he slept and at the midnight hour, a door that he had not observed, was opened, and a priest in sombre garb came in and said,12. My brother, pardon me for coming in at this unseemly hour; but I have come to save your life.13. You are the victim of a cruel plot.

My soul prefers the darkness of the grave to little flickering lights like these you bring.20. My conscience rules; what these, my brothers, have to say I'll hear, and when the testimony all is in I will decide.

You cannot judge for me, nor I for you,21. Begone, you men, begone, and leave me to this charming light; for while the sun shines not, within my soul there is a light surpassing that of sun or moon.22. Then, with an angry threat that they would do him harm, the wily tempters left, and Jesus was again alone.23. Again the white-robed priest appeared, and led the way, and Jesus stood again before the hierophant;24. And not a word was said, but in his hands the master placed a scroll on which the word suggestive, JUSTICE, was inscribed.25. And Jesus was the master of the phantom forms of prejudice and of treachery.

Ambition covered up his face and fled away, and Jesus said,16. The wealth, the honour, and the fame of earth are but the baubles of an hour.17. When this short span of earthly life has all been measured out, man's bursting baubles will be buried with his bones,18. Yea, what a man does for his selfish self will make no markings on the credit side of life.19. The good that men for other men shall do becomes a ladder strong on which the soul may climb to wealth, and power and fame of God's own kind, that cannot pass away.20. Give me the poverty of men, the consciousness of duty done in love, the approbation of my God, and I will be content.21. And then he lifted up his eyes to heaven and said,22. My Father-God, I thank thee for this hour.

Why did I meekly sit to be bound down with chains?6. I tell you, none has power to bind a human soul.

'Tis but the breath of God vibrating in the rhythm of rapid thought.12. And then he said, Let there be light; and with a mighty will he stirred the ethers up, and their vibrations reached the plane of light; and there was light.13. The darkness of that den of night became the brightness of a newborn day.14. And then he looked to see the beasts, and birds, and creeping things; lo, they were not.15. And Jesus said, Of what are souls afraid?

I did not know that such entrancing beauty and such queen-like loveliness were ever found among the sons of men.11. I did not know that voice of angel ever graced a human form, or that seraphic music ever came from human lips.12. For days he sat entranced; the current of his thoughts was changed; he thought of nothing but the singer and her songs.13. He longed to see her once again; and after certain days she came; she spoke and laid her hand upon his head.14. Her touch thrilled all his soul, and for the time, forgotten was the work that he was sent to do.15. Few were the words the maiden said; she went her way; but then the heart of Jesus had been touched.16. A love-flame had been kindled in his soul, and he was brought to face the sorest trial of his life.17. He could not sleep nor eat.

Shall I forget all creatures else, and lose my life in this fair maiden, though she is the highest type of beauty, purity and love?21. Into its very depths his soul was stirred, and long he wrestled with this angel-idol of his heart.22. But when the day was almost lost, his higher ego rose in might; he found himself again, and then he said,23. Although my heart shall break I will not fail in this my hardest task; I will be victor over carnal love.24. And when again the maiden came, and offered him her hand and heart, he said,25. Fair one, your very presence thrills me with delight; your voice is benediction to my soul; my human self would fly with you, and be contented in your love;26. But all the world is craving for a love that I have come to manifest.27. I must, then, bid you go; but we will meet again; our ways on earth will not be cast apart.28. I see you in the hurrying throngs of earth as minister of love; I hear your voice in song, that wins the hearts of men to better things.29. And then in sorrow and in tears the maiden went away, and Jesus was again alone.30. And instantly the great bells of the temple rang; the singers sung a new, new song; the grotto blazed with light.31. The hierophant himself appeared, and said, All hail!

The soul of Persia calls for light.

1. Now, when the sages were refreshed they opened up the Book of Life and read.2. They read the story of the life of man; of all his struggles, losses, gains; and in the light of past events and needs, they saw what would be best for him in coming years.3. They knew the kind of laws and precepts suited best to his estate; they saw the highest God-ideal that the race could comprehend.4. Upon the seven postulates these sages were to formulate, the great philosophy of life and worship of the coming age must rest.5. Now Meng-ste was the oldest sage; he took the chair of chief, and said,6. Man is not far enough advanced to live by faith; he cannot comprehend the things his eyes see not.7. He yet is child, and during all the coming age he must be taught by pictures, symbols, rites and forms.8. His God must be a human God; he cannot see a God by faith.9. And then he cannot rule himself; the king must rule; the man must serve.10. The age that follows this will be the age of man, the age of faith.11. In that blest age the human race will see without the aid of carnal eyes; will hear the soundless sound; will know the Spirit-God.12. The age we enter is the Preparation age, and all the schools and governments and worship rites must be designed in simple way that men may comprehend.13. And man cannot originate; he builds by patterns that he sees; so in this council we must carve out pattern for the coming age.14. And we must formulate the gnosis of the Empire of the soul, which rests on seven postulates.15. Each sage in turn shall form a postulate; and these shall be the basis of the creeds of men until the perfect age shall come.16. Then Meng-ste wrote the first:17. All things are thought; all life is thought activity.

Lo, God is Thought, and Thought is God.18. Then Vidyapati wrote the second postulate:19. Eternal Thought is one; in essence it is two--Intelligence and Force; and when they breathe a child is born; this child is Love.20. And thus the Triune God stands forth, whom men call Father-Mother-Child.21. This Triune God is one; but like the one of light, in essence he is seven.22. And when the Triune God breathes forth, lo, seven Spirits stand before his face; these are creative attributes.23. Men call them lesser gods, and in their image they made man.24. And Kaspar wrote the third:25. Man was a thought of God, formed in the image of the Septonate, clothed in the substances of soul.26. And his desires were strong; he sought to manifest on every plane of life, and for himself he made a body of the ethers of the earthly forms, and so descended to the plane of earth.27. In this descent he lost his birthright; lost his harmony with God, and made discordant all the notes of life.28. Inharmony and evil are the same; so evil is the handiwork of man.29. Ashbina wrote the fourth:30. Seeds do not germinate in light; they do not grow until they find the soil, and hide themselves away from light.31. Man was evolved a seed of everlasting life; but in the ethers of the Triune God the light was far too great for seeds to grow;32. And so man sought the soil of carnal life, and in the darksomeness of earth he found a place where he could germinate and grow.33. The seed has taken root and grown full well.34. The tree of human life is rising from the soil of earthy things, and, under natural law, is reaching up to perfect form.35. There are no supernatural acts of God to lift a man from carnal life to spirit blessedness; he grows as grows the plant, and in due time is perfected.36. The quality of soul that makes it possible for man to rise to spirit life is purity.

1. Apollo wrote the fifth:2. The soul is drawn to perfect light by four white steeds, and these are Will, and Faith, and Helpfulness and Love.3. That which one wills to do, he has the power to do.4. A knowledge of that power is faith; and when faith moves, the soul begins its flight.5. A selfish faith leads not to light.

The seven battles must be fought, the seven victories won before the carnal things, like fear, and self, emotions and desire, are put away.12. When this is done the Christ will take possession of the soul; the work is done, and man and God are one.13. And Philo wrote the seventh:14. A perfect man!

To bring before the Triune God a being such as this was nature made.15. This consummation is the highest revelation of the mystery of life.16. When all the essences of carnal things have been transmuted into soul, and all the essences of soul have been returned to Holy Breath, and man is made a perfect God, the drama of Creation will conclude.

Though carnal man will prostitute its sacred laws, symbolic rites and forms, for selfish ends, and make it but an outward show, the few will find through it the kingdom of the soul.15. And when the better age shall come the Universal Church will stand upon the seven postulates, and will be built according to the pattern given.16. The time has come; I go my way unto Jerusalem, and by the power of living faith, and by the strength that you have given.17. And in the name of God, our Father-God, the kingdom of the soul shall be established on the seven hills.18. And all the peoples, tribes and tongues of earth shall enter in.19. The Prince of Peace will take his seat upon the throne of power; the Triune God will then be All in All.20. And all the sages said, Amen.21. And Jesus went his way, and after many days, he reached Jerusalem; and then he sought his home in Galilee.

The rulers heard the story of the hermit of the hills.12. And they sent couriers forth to talk with him that they might know about the coming king; but they could find him not.13. And after certain days he came again into the market place, and all the city came to hear him speak; he said:14. Be not disturbed, you rulers of the state; the coming king is no antagonist; he seeks no place on any earthly throne.15. He comes the Prince of Peace, the king of righteousness and love; his kingdom is within the soul.16. The eyes of men shall see it not and none can enter but the pure in heart.17. Prepare, O Israel, prepare to meet your king.18. Again the hermit disappeared; the people strove to follow him, but he had drawn a veil about his form and men could see him not.19. A Jewish feast day came; Jerusalem was filled with Jews and proselytes from every part of Palestine, and John stood in the temple court and said,20. Prepare, O Israel, prepare to meet your king.21. Lo, you have lived in sin; the poor cry in your streets, and you regard them not.22. Your neighbours, who are they?

1. And John went down to Jericho; there he abode with Alpheus.2. And when the people heard that he was there they came in throngs to hear him speak.3. He spoke to none; but when the time was due he went down to the Jordan ford, and to the multitudes he said.4. Reform and in the fount of purity wash all your sins away; the kingdom is at hand.5. Come unto me and in the waters of this stream be washed, symbolic of the inner cleansing of the soul.6. And, lo, the multitudes came down, and in the Jordan they were washed, and every man confessed his sins.7. For many months, in all the regions round about, John pled for purity and righteousness, and after many days he went again to Bethany; and there he taught.8. At first few but the honest seekers came; but, by and by, the selfish and the vicious came with no contrition; came because the many came.9. And when John saw the repentant Pharisees and Sadducees come unto him, he said,10. You children of the vipers, stay; are you disturbed by news of coming wrath?11. Go to, and do the things that prove repentance genuine.12. Is it enough for you to say that you are heirs of Abraham?

The harbinger replied,21. Do violence to none; exact no wrongful thing, and be contented with the wages you receive.22. Among the Jews were many who had been waiting for the Christ to come, and they regarded John as Christ.23. But to their questions John replied, In water I do cleanse, symbolic of the cleansing of the soul; but when he comes who is to come, lo, he will cleanse in Holy Breath and purify in fire.24. His fan is in his hand, and he will separate the wheat and chaff; will throw the chaff away, but garner every grain of wheat.

The kingdom is at hand.4. When John saw Jesus standing with the throng he said, Behold the king who cometh in the name of God!5. And Jesus said to John, I would be washed in water as a symbol of the cleansing of the soul.6. And John replied, you do not need to wash, for you are pure in thought, and word, and deed.

