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SOUL SCIENCE AND

I MMORTR

AL I TY .

THE ART OF BUILDING A SOUL .

THE SECRET OF THE

COMING CHR I ST .

AUTHfiRI ZED TE" T BOOK OFTH E C H U R C H O F

ILLUMINATION .

Published byThe Philosophica l Publisbing Co . ,

A llentown , Pa .

Copyrighted 1911

DR. R . SW INBURNE CLYMER .

wi ll Rights of Title and Sn bjeelW a ller

“Reserved .

of Tra ns la tion .

PREFACE.

The object of this book is to announce to the world the

Second Coming o f the Christ .

Much has been W1 1tten and much h as been taught alongthis line , but few al e authorized to know the Christ—theSon o f Man .

There are those who have told us that the Christ is with

in us , but none have been able to tell us HOW we are to

KNOW the Christ within and when he comes .

How can we know the Christ when he comes ?

This is the main question . I f the Christ is within us

WE KNOW . We have proof, and we have authbrity ,whereas before we have merely guessed and theorized andBEL IEVED . Now we are to KNOW .

Peter says :“

We have not followed'

cunningly devised

fables when we made known . unto you the power and

coming o f the Lord Jesus Christ , but were EYE WITNESSES to His Majesty.

”

“For he received from God the Father hono r and glory ,

when there came such a voice to him from this excellent

glory , T H IS IS‘

MY BELOVED SON in whom I AM

WELL PLEASED .

’

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And the vo ice which came from

heaven WE HEARD when we were with him on the holy

mount.“We have also a more sure word o f prophecy ; where

unto ye do well that ye take heed as unto a light that shin

eth in a dark place , until the day dawn , and the day star

arise in YOUR HEARTS .

“Knowing the prophecy came not in olden time BY

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THE W ILL OF MAN ; but HOLY men o f God spake as

they were moved by the Ho ly Gho st .”( Fire—Soul . )

This prophecy o f the S econd Coming is fulfilled'

and

the time is at hand , and“

ye do well to take heed.

Power‘

is given to the student to know , for if the Christ

is within you ,

“

ye shall be neither barren nor unfruitful in

the knowledge o f the Lord J esus Christ.”

We do not teach the coming o f J esus in the flesh to set

up a kingdom here on earth , nor to gather a certain pre

destined few to take with him to heaven ,we are to teach

THE CHR IST ,the True Conception of God , the Creator

o f all men, as Jesus taught it ages ago .

“

He who knows” h as been COMMANDED and authorized from the Great White Throne to deliver the messageto the world .

HEAR YE H IM.

“

Ye are to announce to the whole world the advent o fthe Christ Principle .

”

Ye are to teach to all peoples the Coming o f the Christthe Son o f Man .

”The command from the Great White

Throne .

“

Verily, verily, I say unto you, the hour is coming, a ndnow is , when the dead sh all hear the voice o f the Son o f

God : and they that hear shall live .

“

He that heareth my wo rd , and believeth On him that

sent me , hath everlasting life, and shall no t come into con

demnation ; but is passed from de ath unto life .

”

The wo rld h as been looking fo rward to the coming o f

the Christ, and many teachers and prophets have pro claim

ed him from divers places . But Jesus said :“M any will

come in my name saying, I am Christ , and shall deceivemany.

”And he further explained to them the sign o f h is

coming.

He said : A s the lightning“

eozn eth out of the Ea s t a ndshineth even unto the Wes t, so sha ll a lso the Corn ing ofthe Son 0] M an he.

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Strange that prophets, priests and sages have given so

little attention to the meaning o f this verse o f the Scrip

ture . No wo rds could be plainer . Sheathed they are in

the symbols o f heaven , yet plain to he who knows .

”

Lightning which cometh out of the Ea s t. Lightning is

the electrical vibration o f heaven—M IND , the Supreme

Creator of all the Universe . The M inds , the Thoughts , which

have lived for ages in the great souls o f prophets , priests

and sages , the desires and prayers o f the Ancient Mystics

have reached unto the innermost recesses o f the Western

Wo rld. The soul o f the Christ h as spread its wings over

the entire world , and the hour o f its acceptance is at hand.

“And the dead

.

shall hear the voice o f the Son o f God ;

and they that hear shall live .

Tho se who have spent their lives seeking among the il

lusions and snares o f the earth , tho se who are dead to the

Truth,who have not accepted the words o f wisdom and

have not builded their soul on th e Ro ck o f Truth (Christ

Principle ) shall hear h is vo ice and they shall live .

Soul Science h as come , which is the Christ, sent by the

command f1 om the Gi éat White Th i one“

Out o f th e Throne p 1 o ceedcd lightnings and thunde1

ings and vo ices ; and thel e were seven lamps o f F IRE burning before the Throne which were the Spirits o f God.

’

Soul Science is"

the Baptism o f Fire , which is also the

Holy Gho st . The second Coming o f the Christ was prom

ised byVOne who knew and po ssessed the Soul of Christ ,

who represented those who sit 0 11 the Great White Throne

and who are the Seven Spirits o f God.

Many have taught when his coming would be , but none

have spoken with AUTHOR ITY .

This bo ok which we now present to the public contains

the message o f Life and the vo ice o f tho se who have spok

These words are Spirit and they are Life . and h e who

listens shall live .

2 Before Jesus came John the Baptist. He came crying

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in the wilderness of error, Prepare ye the way of the Lord,make h is paths straight .

”

John the Baptist was the forerunner o f the Christ .

He prepared the people for the acceptance o f the Truth .

He said : I am come baptising with water (Mind) , but o nemightier than I cometh , the latchets o f whose shoes I am

not worthy to unloose ; he shall baptise you with fire

( Soul )Water is the symbol of Mind. We know that John

taught and healed many. He was a mind, or mental heal

er . The world waited long in a w ilderness o f darkness and

error before it accepted the power and work o f the Mind

healers .

Many have used the power erroneously until the great

AFF IRMER arose in the person o f Mary Baker G. Eddy

and gave to the struggling, misguided mentalists the prin

ciple o f Mind and Mental healing.

As John the Baptist looked fo iward to the greater demonsti ation o f power and glory f1 om above , so did the great

Baptist disciple look forward to a greater demonstration o f

the power from on high. It h as not come as she expected ,but the day o f the Son of Man 18 here as an

nounced by John the Baptist. The’

material age , the age

o f darkness represented by the word Egypt h as long sincepassed. Egypt has represented darkness , unenlightenment ,yet out o f the darkness came light. l

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d the earth waswithout form and void , and darkness was upon the faceo f the deep . And the Spirit of God moved upon the faceo f the water , and God?said ,

“Let there be light and there

was light .”

Egypt once held all the mysteries and teachings o f theancients . It held the true light , and from it the Truth , theesoteric teachings o f the Philosophers and Wise men hadcome . Ovei the tombs of the Ph ai oahs , within the pyramids and obelisks still live the letters o f Fire

, the symbolso f the One God, the great unknown but Knowable One

,

who is the Life and Light of the world .

Moses brought th e Truth from Egypt to the Jews . Jesus

brought it once again from the crypts and secret places to

both Jew and Gentiles , and as the lightning flashes from

the east and shineth even unto the west , so have the Words

o f the Living God , the Osiris o f the Egyptians , the God

o f Moses , and the Christ o f Jesus , broke the darkened

clouds o f m aterialism and dead faith , and spread - the light

deep into the hearts o f the western w orld o f men .

Mesmer , considered ( but was not) the discoverer o f a

S) mpathetic vibration between the heavenly bodies and the

ea1t h , and the human bodies .

This he called magnetism , or anim al magnetism .

He h ad not attained the perfection of mental science .

He gave the physical facts o f magnetism , for he did no t

go beyond matter and the physical body, but h is teachings

were true , and were o f great help to the world in the ma

terial age . Magnetism is not entirely a physical attraction .

I n reality its principles are truly mental , but it h ad not de

veloped in that era or age .

Then came John the Baptist , the Elias of old which

was for to come ,”in the form o f Mind Science .

Wonderful work h as been accomplished by Mental or

Mind Science in its varied forms .

The mind is the real Creator. The mind makes or mars

the world o f souls. Mind must come first , for it is th e

forerunner o f the Christ which is the Soul , for Mind builds

the Soul.

But Mind dies and Soul lives .

In the beginning when God created , when theWord be

came flesh , the Spirit o f God ( developed Mind) moved

upon the face o f the waters (minds ) and there was Light.

When the Divine Mind o f God moved upon the minds o f

men , God- mind became flesh ,

was created in the flesh , and

the Light o f Truth , God , was born in the minds o f men .

Man began to learn that he was of the Creator, that he

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also was created and was a part o f th e Creator .

All the mental and mind healers and teachers have given

the world great go od and the promise of Life , for the

Teacher o f the Living Fire followed the Teacher o f th e

Mind .

He (Christ) also was to be baptized with water or Mind.

J ohn was amazed when he saw Him there giving him

homage and acknowledgement o f being the greatest teach

er then living. J esus became RECEPT IVE to the M INDTEACH ING , Knowing whereof it listeth .

N ow the day o f the Christ is at hand . He that baptizeswith Fire ( Soul) is here , and this is the day o f Soul Sciencefor , as J ohn taught , th e Baptism o f Fire ( Soul) shall follow him .

Mental Science h as paved the Way for the Science of theSoul or Fire . I t is that F ire which spoke to Mo ses in theBurning Bush . It is the Fire which lighted the children o f

Israel from Egyptian Rule or DARKNESS . I t is the Firethat descended in the

“

form o f a dove from heaven , and

the tongue o f fire which sat upon the Apo stles on the dayo f

‘

Pentaco st. I t is the Soul, the AWAKENED Soul of

the Christ WITH IN m an.

It h as been but a month Since that Chris thood and

A d eptship h as been issued , and few men could dreamthatit would be accepted as the first cry in the wilderness . I t

h as fallen upon the highways and byw ays o f many heartsand they have recognized it as the Seed o f Life for which

they have thirsted long. It has explained fully and simplyall that Mind is , its power and the secret o f its power .

I t is the fo rerunner o f the psesent work , and should bestudied with it . One who h as a copy o f the fo rmer worksays : A few days ago I received the book “

Chris thood

a nd A d eptship , and have read it over several times andfind it , next to the Bible , the most interesting book I everread . But I must know more . From all over the landcome messages o f encouragement and a demand for more

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and more o f the same teachings . And He Who Knowsh as received COMMAND to issue the present work . Thus

the time for the Baptism o f F ire is at hand , and that which

is o f the Soul must take the place o f that which is o f the

mind only. The Soul is greater than the mind . I t is the

living man ,the eternal Life o f the Spirit . I t is the Light

o f men ,the living Fire or eternal death , which ever he

choo ses to make it . Jesus taught that the,

Soul w as great

er than all else . He h as said : What will it profit a man

to gain the whole world and lo se h is own soul .”

All through the Go spels and the writings o f the Apo stles

tho se who were inspired and authorized to speak as the

oracle o f God , warned and taught men to develop the

Soul . To bring the Soul to the knowledge o f the One

God .

Paul tells us , To be carnally wicked is death , but to be

spiritually minded is life and peace .

”

The mind builds the Soul , and a spiritual mind builds

life and peace .

The God o f peace sanctity you wholly ; and I pray God

your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blame

less unto the coming o f our Lord Jesus Christ .” Here 1n

he warns us to preserve the Spirit , soul and body.

Paul again says :“We are laborers together with God .

Ye are God’

s husbandry . Ye are God’

s BU ILDING. Ac

c0 1 ding to the gi ace o f God which is given un to me , as a

wise master the 1eon ,but let every ma n take heed how he

ha ild ezh thereon.

”

“

Eveiy man’

sw0 1k shall be made manifest ; for the dayshall declare it , because it sha ll he rev ea led by f ire ( Soul) ;and the Fire shall try every man

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s work what sort it is .

”

Know ye not that ye are the temple o f God , and that

the Spirit o f God dwelleth in you ?”

I f any man defile the temple ( his body) o f God , him

shall God d estroy, for the temple of God is holy , which

temple ye are.

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God will destroy the unholy - the God that is WI TTINyou , when you are tried by the Fire of what sort your

work is .

For“God is a consuming fire ( Soul) .

The work o f the New Church is to establish the true

conception'

o f the Christ upon the same Ro ck it was built

upon when the M aster laid the foundation to be built upon by those who should follow him .

“Thou, art the Christ , the Son o f the Living God .

On this Rock He built His Church

The Soul is the man , and THOU art the soul ; therefore

THOU art the Son o f the L IVI NG God.

The work of the Church is to establish the Soul’s“

relationship to God after the manner o f Christ.

Christ was the Master Builder , and he h as laid the foun

dation fo r others to build upon .

The foundation is Lo ve , Truth , Virtue , Patience , Gentleness , Forbearance , Kindness , Longsufl ering toward all

God’

s creatures .

To teach development o f mind and soul .

Soul Science does not criticise nor antagonize the Bible .

I ts mission is to lift the veil fromthe hidden Truth and

mysteries so that all can understand .

We teach all men how to live pure , clean lives andidentify the Soul with the Christ .

Few know the Soul , where it is and what it is .

The Church will open the understanding so that theSoul will manifest itself and its real works to the earnest

seeker.

Healing stations and schools are to be established in ev

ery city and town where the Truth will be accepted . The

Healing o f the Soul or the ZEth is taught , and this is theHealing o f the Christ.

Christ healed n ot by mind alone . He employed bothMind and Soul , and his works were greater than any theworld had ever seen.

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The Church announces to the whole world the Advent

o f the Christ Principle .

”

It w ill teach the whole world the Coming o f the Christ ,the Son o f Man .

I t will“

gather together the elect from the four winds of

heaven , lift up the fallen , open the eyes of the blind , heal

the broken - hearted , and teach the gospel to the poor , and

set at liberty them that are bruised .

This is the Church of Illumination, the Second Comingo f the Christ .

The time spoken o f in the Bible is here .

The time when Christ shall come“to be glorified in h is

saints and to be admired in a ll them tha t believe .

”

Th e day spoken o f in the Bible “cometh as a thief in

the night.”

The man o f evil, the desires and longings o f th e flesh ,

shall say :‘Peace and safety ;

’ then suddenly destruction

cometh upon them as travail upon a woman with child ;and they shall not escape ,

”for when the Light o f Truth

dawns upon the minds of men all evil shall flee .

Jesus s aid :“I am come to send Force on the earth .

John the Baptist said :“I am come baptizing you with

water (mind) , but one mightier than I cometh , the latches

o f who se shoes I am not worthy to unloose . He shall baptize you with Fire

“You who are troubled rest with me , when the Lord

Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with h is mighty an

gels , in Flaming Fire , taking vengeance on them who know

not God and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus

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The evil thoughts and desires are those that obey not.

Vengeance is the taking away o f these evils which hold

men in the thrall and lure of the earth and the flesh .

Thus Jesus is revealed in the Fire Baptism .

So ul Science or Immortality teaches all that can be

known, taught or revealed openly. It is the Baptism of

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Fire and the Holy Gho st .

Every Chapter gives the Truth , simply , plain and con

cise . There is no vague , visionary teaching. I t is found

ed upon the Ro ck o f Truth , the Christ. The student learnsto know good from evil , false from true .

“A double - minded man is unstable in all h is ways , for

he knows not good from evil and false from true , and the

greatest dangers to the student are the ignorant dabblers in

science falsely so - called ,”and tho se who call themselves

o ccultists'

without authority or understanding o f the

Truth .

Paul says , Let no man beguile you o f your reward ina voluntary humility and worshipping o f angels , intendingunto those things , which he hath not seen ,

vainly puffed

up by his fleshy mind. And no t holding the Head , from

which all the body by jo ints and bands having nourish

ment ministered , and knit together increaseth with the in

crease o f God . Wherefore if ye be dead with Christ fromthe rudiments o f the world, who as though living in the

world are y e subject to o rdinances .

”

‘Which things have indeed a show o f

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wisdom in WILLWORSHIP, and humility and neglecting o f the body ; notin any hour to the satisfying o f the flesh .

Seek those things which are above , where Christ sitteth on the right hand o f God .

”

When Christ , who is our life shall appear , then shall

ye also appear with him 1n glory.

“For when he doth appear , we shall be like him for we

shall see him as he is .

”

Those who read this book , Sonl Science a nd "minor

ta lity ,

”and LIVE IT will be healed mentally and physic

ally. All the secrets o f LIFE and DEATH are made plain .

The greatest healing power ever given to mankind wasdemonstrated by Jesus the Christ .In /Eth Healing the same Law s , the same Rules , th e ac

tual power and healing as taught by Jesus are revealed.

The student KNOWS . There is no blind following o f

the blind . He is ab le to prove for himself and to himselfits wonders and its Truth .

What the book can do fo r mankind has never been ac

complished by any teacher or healer since the time o f

J esus . Mind or Mental Healing h as accomplished great

wonders and blessed the world as in the day o f John the

Baptist , the great Mind Healer, but the Christ HAS COME—come to Baptize with Fire . His spirit has descended in

like manner as he descended and His Word is preached

again to ALL people , for he promised to be with us untothe end.

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ANN "IN C/ATIOé7\C CONCEP'

TION .

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Annunc iation - Concept ion.

Th e s tud en t wh o is e a r n es tly an d s ince r ely s e eking

f or th e truth will fin d i t a dvis able to b egin with a

sur e,r eliable foun d a tion .

H e mus t have s ome id ea of wha t h e wishes to a ccom

p lish ,a nd a d es ir e fo r absolut e

,ten able t ruth .

Many fa il in th e b eginn ing b e caus e of a la ck o f

p en e tr a tion . A s soon a s th e s tud en t b egin s. to inquire

in to th e gr e a te r kn owledge h e is immed ia tely su r

r oun de d ‘b y many and d ive r s kin ds "of influen ces .

The r efo r e h e is ofttimes misled,a n d goe s f a r ou t. o f

th e r ight pa th . Aga in ,h e be comes d isgus ted or d is

cou r aged a nd e ithe r go es ba ck in to th e old m od e of

life o r be comes a bitte r d '

oubte r of a ll r eligion s o r

id e a s of Ch r is tianity . This is n ot s o much h is own

fault,f or the r e a r e many te a che r s in th e wor ld to - d ay ,

wh o a r e cla iming th e Chr i s t , an d th e s oul y e t un

ba lan ced or s till la cking pois e , is ea s ily. d e ce ived by

such .

”

Y et f or the e a r n es t,s in ce r e , obed ien t s e eker

th e Ma s te r is a lways wa iting .

De sir e d o es n ot b egin to tr ouble th e con s ci en ce n u

les s the r e is a way to a tta in p er fe ction a nd kn owledge .

Th e old life , th e old r e ligion ,wor n to thr ea ds by its

worm of th e“

du s t ” and“ pr ed '

e s tin a tion ” do e s n o t

Satisfy any longer the hunger and craving of the soul :

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Soul is n ot. mind—s oul is n ot in telle ct .

Th e min d is th e b uild e r o f th e s oul,but th e mind

un les s guid ed an d gua r d ed p r ope r ly , m ay s ta rve t h e

s oul o r hur t i t un to d e s truction by its in ability to d e

t ect th e f a ls e fr om th e r e a l .

Th e in telle ctua l min d is n ot a lways th e und er s ta n d

ing min d .

It takes an t ind er s ta nding min d , th e ob edien t mind,

to build th e Chr is t Soul .

La ck of educa tion,o r gr ea t in telle ctu a l a tta inmen t

,

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o r br illian cy,d oes n ot d e ter on e fr om build ing a soul

of kn owledge an d power .

Th e gr ea t , highly evolved s oul will work on Chr is t

wa r d , in : spite of any ob s ta cle or m a ter ial con d ition .

Th e s oul in choos ing p a r en tage in in ca rn a tion choos es

th e s oul—n ot th e min d—in ha rmony with its own .

The r e a r e n o in te lle ctua l sphe r e s b eyon d th e ve il .

Th e soul wor ld is th e wor ld o f th e s ouls and is n ot

th e min d wor ld . Min d d ie s with th e bo dy,n o ma tte r

h ow br illian t i t m ay b e . So wha t is min d a fter a ll if

it build s n o thing tha t will live ?

I n choos ing p a r en tage th e cold,in telle ctua l s oul

would n a tur a lly choos e p a r en ts whos e s ouls a r e on th e

same plan e .

~We have often s e en families wh o we r e very in te l

le ctua l , wh o we r e a lways s tr iving f or an d a tta in ing

gre a t in te lle ctua l br illia n cy an d sup e r ior ity,—they

have a ccumula ted toge the r th e in tellectua l d e s ir es in

p r evious exis ten ces and so ha rmon ize with d es ir es tha tattract them.

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SOUL SCIENCE AND IMMORTALITY .

A ll n eces sa ry kn owledge , a ll ne ces sa ry men ta l a c

qu ir em en ts come to th e awaken ed s oul,or th e highly

evolved s oul .

Napoleon pos s es s ed on e of th e mos t r ema rkable

min d s o f th e ages , but h e build ed an ego tis tica l , s elfish

s oul which d es tr oyed him in th e hour o f tr iumph . Th e

soul s tan ds or fa lls . I f built a cco r d ing to th e plan s

of th e Cr ea tor,th e Chr is t

,it will s tan d . If it is

moulde d a ccor ding to ou r own pr e sumptuous plans i t

will fa ll .

Os ca r Wild e ’

s mind wa s the mos t br illian t of h is

day ,bu t i t wa s br illia nt a t th e expen s e o f e a ting up

th e soul in s tea d o f build ing i t .

Ther efor e , f or a sur e,r eliable

,ten able foun da tion

,

we mus t d ep en d on soul an d wha t is r equir ed to build

a s oul .

The fir s t glimps e of truth,th e fir s t in tuition a l

knowledge tha t the r e is som e th ing t h eologian s have

n o t expla in ed , th e chur ches have n ot given ,is th e an

nun cia tion of truth or th e con ception of Chr i s t .

When the kn owledge fir s t d awn ed upon th e mind

of Mary , sh e won d e r ed ,“H ow ca n this b e “

?

Th e angel s a id un to h er,

“Th e Holy Ghos t sha ll

come upon the e and th e powe r of th e Highe s t sha ll

ove r sha d ow thee ; ther efor e a ls o tha t holy thing ( th e

Soul o f Chr is t ) which sha ll b e born of the e sha ll b e

ca lled th e S on of God .

So in r e—bir th , th e annun cia tion : of th e Ange l of

Truth , is th e in forma tion or r ea liza tion tha t th e soul

which is born of knowledge , and p ower of the Highes t

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is th e Son-of God .

We have con ce lv ed th e wor d . I t is ma d e fle sh , but

is holy,be caus e i t is born o f th e Highes t , th e Ho ly

Ghos t,an d is th e fire tha t we a r e baptized with .

Th e word fir e h a s caus ed much con j e ctur e a s to its

true mean ing among many. of th e Chr ist ian tea cher s ,

a nd h a s b e en in terpr e ted to s ign ify many d iff er en t

things .

At th e time of J esus,when s elf - r ighteous Pha r is ee s

—in telle ctua l gian ts they wer e ch iefly—con tr olled th e

r eligious r ite s an d cer emon ies,f ew kn ew th e mean ing

of th e wor d s oul . F ew knew whether the y po ss es s ed

soul,and fewe r sit-ill kn ew wha t i t wa s an d wher e it

wa s . A n d tea che r s of to - d ay , while they tea ch many

beautiful truths,do n ot tea ch soul and s oul - build ing,

which is th e es s en tia l dema nd of truth . We mus t have

soul or exis ten ce cea ses .

G-od is Soul an d th e Chr is t or Son of God is th e Soul

of God,the r efore when we build th e Ch r is t wié‘b u ild

th e Soul of God .

We a r e bap tized in Chr is t and a r ise up and walk

in n ewn e ss of life,f or we have life e tern a l .

Wha t is soul ?

Whe r e is soul ?

H ave you a soul ?

Thes e thr ee questions a r e th e beginn ing f or th e

seeke r fo r truth .

H ow many can answer ?

I f you canno t co r reetly answer these thr ee questions

you have not la id th e found ation for your soul build

2 4 SOUL SCIENCE AND IMMORTALITY .

ing. When we build a hous e welsh ou ld fir s t kn ow wh a t

a hous e is . We should kn ow whe r e i t should b e . W e

should a lways b e able to know whe ther we have on e

or n ot .

We should fe el ve ry foolish if s ome on e should a sk

us if we own ed a hous e an d we would s ay tha t we did

n ot know. A n d aga in ,w e would ce r ta in ly b e con

sid -er ed Ve ry-

s tupid if we cla imed w e own ed a house

a n d ye t could‘

not tell wha t it wa s like or whe r e it wa s .

M an s tr ives to kn ow a ll things ma te r ia l,but with

ou t any compun ction ,or r egr e t wha teve r , a llows him

s elf to grow s tupid ly blin d spir i tua lly“

,when spir itu

a lity is th e mos t e s s en tia l o f a ll things .

It is life—life e ter n a l,but th e m a ter ia list gr op es on

u nm in dful of this gr ea t fa ct .

J ohn te lls u s tha t th e “Wo r d wa s ma d e fles h an d

dwel t among u s .

Soul wa s ma d e ( en ter ed in to ) flesh an d dwelt

among us .

Th e Wor d is fir e and fir e is : soul .

I n th e beginn ing wa s th e Wor d ( soul) , an d th e

Wor d ( or soul ) wa s with God , an d th e Wo r d ( soul )

wa s God .

”

“A ll thing-s we r e , ma d e by him ; and Without him

(God ) wa s n ot anything mad e tha t wa sma d e .

”

“I n him wa s life ; a nd th e life ( soul ) wa s th e light

of man

Th e sun. is th e soul of th e univer s e .

Th e Sun o r (Chr is t ) Son is th e Soul of G-od a nd th e

soul o f man is the sun of h is body,jus t a s th e Soul of

SOUL SCIENCE AND IMMORTALITY . 2 5

God is th e Ligh t or Sun of th e wor ld,which is th e Life

an d Light of m en

Th e soul is “th e light tha t shin e th in d a rkne s s ; an d

th e d a rkn es s (fiesh ) compr ehen d s it n ot .

”

“Ther e wa s a m an s ent fr om God wh o s e n ame wa s

J ohn . Th e s ame came f or a witn e ss,to b e a r witn e s s

of th e Light ; tha t a ll m en thr ough h im might b e

lieve

John r epr es en ts min d . H e came baptizing with

wa te r (min d ) ?

Th e min d is th e witne ss o f th e s oul,f or with th e

min d we b elieve an d a ll m en b elieve with min d , f or

the min d is witn es s of th e soul . Th e min d conveys th e

fa ct to u s tha t we have a s oul .

J ohn or Min d wa s n ot th e Light (Chr is -t or Soul )

but wa s s en t to b e a r witn ess of tha t Light .“A n d this is th e tr ue Light , which light-es t every

m an tha t come th in to th e wor ld .

”

E very m an born in to th e wor ld is s oul an d th e soul

is his light .This min d is th e witn es s , whe ther h e is in d a rkn ess

or light .

H e tha t cometh a fter m e is p r efer r ed b efor e m e ;

for h egewa s befor e m e .

Soul come s a fte r mind but is pr efe r r ed befor e min d ,

f or s oul wa s b efor e min d . Soul exis ted b efor e i t

en te r ed min d an d » fle sh .

“Th e law wa s given by Mose s , bu t gr a ce an d truth

came by J esus Chr is t—th e S on o f God .

“N o m an ha th seen God a t any time ; th e only b e

gotten Son ,

which‘is in th e bosom of th e F a ther , h e

ha th d ecla r ed him .

”


THE C07VFESS ION .

SOUL SCIENCE AND IMMOR TALITY . 2 7

The Confess ion.

Con fess ion mean -

s a ckn owledgme n t .

To confess is to a ckn owledge or a dmit th e truth of a

thing.

Th e con fe ss ion of J e sus wa s an a ckn owledgmen t of

th e truth o f h is Chr is thood—h is On en es s with Go d .

Ma ny er r,howeve r

,in b elieving tha t con fes s ion

true con fe s s ion—is d eman d ed in any : other way excep t

by r ight living an d thinking.

To sp e ak th e wo r d s tha t w e b elieve tha t J e sus is th e

Chr is t, the Son of God

,is n o t a ltogethe r n e ces sa ry .

J e sus comm an d ed n ot a Verba l a ckn owledgment or

Confe ss ion fr om th e d is ciples . H e d e s ir ed th e con

f es sion o f th e he a r t , th e turn ing away fr om fa ls e b e

liefs an d a dher en ce to duty an d . und e r s tan d ing of th e

soul . J esus s a id,

“Whosoeve r will come a fter m e,le t

him d eny hims elf , an d take up his cr oss an d follow

m e .

’

'When we come to th e und er stand ing of this Chr is t

or th e Chr is thood , th e lu stfu ln -e s s an d d e s ir e-

s an d

plea sur e s of th e e a r th or flesh mus t be thrus t fr om u s .

This is th e d en ia l of s elf . S elf mus t b e ca s t ou t .

J e sus mean t n o t tha t w e mus t ha te s elf or th e wor ld ,

but s e lf is s tr ong within u s a n d i t is ha r d f or u s to d is

tinguish betwe en a r ightful d eman d of s elf and s elfish


n ess . S elfish n ess an d se lf - abs orption,which is but

ano ther form of s elfishne ss,a r e pa r a llel an d a r e equa l .

A s elf - abs orb ed p e r son often times excus es h is s elfish

n e ss und er this title . W e m ay b ecome so engr oss ed

with our own plans,id ea s , works or d es ir e s a s to b e

utte r ly s elfish . Many s elfish p er s on s a r e pur e min d ed

an d liber a l in many ways, y et they los e s ight of th e

d es ir e and wishe s of thos e about them by b e coming too

much a tta che -d t o the ir own wan ts an d wishe s . S elf

is on e of th e gr ea te st tempt er s w e have to gu a r d

aga in s t . I t is th e mos t subtle, th e mo s t illu r ing d evil

of th e ages . Ou r s elf is n ot a lways a s we app ea r n or

a s we think w e a r e or would like to .b e . We a r e su r

r ound ed by a b eautiful men ta l p ictur e of our s e lves ,

n ot a s we a r e,but a s we have id ealized our s e lves to b e .

It is a pictur e touched up with ma s te r s tr oke s . Allth e blemishes a r e ca r efully r emoved an d th e true like

n ess ba r ely tr ace able . Y e t w e go on blin d ly wor ship

ping th e b e autiful id ea w e ca ll se lf , th e while we a r e

build ing a soul whose liken e ss would s ta r tle us with

shame an d surpr is e .

“L e t him d e ny h ims e lf Th e Ma s ter kn ew this

would b e a cr os s . N o m an e ve r d en ied s elf without

crucifying hims elf . Th e gr ea te s t ta sk w e have s e t

b efor e u s is to an a lyze th e in tr ica te pr oblem o f s elf

a nd find o u t wha t i t r ea lly is . But th is is the on e

thing n ecessa ry . It is th e d eman d of th e Chr is t . To

follow him we mus t wa lk a s h e wa lked,in under s tand

ing, trus tfuln ess an d r ight eousn ess . We can n ot let i t

to th e soul . It images th e lies and th e d ecei t we p r a c



cr oss .

Y e t why should th e cr os s caus e suff er ing when i t

br ings e terna l life ? Ther e 1 s n o o ther way to a tta init—no o the r way to go . N o m a n or woman ever a t

ta ined th e Soul of Chr is t excep t by th e way o f th e

cr os s .

When we be come s tr ong an d th e light an d und er

s tand ing come s to u s,when th e b e auty o f th e soul

d awn -s upon u s then th e cr oss los es its pa in an d its

te r r or s a n d we go onwa r d in joy a n d p ea ce and

thanksgiving . I t is n o t pa in to u s any mo r e to d en y

s elf its un lawful long ings . S elf is n o mor e th e ea r th

bound thief cla iming s on ship with God an d da ily con

fe ss ing in d iff e r en ce to duty, fellowship with evil a nd

lus tfuln e ss of th e wo r ld . It is a glor ified s elf full of

love an d r ighteousn es s .

S elf is r e a lly s oul .

We build a s elf in th e s ame mann er tha t we build

a soul,f or s elf is con s tructed ou t of th e thoughts an d

idea s of th e mind .

We a re wha t we think, n ot a s we think we a r e .

The r e is but on e min d and this mind is th e Cr ea tor

of ou r s elf a nd ou r s oul .

The r e is n o such thing a s a sub - cons cious mind .

Wha t many ca ll sub - con s cious mind is th e soul tha t

mind h a s build ed .

When th e body s le eps th e min d s le ep s .

When th e body d i e s , th e min d d ies—on ly soul is

ever awake a nd ever lives .

They tell us that the sub- conscious mind is a sort of

s tor age - hous e . It is a pla ce wher e a ll thoughts and

id e a s a r e s tor ed up . This is n othing but s oul .

Th e s tor ed up thoughts an d . id e a s o f min d a r e r e

ceiv ed , r e ta ine d by th e s oul an d th e s oul is fa shion ed,

formed,mould ed , by thoughts or vibr a tion s fr om th e

min d .

Thos e wh o he a l thr ough th e sub - con s cious mind

r ea lly employ th e soul to d o the ir bidding .

