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THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL
_of_
JESUS THE CHRIST
_The Philosophic and Practical Basis of the Religion
of the Aquarian Age of the World_
AND OF
THE CHURCH UNIVERSAL
TRANSCRIBED FROM THE BOOK OF GOD’S REMEMBRANCES,
KNOWN AS THE AKASHIC RECORDS,
BY
LEVI
WITH
INTRODUCTION
BY
EVA S. DOWLING, A. Ph. D.
LONDON:
L. N. FOWLER AND COMPANY
E. S. DOWLING, PUBLISHER,
Los Angeles, California
1911
FOR SALE BY
E. S. DOWLING
Los Angeles, California.
Copyright 1911, by
MRS. EVA S. DOWLING
Copyright in England, 1911
Entered at Stationers’ Hall, London
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
including rights of translation
M. A. DONOHUE & CO.
PRINTERS AND BINDERS
CHICAGO
CONTENTS
SECTION I.--_Birth and Early Life of Mary, Mother of Jesus._--Chapter
1.
SECTION II.--_Birth and Infancy of John the Harbinger, and of
Jesus._--Chapters 2-6.
SECTION III.--_Education of Mary and Elizabeth in Zoan._--Chapters
7-12.
SECTION IV.--_Childhood and Early Education of John the
Harbinger._--Chapters 13-15.
SECTION V.--_Childhood and Early Education of Jesus._--Chapters 16-20.
SECTION VI.--_Life and Works of Jesus in India._--Chapters 21-35.
SECTION VII.--_Life and Works of Jesus in Tibet and Western
India._--Chapters 36-37.
SECTION VIII.--_Life and Works of Jesus in Persia._--Chapters 38-41.
SECTION IX.--_Life and Works of Jesus in Assyria._--Chapters 42-43.
SECTION X.--_Life and Works of Jesus in Greece._--Chapters 44-46.
SECTION XI.--_Life and Works of Jesus in Egypt._--Chapters 47-55.
SECTION XII.--_The Council of the Seven Sages of the
World._--Chapters 56-60.
SECTION XIII.--_The Ministry of John the Harbinger._--Chapters 61-64.
SECTION XIV.--_The Christine Ministry of Jesus._--_Introductory
Epoch._--Chapters 65-71.
SECTION XV.--_The First Annual Epoch of the Christine Ministry of
Jesus._--Chapters 72-90.
SECTION XVI.--_The Second Annual Epoch of the Christine Ministry of
Jesus._--Chapters 91-123.
SECTION XVII.--_The Third Annual Epoch of the Christine Ministry of
Jesus._--Chapters 124-158.
SECTION XVIII.--_The Betrayal and Arrest of Jesus._--Chapters 159-164.
SECTION XIX.--_The Trial and Execution of Jesus._--Chapters 165-171.
SECTION XX.--_The Resurrection of Jesus._--Chapter 172.
SECTION XXI.--_Materialization of the Spiritual Body of
Jesus._--Chapters 173-180.
SECTION XXII.--_Establishment of the Christine Church._--Chapters
181-182.
INTRODUCTION
BY
EVA S. DOWLING, A. Ph.D.,
SCRIBE TO THE MESSENGER.
_THE BOOK._
The full title of this book is “The Aquarian Age Gospel of Jesus,
the Christ of the Piscean Age,” and the critical reader is apt to
ask a number of pertinent questions concerning it. Among the many
anticipated questions these are perhaps the most important:
1 What is an Age?
2 What is the Piscean Age?
3 What is the Aquarian Age?
4 What is meant by the Christ as the word is used in this book?
5 What relationship existed between Jesus of Nazareth and the Christ?
6 Who is Levi, the transcriber of this book?
7 What are the Akashic Records?
1 _What is an Age?_ Astronomers tell us that our sun and his family
of planets revolve around a central sun, which is millions of miles
distant, and that it requires something less than 26,000 years to make
one revolution. His orbit is called the Zodiac, which is divided into
twelve signs, familiarly known as Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo,
Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius and Pisces.
It requires our Solar System a little more than 2100 years to pass
through one of these signs, and this time is the measurement of an Age
or Dispensation. Because of what Astronomers call “the precession of
the Equinoxes” the movement of the sun through the signs of the Zodiac
is in order reverse from that given above.
_Exact Time of the Beginning of an Age._ Regarding this matter there
is a disagreement among astronomers; but in this Introduction we are
not called upon to give the reasons of the various investigators for
their opinions; there are enough well authenticated facts for our
present purposes. It is conceded by all critical students that the sun
entered the zodiacal sign Taurus in the days of our historic Adam when
the Taurian Age began; that Abraham lived not far from the beginning
of the Arian Age, when the sun entered the sign Aries. About the time
of the rise of the Roman empire the sun entered the sign Pisces, the
Fishes, and the Piscean Age began, so that early in this Age Jesus of
Nazareth lived.
2 _What is the Piscean Age?_ This question requires further
consideration. The Piscean Age is identical with the Christian
Dispensation. The word Pisces means fish. The sign is known as a water
sign, and the Piscean Age has been distinctly the age of the fish and
its element, water.
In the establishment of their great institutions John the Harbinger
and Jesus both introduced the rite of water baptism, which has been
used in some form in all the so-called Christian Churches and cults,
even to the present time. Water is the true symbol of purification.
Jesus himself said to the Harbinger before he was baptized: “All men
must be washed, symbolic of the cleansing of the soul.” (Aquarian
Gospel 64:7.)
_Fish was a Christian Symbol._ In the earlier centuries of the
Christian Dispensation the fish was everywhere used as a symbol. In
his remarkable book, “Christian Iconography,” Didron says:
“The fish, in the opinion of antiquarians generally, is the symbol
of Jesus Christ. The fish is sculptured upon a number of Christian
monuments, and more particularly upon the ancient sarcophagi. It
is also upon medals, bearing the name of our Savior and also upon
engraved stones, cameos and intaglios. The fish is also to be remarked
upon the amulets worn suspended from the necks by children, and upon
ancient glasses and sculptured lamps.
“Baptismal fonts are more particularly ornamented with the fish. The
fish is constantly exhibited placed upon a dish in the middle of the
table, at the Last Supper, among the loaves, knives and cups used at
the banquet.”
In the writings of Tertullian we find this statement: “We are little
fishes in Christ our great fish.”
The last two thousand years, comprising the Piscean Age, has certainly
been one of water and the many uses of that element have been
emphasized, and sea and lake and river navigation has been brought to
a high degree of efficiency.
3 _What is the Aquarian Age?_ The human race is today standing upon
the cusp of the Piscean-Aquarian Ages. Aquarius is an air sign and the
New Age is already noted for remarkable inventions for the use of air,
electricity, magnetism, etc. Men navigate the air as fish do the sea,
and send their thoughts spinning around the world with the speed of
lightning.
The word Aquarius is derived from the Latin word aqua, meaning water.
Aquarius is, however, the _water bearer_, and the symbol of the sign,
which is the eleventh sign of the Zodiac, is a man carrying in his
right hand a pitcher of water. Jesus referred to the beginning of the
Aquarian Age in these words:
“And then the man who bears the pitcher will walk forth across an arc
of heaven; the sign and signet of the Son of Man will stand forth in
the eastern sky. The wise will then lift up their heads and know that
the redemption of the earth is near.” (Aquarian Gospel 157:29, 30.)
The Aquarian Age is pre-eminently a spiritual age, and the spiritual
side of the great lessons that Jesus gave to the world may now be
comprehended by multitudes of people for the many are now coming into
an advanced stage of spiritual consciousness; so with much propriety
this book is called “The Aquarian (or Spiritual) Gospel of Jesus, the
Christ.”
_An Important Event._ The transfer of dominion from one Age to another
is an important event in the world of Cherubim and Seraphim. Among the
manuscripts of Levi we have found a most remarkable paper describing
the transfer of dominion from the Piscean Age to the Aquarian Age, but
it is difficult to determine whether it is a recital of facts or a
prophetic statement. We reproduce the paper in full.
THE CUSP OF THE AGES.
“In Spirit I was caught away into the realms of Akasha; I stood
alone within the circle of the sun.
“And there I found the secret spring that opens up the door to
Wisdom and an understanding heart.
“I entered in and then I knew.
“I saw the four and twenty Cherubim and Seraphim that guard
the circle of the sun, the mighty ones who were proclaimed by
masters long ago ‘the four and twenty ancient ones.’
“I heard the names of every Cherubim and Seraphim, and learned
that every sign in all the Zodiac is ruled by two--a Cherubim
and Seraphim.
“And then I stood upon the cusp where Ages meet. The Piscean
Age had passed; the Aquarian Age had just begun.
“I saw the guardian Spirits of the Piscean Age; Ramasa is the
Cherubim; Vacabiel is Seraphim.
“I saw the guardian Spirits of the Aquarian Age, and Archer is
the Cherubim; Sakmaquil is the Seraphim.
“These four great spirits of the Triune God stood close
together on the cusp, and in the presence of the sacred
Three--the God of Might, the God of Wisdom, and the God of
Love--the scepter of Domain, of Might, of Wisdom and of Love
was there transferred.
“I heard the charges of the Triune God; but these I may not now
reveal.
“I heard the history of the Piscean Age from Piscean Cherubim
and Seraphim, and when I took my pen to write Ramasa said:
“Not now, my son, not now; but you may write it down for men
when men have learned the sacred laws of Brotherhood, of Peace
on earth, good-will to every living thing.
“And then I heard the Aquarian Cherubim and Seraphim proclaim
the Gospel of the coming Age, the age of Wisdom, of the Son of
Man.
“And when the crown was lifted from the head of Ramasa and
placed upon the head of Archer of the Aquarian Age; and when
the royal scepter was transferred from Seraphim Vacabiel to
Seraphim Sakmaquil there was deep silence in the courts of
heaven.
“And then the goddess Wisdom spoke, and with her hands
outstretched she poured the benedictions of the Holy Breath
upon the rulers of Aquarius.
“I may not write the words she spoke, but I may tell the Gospel
of the coming age that Archer told when he received the crown.
“And I may breathe to men the song of praise that Seraphim
Sakmaquil sung when she received the royal scepter of the
newborn age.
“This Gospel I will tell, and I will sing this song in every
land, to all the people, tribes and tongues of earth.”
4 _What is Meant by “the Christ,” as the Word is Used in This Book?_
The word Christ is derived from the Greek word Kristos and means
anointed. It is identical with the Hebrew word Messiah. The word
Christ, per se, does not refer to any particular person; every
anointed person is christed. When the definite article “the” is placed
before the word christ a definite personality is indicated, and this
personality is none other than a member of the Trinity, the Son who
had a glory with the Father-Mother before the worlds were formed.
According to the teachings of all ancient masters this Son is Love; so
the Christ is Love, and Love is God, since God is Love.
Another remarkable manuscript found in Levi’s Akashic portfolio
gives the clearest possible ideal of the Christ, or Love of God. It
is presumed that this manuscript is a direct transcription from the
Akashic Records and its importance demands its reproduction here in
full.
THE CHRIST
“Before creation was the Christ walked with the Father God and
Mother God in Akasha.