And if you need to wash I am not worthy to perform the rite.7. And Jesus said, I come to be a pattern for the sons of men, and what I bid them do, that I must do; and all men must be washed, symbolic of the cleansing of the soul.8. This washing we establish as a rite--baptism rite we call it now, and so it shall be called.9. Your work, prophetic harbinger, is to prepare the way, and to reveal the hidden things.10. The multitudes are ready for the words of life, and I come to be made known by you to all the world, as prophet of the Triune God, and as the chosen one to manifest the Christ to men.11. Then John led Jesus down into the river at the ford and he baptised him in the sacred name of him who sent him forth to manifest the Christ to men.12. And as they came out of the stream, the Holy Breath, in form of dove, came down and sat on Jesus' head.13. A voice from heaven said, This is the well-beloved son of God, the Christ, the love of God made manifest.14. John heard the voice, and understood the message of the voice.15. Now Jesus went his way, and John preached to the multitude.16. As many as confessed their sins, and turned from evil ways to ways of right, the harbinger baptised, symbolic of the blotting of sins by righteousness.

they throng the avenues, they crowd the outer courts; each seems to be intent to be the first to meet the king.6. Behold, the censor comes and calls, Whoever will may come; but he who comes must will to prune himself of every evil thought;7. Must overcome desire to gratify the lower self; must give his life to save the lost.8. The nearer to the kingdom gate you come, more spacious is the room; the multitudes have gone.9. If men could come unto the kingdom with their carnal thoughts, their passions and desires, there scarcely would be room for all.10. But when they cannot take these through the narrow gate they turn away; the few are ready to go in and see the king.11. Behold, John is a mighty fisher, fishing for the souls of men.

1. The news soon spread abroad that Jesus, king of Israel, had come to Bethany, and all the people of the town came forth to greet the king.2. And Jesus, standing in the midst of them, exclaimed, Behold, indeed, the king has come, but Jesus is not king.3. The kingdom truly is at hand; but men can see it not with carnal eyes; they cannot see the king upon the throne.4. This is the kingdom of the soul; its throne is not an earthly throne; its king is not a man.5. When human kings found kingdoms here, they conquer other kings by force of arms; one kingdom rises on the ruins of another one.6. But when our Father-God sets up the kingdom of the soul, he pours his blessings forth, like rain, upon the thrones of earthly kings who rule in righteousness.7. It is not rule that God would overthrow; his sword is raised against injustice, wantonness and crime.8. Now, while the kings of Rome do justice, and love mercy and walk humbly with their God, the benediction of the Triune God will rest upon them all.9. They need not fear a messenger whom God sends forth to earth.10. I am not sent to sit upon a throne to rule as Cæsar rules; and you may tell the ruler of the Jews that I am not a claimant for his throne.11. Men call me Christ, and God has recognised the name; but Christ is not a man.

1. In Cana, Galilee, there was a marriage feast, and Mary and her sister Miriam, and Jesus and his six disciples were among the guests.2. The ruler of the feast had heard that Jesus was a master sent from God, and he requested him to speak.3. And Jesus said, There is no tie more sacred than the marriage tie.4. The chain that binds two souls in love is made in heaven, and man can never sever it in twain.5. The lower passions of the twain may cause a union of the twain, a union as when oil and water meet.6. And then a priest may forge a chain, and bind the twain.

The homes of Andrew, John and James were near,2. These men were fishermen, and must return to tend their nets, and they prevailed on Jesus and his mother to accompany them, and soon with Philip and Nathaniel they were resting by the sea in Peter's home.3. The news spread through the city and along the shore that Judah's king had come, and multitudes drew near to press his hand.4. And Jesus said, I cannot show the king, unless you see with eyes of soul, because the kingdom of the king is in the soul.5. And every soul a kingdom is.

There is a king for every man.6. This king is love, and when this love becomes the greatest power in life, it is the Christ; so Christ is king.7. And every one may have this Christ dwell in his soul, as Christ dwells in my soul.8. The body is the temple of the king, and men may call a holy man a king.9. He who will cleanse his mortal form and make it pure, so pure that love and righteousness may dwell unsullied side by side within its walls, is king.10. The kings of earth are clothed in royal robes, and sit in state that men may stand in awe of them.11. A king of heaven may wear a fisher's garb; may sit in mart of trade; may till the soil, or be a gleaner in the field; may be a slave in mortal chains;12. May be adjudged a criminal by men; may languish in a prison cell; may die upon a cross.13. Men seldom see what others truly are.

The human senses sense what seems to be, and that which seems to be and that which is, may be diverse in every way.14. The carnal man beholds the outer man, which is the temple of the king, and worships at his shrine.15. The man of God is pure in heart; he sees the king; he sees with eyes of soul:16. And when he rises to the plane of Christine consciousness, he knows that he himself is king, is love, is Christ, and so is son of God.17. You men of Galilee, prepare to meet your king.18. And Jesus taught the people many lessons as he walked with them beside the sea.

you know you would be glad to have my help upon the Sabbath day, or any other day.14. These people all have fallen into pits, and they are calling loud for me to help them out, and man and God would curse me should I pass along and heed them not.15. And then the Pharisees returned to say their prayers, and curse the man of God because he heeded not their words.16. Now, in the evening Jesus stood beside a pool; a playful child had fallen in, and it was drowned, and friends were bearing it away.17. But Jesus called the carriers to stop; and then he stretched himself upon the lifeless form, and breathed into its mouth the breath of life.18. And then he called aloud unto the soul that had gone out, and it returned; the child revived and lived.19. And Jesus saw a wounded dog; it could not move; it lay beside the way and groaned with pain.

Can he go back into the womb and come again to life?10. And Jesus said, The birth of which I speak is not the birth of flesh.11. Except a man be born of water and the Holy Breath, he cannot come into the kingdom of the Holy One.12. That which is born of flesh is child of man; that which is born of Holy Breath is child of God.13. The winds blow where they please; men hear their voices, and may note results; but they know not from whence they come, nor where they go; and so is every one that is born of Holy Breath.14. The ruler said, I do not understand; pray tell me plainly what you mean.15. And Jesus said, The kingdom of the Holy One is in the soul; men cannot see it with their carnal eyes; with all their reasoning powers they comprehend it not.16. It is a life deep hid in God; its recognition is the work of inner consciousness.17. The kingdoms of the world are kingdoms of the sight; the kingdom of the Holy One is that of faith; its king is love.18. Men cannot see the love of God unmanifest, and so our Father-God has clothed this love with flesh--flesh of a son of man.19. And that the world may see and know this love made manifest, the son of man must needs be lifted up.20. As Moses in the wilderness raised up the serpent for the healing of the flesh, the son of man must be raised up.21. That all men bitten by the serpent of the dust, the serpent of the dust, the serpent of this carnal life, may live.22. He who believes in him shall have eternal life.23. For God so loved the world that he sent forth his only son to be raised up that men may see the love of God.24. God did not send his son to judge the world; he sent him forth to save the world; to bring men to the light.25. But men love not the light, for light reveals their wickedness; men love the dark.26. Now, every one who loves the truth comes to the light; he does not fear to have his works made manifest.27. The light had come, and Nicodemus went his way; he knew the meaning of the birth of Holy Breath; he felt the presence of the Spirit in his soul.28. And Jesus tarried in Jerusalem for many days and taught and healed the sick.29. The common people gladly listened to his words, and many left their all of carnal things and followed him.

Her home was down in Jericho; her husband was the keeper of an inn; his name was Asher-ben.5. Now, Asher was a Pharisee of strictest mien and thought, and he regarded Jesus with disdain.6. And when his wife confessed her faith in Christ, he drove her from his home.7. But Ruth resisted not; she said, If Jesus is the Christ he knows the way, and I am sure He is the Christ.8. My husband may become enraged and slay my human form; he cannot kill the soul, and in the many mansions of my Fatherland I have a dwelling-place.9. And Ruth told Jesus all; and then she said, What shall I do?10. And Jesus said, Your husband is not willingly at fault; he is devout; he prays to God, our Father-God.11. His zeal for his religion is intense; in this he is sincere; but it has driven him insane, and he believes it right to keep his home unsullied by the heresy of Christ.12. He feels assured that he has done the will of God in driving you away.13. Intolerance is ignorance matured.14. The light will come to him some day, and then he will repay for all your heartaches, griefs and tears.15. And Ruth, you must not think that you are free from blame.16. If you had walked in wisdom's ways, and been content to hold your peace, this grief would not have come to you.17. It takes a long, long time for light to break into the shell of prejudice, and patience is the lesson you have need to learn.18. The constant dropping of the water wears away the hardest stone.19. The sweet and holy incense of a godly life will melt intolerance much quicker than the hottest flame, or hardest blow.20. Just wait a little time, and then go home with sympathy and love.

and in a moment pain was gone; the fever ceased; the maid was well.4. And then the people brought their sick, and they were healed.5. But Jesus did not tarry long in Jericho; he went down to the Jordan ford where John was wont to teach.6. The multitudes were there and Jesus said to them, Behold, the time has come; the kingdom is at hand.7. None but the true in heart can come into the kingdom of the Holy One; but every son and daughter of the human race is called upon to turn from evil and become the pure in heart.8. The resolution to attain and enter through the Christine gate into the kingdom of the Holy One will constitute discipleship, and every one must make a pledge of his discipleship.9. John washed your bodies in the stream, symbolic of the cleansing of the soul, in preparation for the coming of the king, the opening of the Christine gate into the kingdom of the Holy One.10. John did a mighty work; but now the Christine gate is opened up, and washing is established as the pledge of your discipleship.11. Until this age shall close this pledge shall be a rite, and shall be called, Baptism rite; and it shall be a sign to men, and seal to God of men's discipleship.12. You men of every nation, hear!

He is not foe of mine.5. The bridegroom hath the bride; his friends are near, and when they hear his voice they all rejoice.6. The kingdom of the Holy One is bride, and Christ the groom; and I, the harbinger, am full of joy because they proper so abundantly.7. I have performed the work that I was sent to do; the work of Jesus just begins.8. Then turning to the multitudes he said, Christ is the king of righteousness; Christ is the love of God; yea, he is God; one of the holy persons of the Triune God.9. Christ lives in every heart of purity.10. Now, Jesus who is preaching at the Jordan ford, has been subjected to the hardest tests of human life, and he has conquered all the appetites and passions of the carnal man,11. And by the highest court of heaven, has been declared a man of such superior purity and holiness that he can demonstrate the presence of the Christ on earth.12. Lo, love divine, which is the Christ, abides in him, and he is pattern for the race.13. And every man can see in him what every man will be when he has conquered all the passions of the selfish self.14. In water I have washed the bodies of the people who have turned from sin, symbolic of the cleansing of the soul;15. But Jesus bathes for ever in the living waters of the Holy Breath.16. And Jesus comes to bring the saviour of the world to men; Love is the saviour of the world.17. And all who put their trust in Christ, and follow Jesus as a pattern and a guide, have everlasting life.18. But they who do not trust the Christ, and will not purify their hearts so that the Christ can dwell within, can never enter life.

the men ordained to lead the people in the way of right.20. And I am come to help, and not to hinder in their work.21. There are two classes of the sons of men; they who would build the human race upon the sure foundation stones of justice, truth, equality and right,22. And they who would destroy the holy temple where the Spirit dwells and bring their fellows down to beggary and crime.23. The holy brotherhood of right must stand united in the stirring conflicts of the hour.24. No matter whether they be Jews, Samaritans, Assyrians, or Greeks, they must tramp down beneath their feet all strife, all discord, jealousy and hate, and demonstrate the brotherhood of man.25. Then to the ruler of the synagogue he spoke: he said, United in the cause of right we stand; divided we will fall.26. And then he took the ruler by the hand; a love light filled their souls; and all the people were amazed.