Min d is th e Op er a tor,th e soul is th e subj e ct and is

subs e rvien t,while in th e phys ica l life , to th e will of

th e mind .

lM in d cr e a tes hea lth by thinking hea lth , th e s oul r e

ceiv es he a l th by r e ce iving th e thoughts o f th e mind ,

a nd th e s oul is man ifes ted in th e body . Soul is th e

s tr onger be caus e i t lives . When th e body an d mind

d ie th e s oul exis ts o n an d on f or ages and throughout

a ll time . But i t ca n on ly e xis t a s i t wa s cr ea ted , th a t

is why ex is ten ce beyon d th e gr a v e i s Simp ly a con

tinua tion of wh a t th e p r es en t life is .

Th e s oul cann ot b e s ilen ced o r muzzled .

S cie n tis ts have succe ed ed l I l pho togr aphing th e

thoughts of th e mind . Thes e pho togr aphs prove tha t

thoughts a r e subs tan ce . They a r e th e same a s any

o the r substan ce . They p r oduce subs tan ce .

The re a r e a d epts in India tha t a r e able to cr ea te

pea r ls ou t of a d r op“

of wa ter held'

in th e .mouth . This

by faith .

F a ith is n o thing but in ten sified though t, d esir e :

Paul te lls u s .tha t ,

“F ai th is th e subs tan ce of things

hoped for , the evidence of things not seen,

”

Thought m ay b e illus tr a ted to me an th e s ame thing .

Thought is th e subs tan ce of things hoped fo r , i t is

a ls o th e evid en ce of things n ot s e e-

n . B u t m an h a s

a ttain ed th e powe r to give evid en ce o f thoughts s e en .

When we hop e f or a thing we think of i t,an d ou r

thoughts a r e evid en ce of thought powe r though n ot

s e en .

Though ts a r e r ea lly fa i th , f or we could : have n o

fa ith if w e h a d n o thoughts Ac cor d ing to ou r

thoughts so b e it —is a s s tr ong a s a ccor d ing to ou r

fa ith so b e i t . ”

We man ifes t ou r fa ith b y thoughts , f or w e a ct a o

co r ding to th e thoughts an d d es ir es of th e mind . Thus

when we have fa i th in Ch r is t we think Chris t . W e

b elieve by thinking an d a s we think we a ct . Th e

a d ept mould ed th e p ea r l fr om th e d r op of water by

thinking.

Th e for ce of h is thoughts. pr oduced th e p ea r l .

'When we confes s ou r fa ith w e con fe ss ou r thoughts .

We man ife s t ou r thoughts . I n . con fes s ion of th e Chr is t

we man i fes t ou r thoughts o f Chr is t . W e p r oduce

Chr is t thoughts , an d thes e thoughts a r e subs tan ce

this subs tan ce is soul and th e soul is ever con fe ssing

its true s elf .

Th e bod y d a ily con fes s e s th e. truth or evil .

What th e bo dy do e s is a con fe s s ion of mind an d

s oul .

If ther e wer e n o such thing a s ma tte r ther e could

b e n o soul .

I f there were no soul there would be no mind,

SOUL SCIENCE AND IMMORTALITY . 33

Eve ry min d cr ea te s a s oul o r d e s tr oys a soul .

Th e min d tha t build s a soul can d es tr oy th e s oul

jus t th e same a s an a r chite ct or ca rp en te r can d es tr oy

th e hous e h e h a s build ed . When m an » h a s no soul h e

h a s d es tr oyed i t by con tinua l fo llowing of evil , s en sua l ,

s elfish thinking an d living "

Have y ou ever thought wh y J esus wa s a ca rp en te r ?

Do es i t n ot s e em s tr ange tha t h e should b e a

build e r ?

H e h ad to build th e soul—th e Chr is t .Ma tte r or body is but th e hous e of th e soul . Th e

s oul dwells in th e body . Th e body con fe s s e s th e soul .

Th e bod y man ife s ts th e soul .

Th e b ody a ckn owledges an d a dm its tha t ther e is a

s oul . If th e body a ckn owledge s d is ea se , sin,anger ,

j ea lousy , ma lice,con ce i t , s e lfishn es s , hauteur , p r id e ,

b ewa r e o f th e soul . It is con d emn ing, confess ing its

own s elf . I ts true se lf .

A n d wha t is i t tha t cr ea tes soul ?

Th ough ts , des ir es , will.

I s i t n ot ea sy to un d er s tan d how impos sible it is toha rm an o the r m -or e than w e ha rm ou r own soul ?

Every thought s en t ou t to an o ther is r e ce ived an d

r egis te r ed in th e s oul .

All tha t. we can wish or will to come up on an other

is s tor ed up within th e. soul an d makes it a tes timon ia l

or con fe s so r f or o r aga in s t o u r own s elf .

It is imposs ible to d es tr oy another’

s s oul without

d es tr oying ou r own,a nd th e s oul d oes n ot lie to s ave

itself . I t cannot. I t is helples s , it must b e what itis,


an e te r n a l tes timon ia l or confess ion of life o r d ea th ,

of goodn es s o r evil .

N o s oul can be ove r come,when on ce awaken ed .

I t evo lves onwa r d in spite of a ll tr ia ls a n d tr ibu la

tion s,a ll obs ta cles

,a ll imped imen ts

,when i t is a r ous ed

to an un d e r s tand ing of Son ship an d Chr is thoo d,f or

if we c on fes s him i n living a n d bea r ing h is n ame of

truth and righte ousn ess , h e will a lso confes s u s,h e

will dwe ll within u s,con fess ing. tha t h e is the r e gu id

ing, lead ing and be a r ing us eve r onwa r d and upwa r d,

f or h e h a s p r omis ed tha t wher e “ I am ther e y e m ay

b e a lso .

”

Th e s oul a lways gives expr ess ion of itself .

Th e dwa r fed , th e blin d , the d e a f, th e dumb , if they

have s ouls,a re n ot helpless .

Every s oul build ed by m an or woman in any s tage

o f exis te n ce exis ts a s long a s ther e is s ome good in i t .

Whe n it becomes en tir ely n ega tive an d? y ields t ime an d

aga in to pos i tive for ces o f evil it will become tota lly

ir r e spon s ible f or i ts elf and will even tua lly have no

will n or power of . its own .

It h a s then d e s tr oyed its e lf . It h as thrus t its elf

a sun d e r and this is th e s econd d ea th which Chr is t

wa rn ed m en to b ewa r e of,f or h e sa id

, th e la st s ta te

of tha t m an is wor se than th e fir s t . ”

God s a id ,“th e s oul tha t s inn e th it sha ll die .

It is a con fes s ion a l,d a ily and hour ly con fess ing

eve ry thought a nd d es ire of th e mind in living le tte r s

o f fir e . The r e is no e r a sur e . It s tand s .

Only th e Christ soul can wash it white and clean


a n d lift it to life truth an d b e auty,Wh e r efor e

le t them tha t suffe r a ccor d ing to th e will of God com

mit th e ke eping of th e ir s ouls to him well d o ing a s

unto a fa ithful Crea tor .

”

36 SOUL SCIENCE AND IMMORTALITY .

‘THE SECON‘D



H e kn ew it wa s imposs ible to b e born in th e flesh

aga in while on ea r th,an d h e a sked aga in ,

“H ow can

the s e things b e ?”

A n d J e sus wen t on to tell h im tha t,

a s Mos e s lifted

up th e s erp en t in th e wild ern e s s,even so mus t th e Son

of M a n b e lifted up .

”

A n d aga in h e e xpla in ed tha t m en lived in d a rkn ess

b ecaus e d a rkn es s wa s evil . Tha t th e evil ha tes th e

light an d will n ot come to i t be caus e when i t comes to

th e light it is d e s tr oyed . This light is the r e a liza tion

that ther e is n o en joym ent or ple a sur e in evil d e ed s .

Evil los es its powe r ove r u s when we un d e r s tand its

illus ion s an d sn a r e s . All evil is night , an d da rkn ess .

Th e d e s ir es an d. lus ts o f th e flesh is d a rkn es s . and n ight

a ls o but th e truth n ever com -es to m an a s long a s h e

clings to h is s en sua l fl esh ly d e s ir e s . Ma ny come s e ek

ing while he ld in th e thr a ldom of e a r thly d es ir e s a s

did Nicod emus,loa th to give up tha t wh i ch h a s held

them in bo nd age so long, but n o m an ca n know th e

truth until h e is bor n aga in—bor n in to th e n ew life of

pur ity, truth , an d p e r fe ction .

“H ow can the s e things b e ?

”

J e sus sa id,

“th e Son of M an mus t b e lifted up

H e mus t b e lifted up fr om h is s ta te o f sin to a s ta te o f

p er fe ction . J esus Chr is t wa s n ot th e on ly son of God .

H e tells u s we a r e a ll son s o f God . We a r e a p ar t of

Him, , a r ep r e s en ta tive

,a mes s enge r . We a ll bea r a

mes s age , if we will but d elive r i t . This mes s age is

love,a n d love is th e moth-er o f r e - bir th . Wh en we

love tha t which is good and pur e and true we a r e b e

ing bor n aga in ; bo rn of th e Spir i t . Wa ter he r e r ep r e

s en ts min d , which go es to show tha t min d mus t be

changed .

Thes e thin -

gs , th e r e - bir th —can ~ b e by a change o f

min d—change th e men ta lity . If you a r e in th e habit

o f a llowing your mind to d r ift in to thoughts you

would n ot sp e ak befo r e o the r s, y ou a r e d r ifting away

fr om truth . Th e mind is th e Cen te r . It is th e

cr ea tor of th e good an d th e b a d . It mus t b e changed

and th e s oul is bo r n of th e min d,f or min d cr ea tes or

build s th e soul .

The s oul is r ea lly a s a huge vess el filled with d iver s

ca rgo . Some truly b eautiful things m ay b e s tor ed

away an d aga in th e gr os s es t rubbish . Th e s oul is

doomed to ca r ry its ca rgo in to por t . The r e a r e but

two por ts to make—Life or D es truction . Man’

s r e

bir th b egin s with hims elf . H -e on ly is able to effe ct

it . Othe r s m ay help him by po in ting th e way , but h e

mus t n ot d ep end on o ther s if h e would gr ow st r a ight

and s tr ong . We a r e a ll so -n s o f God,an d when Chr is t

app ea r s,tha t is when we compr ehe nd wha t i t is to

be come a Chr is t ,“we kn ow w e sha ll b e like him ,

f or

7 7

we sh a ll s e e him a s h e is . We make n o mis take—weca n se e h im a s h e is an d we can be come like him

A gr ea t d ea l o f wickedn es s of th e wo r ld to d ay , h a s

b e en caus ed by fa ls e r eligious tea chings o r r a the r ,

ign or an t tea ching . M an m ay have in tellect an d y e t

b e without und e r s tand ing.

We have run away fr om s elf an d left it to take ca r e

of itself , little knowing tha t in doing so we have run


away fr om th e th ing we s e ek, as did th e kn ights of old

in K ing Ar thur’

s time,wh en t th ey s ought th e Holy

Gr a il . We have turn ed ou r ba cks to th e Light and

fa ce d d a rkn es s , s tr iving to pie r ce thr ough th e ve il a nd

fin d th e sun,when th e sun is r e a lly within our s elve s

ou r soul,fo r th e s oul of m an is th e sun o f h is body .

J esus wa s bor n of th e fle sh an d h e wa s a lso born of

God,jus t as We a r e bo r n of th e fle sh an d can b e bo r n

“

of Go d . When we un d e r s ta n d th e conc eption of Chr is t

we a r e bor n aga in

Th e Egyptian -s an d th e In itia tes "of old und er s tood

th e con ception of Chr is t a s Osi r is . Os ir is wa s th e

n ame given to th e son of th e De ity a s we : give i t th e

n am e Chr is t . Os ir is wa s th e s oul of God—so is Chr is t .

Os ir is wa s to them th e pr in ciple o f love,truth

,an d

p er fection ,just a s Chr is t is to u s . They taught r e

bir th in th e symbols a s th e bir th of th e N ew Yea r .

Th e N ew Ye a r r epre s en ted th e n ew or h igher life , th e

lif ting3

up of th e fle sh in to th e spir itua l . The ir Is is

wa s , th e mother,th e virgin which is th e N ew Yea r

giving bir th a t midn ight to th e N ew Sun ( Son ) which

should rule ove r them . This n ew bir th came from

d ea th o f th e fle sh (win te r ) an d wa s lifted up to th e

br igh tn ess an d glory o f th e new,pur e sun .

J e sus taught th e s ame thing an d d emons tr a ted i t .

H e h a d be en taught th e mys ter ies o f Mos es and of

th e Egyp tian s f -or h e sa id,

“A s Mos e s lifted up th e

s e rp en t in th e wild er n ess , even so mus t th e Son o f

M a n b e lift ed up .

” This lifting up o f th e s e rp en t wa s

but a s -ymb ol—th e symbol of life a s under s tood and


pr a cticed by th e Egyp tians an -d a s taught by them 1 11

the ir higher in itia tio n as i t is n ow taught in th e A eth

Br otherhoo d or Pr ies thood .

Os ir is is th e true con ce ption of God and so is th e

Chr is t .

We mus t b e bor n aga in even a s the old yea r d ies

an d b e come s n ew aga in . We m ay b e born a lso of th e

virgin (pur ity ) a nd b e lifte d up as th e n ew sun is

lifte d up to th e heaven s .

We mus t loo k f or th e sun or so n in ours elves .

We a lon e a r e r es pon s ible fo r wha t w e d o . We can

r ea lly ha rm n o on e but our s elve s .

When we ha te we on ly s en d ou t vibr a tion s tha t a r e

r e ce ived by a s oul and a r e s en t ba ck to ou r min d on ly

to b e r e d ir e cted to th e s oul aga in . Th is subme r ges

ou r r ea l s elf with th e poison of ou r own min d,fo r th e

soul r e ta in s th e poison an d by an d by b e come s s o di

luted a s to b e wholly‘

gr oss an d wicked.

The s e thoughts a r e s ome times s o ven omous in s ome

p e ople tha t they pr oduce s ickn e s s an d "

even ins an ity .

We a ll kn ow tha t in san e p er son -

s have violen t fits of

pa s s ion an d when thes e o ccur o ft en they fr equen tly

caus e thg

eir d ea th . Many in s an e p er son s d ie'

ju st fr om

th e violen ce of the ir own pois on ’

s pa s s-ion s .

The mind ta in ts th e s oul a nd th e soul ta in ts th e

body,a ls o th e m in -d aga in ,

and these lus tful , w icked

thoughts do no t a lways go to th e obj ect o f th e ir ha te

they a r e ga ther ed un to the ir fa the r s , the thoughts , o r

min d s,wh ich p r oduce them .

I n the sermon on th e Moun t , Jesus tells them to


b ewa r e of thoughts of ha te an d r evenge . If y ou come

to th e a lta r o f God bringing your gifts of love and

r eve r en ce h e s ays,Thy br o ther ha th aught aga in s t

the e,leave the r e thy gifts a n d b e r econ ciled to thy

br o the r an d then off er thy gifts Your gifts a r e

thoughts an d h e says fur ther on,Thou sha l t by n o

mean s come ou t thenc e,un til thou ha s t pa id th e la s t

fa r thing .

”

Y ou will p ay it by th e d es truction of your own s elf

o r soul,fo r tha t is the law . Good ( or God ) cann o t

a ccep t evil gifts—evil can n ot mix with go od .

The s e vibr a tion s a r e s epa r a te an d cann ot b e co n

j oin ed .

We mus t look in to th e s e lf of our s and s e e i t a s i t is

an d n ot a s we th ink we a r e .

S elf is r espon s ible f or all things .

S elf cr ea tes s elf an d rules s elf

N o m an can fo r ce ano ther man to love him if th e

o ther m an r efus e -s to do s o . H e,m ay rule over him ;

m ay comman d ob ed ien ce a n d r eve r en ce,bu t th e hea r t

of th e on e may b e full of h a te an d r ebe llion . Th e

phys ica l m an m ay b e ruled by th e st r onger of th e

phys ica l , but th e inn er s elf of th e ind ividua l cann o t

b e r ea che d o r touched excep t by hims elf .

Tha t which is ha ted by th e soul will n eve r b e a o

cep ted by th e soul . R ememb e r tha t th e '

s ou l is th e r e

ce ive r o f a ll thoughts , good , b a d , o r in d iff er en t . It

r e ce ives everything s en t ou t by mind,bu t if th e soul

is pur e and s tr ong evil thoughts a r e r ej e cted un less

they a r e cre a ted by th e ind ividua l mind .A hypnotis t

m ay d e s tr oy a n other ’

s s oul if th e mind is in ha rmony

with h is own,but if th e min d is pur e i t will n ot vibr a te

in un ison '

with,evil . The r efor e

, we a r e without d oubt

th e s avior or d e s troy-er of our own s elve s or souls . God

n ever cr e a ted m an wr ong . 5M an h as d on e th a t him

s elf Th e sp a rk of d ivin i ty s en t ou t through a ll life

is n eve r utter ly d es tr oyed . M a n de s tr oys h is : s oul .

H is s oul is wha t lives if h e bu ild s'

it up o f s tr ong,

dur able ma te r ia l,but it can b e tota lly de s tr oy ed if h e

builds it of r o tten timb er . God le aves m an to cr ea te

h is - own s oul . H e m ay d o with it a s h e wills . It is

within hims elf

All is ind ividua l r esp ons ibili ty .

When we love ou r s oul we love ou r r e a l s elf . If we

love tha t s elf we will n ot do tha t which de s tr oys i t .

When w e love evil w e d es tr oy tha t r ea l s elf , b e cause

we a r e n ot loving it a s we should .

We p r ote ct , ch er ish an d r eve r enc e tha t which we

love,an d we s e e th ou s and s

'

wh o a r e flinging them

s elves away f or th e mer e glitter of gold , an evil de s ir e ,

or lus tful pr op ens i ties .

The r e is some thing a lways with y ou . Some thing

you do n ot se e .

It m an ifes ts i ts elf in your every movemen t and

a ct ion .

It smiles a t you with gen tle , ca r es sing tendern es s

and pur ity o r i t le er s a t y ou with bold , un s e emly

gla r e .

This is th e soul .'Wherever you go it goes . I t is within you ,

d r inking

44 SOUL SCIENCE AND IMMORTALITY.

of th e cup you d r ink o f, e a ting

i

th e fruit y ou ea t o f ,

an d th e s oul is your r ea l s elf . Th e. un awaken ed s oul

is in da r kn es s or n ight . No n ight can b e so dark but

tha t i t. m ay s eek th e Chr is t .Though th e s in s b e a s cr imson they m ay b e mad e a s

white a s snow—th e pur e thoughts , th e longing and

d es ir e f or a pur ified soul will d es tr oy a ll tha t is evil

an d ign oble wi thin you. Y ou owe to th e wor ld th e

b es t th a t y ou can give it , and n ot -

th e. wor s t . Yourthoughts in your mind por tr ay your a ttitud e towa r d

human ity and th e wor ld . If you think love, y ou will

love an d y ou will build a soul loving and s tr ong . Th e

do ctr in e of Chr is t is n ot th e outs id e,sup erficia l cer e

mon ies ; th e Chr is t is in your hea r t , y our thoughts ,your min d

,your s oul .

To b e born aga in ,begin conc eption by thinking

kin d ly, gen er ously, liber a lly an d lovingly o f every

thing an d everybody y ou me e t o r come in con ta ct

with . Y ou a r e be ginn ing to c co n ceiv e—th e Chris t .It m ay b e. a sma ll s e ed a t fir st

,but if y ou give i t

life and n our ishmen t i t will gr ow . Y ou mus t wa te r

i t, fe ed i t and te -n d i t with th e thoughts o f your mind ,then when i t a tta ins life »

, i t is born—it is your s oul

tha t is born and is th e liken es s of its Cr ea tor Os ir is o r

th e Ch r is t .

A ll th e r eligion s of pr etense and hypocr isy cannot

make th e soul beautiful . Th e true Chr is tian i ty draws

you ba ck fa ce to fa ce with wha t y ou a r e .An a lyze s elf

and find your soul .

Seek it with sincer i ty and hon es ty and you will find


SOUL SCIENCE AND IMMORTALITY.

wa r d f or a ll suff er ing.

It cos ts many a bit ter s truggle , but th e cr own of

illumin a tion . is wor th i t for i t will light up a ll spa ce ,

i t is th e - spir i t upon th e wa iter s and i t br ings lif e

e tern a l—immor ta li ty .

Such is th e Chur ch of I llumination .


The Coming of the Ch rist.

Th e d isc iple s s a id un to J esus : Wha t sha ll b e th e

s ign o f thy coming ?”

Th e Ma s te r an swe r ed : L et n o ma n dece ive you .

F o r many-

sha ll come in my n ame saying, I am th e

Chr is t ; a n d sha ll d e ce ive many .

”

S cien tis ts of th e p sychologica l wo r ld have pr ed ict-ed

tha t a s th e wor ld r e a ches d iff e r en t s tage s a Mess iah o r

a gr ea t te a che r comes fo r th fr om th e s ilen ce and

d emon s tr a tes truth an d th e Chr is t .

Ch r is t is Truth—H e is th e Light . Many s e em to

fa il to gr a sp th e true me an ing o r r a ther,a clea r id ea

of wha t Chr is t is .

Chr is t is th e ‘

Son o f God .

Chr is t wa s mad e flesh an d dwelt among u s a n d

Jesus s a id,h e wou ld b e with u s un to th e end .

J esus h a d n o t a tta in ed p e r fe ction an d supr eme

Chr is thood un til a f ter h e ove r came th e gra ve—on th e

mo rn ing of th e r e sur r ec tion . J e sus th e Chr is t might

b e in te rp r e ted m or e

‘

fu lly by ex pla in ing th e Chr is t a s

Soul of God wa s“

th e S oul of J esus an d J esus th e

Chr is t a s J esus th e Soul of God ( o r Good) . Chr is t is

a lso th e Con ception of God . Th e con cep tion of God

is th e Imma cula te Con ception .

Everything cr eated is crea ted by mind and con

48 SOUL SCIENCE AND IMMORTAL ITY .

ceiv ed by th e soul . Th e soul is th e womb o f th e mind .

It gen e r a te s all id ea s cr ea ted or pr oduced by th e mind .

Th e Imma cula te Co n ception is p r oduced o r cr ea ted

by mind t hinking good , right , tru th , tend erness and ,

gr e a tes t of a ll, love .

Th e truths J esus taught an d d emon s tr a ted wer e n ot

n ew idea s h e h a d d is cove r ed an d cla imed a s h is own

power and div 1n e r ight . H is truths wer e old e r t han

th e wo r ld in which h e lived . I n r efer r ing to th e

Chr is t,h e sa id “ B efor e Abr aham wa s I am .

B efor e Abr aham wa s,Chr is t wa s

,bu t n o t Jesus .

Th e Soul of Ch r is t h a s exis ted with th e b eginn ing

of th e wor ld . We re a d tha t th e “e a r th was without

form an d vo id ; an d d a rkn es s wa s upon th e fa ce o f th e

d e ep . A nd th e Spir i t ( Soul ) of God moved upon th e

fa ce of th e wa ter -

s .

’

B efor e Abr aham wa s,th e s oul exist-ed . I t wa s th e

sam e s oul whos e liken es s J esus a tta in ed and h e taught

a ll m en to s tr ive f or this .

We un d e r s tan d fr om Biblica l wr itings tha t J es us

h ad n ot a tta in ed p er fe ct po is e an d evolvemen t in

former r e in ca rn a tion s . The r e wa s a s tage of d ev eLlOp

men t,of p o is e

,an d powe r

,h e a tta in ed in h is la s t in

ca r n a tion . We kn ow th a t h e s tud ie d . H ewa s lea rn edin a ll ' th e laws ; h e a lso wa s tempted an d te s ted and

tr ied , which p r oves tha t h e h ad some of th e ma ter ia l

y e t to over come .

H is la s t wor ds upon th e cr os s,It is fin ished

,

me a n t tha t h e ha d over come a ll th e d es ir es of th e

flesh and the earth life, He had purified his body

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49

un til i t w a s a t la s t th e temple p r epa r ed f or th e

sup r eme Chr is thood . H is soul h a d b e come so p er fe ct,

s o pur e,so d ivin e

,tha t th e ma te r ia l body wa s able to

d emon s tr a te wha t th e s oul wa s . Ou r bo d ies r efle ct o u r

s ouls. When th e body is ma imed o r ha lt o r d eficient

in s tr ength an d d eve lopmen t it but te a ches wha t th e

fo rme r life h ad be en .

Chr is t is n o t a m an,n ot a p e r son . Jus t he r e is

whe r e many. fa ll in to e r r or an d fa il to gr a sp th e true

mean ing of th e Chr is t . Chr is t is Soul—God Soul—o r

Good S oul a s s ome pr efe r to ca ll it . J esus was a m an

wh o d emon s tr a ted th e powe r,th e p e r fe ction , th e

glory, th e truth an d love o f s oul , of God soul .

The r e a r e gr ea t s ouls wh o come up on e a r th a s

Chr is ts,a s Mes s iahs

,a s Ma s ter -

s,wh o a r e embod ied

Chr is ts . Th is is a lways po s s ible . Chr is t is a ls o mor e

than Soul . I t is th e Con s cious S oul f or when th e

true s tud en t r ea ches a ce r ta in s tage o f d evelopmen t h e

can know th e Chr is t , ay e , h e can even s ee , with h is

ma te r ia l eyes in pe r fe ct con s ciousn es s , th e r efle ction

cf th e Chr is t—of th e Soul .

Th e H oly Gho s t which wa s within him wa s th e

kn owledge—soul kn owledge , h e gave , h e taught , h e

d emonstr a ted . Th e powe r of th e Holy Gh os t is God

p owe r , o r th e kn owledge of God , o f wha t God is . It is

the gr e a t light tha t br eaks upon th e s tud en t when th e

ve il is r en t a sun d er .

A r e we able to r ea d n ow and know th e mean ing o f

th e Chr is t ?

Wha t l s Christ it

so SOUL SC I EN CE AND IMMORTALITY .

Chr is t is th e S oul of God (Good ) . It is th e con

s ciousn e ss o-f having a s oul . It is th e a bs o lu te knowl

edge of ha ving a s oul a n d th e d ivin e power of s e e ing

th e

,

r efle ction of this s oul .

J ohn te lls u s tha t God is Love . Th e Soul of God,o r

Chr is t,is th e Soul of Love . When we un fold

,o r d e

v elop th e Chr is t , we a r e then th e s oul of love un folded .

I n a ccumula ting good w e be come on e with God,an d

a r e the r efor e a pa r t of him cr e a ted an d exis ting, which

pla ces u s : in to s on ship,s ou lsh ip .

J esus sa id “ Take he ed tha t n o m an d e ce ive y ou ;

f or many (m en ) sha ll come in my n ame sayi ng, I am

Chr is t ; a nd sha ll d e ce ive many.

“F o r the r e sha ll a r ise fa ls e Chr is ts

,an d fa ls e

pr ophe ts,an d . sha ll shew gr e a t s ign s and won d e r s ;

in s omuch tha t if i t were pos s ible,th ey sha ll d e ce ive

th e ve ry ele ct .“Whe r efor e if they s ay un to you ,

B eho ld,h e is in

th e d es e r t, go n ot fo r th ; behold , h e is in th e s e cr e t

chamber s,be lieve n o t .

“F or a s th e lightn ing ( illumin a tion ) come th ou t of

th e ea s t and shin e th even un to th e we s t ; s o sha ll a lso

th e com l ng o f th e Son o f M an b e .

”

It is very pla in . S o pla in tha t a f ool cann o t e r r7ther e in .

’

Chr is t do e s n ot c -om e with gr e a t s ign s a nd

won de r s H e told them befor e th a t. th e “ hypocr ite s

looked fo r a s ign .

”Th e Soul of God

,which is th e

Chr is t , come s n ot with phen om en a, a nd won d er s which

th e phys ica l ey es m ay s e e, Chr is t comes a s th e light

ning comes , by tllumtnotto-n Of th e darkened. mind. As


th e lightn ing fla shes a cr os s th e cloud ed,s torm - swept

ky a ul illumin a te s th e va s t d a rkn es s with pos itive

fo r ce a nd light , s o is th e illumin a tion of th e s ou l, wh en

th e min d is p u r ified an d d ev e lop ed by th e Ch r is t

p owe r .

Th e lightn ing illus tr a te s illumin a tion .

The r e can b e n o lightn ing whe r e the r e is n o d a rk

n ess . an d in thes e d ay -s th e sun ( s oul ) is d a rken ed , an d

th e moon (body , r efle ction ) d oes n ot give ligh t , th e

s ta r s ( ide a'

s,thoughts ) sha ll fa ll fr om heaven ,

an d th e

powe r s of heaven sha ll b e shaken .

He aven is a s ta te of min d .

It is th e good ,pur ified con d i tion of m in d .

The r e a r e some tod ay wh o cla im to kn ow wher e th e

Mes s iah of th e age is in pr epa r a tion to d emon s tr a te

to th e wo r ld h is S on ship with God . Some s ay h e is in

th e'

d es e r ts of Ar abia o r P e r s ia , while o the r s cla im h e

is in th e s e cr e t s chool of th e oc cult in In d ia .

But J esus sa id h e is in th e illumina tion o f th e

da rken ed wor ld , when th e he aven s a r e da rken ed an d

shaken—when pur e min ds a r e d a rken ed an d shaken

by fa ls e be liefs , chr is ts an d. pr ophe ts .

“A n d then

sha ll appe a r th e s ign o f th e Son o f M an in he aven .

”

Th e sign of th e soul of man e—th e soul of m an app e a r s

to mind . It can b e s e en ,felt , and kn own ,

th e Soul o f

Chr is t , a n d then sha ll a ll th e tr ibes o f th e e a r th

mourn —a ll tha t is of th e e a r th , th e e a r thly loves and

d es ir es,th e longings o f th e flesh sha ll mourn ,

f or,

with

illumin a tion ,th e lus tful e a r thly d e s ir e s a r e d e s tr oyed ,

and then“they shall see the Son (Soul) of. Man com


ing in th e clouds of heaven with p ower an d gr ea t

glory .

”

“A n d h e sha ll s en d h is ange ls with a gr ea t s ound

of a trump e t . ” Th e un d er s tan ding an d awaken ing

to truth . Th e trump e t is th e spir it of light ; angels

a r e th e awaken ing of id ea s , thoughts , ligh t,'

th e soul

of god s wh o a r e man ifes ted to th e s oul r e ceiving s ight ,

a n d illumin a tio n . Ther e a r e n o s ign s of soul un til

a fte r illumin a tion . Nothing of th e Chr is t or s oul is

man ifes ted to th e phys i ca l o r ma t er ia l in s ign s o r

won d e r s . After illumin a tion th e Chr is t come s . H e

come s to a ll a like,n ot outs id e

,but within

,when th e

min d is shaken of its fa ls e id e a s an d lis ten s to th e

voi ce of tr uth .

H e a ls o p r ophes ied tha t th e gen e r a tion of s ign s an d

won d er s would n ot p a s s away befor e illumina tion

comes,befo r e th e s e eke r s f or truth sha ll kn ow tha t the

truth dwells within th e s oul o f m an a n d n ot without,

in phen omen a an d s ign s an d won d e r s .

N o on e kn ows when th e s ouls of m en . a r e awaken ed,

on ly th e F a ther,th e Chr ist within them kn ows .

“ He aven an d ea r th (min d a n d flesh ) sha ll pa s s

away,but my wo r d s sha ll n ot p a s s away .

’

“ Ther efor e,b e ye r ealy

,fo r in such an hour a s y e

think n ot. th e So n of M an come th .

‘Wa tch,the r efo r e

,f or y ou kn ow n ot wha t hour

your Lor d sha ll come .

Pr epa r e th e min d and pur ify th e soul . Cle an s e i t

an d make it‘

r eady , pur e , cle an an d r e ceptive to th e

positive thoughts Of Good , Truth , and L ove , for if you,


54 SOUL S CIENCE AND IMMORTALITY .

illumin a tion of th e mind , soul and bo dy, quie tly an d

a t an hour when n o m an kn owe th,excep t th e F a the r

wh o will d ecla r e him .

This is th e coming of th e Chr is t,th e b ea r er of pea ce

an d good - will to a ll m en .

We cann o t s e e God ( or soul ) a t any time unle s s we

a r e bego tten (born aga in ) o f God . Developmen t of

th e Chr is t en ables u s to s e e and kn ow God .

J ohn,r epr es en ting wa ter or min d , is th e for erunne r .

Mind conveys an id ea to th e soul an d th e soul a ccepts

and absorbs th e id e a . Th e ide a is then tr an smuted

in to subs tan ce an d th e subs tan ce is on e pa r t of s oul,

i t becoming th e gr ea te r or les s e r pa r t a ccor d ing to

th e for ce and numbe r of thoughts o r id e a s tha t follow,

fo r a ll id ea s in h a rmony with i t he lp to build it .