“The Christ is son, the only son begotten by Almighty God, the
God of Force and God omniscient, God of thought; and Christ is
God, the God of Love.
“Without the Christ there was no light. Through Christ all life
was manifest; and so through him all things were done, and
naught was done in forming worlds or peopling worlds without
the Christ.
“Christ is the Logos of Infinities and through the word alone
are Thought and Force made manifest.
“The Son is called the Christ, because the Son, the Love, the
universal Love, was set apart, ordained to be creator, Lord,
preserver and redeemer of all things, of everything that is, or
evermore will be.
“Through Christ, the protoplast, the earth, the plant, the
beast, the man, the angel and the cherubim took up their
stations on their planes of life.
“Through Christ they are preserved; and if they fall it is the
Christ who lifts them up; and if they sell themselves to sin
the Christ redeems.
“Now Christ, the universal Love, pervades all spaces of
infinity, and so there is no end to love.
“From the great heart of Love unnumbered spirits were sent
forth to demonstrate the height, the depth, the width, the
boundlessness of Love.
“To every world and star and moon and sun a master spirit of
this Love divine was sent; and all were full anointed with the
oil of helpfulness, and each became a Christ.
“All glorious in his majesty is Christ, who spread the pure
white robe of Love o’er all the planes of earth--The Christ of
earth, its heaven, its graves.
“In course of time the protoplast, the earth, the plant, the
beast, the man sold out their birthrights unto sin; but Christ
was present to redeem.
“Hid in the holiest place in all infinities is locked the
scroll that bears the record of the purposes of God, the Triune
God, and there we read:
“Perfection is the ultimate of life. A seed is perfect in its
embryotic life, but it is destined to unfold, to grow.
“Into the soil of every plane these seeds, which were the
Thoughts of God, were cast--the seeds of protoplast, of earth,
of plant, of beast, of man, of angel and of cherubim, and they
who sowed the seeds, through Christ, ordained that they should
grow, and should return at last, by effort of unnumbered years,
to the great granary of thought, and each be a perfection of
its kind.
“And in the boundless blessedness of Love the man was made the
Lord of protoplast, of earth, of plant, of beast; and Christ
proclaimed: Man shall have full dominion over everything that
is upon these planes of life; and it was so.
“And he who gave the lordship unto man declared that he must
rule by Love.
“But men grew cruel and they lost their power to rule, and
protoplast, and earth, and plant and beast became at enmity
with man; he lost his heritage; but Christ was present to
redeem.
“But man had lost his consciousness of right; he could no
longer comprehend the boundlessness of Love; he could see
naught but self, and things of self; but Christ was there to
seek the lost and save.
“So that he might be close to man in all the ways of life, that
man might comprehend the mighty spirit of the Love, the Christ
of earth made manifest to human eyes and ears by taking his
abode in some pure person, well prepared by many lives to be a
fit abiding place of Love.
“Thus Christ made manifest Love’s power to save; but men forgot
so soon, and so Christ must manifest again, and then again.
“And ever since man took his place in form of flesh the Christ
has been manifest in flesh at first of every age.”
5 _What relationship existed between Jesus of Nazareth and the
Christ?_ Orthodox Christian ecclesiastics tell us that Jesus of
Nazareth and the Christ were one; that the true name of this
remarkable person was Jesus Christ. They tell us that this man of
Galilee was the very eternal God clothed in flesh of man that men
might see his glory. Of course this doctrine is wholly at variance
with the teachings of Jesus himself and of his apostles. The Aquarian
Masters in council have formulated an answer to this question that so
well covers all the information required that we give it in full:
“Jesus was an ideal Jew, born in Bethlehem of Judea. His mother
was a beautiful Jewish girl named Mary. As a child Jesus
differed but little from other children only that in past lives
he had overcome carnal propensities to such an extent that he
could be tempted like others and not yield. Paul was right when
to the Hebrews he said: ‘He was in all points tempted like as
we are, yet without sin.’--Hebrews 4:15.
“Jesus suffered as other men suffer, and was made perfect
through suffering; for this is the only way to perfection. His
life was an example of attainment by the way of crosses and
cruel treatment. Paul was right again when he said: ‘It became
him, for whom are all things and by whom are all things, in
bringing many sons into glory to make the captain of their
salvation perfect through suffering.’--Hebrews 2:10.
“In many respects Jesus was a remarkable child, for by ages
of strenuous preparation he was qualified to be an avatar, a
savior of the world, and from childhood he was endowed with
superior wisdom and was conscious of the fact that he was
competent to lead the race into the higher ways of spiritual
living. But he was conscious also of the fact that he must
attain the mastery by trials, bufferings, temptations and
sufferings. And all his life was spent in attaining. After his
death, burial and resurrection he appeared in materialized form
before the Silent Brothers in the temple of Heliopolis, in
Egypt, and said:
“‘My human life was wholly given to bring my will to tune with
the deific will; when this was done my earth-tasks all were
done.
“‘You know that all my life was one great drama for the sons
of men; a pattern for the sons of men. I lived to show the
possibilities of man.
“‘What I have done all men can do, and what I am all men shall
be.’”--Aquarian Gospel 178:43, 46.
“Jesus was the name of the man and it was the only appropriate
name for this kind of a man. The word means Savior and Jesus
was in more senses than one a savior.
The word Christ means “the anointed one,” and then it is an
official title. It means, The Master of Love. When we say
“Jesus the Christ” we refer to the man and to his office;
just as we do when we say Edward, the King, or Lincoln, the
President. Edward was not always King, and Lincoln was not
always President, and Jesus was not always Christ. Jesus won
his Christship by a strenuous life, and in the Aquarian Gospel,
chapter 55, we have a record of the events of his christing,
or receiving the degree Christ. Here is where he was coronated
by the highest earth authorities as the Christ-King; properly
speaking, ‘The Master of Love’; and after this was done he
entered at once upon his Judean and Galilean ministry.
“We recognize the facts that Jesus was man and that Christ was
God, so that in very truth Jesus the Christ was the God-man of
the ages.”
The Nazarene’s Testimony. Jesus himself made the matter clear.
Once when he was speaking to a congregation in Bethany the
people called him King and he stood forth and said:
“‘I am not sent to sit upon a throne to rule as Caesar rules;
and you may tell the ruler of the Jews that I am not a claimant
for his throne.
“‘Men call me Christ, and God has recognized the name; but
Christ is not a man. The Christ is universal Love, and Love is
King.
“‘This Jesus is but man who has been fitted by temptations
overcome, by trials multiform, to be the temple through which
the Christ can manifest to men.
“‘Then hear, you men of Israel, hear! Look not upon the flesh;
it is not king. Look to the Christ within who shall be formed
in every one of you, as he is formed in me.
“‘When you have purified your hearts by faith, the king will
enter in and you will see his face.’”--Aquarian Gospel 68:10-14.
Surely this question has been answered. Jesus was man; Christ was
Divine Love--the Love of God, and after thirty years of strenuous life
the man had made his body fit to be the temple of the holy breath and
Love took full possession, and John well said when he declared:
“‘And the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld the
glory of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.’”
6 _Who was Levi, the Transcriber of this Book?_ Regarding the
personality of Levi we are permitted to write but little. Suffice it
to say that he is an American citizen, and has been a close student
of the religions of the world from childhood. When but a boy he was
impressed with the sensitiveness of the finer ethers and believed
that in some manner they were sensitized plates on which sounds,
even thoughts, were recorded. With avidity he entered into the
deeper studies of etheric vibration, determined to solve the great
mysteries of the heavens for himself. Forty years he spent in study
and silent meditation, and then he found himself in that stage of
spiritual consciousness that permitted him to enter the domain of
these superfine ethers and become familiar with their mysteries. He
then learned that the imaginings of his boyhood days were founded upon
veritable facts, and that every thought of every living thing is there
recorded.
In his manuscript entitled “The Cusp of the Ages,” a part of which we
have already reproduced in this Introduction, we find the following
copy of the Commission, which Levi received from Visel, the Goddess of
Wisdom, or the Holy Breath.
LEVI’S COMMISSION.
“And then Visel the holy one stood forth and said:
“O Levi, son of man, behold, for you are called to be the
message bearer of the coming age--the age of spirit blessedness.
“Give heed, O son of man, for men must know the Christ, the
Love of God; for Love is sovereign balm for all the wounds of
men, the remedy for every ill.
“And man must be endowed with Wisdom and with Power and with an
Understanding heart.
“Behold the Akasha! Behold the Record Galleries of Visel where
every thought and word and deed of every living thing is
written down.
“The needs of men are manifold, and men must know their needs.
“Now, Levi, hearken to my words: go forth into these mystic
Galleries and read. There you will find a message for the
world; for every man; for every living thing.
“I breathe upon you now the Holy Breath; you will discriminate,
and you will know the lessons that these Record Books of God
are keeping now for men of this new age.
“This age will be an age of splendor and of light, because
it is the home age of the Holy Breath; and Holy Breath will
testify anew for Christ, the Logos of eternal Love.
“At first of every age this Logos is made manifest in flesh so
man can see and know and comprehend a Love that is not narrow,
circumscribed.
“Twelve times in every revolution of the sun this christed Love
of God is made full manifest in flesh upon the planes of earth,
and you may read in Akasha the wondrous lessons that these
Christs have taught to men; but you shall publish not to men
the lessons of the Christs of ancient times.
“Now, Levi, message bearer of the Spirit Age, take up your pen
and write.
“Write full the story of The Christ who built upon the Solid
Rock of yonder circle of the sun--the Christ who men have known
as Enoch the Initiate.
“Write of his works as prophet, priest and seer; write of his
life of purity and love, and how he changed his carnal flesh to
flesh divine without descending through the gates of death.
“And you may write the story of Melchizedec, the Christ who
lived when Abram lived, and pointed out to men the way to life
through sacrifice; who gave his life a willing sacrifice for
men.
“And you may write the story of the Prince of Peace, The Christ
who came as babe in Bethlehem, and traveled every way of life
that man must tread.
“He was despised, rejected and abused; was spit upon, was
crucified, was buried in a tomb; but he revived and rose a
conqueror over death that he might show the possibilities of
man.
“A thousand times he said to men; ‘I came to show the
possibilities of man; what I have done all men may do, and what
I am all men shall be.’
“These stories of The Christ will be enough, for they contain
the true philosophy of life, of death and of the resurrection
of the dead.
“They show the spiral journey of the soul until the man of
earth and God are one forevermore.”
_Levi in Prophecy._ About two thousand years ago Elihu, who conducted
a school of the prophets in Zoan, Egypt, referred to Levi thus:
“This age will comprehend but little of the works of Purity
and Love; but not a word is lost, for in the Book of God’s
Remembrance a registry is made of every thought and word and
deed;
“And when the world is ready to receive, lo, God will send a
messenger to open up the book and copy from its sacred pages
all the messages of Purity and Love.
“Then every man of earth will read the words of life in the
language of his native land, and men will see the light.
“And man again will be at one with God.”--Aquarian Gospel
7:25-28.