1. The Christines turned their faces toward the land of Galilee; but when they reached the city of Samaria, the multitudes pressed hard about them, begging them to tarry in their city for a while.2. And then they went up to the synagogue, and Jesus opened up the book of Moses, and he read:3. In thee and in thy seed shall all the nations of the earth be blest.4. And then he closed the book and said, These words were spoken by the Lord of hosts unto our father Abraham, and Israel has been blessedness to all the world.5. We are his seed; but not a tithe of the great work that we were called to do has yet been done.6. The Lord of hosts has set apart the Israelites to teach the unity of God and man; but one can never teach that which he does not demonstrate in life.7. Our God is Spirit, and in him all wisdom, love and strength abide.8. In every man these sacred attributes are budding forth, and in due time they will unfold; the demonstration will completed be, and man will comprehend the fact of unity.9. And you, ruler of the synagogue, and you, these priests, are honoured servants of the Lord of hosts.10. All men are looking unto you for guidance in the ways of life; example is another name for priest; so what you would that people be, that you must be.11. A simple godly life may win ten thousand souls to purity and right.12. And all the people said, Amen.13. Then Jesus left the synagogue, and at the hour of evening prayer he went up to the sacred grove, and all the people turned their faces toward their holy mount and prayed.14. And Jesus prayed.15. And as he sat in silent mood a voice of soul spoke to his soul imploring help.16. And Jesus saw a woman on a couch in sore distress; for she was sick nigh unto death.17. She could not speak, but she had heard that Jesus was a man of God, and in her heart she called on him for help.18. And Jesus helped; he did not speak; but like a flash of light, a mighty virtue from his soul filled full the body of the dying one, and she arose, and joined her kindred while they prayed.19. Her kindred were astonished and they said to her, How were you healed?

the masters call us to the tribute house of souls; I go and you may follow me.

And Matthew followed him.25. Ischariot and his son, whose name was Judas, were employed by Matthew and were at the tribute house.26. And Jesus said to Judas, Stay your work; the masters call us to a duty in the savings bank of souls; I go and you may follow me.

The masters call us now to aid in building homes for souls; homes built without the sound of hammer, axe, or saw;33. I go, and you may follow me.

1. Now, on the day before the Sabbath day, the twelve disciples who had received the call were met with one accord in Jesus' home.2. And Jesus said to them, This is the day to consecrate yourselves unto the work of God; so let us pray.3. Turn from the outer to the inner self; close all the doors of carnal self and wait.4. The Holy Breath will fill this place, and you will be baptised in Holy Breath.5. And then they prayed; alight more brilliant than the noonday sun filled all the room, and tongues of flame from every head rose high in air.6. The atmosphere of Galilee was set astir; a sound like distant thunder rolled above Capernaum, and men heard songs, as though ten thousand angels joined in full accord.7. And then the twelve disciples heard a voice, a still, small voice, and just one word was said, a word they dared not speak; it was the Sacred name of God.8. And Jesus said to them, By this omnific Word you may control the elements, and all the powers of air.9. And when within your souls you speak this Word, you have the keys of life and death; of things that are; of things that were; of things that are to be.10. Behold you are the twelve great branches of the Christine vine; the twelve foundation stones; the twelve apostles of the Christ.11. As lambs I sent you forth among wild beasts; but the omnific Word will be your buckler and your shield.12. And then again the air was filled with song, and every living creature seemed to say, Praise God!

1. The feast time came and Jesus and the twelve went to Jerusalem.2. Upon the day before the Sabbath day they reached Mount Olives and they tarried at an inn before Mount Olives on the north.3. And in the early morning of the Sabbath day they went in through the sheep gate to Jerusalem.4. The healing fountain of Bethesda, near the gate, was thronged about with people who were sick;5. For they believed that at a certain time an angel came and poured a healing virtue in the pool, and those who entered first and bathed, would be made whole.6. And Jesus and the twelve were standing near the pool.7. And Jesus saw a man near by who had been stricken eight and thirty years; without a hand to help he could not move.8. And Jesus said to him, My brother, man, would you be healed?9. The man replied, I earnestly desire to be healed; but I am helpless and when the angel comes and pours the healing virtues in the pool,10. Another who can walk, steps in the fountain first and I am left unhealed.11. And Jesus said, Who sends an angel here to potentise this pool for just a favoured few?12. I know it is not God, for he deals just the same with every one.13. One has no better chance in heaven's healing fountain than another one.14. The fount of health is in your soul; it has a door locked fast; the key is faith;15. And every one can have this key and may unlock the door and plunge into the healing fount and be made whole.16. And then the man looked up in hopeful mood and said, Give me this key of faith.17. And Jesus said, Do you believe what I have said?

The ruined homes were built again.24. And then he saw his own poor den; his heart was stirred into its depths.25. The pride of manhood filled his soul; he said, This wretched den shall be a home.

He said,2. Prayer is the deep communion of the soul with God;3. So when you pray do not deceive yourselves as do the hypocrites who love to stand upon the streets and in the synagogues and pour out many words to please the ears of men.4. And they adorn themselves with pious airs that they may have the praise of men.

They seek the praise of men and their reward is sure.5. But when you pray, go to the closet of your soul; close all the doors, and in the holy silence, pray.6. You need not speak a multitude of words, nor yet repeat the words again and then again, as heathen do.

Thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is done in heaven.8. Give us this day our needed bread;9. Help us forget the debts that other people owe to us, that all our debts may be discharged.10. And shield us from the tempter's snares that are too great for us to bear;11. And when they come give us the strength to overcome.12. If you would be discharged from all the debts you owe to God and man, the debts you have incurred by wilfully transgressing law,13. You must pass by the debts of every man; for as you deal with other men your God will deal with you.14. And when you fast you may not advertise the deed.15. When fast the hypocrites they paint their faces, look demure, assume a pious pose, that they may seem to men to fast.16. A fast is deed of soul, and like a prayer, it is a function of the silence of the soul.17. God never passes by unnoticed any prayer, or fast.

He walks within the silence, and his benedictions rest on every effort of the soul.18. Deception is hypocrisy, and you shall not assume to be what you are not.19. You may not clothe yourselves in special garb to advertise your piety, nor yet assume the tone of voice that men conceive to be a holy voice.20. And when you give to aid the needy ones, blow not a trumpet in the street, nor a synagogue to advertise your gift.21. He who does alms for praise of men has his reward from men; but God regardeth not.22. In giving alms do not let the right hand know the secret of the left.

The world speaks not in praise of men who live within the Holy Breath; It speaks in praise of prophets false, and of illusions base.30. You men who walk in Holy Breath are salt, the salt of earth; but if you lose your virtue you are salt in name alone, worth nothing more than dust.31. And you are light; are called to light the world.32. A city on a hill cannot be hid; its lights are seen afar; and while you stand upon the hills of life men see your light and imitate your works and honour God.33. Men do not light a lamp and hide it in a cask; they put it on a stand that it may light the house.34. You are the lamps of God; must not stand in the shade of earth illusions, but in the open, high upon the stand.35. I am not come to nullify the law, nor to destroy; but to fulfil.36. The Law, the Prophets and the Psalms were written in the wisdom of the Holy breath and cannot fail.37. The heavens and earth that are will change and pass away; the word of God is sure; it cannot pass until it shall accomplish that where unto it hath been sent.38. Whoever disregards the law of God and teaches men to do the same, becomes a debtor unto God and cannot see his face until he has returned and paid his debt by sacrifice of life.39. But he who hearkens unto God and keeps his law and does his will on earth, shall rule with Christ.40. The scribes and Pharisees regard the letter of the law; they cannot comprehend the spirit of the law;41. And if your righteousness does not exceed the righteousness of scribe and Pharisee you cannot come into the kingdom of the soul.42. It is not what man does that gives him right to enter through the gates; his pass word is his character and desire is his character.43. The letter of the law deals with the acts of man; the spirit of the law takes note of his desires.

1. The law forbids adultery; but in the eyes of law adultery is an overt act, the satisfaction of the sensuous self outside the marriage bonds.2. Now, marriage in the sight of law is but a promise made by man and woman, by the sanction of a priest, to live for aye in harmony and love.3. No priest nor officer has power from God to bind two souls in wedded love.4. What is the marriage tie?

Is it comprised in what a priest or officer may say?5. Is it the scroll on which the officer or priest has written the permission for the two to live in marriage bonds?6. Is it the promise of the two that they will love each other until death?7. Is love a passion that is subject to the will of man?8. Can man pick up his love, as he would pick up precious gems, and lay it down, or give it out to any one?9. Can love be bought and sold like sheep?10. Love is the power of God that binds two souls and makes them one; there is no power on earth that can dissolve the bond.11. The bodies may be forced apart by man or death for just a little time; but they will meet again.12. Now, in this bond of God we find the marriage tie; all other unions are but bonds of straw, and they who live in them commit adultery.13. The same as they who satisfy their lust without the sanction of an officer or priest.14. But more than this; the man or woman who indulges lustful thoughts commits adultery.15. Whom God has joined together man cannot part; whom man has joined together live in sin.16. Upon a table of the law, the great lawgiver wrote, Thou shalt not steal.17. Before the eyes of law a man to steal must take a thing that can be seen with eyes of flesh, without the knowledge or consent of him to whom the thing belongs.18. But, lo, I say that he who in his heart desires to possess that which is not his own, and would deprive the owner of the thing without his knowledge or consent, is in the sight of God, a thief.19. The things that men see not with eyes of flesh are of more worth than are the things that man can see.20. A man's good name is worth a thousand mines of gold, and he who says a word or does a deed that injures or defames that name has taken what is not his own, and is a thief.21. Upon a table of the law we also read: Thou shalt not covet anything.22. To covet is an all-consuming wish to have what is not right for one to have.23. And such a wish, within the spirit of the law, is theft.