Th e fir s t thoughts o r id e a s f or truth,f or some thing

tangible an d beyon d th e vague or supe r s titious,a r e

followed wi th a d es ir e to kn ow and inves tiga te laws

a n d theor ie s we have n ot. kn own . I n this way we a r e

awaken ed to th e fa ct tha t th e d o ctr in es and com

man dmen ts o f m en do n ot expla in truth,on ly in an

un ten able way ,and in con tr ad iction a n d an tagon ism

towa r d a ll wh o d o n ot a ccep t the ir ma ter ia lis tic views .

Conception is th e r e ce iving, th e plan ting of th e

s e ed . When con ception takes pla ce , th e ge rm of life

is s own . Th e soul is th e r ece ive r , th e life mould er , f o r

i t mould s th e thoughts of mind in to subs tan ce .

Ma ry, th e mo the r o f J esus, gave to th e wor ld a son

con ce ived a nd bor n in knowledge and th e powe r of th e

H oly Ghos t . Th e gr ea t mystery of Jesus ’ conception

SOUL SC I EN CE AND IMMORTALITY . 55

an d bir th is con ta in ed he r e in . H e wa s n o t jus t bor n

a s o the r s a r e bo r n . f or Ma ry kn ew th e Holy Ghos t,

wha t i t w a s,whe r e i t wa s

,an d wa s over sha dowed with

its power . H er kn owledge a n d u s e o f th e gr ea t truth

an d mys te ry gave J e sus th e Divin ity fr om con ception

an d n e ed ed on ly th e d evelopmen t .

P ea ce come s on ly with ha rmony . P e a ce d o e s not

dwe ll in cha o s an d con tr a d iction a n d an tagon ism .

Chr is t br ings p e a ce on e a r th an d good - will to a ll,an d

a s we d r aw to soul th e subs tan ce of p ea ce an d good

will we dr aw to u s th e Chr is t .

56 SOUL SCIENCE AND IMMOR TALITY .

THE GOL" EN RULE ;

OR Lcfl I/VOF KARW c/q.


The Golden Rule ; or Lawof Karma .

Do un to o ther s a s you wish tha t they should do

un to y ou . Th e Gold en Rule“A s y e sow s o sha ll y e re ap .

—Th e L aw of K a rma .

K a rma is th e exa ct L aw of Jus tice a n d d eman d s

paym en t in full f o r a ll cr imes we m ay commit a n d f or

a ll n a tur a l laws tha t w e m ay br e ak, o r tha t w e m ay

have br oken in every s tage of ou r exis ten ce .

If we b r e ak a law,w e mus t suff er f o r i t . Tha t is

K a rma . It is a lso th e gr ea t law taught by J esus .

We suffe r b e caus e we have b een un true to ou r own

s elves . If we commit a . cr ime,w e br e ak a . law

,

—a

e,d ivin e law which give s every in d ividua l fr e ed om an d

5”

r ights of which n o man h a s th e r ight to d epr ive him .

When we b egin to suffer we a r e then p aying ba ck

K a rma .

J e sus tells u s pla in ly tha t th e Gold en Rule is th e

L aw of K a rma .

Do un to your n e ighbor , your fr iend, your en emy ,

your f oe a s you would have him do un to you an d you

will build a law o f fr e edom and jus tice . It is n ot

d ifficult to d o un to tho s e whom we love a s . we would

wish to b e don e by , but th e gr e a t s truggle comes when

we a r e jus t a n d loving towa r d on e wh o ha tes u s,and

wh o would h a rm u s . Tha t is th e tes t .


If we h ad n o en emies,if we loved a ll and a ll loved

u s,ther e would b e n o n e ed of law o r jus tice o r th e

Gold en Rule .

We r eap jus t wha t we s ow . Th e Ma s ter taught all

th e p r in ciples of th e law of s owing a nd r e aping.

If w e s ow this tles an d th or n s why should we e xpect

whea t an d corn ? Ther e is th e highe r law ,th e d ivin e

law,th e law m an n ever ma d e—it is tha t we a r e don e

by , a s we d o .

We came in to th e wor ld (Did you ever stop tothink

of i t ? ) b ecau s e we lov ed it . We cam e of ou r own fr e e

will . God n ever ma d e anything and pla ced it Whe r e

i t d id n ot be long or did n ot wish to go . We wer e

d r awn ea r thwa r d b ecaus e w e loved ( d esir ed ) i t . I t

wa s a p a r t o f u s a lways an d we a pa r t of it . When we

dwe l t in th e soul spher e a s a d ivine thought , b efor e

w e be came flesh w e we r e a pa r t o f a ll life . Tha t is

wh y we be came flesh . Thus w er e we wr ought in th e

image of ou r Maker .

N o m an ever suff e r ed fo r being good .

We suff e r b ecaus e we have don e wr ong. Th e body

m ay suff e r , we m ay b e p e r s ecuted an d s co -urged in th e

fle sh but th e s oul n eve r suff e r s f or r igh t do ing .

The r e is a law f or eve rything:

Some s ay ,“ I have suff e r ed on ly thr ough o ther s .

Je sus suff e r ed , n ot. becaus e of h is s ins,but be caus e of

others . Y et th e s oul of Jesus n ever suff e r ed . Whyd id h e r eap p er s ecutions and injus tice when h e

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sowed

se eds of love , jus tice and me r cy “l H e d id n ot r eap

injus tice o r p er s ecutions —h e r eap ed eterna l life . H e


ove r came a ll enmi ty b e caus e h e sowed th e s e eds tha t

bor e fruit of life . H e lifted hims elf up . H e s a id,

If I b e lif ted up Iwill d r aw a ll m en un to m e,

an d

thos e wh o in ign or an ce help ed to lift him up thought

they we r e d es tr oying him .

Th e blind huma n ha tes,and gr e ed and envy think

they can d es tr oy life . They can d es tr oy n o life ex cep t

th e i r own .

We a r e don e by a s we. do . If we do an . unkind or a

wicked a ct w e d r aw unkin dn es s : an d wickedn ess to u s .

We sur r ou n d our s elves with th e a tmospher e of human

mind s . Some on e is wicked to u s . We de s e rve i t

be caus e we have d on e so un to ano ther .

“ Bewa r e o f fa ls e pr ophe ts ,”th e Ma ster wa r n s u s

f or by the ir fruits y e sha ll kn ow them .

”

Th e wor d s we spe ak,th e a cts we commit , th e

thoughts we think make th e human tr e e .

A good , pur e thought n eve r pr oduced a n evil ,

wicked a ct . A goo d , pur e min d does n ot a ccumula te

thoughts o f envy , wickedn e s s , ha te , j ea lousy and

ma lic e .

Can you n ot s e e why you r eap evil when you fe el

a ssur ed tha t y ou we r e n o t a lways good ?

If a m an we re to s tr ike you f or do ing him a good

turn,if h e abus e s you a nd is ungr a teful an d unkin d ,

h e doe s no t hur t you .

If you have be en kin d and loving to on e and tha t

on e hate s you ,h e h a s n ot hur t y ou ,

h e h a s n ot con

d emn ed y ou ,nor d es tr oyed you ,

but h e is slowly but

sur ely d es tr oying h is own self .

60 SOUL SC I EN CE AND IMMORTALITY .

Y ou say , N o on e can think an d do go od a ll th e

t ime .

”

Ther e have b een f ew,but J e sus sa id

,L et th e ta r es

and th e wh ea t grow together un til th e ha rve s t Un til

th e soul awakens an d kn ows : its elf . Th en,Ga ther

tog e ther fir s t th e ta r e s an d bin d them in to bun d les to

burn them ; bu t gathe r th e whea t in to my.ba rn .

On e by. on e we a r e able to ga ther tog e ther th e ta r es ,

which a r e on ly evil thoughts an d evil d e ed s . We

s epa r a te th e good fr om th e b ad an d s tor e it away un to

Chr is t,th e soul .

If we d o unto o ther s a s much a s we know r igh t, we

a r e ga the r ing th e good toge ther .

We“do n ot a lways do r ight a s well a s we kn ow . F ew

sin in blin dn e ss an d ign ora n ce .

Th e wicked a r e n ot a lways blind,they kn ow th e

wickedn es s . They kn ow Within th ems elves , in the ir

own.

hea r ts , a n d they a r e Wi cked be cause they love th e

evil .

Did you ever s top to think,to r ea son,tha t an evil

th ought of any kind,whe the r it b e envy, j e a lousy,

ha te , or lus t , is but a sn a r e to d es tr oy. you r s oul ? I t is

d p ois on . Y ou d r ink th e thing tha t kills you ,tha t

stabs you in th e ba ck,in t h e d a rk

,when you harbor

evil thoughts .

J esus d emon s tr a ted " a ll th e laws of love and kind

n es s. They have ca lled h im,

“ tha t gr e a t s er en e m an .

H e wa s s er en e and ca lm when eve ry evil for ce - in th e

wor ld wa s a r r ayed aga in s t him ,but J e sus kn ew.

E very plea sur e tha t usurp s duty o r hon or or truth



m en,if we give ou t ten d e rn ess and truth , w e build a ll

with in ou r s ou ls . If m en do n o-t app r e cia te a ll this

kin dn es s an d love,if they p er s e cute an d con d emn us

,

why should w e ca r e ? We a r e building sou l and no

on e bu t ou r s e lves can r ea ch ou r own s ou l

This is a wor ld of souls . God does n ot s top a nd

ha te b e caus e evil ha tes H im . God goes on loving,

d em on s tr a ting goodn es s , p ea ce an d happin e s s,and all

tha t is evil cann o t d e s tr oy a ll tha t is good .

To fight and s truggle aga in st th e good doe s n ot d e

s tr oy it . We d es tr oy on ly wha t is within us,thus

r eaping wha t we sow .

When we s ee a r ighteous m an suffer fr om th e d e eds

a n d thoughts of evil do e r s , h e d oe s n ot r eap wha t they

s ow . H is soul climbs on upwa r d‘with eve ry thought

an d a ct of love .

H e is lifting himself up and will dr aw all m en un to

him .

An a lyze your thoughts befor e you think them .

A r e y ou jus tifie d in ha ting any o n e,n o ma tter

what th ey have d on e to y ou o r wish to d o to y ou ?

E a ch thought they think builds th eir soul,n o t

your s .

Thoughts a r e s eed -s . They r ipen in to fruit a nd

gra in a ccor dingly a s they a r e sown .

K a rma is r e aping wha t y ou have sown and n ot wha t

som e o n e e ls e ha s s own for y ou .

Y o u do n ot r e ap fr om an othe r ’

s s owing un less you

think it .

I gnorance does not exeuse us ,

Ther e a r e f ew s o ign or an t o f r ight. an d wr ong, o f

good and evil,tha t they sin in blin dn e s s .

Th e wicked a r e n ot . blin d,n or ign or a n t .

They a r e violen t becaus e they love violen ce .

They a r e in da rkn e s s. b ec aus e they love d arknes s

and 't he Sin s d a rkn e ss br e eds .

We a ll cling to wha t we love . Evil clings to evil

be caus e i t loves evil .

We have a ll th e rules,a ll th e laws

,o f r ighte ousn ess

in th e Gosp els . J e sus taught them to u s .

“ Love y e

on e an other .

” Bea r y e o n e a n other ’

s bur d ens .

”

“Do un to o the r s a s y ou would b e d on e by .

M an ne eds n o o the r laws If h e follows the s e h e

will a ccomplish th e highe s t m an can a tta in .

“ Love

th e Lor d thy God with a ll thy he a r t,wi th a ll thy soul

,

a n d with a ll thy s tr ength an d with a ll thy mind , and

thy n e ighbo r a s thys elf .

To love a n othe r a s we love s elf r equir es much p e r s e

v e r ing, much s tr ength , much min d ,much soul

,some

time s,but th e mor e s tr ength an d mind

,an d soul we

have,th e gr ea te r is ou r capa city f or loving .

It is e a sy to love th os e wh o love u s,wh o a r e good

and kind : an d gen tle with u s,be caus e love b ege ts love

and . ,when we me e t with love i t is an ea sy thing t o

r espon d .

No te h ow ha r d i t is to go to th e outca s t , the m an

wh o is de libe r a tely d es tr oying h is own soul and body,

an d ca ll this m a n br othe r .

We have r ead of th e m an wh o wen t d own J e r icho ’

s

road and fell among thieves , who s topped him and


s tr ippe d him,an d woun d ed him

,an d left h im to d ie

,

bu t w e little r ea lize wha t. this J er i cho r oa d mean s .

Ther e a r e f ew of u s wh o have n ot fa llon on th e s ame

old J er icho r oa d . We a r e d a ily tr aveling tha t r oad

an d th e thieves a r e wa i ting to s tr ip u s of life and

s tr ength an d a ll tha t w e have . Little do es m an r e ckon

tha t th e s in ful d es ir e s of h is he a r t a r e th e gr ea test

r obb e r s and thieves he h a s to con ten d with .

They a r e th e mo s t subtle a n d. cunn ing fo r th ey'kn ow

th e we akn es s in th e s tr onges t locks an d bolts . Wh o

ever pa r to ok o f a s in ful plea sur e an d wa s s a tisfied f or

any length of time ? S in ke eps d eman d ing mor e an d

mor e b e caus e i t soon los es ta ste of th e ple a sur e i t

en j oys f or th e momen t .

It is r es tle ss a n d eve r s e ek inge—like th e wicked spir it

in th e Bible—“it Se ek e th

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r e st an d fin d eth n on e”—it

is con s tan tly d r awing, s apping, and s e eking, taking

a ll an d giving n o th ing .

This is one of th e thi eves o f th e J er icho r oa d .

A p r ie s t came d -own tha t w ay ,and when h e saw him

h e pa s s ed by on th e o the r s id e .

Do y ou kn ow wha t th is p r ies t is ?'

D fo y ou know

wh o th e m a n go ing d own J e r i cho r oa d is ?

Th e m an is th e s oul journ eying aga in s t th e d e s ir es

o f th e flesh ; th e p r ie s t is th e bigo ted se lf - r ighte ous

min d tha t r efus es to s e e an d ca r e f o r th e woun d ed,

s truggling s oul . It is your own min d,by th e way ,

wh i ch love s th e wor ld b e tter than soul,which is hea r t

less,cold

,an d unmoved by suffer ing .

A Levite came by and paused a while and looked on


him,but h e a lso pa s s ed on th e o the r s id e . Th e Levite

dwells in many p r oud,haughty, s elf - r igh te ous min d s

which s t0p on ly long en ough to s a tisfy cur ios i ty an d

then pa s s e s on its a ccus tomed,d is ta in ful an d va in

glor ious way .

But th e good Sama r itan is h e whos e min d is full of

love an d kin dn es s,wh o will min is te r to th e n eed s o f

th e s oul,wh o will lis ten an d he a rken to its cr ies of

d is tres s f o r fr e edom an d f or r es t .

This is th e min d which thinks and d oes kin d ,

r ighte ous a cts withou t thought of r ewa r d .

Th e Chr ist min d . do e s n ot se ek r ewa r d . It does'

n o t

s e ek glory—it on ly does its duty to its own s oul and

to othe r s . It d oe s un to o the r s a s i t would b e d on e by .

J e sus lived th e truth f or u s s o tha t we might pr ofit

by h is d e ed s,h is works

,h is wor d s .

I n th e beginn ing h e r e a lized tha t m an,a s s oul , can

n ot exis t ou th e ma ter ia l br e a th of life . Wor ldly

fame, glory , an d splen do r will n ot con s truct a s oul

tha t will live . It is build ing on th e s ands , f or ma tter ,

or ma te r ia l do e s not exis t long in on e form . S ou l on ly

liv es .The refor e we mus t build s oul if we would build

on th e r ock,if w e would live .

Ther e a r e ma ny diff e r en t kin ds of souls .

Ther e a r e ma te r ia l s ouls , s e lfish souls , j ea lous souls ,

envious , ma licious an d d ishon es t souls , but the s e souls

d o n ot exis t fo r ever . They a r e e ithe r pur ified and

lifted up o r they a r e d e s tr oyed by th e mind' tha t

cr e a te s them .

God does not des tr oy evil souls 5 th ey destr oy them


s e lv es .

Th e s ou l tha t s inn e th , it sh a ll die .

F ir e an d br ims ton e will des tr oy and burn up but

the fir e and br ims ton e tha t d es tr oys th e s oul is th e

evil mind tha t con sumes an d d e s tr oys th e soul by its

evil thoughts s en t surging thr ough it .

God d o es n ot hold evil . God do e s n ot equa lize evil

a n d wa lk h an d in han d with it . Th e good in a man ’

s

s oul e ither coun ter - ba la n ce s th e evil or th e evil

coun te r - ba lan ce s th e goo d . Th e s oul m ay r e a ch a

s tage whe r e i t is momen tar ily ha lf good an d ha lf b a d,

bu t i t cann ot long r ema in s o,f or it will go on build ing

on on e s id e or th e o ther an d so on e over comes th e

o ther .

I n following th e example o f th e Na za r en e we soon

lea rn to coun t er - ba lan ce evil an d so build th e soul a o

cor d ing to h is p r e cepts .

rL ov e y e on e an o the r and do un to o th er s a s you

would have o ther s d o un to y ou ,an d th e K a rm ic laws

of th e pa s t a r e null an d vo id .

Th e r obes a r e wa shed and ma d e clean, th e s in s

though a s cr imson,a r e white a s sn ow .

J ohn ,in Revela tion s

, t e lls u s tha t thos e wh o we a r

th e r obe s of white a r e t hos e wh o over come many

e r r o r s . M an does n ot answer f or th e s in s o f o ther s

n or f or th e wickedn es s an d ha te of thos e who ha te him .

N o man is s o good a s to n eve r fa ll . Th e good m an is

t empted an d tr ied even mor e, a thousan d times m o -r e

,

than th e evil m an . H e m ay fa ll m any times a lso,but

h e comes up from all these tr ials and tr ibulation s and

makeshims elf clean .

Tr ia ls w e m a y have w ithout Sin an d tr ibula tion s

a ls o,but th e m an wh o h a s s inn ed d e eply an d wh o b e

comes s tr ong enough to tr iumph over a ll tha t. bes e ts

him is jus t a s wor thy a s th e m an o r woman wh o n ever

s inn ed , we r e tha t po ss ible .

H e tha t is s tr ong en ough to cle ans e h is s oul and

build i t ove r in th e ima ge of good ,r ighte ousn es s an d

love,is a s gr e a t a s h e wh o n eve r buil t evil in to h is

s oul . H e can a tta in a s much,h e can be come a s pur e

a s th ough h e h ad n eve r s inn ed , an d K a r in a is over

come or worked ou t thr ough h is suffer ing .

All th e ta r e s h e m ay have s own a r e ga ther ed to

ge the r an d burn e d up by th e might an d s truggle s o f

h is own soul ’s fir e,an d th e whea t is ga ther ed toge the r

an d b e a r s fruits of r ighteousn es s Within h is soul .The law of K a rma is—you r eap wh a t y ou s ow,

e ither a t on ce o r in th e long dis tan t futur e , p erhaps in

a n othe r in ca r n a tion .

N o m an can hop e to sow evil an d r eap good , to do

wicked d e ed s an d inher it law an d p ea ce .

K a rma is jus t a lways . It pr oduces jus t wha t is

s own,so one r or la ter .

Do”

a s y ou would b e don e by is to escape fr om th e

bondage o f evil K a rma .


THE



truth an d whe r e and wha t truth is,then th e gr e a t d ay

of judgmen t h a s come . A n d in tho s e d ays .

“sha ll th e

sun b e d a rken ed an d th e moon sha ll n ot give h er light ,

an d th e s ta r s sha ll fa ll fr om he aven,an d th e powe r s

of th e heaven s sha ll b e shaken .

” The s e a r e th e d ays

o f tr ia ls an d tr ibula tion s,f -or a ll looks : d a rk to u s

, th e

ma te r ia l sp len dor of th e wor ld s which have be en the

br igh tn es s of life to u s b egin to fa d e an d a r e d a rken ed .

Th e moon of a ll glitter an d p r omis e o f fame an d

powe r los es its b r ightn e s s . S ta r s in d e ed fa ll—thos es ta r s tha t have lur ed u s on in ques t of ea r thly

plea sur es an d dr eams,thes e sha ll fa ll an d th e powe r s

of a ll heaven sha ll b e shaken,f or even th e s oul is

sh aken to its utmo s t when it pa s s e s judgmen t upon

i ts e lf .

F -o r do es n ot J esus te ll u s tha t,th e F a ther judge th

n o m a n but ha th committe d judgmen t upon th e Son

Every son of God judges hims e lf . H e judge s every

wor d,every thought , every a ct an d eve ry d e ed of him

s elf .

When you turn away fr om fa ls e b eliefs,evil and

s en sua l d es ir es an d s elfishn es s, y ou have r ep en ted o f

sin an d have con fes s ed th e Chr is t . Then judgmen t ,

cold,s te rn

,a n d s evere

,take s its s tan d an d we p ay th e

la s t fa r thing .

“ Thou sha lt in n o'

m eans come ou t fr om them un til

thou ha s t pa id th e la s t fa r thing .

”

This is th e d ay when th e Sign of th e Son of M an

sha ll app ea r in he aven . It is th e s ign of th e Chis t ’e

coming, tha t gr ea t j udgment day we awa i t with such

f -ea r an d tr embling .

Th e soul s tan d s a s a r e cor d an d con fes s or of a ll

ages pa s t . We s e e i t fa ce to fa ce an d kn ow whe r e we

a r e an d wha t we have b e en .

We s e e wha t w e have built ,—a us eless she ll or husk

or a beautiful , dur able ma n s ion,like a s J esus told u s

we r e in th e F a ther’s hous e .

It m ay b e to d ay o r i t m ay b e to- mor r ow with u s

,

but i t is a lways her e with u s an d within u s an d is n ot

s ome gr ea t , te r r ible , d is tan t even t .

When this d ay comes it Should b e a d ay of r e j oicing,

f o r m an should r ej o ice to fin d)

hims elf—h is soul . M an

in r ea lity is soul . Th e fle sh,th e body on ly man ife s ts

soul .

Th e wor ds , th e a ction s , th e d e ed s , th e works , they

a r e th e s oul man ifes ted .

“ Have I d on e r igh t—b have I don e wr ong ?”y ou ask

your s e lf , an d th e soul an swe r e s ; It ansy e r s you i n

a ll y ou have d on e , all you have a ccumula te d f or th e

s oul,a s on e h a s s a id , is th e

“a ccumula ted exp e r ien c e

o f m an .

”H is exp e r ien ce h a s been wha t h is min d d e

pa s t exp e r ien ce , an a lyzing them an d thrus ting good

an d bad apa r t , h e is th e judge . It is th e good in m an ,

th e longing to a ttain godh ead which give s him th e

powe r to s o » judge hims elf . Th e sma ll god ( o r good )

jus t awaken ing in to life within him , within h is soul ,

is th e Son ,the infa n t Chr is t p a s s ing judgmen t .

“And thensha ll a ll th e tr ibe s o f th e ea r th mourn .

All th e desir es and clinging steadfastn ess of flesh and


evil mourn this d ay .

Th ey will come for th s tr onge r than ever,t ea r ful

,

pa in ed an d suff er ing, but this - is th e suff e r ing on e

mu s t coun t with joy .

A t this s tage o f judgm en t we a r e con demn ed o r

saved, we a r e thrus t ou t in to th e d a rkne ss o r we

a s cend towa r ds th e thr on e of God,clo thed in th e

wh i ten ess o f sp ir itua l truth and wisdom .

H ow do we cond emn our s elve s ?

By r efus ing to a llow th e Spir i t to de s cend upon u s .

By cl a iming un ity an d sym pa thy with the lus ts o f th e

fle sh . By r efusing to give up th e ma te r ia l an d wo r ldly

Splend or s and d e s ire s f o r th e spir itua l .

But when we so judge our s e lve s and tur n away then

we sha ll s ee th e “Son of M an coming in th e cloud s o f

heaven with p ow -e r and gr e a t glor y . A nd h is angels

sha ll come with a gr ea t soun d of a trump e t,and they

sha ll ga ther toge the r h is e lec t fr om th e four winds of

he aven,fr om on e end of he aven to th e o the r .

” This

is the soul awaken ed in th e liken ess o f th e Chr is t .

It can b e se en .

It can b e s e en in gr ea t powe r and glory and all its

goodn ess , a ll its thoughts of r ighteousn e s s an d pur ity ,

of love and un s elfish n ess a r e ga ther ed toge the r fr om

mind,soul

,body an d ea r th

,fr om on e en d of heaven t o

an oth e r , a n d i t pa ss e s o n in to son ship,judged

r ighteously by th e Son ,wh o s e -os a s th e F a the r and

d oe th th e thing th e F a the r do e th .

Do y ou kn ow ,do you fully und e r s tand tha t every

thought you think, every word you have spoken (good


and every a ction and every d eed is r e cor ded in

d elib ly in th e soul ? Th e soul is th e Lamb ’

s Bo ok o f

Life,an d in i t th e n ames of thos e wh o come up fr om

th e pits of ea r th ’

s d a rkn ess,illus ion s an d sn a r es a r e

wr i tten .

Whe n we s e e th e s ou l,know wh er e i t is an d wha t it

is,then we a r e able to r ead an d kn ow a s we a r e kn own .

Ah,p erhaps page s a r e wr i tten ther e tha t will br ing

th e s ca ld ing tea r s o f shame an d r emor s e to your eyes .

It is be tte r so . It is good f or y ou when thes e tea r s

come, fo r then y ou a r e beginn ing to s e e an d a r e be ing

judged by r ighteous judgmen t .

t en the s e tea r s r efus e to come , when m an fe els n o

pa in,n o remors e over th e pictur e o f evil an d d a rkn es s

befor e him ,h e h a s no t r ep en ted . Th e pa s t belongs to

th e pa s t an d we n e ed n ot dwell upon pa s t s in s an d

b e come d is cour aged an d hop ele s s , but th e pa s t is n eve r

de ad un til it is judged by th e spir i t o r th e s oul .

Then we mus t r is e upfr om th e tr oubled wa ter s and

walk in n ewn ess of life .

When we d o this th e s in s of th e age s and th e pa s t

expe r ienc es o f a ll time a n d of this life belong to u s

n o mor e . We have wa shed ou r r ob e s and made them

white in th e bloo d of th e Lamb—which is th e Life o f

th e Chr is t . Blood is th e symbol of Life ; th e Lamb is

the symbol of Chr is t .

Wh en we have d on e this—when we have wa shed th esoul in purity an d god lin es s , w e s tan d

“b efor e th e

thr on e“

o f God , a nd s e rve Him da y and n ight in the

temple ( th e body is th e temple o f th e Living God )


an d H e tha t s itte th on th e thr one sha ll dwell with u s .

A n d w e sha ll hunger n o more,n either thir s t any

mor e .

”

“F or th e Lamb (Chr is t ) which is in th e mid s t of

th e thr on e ( th e soul ) sha ll feed u s an d sha ll lead u s

un to living foun ta in s o f wa te r and God' sha ll wip e

away all tea r s fr om ou r eyes .

”

I t makes]

n o d iff er en ce h ow da rk th e pa st m ay have

be en,p e rhap s th e r e cor d o f man y age s , many lives

s tan d b efor e y ou ,but r ememb er th e Ma s te r s a id ,

“ Though your s in s b e a s s ca r le t , I will make them

like sn ow .

It is a ll within on e’s own s elf and power .

On e can d evelop an d blo t ou t a ll tha t is r e cord ed

aga in s t him if h e so wills or d es ir es .

Th e p a s t h a s n o power when e n lightenmen t and

un d er s tan d ing comes. Chr is t pur ifies a ll . H a s Chr is t

n o power,tha t on e mus t b e fo r eve r paying ba ck a

pa s t K a rma ?

All pa s t K a rma s c an b e wip ed ou t for ever With th ea tta inmen t of th e Chr is t .

F or“God hims e lf will b e with them

,an d: b e the ir

God .

” Ther e is n o mor e cry-ing f or e a r thly things

n o mor e hunge r f o r th e fruits o f th e evil and of flesh ,

a nd w e sha ll thir s t n o more f or th e wa ter s of illus ion

an d de s ir es , f or thes e things sha ll a ll pa s s away.

“H e tha t over come th sha ll inhe r i t a ll things ; and

I will b e h is God,a nd h e sha ll b e my son .

When we r ead th e r ecor d s of the Soul of Jesus

which was th e Chr is t we are not blinded by vagu e


the or ies an d sp e cula tion s a s to truth .

N o laws a r e la id d own f or m an to follow except th e

laws of r ight

H e s a id,

F o llow m e,

Do th e wo rks tha t I

do,

”an d h e a ls o s a id

,

“Gr ea ter works than thes e can

y e do , be caus e I go un to my F a the r .

”

I s i t pos s ible f o r thos e wh o b e a r h is n ame in truth

an d in spir it and wh o a r e th e image of th e F a the r,to

d o gr ea ter works than J esus th e Chris t h a s don e ?

J e sus s a id i t could b e so,an d God s ays

,

“H e tha t

ove r come th sha ll inhe r it a ll things .

We kn ow when we have over come . We kn ow when

we a r e tempted whe the r w e r e s is t . We a r e able a t a ll

time s to judge r ight f r o -m wr ong, good from evil . N o

m an wa s ever s o helpless,so blin d tha t h e could n ot

d is tinguish b e twe en r ight an d wr ong, or b e twe en duty

and de s ir e .

D es ir e is s tro ng b ecaus e th e flesh is s tr ong.

It is s tr ong b ecaus e it isf

v isib le . Y e t we have n ot

a lways kn own tha t th e flesh,th e d es ir es of th e flesh ,

a r e in truth th e d es ir e s o f th e s oul an d th e min d .

An a lyze th e min d an d'

p a s s judgme n t upon your

s oul .

Wha t do you think ?Wha t have you t hought ?

I n r ememb er ing tha t th e s oul is th e a ccumula ted

exper ien ce of m an ?

Th e soul when s e en b e tr ays th e exp er ien ces of its

pa s t exis tence .

H ow f a r can th e eyes see when o nce awakened to th e

SOUL SCIENCE AND IMMOR TAL ITY .

truth ? R e spon s ibility r es ts upon u s her e,n ow

,in th e

life on ea r th,n ot ofi it . Th e God within y ou cr ies ou t

f or un foldmen t,or d evelopmen t ; it s truggle s f or fr e e

d om,f or expr es s ion

,an d within your s elf is a ll power

an d th e on lypower capable of a n swe r ing an d lead ing

onwa r d to p er fe ction an d p e a ce .

A ll con d ition s y ou live in ,men ta l

,mor a l

,or phys i

ca l, y ou have build ed f or your s elf .

Soul is your r ea l s elf .

A n evil m an is r ea lly an evil soul .

A n evil thinking min d build s an e vil , bla ck soul .

Unbelief,d isb elief

,mis trus t

,ha r sh and cruel judg

men t o f o the r s,whos e souls you d o no t kn ow and can

n ot s e e,builds jus t such a s oul

A n d th e soul r ema in s ever a living tes timon ia l f or

or aga in s t y ou . Tha t is th e r e a son th e Ma s ter s a id,

“Judge n ot le s t y e b e judg ed .

”

Blin d ed eyes cann o t s e e th e sun befo r e them nor a ll

th e b eautie s of life,n e i ther can th e blind s oul s ee th e

br ightn e ss of goodn e ss an d truth a bou t them no r th e

b eautiful life of th e Chr is t .

M in -d rules th e wor ld . It rules be cau s e a ll i t builds

lives in th e soul . N o t-

on e s oul but ma ny s ouls . Eve ry

m an, woman a n d ch ild

'

a r e build ing, building a wor ld

o f souls . We s e e citie s fa ll and th e e a r th torn a sun d e r

by upheava ls of violen ce a n d th e t ide s of th e se a s .

P eople shudd er an d tr emble . A n d the r e a r e wa r s an d

rumo r s of wa r s and n a tion -s pr epa r e to r is e aga in s t

n a tion . Pr ep a r a t 1 ons a r e eve r b e ing made to gua r d

and p r otect on e aga in s t th e o ther,a ll th e time minds



Tha t min d build s an a dulter ous,lus tful soul .

Tha t s oul lives an d be a r s r e cor d . All d eed s,a cts

,

thoughts , a r e wr i tte n to b e r ea d when judgmen t comes

an d r egis te r s f or or aga in s t u s .

Ble s s ed a r e th e pur e in hea r t f or they sha ll s ee


The Awakened Soul.

A s th e dawn of mo r n ing br e aks with th e r is ing o f

th e su n,so d o the fir s t fa in t b eams of truth her a ld

the r is ing d ay of illumin a tion .

When th e soul s its shr oud ed in th e dusky fold s of

th e twilight o r or thod oxy which le a d s on ly in to d e ep e r

da rkn es s an d n ight , i t hunge-r s an d thir s ts, gr op ing in

blindn e ss,un s a tisfied

,f or some thing a live

,r ea l and

solid .

Th e cloud ed,f a r away

,un s e en

,unkn owable God is

not th e God tha t come s to u s an d dwe lls with us in

clos e kin a n d compan ion ship .

H ow can we love a thing tha t we d a r e n o t touch

som e thing too f a r away an d too good . fo r u s ?