Further references to the personality of Levi are, seemingly,
unnecessary. It matters but little who he is; his work in the
transcription of the Aquarian Gospel of Jesus, the Christ, stands
unimpeachable. The lessons of this book all bear the stamp of the
Nazarene, for no man except the world’s greatest master could have
touched the high chords of divine Love and Wisdom which characterize
the pages of this marvelous book.
7 _What are the Akashic Records?_ Akasha is a Sanskrit word, and
means “Primary substance,” that out of which all things are formed.
According to Aquarian philosophy, it is the first stage of the
crystallization of spirit. This philosophy recognizes the fact that
all primordial substance is spirit; that matter is spirit moving at
a lower rate of vibration, becoming, as one master expressed it, a
coagulum.
This Akashic, or primary substance, is of exquisite fineness and is so
sensitive that the slightest vibrations of an ether any place in the
universe registers an indelible impression upon it.
This primal substance is not relegated to any particular part of the
universe, but is everywhere present. It is in very fact the “Universal
Mind” of which our metaphysicians speak.
When the mind of man is in exact accord with the Universal Mind man
enters into a conscious recognition of these Akashic impressions, and
may collect them and translate them into any language of earth with
which he is familiar.
In the infinite One manifest we note the attributes of Force,
Intelligence and Love, and a person may be in full accord with one of
these attributes and not with the others. One may enter fully into
the spirit of the God of Force and not be imbued with the spirit of
Intelligence; or one may be wholly absorbed with the spirit of Divine
Love and be far removed from both Intelligence and Force. Furthermore,
a person may enter fully into the consciousness of Holy Breath, or
Supreme Intelligence, and be not at all in rapport with either Love or
Force. Knowledge is not gained through the spirit of either Force or
Love. It is only from Universal Mind, which is Supreme Intelligence,
called by Oriental scholars the Akashic Records, and by Hebrew
masters, the Book of God’s Remembrance, that knowledge of any kind can
be obtained.
_Consciousness_; we note three phases of it:
1 Consciousness of the omnipotence of God and man.
2 Christ consciousness, or consciousness of Divine Love.
3 Consciousness of the Holy Breath, or of Supreme Intelligence.
We must bear in mind that one of these phases of consciousness does
not necessarily imply either of the others. People are frequently
found who are completely filled with the Love of God, are far advanced
in the science of Christ consciousness, who are absolutely ignorant;
have not the slightest conception of the laws of natural things or of
spiritual things; are not in rapport with the great Teacher which is
the Holy Spirit.
_The Akashic Records._ The imperishable records of life, known as the
Akashic Records, are wholly in the domain of Supreme Intelligence, or
Universal Mind, and the Akashic Record reader must be in such close
touch with the Holy Spirit, or the Holy Breath, as the ancient masters
call this spirit of Supreme Intelligence, that every thought vibration
is instantly felt in every fibre of his being.
_Differentiation._ Since all space is charged with the vibrations of
thoughts of all kinds how may the Akashic Record reader differentiate
and gather only the thoughts and life events of a particular person or
group of persons?
Every person has his own distinct vibration and when the reader fully
understands the law of discrimination his whole being is tuned for the
reception of the one particular tone and rhythm, and it is impossible
for any other tone or rhythm to make the slightest impression upon
him. This principle is demonstrated in wireless telegraphy.
It required many years for Levi to learn the Law of Differentiation,
and to come in rapport with the tones and rhythms of Jesus of
Nazareth, Enoch and Melchizedec and their co-laborers. But under the
direction of the Spirit of Supreme Intelligence, he has attained unto
this accomplishment, and now he instantly feels in all his being the
slightest vibrations that come from any of these great centers and, of
course, all of his transcriptions are true to the letter.
MAN.
“What is man that thou art mindful of him, or the son of man that thou
visiteth him?” This was the earnest question of David, the Hebrew
Psalmist, and the 8th Psalm is given wholly to the contemplation of
man, the crowning work of manifest creation. Among the many great
lessons that Levi has been permitted to gather from the Akashic
Records, or the Universal Mind, we find one on _Man_ in which his
descent into physical matter and his final ascent into an eternal
oneness with God is so graphically described that it certainly merits
a place in this Introduction, and we give it in full:
“Time never was when man was not.
“If life of man at any time began a time would come when it
would end.
“The thoughts of God cannot be circumscribed. No finite mind
can comprehend things infinite.
“All finite things are subject unto change. All finite things
will cease to be, because there was a time when they were not.
“The bodies and the soul of men are finite things, and they
will change, yea, from the finite point of view the time will
come when they will be no more.
“But man himself is not the body, nor the soul; he is a spirit
and is part of God.
“Creative Fiat gave to man, to spirit man, a soul that he might
function on the plane of soul; gave him a body of the flesh,
that he might function on the plane of things made manifest.
“Why did creative Fiat give to spirit man a soul that he might
function on the plane of soul?
“Why did creative Fiat give to soul a body of the flesh that it
might function on the plane of things that are made manifest?
“Hear, now, ye worlds, dominions, powers and thrones!
“Hear, now, ye cherubim, ye seraphim, ye angels and ye men!
“Hear, now, O protoplast, and earth, and plant and beast!
“Hear, now, ye creeping things of earth, ye fish that swim, ye
birds that fly!
“Hear, now, ye winds that blow, ye thunders and ye lightnings
of the sky!
“Hear, now, ye spirits of the fire, of water, earth and air!
“Hear, now, O everything that is, or was, or evermore will be,
for Wisdom speaks from out the highest plane of spirit life:
“Man is a thought of God; all thoughts of God are infinite;
they are not measured up by time, for things that are concerned
with time begin and end.
“The thoughts of God are from the everlasting of the past unto
the never ending days to come--And so is man, the Spirit-man.
“But man, like every other thought of God, was but a seed, a
seed that held within itself the potencies of God, just as
the seed of any plant of earth holds deep within itself the
attributes of every part of that especial plant.
“So spirit-man, as seed of God, held deep within himself the
attributes of every part of God.
“Now, seeds are perfect, yea, as perfect as the source from
which they come; but they are not unfolded into life made
manifest.
“The child in utero is perfect as the mother is.
“So man, the seed, must be deep planted in a soil that he might
grow, unfold, as does the bud unfold to show the flower.
“The human seed that came forth from the heart of God was full
ordained to be the lord of plane of soul, and of the plane of
things made manifest.
“So God, the husbandman of every thing that is, threw forth
this human seed into the soil of soul; it grew apace, and man
became a living soul; and he became the lord of all the kingdom
of the soul.
“Hark, now, let every creature hear, The plane of soul is but
the ether of the spirit plane vibrating not so fast, and in the
slower rhythm of this plane the essences of life are manifest;
the perfumes and the odors, the true sensations and the all of
love are manifest.
“And these soul attributes become a body beautiful.
“A multitude of lessons man must learn upon the plane of soul;
and here he tarries many ages until his lessons are all learned.
“Upon the boundary of the plane of soul the ether began to
vibrate slower still, and then the essences took on a garb; the
perfumes and the odors and the true sensations and the all of
love were clothed in flesh; and man was clothed in flesh.
“Perfected man must pass through all the ways of life, and so
a carnal nature was full manifest, a nature that sprang forth
from fleshly things.
“Without a foe a soldier never knows his strength, and thought
must be developed by the exercise of strength.
“And so this carnal nature soon became a foe that man must
fight, that he might be the strength of God made manifest.
“Let every living thing stand still and hear!
“Man is the lord of all the plane of manifests; of protoplast,
of mineral, of plant, of beast; but he has given up his
birthright, just to gratify his lower self, his carnal self.
“But man will full regain his lost estate, his heritage; but he
must do it in a conflict that cannot be told in words.
“Yea, he must suffer trials and temptations manifold; but let
him know that cherubim and seraphim that rule the stations
of the sun, and spirits of the mighty God who rule the solar
stars are his protectors and his guides, and they will lead to
victory.
“Man will be fully saved, redeemed, perfected by the things he
suffers on the plane of flesh, and on the plane of soul.
“When man has conquered carnal things his garb of flesh will
then have served its purpose well and it will fall, will be no
more.
“Then he will stand untrammeled on the plane of soul where he
must full complete his victories.”
“Unnumbered foes will stand before the man upon the plane of
soul; there he must overcome, yea, overcome them every one.
“Thus hope will ever be his beacon light; there is no failure
for the human soul, for God is leading on and victory is sure.
“Man cannot die; the spirit man is one with God, and while God
lives man cannot die.
“When man has conquered every foe upon the plane of soul the
seed will have full opened out, will have unfolded in the Holy
Breath.
“The garb of soul will then have served its purpose well, and
man will need it never more, and it will pass and be no more.
“And man will then attain unto the blessedness of perfectness
and be at one with God.”
SUBJECT INDEX
A general outline of the incidents and topics of the book will be
found in the Contents which appears in the first part of the volume.
A
CHAP.