1. The law has said: Thou shalt not lie; but in the eyes of law a man to lie must tell in words what is not true.2. Now, in the light of spirit law, deceit in any form is nothing but a lie.3. A man may lie by look or act; yea, even by his silence may deceive, and thus be guilty in the eyes of Holy Breath.4. It has been said in olden times: Thou shalt not swear by thine own life.5. But, lo, I say, Swear not at all; not by the head, the heart, the eye, nor hand; not by the sun, the moon, nor stars;6. Not by the name of God, nor by the name of any spirit, good or bad.7. You shall not swear by anything; for in an oath there is no gain.8. A man whose word must be propped up by oath of any kind is not trustworthy in the sight of God or man.9. By oath you cannot make a leaf to fall, nor turn the colour of a hair.10. The man of worth just speaks and men know that he speaks the truth.11. The man who pours out many words to make think he speaks the truth, is simply making smoke to hide a lie.12. And there are many men with seeming double hearts; men who would serve two masters at a time--two masters quite adverse.13. Men feign to worship God upon the Sabbath day and then pay court to Beelzebul on every other day.14. No man can serve two masters at a time no more than he can ride two asses at a time that go in different ways.15. The man who feigns to worship God and Beelzebul is foe of God, a pious devil and a curse of men.16. And men cannot lay treasures up in heaven and earth at once.17. Then, lo, I say, Lift up your eyes and see the safety vaults of heaven, and there deposit every gem.18. Where moth and rust cannot corrupt; where thieves cannot break in and steal.19. There are no safety vaults on earth; no place secure from moth, and rust and thieves.20. The treasures of the earth are but illusive things that pass away.21. Be not deceived; your treasures are the anchor of the soul, and where your treasures are your heart will be.22. Fix not your heart upon the things of earth; be anxious not about the things to eat, or drink or wear.23. God cares for those who trust in him and serve the race.24. Behold the birds!

No son of man, not even Solomon in all his excellence, was ever clothed like one of these.28. And yet they simply trust in God; they feed from out his hand; they lay their heads to rest upon his breast.29. If God so clothes and feeds the flowers and birds that do his will, will he not feed and clothe his children when they trust in him?30. Seek first the kingdom of the soul, the righteousness of God, the good of men, and feed, and clothe.

1. The fruitage of the tree of life is all too fine to feed the carnal mind.2. If you would throw a diamond to a hungry dog, lo, he would turn away, or else attack you in a rage.3. The incense that is sweet to God is quite offensive unto Beelzebul; the bread of heaven is but chaff to men who cannot comprehend the spirit life.4. The master must be wise and feed the soul with what it can digest.5. If you have not the food for every man, just ask and you shall have; seek earnestly and you shall find.6. Just speak the Word and knock; the door will fly ajar.7. No one has ever asked in faith and did not have; none ever sought in vain; no one who ever knocked aright has failed to find an open door.8. When men shall ask you for the bread of heaven, turn not away, nor give to them the fruit of carnal trees.9. If one, a son, would ask you for a loaf, would you give him a stone?

The praying men are not all in the kingdom of the soul.20. The man who lives the holy life, who does the will of God, abides within the kingdom of the soul.21. The good man from the treasures of his heart sends blessedness and peace to all the world.22. The evil man sends thoughts that blight and wither hope and joy and fill the world with wretchedness and woe.23. Men think and act and speak out of the abundance of the heart.24. And when the judgement hour shall come a host of men will enter pleadings for themselves and think to buy the favour of the judge with words.25. And they will say, Lo, we have wrought a multitude of works in the Omnific name,26. Have we not prophesied?

Yea, and more; a messenger whom God had sent to pave the way for what you see and hear this day.22. Among the men of earth a greater man has never lived than John.23. Behold I say, This man whom Herod bound in chains and cast into a prison cell is God's Elijah come again to earth.24. Elijah, who did not pass the gate of death, whose body of this flesh was changed, and he awoke in Paradise.25. When John came forth and preached the gospel of repentance for the cleansing of the soul, the common folks believed and were baptised.26. The lawyers and the Pharisees accepted not the teachings of this man; were not baptised.27. Behold, neglected opportunities will never come again.28. Behold, the people are unstable as the waters of the sea; they seek to be excused from righteousness.29. John came and ate no bread, and drank no wine.

And Jesus said to her, Weep not, I am the life; your son shall live.20. And Jesus raised his hand; the bearers of the dead stood still.21. And Jesus touched the bier and said, Young man, return.22. The soul returned; the body of the dead was filled with life; the man sat up and spoke.23. The people were astonished at the scene, and every one exclaimed, Praise God.24. A Jewish priest stood forth and said, Behold a mighty prophet has appeared; and all the people said, Amen.25. The Christines journeyed on; they taught, and healed the sick in many towns of Galilee, and then they came again unto Capernaum.

No man can be a friend and foe at once.25. All men are rising up, or sinking down; are building up, or tearing down.26. If you are gathering not the precious grain, then you are throwing it away.27. He is a coward who would feign to be a friend, or foe, to please another man.28. You men, do not deceive yourselves in thought; your hearts are known;29. Hypocrisy will blight a soul as surely as the breath of Beelzebul.

An honest evil man is more esteemed by guardians of the soul than a dishonest pious man.30. If you would curse the son of man, just curse him out aloud.31. A curse is poison to the inner man, and if you hold and swallow down a curse it never will digest; lo, it will poison every atom of your soul.32. And if you sin against a son of man, you may be pardoned and your guilt be cleansed by acts of kindness and of love;33. But if you sin against the Holy Breath by disregarding her when she would open up the doors of life for you;34. By closing up the windows of the soul when she would pour the light of love into your hearts, and cleanse them with the fires of God;35. Your guilt shall not be blotted out in this, nor in the life to come.36. An opportunity has gone to come no more, and you must wait until the ages roll again.37. Then will the Holy Breath again breathe on your fires of life, and fan them to a living flame.38. Then she will open up the doors again, and you may let her in to sup with you for evermore, or you may slight her once again, and then again.39. You men of Israel, your opportunity is now.40. Your tree of life is an illusive tree; it has a generous crop of leaves; its boughs hang low with fruit.41. Behold, your words are leaves; your deeds the fruit.42. Behold, for men have plucked the apples of your tree of life, and found them full of bitterness; and worms have eaten to the core.43. Behold that fig tree by the way so full of leaves and worthless fruit!44. Then Jesus spoke a word that nature spirits know, and lo, the fig tree stood a mass of withered leaves.45. And then he spoke again, Behold, for God will speak the Word, and you will stand a withered fig tree in the setting sun.46. You men of Galilee, send forth and call the pruner in before it is too late, and let him prune away your worthless branches and illusive leaves, and let the sunshine in.47. The sun is life, and it can change your worthlessness to worth.48. Your tree of life is good; but you have nurtured it so long with dews of self, and mists of carnal things that you have shut the sunshine out.49. I tell you, men, that you must give account to God for every idle word you speak and every evil deed you do.

and my brothers, who are they?16. And then he spoke a word aside unto the foreign masters and the twelve; he said,17. Behold, men recognise their mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers here in flesh; but when the veil is rent and men walk in the realms of soul,18. The tender lines of love that bind the groups of fleshly kin in families will fade away.19. Not that the love for anyone will be the less; but men will see in all the motherhood, the fatherhood, the sisterhood, the brotherhood of man.20. The family groups of earth will all be lost in universal love and fellowship divine.21. Then to the multitudes he said, Whoever lives the life and does the will of God is child of God and is my mother, father, sister, friend.22. And then he went aside to speak to mother and his other kindred in the flesh.23. But he saw more than these.

The maiden who once thrilled his very soul with love.

a love beyond the love of any fleshly kin;24. Who was the sorest tempter in the temple Heliopolis beside the Nile, who sung for him the sacred songs, was there.25. The recognition was of kindred souls, and Jesus said,26. Behold, for God has brought to us a power men cannot comprehend, a power of purity and love;27. To make more light the burdens of the hour, to be a balm for wounded souls;28. To win the multitude to better ways by sacred song and holy life.29. Behold, for Miriam who stood beside the sea and sung the song of victory when Moses led the way, will sing again.30. And all the choirs of heaven will join and sing the glad refrain:31. Peace, peace on earth; good will to men!32. And Miriam stood before the waiting throngs and sung again the songs of victory, and all the people said, Amen.

show us a sign and then we will believe.9. I was not sent to earth to buy up faith as men buy fish and fruit and rubbish in the streets.10. Men seem to think it quite a favour done to me when they confess their faith in me and in the holy Christ.11. What does it matter unto me as man if you believe or disbelieve?12. Faith is not something you can buy with coin; it is not something you can sell for gold.13. Once Mart, a beggar, followed me and cried, Give me a silver piece; then I will believe in you.14. And you are like this beggar man; you offer to exchange your faith for signs.15. But I will give to all the world one sign as surety that the Christ abides with me.16. You all have read the parable of Jonah and the fish, wherein it is recorded that the prophet spent three days and nights within the stomach of the mighty fish, and then came forth.17. The son of man will spend three days and nights within the heart of earth and then come forth again, and men will see and know.18. Behold, the light may be so bright that men cannot see anything.19. The Spirit light has shown so brightly over Galilee that you who hear me now are blind.20. You may have read the words of prophet Azrael; he said, The light shall shine out brightly in the darkness of the night, and men shall comprehend it not.21. That time has come; the light shines forth; you see it not.22. The Queen of Sheba sat in darkest night and still she yearned for light.23. She came to hear the words of wisdom from the lips of Solomon, and she believed;24. And she became a living torch, and when she reached her home, lo, all Arabia was filled with light.25. A greater far than Solomon is here; the Christ is here; the Day Star had risen, and you reject the light.26. And you remember Nineveh, the wicked city of Assyria, which God had marked to be destroyed by shock and flame unless the people turned and walked in ways of right.27. And Jonah raised his voice and said, In forty days shall Nineveh be razed, and her wealth shall be destroyed.28. The people heard and they believed; and they reformed and turned to ways of right, and lo, their city was not razed; was not destroyed.29. You men of Galilee, I tell you that Arabia and Nineveh will testify against you in the judgment day.30. Behold, for every one to whom I speak has in him all the fires of God; but they are lying dead.31. The will is bridled by the flesh desires, and it brings not the ethers of the fires to vibrate into light.32. Look, therefore, to your soul and note, Is not the light within you dark as night?33. There is no breath but Holy Breath that e'er can fan your fires of life into a living flame and make them light.34. And Holy Breath can raise the ethers of the fires to light in none but hearts of purity and love.35. Hear, then, you men of Galilee, Make pure the heart, admit the Holy Breath, and then your bodies will be full of light.36. And like a city on a hill, your light will shine afar, and thus your light may light the way for other men.