Such tea chings have given u s a gr e a t , s te r n ,ma j es

tic,mas culin e b e ing, wh o cann o t a ccep t ou r poo r

pitiful,helples s

,blun d e r ing love , n o ma tte r h ow much

it m ay b e , be caus e we a r e unwor thy of H is noti ce an d

H ow can we even a tta in happin ess a nd

p e r fe ction unde r such rule r ship ?

H ow can we kn ow th e n e eds o f human ity—th ehea r t o f huma n i ty

,if w e look away fr om ea r th a nd

s ea r ch among th e clouds,beyon d a ll ken f or some

thing tha t will n ot r e spond to our woeful cry f or help

and succor ?


God the F a the r is with u s .

Th e F a ther dwells with h is childr en ,loves them and

p r o te cts them .

Th e love of God is gr e a te r than a ll o ther love and is

a s th e p a re n t ’S love,f or God is F a the r a nd Mo ther of

a ll . Ther efor e,a s F a the r an d Mo ther H e dwells r ight

with u s—in th e m id -s t of u s,among h is childr en .

We n e ed n ot look away f r o -m ea r th to find God . If.

w e do we will n ot s e e H im f -or H e is her e with u s ,

a r oun d u s,with in u s . H e is u s . H e is

“th e word

ma d e flesh,

”a nd dwells among u s .

We a ll b ea r h is liken ess mor e or les s . Some have

go tte n so f a r awa y a n d j our n eyed s o'

long with

s tr anger s , s tr ange god s and fa ls e b elie fs , tha t they

h ave los t much of H is liken es s,H is r es emblan ce

,but

i t is s omewhere within u s a ll . It is in th e b et ter pa r t

of u s . Tha t which is bes t in u s b ea r s th e liken ess o f

God . It m ay b e dim an d blur r ed an d a lmos t fad ed ,

but th e goo d tha t is within ,d e s ir ed

,s till r e ta in s a r e

semblan ce to th e F a the r .

Th e ea r th is th e body of God,jus t a s we a r e th e

body of ou r souls . Our s ouls have mo r e than on e

bod y . We cr ea te an d. build a soul an d then we cr ea te

life to dwell for ever in th e soul . Th e s oul is a living,

br e a th ing, d ea thless thing wh en awaken ed .

Th e Chr is t soul n ever d ies .

Wh en th e soul fir s t d es ir es some thing mor e than i t

finds in th e cur r en t tea chings i t h a s then begun its

con ception ,th e con ception o f tr uth—Chr is t .

As it searches it begins to gr ow—it accumulates—fl

SOUL SCIENCE AND IMMORTALITY 81

a n d build s up its life ; it is th en bo r n a n ew—aga in .

It op en s its eye s to th e - life o f Ch r is t an d is a s on

of God .

Then,a s i t b egin s to wa lk, to lisp ,

to le a rn,it takes

on th e liken e s s o f its p a r en ts an d dwells eve r with

them . Th e Chr is t - bor n s oul s e eks God in a ll about it .

N o r d o e s i t los e s ight of th e fa ct tha t i t h a s ma ny

br o the r s an d s is te r s wh o a r e a ll o f th e s ame family .

Th e br o the rhood of m an,wha t is it ?

I t is r e cogn izing th e fa ct tha t we a r e all of on e

pa r en t,o n e family .

Th e awaken ed soul gr a sps th e gr e a t truth a s i t

s lowly un fold s to th e br ightn e s s of th e Chr ist within .

Un foldmen t come s a s th e blush comes to th e r os e .

Wa tch it gr ow an d r e ad th e mys te ry o f th e n u

fold ed s oul .

Gr a dua lly , s er en e ly , n a tur a lly it r espon d s to th e

wa rm,subtle r ays of th e sun . It r e sp on d s , i t yield s

to th e influen ce an d magn e t ism ,an d

‘

its be autiful

cr imson co lor come s fr om its r ays an d be a r s th e exa ct

im age o f th e sun . W ithin its cen te r is th e white light

o f pur ity, a r ound this , a s if to shield i t over , is a

cir cle of gold ,wh ile th e p e ta ls bo r r ow th e cr imson

fr om th e outer cor on a , th e on e which is n ea r e s t to

mankin d an d which is th e r ep r e s en ta tion o f love . This

is th e s e cr e t a n d th e symbo l o f th e Ros i crucia n Rosy

Cr os s , th e sun r epr e s en ting th e S -on o f God , blen d ing

an d mould ing human ity in to r esp on s 1v e b eing .

Th e awaken ed s oul s e e s an d r ead s all mys te r ies of

nature with unerr ing a ccuracy.


L e t thy s oul unfold gen tly , s lowly,an d y ou will

kn ow th e s e cr e ts of th e s oul . Ther e is th e kn owledge

o f th e ages s to r ed up within i t an d the r ea d ing of th e

s e cr e ts m ay b e an e a sy ta sk when y ou have le a rn ed to

r ea d .

Too many for ce th e way to un foldmen t or th e

awakening . This i s b a d . It r e ta r d s gr owth an d s ome

times ba lks i t en tir ely .

Clea r th e mind of a ll evil,s en sua l thoughts .

De s ir e tha t which is pur e an d holy .

J esus s a id,

“ Ble ss ed a r e th e pure in hea r t f or they

sha ll s e e God .

It is n ot n e ces s a ry to wa it fo r an imagin a ry r e sur

r ection d ay ,a fa r off a nd te r r ible

,to s ee God .

Th e pure in hea r t s e e God d a ily,and a s J ob s a id

I n my fl esh sha ll I s e e God,

”s o do they wh o a r e

pur e in min d s e e God , while in th e flesh . All fle sh is

God f o r th e“ wor d be came flesh an d dwe lt among u s

,

”

but when w e look f a r away beyond th e within how can

we s e e wha t w e thrus t behind u s ?

God is in u s .

God is in ou r thoughts , ou r hea r ts , ou r minds , when

we pur ify th e mind and make it a fi t com pan ion f or

th e thoughts of God .

All thoughts a r e compa n ion s .

We a s socia te in th e th ought wor ld with th e com

pan ion s mos t agr e eable to u s jus t th e s ame a s we a s

so cia t e w ith them on th e phys ica l plan e . We cann o t

hold though ts o f’ ha tr ed an d violen ce towa r d ou r

f ellow- men and th en be fit companions for God When


in d ividua ls r e a d the ir own s ouls a n d come to an

un d e r s tan d ing of wha t they owe to thems e lve s a n d th e

wor ld in ge n e r a l then will p e a ce come,

an d th e

B r othe rhood of . Ma n will b e un iver s a l .“ Love thin e en emy a s thys elf—love them tha t ha te

y ou ,

”f o r

“even th e hypocr ites kn ow en ough to love

thos e wh o love them .

Do n ot cove t anything tha t is thy n e ighbor’

s .

When J e sus told h is d isc iple s to love thy n e ighbo r

a s thys elf,

” they a sked,

“Wh o is my n e ighbo r ?”Th e

p er son wh o live s n ext d oor is n ot always n e ighbor ly ,

an d some time s fr ien d s a r e f a r away a n d this though t

came in t -o the ir min d s , whe n they a sked th e ques tion .

Th e Ma s te r expla in ed in th e pa r able of th e Good

S ama r i tan ,an d i t left n o dou bt in the ir min d s . It is

ea sy to un d ers tan d tha t th e m an whos e s oul is loving ,

s tr ong an d sympa the ti c is th e ne ighbo r ly m a n .

H e wh o exten d s th e he lping han d“

in time of n e ed is

th e ne ighbor . F r iends an d n e ighbor s a r e e a sy to have

whe n o n e is a lways succes sful an d n e ed s a sk fo r n o th

ing . It is when th e time of n eed comes tha t th e fr ien d

make s himse lf kn own .

So with th e m an go ing J e r icho r oa d,so with th e m an

o f to - d ay . Th e compa s s ion a te hea r t is n e ed ed her e ,

n ow,an d with th e awaken ing o f th e soul comes th e

d es ir e to b en efit a ll ma nkind . f a r a nd n e a r , f o r we then

un d e r s tan d wha t we a r e to ea ch other . He lp o ther s

a n d oth e r s will help you .

M an is ru led by th e hidd en d e s ir es of h is hea r t .

Thoughts are not invisible on ly to the sleep ing soul.


Th ey a r e th e,be tr ayers—th e Juda s I s ca r l o ts—tha t

s tea lthily come in th e n ight f o r . thoughts soon man ife s t

thems e lves in on e way o r an o the r .

Soon th e awaken ed soul knows its thoughts .

It d oe s n ot r equire many eff o r ts to subdue th e will

an d think a s we will to think .

Th e awaken ed s oul h a s und er s ta n ding .

Good and evil go i n va s t pr oc e s s ion s be s id e u s . We

kn ow bo th—know th e fa ls e fr om th e true, th e good

fr om th e evil .

Thoughts clamo r to b e he a r d . We hea r on ly wha t

we will to he a r an d wha t. w e he a r we think .

Th e e a r s mus t lis ten to tha t which is fit on ly f or

god s to he a r . Th e eyes s e e on ly tha t which i s fit f or

gods to s e e . Th e tongue sp eaks on ly tha t which is fit

f or god s to speak .

K in dn es s be comes mo r e than kin dne ss f or we know

in awaken ing wha t i t is to b e . kin d .

We cea s e to a sk fo r things when we begin t o kn ow ,

f or w e r ea lize tha t r ece iving d epe n ds on th e giving.

If we give ou t little h ow can we a sk f o r much ? If th e

sun ’

s r ays we r e les s s tr ong an d p en e tr a ting i t would

d r aw le s s mo is tur e fr om th e e a r th . Th e mor e w e give ,th e m or -e w e . r e ce ive r f o r

"

we d r aw to u s a ccor d ingtoou r powe r a n d s tr ength , a s w e give ou t .

We”

a r e able to d is cr imin a te be twe en good an d evil ,

r ight a n d wr ong. Th e soul awaken ed cann o t make

many mis take s in giving . Give a s w e have to give ,

an d that is n o t much . We give jus t wha t we have to

give , no mor e , no less . L ove , tenderness , goodness ,


86 SOUL SCI ENCE AND IMMORTALITY

we View th e pas t b e liefs a s we view a pa s s ing cloud we

ha il th e n ew bir th,th e awaken ing. of th e dawn a s we

view th e r a inbow in th e summe r sky .

P e a ce,th e a r change l of life e te r n a l

,is our s . We

kn ow h ow to app r ecia te tha t which come s thr ough

s truggle . But we a r e p r epa r ed n ow f or th e s truggles

to come .

‘ We kn ow wha t th e Ma s ter kn ew now ,tha t

th e s truggle br ings its r ewa r d . We a r e n ot a lon e—w e

s e e whe r e o the r s‘

have tr od th e we a ry pa thway and

en ter ed in to p ea ce an d un d e r s tan d ing .

We thr ow a s ide th e cr own of thor n s an d a ccept th e

ha lo o f light an d un d e r s tan d ing . W e kn ow wh y m en

have fa iled - an d we love mor e be caus e we un d er s tan d

mor e .

Th e awaken ed s oul is th e un der s tan d ing s oul .

It un d e rs tan d s tha t her e on ea r th is duty or we

would n o t be he r e on ea r th .

We a r e pla ced her e f o r a purpose,a divin e r ea son .

Ther e is God ’

s work her e to do—he r e among u s,and

within us

We mus t d o this work da ily if we would con tinue on

th e way . We d a r e n ot turn ba ck—th e con s cien ce willla sh u s in twa in .

We have be come able a t this s tage to se e th e mo te

wi thin ou r own ey e . We s ee wha t we a r e an d wha t we

have b e en . Little by little th e da rkn ess fa d es an d con

s ciou sne s s expa n d s . W e s e e th e liken es s in a ll,every

wher e . God’

s m an is he r e cr ea ting, fulfilling , an d

fin ishing h is d e s tiny ; n ot with s ighs a nd moan s but

with s in ce r e , good - will and ea r n es tn ess .

SOUL SCIENCE AND IMMORTALITY. 87

N0 mor e unwor thy to b e ca lled th e child o f a K ing

we kn ow wh o an d wha t we a r e an d we cla im ou r

he r i tage with joy .

Th e awaken ed soul is happy . It sp e ak s joy a n d

happin es s a s it j ourn eys on . Nega tive morbidn ess is

thrus t ou t an d th e spir it of optimism wafts in .

Why n ot ? Go onwa r d with a song- th e song of

Chr is t—of chee r a nd good - will,of hop e and . life e ter

n a l . The r e is n o s or r ow,n o pa in

,n o d ea th f or th e

a waken ed,r espon s ive

,r e ceptive souls .

I t illumin a te s a s f a r a s i t is i ts elf illumin a ted a nd

a ll its sur r oun d ings a r e filled with its light .


‘THE SOUL .

THE SOUL .

Th e qua lity of th e soul d ep en ds upon th e qua lity of

th e min d . A pur e,God - like

, gen tle , trus ting min d

cr ea tes a pur e,God - like

, gen tle , trus ting s oul,an d

thr ough a ll ages , thr ough a ll e tern ity, th e s oul s tand s .

It is ou r judge . It is ou r b e tr aye r . It is ou r s avior .

If we h ave a tta in ed a slight d egr e e of p e r fection in

goodn e s s a n d truth , it will live fo r eve r in th e s oul . It

cann ot be d e s tr oyed un les s w e de s tr oy it by en com

pa s s ing it a s th e wa lls of J ericho we r e en compa s s ed by

a hos t o f P th ilis tin e lor d s o f evil . It. is a pictur e

pa in ted by an a r tis t—it un e r r ingly po r tr ays eve ry

fea tur e in bold ,tr ite a ccur a cy an d we s tan d judged

by our s e lves—w e a r e be tr ayed a n d convicted by ou r

own s elve s , o r we s tan d in tr iumphan t victory if w e

judge our s e lve s r ighteous . When th e s oul r evea ls it

s e lf an d we are able to s e e an d r ead a r ight w e kn ow

wh a t we a r e . A s though a ve il wer e lifted an d w e se e

beyon d th e f a r , dim ,mus ty p a s t whe r e in age s of

b lin dn es s a n d ego tism we have built jus t wha t we a re .

Th e r eco r d is ther e . We have kept it . It is n ot

blur r ed n o r br oken . It is pla in , un changing a nd t rue .

F a r be tte r is i t f or a m an to lo se th e whole wo r ld tha n

to los e h is own s oul . When th e soul is los t then a ll is

lost .


A p erver ted min d pr oduces a p erver ted soul .

A n abn orma l min d p r oduces an abn orma l soul .A n unn a tur a l mind pr oduce s an unn a tur a l sou l .

Wha t th e min d is , th e s oul will be .

When y ou think ce r ta in though ts : y ou form o r mould

a pictur e o f your thoughts a n d this pictur e live s , f or

i t h a s life. It is a things—it is r eal . It is your s to con

d emu you when th e hour o f judgmen t comes,or it is

th e Rede eme r who s e pr e s en ce y ou have n ot kn own .

When you s tan d upon th e summit of e a r thly. d es ir es ,

clothed on ly in th e husks o f mor ta l flesh , w ithout on e

white light of soul to'

h old y ou fr om th e d eep , da rk

pr e cipice o f d e a th , y ou a r e los t .

But n o ma tter h ow t iny th e spa rk,if i t is the r e i t

will kin dle and flame in to life if y ou turn away. ,O

Neophyte,tur n fr om th e illus ion s of th e s en s es , th e

fle sh,th e e a r th ea r thly .

God dwells everywher e,in a ll life . God is not b e

hin d a ve il . H e is n ot shr oud ed 1 11 a ve il of mys te ry

H e is ev e rywh e r e . H e s e eks to be kn own . We wea r

th e v eil—n o t God . We d o not s ee Him,on ly. be caus e

we a r e blind .

B e caus e w e canno t see,we s ay God is beyond , is un

known ,o r unknowable . But when w e br eak away

fr om illus ion s , s en s e s , an d th e flesh we fin d Him hnow

a ble a n d kn own . We se e Him a s H e » is and we kn ow

H im an d we kn ow tha t we a r e like Him ; tha t we a r e

a r eflection of H is Soul,H is B ody

We know tha t a s’

th e sun is th e s oul of th e univer se ,so must H e be th e C r ea tor

,th e F a ther of th e Universe”


H e is th e min d , th e sun is th e s oul,an d th e un iver s e

is th e body—th e r efle ctor of min d an d sun .

Th e sun is th e magn e tic for ce . It d r aws fr om th e

Cre a tor th e s tr ength , an d th e life for ces tha t exis t in

a ll things . W e a r e but th e r eflection s o f th e Soul of

God—th e image , th e liken es s . Ch r i s t is th e Son ( or

Sun ) . Chr is t is th e Soul of th e Cr e a tor—God . When

we take on th e liken es s o f Chr is t we r eflect th e Soul of

God . This is th e Imma cula te Con ception—th e Holy

Ghos t bor n in th e mange r .

When w e br ea k away fr om th e illus ion s and love of

th e ea r th,when w e b egin to long f or a pure hea r t , a

pur ified soul,w e ha ve plan ted th e s e ed s of con ception .

When we b egin to gr ow in to goodn e s s , truth , an d

vir tue,w e a r e p re pa r ing fo r bir th—th e bir th o f

Ch r is t . A n d a s th e thr e e an cien t wis e m en we r e led

a cr os s d es ert s an d s ea s,s o m ay ou r min d

,ou r s oul , ou r

body b ow in r ever en ce an d thanksgiving b efo r e th e

babe,th e Chr is t of ou r own s oul

,th e S a viou r of a ll

m en .

”

We d e s ce r n th e lowlines s of th e habita tion o f

fl esh—th e manger of B e thlehem . At H is fe e t w e lay

ou r cho ices t gifts an d r e tur n ,e a ch u n to ou r own

coun try , whe r e n o illus ion s of th e kings of ea r thly d e

s ir eshave power to des tr oy th e Holy Ch ild , th e Chr is t

with in u s .

All tha t J e sus wa s , we can b e . Within him wa s

fos te r ed th e s eed of th e’

Chr is t—within him wa s born

th e Son of God ; within him , gr own in to ma tur ity , wa s

th e S aviour of th e wo r ld . H e wa s human jus t as much

a s we a r e human . H e was flesh and blood and bones ,

92 SOUL SCIENCE AND IMMORTALI TY .

jus t a s we a r e . H e wa s born un d er th e same laws ,

subj e ct to th e s ame tempta tion s, t r ia ls a n d suffer ing

an d sor r ows tha t we a r e . But H e kn ew wha t f ew of

mankin d kn ew—tha t a Chr is t dwelt in him a s it does

in a ll of u s . H e kn ew a Divin e Spa rk of Life,God ,

exis ted in eve ry in d ividua l . J es us wa s m or ta l,but h is

Chr is thood,h is Son ship wa s God immor ta lized in him .

When the thoughts o f h is min d turn -ed to th e

ma ter ia l comfor ts of life—w e a r e told H e even

hunger ed—m H e r e cogn ized tha t in God on ly exis ted th e

e tern a l , th e r ea l comfor ts by which th e soul live s . A nd

when th e thoughts of power over a ll th e kingdoms of

e a r th began to s tir him—H e r e a lized tha t only God is

power .

“A n d th e d evil ( d e s ir es ) leave th Him ,

and

b ehold,angels came an d min is ter ed un to Him .

”

All fa ls e id e a s wer e ca s t ou t . All th e illus ion s of

e a r th an d s en s e s w‘

er e th rus t away an d behold th e il

lumin a tion of th e s oul,

' —th e Chr is t w ith in th e m an

J esus .

Chr is t is th e Soul of God . I t is th e Son or Sun of

Th e Soul of God is not sexless . Th e soul of man is

n ot s exles s . Soul is a s s tr ongly s exed a s th e body .

We r ea d tha t when God cr ea ted,H e cr ea ted bo th ma le

and female . E a ch h a s a p a r t in th e gr ea t cr ea tive

plan of life . Mind is n ot s exle ss . The re is a ma s ou

lin e min d an d a femin in e min d . Th e ma s culin e mind

build s th e ma s culin e s oul . Th e femin in e min d build s

a femin in e soul . Should th e ma s culine mind. build a

femin in e soul , or th e f emin ine mind build a ma sculine



wor ld would have b e come un s exed . When th e soul

a n d min d be come s bo th ma s culin e an d femin in e i t is

th e s ame unn a tur a l an d p erve r ted law tha t p r oduces

th e tw o p r in ciple s in th e body . N ow an d then the r e

a r e in d ividua ls bo r n s o,bu t they a r e n ot n a tur a l ,

n e ithe r ca n they cr e a te,an d wha t is wor se , they ca n

n o t fin d a soul n or can they build on e . Thus w e can

ea s ily r e cogn 1z e‘

th a t while God d o e s p os s e s s bo th

ma s culin e an d femin in e p r in ciple s, y e t they a r e s epa

r a te an d d is tin ct , on e fr om th e o the r, o r cr ea tion

would s tep ,a n d whe r e cr ea tion s top s ther e a lso d oes

r egene r a tion s top .

When th e ma s culin e b egin s to build th e femin in e ,

th e ma s culin e min d b e come s n ega tive and th e soul b e

comes un s exed or in er t .

At r e in ca r n a tion,when th e soul takes a n ew body

it would be o f n e ither s ex,i t would b e bo th m an and

woma n,which is equa l to n e ithe r . It would n ec es

s a r ily b e dr awn in to sur r ound ings tha t ha rmon ize ,

wher e th e min ds o f th e pa r en ts a r e n ega tive , f or on ly

th e n ega tive mind b ecomes subj e cted or r e ceptive to

unn a tur a l laws .

Th e soul is magn e ti c an d d r aws to i t tha t which is

ha rmon ious to its elf .

If it is ma s culin e i t d r aws ma sculin e,if femin in e i t

d r aws femin in e . Rememb er tha t th e ma s culin e is th e

e le ctr ica l—th e p r oduce r , while th e femin in e is th e

magn e tic—th e r e ce iver .

Th e soul cann ot b e come e lectr ica l—it is wh at th e

mind Wills , The body reflects the Soul,

Wha t th e soul is, the body is . The r efo r e if th e soul

we r e both ma le an d fema le it would b e r efle cted in th e

body—th e body would b e both ,

f o r wha t the min d

builds th e soul is,and wha t th e s oul is th e body mus t

b e .

Such tea chings which would d evelop bo th pr in ciples

a r e r ad i ca lly wrong . They a r e d anger ous an d ha rmful

an d n ot a ccor d ing to d ivin e laws which cr e a ted m an,

ma s culin e,an d woman f or m an

,femin in e . E a ch h a s a

pla ce in th e d ivin e pla n an d f o r a good purpos e .

Woman is th e s oul of man ’

s soul . H e is Lor d of h e r,

an d sh e is h is s oul .

Chr is t is th e Soul or Son of

i

God an d dwells in a ll .

Whe n th e Chr is t is bo rn within u s we r efle ct him .

Refle cting Him we r eflect th e Soul‘ of God . Th e Soul

of God is wha t God p r oduces or build s u p . A n d we

a r e cr ea ted in H is liken e ss—we work un d e r th e same

laws .

J esus s a id I an d my F a the r a r e on e .

Aga in ,h e pr ayed tha t All m ay b e on e ; a s thou ,

F a ther,a r t in me

,and I in thee , tha t they a lso m ay b e

on e in u s .

”

Jesus d id n ot s epa r a te hims elf“

a s on e san ctified an d

holy an d apa r t . H e did n ot cla im mo r e f or hims elf

an d le s s f o r o ther s . H e s a id,

“ Thou ,F a ther , in m e

,

an d I in the e , an d they in u s,—they a r e tho s e wh o

kn ow th e F a the r , a n d th e Chr is t , H is s oul , an d they

a lso m ay b e in th e soul when they d evelop th e Chr is t .

Je sus ma d e n o law m an could n ot ke ep .

His laws were not His own. He said , The works I.

do a r e o f God a n d th e wor d s which y e hea r a r e n ot

min e,but th e F a the r ’

s which s en t me”

A ll wa s

d iv 1n e law,an d H e cla imed n o gr e a t thing f or h im self

—h is mor ta l s e lf .

Th e wor d s H e sp oke wer e th e wor ds mad e fle sh and

we r e full of truth an d gr a ce .

J e sus wa s human an d H e exp er ien ced a ll tha t

human ity expe r ien ces . H e wa s tempted by th e same

tempter—th e lure an d a ttr a ction o f th e s en s e s,but H e

und e r s too d,wha t w e fa il to un d e r s ta n d

,tha t th e

s en s es we r e but fa ls e god s tha t le ad to d e s truction .

To ove r come th e s en s e s do e s n ot mean tha t we ca nno t

en j oy wha t we have . To subj e ct the s en s es to th e will

o f r igh te ousn e s s an d pur ity. makes u s a ll th e mor e

capable of en j oying th e things which it is r igh t m to

en j oy . When we be come s lave s to s ens a tion s we ar e

n ot th e ma s te r . To b ecome Ma s ter s w e mus t ove r come

a ll tha t lea d s u s away fr om pur i ty,love an d truth .

We m ay love but we mus t n ot love th a t which is

impur e . We m ay en j oy to th e full a ll tha t is r ight

an d pur e an d holy,but we m ay n o t b e come subme rged

in th e d es ir e s of th e s en s es , f or - they lead u s away fr om

th e pur e and th e good .

We a r e ou r own saw/lord

s,jus t a s w e a r e our own

cr ea tor s . We can be come a s a little child an d le a r n

fr om our own vo ice th e mys ter ies of th e Chr is t . We

can op en ou r own blin d eyes to s e e th e se cr e t pla ce s

o f th e Mos t High . We"

can op en ou r own ea r s to

un d er s tan d ing . We can make th e lame soul wa lk .

We can cast out devne of unbe lief and selfishness.


We ca n r a is e th e d e ad fr om th e tomb o f d a rken ed b e

liefs a n d in iquity a n d inher i t th e kingdom o f life

e te r n a l .

On ly the Ch r is t within our s e lves r emoves th e d a rk

n e s s a n d . illumin a te s th e way .

The r e a r e thos e wh o tell u s tha t th e s oul of m an is

th e a ccumula ted exp er ien ce of m an .

”

Eve ry m a n kn ows h is own expe r ien ces—tho s e of th e

min d an d of th e s oul a s well a s of th e body . We ex

p e r ien ce pa in an d ple a sur e , joy an d so r r ow ; w e ex

p e r ien ce he a lth a n d s ickn e ss—a ll is a p a r t , a link , a

s tage in th e mak ing o f a s oul,an d thes e exp e r ien ces

a r e woven in truths tha t make u s or m a r u s . Wha t

w e ge t ou t of life an d a ll p re ced ing live s makes u s

wha t w e a r e .

But w e can take every pa in an d plea sur e an d

an a lyze th e caus e of it . Th e caus e m ay b e the s avior

o r th e d es tr oye r .

When w e b egin to an a lyze th e caus e o f things we

can un d er s tan d th e e ffe ct . Th e caus e of ou r pa in an d

s or r ow p r oduced th e effe ct o f pa in an d s or r ow , wha t

eve r tha t m ay b e . Th e caus e of pa in h a s p r oduced

in s an ity, s ickn es s , an d immor a lity .

W e have only to an a lyze ou r own live s , ou r a ccUmu

lated e xp e r ien ce , to kn ow wha t w e have p r oduced . If

w e ha d kn own a s J e sus kn ew we would a ls o b e tempted

without sin . Th e Ch r is t wa s th e Light tha t gua r d ed

him an d s aved him fr om th e d a rkn e s s an d th e p i tfa lls .

It is in you'

an d will light y ou an d guid e y ou a s i t d id

him ,f or it is. cer ta in and.

sure and will never fail if

you will bu t fo llow it .

A s your pa s t h a s ma d e your p res en t,s o will y our

p r es en t ma ke your fu tur e . Y ou a r e n ow building your

own sou l. H ow will you have it ?

SOUL SCI E N C

The Bui lding of a Soul.

We a ccumula te when we begin tobuild . To build

a s oul w e mus t fir s t plan the kin d of a soul we wa n t,

jus t a s th e a r chi te ct plan s a hous e h e d e s ir e s to build .

We mus t plan jus t wha t w e wan t to b e,n o t on ly in th e

p r es en t, bu t m o r e esp e cia lly thr oughou t the fu tu r e .

We mus t make a men ta l pictur e fr om th e foun d a tion

to th e a ttic a n d w e mus t even d ecid e upon th e f u r n i

tur e an d th e d e co r a tion s . Ha rmony mus t exis t from

floor to floor . We do no t wan t th e same a r ti cle s in

eve ry r oom but w e do wan t a ll tha t w e n e ed pla ced in

such a way a s to give th e be s t b en efit an d s ervice . If

w e wan t a p a la ce i t m ay take u s much longer tobuild

it,f o r th e mos t beautiful s tructur es a r e usua lly longes t

in build ing .

We mus t fir s t plan,th en we a ccumula te our timbe r

,

wha teve r kin d we d e cid e upon,then w e mus t have

n e ce ssa ry tools an d then w e mus t work . We mus t

work with d e te rmin a tion , an d with a will,in a ll kin d s

o f wea the r,obs tacles

,less e s

,and pa in ,

o r we will n eve r

a ccomplish wha t we have un d e r ta ken—ou r hous e will

n ot b e built . When w e build a s oul w e in d e ed build a

hous e,f or i t is th e hous e we sha ll live in th r oughout

a ll time a n d e te r n ity . It is n e ce s s a ry the r efo r e to

carefully examine , tes t , and?make sure of all that we

put in to it . Everything mus t fit in ,mus t b e chis eled

a n d mod eled a fte r th e d es ign s of th e b e s t an d gr eate s t

o r w e m ay n o t s tan d when th e flood come s . We a r e

th e temples of God . Th e temples in which God live s ,

a nd if we build a temple f o r God to live‘in w e sh ould

build a fte r h is own temple an d pa tte r n—th e Chr is t .

This is th e temple built without sound of hamme r .

It is th e s ame kind of a temple tha t S olomon built .

Wh en we a ccumula te in build ing th e Chr ist Soul ,we begin by thinking . Ou r thoughts a r e th e ma te r ia l

w e u s e with which to build thi s temple . Wi th th e fir s t

thoughts w e build th e found a tion . L e t it‘

b e upon th e

r ock,so tha t when w e a re t empted we fa ll n ot . We

mus t think upon cer ta in things eve ry day an d live and

a ct in ha rmony with the s e thoughts . Con cen tr atl o -n 1 s

a ccumula tion . It is th e caus e a n d eff ect,f or th e

'

cau se

a lways pr oduces th e eff e ct . Con cen tr a tion o p en s th e

ga tes to kn owle dge . K n owledge is man’

s gr e a te s t in

he r itan ce ; w e live en tir ely by th e kn owledge we

po ss es s an d w e have th e r ight to ga in a s much a s w e

can in eve ry pos s ible way . We d emon s tr a te h ow much

kn owledge w e po ss es s by th e way w e live .

It is n o t n e ce ss a ry to b e h ighly educa ted in th e text

books of s chools an d college s to b e able to a cquir e

kn owledge . Th e s avages pos s e s s a kn owledge of

min er a ls an d n a tur e tha t f ew white m en po s s es s with

a ll the ir le a rn ing . M en m ay b e e duca ted an d y et have

little r e a l kn owledge .

The r e a r e thos e gr oping about th e pa ths of ma ter ia l

ism, studying and wonder ing at th e mysterie s and


102 SOUL SCIENCE AND IMMORTALITY

an ce , so tha t they m ay b e able to avoid th e pitfa lls

an d th e sn a r es which in evitably fa ll to th e lot of thos e

who . a ttemp t to le a rn th e way to th e Highes t .

Th e pitfa lls an d sn a r es a r e tho s e wh o with fa ls e

knowledge and be liefs s e ek to turn th e s tude n t away

fr om th e r ight pa th an d lur e them in to subtle temp ta

t ion s an d ma te r ia lism,an d thos e wh o rush in to th e

p sychic world wi thout pr epa r a tion a r e liable to slip

an d fa ll in to the gr o s s es t e r r o r s , los ing hea lth , m en

ta lity and mor a l s tr ength an d often e nd in in s an e

a sylums .

Th e s tud en t mus t b e come h is own ma s te r befor e h e

ven tur e s f a r on th e p a th of in i tia tion an d h e mus t

then have th e pr o te ction o f on e wh o kn ows th e way

tho r oughly a n d wh o will le a d him in to th e r ight way

Some s e ek d evelopmen t an d kn ow ledge f o r s elf,f or

power an d glory . This i s n ot build ing a soul . Tll l S i s

on ly build ing a s tructur e tha t will fa ll,will crumble

an d go to ruin with the fir s t la shes o f th e tid es an d th e

wind s . S elf mus t b e left ou t . I t is tha t pa r t of th e

timbe r or s ton e tha t mus t b e “

r e - hewn . A pa r t of i t

on ly. is n e ces s a ry—jus t en ough to fi t in pla ce in a o

cor d an ce with th e d ivin e plan . We a re workmen .

“I n

my F a ther ’

s hous e a r e many man s ion s . I'

(Chr is t )

go to p r epa r e a pla ce f or you .