Abram, Sketch of life 10
Account must be given 105
Accusers are the greatest sinners 132
Address of Jesus at magian feast 39
Address of Jesus to Chaldeans 42
Address of Jesus to Atheneans 44
Address of Delphic Oracle 44
Address of Jesus, final to Atheneans 46
Address of Jesus at Jordan ford 64
Address of Jesus in Bethany 68
Address of Jesus concerning John 67
Address of Jesus in Bethlehem 76
Address of John on Jesus and the Christ 80
Address of Jesus at Jacob’s well 82
Adultery defined by man 98
Adultery lies in the desire 98
Adulterer, the one who lusts 143
Adon Mashich Cumi 172
Afraid of Jesus’ power, priests 31
Afflictions partial payments on debts 138
Afflictions, lesson of Jesus 138
Afflictions merited; the law (V. 5, 6) 138
Age, Messiah comes at first of every 73
Ajainin; Jesus his guest 37
Ajainin in Benares to see Jesus 29
Ajainin visits Jesus 29
Almsgiving, lesson of Jesus on 94
Almighty God, the Father; Omniscient God, the Mother 97
Alarmed at power of Jesus, Gadarines 118
Alone on mountain, Jesus prays 128
Alertness of Pharisees to apprehend Jesus 150
Altars of Grecian gods 46
Amazed at resurrection of Lazarus 148
Amphitheater, Jesus and Apollo in 44
Angered at Jesus’ words about castes, priests 24
Anger a crime 97
Anxiety about earthly things 99
Anxious Martha 136
Anointed Jesus with perfumes, Mary 159
Ananias bribes Judas to betray Jesus 159
Ananias, leader of arresting party 164
Answering prayer: how God helps 46
Appeal of Jesus to the mob 164
Apollo opens up door of Greek lore to Jesus 44
Apollo states needs of Greece 57
Apostles are chosen 88
Apostles, all at Jesus’ home 89
Apostles and Jesus at Capernaum 123
Apostles confirmed as saviors 127
Apostles flee to avoid arrest 164
Apostolic charge of Jesus 89
Archelaus, ruler in Jerusalem 7
Ashamed of his cowardice, Peter 164
Ashbina recognizes Jesus 42
Ashbina states needs of Assyria 57
Asher’s Inn, Jesus at 78
Ask in faith; God answers 137
Assassination of Zacharias 6
Athens, Jesus meets the masters 44
Athens beach, storm on 46
Attainment possible 101
Augustus Caesar 1
Author of misfortune, is God? 114
Avesta 10
Awaiting coming of Holy Breath 181
B
Baal, Assyrian Idol 43
Babylon, Jesus and Ashbina in 43
Babylon, its wicked kings 43
Balm of life, the air we breathe 41
Baptism instituted 15
Baptism of Jesus by the Harbinger 64
Baptism of many people by the Harbinger 64
Baptism adopted by Jesus as disciples’ pledge 78
Baptism by Jesus of six disciples 78
Baptized, John the Harbinger 15
Barachia, Rabi, teacher of Jesus 17
Barato Arabo, friend of Jesus 32
Bartimeus, healed by Jesus 150
Barren fig tree withered 152
Barabbas appointed scapegoat 168
Bar-Simon’s feast 159
Beatitudes, formulated by Jesus 95
Belus, monument of folly 43
Benediction of Jesus on his kindred 69
Benediction of Jesus on all 180
Benediction of Jesus on the seventy 140
Benediction of Jesus on Ladak 36
Benediction of Elihu and Salome 47
Best servant, the best ruler 146
Bethlehem, Jesus born in 3
Bethlehem, Jesus in 76
Bethany, Jesus in 77
Bethany, home of Lazarus 77
Bethany, Jesus at Lazarus’ house 137
Bethany, Christines returned to 148
Bethesda, Jesus surrounded by the sick 91
Bethabara, Jesus in 147
Betrayal by Judas 160
Betrayal of Jesus by a kiss 164
Birth, of Holy Breath 75
Birth, of water 75
Birthday feast of child Jesus 16
Birthday feast of Herod 117
Blessed is the Son of Man 156
Blessedness of living the word of God 108
Blind leaders and their followers 100
Blind man healed by Jesus 138
Blind man’s story of his healing 138
Blind guides 126
Book of God’s Remembrance 7, 158
Book of Life 58, 109, 158
Brahm, Elihu’s lesson on 10
Brahmic priests seeking wisdom 21
Brahmic philosophy, Elihu’s lesson 10
Bread from heaven 82
Broad is the way of wickedness 101
Brotherhood of life 34
Brotherhood of Right 83
Buddha, Life and works of 11, 34
Buddhist temple open for Jesus 31
Building on sand cannot stand 101
Building on rock stands forever 101
Burial of the Harbinger in Hebron 117
Burial of Jesus in Joseph’s tomb 171
Busybodies seek faults in others 100
C
Caesarea--Philippi, Christines in 128
Caiaphas, Jesus in palace of 165
Camel, a present to Jesus 37
Capernaum, Christines in 71
Car of Jagernath at Katak 26
Carnal man’s rule of life 100
Carnal thoughts defile the mind 126
Carnal self, Jesus’ temptation 65
Care of God for every thing 109
Caring for the helpless 74
Carpenter, Jesus serves as 20
Castes, Brahmic priest explains 24
Castes, Jesus reveals injustice of 24
Cause of afflictions 138
Censures Jesus for healing, Priest 140
Ceremonial forms are symbols 35
Comforter, Holy Breath, promised 161
Coming Age, its needs 35
Coming trials of Apostles, Jesus foretold 127
Commits to John care of his Mother and Miriam, Jesus 170
Common people, Jesus abides with 24
Common people become guests 153
Common people receive Jesus 73
Courtesans and thieves, Jesus sits with 27
Conclusion of Jesus’ Galilean ministry 149
Confession of faith, Andrew 66
Confession of faith, Nathaniel 66
Confession of faith, Philip 66
Confession of faith, Peter 66
Confession of faith, the people 68
Confession of faith, Lamaas 80
Confession of faith, Bethlehemites 77
Confession of faith, Samaritan woman 81
Confession of faith, Samaritans 82
Confession of faith essential 109
Confession of faith not to be bought 107
Confession of faith, the healed blind man 139
Confession of Peter: “Thou art the Christ” 128
Chaldea, Jesus in 42
Charge to Mary and Elizabeth by Elihu 7
Charge, the final to Mary and Elizabeth by Elihu 12
Charge to Jesus by Brotherhood Hierophant 48
Charge to the Apostles 122
Charge to the foreign Masters 122
Charge to the seventy 133
Charges against Jesus read 165
Child the symbol of greatness 131
Children sing praises of Jesus 151
Christ; theme of sixth postulate, Matheno 59
Christ in Jesus eulogized 79
Christ in Jesus explained by John 79
Christ in the heart essential 79
Christ the Bread of Life 125
Christ flesh and blood 125
Christ the Rock 128
Christ recognized by voice from heaven 129
Christ a name of power 182
Christ the shepherd 136
Christine consciousness 71
Christines in Nazareth Synagogue 86
Christines in Cana 87
Christines in Capernaum 93, 118
Christines in Jesus’ house 102
Christines in Mary’s home 112
Christines in Philip’s house 116
Christines in Nazareth 121
Christine church opened 182
Christines in Jericho 149
Christines on Mount of Olives 157
Chuzas and Jesus 123
Conflicts precede peace 113
Congratulates his disciples, Jesus 140
Conqueror of carnal self 142
Consecration of Jesus 4
Consecration, Jesus’ lesson to disciples on 112
Consecration of Apostles 89
Conscience stricken Judas returns bribe money 169
Constant preparation 157
Courtesan at feast in Simon’s house 104
Courtesan shows gratitude 104
Courtesan’s sins forgiven 104
Courtesan brought before Jesus 134
Courtesan and Publicans at feast of God 153
Covetousness is theft 98
Coward, the man who fights 97
Circle; its meaning 48
Cross must be borne 129
Cross, each must bear his own 142
Cross the sea, Christines 117, 124
Crippled healed tells the news 91
Crippled man sought healing waters 91
Crucifixion not permitted 168
Crucifixion, Jesus’ secret lesson on 127
Cruelty of sacrifice 19
Crumbs, twelve baskets full gathered 124
D
Darkness intense on Calvary 171
David’s cave home of the Harbinger 1
Dawn of Peace, Lamaas’ question 113
Day of the Lord 157
Day Star 14, 88
Death of Jesus’ father 30
Death and burial of Elizabeth 15
Death, Matheno’s lesson on 15
Death, Jesus defines it 120
Dead should care for the dead 117
Deeds are seeds that grow 100
Defends Judas, Jesus 164
Defends Mary’s act 159
Defends a man for taking bread 132
Defends healing on the Sabbath 141
Defilement creature of the heart 129
Delphic Oracle speaks 45
Demonstration an illusion 107
Demonstration, Jesus promises one 107
Denies his Lord thrice, Peter 165
Denial of Peter, Jesus’ prophecy 161
Departure of Jesus foretold 162
Departs by night from Benares 31
Departing glory of Jerusalem, lamentation 151
Destruction of Jerusalem foretold 157
Destruction of life on Athens beach 46
Descent of man, Third Postulate 58
Desire inspires words and deeds 101
Devil the lower self of man 8
Devil, man the maker 39
Diamond Rule (V. 10) 101
Disappears suddenly, Jesus 84
Disciples deserted their Lord 125
Disease defined by Jesus 74
Divided service, Jesus’ lesson 105
Divided house cannot stand 106
Division of the prepared and the unprepared 145
Door to feast hall low 153
Dog wounded, cared for by Jesus 74
Double-hearted man 99
Doubt causes Peter to sink 124
Dove symbol of peace 76
Drunkard’s child calls on Jesus for help 92
Drunkard saved by Jesus 92
Drowned child restored by Jesus 74
Duality of the one God 97
Dues, give to Caesar his own 73
E
Earthquake shakes Calvary 171
Eat grain on Sabbath, Christines 93
Eating flesh of Christ 125
Education of John finished 61
Effort, not result, receives credit 143
Egotism of Pharisees 155
Egypt, Jesus goes to 46
Elder brother of the prodigal son 144
Elihu and Salome entertain Joseph, Mary and Jesus 5
Elijah reincarnates as the Harbinger 129
Embalmed body of Jesus 171
Empty tomb found by woman 173
Ensnare Jesus by his words, plan to 108
Ephraim hills, Christines in 148
Epileptic obsessed child 130
Epileptic obsessed child healed by Jesus 123
Escape from Herod, Elizabeth and John 6
Esoteric lesson from the carpenter’s tools 20
Eulogises the children 151
Euphrates, Jesus crosses the 42
Events all part of God’s plan 85
Evil, its cause 31
Evil a myth 8
Evil things transmuted by fire 116
Evolution explained by Jesus 32
Evolution of sacred scriptures 14
Exaltation, philosophy of 9
Exaltation for those who live the life 146
Exaltation of her sons, request of Mary 146
Examination of Jesus before Pilate 167
Excuses of invited guests 141
Extremity of Peter Jesus’ opportunity 124
F
Failure of the apostles to heal due to carelessness 130
Faith, its power demonstrated 41
Faith saved child from death 36
Faith defined 22
Faith the key to all good 101
Faith, the healing balm 102