The selfish soul is fed today; the food does not assimilate; the soul grows not, and then it must be fed again, and then again.6. Behold, a selfish man obsessed by just one spirit of the air; by the Omnific Word the spirit is cast out;7. It wanders through dry places, seeking rest and finding none.8. And then it comes again; the selfish man has failed to close and lock the door;9. The unclean spirit finds the house all swept and cleaned; it enters in and takes with it full seven other spirits more unclean than is itself; and there they dwell.10. The last state of the man is more than sevenfold more wretched than the first.11. And so it is with you who snatch the blessings that belong to other men.12. While Jesus spoke a certain woman who stood near exclaimed, Most blessed is the mother of this man of God!13. And Jesus said, Yes, blest is she; but doubly blest are they who hear, receive and live the word of God.14. A Pharisee of wealth prepared a feast, and Jesus and the twelve, together with the masters from afar, were guests.15. And Jesus did not wash his hands according to the strictest Pharisaic rules, before he ate; when this the Pharisee observed he marvelled much.16. And Jesus said, My host, why do you marvel that I did not wash my hands?17. The Pharisees wash well their hands and feet; they cleanse the body every day when, lo, within is every form of filth.18. Their hearts are full of wickedness, extortions and deceit.19. Did not the God who made the outside of the body make the inside, too?20. And then he said, Woe unto you, you Pharisees!

1. Now, when the feast was finished Jesus with the foreign masters and the twelve, with Mary, Miriam and a band of loyal women who believed in Christ, went to a place apart to pray.2. And when their silence ended Jesus said, Be on your guard; the leaven of the Pharisees is being thrown in every measure of the meal of life.3. It is a poison that will taint whatever it may touch; and it will blight the soul as sure as fumes of the Diabolos; it is hypocrisy.4. The Pharisees seem fair in speech, but they are diabolical in heart.5. And then they seem to think that thought is something they can lock within themselves.6. They do not seem to know that every thought and wish is photographed and then preserved within the Book of Life to be revealed at any time the masters will.7. That which is thought, or wished, or done in darkest night shall be proclaimed in brightest day;8. That which is whispered in the ear within the secret place shall be made known upon the streets.9. And in the judgment day when all the books are opened up, these men, and every other man, shall be a-judged, not by what they've said or done,10. But by the ways in which they used the thoughts of God, and how the ethers of eternal love were made to serve;11. For men may make these ethers serve the carnal self, or serve the holy self within.12. Behold, these men may kill the body of this flesh; but what of that?

the flesh is but a transitory thing, and soon, by natural law, will pass;13. Their slaughter only hastens nature's work a little time.14. And when they kill the flesh they reach their bounds of power; they cannot kill the soul.15. But nature is the keeper of the soul as of the flesh, and in the harvest time of soul, the trees of life are all inspected by the judge;16. And every tree that bears no fruit of good is plucked up by the roots and cast into the flames.17. Who then shall you regard?

Not him who has the power to kill the flesh, and nothing more.18. Regard the mighty one who has the power to dissolve both soul and body in the flames of nature's fire.19. But man is king; he may direct his thoughts, his loves, his life, and gain the prize of everlasting life.20. And you are not abandoned in your struggle for the crown of life.

He numbers stars, and suns, and moons;22. He numbers angels, men and every thing below; the birds, the flowers, the trees;23. The very petals of the rose he knows by name, and every one is numbered in his Book of Life;24. And every hair upon your head, and every drop of blood within your veins, he knows by number and by rhythm.25. He hears the birdling's call, the cricket's chirp, the glow worm's song; and not a sparrow falls to earth without his knowledge and consent.26. A sparrow seems a thing of little worth; yea, five of them are worth two farthings in the market place, and yet God cares for every one of them.27. Will he not care much more for you who bear his image in your soul?28. Fear not to make confession of the Christ before the sons of men, and God will own you as his sons and daughters in the presence of the host of heaven.29. If you deny the Christ before the sons of men, then God will not receive you as his own before the hosts of heaven.30. And more I say, Fear not when men shall bring you up before the rulers of the land to answer for your faith.31. Behold, the Holy Breath shall teach you in your hour of need what you should say, and what is best leave unsaid.32. And then the Christines went again to teach the multitudes.

No man can corner up the gifts of God.16. The things of nature are the things of God, and what is God's belongs to every man alike.17. The wealth of soul lies in the purity of life, and in the wisdom that descends from heaven.18. Behold, a rich man's ground brought forth abundantly; his barns were far too small to hold his grain, and to himself he said,19. What shall I do?

I must not give my grain away; I must not let it go to waste; and then he said,20. This will I do; I will tear down these little barns and built up larger ones; there I will store away my grain and I will say,21. My soul take now your ease; you have enough for many years; eat, drink and fill yourself and be content.22. But God looked down and saw the man; he saw his selfish heart and said,23. You foolish man, this night your soul will quit its house of flesh; then who will have your garnered wealth?24. You men of Galilee, lay not up treasures in the vaults of earth; accumulated wealth will blight your soul.25. God does not give men wealth to hoard away in secret vaults.

1. And Jesus left the multitudes and went with his disciples up to Mary's home; and as they sat about the board to dine he said,2. My little flock, fear not; it is your Father's will that you shall rule the kingdom of the soul.3. A ruler in the house of God is servant of the Lord of Hosts, and man cannot serve God except by serving men.4. A servant in the house of God cannot be servant in the house of wealth; nor in the synagogue of sense.5. If you are tied to lands, or bonds, or wealth of earth, your hearts are knit to things of earth; for where your treasures are there are your hearts.6. Dispose of all your wealth, distribute it among the poor, and put your trust in God, and you nor yours will ever come to want.7. This is a test of faith, and God will not accept the service of faithless one.8. The time is ripe; your Master comes upon the clouds; the eastern sky is glowing with his presence now.9. Put on reception robes; gird up your loins; trim up your lamps and fill them well with oil, and be prepared to meet your Lord; when you are ready, he will come.10. Thrice blessed are the servants who are ready to receive their Lord.11. Behold, for he will gird himself, and will prepare a sumptuous feast for every one, and he himself will serve.12. It matters not when he shall come; it may be at the second watch; it may be at the third; but blessed are the servants who are ready to receive.13. You cannot leave your door ajar and go to sleep, and wait in blissful ignorance of the fleeting time;14. For thieves will surely come and take away your goods and bind and carry you away to robbers' dens.15. And if you are not carried forth, the Master when he comes will not regard a sleeping guard as friend, but as a foe.16. Beloved, these are times when every man must be awake and at his post, for none can tell the hour nor the day when man shall be revealed.17. And Peter said, Lord is this parable for us, or for the multitudes?18. And Jesus, Why need you ask?

1. And Jesus stood beside the sea and taught; the multitudes pressed close upon him and he went into a boat that was near by and put a little ways from shore, and then he spoke in parables; he said,2. Behold, a sower took his seed and went into his field to sow.3. With lavish hand he scattered forth the seed and some fell in the hardened paths that men had made,4. And soon were crushed beneath the feet of other men; and birds came down and carried all the seeds away.5. Some seed fell on rocky ground where there was little soil; they grew and soon the blades appeared and promised much;6. But then there was no depth of soil, no chance for nourishment, and in the heat of noonday sun they withered up and died.7. Some seed fell where thistles grew, and found no earth in which to grow and they were lost;8. But other seed found lodgement in the rich and tender soil and grew apace, and in the harvest it was found that some brought forth a hundred fold, some sixty fold, some thirty fold.9. They who have ears to hear may hear; they who hearts to understand may know.10. Now, his disciples were beside him in the boat, and Thomas asked, Why do you speak in parables?11. And Jesus said, My words, like every master's words, are dual in their sense.12. To you who know the language of the soul, my words have meanings far too deep for other men to comprehend.13. The other sense of what I say is all the multitude can understand; these words are food for them; the inner thoughts are food for you.14. Let every one reach forth and take the food that he is ready to receive.15. And then he spoke that all might hear; he said, Hear you the meaning of the parable:16. Men hear my words and understand them not, and then the carnal self purloins the seed, and not a sign of spirit life appears.17. This is the seed that fell within the beaten paths of men.18. And others hear the words of life, and with a fiery zeal receive them all; they seem to comprehend the truth and promise well;19. But troubles come; discouragements arise; there is no depth of thought; their good intentions wither up and die.20. These are the seeds that fell in stony ground.21. And others hear the words of truth and seem to know their worth; but love of pleasure, reputation, wealth and fame fill all the soil; the seeds are nourished not and they are lost.22. These are the seeds that fell among the thistles and the thorns.23. But others hear the words of truth and comprehend them well; they sink down deep into their souls; they live the holy life and all the world is blest.24. These are the seeds that fell in fertile soil, that brought forth fruit abundantly.25. You men of Galilee, take heed to how you hear and how you cultivate your fields; for if you slight the offers of this day, the sower may not come to you again in this or in the age to come.26. Then Jesus spoke another parable; he said:27. Then kingdom I may liken to a field in which a man sowed precious seed;28. But while he slept an evil one went forth and sowed a measure full of darnel seed; then went his way.29. The soil was good, and so the wheat and darnel grew; and when the servants saw the tares among the wheat, they found the owner of the field and said,30. You surely sowed good seed; from whence these tares?31. The owner said, Some evil one out has sown the seed of tares.32. The servants said, Shall we go out and pull up by the roots the tares and burn them in the fire?33. The owner said, No, that would not be well.

The one about the wheat and tares, especially?2. And Jesus said, God's kingdom is a duality; it has an outer and an inner form.3. As seen by man it is composed of men, of those who make confession of the name of Christ.4. For various reasons various people crowd this outer kingdom of our God.5. The inner kingdom is the kingdom of the soul, the kingdom of the pure in heart.6. The outer kingdom I may well explain in parables.

Behold, for I have seen you cast a great net out into the sea,7. And when you hauled it in, lo, it was full of every kind of fish, some good, some bad, some great, some small; and I have seen you save the good and throw the bad away.8. This outer kingdom is the net, and every kind of man is caught; but in the sorting day the bad will all be cast away, the good reserved.9. Hear, then, the meaning of the parable of the wheat and tares:10. The sower is the son of man; the field, the world; the good seed are the children of the light; the tares, the children of the dark; the enemy, the carnal self; the harvest day, the closing of the age; the reapers are the messengers of God.11. The reckoning day will come to every man; then will the tares be gathered up, and cast into the fire and be burned.12. Then will the good shine forth as suns in the kingdom of the soul.13. And Philip said, Must men and women suffer in the flames because they have not found the way of life?14. And Jesus said, The fire purifies.

The evil things of men are all consumed in fire; the gold survives.17. The inner kingdom of the soul I may explain in parables:18. The son of man goes forth and scatters seeds of truth; God waters well the soil; the seeds show life and grow; first comes the blade, and then the stalk, and then the ear, and then the full wheat in the ear.19. The harvest comes and, lo, the reapers bear the ripened sheaves into the garner of the Lord.20. Again, this kingdom of the soul is like a little seed that men may plant in fertile soil.21. (A thousand of these seeds would scarcely be a shekel's weight.)22. The tiny seed begins to grow; it pushes through the earth, and after years of growth it is a mighty tree and birds rest in its leafy bowers and men find refuge 'neath its sheltering boughs from sun and storm.23. Again, the truth, the spirit of the kingdom of the soul, is like a ball of leaven that a woman hid in measures, three, of flour and in a little time the whole was leavened.24. Again, the kingdom of the soul is like a treasure hidden in a field which one has found, and straightway goes his way and sells all that he has and buys the field.25. When Jesus had thus said he went alone into a mountain pass near by to pray.