”

It is th e Chr is t within e a ch o f u s wh o p r epa r es th e

pla ce fo r u s . A n d J esus we n t on to s ay ,If I go an d

p r epa r e a pla ce f o r y ou ,I will come aga in an d r e ce ive

you un to mys elf, tha t , whe r e I am,ther e y e m ay b e

a lso .

”


When ou r hous e is r ea dy f or u s,when we have f ol

lowed him a ll th e way ,then we a r e whe r e h e is an d h e

is with u s an d w e a r e on e in th e F a the r an d in th e

Son .

Exp e r ien ce and evolution d o e s not a lways d evelop .

Developmen t is th e awaken ing of th e inn e r con s cious

n es s .Exp e r ien ce is a d e a r s cho ol and thos e wh o pa s s

thr ough fin d many ha r d an d bitte r le s son s , but n ot

un til we come to a r e a liza tion of th e caus e of ou r su f

f e r ing d o we un d e r s tan d wha t exp e r ien ce is trying to

tea ch u s . When w e un d e r s tan d tha t th e br e aking of

cer ta in laws br ings in evitable pun ishmen t , an d tha t

th er e is n o e s cap e fr om this pun ishmen t un til we le a rn

th e law an d ob ey it , then we take th e fir s t s tep towa r d

d evelopmen t,or illumin a tion ,

-

o r s oul build ing. Ex

p er ien c e tea che s u s on e thing , tha t i t is be tter to ob ey

th e law tha n to br eak it .

We d o n ot a tta in th e inn er con s ciousn e s s or illumi

na tion by evolution . Evolution b elongs to th e

ma ter ia l . Evolution is kn owle dge a tta in ed thr ough

many va r i ed exp er ien ces.

Deve lopmen t o r illumin a tion m ay come without ex

p e r ien c e in th e phys ica l or ma te r ia l . If m an wa s

cr eat e d spir itua l in th e b eginn ing an d los t h is high

es ta te thr ough a n a ct o -f d isob ed ien ce , it was n o t ex


an ce , so tha t they m ay b e able to avoid th e pitfa lls

an d th e sn a re s which in evitably fa ll to th e lo t of thos e

wh o a tt emp t to le a rn th e way to th e Highes t .

Th e pitfa lls an d sn a r es a r e thos e wh o with fa ls e

kn owledge an d be liefs s e ek to turn th e s tuden t. away

fr om th e r ight pa th an d lur e them in to subtle temp ta

tion s an d ma ter ia lism,an d tho s e wh o rush in to

'

the

p sychic world wi thout p r epa r a tion are liable to s lip

and fa ll in to th e gr os s es t er r o r s,los ing he a lth , m en

ta lity an d mor a l s tr ength an d often e n d in in san e

a sylums .

Th e s tuden t mus t b e come h is own ma s ter befo r e h e

ven tur e s f a r on th e pa th of in i tia tion an d h e mus t

then have th e pr o te ction o f on e wh o kn ows th e way

thor oughly an d who will lea d him in to th e r ight way

Some s e ek d eve lopmen t an d kn owledge f o r s elf,f or

powe r an d glory . This 1 s n o t build ing a s oul . Th 1 s 1 s

on ly build ing a s tructur e tha t will fa ll,will crumble

and go to ruin with the fir s t la shes of th e tid e s an d th e

win d s . S elf mus t b e left ou t . It is tha t pa r t of th e

timbe r o r s ton e tha t mus t b e “

r e - hewn . A pa r t of i t

on ly is n e ces s a r y—jus t en ough to fi t in pla ce in a o

cor d an ce with th e d ivin e plan . We a re workmen .

“I n

my F a the r ’

s hous e a r e many man s 1on s I (Chr is t )

go to p r epa r e a pla ce f or you .

”

It is th e Chr is t within ea ch of u s wh o p r epa r es th e

pla ce f or u s . A n d J esus we n t on to s ay ,If I go an d

p r epa r e a pla ce f o r y ou ,I will come aga in an d r ece ive

y ou un to mys elf, th a t , wher e I am,the r e y e m ay b e

a lso .

’



on ly change our s elves . A nd this is wha t m an lea rn s

th r ough exp e r ien ce,tha t h e mus t ch ange hims elf . H e

do e s n o t le a r n this,howeve r

,un til h e 1 s l llum in a ted

,

un til he le a rns wha t it is to build a s ou l.

H e m ay have . j ourn eyed thr ough many r e in ca rn a

tion s an d y e t n eve r have come to a r e a liza tion tha t h e

h a s a soul . When th e min d b e comes n ega tive , and b e

gin s to build up some th ing con tr a ry to th e laws o f th e

d ivin e plan,m an will suff e r an d con tinue to suff er and

th e fur the r away fr om truth h e ge ts , th e mo re h e will

suff e r,but h e m ay n eve r b e come en lighten ed ,

or d e

v e10p ed , o r illumin a te d . H e m ay go thr ough th e mo s t

ter r ifying exp e r ien ce s , bu t exp e r ien ce m ay te a ch him

n o thing f or it is po s s ible to d e s tr oy th e s oul , a nd when

th e soul is d es tr oyed the r e is n o th ing to live . S -o -when

m an o r woman begin s to d evelop con tr a ry to d ivin e

or d er or plan s h e or sh e d eve lop s a n ega tive s ta te .

Ma le an d fema le we r e or d e r ed . a ccor d ing to d ivin e

wisdom,a n d d ivin ity n ever o r d er ed the

'

m change d .

F emin in e min d is ha lf of cr e a tion an d th e mo s t

be autiful ha lf a t tha t . Th e m a s cu lin e : is th e o th er

ha lf. One an d on e a r e : two an d two m ay cr e a te , but

f our cann ot cr ea te f or th e div 1n e plan is r eve r s ed and

to r eve r s e th e law is to d e s tr oy ; D ev elOpme-n t o f th e

ma s culin e d es tr oys th e femin in e in w oman a n d sh e

los es h er cr e a tive . powe r s an d with it h er s ou l. Th e

s am e

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law hold s good . r ega r ding m an .

Woman is n ot th e po s itive p r in ciple in n a tur e and

sh e 1 s n o t th e ele ctr i ca l . ~ When sh e b egin s—to build a

ma sculin e soul sh e be comes n ega tive in min d f or sh e


a lso cr ea te s a ma sculine mind .

H e r min d is ele ctr i ca l but th e soul is magn e tic . Th e

s oul s en d s th e cur r en ts o f thought ba ck an d th e min d,

th e femin in e p r in ciples,a r e de s tr oyed an d sh e build s

up a ma s culin e mon s tr o s ity . Sh e d es tr oys he r s e lf in

be coming some thing e ls e,in r ever s ing th e or d er o f th e

d ivin e plan .

A s long a s we a r e p ea cea ble and law abid ing ol ti

zens we d o n ot suff er fr om br oken laws . But whe n we

br eak th e law w e suff er ; w e even d es tr oy our s elve s

When w e r ep ea tedly br e ak th e laws , f or gover nme n ts ,

even ,d o n ot a llow a cr im in a l t o run a t la rge .

Developmen t m ay b e a tta in ed befo r e exp e r ien ce h a s

even taught u s anything. J esus did n o t le a r n thr ough

exp e r ien ce . When tempta tion s came to him h e p os

s e s s ed th e kn owledge of th e law an d kn ew tha t i t wa s

n ot n e ces s a ry to exp er ien ce suffe r ing an d d is appo in t

men t or s or r ow in or d e r to lea r n to over come them .

H e kn ew b efor e tha t i t w a s n ot n e ces sa ry to fa ll in to

tempta tion . H e kn ew this b efore h e wa s tempted , b e

for e exp e r ien ce came . A n d this . is wha t h e taught

to kn ow th e law and ke ep it , and n ot to br e ak it and

then suff e r .

W e r e a d th a t h e wa s tempted as we a r e , y et without

sin .Tha t is

,h e wa s tempted and did n ot sin . H e

kn ew tha t the r e wa s n o en joym en t in sin . H e h ad th e

kn owledge , obta in ed thr ough h is ye a r s of tr a in ing and

d evelop me n t , b efor e"

sin t empted him . We sin b efo r e

we have th e kn owledge but. tha t is n ot n eces sa ry , fo r

s ome times we n ever ga in th e know ledge even thr ough


s .1n .

But J esus did n ot tea ch to sin and suffer an -d then

gr ow in to kn ow ledge . H e taught m en to obey th e lawsa nd n ot br eak them .

H e taught them tha t br eaking th e laws br ought

swift an d in evitable pun ishmen t,but h e did n ot te a ch

them to‘

b r eak them an d lea r n bu t to lea rn fir s t a n d

n ot br e ak them . H e did n ot te a ch tha t suff e r ing

br ought pur ifica tion ,f o r i t d o e s n ot a lways d o s o . H e

taught tha t pur ifica tion would s ave u s fr om suff e r ing.

H e s a id : If y ou d r ink of th e wa te r s I give y ou , you

sha ll n eve r thir s t,

”bu t h e wh o dr inks o f the ma te r ia l

wa te r s will thir s t aga in and aga in . H e h ad r efe r en ce

to th e spir i tua l wa ter s .

Y ou s ay tha t J esus wa s pur e and y et suff e r ed .

H e suff er ed,but h e suff e r ed n o t fr om br oken laws .

H e s -ufl -e r ed b e caus e h e wa s willing to suffe r in or der

to show mankind th e true way . The r e a r e d iff er en t

kin d s of suff e r ing . W e sud e r b e caus e o f o th e r s and

f or o the r s but n ot be caus e of s elf . H e s aved th e wor ld

on ly thr ough h is tea chings . H is ma te r ia l d ea th h a s

n o thing to do with sa lva tion,excep t tha t h e p r oved

hims elf immor ta l . H e could n ot have b ecome im

mo r ta l if h e h ad n ot d evelop ed th e Chr is t—4 th e Soul ,or

'

S on ship of God . H e taught tha t a ll m en a r e son s

of God if they will obe y th e laws o f God a nd s e ek th e

light .

We do not b elieve tha t th e suff er ings of Jesus wer e

very gr e a t . Why"

? B e caus e h is phys ica l suff e r ings

wer e only of th e body, h is soul wa s clean , Men tal


taught and wh o would go th e Way wh o would obey .

H e wa s n ot a fr a id ; h e kn ew they would lea r n when

they wer e r ea dy to lea r n when th e s oul awaken -ed by

th e d es ir es of th e min d would r e ce ive an d gr ow in to

th e Ch r is t .

Works and Fa ith .

F a ith pr oduces wo rks an d works a r -e fa ith p r oduced .

“

F aith is in r e a li ty n o thing but thought—it 1 s what

we think . To have fa ith in anything is to believe in i t .

We be lieve by thinking . Th e s tr onge r w e think th e

s tr onge r is ou r be lie f an d ou r belief is fa ith .

Th e thing we have gr ea tes t fa ith in is th e thing we

d o . It is th e works of ou r fa i th or thought . When a

m an b elieve s in evil h e d o e s evil . H e plan s an d build s

an d live s in evil b e caus e h e h a s fa ith in th e power an d

plea sur e s of evil . We demon s tr a te ou r fa ith da ily in

th e work we d o .

We s e e m en p lann 1ng an d build ing . They build a nd

pla n a ccor d ing to the ir fa i th and wha t they pr oduce is

th e works of th e fa i th .

If a m an build s a br idge , h e build s i t becaus e h e h a s

fa ith in i t . H e thinks it , h e b elieve s in wha t h e thinks .

Thought come s in to h is min d with an image of a

br idge . Th is

‘

b r idge is thought . H e goe s on thinkingL—then h e p lan s ,

‘

th en h e build s . This is fa ith and

wo rks .

N o m an eve r y et d id anything h e did n o t b elieve in .

‘It is true th a t million s d o th e things in which they

believe n ot,but they do them b e caus e they b e liev e it

is to their best interests , Thus they may not believe

l1o SOUL SCI E NCE AND IMMORTALITY .

in th e a ct but they b elieve—have fa ith—in th e r esults

of th e a ct .

If m an is la zy,us ele ss and shirks h is duty

,i t is be

caus e h e b e lieve s h e is happies t in such con d ition . H e

h a s fa i th in so much a s h e d o e s . If h e d oes n o thing h e

h a s fa i th in n othing, h e thinks n o thing, h e b elieves

nothing.

We obey fa i th—or thought .

We build soul”

on th e pr in ciple s of fa i th . It is ou r

works . Ou r soul be tr ays th e kind of fa i th w e have

worked un d e r .

Paul s ays,

“F a i th is th e subs tan ce of things hop ed

f or,

”so th e subs tan ce of th e soul is th e fa i th

,i t is th e

thing hop ed f or .

If we h Op e an d plan and build f or p ea ce we have

fa i th in the hop e f or p ea ce .

We have fa ith in he a lth if w e think hea lth . We

have fa ith in h ap p 1n es s if w e think happin es s .

Y ou m ay lie an d d e ce ive m e,but if I think y ou a r e

true,tha t is fa ith in you ,

fa ith in the id ea l . I build

of you ,in th e hop es I have in y ou .

Eve ry m an with an id ea p r oduce s tha t id ea in some

form . It will ma ter ia lize in s ome man ife s ta tion,of

thought , wor d or d e ed .

It is imposs ible to hold . an ide a or thought long

without man if e s ting it in some way .

Th e m a n wh o do e s n ot. man ife s t h is thoughts h a s

n on e . Ther e is a lways an avenue of expr es s ion f or

thought .

Here 1S the man who never made a success of any



F a i th is gr e a t o r small .

It pr oduce s i ts elf .

J esus p r oduced h is fa i th by h is works . H e taughth is fa i th—h e taught h is though ts .

H is fa ith in God wa s h is thoughts of H im .

H e d emon s tr a ted h is thoughts by h is works .

M en kn ew whom h e loved , whom h e a do r ed ; they"

kn ew h is thoughts or h is fa ith by h is life , h is a cts , h is

d e ed s,h is works .

J uda s Is ca r io t d emon s tr a ted h is fa i th an d h is

thoughts by h is d e ce itful , tr e a cher ous“

d e ed s .

H e h ad fa ith in evil be caus e h e thought evil an d h is

belief built h is soul in ha rmony with h is thoughts .

S ome have en de avo r ed to pictur e Juda s a s on e wh o

a ss is ted J e sus in d emons tr a ting truth and life et ern al ,

bu t th is is n ot true .

Jud a s Is ca r iot wa s taught a s we re th e e leven di s

cip le s . Je sus d emon s tr a ted th e power s of light and

truth,th e for ce of thought to him a s well a s to th e

o ther s,an d w e r ea d whe r e h e d e ce itfully cr i ti cis ed th e

woma n wh o an oin ted J esus with th e oin tmen t,s ay

ing,“Why wa s n ot this o in tmen t sold f or thr e e hun

d r ed p en ce an d given to th e poor””

This h e s a id,n o t th a t 'he ca r ed f or th e poor , but b e

caus e h e,wa s a thie f .

H e wa s th e b e tr aye r a n d thief be caus e h e h ad fa ith

in h is own evil min d an d thoughts .

B e tr aye r s a r e n ot God - s en t,n ot God - o r d a in ed .

They a r e s en t an d or d a in ed by th e thoughts of the ir

own minds. R ighteous-

ness was never betr ayed by

evil be caus e evil wa s good .

Nei the r is it n e ce s s a ry f o r goodn e ss to b e d emon

str a ted o r he lp ed to its own by evil .

A n evil thought n ever help ed anyth ing.

It is a s a me an s of dis t lngu l sh ing good fr om evil ,

bu t i t ne ve r d id and n eve r will help goodn es s to a tta in

r ighteousn ess .

- I t is n ot n e ces s a ry f or m an to gr ovel in th e dus t ,

th e mir e , and th e s lime in or d er to awaken to goodn ess

an d truth .

Th e s oul is n ot awaken ed by en dle s s s tages of evil

in ca r n a tion s an d e volution .

If a m an b egins'

h is ea r th j our n ey in evil and con

tinu es to cling to evil h e d e s tr oys hims elf or fo r ces

hims elf to r e tur n to suffe r K a rmic laws f or such evils .

H e d o es n o t awake n .

Evil doe s not caus e suff e r ing un til th e soul awaken s .

Th e s oul do e s n ot suff e r un til awaken ed . Th e man

wh o is thor ough ly evil doe s no t awaken thr ough it .

On e d es ir e f or truth , f or some th ing be tter and

pu r e r , ~ awak en s m an n o ma tt er h ow much e vil h e h a s

comm itted , p rovided h e h a s n ot committed thos e s in s

which de s tr oy the s oul .

When th e des ir e is born ,thought , or cr ea ted , then

an d n ot till then ,do e s m an suffe r fo r h is s in s .

J uda s Is ca r iot d emon s tr a ted h is own thoughts when

h e be tr ayed th e Chr is t . Th ey bought him with mon ey

H e wa s n ot th e fir s t n or th e la s t to s ell th e Ch r is t f or

th e love of m on ey . Thousands a r e committing th e

same deed every day.


Jud a s th ought to d e s tr oy—h e d e s tr oyed on ly him

s elf . Heh a d f a ith in d e s truction—h e d emon s tr a tedh is thoughts by h is works .

A n cl en t Atlan tis is r e in ca rn a ting in this cycle .

B o-th th e good an d the b a d a r e r e in ca r n a ting. Th e

goo-d f or good purpos e s ; th e evil f o r evil purpose s

The good have a tta in ed highe r kn owledge and a r e

s e eking to'

b enefit human ity and s ave th e land fr om

a n othe r d eluge .

Th e evil of Atlan tis a r e a lso coming aga in to caus e

its fa ll , its d es truction .

If evolution or r e in ca rn a tion awaken s m an fr om

evil , why is evil re in ca rn a ting ?

Th e good on e s a r e be tter than they we r e,bu t th e

evil a r e mor e evil .

R e in ca rna ting h as n ot less en ed th e evil of th e evil

on e s,or they would n ot se ek to d es tr oy .

Evil does n ot suff e r .

Ghod does n ot suff er .

I t

-

is th e s oul of m an tha t suff er s .

Th e body can suff er a lways,it is th e ma ter ia l .

The soul suff er s when it begin s to awaken .

When th e soul a tta in s Chr is thood i t suff er s n o mor e .

It h a s then worked ou t a ll its K a rma .

J e -

su s - n ever suffe r ed “

a fte r h e a r os e fr om th e tomb .

H e h a d n ot a tta in ed sup rema cy over th e flesh un til

h e h a d ca s t i t off .

Developmen t o r un foldmen t is th e on ly way of a t

ta inm en t of th e Chr is t . Nei ther cr eed n or dogma can

help th e soul .



Though th e soul is born aga in a n d aga in of th e flesh,

i t is flesh un til bo r n of th e spir i t“N o m a n ha th a s cen d ed up to heaven

,but h e tha t

came down fr om he aven,even th e Son of M a n which

is in heaven .

”

Man’

s bir thr ight is d ir e ct fr om God . M an h a s not

r is en from r ocks an d he rbs an d an ima ls,a s s ome

would te a ch . J esus s a id,

“N o m an a s cend ed but h e

tha t come s d own f r -cm heaven .

”

D ivin e Alchemy tea ches th e s e cr e t of th e cr ea tion

o f m an .

“M an n eve r wa s d eve lop ed fr om any s tage

of monkeyhood,n or fr om plan ts n or r o cks . It is true

tha t the s ame elemen ts which a r e in r o ck and plan ts

a lso con s titute m an,but m an n ever d evelop ed fr om

them .

”

M an is compos ed of th e elemen ts of d ivin i ty d ir e ct .

Go -d b e came flesh an d dwel t among u s .

”H e wh o is

build ing s oul in th e image of h is Make r,is able to

d r aw to him th e kn owledge of this powe r .

To have fa ith is to trus t .

We cann o t trus t th e powe r of a thing we do n ot

kn ow . M an cann o t trus t God if h e kn ows n ot God .

If m an kn ew God h e would trus t Him . If h e kn ew

God h e would have no specula tion or theories of th e

evolution a ry s tage s . H e would kn ow . Th e works of

God a r e man ife s ted to those wh o kn ow God .

M an wa s fir s t a ir,then wa te r

,then fir e

,then flesh .

This is th e s e cr e t of th e d es cen t fr om he aven . M an

d id n ot as cen d from dus t,r ock

,plan t

,o r an ima l—h e

descended. from heaven according to th e law of di

Vin ity . M an,th e Chr is t - m an

,a lways wa s and a lways

will b e,an d h is kn owledge comes n ot fr om b e ing

cr ea ted , but fr om cr e a ting.

H e wh o h a s kn owledge h a s th e power to cr ea te an d

h e wh o is able to cr ea te h a s kn owledge o f th e laws,

though t s an d wo rks of God or Good .

When we trust w e be lieve . Ou r thoughts a r e

mould ed in ha rm ony with a ll thoughts o f trus t an d

be lief . This is fa i th . A n d ou r fa ith lead s u s in to

works—works lead u s in to s oul .

If m an b elie ves tha t evolution a lon e h a s saving

power,h e will make n o a ttempt to awaken th e d ivin i ty

within hims elf,an d h e will con tinue to evolve a p er

son a lity , but th e s oul will sle ep f or ages .

Th e wor ld is be tter than it wa s a thousa n d yea r s

ago .

It h a s mor e extern a l kn owledge , i t h a s mor e of th e

men ta l , but th er e is n o proof tha t th e men ta l age will

b e much be tter than th e phys ica l age .

Th e wor ld i s n o be tte r f o r be ing cr owd ed wi th m en

ta l murd e r e r s than with physica l .

De a th , s i ckn e s s , d own fa lls , an d many evils have

be en caus ed by men ta l oppos ition an d con cen tr a tion .

Chr is tian S cien ce h a s ca lled this“Men ta l M a l

pr a ctice .

” I t is s imply th e old bla ck magic o f th e

age swhich h a s be en us ed for th ous an ds o f yea r s by

th e bla ck magician s , and many ills an d d e a ths an d

d ive r s wo es have b e en caus ed by tho s e wh o know an d

pr a ctice this d iabolica l a r t .

M any cr imes have be en committed by nega tives in


this mann er,an d th e r ea l p erp e tr a tor s ha ve e s cap ed

pun ishmen t fr om phys ica l laws b e caus e th e a ct wa s

n ever kn own a s mur d er . It wa s in san ity or illn es s

which r e sulted in d ea th (

Me n ta l s cien ce h as b e en br ought b efor e th e wor ld ;

i t h a s demon s tr a ted th e powe r . of min d ove r ma tt er .

It h a s worked without soul s cien ce,its fa i th

,its power s

have n ot d emon s tr a ted th e power of s oul,but on ly of

mind .

God could n ot h ave be come flesh if H e h ad con

tinu ed to dwell in min d a lon e . God is in r ea lity soul .

H e works to a tta in soul—H e works fr om min d to s oul .

Men ta l s cien ce will d emon s tr a te to th e wo r ld gr ea te r

sign s an d wond er s than i t h a s y et given . It . will

d emon s tr a te th e full a n d comple te power of min d . It

will a tta in its zen ith in th e men ta l age—th e p owe r o f

good an d evil will b e man ife s ted thr ough this s cien ce

beyon d th e comp r ehen s ion o f m en of to - d ay and of

yea r s ago . I t is th e way - shower,th e light- bea r er of

min d,of men ta lity

,a s wa s J ohn th e Baptis t , wh o b ap

tized with wa ter (mind ) .

S cien ce of mind h as a lrea dy pr oved th e t ruth an d

cer ta in ty of men ta l ma lp r a ctice ; i t will p r ove gr e a ter

power y et .

B u t mind will die with th e body .

S ou l on ly lives .

Th e s cien ce of soul,its build ing, its works , will

fo llow with even gr ea ter d emo n s tr a tions th an m ind

h a s giv en .

B ut all this will be good on ly.



ATONEMENT .

Chr is t wa s. on ce off er ed to b ea r th e s in s of many ;

an d un to them that look f or him shall h e appe a r th e

s e con d time without sin un to s a lva tion .

”

Aton emen t m ean s r e con cilia tion .

F or ages p eople wer e wan d er ing fa r ther and fa r ther

fr om th e on e true God , an d J e sus’ miss ion was to turn

them ba ck,to br ing them to an un der s tan d ing an d

r ea liza tion of wha t God wa s .

M an wand e r ed away in h is own ign or an ce an d con

ceit . M an h a s mad e hims elf impos s ible fo r a dwelling

pla ce of God . Looking away fr om e a r th an d flesh in to

vague , vis ion a ry cloud s"

of imagin a tion ,h e looked

away fr om th e on e kn owable but unkn own God and

Cre a tor .

“Man kn ew God and glor ified him n ot a s God,

n ei ther wer e they thankful ; but: b e came va in in the ir

imagin a tion and the ir foolish hea r t wa s d a rken ed

Pr ofess ing th ems elve s to b e Wis e , they be came fools .

“A nd changed th e glory of th e in cor ruptible God

in to an image ,mad e like to co-r rup tib le m an

,an d to

bir d s and four - foo ted bea s ts and cr e eping things .

”

Man’

s mis take wa s in making God in th e liken e ss of

m an ,a p e r son a l be ing of ange r , j ea lousy, r evenge , and

d emand ing life and blood to appea se H is anger and

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H is wr a th .

N o wond e r they wandere d f a r away fr om such a

H ow many t imes have m en taken in to the ir own

han ds th e powe r an d sp e e ch o f God and d eman ded

ob ed ien ce an d r ever en ce to Opin ion s,tr ad ition s , an d

theor ies mor e hea then ish than any hea then ever

taught ?

. Wh o could love a God wh o would consen t and en d

cour age m en to pillage , kill , an d tor tur e he lple ss m en

women,an d child r en ? What God could app ea r to

m an a s L -ov e an d sa y ,“Wor ship thou m e with all

thin e hea r t,with a ll thy soul” and thou sha lt have

n o o ther god befor e m e,

”and command them to

mur d er,r ap e and a ll kinds of d e s truction ?

God loved and cr e a ted all m en,an d does n ot go ou t

to ba ttle aga in s t H is son s an d d aughter s , d is tr ibuting

favor s an d ble ss ings on on e s id e r ega r d le s s of wor thi

n ess or wisdom,and to rmen t

,ca rn age , an d wa r fa r e

on th e o ther s id e f or no r e a son a t a ll .

I s God violen t and unme r ciful ?

Such a God is a man -made God,mad e in to an

image like to cor ruptible m an, and is n ot th e God

they on ce knew ,but would n ot glor ify a s God .

A s th e Jews,they looked f or a king tha t should rule

with”

judgmen t and wisdom equal only to the ir own

under s tand ing.

“Pr ofes s ing to b e wise , they became fools , and

th eir“foolish hea rts wer e darken ed ,

” They were



h e taugh t and d emon s tr a te d in to an image like un to

cor ruptible m an .

” They have given to this image a

p ers on a li ty a s un to m an .

Th e -

y have ma d e a God cruel,hea r tless , and un jus t ,

and theyWor ship him a s a K ing in a f a r - off coun try,

whithe r f ew can ever hop e to go .

Th eypt ell u s God is Love , Me r cy,Truth

,and in th e

n ext b r ea th tell u s , h e will burn u s a ll in a lake of fir e

and br ims ton e .

One on ce sa id : God cannot save you if you will

n ot le t h im,

”an d a f ew minutes la ter ma d e th e r e

ma rk tha t “ th e De vil will get y ou if h e makes up h is

min d . Thus does th e m in istry'

t ea ch a true God .

They wor ship a B e ing whom the y have n eve r s een

and wh om they n eve r exp e ct to s e e,f or h ow can

“a

worm of th e dus t ” eve r a tta in son sh ip with Chr is t if

h e n ever lifts himse lf from th e dus t ?

I s i t any won d e r tha t m an d r i fted away in stead of

towa r ds God ?

Th e miss ion of th e Chr is t wa s to res to re m an to h is

r ightful pla ce , to br ing him ba ck to kn owle dge and'

son ship with God, to lif t h im up fr om th e dust in to a

ma n,a. son of God

Th e con ception of the Chr is t , of Jesus ,‘

is en tir ely

d iff er en t from th e con ception of th e Chr is t of th e

Chur ch .

Ch ris t i s n ot a man .

Chr ist is not an“

“ image like un to cor ruptible man .

Chr is t is th e awaken ed soul,th e Son of Go d .

Th e sages and wise men of th e E gyptians wor


shipp ed Os ir is a s th e son of God,which is id en ti ca l

with th e tea chings an d con ce ption of J e sus .

When m an b egin s to un d er s tan d th e Chr is t , h e will

b egin to un d e rs tan d hims elf an d h is duty an d pos ition

towa r d s God .

In s te a d of d r ifting f a r o u t to s ea,away fr om

an chor age an d s a fe ty,h e will turn ba ck an d b e com e

r e con ciled to h is F a ther,h is Cr e a tor , which is

”

in

heaven,an d thus make an a t - on e - m en t with th e Chr is t .

H e will,by build ing a soul

,b ecome a p a r t o f an d on e

Wi th God , th e F a the r .

Chr is t is th e r ea l,th e true con ception of wha t God

Y ou s ay ,Th e chur che s tea ch Chr is t , th e truth ;

they a ll have truth .

”

But wha t is tr uth ?

Wha t is Chr is t ?

Have th e chur ches ever taught tha t th e Chr ist is

n ot m an,but is th e th ought , th e id ea , th e d es ir es of th e

holy,jus t

,loving God ?

Th oughts , ide a s an d d esir es form th e s oul .

I n eve ry chapter is expla in ed tha t soul is build ed ,formed

,mould ed an d cr ea ted by th e thoughts , d e s ir e s ,

and id ea s of th e min d , hen ce th e S oul of God is

build ed by th e th oughts of th e min d o f God—or mind

of Good .

Wha t is good ?

An a lyze Good an d y ou will a n a lyze God .

Wha t is Good ? Wher e is it—wher e d oes it dwell ?

The answer cemes in tones of thunder ; Within

12 5‘

S OUL SCIENCE AND IMMORTALITY .

th e h ear t of man mus t it b e found .

Eve ry min d builds a soul . Th e s oul i s subs tan ce .

It h a s a body—an invis ible body to th e phys ica l ey e ,but a vis ible on e to th e spir itua l ey e .

Every pe r s on wh o wills to s e e h is own s oul can do

s o if h e will ob ey an d follow th e in s truction s a s given

by th e powe r ful A e th B r oth e rh ood fl th ose ma s ter s in

d ir e ct touch wi th th e White Br o therhood .

Every s tud en t of th e A e th Br othe rhood is able to

s e e h is s oul an d to know it s liken e s s and author ship ,

Wh ethe r i t h a s been builded in to th e Chri s t or in to

evil .“Chr is t wa s on ce off er ed to b e a r th e s in s of many ;

an d un to them tha t look f or him sha ll h e app ea r th e

s econ d tim e without. s in un to sa lva tion .

”

We have a ll b elieved in th e Chr is t an d have f ol

lowed th e id ea s an d con ception s of many .

This is th e Chr is t ' a s h e h a s app ea r ed to u s, but

un to them tha t look f or him sha ll h e app e a r th e

s econd tim e without s in un to s a lva tion .

Without sin un to s a lva tion be caus e“ i t d oe s n ot y et

app ea r wh a t we sh a ll b e but. we kn ow th a t h e sh a ll

ap p ea r , we sh a ll b e like him for we sha ll s e e him a s

h e is .

”

“A n d eve ry m an that ha th th e hop e in him pu r ifieth

hims e lf,even a s h e is pur e .

Even th e J ews in the time o f Je sus pur ified them

s elve s b efor e they wen t to th e temple by fas ting an d

p r aye r . This they ca lled th e aton emen t befo r e th e

feast of the Passover,



cr ea tor f or m an is of God .

H e d es cen d ed to a s cend .

H e wa s on e in th e beginn ing, but thr ough h is own

laws an d thoughts an d" d e s ir es h e cr ea ted , h e wan

d er ed away fr om a t - on e -ment and to a tt a in a t - on e

men t he mus t be come . r econ ciled,r e turn to God

,a s

h is own—a s h is on e—hims elf pur ified,clean s ed an d

ma d e p er fect .

H e mus t b e r eb orn ,mus t make hims elf an image

an d liken e ss o f goodn e ss and truth .

Then h e is on e soul with God .

Befor e th e ea r th wa s cr eat ed m an was .

J e sus sa id,

“ Thou loveds t m e befor e th e foundation

of th e wor ld .

Ther e a r e o ther wor lds befor e this an d th e god s o f

o ther wor ld s wer e befor e this ea r th wa s . Th ey, ther e

for e,did no t evolve f r o-m plan t or an ima l life , or fr om

r ocks an d min e r a ls .

Ther e a r e cr ea tur e s , ca lled elemen ta ls , that have

n ever b een born of th e fle sh .

Thes e e lemen ta ls have min d a n d s oul,but they

could no t have e volved fr om anything of th e e a r th,

having n eve r touched th e ea r th .

God is in r ea lity soul and th e pur ified soul of m an

is on e pa r t o f th e soul of Go d,the Cr ea tor .

Th e un iver s e is th e vis ible body of God .

When th e min d of m an pla n s and cr ea te s , this is

a lso th e cr ea tion of Go d . God is th e sour ce of a ll

id ea s and thoughts that build and formula te goodne ss ,

truth and virtue.