Faith heals the nobleman’s son 87
Faith the wings of prayer 130
Faith the power of God 130
Faith cannot be bought nor sold 107
Faithfulness of Apostles 147
Fall of man explained 32
False witnesses testify; Jesus adjudged guilty 165
False Christs will deceive many 157
Farewell address to Pilate, Jesus’ 163
Farmer, Jesus abides with one 28
Fast, theme of Jesus’ address 94, 119
Fasting may do one good, another harm 119
Father gives his son to save 36
Feast in Jerusalem 124, 133
Feast of God, all people must be guests 141
Feast of Pharisee in Magdala 108
Feast for Christines, Matthew’s 119
Feast for Christines, Lazarus’ 92
Feast at home of Simon, a Pharisee 104
Feast of God 153
Feast to Magian god 39
Feast of Joachim and Anna 16
Feast in Jerusalem, Jesus present at 18, 19
Feast, Mary makes for Jesus 43
Feast of Ravanna in Nazareth 21
Feast of Ach at Bahar 27
Feast of Udraka 28
Feast, Paschal at Jerusalem 72
Fear and unbelief asses that bind man’s will 92
Festival at Jerusalem 90
Final lessons of Jesus 163
Fire, Bethany in flames 92
Fire controlled by Jesus’ word 92
Fish, a multitude caught 88
Five thousand fed 124
Flesh not immortal, may be dissolved 109
Flowing spring near Persepolis 41
Fly across the sea, demand of Pharisees 107
Foe of John, is Jesus one? 79
Followers of John become disciples 66
Food does not defile the mind 126
Force, Intelligence and Love 58
Foreign plants are Scribes and Pharisees 126
Forerunner of Jesus, John 63
Forgiveness of sins is healing 90
Forgiveness the paying of debts 94
Forgiveness, its meaning 13, 36
Found in the Temple, Jesus 20
Fountain of the temple, Jesus bathes in 47
Four thousand fed 128
Freed, all Gadara was 118
Freedom, theme of Jesus’ address 86
Friendship result of kindness 83
Fruitless fig tree made to wither 105
Fulfilling the law 95
G
Gadara, Christines in 118
Garden of Siloam, Jesus’ tomb 172
Garments divided by soldiers 170
Gethsemane, Jesus in 163
Gennesaret, Christines in valley of 128
Geracines, Christines in 114
Gift of anything, Herod’s offer to Salome 117
Give Caesar his own: give God his own 155
God; the One, the three, the seven 9
God’s remembrance day, Thursday 160
God is spirit 81
Golden Rule 68, 97
Good and Evil 119
Greatest master yet to come 14
Greatest in the sight of God 131
Greatest commandment 155
Greatness, Jesus’ lesson on 131
Grecian masters, Jesus teaches 45
Grecian Jews call on Jesus 156
Greece, Jesus in 44
Groves of Cyrus, Jesus in 40
Growth of man in carnal soul 58
Guards of Herod torture Jesus 167
Guardian spirit for every child 131
Guests of child Jesus at feast 16
Guest without a wedding robe 154
H
Hair, Mary wipes Jesus’ feet with her 159
Happiness is near for man of faith 33
Harbinger John, Matheno’s charge to 15
Harbinger paves the way 62
Haughty guests would not kneel 153
Healing art; Jesus teaches Ajainin 37
Healing fount of Persepolis 41
Healing art; Udraka’s lesson 23
Healing not paying debts 138
Healing on Sabbath defended 74, 91, 93, 140
Heals in Gennesaret 125
Heals infant in Leh, Jesus 36
Heals child by Persian fount 41
Heals a woman 140
Heals in the temple 74, 152
Heals withered hand 93
Healing virtue of Bethesda 91
Healing virtue is faith 91
Healing on Sabbath resented 74, 93
Healing methods described 74
Head of John given to Salome 117
Hebron, Jesus in 77
Heliopolis, Jesus in temple of 47
Hell, here and now 33
Herod Antipas 1, 85
Herod and the wise men 5
Herod hears charges 167
Herod sends John to Pilate 167
Herod orders Jesus crucified 168
Herod’s death 6
Herodias, immoral woman 85
Hero, man who answers not 97
Heresy of John 85
Henchman of courts 111
Helpfulness to others 100
Help for storm-wrecked sailors 114
Hierophant receives Jesus 47
History of Jesus told by Hillel 21
Historic address by Peter 182
Holy Breath as a dove 64
Holy Breath, thought of heaven 9
Holy Breath, fill this child 36
Holy Breath, mission to the world 162
Holy Breath fills the air 126
Holy Breath, the teacher 109, 128
Holy Breath will come again 105
Holy Breath, Jesus bathes in 79
Holy Breath consciousness 65
Home life, Ruth’s lesson 77
Homeless boy cared for by Jesus 74
Home of Jesus in Capernaum 87
Honor to Father and Mother 97
Hypocrisy, Jesus’ lesson on 126
Hypocrisy will blight soul 105
Hypocrisy of Pharisees 108
Hungry in wilderness 65
I
Identity of Jesus considered 128
Idolatry condemned 96
Ignorant learned men 104
Impartial God cares for all 99
Impartiality of God 82
Impartiality of God, child Jesus’ lesson 17
Imprisonment of the Harbinger 85
Incessant work of Jesus 105
Indignation of ten Apostles 146
Infant saved from flames by Jesus 92
Inn at Mount Olives 91
Inner light that cannot fail 128
Inner life revealed to disciples 144
Inscription above the cross 170
J
Jaganath, Jesus in 22
Jairus’ daughter dies 120
Jealous brothers of Jesus 43
Jealousy unknown in Brotherhood of Right 83
Jericho, John with Alpheus in 63
Jerusalem, Jesus’ prophetic address 157
Jesus, birth of 3
Jesus meets the Harbinger 64
Jesus a man, not a God 26
Jewish mob demand Jesus’ death 168
Jewish soldiers guard Jesus’ tomb 171
John, birth and childhood 2
John in the trial chamber 165
John with Massalian 164
Johavehe 138
Jonah and the fish 107
Journey to Egypt 5
Journey to their homes, Joseph, Mary, Jesus, Elizabeth, John 12
Journey through Sidon and Lebanon hills 12
Journey of Jesus through Caesarea 123
Joseph stands in Jesus’ defense 147
Joseph and Nicodemus bury Jesus 171
Jubilee in Kapavista 34
Judas censures Mary 159
Judas treasurer of Christines 159
Judas with mob that abused Jesus 169
Judas hangs himself on city walls 169
Jude, Jesus at home of in Jerusalem 72
K
Kashmar, Jesus in vale of 37
Kaspar, Persian Sage 38
Kaspar states needs of Persia 56
Kaspar’s home by Caspian Sea 42
Kedron, Jesus and the twelve meet at 163
Keys of safety for men given to Peter 128
King, people believe that Jesus was born to be 72
Kingdom of the soul 71, 129
Kingdom, Jesus’ address on 145
Kingdom to a new people 154
Kingdom, Jesus tells Ajainin about it 29
Kingdom; its gate is low 29
Kingdom, subjects must be pure 29
Kiss, sign of identity 159
Knowledge measure of crime 100
L
Ladak, Jesus in Leh 36
Lahore, Jesus in the city of 37
Lamaas meets John at Salem 80
Lamaas meets Jesus at Jordan ford 80
Lamaas friend of Jesus 22
Lamb, symbol of innocence 76
Lamps of God, the disciples 95
Last passover of Jesus and the twelve 160
Law of God recognizes desires only 95
Law, its letter forbids killing 97
Law, its spirit recognizes the desire to kill, the sin 97
Law, universal application 14
Lawyers’ injustice exposed by Jesus 108
Lawyers for gain plead against innocence 108
Lawyers argue in Jesus’ trial 166
Lazarus sick in Bethany 148
Lazarus dead, Jesus tells Apostles 148
League with Beelzebul 106
Leaven of Pharisees; Jesus’ lesson 109
Letter of Jesus to his mother 30
Liberates birds and lambs 72, 152
Light about Jesus not comprehended 40
Listening, Mary chose the better part 136
Living Oracle 45
Living people may help the dead 128
Logos as Love manifest 65
Logos, the perfect word 48
Logos in the council of the sages 57
Lost; Jesus not with kindred 20
Love manifest by Jesus 7
Love the savior of the world 8, 75
Love the balm of life 41
Love, Jesus’ Paschal address on 161
Love defined by spiritual law 98
Love fulfils the law 155
Love banishes lustful thoughts 143
Lying defined by the laws of man 99
Lying defined by spiritual law 99
Lying possible by look or act 99
M
Magdala, Christines in 106
Malchus; Peter wounds him 164
Man with a pitcher 160
Man of faith breathes in Christ 126
Man has powers of God 92
Man defined by Jesus 22
Manuscripts of Lassa 36
Many called; few chosen 153
Marriage feast of Pharisee 141
Marriage feast in Cana 70
Marriage defined by man 98
Marriage defined by God 98
Marriage, man’s relation to 143
Marriage, Jesus’ lesson on 70
Marriage and lust 143
Mars, a Cretan vessel 46
Mart, the beggar 107
Mary’s birth and childhood 1
Mary and Miriam at tomb 173
Massalian, Jesus with 139
Massacre of young children 6
Masters of old and Jesus 123
Master at resurrection 172
Master tells of Jesus’ return 180
Master minds; Delphic Oracle 45
Materialization of Jesus, appearances after death 173, 180
To his mother and Miriam 173
To the other women 173
To Peter, James and John 173
To disciples at Emmaus 174
To ten apostles in Simon’s house 175
To Lazarus, Mary, Martha and Ruth 175
To Ravanna and other teachers in India 176
To the Magian priests in Persepolis 176
To the priests in the temple at Jerusalem 177
To Thomas and the other apostles at Simon’s house 177
To Apollo and the Silent Brotherhood in Greece 7
To Claudas and Juliet in Rome 178
To the priests in temple Heliopolis, Egypt 178
To the apostles at Sea of Galilee 179
To multitudes of people in Galilee 179
To Peter, James and John in Galilee 179
To the apostles in Jerusalem 180
To the Marys and others on Mount Olives 180
Matheno, John’s teacher 13
Matheno states Egypt’s needs 57
Mathias chosen an apostle 181
Memorial, Mary’s act 159
Memorial Supper 160
Meng-ste with Jesus 36
Meng-ste states China’s needs 56
Men of faith control storm 117
Melzone, Persian wise man 38
Merchants driven out of temple 152
Merchants of Kashmar 37
Merom, Christines at 128
Message from John to Jesus 103
Messages of John 61, 62
Message of John at Bethany 62
Messages of Silence land 158
Messengers from John 108
Messenger, prophecy of Elihu 7
Messiah defined 73
Mighty works of wicked men 101
Mind, sin a creature of 126
Mission of Jesus to save lost 66
Mission of Jesus 135
Mission of John 103
Missionary tours 90, 102, 105, 140
Misfortune their causes 114
Miriam calls on Jesus 106
Miriam’s reincarnation 106
Miriam’s song 106, 110, 121, 140, 181
Model prayer 94, 137
Model feast 141
Mood, their philosophy 9
Monks of Leh 36
Money changers driven out 72
Mother and brothers of Jesus 106
Mother-in-law of Peter healed 89
Multitude seek Jesus 124
Multitude defends Jesus 133
Murder, Brahmic priests try 31
Mystery of marriage 155
N
Name of God not revealed 96