Lo, what is death?28. It is the passing of the soul out of the house of flesh.29. Man is the master of the soul and of its house.

When man has risen up from doubt and fear, lo, he can cleanse the empty house and bring the tenant back again.30. Then taking with him Peter, James and John, Jairus and the mother of the child, he went into the chamber of the dead.31. And when the doors were closed against the multitude, he spoke a word that souls can understand, and then he took the maiden by the hand and said,32. Talith cumi, child, arise!

The maiden's soul returned and she arose and asked for food.33. And all the people of the city were amazed, and many would have worshipped Jesus as a God.34. But, like a phantom of the night, he disappeared and went his way.

They who receive and welcome you, receive and welcome me;16. And they who shut their doors against your face, refuse to welcome me.17. If you are not received in kindness in a town, bear not away an evil thought; do not resist.18. An evil thought of any kind will do you harm; will dissipate your power.19. When you are not received with favour, go your way, for there are multitudes of men who want the light.20. Behold, I send you forth as sheep among a pack of wolves; and you must be as wise as serpents and as harmless as the doves.21. In all your language be discreet, for Pharisees and scribes will seek a cause for your arrest in what you say.22. And they will surely find a way by charges false to bring you into court.23. And judges will declare that you are guilty of some crime, and sentence you to scourgings and to prison cells.24. But when you come to stand before the judge, be not afraid; be not disturbed about the way to act, the words to speak.25. The Holy Breath will guide you in that hour, and give the words that you shall speak.26. Of this be full assured; It is not you who speaks; it is the Holy Breath that gives the words and moves the lips.27. The gospel that you preach will not bring peace, but it will stir the multitudes to wrath.28. The carnal man abhors the truth, and he would give his life to crush the tender plant before the harvest time.29. And this will bring confusion in the homes that were the homes of stagnant peace.30. And brother will give brother up to death; the father will stand by and see men execute his child; and in the courts the child will testify against the sire, and gladly see its mother put to death.31. And men will hate you just because you speak the name of Christ.32. Thrice blessed is the man who shall be faithful in this coming day of wrath!33. Go now; when you are persecuted in a place, go seek another place.34. And when you meet a foe too great for you, behold, the son of man is at your door, and he can speak, and all the hosts of heaven will stand in your defence.35. But do not hold your present life in great esteem.36. The time will come when men will take my life; you need not hope to be immune, for they will slay you in the name of God.37. Men call me Beelzebul and they will call you imps.38. Be not afraid of what men say and do; they have no power over soul; they may abuse and may destroy the body of the flesh; but that is all.39. They do not know the God who holds the issues of the soul within his hands, who can destroy the soul.40. The Christ is king to-day, and men must recognise his power.41. He who loves not the Christ, which is the love of God, before all else, can never gain the prize of spirit consciousness.42. And they who love their parents or their children more than they love the Christ can never wear the name of Christ.43. And he who loves his life more than he loves the Christ cannot please God.44. And he who clings to life shall lose his life, while he who gives his life for Christ will save his life.45. When Jesus had thus said he sent the twelve away by twos, and bade them meet him in Capernaum.46. And they went out through all the towns of Galilee and taught and healed in spirit and in power.

1. The Christine master spent a time in prayer and then he called the foreign masters, and he said to them,2. Behold, I sent the twelve apostles unto Israel, but you are sent to all the world.3. Our God is one, is Spirit, and is truth, and every man is dear to him.4. He is the God of every child of India, and the farther east; of Persia, and the farther north; of Greece and Rome and of the farther west; of Egypt and the farther south, and of the mighty lands across the seas, and of the islands of the seas.5. If God would send the bread of life to one and not to all who have arisen to the consciousness of life and can receive the bread of life, then he would be unjust and that would shake the very throne of heaven.6. So he has called you from the seven centres of the world, and he has breathed the breath of wisdom and of power into your souls, and now he sends you forth as bearers of the light of life, apostles of the human race.7. Go on your way, and as you go proclaim the gospel of the Christ.8. And then he breathed upon the masters and he said, Receive the Holy Breath; and then he gave to each the Word of power.9. And each went on his way, and every land was blest.10. Then Jesus went alone across the hills of Galilee and after certain days he reached the coast of Tyre, and in the home of Rachel he abode.11. He did not advertise his coming for he did not come to teach; he would commune with God where he could see the waters of the Mighty Sea.12. But Rachel told the news and multitudes of people thronged her home to see the Lord.13. A Grecian woman of Phenecia came; her daughter was obsessed.

If this be truly you, bid me to come to you upon the waves.30. The form reached forth his hand and said, Come on.31. And Peter stepped upon the waves and they were solid as a rock; he walked upon the waves.32. He walked until he thought within himself, What if the waves should break beneath my feet?33. And then the waves did break beneath his feet, and he began to sink, and in the fearfulness of soul he cried, O save me, Lord, or I am lost!34. And Jesus took him by the hand and said, O you of little faith!

you came not for the bread of life;6. You came to gratify your selfish selves; you all were fed the other day across the sea, and you are after more of loaves and fish.7. The food you ate was nourishment for flesh that soon must pass away.8. You men of Galilee, seek not for food that perishes, but seek for food that feeds the soul; and, lo, I bring you food from heaven.9. You ate the flesh of fish, and you were satisfied, and now I bring the flesh of Christ for you to eat that you may live for evermore.10. Our fathers ate the manna in the wilderness; and then they ate the flesh of quail, and drank the waters of a flowing spring that Moses brought out from the rock; but all of them are dead.11. The manna and the quail were symbols of the flesh of Christ; the waters of the rock were symbols of the blood.12. But, lo, the Christ has come; he is the bread of life that God has given to the world.13. Whoever eats the flesh of Christ and drinks his blood shall never die; and he will hunger nevermore; and he will thirst no more.14. And they who eat this bread of heaven, and drink these waters from the spring of life cannot be lost; these feed the soul, and purify the life.15. Behold, for God has said, When man has purified himself I will exalt him to the throne of power.16. Then Jesus and the twelve went to Capernaum; and Jesus went into the synagogue and taught.17. And when the Jews, who heard him in Gennesaret, were come they said,18. This fellow is beside himself.

The carnal mind lays hold of thought, and makes a monstrous bride; this bride is sin; sin is a creature of the mind.9. That which defiles a man is not the food he eats.10. The bread and fish and other things we eat, are simply cups to carry to the cells of flesh material for the building of the human house, and when their work is done as refuse they are cast away.11. The life of plant and flesh that goes to build the human house is never food for soul.

The spirit does not feed upon the carcasses of animal, or plant.12. God feeds the soul direct from heaven; the bread of life comes from above.13. The air we breathe is charged with Holy Breath, and he will may take this Holy Breath.14. The soul discriminates, and he who wants the life of Christ may breathe it in.

Do you not yet perceive that what a man takes in his mouth defiles him not?23. His food goes not into his soul; it is material for flesh and bone and brawn.24. To spirit everything is clean.25. That which defiles a man wells up from carnal thoughts; and carnal thoughts spring from the heart, and generate a host of evil things.26. From out the heart comes murders, thefts and foolishness.

The Roman soldiers will tread on twelve dead men before they reach our Lord.15. But Jesus said, A saviour of the world cannot resist.16. I came to save the world and I have taken up your names before the highest courts of heaven, and you have been confirmed as saviours of the world.17. And not a name, excepting that of him who shall betray, will ever be disgraced.18. I go my way, and though my flesh shall pass, my soul will stand beside you all the way to guide and bless.19. And wicked men will seize you in the streets, and as you kneel in prayer; will charge you with some legal crime, and think they serve their God by putting you to death.20. But falter not; the load will heavy be, but with the consciousness of duty done, the peace of God will lift the load, dispel the pain and light the way.21. And we will meet where carnal executioners come not; there we will serve the cruel men, who in their ignorance had tortured us to death.22. Can we prevent this outrage and this slaughter of our lives?

My body will be laid within a tomb in which no flesh has lain, symbolic of the purity of life in death.28. And in the tomb I will remain three days in sweet communion with the Christ, and with my Father-God and Mother-God.29. And then, symbolic of the ascent of the soul to higher life, my flesh within the tomb will disappear;30. Will be transmuted into higher form, and, in the presence of you all, I will ascend to God.31. Then Jesus and the twelve went to a village by the sea.

There are four thousand men, besides the women and the little ones.8. And Jesus said, How many loaves have you?9. They answered, Seven, and some little fish.10. And Jesus said, Go to, and seat the people as you seated them the other day when all the multitudes were fed, in companies of twelve.11. And when the people were sat down in companies of twelve the loaves and fish were brought.12. And Jesus looked to heaven and spoke the Word; and then he broke the seven loaves in little bits, and likewise cut the fish.13. And every bit of bread became a loaf, and every piece of fish became a fish.14. The twelve went forth and gave to every one; the people ate and they were filled; and all the fragments that were left were gathered up, and there were seven baskets full.15. and then the people went their ways, and the twelve took boats and came to Dalmanatha by the sea.16. Here they remained for many days, and Jesus told the twelve about the inner light that cannot fail;17. About the kingdom of the Christ within the soul; about the power of faith; about the secret of the resurrection of the dead; about immortal life, and how the living may go forth and help the dead.18. And then they went into their boats, and came unto the northern coast of Galilee, and in Chorazin where the kin of Thomas lived, they left their boats and journeyed on.19. They came to Merom, where the crystal waters seem to catch the images of heaven and to reflect the glory of the Lord of hosts.20. And here they tarried certain days in silent thought.21. And then they journeyed on, and came into the land of Cæsarea-Philippi.22. And as they walked and talked among themselves, the master said, What do the people say about the son of man?

There is a life that passes not.6. Where is your profit if you gain the world and lose your soul?

What would you take in payment for your soul?7. If you would find the spirit life, the life of man in God, then you must walk a narrow way and enter through a narrow gate.8. The way is Christ, the gate is Christ, and you must come up by the way of Christ.

The master only stood with them.31. As Jesus and the three came from the mountain top they talked about the meaning of the scene, and Jesus told them all; and then he said,32. Till I have risen from the dead tell not to any one what you have seen.33. But the disciples could not comprehend the meaning of the words, Till I have risen from the dead.34. And Jesus told them once again about his death, and rising from the grave; about the kingdom of the soul that was to come in glory and in power.35. But Peter said, The scribes have taught that e'er the king shall come Elijah must appear.36. And Jesus said, Elijah has already come; but scribes and Pharisees received him not;37. And men reviled him, bound him, cast him in a prison cell, and shouted with a fiend's delight to see him die.38. What men have done to him, that they will do to me.39. Then the disciples understood that Jesus spoke of John whom Herod slew.