Th e r e a r e s e a s of limitles s knowledge f or th e soul

tha t s e eks to kn ow .

Ete r n a l life,th e s e cr e ts o f n a tur e

,of life

,an d d ea th

a r e h is to kn ow if m an wills it .

Th e gr e a te s t s tumbling block is s e lf—a n d s elfish

n es s . M a n e r r ed when h e cr e a ted s e lf above a ll things

els e . H is min d,h is bo dy a r e to him th e s ole exis ten ce

of a ll th ings a n d th e comfo r ts an d ple a sur e s of th e

ma te r ia l life fa s cin a t e s a n d le a d s him away fr om truth

an d th e r e a l . Th e mo r e w e yield an d lis ten to th e d e

man d s o f th e flesh f or ple a sur e a n d b od ily comfo r ts ,

th e le s s we kn ow of th e r e a l .“What will i t p r ofit a m an to ga in th e whole wor ld

an d lo s e h is own s oul ? ”

To turn away fr om th e s oul is d e a th .

A s long a s min d exis ts , s oul o f some kin d is cr ea ted .

A nd“a s a m an th inke th in h is he a r t so is h e ,

”f or h e

build s th e s oul a s h e thinks .

T empta tion s sur r oun d him to le a d him away, to

caus e h im to wan d er in un ce r ta in ty an d d a rkn e s s , an d

th e mo r e fr equen tly h e yield s to h is s en sua l an d gr o s s

d e s ir es an d plea sur es th e we aker h is soul b ecomes to

r e s is t .

O 'ften times a waken ing come s a fte r ce r ta in s ouls

have s app ed the foun ta in s o f ple a sur e d ry an d fin d

t ha t they have on ly e a ten th e apples of S od om ,o r

d r ank fr om th e sp r ings of Ma r ah.




t ea cher s in th e syn ago gues kn ew n ot wha t h e mean t

when h e r efe r r ed to h is “F a ther ’

s bus in ess .

On ly'

h is mothe r kn ew ,f or sh e kept a ll tha t h e s a id

within h e r hea r t .

J e sus kn ew a ll m en,

A n d n e ed ed n ot tha t a ny

sh ould te s t ify of m an ; f or h e knew wha t wa s in m an .

H e kn ew th e min d,b e caus e th e s oul of him could

s e e an d r ea d th e min d s of m en .

Th e thoughts an d d e s ir es we re man ife s ted b efor e

h is eye s an d h e r e a d m en an d kn ew wha t wa s in m an .

P e ter,With a ll h is boa s ted loya lty in time of n e ed ,

kn ew n o t hims elf a s th e Ma s te r kn ew him . P e ter ’

s

kn owledge an d p owe r then surpa s s ed any tha t we have

to - d ay , y e t th e Ma s te r s a id,

“When thou a r t con

ve r ted,P e te r

,s tr engthe n thy br e thr en . This p r oves

th a t on e m ay pos s e s s gr ea t powe r s of hea ling an d

te a ching ,an d y e t b e un conve r ted , or r a the r liable - to

b e led away by th e fea r an d d eman d s of th e flesh an d

of s elf . Th e S a tan of s elf wa s P e te r ’

s gr eates t en emy .

When th e Ma s t e r wa s t aken by th e en emy P e te r

fea r ed f or h is own life an d s a fe ty . J e sus kn ew h is

weakn es s , kn ew tha t Pe ter mus t r id hims elf of s e lf

b efo r e h e could s tr engthen o the r s . A n d when P e ter

s aw h ims e lf a s h e wa s , when h e r ememb er ed h is gr ea t

p r omis e o f loya lty an d love,I will lay d own my life

f or thy s ake,

an d then r e cogn ized . h is w eakn es s an d

cowa r d ice in th e momen t of tr ia l,d o w e won d er tha t

h e wen t a lon e without an d wep t bitte r ly ?

H e s aw n ot th e Chr is -t within hims elf a t tha t

momen t when Chr ist looked upon him .

The r e wa s n ot on e among them wh o p r ocla imed h is

loya lty an d love a s did P e te r . Y et th e gr e a t s truggle

h e h a d w ith s elf won th e victo ry,f or in th e hour when

Pe te r s aw hims e lf—h is s oul,h e wa s awaken ed

,an d

n on e eve r s tood s o boldly,s o fea r le s sly an d fa ithfully

f o r th e truth a s d id P e ter . Th e true bir th of th e soul

comes in th e hour of tr ia l .

W e b elieve our s e lves s tr ong an d s tea dfa s t,w e m ay

think we could die f or an o the r,but th e fr a il s oul

tr emble s when th e tes t come s .

H ow can w e die f or an othe r when w e r efuse to die

f or ou r own soul ’s s ake ?

M an will d es tr oy th e s oul,crucify soul f or th e flesh

an d wor ldly ga in an d gr e ed , h e will ch ea t an d gamble

an d tr a d e soul fo r mon ey,h e will d eny th e is ou l , but

h e cann ot d eny th e fle sh . H e cann o t give up th e

cr aving an d thir s t f or th e tr ea sur es afld‘

fame of

e a r th .

Y e t h e kn ows a ll th e ea r thly d e s ir es an d ga ins an d

pleas ur e s will come to n aught .

Th e tr ea sur es h e le aves f or other s to spoil an d

abus e . Th e win e tha t left th e swe e t s eductive ta s te in

h is mouth h e can ta s te n o mor e . Th e lur e an d t emp ta

tion o f fle e tin g s en sua l love s will p a ss fr om him an d

h e p a s s e s b eyon d th e ve il without light an d o ften times

with out hop e , f or the r e a r e thos e wh o a r e th e r ema in ‘

ing sp a rk of a los t s oul tha t h a s th r own away its la s t

cha n ce f o r life e te rna l .

Th e fle sh Sp e aks o f s elf . We s eek bod ily ea s e an d

comfor ts b ecaus e th e flesh d emands it . Th e con tempt

an d d isda in, th e p r oud d emeano r of th e wor ld ly

p eople woun d s us . Why ?

Can th e m an wh o i s Without s oul wound th e soul.

of

a Chr is t,of a Son of God ?

Think y ou Chr is t J e sus suff e r ed b ecaus e h e wa s

poor ?

Was he n ot. tempted a s n o other wa s tempted ?

H e knew h e p os s es s ed th e powe r of god s , tha t th e

angels of God would min is ter un to him , y et when they

s ought to make him king h e d epa r t-cd fr om them . Th e

powe r s of th e flesh , of th e ca ll of m en who s aw no t th e

s oul but th e power h e wa s wield ing, wa s n ot a tem p ta

tion to th e Chr is t .

Wh y should we a llow th e wor ld . to hur t u s ?

Why should we ca r e f or th e sma ll pla ce in l ife we

mus t hold if we a r e even on e o f th e lea st in th e

kingdom of hea ven ? ”

J esus s a id ,“ Of m en born of women ther e is n ot a

gr ea te r than J ohn th e Baptis t , but h e tha t is lea s t in

th e kingd om of heaven is gr ea ter tha n h e .

”

Th e wor ld ly d es ir es lea d u s away fr om th e heaven ly

un les s we can d is ce r n th e r ea l fr om th e fa ls e .

Crucify th e flesh,

“Crucify him ,

tha t is th e on ly

way to fr e edom and to life .

“Pu t up thy swor d in to thy she a th ; th e cup which

my F a ther ha th given m e,sha ll I n ot d r ink it ?

”

Sha ll we , da r e we r efus e th e crucifixion ?”

It lead s to glory , a t on e men t , an d s on shipwith th eF a the r .

This Jesus kn ew when th e d is cipl es would

struggle f or powe r of th e flesh .



n o mor e tr ia ls and tempta tion s,or s or r ows » of th e

flesh .

H e s or r owed b efo r e th e crucifix ion an d h e wa s sub

ject to sen s a tion s like a s w e a r e . J e sus wep t a t th e

gr ave o f La za rus , a s other s wept . H e did n ot weep

b e caus e he h a d n o hop e,bu t b e caus e h e un d er s tood

th e b lin dn es s a n d s truggles of thos e about him . I t is

n ot we akn es s to un d er s tand th e s or r ows of o the r s .

We akn e ss is to y ield to th e tempta tion s of th e fle sh .

Many m en yield to a d em an d o f com for t and of

ambition s of th e flesh an d y et coun t thems elves s tr ong.

Thes e m en tea ch gr ea t truths a n d many have n o t

lea r n ed . to look beyon d th e ve il of s elf in to th e temple

a n d kn ow a n d un d e r s tan d th e God tha t dwells the r e ,

s truggling f or fr e edom in eve ry on e of u s .

J esus ’

gr ea t powe r wa s in h is un der s tanding, and

h e n e ed ed n ot tha t any should tes tify of m an ; f or h e

kn ew wha t wa s in m an .

H e kn ew th e good fr om th e evil .

H e kn ew h ow s tr ong th e ties of th e flesh wer e .

Many a r e th e lesson s h e h a s given u s to kn ow an d

th e gr ea tes t of all a r e the lesson s of love,and und er

s tand ing.

Th e flesh h ad tempted and tr ied him, th e s tr onges t

of m en,and h e saw th e s ame subtle en emy en compa ss

h is loved on es .

Wh en they s ought to kill h im h e kn ew they wer e

un able to un d er s tan d the truth . They h a d n ot y e t

lifted th e ve il of th e fle sh from th e s oul .“Why do ye not under stan d my sp eech ? even b e


caus e y e cann ot hea r my wor d .

“Y e a r e of your fa the r

,th e d evil

,an d th e lus ts of

your fa ther y e will d o .

”

This is th e lus ts and . the evils of th e flesh which h e

a mur d e r e r fr om th e b eginn ing ( a d es a id is

s tr oyer o f truth a n d Chr is t ) an d abod e n ot. in th e

truth,b e caus e ther e is n o tr uth in h im.

”

Th e r e is n o truth 1 n evil,n or in plea sur es o f th e

s en s es . They s ay they will n ot di e—tha t plea sur e islife

,but th e s en s es an d th e flesh will die

,an d the r e is

n o truth in them .

Th e flesh suff er s a t th e pa r ting of th e ways . When

th e ve il is lifted an d th e soul is a ckn owledged ther e is

s or r ow,but on ly f or th e time be ing.

It is be tte r to die an d liv e aga in ,than to live an d die

f or eve r .

Th e min d kn ows wha t mann er of spir i t it is .

Min d is a subtle,s t ea dy build er . It is th e r iver of

l ife to th e s oul . It is th e wa te r tha t clean se s th e soul

from a ll un cle ann ess .

It is“

th e kin dly light tha t lea d s thr ough th e pits an d

shadows of th e evil .

Min d a s cr ea tor i s th e tr an smitter of a ll vibr a tion s .

Thes e vibration s abso rb ed by th e s oul a r e many

color ed,an d can be s e en an d felt .

It is an e s tablished fa ct , p r oved by th e s cien tis ts ,

tha t thoughts a r e of ma ny color s .

A nd th e mind can r ead thes e color s a s one would

r ea d a book .

Th ey emana te from man and identify h im .

138 SOUL SCIENCE AND IMMOR TALITY .

Mind pr oduces thought . Th e mind is ever p r o

du cing an d cr ea ting, piling up w h ea t and ta r e s“un til

the gle an ing a nd ha rvest thr eads and. bin d s them

ap a r t—until th e crucifixion te a r s away th e ve il b e

twee n soul an d bo dy a n d th e Chr is t is fr e e bor n .

N o m an but on e e ver tr od th e way willingly .

Ther e is con tinued da rkn es s and th e sun do es not

give l igh t un ti l th e Golgo tha hour is s truck .

Ther e is but on e way to go . I t is by way of th e

cres s .

Th e cr os s i s on ly th e sep a r a tion of evil and soul .

I t is the thir s ting ou t of th e d es ir es tha t lead to

d ea th .

“H e tha t en ter e th n ot by th e doo r in to th e sheep

fo ld , but climbe th up some o the r way , th e s ame is a

thief an d . a, r ob be r .

”

Th e Chr is t is th e door . I t leads in t-o th e wor lds and

plane s o f godn -

es s and power b eyond .

To go th e way we mus t d o th e wo rks J e sus did .

Ther e a r e many blin d among u s,whom we a r e able

to tea ch an d lea d . The r e is n o blin dn es s so hop eless

a s that of a blind s oul .

De s tr oy th e s elf an d th e soul s ees .

S e lf is th e veil of the temple .

It hid es a ll tha t is be autiful within th e spir itua l

domes , an d so da rkn es s r e ign s up on"‘th e fa ce of th e

d e ep .

”

Would you have p ea ce ? Then s tudy th e laws of

p ea ce .

Th e wor ld is beginning to long f or pea ce a s i t has



fr om th e gr ave .

Love gave him th e powe r to clean se hims elf fr om a ll

d es ir e an d tempta tion—th e cr oss ga ve h im powe r to

lift th e thin ve il of th e temple an d tr an smute hims elf

in to shin ing go ld , an d e ter n a l s on ship With th e F a ther .

“ But un to them tha t look fo r him sha ll h e app ea r

th e s econ d tim e without sin un to sa lva tion .


PASSOVER.

We have a lways b e en taught to look upon th e Pa s s

ove r a s s imply a cer emon ious r ite commemor a ting th e

flight o f th e Isr a elites fr om th e lan d of Egypt (Egypt

is symbolica l of d a rkn es s ) , whe r e they wer e in bon d

age .

But the re is a d e ep er mean ing ,a sa cr ed an d sublime

me an ing, to this comman d an d d e cr ee .

Pa ss over mean s d e liver an ce fr om bon d age .

It me an s a change , a spir itua l change an d tr an smu

ta tion to a higher e s ta te .

It me a n s pur ifica tion an d th e flight of th e soul fr om

pa s t er r or s an d id en tifica tion with God in th e n ame o f

Chr is t , th e d eliver e r a n d S aviour o f th e s ouls of m en .

“ Thus sha ll ye e a t i t ; with y our lo in s gir d ed , you r

shoe s on your fe e t , an d your s ta ff in your han d s ; an d

y e sha ll ea t it in ha s te ; i t is th e Lor d’

s pa s s over .

”

“F or I will pa s s thr ough all th e land of Egypt this

n ight , a n d will smite a ll th e fir s tborn in th e lan d o f

Egypt , bo th m an an d bea s t ; a n d aga in s t a ll th e-

god s

of Egypt , I will execute judgmen t , I am th e Lo r d .

”

A ll wh o s tr ive to a tta in th e soul of Ch r is t mus t e a t

this pa s sover .

Th e fir s t s tage is pr epa r a tion ; with th e loin s girded

with strength and desire of pur i ty.

With sh oes on y ou r fee t . De termin a tion and . a

firm will pr epa r es u s to cop e with th e r o ck - crus ted

an d moun ta in ous r oa d s we mus t tr avel . These a r e the

shoes we mus t wea r .

“A n d your s taff in your hands .

”

This s taff is th e d esir e o f th e min d an d hea r t a n d s oul

to pa ss - ove r fr om th e ma ter ia l,a n d n igh t of flesh , in to

th e ever la sting day . A fr eeing fr om th e bon dage of

da rkn ess .

“We mus t e a t in ha s te .

We mus t take n o thought o f th e morrow ,n -or a llow

th e wor ld'

to hin d er u s w i th its ca r es and ple a sur es , f or

to de lay m ean s los s f or “ this is th e Lor d ’

s pa s sover .

”

Th e Lor d,Chr is t

,held s o lon g in bon d age within u s

,

will pa s s ove r in to th e lan d s of p r omis e , which is th e

kn owledge given by th e soul .

This knowledge will come to u s often t ime s wh en

th e n ight is d a rke s t , when th e ca r es an d sor r ows o f

life mos t heavily b es e t u s,and when the L ord pa ss es

thr ough , or Chr is t is b eginn in g to awaken from th e

tomb or gr ave of d a rkn es s , all th e fir s tborn in th e land

will die .

Th e fir s tbor n is th e evil,th e ma te r ia l , fo r th e evil is

born within u s b efor e the Chr is t , and evil a s th e fir st

born mus t die .

Th e we akn ess,an d . th e d es ir es and thoughts tha t

have h eld u s away fr om th e truth,the evil things we

have loved mos t an d clung to th e mos t ten a ciously ,

this is th e fir s tbor n within u s .

“A n d aga in s t all th e gods of Egyp t I will execute

judgment.”



van ced kn owle dge and wa s then but twelve yea r s old .

Does this n ot p o in t to th e fa ct very clea r ly tha t

Egyp t mus t have b een th e cent er of r eligious knowl

edge an d powe r ?

Mos e s was in s truct-cd in a ll th e lear n ing an d magic

of th e Egyp tian s an d In i tia tes an d th e lite r a l t es t of

the p as sove r in th e boo k o f Exodus is but a symbol of

th e tru e and r ea l me an ing which we have a ttempted

to give he r e in as much a s we d a r e .

On ly th e A e th d r ill an d d eve lopment o f th e s oul

will r eve a l much mor e of th e inn er e so te r ic mean ing

of t h e pa s sover .

This p a s s over mus t b e cele br a ted . by th e s oul a s th e

S abba th of th e Lord ,in a ll your dwellings .

It i s th e wo r ship of th e d ivin e in all th e temples , th e

body of m an,an d is a

“ Holy Convoca tion .

”

When th e Is r a elite s a te aga in of“th e old corn of

th e lan d,

th e d ay a fte r th e pa s s ove r,when they a t e

“ un le aven ed br e ad and cor n on

'

th e s elfs ame d ay ,”

th e mann a fr om heaven cea s ed .

When they en d e avor ed to pa r take of sin,which is

th e“o ld corn

,

” with the ir spir itua l p re t en tio n s,they

r ece ived no mor e Spir i tua l food f or en lightenmen t .

This is th e mis take many make .

This is wher e th e Chur ch h a s fa iled .

Too many go to chur ch an d pr ay for forgiven e s s o f.

s in s an d then go ou t th e s elfs ame d ay a n d sin aga in .

Spir i tua l en lightenment will n ot p e rmit th e s oul to

b e come blin d to illus ions an d ma te-

r ia l d eman ds of th e

flesh . We can become intemper a te in many waif s .

Over in dulgen ce o f th e d e s ir es of th e body in any way

is in tem p er

r an ce .

Th is wor ld go es on blin d ly s tr iving a fte r thos e

thin gs th a t s a tisfy th e body f o r a time on ly a n d is a ll

husks to th e s oul .

When w e d r ink of th e“ma ter ia l wa t er s w e thir s t

aga in an d aga in . Th e r e is n o s a tisfaction,n o p e a ce or

r es t . Th e d runka r d go e s b a ck aga in an d aga in to th e

win e gla s s , every time make s him mor e thir s ty f o r th e

n ext . Th e ple a sur e s e eke r is on a con s tan t hun t f or

va rie ty an d ple a sur e .

Like th e butterfly,h e fl its about fr om flowe r to

fl ower,d r inking her e , s ipping the r e , an d in th e en d

n eve r s a tisfied,f o r h e thir s ts aga in .

Wo rn ou t an d wor ldly we a ry , th e que s tion m ay

come to him,

“Wh e r e is p e a ce an d r e s t ? ”

H e kn ows h e do e s n ot fin d i t in th e wo r ld whe r e h e

mus t laugh an d b e me r ry if h e would b e cour t ed ,even

though , a s th e Spa r tan b oy ,

“th e fir e un de r h is ves t

m ay b e e a ting ou t h is hea r t .

Th e wo r ld d emand s a ll w e have to give but give s

little in r e turn . When ou r smiles fa d e it b es tows its

favor s els e-whe r e,an d le ave s u s to s ta rve an d thir s t

un tilt h e d r egs‘

a r e a ll tha t is left .

It d o es n o t p ay to s ta rve th e soul .

It is f a r mo r e impor tan t to y ou than th e body .

Spir itua lity a lon e is life . J esus ble s s ed it , Chr is t

taught it .

Y ou mus t“ma rk your dwelling pla ce with th e s ign

Of en lightenment and understanding, for th e body r e


fle e ts th e s oul within it .

L et th e Chr is t sou l en ter , for i t is th e thro n e of God ,and a ll th e god s o f d a rkn es s . will b e d es tr oyed .

Thoughts will change a n d b e come pur ified . Evil

vibr a tion s will pa s s ove r in to good an d they will dwe ll

within y ou ,

“ befor e th e thr on e o f God , a n d s erve him

d ay an d n ight in : h is temple ” (your body ) an d you

sha ll hunger no mor e a n d thir s t n o mor e f or th e Lamb

which is in th emid s t of th e thr on e ( th e Chr is t ) sha ll

fe ed y ou an d lea d y ou un to living foun ta in s o f

wa ter .

”

J esus s a id,when a t th e well of Sycha r

,He tha t

d r inke th of thes e wa ter s tha t I sha ll give him sha ll

n ever thir s t .

J esus kept th e pa s sove r every yea r an d n o te where

h e s ays tha t,After two d ays is th e fea s t o f th e pa ss

ove r,an d th e Son of M an is be tr ayed to b e crucified .

”

Why wa s th e b e tr aya l a t th e time of th e pa s sover ?

Why did th e crucifixion take pla ce immed ia tely

a fter ?“H e took b r e ad an d bles s ed i t an d. br ake i t

,and

gave i t to th e d is ciples , an d sa id :‘Take

,e a t , this is

7my body . A n d h e took th e cup,an d gave thanks , an d

gave i t to them ,s aying,

‘D r ink y e a ll of it

"

Th is r ep r es en ts th e pa s sover of th e phys ica l to th e

spir itua l .

H e gave them th e br e ad o f life,an d th e blood of

pur ity an d ob ed ien ce to highe r laws which lea d th e

way to Chr is t , and. d evel.opmen t a nd knowledge .

Ther e wer e cer tain Gre eks among them that came



over . Th e pur ified min d lifts u s up in to Illumin a tion

and Chr is thood .

Th is pa s sover mus t be kept r igid ly , n ot with a cer e

m on l ou s fea s t an d killing of helple ss an ima ls,but with

th e tr an smuting an d= crucifixion of th e d e s ir es o f th e

flesh .

Then 1 s th e soul lifted up an d pa s s e s over in to a t

on e - men t,unity an d s on ship with th e F a the r .

This is th e r ea s on why J esus comman d ed it , f or h e

sa id,

“A s often a s y e do this y e do i t in r emembr an ce

of m e .

Eve ry d ay tha t w e ke ep our s elves fr e e fr om ha rm

ful,wicked

,d es tr oying thoughts , d e s ir es , an d vibr a

tion s do we e a t th e pa s sove r in rem embr an ce o f pur ity

an d Chr is t . We d e s ir e th e pur e an d th e Chr is t , we

there for e pur ge our s e lve s fr om evil an d sin .

W e s eldom commit wha t we d o n ot think .

Eve ry a ct is a r efle ction of th e min d an d thoughts

tha t dwell within . Th e body is th e dwelling pla ce f or

the min d an d th e s oul . It all d epe nd s on wha t is in

u s bywha t we think .

On ly till w e d r ink th e fruit o f th e win e and pa r take

o f th e bre a d of Chr is t can we pa ss in to th e temple

b e autiful wh e r e in the Lamb s its in th e mid s t of th e

thr on e .

All th e mys te r ie s b e come s imple p r oblems in th e

illumination of th e s oul .

SOUL SCIENCE AND IMMORTALITY. 149

IL LUMINAT ION.

Even a fter a ll th e tea chings an d in s truction s of

J e sus th e d is ciple s wen t s e eking h im a t th e tomb

wher e h is body wa s la id .

They wer e n ot y et illumin a ted , no r lifted up ab ove

th e ma ter ia l—they looked f or “th e living among th e

d e a d .

”J e sus h a d a r is en—h e h a d r e ce ived th e il

lumin a tion ,h e h ad

'

ov er com e th e flesh an d en ter ed

glory of s on ship with God .

“Th e Son of M an mus t b e d elive r ed in to th e han ds

of s in ful m en,and b e crucifie d , an d th e thir d day

r is e aga in .

”

Th e So n of M an mus t b e crucified , tha t is , th e m an

of flesh mus t b e crucified b efo r e h e a tta ins th e illum i

n a tion o f th e soul .

They did n ot un de r s tand even then th e mys tery of

th e r esur r e ction—tha t it wa s th e awaken ing in to n ew

life a nd pu r ity .

N ot un til they left th e ma ter ia l , fea r ful , doubtful

th oughts wer e they able to se e him a fte r h e a r os e .

When they lo oked away fr om ea r th to heaven they

we r e able to s ee th e h eaven ly vision and hea r th e

heaven ly vo ice s which s a id ,“Y e m en of Ga lile e , why

stand y e gazing up in to heaven ? This same J esus

which ,is taken fr om you in to heaven ,

sha ll so come in

like ma nn er a s y e have s e en him go in to he aven .

We mus t look up b efor e h e will come ; we must lift

our s e lves to him,then h e will come to u s

,

“f or un to

them tha t look f or him sha ll h e app e ar th e s econ d time

without‘

sin un to s a lva tion .

S a lva tion come s on ly thr ough th e Chr is t . It is th e

on e door in to th e she epfo ld an d h e tha t en ter ed by

any o the r way , th e s ame is a thief an d a r obb er .

”

If we loo-k f or Chr is t h e will come . H e will appe a r

m a cloud of glory an d s a lva tion to u s .

If w e a tta in Chr is thood w e will n ot s in,an d without

s in w e have s a lva tion .

Then aga in ,

“w e have a lso a sure wor d of pr ophe cy ;

wher eupon y e d o well tha t y e take he ed , a s un to a

light tha t shin e th in a da rk pla ce,un til th e d ay

'

d awn s ,

an d th e d ay s ta r a r is e s in y ou r h ea r ts .

Her e is on e o f th e gr e a tes t o ccult mys ter ies .

H e wh o is able to r ea d an d un de r s tan d this pa s sage

of S cr iptur e will have so lved th e mys te ry of th e Acth .

Pe ter s ays,

“Y e d o well tha t y e take he ed . Take

the ed the r efor e f-or i t is the light tha t sh in e th in a da r k

p lace . It is th e light tha t lighteth eve ry m an tha t

come th in to th e wo r ld . It is th e mys tery of th e soul .

Illumin a tion is the r e sur r ection of th e s oul,its r e

bir th,its a s cen s ion ,

and its s on sh 1p W1 th Chr is t J esus .

Th e soul of m an is a light tha t lead s an d guid es him

sa fely o n in th e pa thways of truth an d r ighteousn es s .

It is n e ce ss a ry t -o fin d th e s oul , to s e e th e soul fa ce

to fa ce and to hea r th e voi ce of th e spir it befor e on e is

illumina ted with th e light and under s tanding.


152 sour. SC I EN CE AND IMMORTALITY .

Y e lus t and have n ot .

” Have n ot. wha t ?

Illumin a tion—r esur r e ction f r om evil an d s tr ife .

“Y e kill an d d e s ir e to have

,an d ca nn o t obta in y e

fight an d wa r , y e t y e have n ot b e caus e y e a sk n ot .

To a sk is to think r ighte ousn es s . We m ay fight an d

wa r and . have n ot illum 1n a tion b ecaus e w e d o n ot d e

s ir e i t ;

Th e thoughts lea d .

Th e s oul a sks, an d th e min d g1v es .

Min d build s an d s oul r e ce ives .

Th e soul cann ot r e ce ive if th e min d do es n ot will

and s en d for t-h th e an swe r to th e pr ayer s of th e soul .

A n d if th e m in -d d o es n ot cea s e its wa r s an d con

ten tion s with lus tful d es ir e s , th e soul cann o t r e ce ive .

“Y e a sk an d r e ce ive n o t b e caus e y e a sk amiss

,tha t

y e m ay con sume it upon your lus ts .

This is th e lus t of s elfishn es s . Whosoever a sks f or

illumin a tion f or s elf a lon e cann ot r ece ive » it,f or this

is a sking amiss . S e lf is th e cr ea tor of s in fuln ess and

wickedn es s,or i t is th e cr ea tor of goo dne s s and truth .

N o on e can a tta in illumin a tion of th e s oul if h e would

r ema in s elfish an d evil .

Pr e ten s e an d hypocr isy a r e shor t lived . We can

d e ce ive m en and th e , wor ld with it,but: we cann o t d e

coivo th e soul an d th e Chr is t .

If we look in to a mir r or we s e e ou r own r efle ction .

It is ou r own fa ce , fea tur es , hand s and body, an d we

r e cogn ize i t whe the r it is plea s ing or n ot .

Th e soul r efl eCts its elf in th e s am e way . It will dis

clos e a ll s ecr e ts we have ev e-

r kep t so sa fe an d se cur e


fr om th e eyes of th e wor ld .

Th e soul is much like a ga r d en . A b eautiful,e le

v a ting, sublime thought is th e s e ed of a b eautiful

flowe r , a r os e i t may b e , a lily , or viole t , but this s e ed

is cap able of p r oducin g many mor e s e ed s like i t an d

s oon ther e is a ga r d en of ;won de r fu l fr agr an ce an d

b eauty . But on e evil thought will p r oduce a we ed,a

th is tle,o r a thor n

,a n d the s e will choke ou t th e flower s

an d d es tr oy th e-m utter ly if they a r e n ot r oo ted up an d

ca s t ou t .

Have y ou ever n oticed th e s tr ength and vita lity of

th e r oot o f a we ed , h ow ha r d it is to d es tr oy it ? It

takes much ca r e an d wa tchfuln es s to ke ep them ou t of

th e well - ten d ed ga r d en an d th e though ts of evil a r e

jus t a s subtle an d d e te rmin ed to gr ow an d a s ha r d to

get r id of .

S elfish n ess is th e ha r d es t thing to get r id of .

It is th e mos t subtle an d illusory of any evil m an is

he ir to ,“

and i t n e ed s th e mos t ca r eful wa tching.

It will lea d wr ong every time y ou trus t it .

Lea rn to r esp e ct s elf without b e coming s elfish .

K e ep gua r d over th e tomb an d wa tch f o r th e coming

of d ay . Da y will br ing th e sun an d th e sun illum i

n a tes th e whole wor ld . It is the life of th e wor ld .

Wi thout it a ll cr ea tur es , a ll plan ts , a ll things would

die . Th e sun gives th e wa rmth and th e r a in ,an d th e

light to a ll m en—ir is th e symbol of th e Ch r is t o r

( ) s ir is .

On e by on e m an can pluck th e we eds of evil

thoughts from h is soul and p lan t’

within its pla ce a


ten d er flower of beauty,light an d love an d this is th e

plan -ting of th e Chr is t - th e concep tion . It will gr ow

and expand a s th e sun gr ows fr om win ter to autumn

in wa rmth an d ten de rn ess,a nd th e whole wor ld will

fe el th e glow and light of your pr es en ce .

“God is light , an d in him ther e is n o d a rkn ess a t

If we say tha t we have -

“

fellowship with him,an d

wa lk in d a rkn ess,we lie an -d do n ot kn ow th e tnu th .

”

“ But if we wa lk in th e light , a s h e is th e ligh t, we

have fellowship o n e with an othe r,a n d th e blood of

J esus Chr is t,h is Son

,cle an s e th u s fr om a ll s in .

“

This d o es n ot me an tha t we a r e fr ee f r om a ll

s truggles with sin an d th e wor ld,but it does mean

tha t if we co n tinue in de s ir ing and living as n ea r to

ou r id ea l a s we po s s ibly can we will b e come like him ,

a n d fr ee fr om sin .

M an can b ecome p er fect if h e d e sir es it , and h e is

a s much p e r fe ct a s h e d e s ir es .

Th e wick-cd m an h a s n o t a high id ea l of p er fe ction .

H e s tr ives to b e wha t h is soul cr aves .

N o m an is in doubt when sin tempts him .

Every m an knows the s tan d a r d of p er fe ction is th e

Chr is t . H e h a s lived /an d pr oved to u s how‘

man ought

to live to a tta in pe r fe ction .

N o m an can ha te a n other and b e an illumin a ted

soul.

H e is in da rkn ess , not in th e light , f or H e tha t

sa ith h e is in th e light , and ha te th h is br other is in

da rkne ss even until now.

”


156 SOUL SCIENCE AND IMMOR TALITY.

Th e wor ld mus t die,and lust mus t b e tr ansmuted

,

an d h e wh o id en tifies h im s elf with th e wor ld and th e

lus ts of th e wor ld will die a lso . Y ou be come jus t wha t

y ou d es ir e . I n d es ir ing lus tful plea sur es y ou b e come

lus t i ts elf , an d in a ll things tha t y ou d es ir e you b e

come,f or a ll the s e thoughts harbor and c ongr ega te

toge ther an d be come a ma ss of lus t and evil . A nd

thes e will a ll die s oon er or

‘

la te‘

r.

IWh en m an is a n

illum 1n a ted,spir itua l m an th e wor ld an d its lus ts will

die . Th e evil in m an d ies and then th e Chr is t is born .

“Th e comman dmen t which wa s or da in ed . to life

,I

found to b e un to. d e a th .

” Thr ough d ea th . we l ive .

Thr ough th is d ea th and d es truction of evil thoughts

life is bor n . It is tr ansmu ta tion . A tr ans -form ing of

evil thoughts in to thoughts"

of love .