Name of Jesus in temple 48
Narrow is the perfect way 101
Narrow way to life 141
Nazarite, John the Harbinger 15
Nazareth, Jesus would not teach in 69
Nazareth, Jesus at home 43
Necessity above law 93
Neglected opportunities 103
Neighbor the one who shows mercy 136
New Age creeds 36
New wine burst old bottles 120
Nicodemus visits Jesus 75
Nicodemus sees the light 75
Nicodemus in Jesus’ defense 134
Nicodemus’ home, supper to the Lord 160
Nicodemus pleads for Jesus in trial 166
Non-resistance, law of spiritual life 97
Non-resistance, evidence of willing sacrifice 127
Not guilty; Pilate’s verdict 167
Number and name of an evil spirit 118
Number of a soul 134
O
Oaths change no conditions 99
Obsessed man freed by Jesus 83, 89, 106, 121
Obsessed man met Christines 118
Obsessed girl freed by Jesus 123
Omnific word heard by apostles 89
Omnipotence of faith 153
One cleansed leper thankful 133
One thing lacking 142
Offence of causing people to fall 131
Opportunities; theme of Jesus’ address 105
Outer man seen by carnal man 71
Overcoming; promise to disciples 162
P
Palestine under Roman rule 1
Paying debts by healing 138
Parable, Gold mine 142
Parable, Good Samaritan 136
Parable, Good Seed and Tares 116
Parable, Householder and Laborers 143
Parable, Householder and Servants 158
Parable, Importunate Housewife 137
Parable, Importunate Widow 145
Parable, King and Vast Domain 73
Parable, Laborer and Rich Field 33
Parable, Leaven 116
Parable, Lost Sheep 131
Parable, Marriage Feast 154
Parable, Nobleman and Unjust Sons 25
Parable, Pharisee and Publican 145
Parable, Prodigal Son 144
Parable, Rich man and Great Harvest 111
Parable, Rich Man’s Feast 153
Parable, Rich Man and His Feast 141
Parable, Rich Man and Lazarus 142
Parable, Righteous King and Sons 36
Parable, Seed and its Growth 140, 116
Parable, Sower 116
Parable, Ten Servants and Pounds 149
Parable, Ten Virgins 158
Parable, Treasures in Field 116
Parable, Stalks with Broken Blades 27
Parable, Unkept Vineyard 34
Parable, Wheat and Tares explained 116
Paschal Supper, preparation 160
Password of man is character 95
Patience and readiness 111
Parting words of Jesus 161
Patron of Jesus, Ravanna 21
Peace, Jesus’ address on 113
Pearl of greatest price 142
Pentecost 182
Perfect man, Jesus 59
Perfect age; no rites 35
Perfect age; all people priests 35
Perfection of man, Seventh Postulate 59
Persia, Persepolis, Jesus in 38
Peter afraid in outer court 165
Peter walks on the water 124
Pharisees censure Christines 93
Phenomena hunters carnal 107
Phenomena of Holy Breath 182
Philo states Jewish needs 57
Philo pleads for Jesus 72
Physical body not the man 126
Picture of Holy Breath 96
Pilate protects Christines 181
Pilate would save Jesus’ life 163
Pilate, Jesus taken before 166
Pillars of the Church 95
Plea for help in home affairs 111
Plea of Pilate for Jesus to flee 163
Plea of Jesus before Caiaphas 166
Platform from which Jesus speaks 154
Potter’s field bought 169
Porch of temple, great meeting in 147
Power of Jesus 31
Power defined by Jesus 22
Power of faith 130
Power of God not recognized 130
Power of God casting evil spirits out 106
Pray, Christines go apart to 94, 109
Pray, Jesus teaches Lazarus to 137
Prayed in sacred grove, Jesus 84
Prayer to idols for help 46
Prayer no sign of saintship 101
Prayer, effectual 46
Prayer of the envious not heard 153
Prayer of Jesus for disciples 140, 150, 162
Prayer, power demonstrated 89
Prayer of Jesus in Gethsemane 163
Prayer of Jesus for his murderers 170
Prayer, importunate 137
Prayer, unceasing 145
Prayer, Jesus’ address on 94
Prayer of consecration 89
Prayer, Salome’s lesson on 12
Prayer, the Samaritan’s 84
Praying alone, Jesus 90
Preaches at Jordan ford, Jesus 78
Priesthood can not be reformed 120
Priests enraged at Jesus 91
Prince of Peace will come 157
Proof of Jesus’ messiahship 69
Prophecy concerning Chaldea 42
Prophecies of Gabriel 2
Prophecy of aged widow 1
Prophet without honor 69
Protects, Jesus, Lamaas 24
Pruner, blessed work 34
Pupils at Zoan--Mary and Elizabeth 7
Purity essential 68
Purity demanded 126
Purity manifest by John 7
Purifying fires 116
Q
Questions at Jesus’ trial 165
R
Raising the widow’s son 102
Ravanna with Jesus in Nazareth 21
Reads the scriptures in the temple 68
Readiness to meet the Lord 145
Rebukes wealthy Pharisee 140
Reception Robes 112
Reconciliation 97
Reform the priesthood, Nicodemus’ plea 120
Reincarnation affirmed by Jesus 37
Rejected stone becomes capstone 154
Repudiates claim to carnal kingship 72
Reputation an illusion 27
Request of Mary not granted 146
Resentment strengthens wrath 113
Resistance the sire of anger 97
Responsible for use of thought 109
Restores Jairus’ child to life 120
Rested in desert place, Christines 124
Resurrection of Lazarus 148
Resurrection of Lazarus perturbs priests 148
Resurrection of Jesus 172
Responsibility of man 14
Revealers of light--Jesus and John 7
Revolution feared by Brahmic priests 31
Rewards, God’s method of giving 143
Rich young man seeks Jesus 142
Right is king and will at last reign 113
Righteousness the Judge 158
Rock, Jesus calls Peter the 66
Rolls of Graphael 158
Roman seal on tomb of Jesus 172
Roman captain’s servant healed 102
Ruth distressed 77
Ruth and Asher at Lazarus’ feast 92
S
Sacrifice, giving to the needy 28
Sacrifice, serving everything 28
Sacrifice of self 35
Sacrifice, Jesus’ address on 121
Sad toilers in India 33
Safe retreat, Jesus had none 117
Sages at Philo’s home 56
Sakara, Egyptian school 15
Salim, John preaching at 79
Salim springs 146
Salome’s dance pleases Herod 117
Salvation defined 22
Samaria, Christines in 81, 84
Samaritans at Jacob’s well 82
Sanhedrim hear charges 166
Save the lost, Jesus’ mission 131
Saving sinners, Jesus’ address on 119
Saving life by giving life 129
Savior of the world, resist not 127
Scheme to apprehend Jesus 159
School, Elihu and Salome 7
School of Chris 87, 103
Schools of Egypt 11
Scroll of temple brotherhood 48
Scribes question Jesus 126
Scribes and Pharisees try to kill Jesus 135
Sea of Galilee, Christines by 88
Searching for Jesus in mountain 128
Secret lesson to apostles 128, 158
Secret sins exposed 27
Secret place for prayer, Jesus’ 39
Secret place in Decapolis 127
Seize Judas, Apostles 164
Self exaltation, Jesus’ lesson on 141, 146
Self laudation brings abasement 145
Selfs, the two 8
Selfish ones find gate locked 141
Selfishness, Jesus’ lesson on selfishness of the people 108, 125
Sense of right in every man 111
Senses sense what seems to be 71
Seven, the number of all 133
Seven hours in prayer 158
Seven days’ silence, the Sages’ 56
Seven days’ silence, the Harbinger 61
Seven postulates 58
Seven, its meaning 48
Seven days prayer, the Christines 122
Seven baskets full taken up 128
Seven, number of Holy Breath 96
Sevens of time in God’s hands 96
Seventy sent out 133
Seventy return 140
Seventy, number of God and man 133
Seventy’s missionary tour 133
Sermon on the Mount 95, 101
Service basis of Judgment 158
Service, acceptable 26
Serve God by serving man 96
Serving two masters 99
Sheep gate 91
Sheep and Goats 158
Shepherds in hills, Jesus with 76
Shepherd’s home in Bethlehem 76
Shinar, Plains of 43
Sick healed in Bethlehem 76
Sick servant of Asher healed 78
Sick healed at Sychar 83
Sick woman healed by thought 84
Sick son of nobleman healed 87
Sick and obsessed healed at Capernaum 89
Signs not seen before 157
Signs demanded of Jesus 86
Silence, Jesus’ lesson on 40
Silence in the courts of Heaven 158
Silence, Jesus and disciples sit in 66
Silent Brotherhood 38, 87, 172
Silent prayer, Christines 182
Simeon’s prophecy 4
Simon of Cyrene, cross bearer 168
Sin against Holy Breath 105
Sin and sickness synonymous 90
Sins of priesthood, Jesus’ lesson 72
Sinless man called to stand 134
Sinless man not found 134
Sin, Jesus crosses 37
Sleeping disciples 163
Sly fox, Jesus calls Herod 141
Soldiers charge Silent Brotherhood 172
Soldiers bribed by priests 172
Son of man will come 145
Sons of God, Jesus’ lesson on 91, 147
Songs on the mount 129
Sonnets of the dead 117
Sorrowing rich young man 142
Soul communion 84
Soul not immortal 109
Soul of Jesus with apostles 127
Specialists in sin 68
Spirit truth is new, must expand 120
Spirit consciousness 124
Spirit law abhorred by man 100
Spirit control, the law revealed 37
Spirit, light and purity 107
Spirit immortal 109
Spirits of wind and wave 117
Spiritual man, ethics of 100
Standard law of judging crime, no 132
Statement of Jesus before Pilate 167
Stealing bread, trial of man for 132
Stewards of God’s wealth 111
Stone Jesus, Jews attempt to 147
Storm on Sea of Galilee 117, 124
Strength through effort 46
Strength and wisdom fill Jesus 104
Striving of the apostles 160
Substitute for Holy Name 96
Susanna’s guests, Christines 128
Swearing prohibited 99
Sychar, Jesus teaches in 83
T
Tao, God of the Orient 9
Tax paid by Jesus and Peter 131
Tax money in fish’s mouth 131
Teacher of Jesus, Mary 16
Teacher of Jesus, Barachia 17
Teaches doctors and lawyers, Jesus 19
Teaches from a boat, Jesus 115
Teacher who is wise 101
Temple courts, Jesus teaches in 133, 130
Temple of God is the heart 81
Temple priests invite Jesus 29
Temperance lesson by John 62
Temperance lesson by Jesus 92
Temptations of Jesus in Egypt 48-55
First temptation--Hypocrisy 48
First victory 48
First Brotherhood degree--Sincerity 48
Second temptation--Prejudice 49
Second victory 49
Second Brotherhood degree 49
Third temptation--Unbelief 50
Third victory 50
Third Brotherhood degree--Faith 50
Fourth temptation--Selfishness 51
Fourth victory 51
Fourth Brotherhood degree--Philanthropy 51
Fifth temptation--Fear 52
Fifth victory 52
Fifth Brotherhood degree 52
Sixth temptation--Carnal love 53
Sixth victory 53
Sixth Brotherhood degree 53
Seventh temptation--Emotion 54
Seventh victory 54
Seventh Brotherhood degree--The Christ 55
Temptations of Jesus in the Wilderness 65
First; to demonstrate power over earth substances.
Second; to demonstrate power over the air.
Third; to demonstrate power over men through wealth.