Men find occasions for to sin and fall, and they grow strong by rising when they fall;17. But woe to him who causes other men to stumble and to fall.18. Be on your guard, you men of God, lest you constrain another man to fall; beware lest you fall into sinful ways yourselves.19. Now, if your hands cause you to sin, you better cut them off; for it is better far to have no hands and not be guilty in the sight of God and men, than to be perfect in your form and lose your soul.20. And if your feet should cause offence, you better cut them off; for it is better far to enter into life without your feet than fall beneath the curse.21. And if your eyes, or ears, cause you to sin, you better lose them all than lose your soul.22. Your thoughts and words and deeds will all be tried by fire.23. Remember that you are the salt of earth; but if you lose the virtues of the salt, you are but refuse in the sight of God.24. Retain the virtues of the salt of life and be at peace among yourselves.25. The world is full of men who have not in themselves the salt of life, and they are lost.

The law of Moses says that such as she shall die, be stoned to death; what do you say should be her punishment?22. And Jesus stooped and made a figure on the ground and in it placed the a soul, and then he sat in silent thought.23. And when the priests demanded that he speak, he said, Let him who has no sin stand forth and be the first to cast a stone at her.24. And then he closed his eyes, and not a word was said.

1. And Jesus stood again within the temple courts and taught.2. A master of the law was sent to question him that he might find a cause to censure and accuse him of a crime.3. He said, Lord, tell me what to do that I may have eternal life?4. And Jesus said, You know the law; what does it say?5. The lawyer answered, You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, with all your mind, and you shall love your neighbour as yourself.6. And Jesus said, Lo, you have answered well; this do and you shall live.7. The lawyer said, My neighbour, who is he?8. And Jesus said, A man was going from Jerusalem to Jericho, and lo, he met with robbers on the way, who beat him, robbed him of his goods, and left him bleeding by the way.9. A Pharisee was going down that way; he saw the wounded man; but then he had no time to lose; he passed by on the other side.10. A Levite came and saw the man; but he was loath to soil his sacerdotal robes, and he passed by.11. A lawyer on his way to Jericho observed the dying man, and then he said, If I could make a shekel I might help the man; but he has nothing left to give, I have no time for charity; and he passed on.12. And then a stranger from Samaria came that way; he saw the wounded man; his heart was touched with pity, and he stopped, dismounted from his horse,13. Revived the man, and placed him on his horse and took him to an inn and charged the keeper of the inn to nurse him back to strength.14. He gave the keeper all the money that he had and said, Your charges may be more than this, but care for this unfortunate, and when I come again I will pay all; and then he went his way.15. Now, master of the law, which of these four was neighbour unto him who fell among the thieves?16. The lawyer said, The man who showed him mercy; he who cared for him.17. And Jesus said, Go on your way and likewise do, and you shall live.18. Now, Jesus, Peter, James and John went out to Bethany where Lazarus lived.19. And Mary sat at Jesus' feet and heard him speak the words of life while Martha served.20. And Martha called, but Mary would not leave the Lord to help her serve.21. And Martha said to Jesus, Do you not care that Mary makes me bear the burdens of the serving all the day?

No one is truly good but God himself.21. And God has said, If you would enter into life, keep the Commandments of the law.22. The young man asked, To which commands did he refer?23. And Jesus said, You shall not kill; you shall not steal; you shall not do adulterous things; you shall not falsely testify;24. and you shall love your God with all your heart, and you shall love your neighbour as yourself.25. The man replied, These things I have observed from youth; what lack I yet?26. And Jesus said, One thing you lack; your heart is fixed on things of earth; you are not free.27. Go forth and sell all that you have, and give your money to the poor, and come follow me, and you shall have eternal life.28. The man was grieved at what the master said; for he was rich; he hid his face and went in sorrow on his way.29. And Jesus looked upon the sorrowing man and said, It is so hard for men with hoarded wealth to enter through the door into the kingdom of the soul.30. And his disciples were amazed at what he said.31. He answered them and said, I tell you, men, that they who trust in riches cannot trust in God and cannot come into the kingdom of the soul:32. Yea, it is easier for a camel to go through a needle's eye than for a man with hoarded wealth to find the way of life.

Who can be saved?33. And Jesus said, The rich may give his gold away; the high may kiss the dust, and God will save.34. Then Jesus spoke this parable to them:35. A rich man lived in splendid state; he wore the finest garments men could make; his boards were loaded with the costliest viands of the land.36. A beggar, blind and lame, whose name was Lazarus, was wont to sit beside the waste gate of this home that he might share with dogs the refuse from the rich man's board.37. It came to pass that Lazarus died, and angels carried him away unto the bosom of our father Abraham.38. The rich man also died, and he was buried in a costly tomb; but in the purifying fires he opened up his eyes dissatisfied.39. He looked and saw the beggar resting peacefully in the bosom of his father Abraham, and in the bitterness of his soul he cried,40. My father Abraham, look down in mercy on your son; I am tormented in these flames.41. Send Lazarus, I beseech, that he may give me just a sup of water to cool my parched tongue.42. But Abraham replied, My son, in mortal life, you had the best things of the earth and Lazarus had the worst, and you would not give him a cup of water there, but drove him from your door.43. The law must be fulfilled, and Lazarus now is comforted, and you are paying what you owe.44. Besides, there is a great gulf fixed between your zone and us, and if I would I could not send Lazarus to you, and you cannot come up to us till you have paid your debts.45. Again the man in anguish said, O father Abraham, I pray, send Lazarus back to earth, and to my father's house, that he may tell my brothers who are yet in life, for I have five of them, about the horrors of this place, lest they come down to me and not to you.46. And Abraham replied, They have the words of Moses and the seers, let them hear them.47. The man replied, They will not hearken to the written word; bit if a amn would go up from the grave they might believe.48. But Abraham replied, If they hear not the words of Moses and the seers they would not be persuaded even though one from the dead stood in their midst.49. And Peter said, Lord, we have left our all to follow you; and what is our reward?50. And Jesus said, Most verily I say to you, that you who have left all to follow me shall come into a newness of a life hid deep with Christ in God.51. And you shall sit with me upon the throne of power, and judge with me the tribes of Israel.52. And he who conquers carnal self, and follows me through Christ shall have a hundred fold of that which is the wealth of life on earth, and in the world to come, eternal life.

1. The Lord was standing by the sea; the multitudes were there and one stood forth and said,2. Does God bestow rewards as men bestow rewards, for what is done?3. And Jesus said, Men never know what other men have done, this life is such a seeming life.4. One man may seem to do a mighty work, and be adjudged by men as worthy of a great reward.5. Another man may seem to be a failure in the harvest fields of life, and be dishonoured in the face of men.6. Men do not know the hearts of men; God only knows the hearts of men, and when the day is done he may reward with life the man who fell beneath the burdens of the day, and turn away the man who was the idol of the hearts of men.7. And then he spoke a parable; he said, The kingdom of the soul is like a man who had a vast estate,8. And in the morning time he went down to the market place to search for men to gather in his grain.9. He found three men, and he agreed to give to each a penny for his service for the day, and sent them to his field.10. Again he went down to the market place the third hour of the day and found five men in waiting, and he said, Go down into my field and serve, and I will pay you what is right; and they went down and served.11. He went again; it was the sixth hour of the day, and seven men were waiting at the stand; he sent them to the field to serve.12. And at the eleventh hour he went again; twelve men stood there in seeming idleness; he said to them, Why stand you here in idleness all day?13. They said, Because we have no work to do; no man has hired us.14. And then he sent them to his field to serve.15. Now, when the evening came the man said to his steward, Call the labourers from the field, and pay them for his services.

All hail the dawn of peace on earth; good will to men!7. All hail triumphant king, who grapples with the tyrant Death, who conquers in the fight, and brings to light immortal life for men!8. All hail the broken cross, the mutilated spear!9. All hail the triumph of the soul!

Amen.17. And Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said,18. My Father-God, let now the benediction of thy love, thy mercy and thy truth rest on these men.19. The lamp is taken from their midst, and if the inner light be not aflame, lo, they must tread the ways of darkness and of death.20. And then he said to all, Farewell21. Then Jesus and his mother, and the twelve, and Miriam and Mary, mother of the two disciples, James and John,22. And many other loyal souls who loved the Christ, went to Jerusalem, that they might celebrate the Jewish feast.23. And as they journeyed on their way they came to Enon Springs, near unto Salim where the harbinger once taught.24. And as they rested by the fountain, Mary, wife of Zebedee, and mother of the two disciples, James and John, came to the master and she said,25. My Lord, I know the kingdom is about to come, and I would ask this boon: Command that these my sons shall sit with you upon the throne, the one upon the right, the other on the left.26. And Jesus said to her, You know not what you ask.27. And then he turned to James and John and said, Are you prepared and are you strong enough to drink the cup that I will drink?28. They said, Yes, master, we are strong enough to follow where you go.29. Then Jesus said, You shall indeed drink of my cup; but I am not the judge of who will sit upon my right or my left.30. The men who live the life and keep the faith will sit upon the throne of power.31. Now, when the apostles heard the pleadings of the mother for her sons, and knew that James and John were seeking special favours from the Lord, they were indignant and they said,32. We surely thought that James and John had risen above the selfish self.

Who can we trust among the sons of men?33. And Jesus called the ten apart and said to them, How hard for men to comprehend the nature of the kingdom of the soul!34. These two disciples do not seem to know that rulership in heaven is not akin to rulership on earth.35. In all the kingdoms of the world, the men of power, they who exalt themselves, show their authority, and rule with iron rule;36. But you must know that they who rule the sons of light are they who seek no earthly power, but give their lives in willing sacrifice for men.37. Whoever would be great must be the minister of all.

Did I not say that you should see the glory of the Lord?31. And then they rolled the stone away; the flesh had not decayed; and Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said,32. My Father-God, thou who hast ever heard my prayers, I thank thee now, and that these multitudes may know that thou hast sent me forth, that I am thine and thou art mine, make strong the Word of power.33. And then he spoke the Word, and in a voice that souls can comprehend, he said, O Lazarus, awake!34. And Lazarus arose and came out of the tomb.