Th e gr ave of d ea th is th e womb wher ein th e Chr is tis commen ced and is born .

The Soul In the. Beyond; or L ife

Beyond the Grave .

Ther e is much sp e cula tion an d theor izing con ce rn

ing th e wor ld'beyon d“

,whe r e i t is an d wh a t it is : like .

Some have ta ught us th a t it is th e same wo r ld with

jus t a ve il b e twe en u s,tha t it is a two - s id ed wor ld an d

we cann o t s ee b eyo n d the ve il .

Wh er e is th e Sou l - wo r ld,an d wha t is it like ?

Ma ter ia lis ts do not kn ow wh e r e th e s oul is , an d tha t

w e h ave it her e w it-h us . S o h ow can they kn ow whe r e

th e s oul - wor ld is ? We h ave told y ou tha t. this wor ld

we n ow live in is a wor ld o f s ouls , and it is .

But th e wor ld we wish to kn ow a bou t n ow is th e

wor ld a fter the change ca lled d e a th .

Th e wor ld whe r e th e s oul linge r s : fo r a tim e .

This ea r th is comp a ct , s olid an d firm .

S cient is ts tell us ( and it is true ) th a t this . e a r th wa s

thr own ou t in to sp a ce ( they think ) by th e s un . Th e

r ea son wh y. i t is s olid an d compa ct is b e caus e o f its

d is tanc e fr om th e sun .

Th e su n is a symbo l o f th e On e Sup r eme Ruler o f

he aven an d e a r th , the O s ir is o f the Egyptia n s , th e

God o f Mos es , and th e Ch r is t of Je sus .

It is gr o s s ma tter compa r ed to th e fin er ir r id escen t

vibr ation s given ou t fr om th e s un .

Th e ce n ter o f man’

s soul is fin e r a nd lighte r than


body is the univer s e of th e soul .

I t is th e temple o f th e s oul .“We have se en ve ry wicked p e ople wh o lived in

p ala ces . Some o f th e kin gs an d que en s of f or eign

lan ds we r e fien d s in human form . So a wick-ed soul,

bla ck a s n ight , o ften dwe lls : in a be autiful body . Th e

s oul in re in ca r n a ting d es ir es th e beautiful a s a ve il ,an d so often time s we fin d th e bo dy a veil

,o r a cloud

a s i t wer e,to hid e th e r e al. Oft en t ime s a very holy

p er s on is p r o tec ted by homeline s s . Abr aham Lin coln

wa s o n e of th e homelie s t m en o f h is time but h is soul

wa s gr ea t , gr an d an d beautiful . Wh en m en caught a

glimp s e of h is soul the y b e came h is a dmir er s a n d h is

s laves . H e wa s hon or ed an d ad or ed,n ot. f or wha t h e

looked to b e,but f or wha t h e wa s . H e might n ot have

fulfilled h is gr ea t mis s ion h ad h is fo rm an d fa ce re

fl ected th e gr ea t be auty o f h is soul .

The coa r s e soul is n ot. a s fin e a n d light a s th e d ev elOp ed s oul . Y et the r e is n ot a s epa r a te wor ld f or

th e goo d and th e b a d soul‘

s .

They a r e a ble to commun i ca te with e a ch o th er in

th e s ame man n e r tha t w e conver se a n d commun ica tewith ou r opp os ite s ouls her e in the ea r th life .

At th e fea s t o f'

J ob evil wa s the r e commun ica tingwith God or Goo d .

Th e wor ld b eyond,th e s oul - wor ld , is just a con tinua

a tion o f this wor ld .

Some p e ople h av e f '

a heaven on e a r th,but mo st of

th em s e em to have th e oppos i te

If they d o no t chan ge befo r e d e a th , th ey. will n ot

change immed ia te ly, a fte r , f or th e min d d ies with’

the

body an d the r e is n o thing to build wi th without min d .

Th e s ou l is : what. live s . I t is wha t th e min d h a s

build ed an d is in d es tructible . Ther efo r e th e evil s oul

has no wind. in th e soul-world , I t is the“

accumuT


men ts evil .

Abr a -h am s a id Ther e is a g r ea t gulf fixed so t h a t

they wh i ch : would p a ss f ro -m hence to y ou canno t ;n e ithe r can they pas s to us wh o would come her e

Why ?

Th is h a s a lways be en a p erplexing ver s e of th e

S cr iptur e .

Do yo u fan cy th a t ther e is a wid e,fixed gu lf ?

Th e gu lf the r e is th e s ame a s th e gulf b e twe en good

an d b ad he r e . Good he r e cann ot a n d will no t a ccumu

la te b a d a n d evil,an d evil cann o t a ccumula te and

tr an sfe r good .

A n d th e s ou l is build ed . I t s e e s its own s ta te .

If it. d oes n ot r e a lize th e goo d f r -cm evil he r e it can

no t change th e r e , b ecaus e it can on ly a ccept wha t i t

r e a lly is . It cann o t pa r a d e th er e und er th e ve il of th e

bo~dy,~ -

“Th e ve il is r en t in twa in ”—th e “ temple is

d es tr oyed,

”a n d th e r ea l s elf is la id ba r e an d the s oul

s e es its e lf a s it is an d n ot wh a t it p r e ten d ed to b e .

But th e s oul o f th e r ich’ m an d esir ed fr ee d om fr om h is

a nguish and h e ma de o n e un s elfish r eques t,which

p roves tha t h is min d h ad n ot tota lly d estroyed h is

soul with s elfishn es s .

Ou r we akn e s s is co ns id er ed o u r s tr onge s t poin t if

we but us ed it f or goo -d an d n ot f or evil .

H is we akn e s s w a s s e lf , se lfish n e s s,s e lf - absorption ,

an d wo r ld ly d es ir es . H e d es ir ed the s e ma te -

r ia l things

t -o th e exclusion of ”everything a n d ever ybody e ls e .

H a d h is d es ire s b e en a s s trong fo r goo d a s they wer e

ma te r ia l h e would have b e en in he aven .

Ou r we akn es s is ou r s tr onge s t. d es ir e .

»We a llow ou r s tr onges t d es ire s to gove r n a nd con

tr ol us . If we d es ir e evil w e a llow it to contr ol u s

this,ou r we akn e ss , is ind e ed ou r gr e a tes t s tr ength .

But the rich men knew that he must r eap What. he


s owe d . H e s aw that h e h a d n ot d on e to o ther s a s h e

would have o the r s d o t o him .

H e lived in th e s oul h e h ad built f or himse lf . But

th e r ich m an d e s ir ed a change . H e d e sir e -d goo d so

s tr ong. tha t h e d e s ir ed f or o ther s , a n d a sked Abr aham

to s en d La za rus to h is : fa the r ’

s hous e,to h is fiv e

br ethr en,an d te ll them o f the s oul h e h ad - built fo r

hims elf . A n d Abr ah am:

s a id,

“ They have. Mos e s an d

th e p r ophe ts ; le t th em he a r them .

”

But th e r ich m an s a id,If on e wen t un to them

fr om th e d e a d they w ill r ep en t .

A n d Abr aham an swer ed ,

“ If they hea r n ot Mos e s

an d th e p ro phe ts , n e ithe r will they. b e p er sua d ed

though on e r os e from the d ea d .

’

They we r e the ir own cr e a tor '

s . They we r e cr ea ting

th e s ouls tha t would judge them a t s ome time an d

they wer e the ir own s avio r s or d e s tr oye r s .

Th e gulf w a s fixed . If th ey d e s ir ed n ot th e ch an ce

thems elve s no s oul could help them ,a lthough th e soul

o f the ir b r o the r d es ir ed to help them . Th is 1 s th e

me an ing of th e gu lf b e twe en th e good an d th e b a d .

Though th e r ich m an d es ir ed th e ch ange , h e mus t

a tta in i t thr ough r e in ca r n a tion ,f or th e soul can d e

s 1 r e a change but can n ot change without th e min d to

build it, thus h is on ly hop e is thr ough r e in ca r n a tion .

R e in ca r n a t l on is abso lut ely n e ce ss a ry f or th e

m a te r ia lis t , th e r obbe r , th e‘th ief , th e mur d e r e r , f or

this reas on—they mus t have a cr e a tor a n d th e min d - is

a cr e a tor .It is th e give r an d th e s oul is th e r e ce ive r .

Th e d esir e of th e s oul f or a b e tte r con ditio n pla ce s it

in ha rmony with th e vibr a tion s o f th e min ds on e a r th

th a t d es ir e a be tte r con d ition .

So h e is born aga in by be ing d r awn in to tha t vib ra

tion fr om th e d es ir ing mind a n d h is chan ce fo r be tte r

ment and change is given h im, H e does this all him


s elf . I n h is e a r th life th e-r e mus t have b e en momen ts

o f de s ir e f or a life e ter n a l , bu t. th e we akn e ss o f th e

fle sh ove r came th e spir i tua l d e s ir e . Thi s d e sir e t ha t

pas s ed b eyon d th e ve il with him wa s cr ea ted a t on e

tim e by his min d .

Th e d e s ir e wa s s tr ong e n ough to live an d wa s

s tr engthen ed by s ome good d e sir e s with in him'

wh ich

wa s we aken ed bu t not d es tr oyed by th e e a r th exist en ce

a n d ma ter ia l d es ir e s .

Th e d e s ir e s o f th e flesh a r e s tr ong be caus e w e do no t

s e e th e spir itua l . When w e s e e th e spir itua l th e d e

s ir es o f th e flesh die—they leave u s con sumed by th e

fir e s o f heaven .

“While w e a r e a t home in th e body ,we a r e abs en t

fr om th e Lor d .

”

Th e bod y cla ims th e a t te n tion,and th e a ffe ction o f

th e min d which take-

s away th e th ougth s f or a so ul .

We love th e bod y mo r e than th e s oul, y e t if on e we r e

to tell u s th a t w e could build th e body f or e ter n ity w e

would s tr ive to d o s o .

Pon ce D e Leon s ought long leagues f or th e F oun

t a in of Youth . H e d e s ir ed t o live . H e want ed to

ke ep th e body young, han d some an d e tern a l,but h e

did n ot kn ow why h e h ad gr own o ld an d wr inkled and

gr ay .

We work f or th e body. and a llow th e s oul to d ecay

an d h ow can th e bo dy b e you thful,supple and s tr ong

when th e min d a nd s ou l a r e de cay ing and s end ing ou t

a n d r e ce iving cha rges th a t a r e poison ous , - bitte r and

d e s tructive .

When th e soul is d es tr oyed i t is e terna l d ea th .

N o vibr a tion of m ind ca n eve r r evive a d ead s oul .

I t is d es tr oyed in hell—in its lus ts an d ca rn a l d e s ir es .

This is th e lake of fir e and br ims ton e .

We would call electricity a. fire , We call lightning



d es tructive for ce s or i t would have be en de s tr oye d

lo ng. ago .

We n ow have many o f th e s pirit brutes an d hour

d e re r e—thos e wh o h ave us ed th e ir phy s ica l . force,

the ir men ta l for ce and will n ow c ome in to th e for ce o f

th e spir it .

The s e evil s pir i ts would d estr oy a ll th e spir its of

good an d a re the rule r s of th e d a rkn es s of th e wo r ld s,

an d spir itua l wickedn e s s : in high pla ce -

s .

We a r e r apidly a tta in ing th e s pir i tua l con te s t when

Micha el an d‘h is ange ls will

“

rule a nd d es tr oy th e

d r ago n , th e s e rp en t of evil wh ich h a s d ec e ived th e

wor ld s o long .

We kn ow tha t phys ica l evil h a s overp ower ed th e

phys i ca l good .

We kn ow. tha t men ta l evil" h as overpower ed th e

men ta l good .

But,the s -p 1 r it-u a l evil or wickedne s s canno t over

powe r th e spir i tua l go od .

Why ?Becaus e th e evil tha t wa s in th e fle sh or phys ica l

built. a n et f o r i tself .

- I ts house wa s build ed on th e

sa nds . Th e sun wa s s hin ing a-

n d th e d ay of re ckon ingh a d n o t come an d th e hous e s tood . I t was s tron g f or

th e tim e be ing an d th e m enta l fo r ce of evil built to th e

hous e even mo r e . Eve ry thought of h a te,envy

,

ma lice,gr e ed , thir s t f or ma te r ial r iches . we re a dded to

th e s oul hou s e a lrea dy build ed . Then .

“we mus t a ll

app ea r b ef or e th e judgm en t s-ea t o f Chr is t ; tha t every

on e m ay r ec eiv e th e things d on e in h is body, a ccor d ingto th a t h e ha th d on -e

, whe the r i t b e goo d or b a d .

”

We r e ce ive wha t w e d o wh e the r i t b e good or b ad .

J e sus kn ew t ha t “God wa s i n Ch r is t .

”an d h e r e

ceiv ed Chr is t. be caus e h e did tha t which wa s Chr i'

s t

like Of GOdl-ike. He thought se ed; and. did goocl'

. We

a lways d o wha t we think soon er or la te r .

God is in r ea lity s ou l fo r H e a ccumula tes a ll th e

good an d r e ce ives it —H e r e ta in s it .

Th e God - wor ld is th e s ou l - wor ld .

We a r e thoughts of God . Ou r souls a r e in pa r t

Souls of God . F or th e Soul of God is th e “a ccumu

la t ed exp er ien ce of Goo d or God .

”

Evil can -n ot dwell in Good o r God .

’

God do es no t

r e ce ive n or re ta in evil , ther efo r e evil mus t b e ca s t ou t

an d d e s tr oyed . A s long a s man or woman r e ta in s a

s ingle thought of goo d they ho ld tha t much of th e

Soul of Ch r is t o r Good with in them .

When th e soul lo s es a ll d esire fo r good then it is

d es tr oy ed . We a r e n ow ge tting a t th e foun da tion o f

th e soul - wor ld . Y ou will s ay ,If ou r souls a r e th e

a ccumula ted exp e r ien ce of God,wh y is the r e evil ?

F ollow c a r efu lly—“ God is in you .

” “K n ow y e n ot

tha t y e a r e temple -s o f th e living God ?”I n th e F a the r

we live and move an d have ou r b e ing. B u t a ll tha t is

evil is ca s t ou t . A s long as th e good dwe lls eve r s o

sma ll within u s w e have th e hope o f ca st ing a ll evil

fr om u s,an d in do ing so w e be come gr ea ter in Goo d .

J esus s a id ,“H e tha t is lea s t in th e kingdom o f he aven

is gr ea ter than J ohn th e B aptist o r th e men ta l , f or th e

s oul is above th e m en -ta l .”

Evil is con sumed with fir e—s oul .

A s , a h' illus tr a tion . Ga the r a he ap of rubbish to

geth er a nd s e t fir e to it . I t is con sume d Y ou s e e th e

rubbish b e come les s and less a n d th e flames of fir e

gr eate r . Wher e d oe s th e flame go ? Y o u cannot se e

i t.

It b ec ome s invis ible . I t be comes fine r and fin e r

and d isapp ea r s fr om th e phys ica l sight . Wher e do e s

i t go ?

When th e body d ie s an d is bur ied wha t be come s of

it ? It is con sumed . It is sometimes cover ed with


me ta l,th e me ta l ca ske t is cover ed with woo d

,or en

ca s ed in wo od,an d on this is piled heaps of d ir t . Y e t

when d is solution ta ke s pla ce in th e c h emica liza tion o f

ga s e s , thes e ga se s a r is e throu gh th e ca ske t , th e wood ,th e di r t

,an d in c onflic t with th e a ir o r a tmosphe r e

the r e is a glow a s o f fir e . It is th e con summa tion o f

th e bo dy . Ma ny p e r son s have s e en this ph en omen on,

an d it is called “J a ck - o - lan tern ” in some d is tr ic ts .

Wh er e d oes th e fir e go ? Wha t d o es i t be come ?

It is n o t th e soul , f or th e soul is n ot con sumed un les s

i t consumes i ts elf through s ecr e t s ins .

Th e s ou l pr e ced es th e body . It le aves th e body im

med ia te ly a fter th e he a r t - b ea ts cea s e .

Th e soul d oes no t s ee cor ruption with th e body .

It goe s b efor e . It come s b efor e th e body an d i t goes

befor e .

The soul is fir e , God is a consum ing F ir e .

If th e soul o f m an is fir e—then th e Soul of God is

a much gr e a te r fir e .

God is in a ll, but a ll is no t God .

God ca s ts ou t th e cha ff , th e sn a r e s,and th e ta r e s

when th e judgmen t of Chr is t com es . W e have given

in p r e ced ing chapte r s th e judgm en t of Chr is t .

Y ou can ea s ily un de r s tan d why r e in ca r n a tion is

n ece ss a ry f or the sa lva tion of t h e imp er fe ct soul .

Th e ma te r ia lis t mus t inc a rn a te to o bta in a build e r .

If h e de s ir es p e r fe ction h e is d r awn towa r d souls on

ea r th wh o d es ir e p er fe ction and thr ough them obta in s

a min d to build with .

Mus i c,pa in ting, flowers , bird s a r e spir i tua l vibr a

tion s .Mus ic is a vibr a tion . I t is th e s oun d o f a ll

spiritua l voices . Love p r oduces mus i c and is th e

sym phony o f heaven .

The soul whi le in its in ca rn a ting s ta te r e ce ives the

echoes or sounds of sp ir i tua l harmony and is a ble to


life,ay e , n ot even a good mus ician . However

,this

young gir l h a s fa ith in he r se lf an d h e r God a n d

though sh e fin ds tha t sh e ca nno t b e come a m as te r ' in

th e p r e s en t life,s h e m ay n ot e ven kn ow a nything o f

th e be yo nd , y e t s h e will ke ep o n fa ith fully in he r love

f or mus ic an d con tinue to p r a cti ce . Sh e h a s : ma d e up

h e r min d to r ea ch as fa r as s h e ca n an d le ave th e re s t

with God . Sh e do e s n ot give up , but con tinues un til

th e en d in h er love .

Sh e pa s s e s to th e b eyon d . Life ther e is : jus t exa ctly

a s i t wa s her e,to h e r ; but. the r e is one ch ange , sh e h a s

thr own o ff the body . Th e soul is fr e e,i t c an he a r th e

mus i c in its pe r fe ctio n . Howeve r,h er s oul is n o t

p e r fe ct,an d a s th e min d canno t think

,th e s oul d o e s

n o t change its d es ir es bu t con tinues to‘

hunge r f o r

mus ic . Th e so ul‘

is fre e,i t cover s th e un ive rse an d i t

can come in to touch with th os e p eople on e a r th who

a r e love r s o f mil s ie .

A ye , i t kn ows : It s e es two p eople,m an an d wife

,

l-ov e o r love r,it hov e r s above th em

,a r oun d them ,

n ow

th e -p r op er tim e is a t han d . Th e time f or r e in ca r n a

tion h a s come,i t e n ter s an d s oon th e futur e gen ius i s

bo rn .

A s w e build n ew so w ill w e b e in th e beyon d . We

Wl ll s imply con tinu e . If we have no spe cia l d e s ir e,no

spo t to r each , wewill b e un d e r conflict ing emotion s in

th e soul - wor ld and b e—r e 1n ca r n a ted thr ough mo s t anykin d of pa r en ts wh o a r e n o t altoge the r antagon is t i c

t owa r ds u s .

J u s t a t tha t which we truly a im,will w e r ea ch fo r

in th e b ey on d ; we th ink on ly of tha t an d come into

touch with that on ly .

This law ho lds good in a ll things . Whe r e ou r d es ir e

b e fo r mus i c , a r t,s oul cultur e Whethe r we b e a

love r o f flowe r s,o f a r ch itectur e , sculp tu r e ,

‘

e tc . N o

m a tter wha t th e d es ir e , th e on e law hold s goo d .

We r e I to d esi r e gr e a t be auty. an d p e r fe ction o f

form,I should hold thi s con s tan tly in m in -d . N ot on ly

th a t,but I would wo rk with tha t en d in view

,fo llow

ing th e m os t p e r fe ct rules f or d eve lopmen t an d b eautycultur e a n d con tinue un til d ea th . Th is thought would

hold the s oul in th e b eyon d ,an d this s ame magn e tic

for ce would d r aw m e to th e pr ep e r p a r en ts,f or b ea r

in min d,

“th e s ou l in th e b eyond is only wha t y ou

m ake it h er e . A f te r it r ea ch es the r e it canno t th ink

o r build , un les s it h a s r ea ch ed p e rfection . I t is th e

s ou l on ly ,a nd its a ttr a cting p ower is th e p owe r with

which y ou inves ted it h er e .

Take an oppos i te illus tr a tion . We take the common

m an on e a r th . H e live s o n,having n o specia l a im in

life except po s s ibly to make m on ey . H e is n ot to ta lly

wicked,h e is s imply mo r e or le ss s elfish , but n ot se lfish

en ough to d e s tr oy th e s oul . H e p a s s es to th e b eyon d ;

in e a r th life h e h ad kn own n othing o f th e s oul ; h e h ad

no t tr ied to build any . When h e r e a ches th e b eyon d

h is s oul is mor e ma te r ia l than spir itua l , be caus e h is

s tr on ge s t d es ir e was mon ey .

The s oul is spir itua l in it s n a tur e even though evil .

N ow this s oul is in th e soul - wo r ld , i t is spir itua l . But

think of i t,i t d es ir es a ma ter ia l th ing—i t is in h ell.

It con tinue s so un til i t fin d s pa r en ts wh o a r e a s n ea r

in ha rmony with it s in h a rm ony a s it is p oss ible to b e .

I t r e 1n ca r n a t es , but i t is n o p rop elling f or ce ,a nd it

live s aga in a lmo s t a s befor e un le s s its former d es ir e

give s i t powe r to obta in wea lth or un less th e min d

'

s o f

th e p a r en ts a r e mor e spir itua l th an ma ter ia l a n d give

i t in cen tive f or spir itua l things .

N ow we m us t s ta r t to build tha t which y ou des ir e to

b e in th e b eyond , an d then in th e b eyond b eyon d tha t .

Y ou ca n b e tha t which you u a nt to b e , whether it is

170 SOUL SCIENCE AND IMMOR TALITY.

to b e an a r tis t,a mus i cian

,a lawyer

,a s culptor

,an

a r chite ct,a Chr is t

,a million a ir e , a gene r a l o r wha t

eve r else you wish .



in th e a ir . A fo rming in to on e through c er ta in d e

v eIOpm en ts .

Th e true Neophytes in th e s ecret in i tia tion s have

b een . taught this d evelopmen t and th e tr an smuta tion

o f th e ozon e a n d oxygen in to th e aeth .

Some m en ta l an d min d he a ler s have us ed th e e ther

f or hea ling, but have found tha t a ll dis ea s es will not

Th ey did n ot und er s tan d thor oughly th e s ecr et of

its a ccumula tion a n d tr ansmuta tion,an d a r e thus

h an d i cappe d to a cer ta in exten t conc ern ing. cer t a in

d is ea s e s .

The e ther will he a l any : m en -ta l d is ea s e or imagin a ry

ills o r tr oubles . Ether c an b e con d en s ed ,an d its

r igidity is ev en‘m or e a ctive than th e lightn ing fla sh ,

a lthough th e lightning 1 s a compr essur e of th e e ther

an d a ir .

Th e men ta lis ts have und e rs tood th e law gov erm ng

th e u s e o f th e e ther,but. h ave n ot known wha t it is ,

n or wher e i t come s fr om .

They have c a lled i t Divin e Hea ling and Chr is tian

Hea ling . It is a p a r t ofi th e Divin e He a ling, a lso

Chr is tian Hea ling ,but i t is gno t th e comple te Chr is t

Con ception and Hea ling .

Magn e tis ts have dis cover ed th e u s e of th e ozon e .

Me smer h a s expla in ed“

th e m agn e tic laws an d kn owl

edge p e rhaps b e tt er tha n any on e .

H e expla in s magn et ism a s a fluid tha t ex is ts in th ehe aven ly bod ies , th e e a r th an d in th e an im a ls

,or p e r

son s .

This 1 s true . The o -zon e in th e a 1 r 1 s th e tr an smuta

tion o f th e e ther in to a ir , and this fluid or vibr a tionexis t-s in a ll

,bo th heavenly and e a r thly .

The m agn e tism'

o f p ersons is an a logous to o r simila rto - th e magn etism in th e heaven ly bod ie s in th e a ir

,


and in th e ear th .

I t is th e fir s t to have be en d is cove r ed .

I t is n ea r er to m an an d is he avie r or mo r e d en s e

than e the r , cons equen tly it could b e tr a n smitted o r

tr an sfe r r ed by th e touch or man ipula tion s .

When men ta lis ts d is cove r ed th e laws o f e the r they

combin ed th e two an d p r oduced ele ctr o -ma gn e tism .

Y e t thes e two combin ed have . n ot p er fe cted th e he a linglaws tha t J e sus kn ew

,us ed an d employed . A n d n o

one but a ma s te r can e i the r tea ch i t or u se i t , an d but

two fr a ter n ities have ever taught i t or b e en able to

te a ch it .

This asth is p r oduced by. th e ele ctri c cur r en ts o f th e

mind an d th e magn e tic cur r en ts of th e s ou l . It is a

we ddi ng o f th e min d for ces to th e awa ken ed s ou l

fo r ces . It is th e fin es t a n d .mo s t powe r ful for ce kn own

t o th e mas ter s and a d epts . Ther e can b e n o-p owe r b eyo n d this .

This acth hea ling is ther efor e th e highes t typ e of

hea ling, an d is th e mo s t p ower fu l typ e .

It is th e true Chr is t he a ling b ecaus e Chr is t us ed it .

Th e mos t p e culia r p a r t of i t is tha t th e s tud en t

kn ows tha t h e h a s th e p owe r . A s h e d eve lop s th e

fo r ce un de r ca r eful gu a r d ian ship o f a ma s ter it w ill

be come s o s tr ong an d powe r ful tha t h e can'

a ctu a lly

s ee i t .

The r e is ther efo r e no guesswo rk about it .

Ther e is n o mis take c aus ed by a la ck o f . kn owledge

in th e p r op e r u s e of i t , an d applica tion to th e d is ea s ed

organ s of th e bo dy .

Ethe r p en e tr a tes a ll b od i es . I t is electr ica l .

It is light an d luminous , but d o es n o t p e rva d e a ll

sp a ce a s i t is th e spa rk fr om th em

ele ctrica li cente r . It

is th e a ctive, p os itive p r inc iple o f min d e —d ivin e mindr —and‘is electrical , th e giver and th e creator .


Th e men ta lis ts have d is cover ed th e laws o f ether

a n d the magn e tis ts have d is cover ed th e laws of m ag

n et ism . But th e thir d pr inc iple or law which is th e

aeth h a s n ot be en dis cove r ed a n d us ed excep t by th e

f ew I t is th e in duction o f th e e le ctr ica l in to th e

magn e tic an d th e p r oductiono f th e thir d pr inc iple

bu t th is mus t b e in a living body

Th e u nity o f th e F a th er an d th e Son,cr e a tes th e

Chr is -t o r Holy Gho s t . Th e Holy Ghos t is th e fir e ofth e s ou l. It is n ot the s oul

,bu t is th e fir e tha t d e

s cen ds fr om heaven and baptize s th e s oul‘.

Why have magn e tis ts fa iled ?B e caus e c er ta in bodies an d con d ition s of —th -e bodies

dis e a s ed a r e too d ens e an d compa ct to admit o f th e

in duc tion of th e magn e tism .

Gr o s s,heavy

,coa r s e magn e ti c subs tance r equ 1 res

he avie r in duction than fine r, thu s 1 r on is ha r d er to

magn e tize than s ome o the r magn e tizable me tals, an d

do e s n ot r et a in th e magn e ti c fluid or vibra tions a s

long a s will s te el .

Bo di e s a re th e s ame,an d th e p oison s and ch em ica li

z a tion o f ce r ta in ga s es in th e sys tem makes i t mo r e

an tagoni s tic to in duction of magn e tism th a n bodi es

more r e ceptive an d fin er .

When th e me n ta lis t c ame with th e min d hea ling,th e vibr a tion s of min d wer e lighte r an d mor e p en

-e

tr a ting than th e magn e tism . I t is th e e ther o r e theric

en ergy or a ctivity an d is th e po s itive p r inciple . This

is ele ctr o magn e tism . Y et electr ica l o r men ta l tr e a t

men ts have n ot cur ed a ll di s e a s es . The r e a r e thos e

th a t w ill n o t yield to men ta l tr ea tmen ts , a s the r e a r e

thos e tha t will not yield to man ipula tion s o r magn e ti c

tr ea tmen ts .

.Mag1n e tic tr ea tmen t is given . by man ipula tio n b e

cause magnetism must be inducted by force , Th e t e



d ays henc e .

Th e Chr is-t must b e a cce pted,must b e con ce ived

with th e soul an d bor n within befor e th e p r om l s e is

given . When th e Chr is t con ception take s pla ce ,kn owledge b egin s to fl ow to th e s tud en t . Th e min d

mus t a r ouse th e will and s en d for th th e : cr ea tive

vib r a tion of cur r en ts to th e s oul wher e i t is r ec e ived

an d n ourishe d un til th e bir th o f Chr is t .

This wedd ing of mind and soul b r 1ngs fo r th th e

Chr is t—the Holy Ghos t .

A nd when h e d oth app e a r we sha ll b e like him,

”

fo r we sha ll s e e him as h e is .

”

This is a lso of th e acth,th e h e a ling as taught , us ed

an d d emon s tr a ted by J esus a nd h is d is ciples . J esus

kn ew a ll th e hidden s e cr et s of n a tur e,an -d h ow to u s e

them pr op er ly .

Do y ou r ea lize tha t J e sus wa s p e r s e cute -d be cause

of h is r eligious b e lief ? Ther e wa s n o p er s on a l grudge

o r ha te aga in s t him . They p e r s ecuted an d con d emn ed

him be caus e h e taugh t God a s a un iver s al b en efa ctor

and in dwe lle r of m an

(Th e J ews ’

God was a p er s on a l b e ing . A m an, cla n

n ish an d wa r r ing ,h a ting on e r a ce a n d loving th e

o the r,pour ing ou t bles s ings upon o n e an d d ep r iving

th e o th e r ou t of its jus t r ights . This wa s th e mon s ter

th e J ews wor sh ipp ed an d ca lled God . I t wa s n ot th e

God Mos es taught , f or did n ot J esus tell them tha t in

th e L aw was wr i tten ,

“ I s a id y e a r e go ds”?

Did h e n ot a lso expla in tha t th ey kn ew no t even th e

spir i t of Elias . A n d n ow wha t is this Spir i t o f Elia s ?

We kn ow it Wa s n ot a d is embo d ied n ega tive s e eking to

obs e s s a s en s itive o r med ium . B u t wha t is it ? I s i t

n ot th e spir i t of truth“ which wa s : fo r to come “

2

J esus kn ew wher e an d wha t. God wa s . H e kn ew H e

was the Univer sal se ed and‘

power , and truth in all

things , gr ea t an d sma ll .

This good ,this p owe r

,this truth dwells in a ll m en

an d m an h a s th e r ight to th e u s e o f it if h e wills .

Th e r e a r e laws within thes e r ea lms an d only

thr ough th e br e aking o f th em d o e s m an suffe r .

H e suffe r -

s b e caus e h e hims elf is br oken with th e

br oke -n law -s . F or i t is a p a r t of him se lf tha t h e

br e aks . Tha t is wh y h e suff er s .

Th e true Ch r is tic p owe r o f h e a ling h as n ever b e en

taugh t excep t by two fr a tern itie s known to th e

ma s ter s .

To b e able to d emon s tr a te an d u s e th e p owe r on e

mus t b ecome an ad ept or ma s te r .

W e mus t kn ow th e law— a n d w e mus t b e able to dis

cove r th e d i r ect law m a n h a s br oken within hims elf

b efo r e p r oce ed in g to cur e him .

The r e is n o power b eyon d th e ze th .

It is th e men ta l and magn eti c combin ed with a

gr e a te r he a ling for ce , and s o is a ll in s te ad of a pa r t of

d ivin ity . A n d to b e come wor th y to u s e th is powe r

on e mus t be come in con s cious an d absolute touch with

th e divin e law of hea ling .

Th e me n ta lis t h a s r ea ched a pa r t , th e m agn e tis t h a s

an othe r p a r t .Bo th b elong to th e wh ole but a r e n ot

th e whole . Wh a t both la ck is th e un i ty of th e min d

an d s oul in co ns cious an d supr em e ha rmony an d ex

chang e o f power .

A ll is fir e and th e fir e is th e life an d s oul of m an ,

y et ma n can n ot even s e e i t .

Th e n eophyt e is taught h ow to con tr ol thes e fir es

a n d then tr an smute them in to the aeth .

Th is acth is th e spir i t o r s oul pour ed ou t upon th e

son s an d d aughter s of God .

Th e n eophyt e can s e e it , c an c on tr ol it and can

tr an smute i t into h ealing power ,

Pe ople have won d er ed h ow J esus wa lked th e waves

o f th e tr oubled s e a, y et n o on e wond e r s why a do ctor

of m ed icin e a dd s cer ta in p r opor tions of c er ta in p ow

d er s an d liquid s and poison s to pr oduce on e cer ta in

kind o f med i cin e .