Tempting thoughts 65
Ten Commands; is there a greatest 17
Ten Commandments 96
Ten is the number of God 133
Ten lepers cleansed 13
Testimonies must all be in 167
Thanks to God 140
Thankfulness of Jesus 194
Theft defined by man 98
Theft defined by God 98
Thirty pieces of silver 159
Thought--the First Postulate 58
Thought the greatest power on earth 84
Thought, Jesus’ lesson on 84
Three thousand baptized 182
Tibet, Jesus in 36
Tigres and Euphrates 42
Toil should bring happiness 33
Tombs of Gadara 118
Tongues of fire 182
Transfiguration of Jesus 129
Treasures in heaven 99
Treasures, anchor of the soul 99
Tree without fruit cut down 105
Treasure box of Christines 114
Tree known by its fruit 101
Trial hour for apostles 161
Triumphant entry into Jerusalem 151
Tribute to Caesar 155
Tribulations indescribable 157
Trust in God; He will care 99
Truth, defined by Jesus 22
Truth, the leavening power 10
Truth, spoken in kindness 111
Tuesday, Jesus in Jerusalem 153
Twelve is the number of the Jew 133
Tyre, Jesus in 123
U
Unbelief precludes great work 86
Unclean spirits afraid of Jesus 118
Unclean spirits obey Jesus 118
Unclean spirits in animals 118
Unclean animals drowned in sea 118
Unfoldment, Jesus’ lesson on 25
Unity of God and man 84
Unity of God, foundation of law 96
Universal Brotherhood 28, 81
Universal Fatherhood 28
Universal Church 60
Universal family 106
Unrest in Jerusalem 134
Ur of Chaldea, Jesus in 42
Unsuccessful fishermen 88
Upbraids disciples for striving 160
Upbraids Judas for treachery 164
Upper gate of consciousness 142
V
Vidyapati endorses Jesus 32
Vidyapati states needs of India 56
Vigilance essential 112
Vine and branches 87, 161
Virtue of healing waters 41
Virtue the salt of life 131
Virtueless people lost 131
Vision of Pilate’s wife 167
Vision of Jesus 16
Voice from heaven testifies 64
Vow of Secret Brotherhood 47
W
Wages based on intent 143
Walked on water, Jesus 124
Walked on water, Peter 124
Wandering musicians 37
Washes his hands in innocence, Pilate 168
Washed not hands before eating 108
Way to Christ, Jesus’ address on 129
Wealth of earth hinders progress 112
Wealth within the heart 33
Wealth of soul is purity 111
Wednesday, Jesus and twelve in Mount Olives 158
Wept over Jerusalem, Jesus 151
White, symbol of virtue and purity 76
Wicked spirit sent to its own place 83
Wife of Pilate urges non-interference 167
Will, faith, helpfulness and love, Fifth Postulate 59
Wilderness, place of Jesus’ self-examination 65
Wine, water changed into 70
Wise men visit Jesus 5
Wise men return home 5
Wise men meet Jesus in Persepolis 38
Wisdom defined by Jesus 22
Wisdom of Jesus attracts Ravanna 21
Withered fig tree, Jesus’ lesson on 153
Woes described by Jesus 95
Woes on cities of Galilee 103, 156
Wolves in sheep’s clothing 101
Woman with hemorrhage healed 120
Woman of Samaria at Jacob’s well 81
Words may hide a lie 99
Words of Jesus upon the cross 171
Work of seven sages 56
Worth of a soul 129
Worth of the soul, its measure 111
Wounded Malchus healed by Jesus 164
Y
Yoke of Christ easy 104
Z
Zacharias and Elizabeth home, near Hebron 2
Zaccheus called to entertain Jesus 149
Zaccheus tells story of own life 149
Zarathustra; philosophy and works 10
Zara, Persian wise man 38
Zoan, Jesus in 47
THE AQUARIAN GOSPEL
OF JESUS THE CHRIST.
SECTION I.
ALEPH.
_Birth and Early Life of Mary, Mother of Jesus._
CHAPTER 1.
_Palestine. Birth of Mary. Joachim’s feast. Mary is blest by
the priests. His prophecy. Mary abides in the temple. Is
betrothed to Joseph._
Augustus Cæsar reigned and Herod Antipas was ruler of Jerusalem.
2 Three provinces comprised the land of Palestine: Judea, and Samaria,
and Galilee.
3 Joachim was a master of the Jewish law, a man of wealth; he lived in
Nazareth of Galilee; and Anna, of the tribe of Judah, was his wife.
4 To them was born a child, a goodly female child, and they were glad;
and Mary was the name they gave the child.
5 Joachim made a feast in honor of the child; but he invited not the
rich, the honored and the great; he called the poor, the halt, the
lame, the blind, and to each one he gave a gift of raiment, food, or
other needful thing.
6 He said, The Lord has given me this wealth; I am his steward by his
grace, and if I give not to his children when in need, then he will
make this wealth a curse.
7 Now, when the child was three years old her parents took her to
Jerusalem, and in the temple she received the blessings of the priests.
8 The high priest was a prophet and a seer, and when he saw the child
he said,
9 Behold, this child will be the mother of an honored prophet and a
master of the law; she shall abide within this holy temple of the Lord.
10 And Mary did abide within the temple of the Lord; and Hillel, chief
of the Sanhedrim, taught her all the precepts of the Jews, and she
delighted in the law of God.
11 When Mary reached the age of womanhood she was betrothed to Joseph,
son of Jacob, and a carpenter of Nazareth.
12 And Joseph was an upright man; and a devoted Essenes.
SECTION II.
BETH.
_Birth and Infancy of John, the Harbinger, and of Jesus._
CHAPTER 2.
_Zacharias and Elizabeth. Prophetic messages of Gabriel to
Zacharias, Elizabeth and Mary. Birth of John. Prophecy of
Zacharias._
Near Hebron in the hills of Judah, Zacharias and Elizabeth abode.
2 They were devout and just, and every day they read the Law, the
Prophets and the Psalms which told of one to come, strong to redeem;
and they were waiting for the king.
3 Now, Zacharias was a priest, and in his turn he led the temple
service in Jerusalem.
4 It came to pass as Zacharias stood before the Lord and burned the
incense in the Holy Place, that Gabriel came and stood before his face.
5 And Zacharias was afraid; he thought that some great evil was about
to come upon the Jews.
6 But Gabriel said, O man of God, fear not; I bring to you, and all
the world, a message of good will, and peace on earth.
7 Behold, the Prince of Peace, the king you seek, will quickly come.
8 Your wife will bear to you a son, a holy son, of whom the prophet
wrote,
9 Behold, I send Elijah unto you again before the coming of the Lord;
and he will level down the hills and fill the valleys up, and pave the
way for him who shall redeem.
10 From the beginning of the age your son has borne the name of John,
the mercy of the Lord; his name is John.
11 He will be honored in the sight of God, and he will drink no wine,
and from his birth he will be filled with Holy Breath.
12 And Gabriel stood before Elizabeth as she was in the silence in
her home, and told her all the words that he had said to Zacharias in
Jerusalem.
13 When he had done the service of his course, the priest went home,
and with Elizabeth rejoiced.
14 Five months passed by and Gabriel came to Mary in her home in
Nazareth and said,
15 Hail Mary, hail! Once blessed in the name of God; twice blessed in
the name of Holy Breath; thrice blessed in the name of Christ; for you
are worthy, and will bear a son who shall be called Immanuel.
16 His name is Jesus, for he saves his people from their sins.
17 When Joseph’s daily task was done he came, and Mary told him all
the words that Gabriel spoke to her, and they rejoiced; for they
believed that he, the man of God, had spoken words of truth.
18 And Mary went with haste to tell Elizabeth about the promises of
Gabriel; together they rejoiced.
19 And in the home of Zacharias and Elizabeth did Mary tarry ninety
days; then she returned to Nazareth.
20 To Zacharias and Elizabeth a son was born, and Zacharias said,
21 Most blessed be the name of God, for he has opened up the fount of
blessings for his people, Israel.
22 His promises are verified; for he has brought to pass the words
which holy prophets spoke in olden times.
23 And Zacharias looked upon the infant John, and said,
24 You will be called the prophet of the Holy One; and you will go
before his face, and will prepare his way.
25 And you will give a knowledge of salvation unto Israel; and you
will preach the gospel of repentance and the blotting out of sins.
26 Behold, for soon the Day Star from on high will visit us, to light
the way for those who sit within the darkness of the shadowland, and
guide our feet unto the ways of peace.
CHAPTER 3.
_Birth of Jesus. Masters honor the child. The shepherds
rejoice. Zacharias and Elizabeth visit Mary. Jesus is
circumcised._
The time was nearly due for Jesus to be born, and Mary longed to see
Elizabeth, and she and Joseph turned their faces toward the Judean
hills.
2 And when upon their way they came to Bethlehem the day was done, and
they must tarry for the night.
3 But Bethlehem was thronged with people going to Jerusalem; the inns
and homes were filled with guests, and Joseph and his wife could find
no place to rest but in a cave where animals were kept; and there they
slept.
4 At midnight came a cry, A child is born in yonder cave among the
beasts. And lo, the promised son of man was born.
5 And strangers took the little one and wrapped him in the dainty
robes that Mary had prepared and laid him in a trough from which the
beasts of burden fed.
6 Three persons clad in snow-white robes came in and stood before the
child and said,
7 All strength, all wisdom and all love be yours, Immanuel.
8 Now, on the hills of Bethlehem were many flocks of sheep with
shepherds guarding them.
9 The shepherds were devout, were men of prayer, and they were waiting
for a strong deliverer to come.
10 And when the child of promise came a man in snow-white robe
appeared to them, and they fell back in fear. The man stood forth and
said,
11 Fear not! behold I bring you joyful news. At midnight in a cave in
Bethlehem was born the prophet and the king that you have long been
waiting for.
12 And then the shepherds all were glad; they felt that all the hills
were filled with messengers of light, who said,
13 All glory be to God on high; peace, peace on earth, good will to
men.
14 And then the shepherds came with haste to Bethlehem and to the
cave, that they might see and honor him whom men had called Immanuel.
15 Now, when the morning came, a shepherdess whose home was near,
prepared a room for Mary, Joseph and the child; and here they tarried
many days.
16 And Joseph sent a messenger in haste to Zacharias and Elizabeth to
say, The child is born in Bethlehem.
17 And Zacharias and Elizabeth took John and came to Bethlehem with
words of cheer.
18 And Mary and Elizabeth recounted all the wondrous things that had
transpired. The people joined with them in praising God.
19 According to the custom of the Jews, the child was circumcised; and
when they asked, What will you call the child? the mother said, His
name is Jesus, as the man of God declared.
CHAPTER 4.
_Consecration of Jesus. Mary offers sacrifices. Simeon and Anna
prophesy. Anna is rebuked for worshipping the child. The
family returns to Bethlehem._
Now, Mary took her son, when he was forty days of age, up to the
temple in Jerusalem, and he was consecrated by the priest.
2 And then she offered purifying sacrifices for herself, according to
the custom of the Jews; a lamb and two young turtle doves.
3 A pious Jew named Simeon was in the temple serving God.
4 From early youth he had been looking for Immanuel to come, and he
had prayed to God that he might not depart until his eyes had seen
Messiah in the flesh.
5 And when he saw the infant Jesus he rejoiced and said, I now am
ready to depart in peace, for I have seen the king.
6 And then he took the infant in his arms and said, Behold, this child
will bring a sword upon my people, Israel, and all the world; but he
will break the sword and then the nations will learn war no more.
7 The master’s cross I see upon the forehead of this child, and he
will conquer by this sign.
8 And in the temple was a widow, four and eighty years of age, and she
departed not, but night and day she worshipped God.
9 And when she saw the infant Jesus she exclaimed, Behold Immanuel!
Behold the signet cross of the Messiah on his brow!
10 And then the woman knelt to worship him, as God with us, Immanuel;
but one, a master clothed in white, appeared and said,
11 Good woman, stay; take heed to what you do; you may not worship
man; this is idolatry.
12 This child is man, the son of man, and worthy of all praise. You
shall adore and worship God; him only shall you serve.
13 The woman rose and bowed her head in thankfulness and worshipped
God.
14 And Mary took the infant Jesus and returned to Bethlehem.
CHAPTER 5.
_Three magian priests honor Jesus. Herod is alarmed. Calls a
council of the Jews. Is told that prophets had foretold the
coming of a king. Herod resolves to kill the child. Mary and
Joseph take Jesus and flee into Egypt._
Beyond the river Euphrates the magians lived; and they were wise,
could read the language of the stars and they divined that one, a
master soul, was born; they saw his star above Jerusalem.