The seed may seem to die, but from its grave the tree arises into life.18. So man may seem to die, but he lives on, and from the grave he springs up into life.19. If you could comprehend the word that Moses spoke about the burning bush that burned and still was not consumed, then you would know that death cannot destroy the life.20. And Moses said that God is God of Abraham, of Isaac, and of Israel.21. God is not God of dead men's bones, but the living man.22. I tell you, men, man goes down to the grave, but he will rise again and manifest the life;23. For every life is hid with Christ in God, and man shall live while God shall live.24. The Pharisees and scribes who heard the Lord, exclaimed, He speaks the truth; and they were glad to have the Sadducees discomfited.25. And then an honest scribe came forth and said to Jesus, Lord, you speak as one whom God has sent, and may I ask,26. Which is the greatest and the first of the Commandments of the Law?27. And Jesus said, The first is Hear O Israel, the Lord our God is one; and you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your mind, with all your soul, with all your strength;28. And you shall love your neighbour as yourself.29. These are the greatest of the ten, and on them hang the Law, the Prophets and the Psalms.30. The scribe replied, My soul gives witness that you speak the truth, for love fulfils the law, and far transcends burnt offerings and sacrifice.31. And Jesus said to him, Lo, you have solved a mystery; you are within the kingdom and the kingdom is in you.32. To his disciples Jesus spoke, and all the people heard; he said, Beware you of the scribes and Pharisees who pride themselves in wearing long and richly decorated robes,33. And Love to be saluted in the market place, and seek the highest seats at feasts, and take the hard-earned wages of the poor to satisfy their carnal selves, and pray in public, long and loud.34. These are the wolves who clothe themselves to look like sheep.35. And then he said to all, The scribes and Pharisees are placed by law in Moses' seat, and by the law they interpret law;36. So what they bid you do, that do; but do not imitate their deeds.37. They say the things that Moses taught; they do the things of Beelzebul.38. They talk of mercy, yet they bind on human shoulders burdens grievous to bear.39. They talk of helpfulness, and yet they put not forth the slightest helpful efforts for their brother man.40. They make a show of doing things, and yet they do not anything but show their gaudy robes, and broad phylacteries, and smile when people call them honoured masters of the law.41. They strut about and show their pride when people call them father, so and so.42. Hear, now, you men, Call no man father here.

for on your heads will come the blood of all the holy men who have been slain upon the earth.18. From righteous Abel down to Zacharias, son of Barachias, who was slain within the Holy Place before the altar of the Lord.19. Behold, I say that these things all shall come upon this nation and the people of Jerusalem.20. And Jesus looked about and said, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou cruel city of Jerusalem, that slays the prophets in the streets and kills the holy men whom God has sent to you!21. Lo, I would oft have gathered you as children to the fold of God; but you would not.22. You have rejected God, and now your house is desolate, and you shall see me not again till you can say,23. Thrice blessed is the son of man who comes as son of God.24. Then Jesus went and sat beside the treasury and watched the people as they paid their tithes.25. The rich men came and gave of their abundance; and then he saw a poor but loyal widow come and put a farthing in the treasure box.26. And then he said to his disciples who were standing by, Behold, for this poor widow who has put a farthing in the treasury has done more than they all;27. For she has given all she had; the rich have given just a little share of what they have.28. A company of Grecian Jews were at the feast, and they met Philip, who could talk with them, and said, Sir, we would see the Lord, this Jesus, who is called the Christ.29. And Philip led the way, and brought them to the Christ.30. And Jesus said, The hour has come; the son of man is ready to be glorified, and it cannot be otherwise.31. Except a grain of wheat fall into earth and die it can be nothing but a grain of wheat; but if it die it lives again, and from its grave a hundred grains of wheat arise.32. My soul is troubled now; What shall I say?

Yes, you believe, and if you love the Christ and follow me then you will keep my words.30. I am the vine; you are the branches of the vine; my Father is the husbandmen.31. The branches that are worthless, bearing naught but leaves, the husbandmen will cut away and cast into the fire to be burned.32. And he will prune the branches that bear fruit that they may yield abundantly.33. The branch cannot bear fruit if separated from the vine; and you cannot bear fruit when separate from me.34. Abide in me, and do the works that God, through me, has taught you how to do, and you will bear much fruit, and God will honour you as he has honoured me.35. And now I go my way, but I will pray my Father-God and he will send another Comforter to you, who will abide with you.36. Behold, this Comforter of God, the Holy Breath, is one with God, but she is one the world cannot receive because it sees her not; it knows her not.37. But you know her, and will know her, because she will abide within your soul.38. I will not leave you desolate, but in the Christ, which is the love of God made manifest to men, I will be with you all the way.

If I go not the Comforter will not come to you.5. These things I speak while with you in the flesh, but when the Holy Breath shall come in power, lo, she will teach you more and more, and bring to your remembrance all the words that I have said to you.6. There are a multitude of things yet to be said; things that this age cannot receive, because it cannot comprehend.7. But, lo, I say, Before the great day of the Lord shall come, the Holy Breath will make all mysteries known--8. The mysteries of the soul, of life, of death, of immortality; the oneness of a man with every other man and with his God.9. Then will the world be led to truth, and man will be the truth.10. When she has come, the Comforter, she will convince the world of sin, and of the truth of what I speak, and of the judgement of the just; and then the prince of carnal life will be cast out.11. And when the Comforter shall come I need not intercede for you; for you will stand approved, and God will know you then as he knows me.12. The hour has come when you will weep; the wicked will rejoice, because I go away; but I will come again, and all your sorrows shall be turned to joy;13. Yea, verily, you will rejoice as one who welcomes back a brother from the dead.14. And the disciples said, Our Lord, speak not in proverbs any more; speak plainly unto us; we know that you are wise and know all things.15. What is the meaning of your words, I go away, but I will come again?16. And Jesus said, The hour is come when you will all be scattered forth, and every man will be afraid;17. Will flee to save his life and leave me alone; yet I will not be all alone; my Father-God is with me all the way.18. And wicked men will take me to the judgment seat of wicked men and in the presence of the multitudes I will give up my life, a pattern for the sons of men.19. But I will rise again and come to you.20. These things I speak that you may be established in the faith when they shall come to pass.21. And you shall bear the buffetings of men, and follow in the thorny path I tread.22. Be not dismayed; be of good cheer, Lo, I have overcome the world, and you shall overcome the world.23. Then Jesus lifted up his eyes to heaven and said, My Father-God, the hour has come;24. The son of man must now be lifted from the earth, and may he falter not, that all the world may know the power of sacrifice;25. For as I give my life for men, lo, men must give their lives for other men.26. I came to do thy will, O God, and in the sacred name, the Christ is glorified, that men may see the Christ as life, as light, as truth.27. And through the Christ become themselves the life, the light, the love, the truth.28. I praise thy name because of these whom thou hast given me, for they have honoured thee and they will honour thee;29. And none of them are lost, and none are gone away, except the blinded son of carnal life, who hath gone forth to sell his Lord.30. O God, forgive this man because he knows not what he does.31. And now, O God, I come to thee, and am no more in mortal life; keep thou these men to whom I have made known thy wisdom and thy love.32. As they believe in me, and in the words I speak, may all the worlds believe in them and in the words they speak.33. As thou hast sent me forth into the world, so I have sent them forth.

My human flesh shrinks back; my soul is firm; so not my will, but thine, O God, be done.50. In agony he prayed; the strain upon the human form was great; his veins were burst asunder, and his brow was bathed in blood.51. And then he went back to the three, and found them all asleep; he said,52. O Simon, Simon, do you sleep!

if I must drink this bitter cup, give me the strength of soul; for not my will, but thine be done.55. And then he went again to his disciples; lo, he found them still asleep.

God is my witness, and my words and deeds bear witness to the truth;20. And every man who comprehends the truth will hearken to my words, and in his soul give witness unto me.21. And Pilate said, What is the truth?22. And Jesus said, Truth is the God who knows.

I have betrayed the son of God; the curse of God will rest upon my soul.4. And then he turned and ran with haste until he reached the temple door; he found the priests, who gave to him the thirty silver pieces to betray the Lord, and said,5. Take back your bribe; it is the cost price of my soul; I have betrayed the son of God.6. The priests replied, That matters not to us.7. Then Judas threw the silver on the floor, and, bowed with grief, he went away, and on a ledge beyond the city's walls he hanged himself and died.8. In time the fastenings gave way, his body fell into the Hinnon vale and after many days they found it there a shapeless mass.9. The rulers could not put the price of blood into the treasury, and so they took the thirty silver pieces with which they bought a potter's field,10. Where they might bury those who had no rights to lie within their sacred grounds.11. And there they put the body of the man who sold his Lord.

have you no fear of God?27. This man is innocent of any crime while you and I are guilty and are paying up the debts we owe.28. And then he said to Jesus, Lord, I know thy kingdom comes, the kingdom that the world can never comprehend;29. And when thou comest on the clouds of heaven, remember me.30. And Jesus said, Behold, for I will meet you in the realm of souls this day.31. Now, standing near unto the cross were many women from Judea and from Galilee.

A Roman soldier dipped a sponge in vinegar and myrrh, and placed it to his lips.7. Now, at the ninth hour of the day the earth began to quake, and in the darkness of that sunless day, a flood of golden light appeared above the cross;8. And from the light a voice was heard which said, Lo, it is done.9. And Jesus said, My Father-God, into thy hands I give my soul.10. A Roman soldier in compassion said, This agony is all too great; relief shall come.

The body is the manifest of soul; but soul is soul without its manifest.16. And in the realm of souls, unmanifest, the Lord went forth and taught.17. He opened up the prison doors and set the prisoners free;18. He broke the chains of captive souls, and led the captives to the light;19. He sat in council with the patriarchs and prophets of the olden times;20. The masters of all times and climes he met, and in the great assemblies he stood forth and told the story of his life on earth, and of his death in sacrifice for man,21. And of his promises to clothe himself again in garb of flesh and walk with his disciples, just to prove the possibilities of man;22. To give to them the key of life, of death, and of the resurrection of the dead.23. In council all the masters sat and talked about the revelations of the coming age,24. When she, the Holy Breath, shall fill the earth and air with holy breath, and open up the way of man to perfectness and endless life.25. The garden of Siloam was silent on the Sabbath day; the Jewish soldiers watched and no one else approached the tomb; but on the following night the scene was changed.26. At midnight every Jewish soldier heard a voice which said, Adon Mashich Cumi, which meant, Lord Christ arise.27. And they supposed again that friends of Jesus were alert, were coming up to take the body of their Lord away.28. The soldiers were alert with swords unsheathed and drawn, and then they heard the words again.29. It seemed as though the voice was everywhere, and yet they saw no man.30. The soldiers blanched with fear, and still to flee meant death for cowardice, and so they stood and watched.31. Again, and this was just before the sun arose, the heavens blazed with light, a distant thunder seemed to herald forth a coming storm;32. and then the earth began to quake and in the rays of light they saw a form descend from heaven.

Through Christ all men may enter into light and life.34. The Christine Church stands on the postulates that Jesus is the love of God made manifest; that love is saviour of the sons of men.35. This Christine Church is but the kingdom of the Holy One within the soul, made manifest.36. This day the Christine Church is opened up, and whosoever will may enter in, and, by the boundless grace of Christ, be saved.37. Again the people said, How may we enter in that we may share the boundless grace of Christ?38. And Peter said, Reform and be baptised, and turn away from sin and lead the life deep hid with Christ in God, and you shall enter in and be redeemed.39. Three thousand people turned away from sin and were baptised and sought to lead the life deep hid with Christ in God.40. And in one day the Christine Church became a mighty power; and Christ became a mighty word that thrilled the multitudes in many lands.