Y e t with in th e a ir,th e a tmospher e w e br ea the an d

live in an d move in,a r e th e s ame pr op e r tie s o f th e

s ame med icin es on ly in a d iff er en t but mor e p er fe ct ,

p en etr a tin -

g'

a nd comple te fo rm .

'Why d o m en s coff a t phenomen a pr oduced by an in

d ividua l when th e le s s e r lights and life of n a tur e a r e

d a ily pr oducing. them and m an ign or an t , unbelieving,s tupid d isbelieves be caus e of h is igno r an ce .

Religious te a cher s have r efe r r ed to J esus a s a . p r e

cociou s child a t twe lve yea rs of age .

” Ind ividua ls ,wr iter s and thes e tea che r s r efe r to th e d is ciple s a s

“ ign or an t and un le a r n ed fishermen,

no t r eal izingtha t they a r e be tr aying the ir own ign or an ce and la ck

o f n a tur a l kn owledge by absorbing too much o f the

ma ter ia l knowledge ca lled educa tion . Educa tion is a

thing n eces s a ry , y et i t is no t absolutely n eces sa ry in

th e gr ea t work . Th e gr ea test s ou ls (no t husks o f

s ouls ) have be en m en with little lea rn ing or educa tion .

Soul is gr ea ter than min d .

M in d is a pa r t o f God ,but th e s oul is a ll of God ;

the re f or e th e whole of a thing is gr ea t-er than a pa r t

o r po r tion .

We have n o men t ion ma d e of Jesus ’ educa tion an d

le a rn ing . We have of Paul the Ap o s tle and o thers .

Y et n o on e can te ll wh e ther J e sus ’m ind wa s m a r

v elous o r n ot , but We can a ll tell wh a t h is s oul wa s .

H is soul wa s th e Chr is t .

H e tells u s tha t the re a r e thr ee in th e God - head

th e F a th e r , Son an d Ho ly Gho s t—an d the s e thr e e a r e

One, God is not all Mind , God is Soul , and all of.



cfl E‘

TH—PROOF OF ITS

CHRIST POWER .


AETH - Proo;f of lts Ch rist Power.

Th e life o f a ll things is love .

L ove is ther efo r e th e ba s is o f th e ae th h ea ling .

Th e acth hea ling is s oul he a ling an d is a tta in able

on ly thr ough love , f or wha t w e r e a lly love is wha t we

build an d ou r s ouls a r e th e thoughts w e love .

But - love is n ot o f th e e a r th , n or o f th e things of th e

e a r th . Th e lus tful s oul d o e s no t love , i t on ly d e s ir es .

Love is th e highes t vibr a tion of a ll th e un ive r s e . It

is th e“ Light th a t lighte th every m an tha t come th

in to th e wor ld .

To b e a succes sful hea le r yo u must lea r n to love .

Y o u must d es ir e with a ll your soul to kn ow this love .

When you kn ow thi s then y ou kn ow Ch r is t .W e cann o t kn ow love unt il w e have pur ified th e s oul

of its evil .

A s long a s we live in th e wor ld w e cann ot fl ee fr om

tem pta tion s , no r s tr ife,n or Suff er ing, but we can fl e e

fr om evil .

W e a r e able to r esis t sin .

We can b e come like Him ,an d we c an n eve r s e e Him

un til we do b e come like Him ,f o r wh en “

H e do th

app ea r we sha ll b e like Him ,f or we sha ll s e e Him a s

H e is .

”

When Chr ist does app ea r to y ou and you kn ow Him

you will know tha t your bod ie s a r e th e member s of

Chr ist .

“K now y e n ot th e un r ighteous sh a ll no t inhe r it th e

kingdom of God ? B e not de ceived ; n either forni

ca tor s,no r idola tor s

,n or adulter er s

,n or eff emina te

,

n or abus e r s of thems elves with m ankin d .

”

“N or thieves

,n or cove tous

,nor dr unka r ds

,n or r e

vile r s,n or exto r tion er -s sha ll inhe r i t th e kingdom o f

God .

”

With thes e wor d s b efor e h im,can m an m isund er

s tand ?

The se a r e th e gr ea ter s in s and a r e eve r a bea con

light o f themse lves fo r the eff e cts of th e s in a r e s e en

an d man ifes ted d a ily. But the r e a r e many sma lle r

sin s whi ch a r e n ot s o e as ily s e en,b e caus e we mus t look

clo s -e an d d e ep to fin d them .

Th e mon s ter tha t some times holds u s fr om ou r goa l

is th e mo s t d e ceptive .

S ea r ch d eep the r efor e and wa sh your s elves . Was h

the soul an d pur ify i t with th e Light o f th e Soul . F o r“ if th e Spir it of him tha t r a ise d up J esus fr om th e d ead

dwell in y ou ,h e tha t r a is ed up Chr is t fr oni th e d ead

sh a ll a lso quicken your mor tal bod ies by’

h is spir i t

tha t dwelle th in y ou .

”

Rea d this ve rs e ca r efu lly, and note tha t Jesus was

r a is ed from th e d e ad an d tha t th e Chris t was r a is ed ,which shows u s tha t th e r a 1 s 1ng up of ' th e fle sh a lso

r a is es th e Ch r is t .“F or if y e live a fter th e flesh

, y e sha ll di e ; but if

y e thr ough th e Spirit do mor tify th e d eeds o f th e b odyy e sha ll liv-e .

F or a s many a s a r e led by th e Sp ir i t of God , they

a re th e so ns o f God .

“Th e Spir i t i ts elf be a r e th witn es s with our spir it ,

tha t we a r e th e childr en o f God .

”

Th e he a le r mus t id en tify hims elf and h is works

with th e Spir i t of: God . Thr ough th e ae th dr ill we a r e

fully con s cious th a t th e Spiri t o f Go d is witn ess with

our spir it ,”f or we shall kn ow wha t th e spir i t is .


SOUL SCIENCE A N D IMMORTALITY .

is com e in th e flesh is of God .

J e sus n ev er taught d en ia l of th e flesh,H e taught

p u r ifica tion of th e flesh .

It ca n b e ma d e pur e an d holy an d a cceptable to

God . If i t we r e n ot n ece s s a ry to pos s e s s body Chr is t

n e ed n ot come in th e fle sh .

We should pr e s er ve,p r o te ct an d gua r d th e body a s

well a s . th e s oul . We a ll wish to sa ve th e s oul y e t w e

fe el tha t we c a n d o a s w e ple a s e about abus ing th e

body, no t know 1ng tha t th e bo dy mus t b e cle an if it is

inhabited - by a cle an s oul . Do e s a cle an,thr ifty hous e

ke ep er dwell in a d ir ty,unkempt hous e ?

N o,w e a lway s judg e th e hous eke eper by th e

‘

ap

pe a r an ce of h e r home .

Th e fir s t s tep f or th e s tud en t is“

le a rning h ous e

ke ep ing . Rid th e min d of a ll th e b a d,

‘ impur e

thoughts , ca ll in th e pur es t an d b es t an d y ou will

n eve r fa il in he a ling .

Th e phys icia n wh o wan ts to succe ed a lways p r o

cur es th e b e s t d rugs an d h e a ling app a r a tus h e c a n

fin d an d a ffo r d . H e loc a tes hims elf in th e mo s t

favo r able a n d inviting pla ce h e can fin d . Th e ae th

he a ler mus t do t h e s ame .

Why s hould men ta lis ts d e a l ou t. p ois on ous thoughts

to on e an d he a ling thoughts to an o the r ?

The r e is da n ge r of ge tting th em mixed .

Th e ae th hea ler can n o t d e a l ou t p oison s b e caus e - if

h e tr ie s i t h e immedia te ly d e s troys a ll h e a lin g p ower .

Th e Chr is t come-

s hea ling a ll s aving a ll .

Th e sun o f r igh te ousn e s s sha ll ar is e w 1 th h e a ling

in h is wings ; a n d y e sh a ll go for th , an d gr ow up a s

ca lve s in th e s ta ll .

Th e as th cann ot fa il in th e cur e of a ll d is ea s e s if th e

s tud en t will go thr ough th e w ay an d p r ep a r e hims elf .

H e mus t not make th e mis take of thinking h e can


u s e th e eath un til h e can s ee an d kn ow wha t itl is .

Th e oth e r is white—it is light .Th e ozone is d a r k blue .

Th e oxygen is ye llow an d is heav1 er than ozon e and

mor e d en s e .

Thes e con ta in a ll th e e lemen ts of hea ling of any

d is e a s e m an is heir to b e caus e th ey con ta in a ll th e

e lem en ts of life .

Min d cr ea tes an d s o lid ifies th e e ther in to ele ctr icity

by a kn owledge of h ow i t can b e do n e .

Ele ctr ica l cha r ge s a r e thr ough fr om th e min d to th e

soul by th e though t which a t th e comman d of th e

min d p r oduces th e yellow l1gb t which is ozon e .

Th e fir s t d egr e e o f he a ling a tta in ed by this mean s

wa s magn e tism .

Then th e men ta l s cien tis ts wr ought electr ica l hea l

m g.

Th e s oul br ings th e acth hea ling which is th e med ium

un a tt=a 1n ed by either m agn e tis-ts or men ta lis ts .

Th e s tud en t can le a rn to p r oduce th e acth in a

s e con d of time .

I n a s e cond h e can se nd th e vibr a tion s of hea ling

thr oughout th e body an d effe ct th e cur e .

H e d oe s n ot con cen tr a te entir ely o n th e p a tien t .

H e s imply d r aws to hims elf th e vibr a tion s or cu r

r en ts o f th e aeth o r soul an d tr an sfe r s them to th e

d is ea s e .

Th e pa tien t‘mus t

,however , live th e life of pur ity,

f or pur ity cann o t r ema in in an impur e ve s s el .

It is imposs ible to fail in a cur e fo r n o on e but a

ma s te r or an a d ept c an . a tta in th e‘

aeth .

It mus t be un d er s to od , h oweve r , tha t wher e an a il

men t is thr ough K a rmic L aw n o thing can b e don e

except help th e p a tien t to get r id o f such b a d ka rm a .

Th e acth h ea ler cann ot abus e h is p ower n or misus e

186 SOUL SCI E N CE AND IMMOR TALITY.

i t,f or if h e does i t will b e taken fr om him .

Th 1 s is sp ir itua l h ea ling, an d can n o t b e imita ted by

p r e ten d e r s .

Ther e is n o ma licious an ima l magn e tism and no

d ange r o f bla ck magi c .

Th e pa tien t is s a fe in th e han d s of th e hea ler fo r h e

is th e d is ciple of th e Chr ist .

F ir st,the s tud en t mus t find th e s oul .

This c ann ot b e a cquir ed from books o r fr om

tea chers . Th e t ea cher can guid e , gua r d an d pr o te ct

h is s tud en ts,but th e s oul s cien ce c a n b e a tta in ed on ly

thr ough h is own eff or ts .

H e cann ot r ea d a f ew rule s an d ins truction s on con-f

cen tr a tion s , sugges tions a n d lay ing on of hands . He’

mus t go for th an d find th e E s s ence o f Life , th e vibr a ,tions of hea ling fr om th e F a the r an d take on

‘

the Son

ship of th e Chr is t .

It is an e r r on eous id e a tha t,

but on e m an or‘

twelv e

m en he a led d is ea s e s of a ll kin d s an d then th e power

wa s los t .

Th e Light of th e wor ld n ever goes ou t .

Hea ling is life an d life is n ever lo s t o r di es .

Th e Vibr a tion s o -r cur r en ts of life n eve r go ou t o r

die.

M an mad e th e m 1 stake an d n ot th e powe r of God

was los t wh en h e limited th e life of hea ling.

They a ll tell u s God is Life .

Can they tell u s wher e‘

God ’ is ?

N o m an eve r ove r came th e laws of God and Life .

Ha who cann o t r e a lize o r un d e r s ta nd whe r e th e

dwelling pla ce of h is own s oul is canno t und e r s ta nd

wher e th e dwell ing pla ce of God is .

God is above u s .

God is within us .

Th e kn owable , lov ing, unchanging God is within us.



h ea ling mor e a s a bus in ess and p r o-fe ssion than a s th e

tea ching an d d eve lopmen t of th e soul .

They have n ot he a l ed fr om th e s oul . They haven ot he a led fr om th e min d an d he a led min d with min d ,with ou t h ea ling soul with s oul . They ha ve n ot r ea ched

d e ep er than min d a n d min d d ies . Th e magn e tis ts

have us ed m agn e tism without knowing whe r e it comes

f r om a n d wha t i t r ea lly is , y e t the magn e tism of th e

s oul and th e much ta lked of an ima l m agn e tism a r e n ot

th e s ame a lth ough to”a cer ta in e x ten t th ey a r e s 1m 1 la r .

Th e magnet ism taught f or man y yea r s is n ot th e

pur ified magn e tism o f th e acth .

Th e acth is th e pur ifica tion o f bo th soul an d‘,m ind

an d th e hea ling is d r awn fr om th e un ion o f b -oth .

This wedd ing o f the min d an d s ou l p r odu c es life ,quicken s an d gen er a tes life f or a ll

,an d th e acth is

s tr onger than men ta l hea ling o r magne tic he a ling b e

caus e it is in r ea lity th e life of bo th—it is a ll tha t

min d an d s oul can give .

H e wa s in th e wor ld and th e wo r ld wa s made by

him,an d th e wor ld kn ew h im n ot .

”

“H e is in y ou and y ou wer e ma d e by him an d you

kn ow him n ot .

”

“H e came to his own

,and h is own r -ece1v ed

' him

not .

H e h a s com e to you and you have r ece ived him n ot .

Y ou have n ot lifted up th e ve il an d sought e a r n es tly

and s in cer ely or you w ould have r e ce ived him when

h e came .

H ow f ew r ea lize th e impor tan ce of th e d evelopmen t

of th e s oul . Th e s oul is th e thron e of th e Chr is t“the temple not. ma d e with hands .

” It is th e temple

mad e f or you by your own Cr ea tor .

“ But a s many a s r e ce ived him,to them gave h e

power to become th e s ons of God , even to them that

b elieve on h is n ame , which we r e born n ot of blood,no r

o f th e will of th e flesh , nor of th e will of m an but ofGod .

”

Th e fle sh wi ll n ot will anything tha t takes fr om

its e lf—n eithe r does th e will of m an , f or bo th a r e um

e n lighten ed a n d s e ek a fte r th e wor ld an d th e thingstha t a r e in th e wor ld .

Th e son s of God a r e bor n o f God .

Jus t a s w e would s ay th e s on of evil is born of evil;

We can ea s ily p e r ce ive h ow h e is born of evil . We

kn ow tha t h e s e eks,lives

,moves an d h a s h is b eing in

evil .

Evil is a ll,is life to th e evil m an . Th e evil m an is

th e un awaken ed,un en lighten ed m an

,an d kn ows n ot

th e s oul n or wher e i t is .

I n th e ac th th e kn owledge o f a ll th e plan e s Whe r e

th e H ie r a r ch es,th e ruler s

,th e In itia tes

,th e An cien t

Wis e M en,a r e a tta in able .

Th e n eophyte h a s th e ha r d p a th b efor e him, th e

pa th tha t is s tr ewn with thorn s an d which lead s in

evitably to th e cr oss . But with-ou t th e cr os s ther e can

b e n o r esur r e ction .

But a fter th e r e sur r e ction th e won -d e r s of th e

he aven s Op en an d th e“ woman clothed with th e sun

,

an d th e moon u n d e r h e r fee t,an d upon h er hea d a

cr own of twelve s ta r s,

” will app ea r an d this gr ea t

mys te ry is unve iled“

,un d e rs tood

,an d won d er ed a t

,

but”

m a rv eled‘

a t no mor e f or th e”

s tud en t cea s e s to

ma rv el any mo r e a t this gr e a t mys ter y f or i t is pla in

a n d s imple to h is awa ken ed s oul .

H e mus t ta ke up th e c r o ss and follow ,h e mus t b e

willing to suff e r,s tr ive an d wa i t , but a t th e hour of

victo ry when th e s oul sp e aks and Op en s the ga teway

to kn owledge, wisd ow ,an d love , it is a ll wo r th it .

I t is worth all struggles , a ll tempes ts , all ba ttles to

lea rn th e hidd en s e cr et s o f n a tur e . Sh e is on ly behinda ve il a n d th e ve il is very thin and she en to th e . f ew

wh o kn ow .

M en ma rvel,as d id th e d is ciples while they looked

s t e a dfa s tly tow a rd he aven a s H e wen t up,an d beho ld

,

two m en s tood by them’

in white appa r e l . ”

“Which a lso s a id,Y e m en of Ga lile e

,why s tand y e

ga zing up in to h ea v en ? Th e same J esus which is

taken u p from y ou in to heaven ,sha ll s o come in like

ma nn e r a s y e h ave s een him go in to h ea ven .

”

A n d h ow d id H e come to them ? H e told them H e

would c ome aga in ,h ow did H e com e ?

I n this mann e r “Wh en th e d ay of P en tecost was

fully c ome,they we r e a ll with on e a ccor d in on e pla ce .

A n d sud den ly the r e came a soun d fr om heaven a s

of a rushing, mighty. wind,an d it filled a ll th e hous e ,

whe r e they we r e s i tting .

“A n d th e -

r e app ea r ed un to them cloven tongues like

a s of fir e , an d it s a t upon ea ch o f them an d they wer e

a ll filled with th e H oly Ghos t” - th e Mo therhoo d of

God—th e Soul F ir e .

This wa s th e baptism of the F ir e , S oul , ‘an d Ho ly

Gho s t . It can b e s e en a s they s aw,an -d i t can b e

id en tified with th e s oul an d kn own .

‘A s P aul tells u s,

“We shal l a ll b e changed in a

mom en t,in a twinkling o f a n ey e , a t th e la s t , fo r th e

t rump e t sha ll s oun d , an d th e d ea d sha ll b e r a is ed in

cor r up tible , an d we, sh a ll b e ch a nged .

”

“F or th e cor ruptible mus t put o n in cor ruption ,

an d th e mor ta l mus t put o n immo r ta lity .

”

“So wh en th e co r ruptible (fle sh ) sha ll have put

o n in cor ruption (pur ified s oul ) a nd th e mor ta l sh a ll

have put on immor ta lity , th e-n sha ll b e br ought to pa ss

th e s aying that 15: written , D eath is swallowed up in

victory



i t . They kn ow th e p e a r l of gr ea t p r ice , whe r e i t lies

gle aming in a ma s s of rubbish an d wher e its gleam

blind s th e eyes of th e br illian t egot is t wh o s tumble s

by th e ve ry d oor o f truth which h e cann o t s e e f or th e

br illian cy of h is own min d . H is own light h e h as

cr e a ted fo r hims elf is th e light that blin ds him f or i t

is a truth tha t th e min d m ay. be come s o br illian t a s . to

d evour th e s oul . Th e min d is n ot th e s oul . To o much

min d is t h e gr ea te s t s tumbling block th e acth s tud en t

h a s be fo r e h im .

Min d—wha t is mind ?I t is n ot all . It is but th e b eg-inn ing of an exis ten ce .

Soul is wh a t m an n e ed s . Ther e a r e many brillia n t ,s tr ong , r e s our ceful min d s with sm a ll

,we ak souls .

A n d ther e a r e gr e a t , s tr ong s ouls with sma ll

though n ot n a r r ow ,min ds . Th e lighte s t loa d is e as ie s t

to ca r ry an d th e min d with but little brillian cy h a s

little to give up an d is ther efor e con ten t and‘

willing

to lea rn .

Th e gr ea t , ego tis tica l , s a tisfied m ind fin d s i t d ifficult

to fr e e i ts e lf f r o -m its bon d age of ego tism a nd con ce it .

The r efor e i t h a s much to give up . But “h e tha t is

forgiven mos t will love th e mo s t , s o th e gr e a t m l n d,

if'

it will but los e its wor ldly gr ea tn es s , h a s power to

build a s lofty a soul .

We mus t take th e ba s e me ta ls and tr ansmute them

in to pur e an d shin ing gold .

Egotism ,s elfishn es s , con ce it an d s elf - abs orption a r e

s in ful an d will n ot d o to build upon . Ther e i s bu t on e

sur e Rock ; i t is th e Chr is t .

N o o the r foun d a tion will s tan d . I n n o o ther way

can th e s e eker f or truth» fin d true an d ten able power .

“ Every man’

s work sha ll b e ma d e man ife s t ; f or

th e da y sha ll de cla r e i t , be caus e i t sha ll b e r evea led

by fir e, and this fu‘e shall try every man

’

s work of

wha t sor t it is .

“I f any man

’

s wo rk ab id e which h e ha th built

ther eupon,h e sha ll r e ce ive a r ewa r d .

“ If any man’

s wo rk sha ll b e bur n ed h e sha ll suff er

los s,but h e hims elf sh a ll b e s aved ; y et so a s by fir e .

”

Wha t h ave y ou built ?

Wha t a r e y ou build ing ?A n d wha t a r e y ou going to build ?

If y ou have a s oul tha t can b e pur ified with th e F ire

o f th e Holy Gh os t , y ou a r e s aved .

Y ou a r e s aved b e caus e y ou will kn ow h ow to build

th e s oul to a tta in aeth sh ip with th e Ma s ter s , th e I n

itia tes an d th e Sup r eme Ma s te r , th e Chr is t .

Th e. Chr is t powe r is n ev er los t .

If i t h a d b e en los t th e wor ld . would have b e en d e

s tr oyed long a go .

M an los t hims elf . Th e wor d , which is th e wo r d of

fir e,w a s n ot on ly p r es erved but gua r d ed an d p r o

t e ct ed fr om th e pr ofan e , th e wor ldly wise an d foolish

by th e spir it o f th e V e iled Is is .

When m an in h is b lin dn e ss s tumbled upon th e

tr e a sur es o f th e kingd om of he aven an d br ought them

fo r th to d is tr ibute blin d ly an d without r e a son to a

wo r ld » of babble r s , th e veil wa s ye t s ecur e an d t ight .

Tho s e wh o w e r e f o r e or d -a in ed by th e spir it of law a n d

r igh t e ousn e s s w e r e n ot sle eping (wa iting f or a

t rump e t to s oun d a n d r ous e th e -m fr om in e r tn e s s a n d

in comp e ten cy , f or h e wh o sle ep s n eve r a ccomplishe s ,

n eve r w orks , n eve r le a r n s , n eve r a tta in s ) , but we r e

b e a r ing th e a rms an d shield s o f th e tr uth tha t it b e

n ot b e tr ayed a n d outr aged by th e ign o r a n t . A n d

wh ile th ey have led th em blin dly , y e t th ey have n ot

s e en,but thos e whos e eye s we r e op en ed may s e e

“

a s d id

Saul of Ta r sus .

THE EN D.


“

The WorkWe Must Do.

Souls a r e n eed -ed in this va s t work of our s—souls

tha t a r e r ea dy a n d willing to tr ea d in th e fo o ts teps of

th e ma s ter s wh o have gon e be f or e and pr epa r ed a

pla ce fo r them .

Th e tim e h a s come when wo rker s a r e n e ed ed ; The

field is la rge an d lab or e r s a r e f ew . Th e s ou l canno t

advan ce un le ss . it is a ctive . It mus t h av e‘

th e chance

to a ccumula te fo r ce fr om th e plan es of tho s e wh o have

a chieved gr e a t sp 1 r 1 tu a l~ kn owledge an d d ev elopmen t .

It cann o t a dvan ce if i t s lumb e r s,any mor e than th e

m a n ca n exis t without work . Th e wor ld is s ta rvingf or th e truth ; ther e a r e many hungry , thir s ty, s e ek

ing f or p a ths of ligh t an d we mus t. r ea ch them .

We d o n otx

wish to s e e a cr e ed - bound organ iza tionfo rmed f o r th e gr ea t truths mus t b e g1v en to th e f ew

an d chos en on e s .

Ther e a r e many thr oughout th e wor ld who belongto th e Invis ible Br othe rh ood ' They a r e m en and

women of th e pur e r wa ter , p e a r ls o f gr ea t pr ice , a n d

they s ilen tly d o th e work given them to do without“ pr aying in syn agogues with loud vo 1 ces and thank

ing God tha t. the y a r e n ot a s othe r s a r e .

”

They a r e th e humb le doe r s of,

th e wor d . They

un de r s tan d th e laws o f life and n a tur e an d of God ,

and the ir duty is to obey them .

Th e fr a tern ity h a s Op en ed its door s to a ll wh o will

to come . Te a cher s , help er s an d worke r s a r e n e ed ed .

The truth must be sent to all, the true Christ , the



Ign or an ce spr ang up . Th e o r igin a l me an ing, th er ea l truths

,an d gr ea t mys te r ies wer e hidd en un d e r

symbols,a n d thos e wh o wer e m ighty an d sup r eme in

th e wisd om of th e god s we r e th e on ly on e s wh o kn ew .

F o r age s an d gen er a tion s th e wor ld h a s b e en taught

wr ong. I t h a s be en gr oping a r oun d in d a rkn es s,s e ek

1 ng light wher e the r e wa s n o light . S tr a in ing a t gn a ts

an d swa llow ing camels . But th e wor ld is s ta rving. I t

is s tanding tod ay on th e thr e shold : of a gr ea t r ev olu

tion in r eligious cir cle s . Diver s d octr in es have cr ept

in un awa r e s,and fa ls e p r ophe ts an d fa ls e t ea cher s

wh o have “ br ou ght in d amn able he r e s ie s , an d with

fe ign ed wor d s have m ad e m e r ch an dis e of many,

”an d

“ with p r ofan e an d va in babblings an d Oppos ition s of

s cien ce fa ls e ly so ca lled ; which s ome p r ofe ss ing have

e r r ed con ce rn ing th e fa ith ( truth )Ther e a r e many te a che r s

,s ome wh o a r e s in ce r e and

e a rn es t but wh o a r e n ot Ma s ter s n or In itia tes,n or

have they th e s e cr e ts an d my s te r ies of tho s e wh o we r e

th e e lect,th e philo sophe r s an d sag es of th e an cien t

wisd om .

Then aga in ,Bla ck Magic pa r a d ing in she ep

’

s cloth

ing—wo lve s they a r e

,an d

“ ca r e th n ot f o r the sheep ”

Bla ck Magic is a cur s e an d a d e s tr oying a r cha nge l

of a ll tha t would wo rk f or good . It is d iabolism.

Chr is t told h is d is ciple s tha t when y e Se e th e

abomin a tion o f d e sola tion ( spoken of by Da n iel th e

p r ophe t ),s tan d in th e holy pla ces , th en le t them

which b e in Jud e a fle e in to th e moun ta in s A nd

this is whe r e Bla ck Magi c s tan d s . It is th e imp e r

s on a tor o f th e On e Gr e a t Unkn owable God .

“Th e

m an of p e r-d ition oppos e th a n d exa lte th hims e lf ab ove

a ll tha t is ca lled God ,o r tha t is wor shipp ed ; s o tha t

h e,a s God , s itte th in th e temple of God shewing h im

self tha t h e is God .

”


This is th e gr e a t d es tr oyer , n ot . th e Saviour .

But th e hour is coming an d n ow is,when th e d e a d

sha ll h ea r th e vo ice of th e S on of God ; a nd th ey th a t

he a r sha ll live .

”

A n d th e wo r ld s tan d s tod ay dup ed an d misled an d

a lmos t d e s tr oyed by th e gr ea t cur s e an d evil , a n d th e

d awn of a n ew e r a is he r e when th e wor ld sha ll he a r

th e vo ice of th e Son of God

H e is n ow with u s,in ou r m id-s t

,wa iting, f or th e

hour of r ecogn ition by th e chos en f ew .

Th e gr ea t tea cher of this gen e r a tion is in is ola tion ,

p r epa r ing hims elf f or th e gr ea t work which mus t b e

d on e .

This is th e age of tr ans i tion s of th e old in to n ew an d

glor ious on e s . This fr a ter n ity h a s s tood th e t es t o f

time . Th e gr an d est a chieve-men ts eve r gam ed by m an

wa s or igin a lly con ce a led in th e An cien t Mys te r ie s .

It is th e d e s ir e of th e Br o the rhood to s en d ou t

mes s enge r s o f truth , to ban d : a ll toge ther in on e gr e a t ,

gr an d , comple te whole . The r e a r e f ew wh o a r e s inc e r e

an d e a r n es t . Souls a r e wor th mor e than mon ey an d

s ouls, gr e a t , gr an d , un se lfis h s ouls a r e wh a t a r e

n e ed ed an d wan ted mor e tha n anyth ing els e .

A r e y ou willing towork f or th e tr u e God ? A r e y ou

willing to te a ch m en . th e tru e law,Tha t. a s th ou

sowes t s o sha lt thou r e ap ” ? Your oppor tun ity is

n ow . Th e wo rk will put y ou in touch with th e m en ta l

cc - op er a tion of th e Gr e a t. Invis ible Br o the rhood whos e

memb er s s en -d ou t in c on s tan t s tr e am s th ough ts of

s tr ength an d ble s s ings .

Th e White B r o the rhood is r e a ch ing ou t an d d r aw

ing toge the r a ll ha rmon ious vibr a tion s , an d tr an s

fe r r ing them thr oughout a ll Chr is ten dom .

Gr e a t work is . wa i ting f or willing han d s .

Th e fr a te rn ity is s e eking thos e wh o a r e willing and


r ea dy to a ss is t th e Mas ter and spr ead th e doc tr ine of

Truth and L ife .

Chr is tian br otherhoods and hea ling s ta tions shouldb e es tablished in a ll th e ci ties an d town s . Hon es t , r e

liable , s -in cer e , ea rn es t te a che r s should b e a t th e headof eve ry s ta tion

,keeping. 1n touch with th e whole

work . Much liter a tur e should b e given ou t s o tha t

th e poor es t m ay have a chan ce to wo rk up to th e

truths an d un de r s tan d ing of th e gr e a t laws , s o tha t

e a ch on e m ay gr adua lly le a rn to find th e Chr is t

with in .

It mus t b e ha rm on iou s work f or th e purpose of

b en efitting human ity , a nd giving th e sha ckle-d s oul a

chan ce to te a r away fr om th e b on ds tha t en slave i t .

Love, good fellowship , symp a thy, an d unde r s tand ing

a r e th e foun d a tion s ton es fr om which we exp e ct to

build in th e h ea r ts of m en a s tructur e such a s will put

th e temple Of K ing Solom on to shame .

This is th e las t r e ligion . It is th e on ly r eligion .

Non e gr ea ter can follow it f or th e r el igion o f th e

Chr is t within 1 s th e gr e a te st tha t m an can a ccept?

Rep r e s en ta tives or tea che r s a r e appo in ted and

author ized to orga n ize and tea ch th e s tud en ts ind i

vidua lly an d in cla ss es . Th e te a che r s an d o rgan izer s

a r e s ele cted,pr oved an d tr ied by th e Ma s te r of th e

Sup r eme T emple,wh o h a s so le author ity .

Soul S cien ce is th e s tan da rd text book, and every

stud en t mus t own a copy of this book f or h is ind i

vidua l s tudy an d u s e . H e mus t n ot loan n or tea ch

fr om th e book without p erm is sion fr om th e Mas ter o f

th e Supr eme Temple .

Cla ss es a r e orga n ized to mee t a t lea s t on ce a we ek,f or in s truction s f r o-m th e appoin ted tea cher . Pr iva te

le s son s a r e is sued every mon th f or cla ss in struction s

a ccor ding to ea ch chap ter .



The Soul just awakening is ignorant o f the things of theSoul Wo rld for how can it

,

KNOW o f what it h asnever seen

’ The Soul does not know the true Pathwayunless shown any better than a child knows the true pathway in earth unless taught.The ch ild is helpless when in the clutches o f a strong,

grown - up man . Would a mother allow an evil , wicked.

seducing person to guard and contro l and teach her child ?The Soul in like manner must bewareDo no not seek phenomena o f the Sp 11 1t WorldYou are young. You do not know the spirits until your

sp i1 itual eyes a1 e opened . A child does not know the evilso f the evil companions , and the seductive influences of

sensual , lustful men and women.

SEEK THE SOUL .

These words are sent to you from the Great WhiteThrone

“

Behold , a throne was set up in heaven , and ONE sat

on the throne .

“

And round about the throne were four and twentyseats ; and upon the seats I saw four

'

and twenty Elderssitting, clothed in white raiments ; and they h ad on theirheads crowns o f gold . And o ut o f the throne pro ceededL IGHTNINGS and THUNDER INGS and VO ICES ; andthere were seven lamps o f FIRE burning before the thronewhich are the seven Spirits o f God .

”

Seek the Soul.“Building UP YOURSELVES as your

most holy faith , praying ( desiring) on the Holy Gho stThe zEth Drill is a series o f instructions to be given on

ly to a very few. Besides the instructions , there are two

tex t books . One o f these is never sold , but is only fo r thestudents who take these instructions .

The student reports to h is teacher every two weeks andreceives personal letters in reply to e ach report.Such a scholarship is practically for life , the student be

ing at liberty to write as often as he o r she desires unti lcomplete Initiation is reached .

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