2 And there were three among the magian priests who longed to see the
master of the coming age; and they took costly gifts and hastened to
the West in search of him, the new-born king, that they might honor
him.
3 And one took gold, the symbol of nobility; another myrrh, the symbol
of dominion and of power; gum-thus the other took, the symbol of the
wisdom of the sage.
4 Now when the magians reached Jerusalem the people were amazed, and
wondered who they were and why they came.
5 And when they asked, Where is the child that has been born a king?
the very throne of Herod seemed to shake.
6 And Herod sent a courtier forth to bring the magians to his court.
7 And when they came they asked again, Where is the new born king? And
then they said, While yet beyond the Euphrates we saw his star arise,
and we have come to honor him.
8 And Herod blanched with fear. He thought, perhaps, the priests were
plotting to restore the kingdom of the Jews, and so he said within
himself, I will know more about this child that has been born a king.
9 And so he told the magian priests to tarry in the city for a while
and he would tell them all about the king.
10 He called in council all the Jewish masters of the law and asked,
What have the Jewish prophets said concerning such a one?
11 The Jewish masters answered him and said, The prophets long ago
foretold that one would come to rule the tribes of Israel; that this
Messiah would be born in Bethlehem.
12 They said, The prophet Micah wrote, O Bethlehem Judea, a little
place among the Judean hills, yet out of you will one come forth to
rule my people, Israel; yea, one who lived in olden times, in very
ancient days.
13 Then Herod called the magian priests again and told them what the
masters of the Jewish law had said; and then he sent them on the way
to Bethlehem.
14 He said, Go search, and if you find the child that has been born a
king, return and tell me all, that I may go and honor him.
15 The magians went their way and found the child with Mary in the
shepherd’s home.
16 They honored him; bestowed upon him precious gifts and gave him
gold, gum-thus and myrrh.
17 These magian priests could read the hearts of men; they read the
wickedness of Herod’s heart, and knew that he had sworn to kill the
new born king.
18 And so they told the secret to the parents of the child, and bid
them flee beyond the reach of harm.
19 And then the priests went on their homeward way; they went not
through Jerusalem.
20 And Joseph took the infant Jesus and his mother in the night and
fled to Egypt land, and with Elihu and Salome in ancient Zoan they
abode.
CHAPTER 6.
_Herod learns of the supposed mission of John. The infants of
Bethlehem are massacred by Herod’s order. Elizabeth escapes
with John. Because Zacharias cannot tell where his son is
hidden, he is murdered. Herod dies._
Now, when the magian priests did not return to tell him of the child
that had been born a king, King Herod was enraged.
2 And then his courtiers told him of another child in Bethlehem, one
born to go before and to prepare the people to receive the king.
3 This angered more and more the king; he called his guards and bid
them go to Bethlehem and slay the infant John, as well as Jesus who
was born to be a king.
4 He said, Let no mistake be made, and that you may be sure to slay
these claimants to my throne, slay all male children in the town not
yet two years of age.
5 The guards went forth and did as Herod bade them do.
6 Elizabeth knew not that Herod sought to slay her son, and she and
John were yet in Bethlehem; but when she knew, she took the infant
John and hastened to the hills.
7 The murderous guards were near; they pressed upon her hard; but then
she knew the secret caves in all the hills, and into one she ran and
hid herself and John until the guards were gone.
8 Their cruel task was done; the guards returned and told the story to
the king.
9 They said, We know that we have slain the infant king; but John, his
harbinger, we could not find.
10 The king was angry with his guards because they failed to slay the
infant John; he sent them to the tower in chains.
11 And other guards were sent to Zacharias, father of the harbinger,
while he was serving in the Holy Place, to say, The king demands that
you shall tell where is your son.
12 But Zacharias did not know, and he replied, I am a minister of God,
a servant in the Holy Place; how could I know where they have taken
him?
13 And when the guards returned and told the king what Zacharias said,
he was enraged and said,
14 My guards, go back and tell that wily priest that he is in my
hands; that if he does not tell the truth, does not reveal the hiding
place of John, his son, then he shall die.
15 The guards went back and told the priest just what the king had
said.
16 And Zacharias said, I can but give my life for truth; and if the
king does shed my blood the Lord will save my soul.
17 The guards again returned and told the king what Zacharias said.
18 Now, Zacharias stood before the altar in the Holy Place engaged in
prayer.
19 A guard approached and with a dagger thrust him through; he fell
and died before the curtain of the sanctuary of the Lord.
20 And when the hour of salutation came, for Zacharias daily blessed
the priests, he did not come.
21 And after waiting long the priests went to the Holy Place and found
the body of the dead.
22 And there was grief, deep grief, in all the land.
23 Now Herod sat upon his throne; he did not seem to move; his
courtiers came; the king was dead. His sons reigned in his stead.
SECTION III.
GIMEL.
_Education of Mary and Elizabeth in Zoan._
CHAPTER 7.
_Archelaus reigns. Mary and Elizabeth with their sons are in
Zoan and are taught by Elihu and Salome. Elihu’s introductory
lesson. Tells of an interpreter._
The son of Herod, Archelaus, reigned in Jerusalem. He was a selfish,
cruel king; he put to death all those who did not honor him.
2 He called in council all the wisest men and asked about the infant
claimant to his throne.
3 The council said that John and Jesus both were dead; then he was
satisfied.
4 Now Joseph, Mary and their son were down in Egypt in Zoan, and John
was with his mother in the Judean hills.
5 Elihu and Salome sent messengers in haste to find Elizabeth and
John. They found them and they brought them to Zoan.
6 Now, Mary and Elizabeth were marveling much because of their
deliverance.
7 Elihu said, It is not strange; there are no happenings; law governs
all events.
8 From olden times it was ordained that you should be with us, and in
this sacred school be taught.
9 Elihu and Salome took Mary and Elizabeth out to the sacred grove
near by where they were wont to teach.
10 Elihu said to Mary and Elizabeth, You may esteem yourselves thrice
blest, for you are chosen mothers of long promised sons,
11 Who are ordained to lay in solid rock a sure foundation stone on
which the temple of the perfect man shall rest--a temple that shall
never be destroyed.
12 We measure time by cycle ages, and the gate to every age we deem a
mile stone in the journey of the race.
13 An age has passed; the gate unto another age flies open at the
touch of time. This is the preparation age of soul, the kingdom of
Immanuel, of God in man;
14 And these, your sons, will be the first to tell the news, and
preach the gospel of good will to men, and peace on earth.
15 A mighty work is theirs; for carnal men want not the light; they
love the dark, and when the light shines in the dark they comprehend
it not.
16 We call these sons, Revealers of the Light; but they must have the
light before they can reveal the light.
17 And you must teach your sons, and set their souls on fire with love
and holy zeal, and make them conscious of their missions to the sons
of men.
18 Teach them that God and man were one; but that through carnal
thoughts and words and deeds, man tore himself away from God; debased
himself.
19 Teach that the Holy Breath would make them one again, restoring
harmony and peace;
20 That naught can make them one but love; that God so loved the world
that he has clothed his son in flesh that man may comprehend.
21 The only Savior of the world is love, and Jesus, son of Mary,
comes to manifest that love to men.
22 Now, love cannot be manifest until its way has been prepared, and
naught can rend the rocks and bring down lofty hills and fill the
valleys up, and thus prepare the way, but purity.
23 But purity in life men do not comprehend; and so, it, too, must
come in flesh.
24 And you, Elizabeth, are blest because your son is purity made
flesh, and he shall pave the way for love.
25 This age will comprehend but little of the works of Purity and
Love; but not a word is lost, for in the Book of God’s Remembrance a
registry is made of every thought, and word, and deed;
26 And when the world is ready to receive, lo, God will send a
messenger to open up the book and copy from its sacred pages all the
messages of Purity and Love.
27 Then every man of earth will read the words of life in language of
his native land, and men will see the light, walk in the light and be
the light.
28 And man again will be at one with God.
CHAPTER 8.
_Elihu’s lessons. The unity of life. The two selfs. The devil.
Love the savior of men. The David of the light. Goliath of
the dark._
Again Elihu met his pupils in the sacred grove and said,
2 No man lives unto himself; for every living thing is bound by cords
to every other living thing.
3 Blest are the pure in heart; for they will love and not demand love
in return.
4 They will not do to other men what they would not have other men do
unto them.
5 There are two selfs; the higher and the lower self.
6 The higher self is human spirit clothed with soul, made in the form
of God.
7 The lower self, the carnal self, the body of desires, is a reflexion
of the higher self, distorted by the murky ethers of the flesh.
8 The lower self is an illusion, and will pass away; the higher self
is God in man, and will not pass away.
9 The higher self is the embodiment of truth; the lower self is truth
reversed, and so is falsehood manifest.
10 The higher self is justice, mercy, love and right; the lower self
is what the higher self is not.
11 The lower self breeds hatred, slander, lewdness, murders, theft,
and everything that harms; the higher self is mother of the virtues
and the harmonies of life.
12 The lower self is rich in promises, but poor in blessedness and
peace; it offers pleasure, joy and satisfying gains; but gives unrest
and misery and death.
13 It gives men apples that are lovely to the eye and pleasant to the
smell; their cores are full of bitterness and gall.
14 If you would ask me what to study I would say, yourselfs; and when
you well had studied them, and then would ask me what to study next, I
would reply, yourselfs.
15 He who knows well his lower self, knows the illusions of the world,
knows of the things that pass away; and he who knows his higher self,
knows God; knows well the things that cannot pass away.
16 Thrice blessed is the man who has made purity and love his very
own; he has been ransomed from the perils of the lower self and is
himself his higher self.
17 Men seek salvation from an evil that they deem a living monster of
the nether world; and they have gods that are but demons in disguise;
all powerful, yet full of jealousy and hate and lust;
18 Whose favors must be bought with costly sacrifice of fruits, and of
the lives of birds, and animals, and human kind.
19 And yet these gods possess no ears to hear, no eyes to see, no
heart to sympathize, no power to save.
20 This evil is a myth; these gods are made of air, and clothed with
shadows of a thought.
21 The only devil from which men must be redeemed is self, the lower
self. If man would find his devil he must look within; his name is
self.
22 If man would find his savior he must look within; and when the
demon self has been dethroned the savior, Love, will be exalted to the
throne of power.
23 The David of the light is Purity, who slays the strong Goliath of
the dark, and seats the savior, Love, upon the throne.
CHAPTER 9.
_Salome’s lessons. The man and the woman. Philosophy of human
moods. The triune God. The Septonate. The God Tao._
Salome taught the lesson of the day. She said, All times are not
alike. Today the words of man may have the greatest power; tomorrow
women teaches best.
2 In all the ways of life the man and woman should walk hand in hand;
the one without the other is but half; each has a work to do.
3 But all things teach; each has a time and season for its own. The
sun, the moon have lessons of their own for men; but each one teaches
at the appointed time.
4 The lessons of the sun fall down on human hearts like withered
leaves upon a stream, if given in the season of the moon; and so with
lessons of the moon and all the stars.
5 Today one walks in gloom, downhearted and oppressed; tomorrow that
same one is filled with joy.
6 Today the heavens seem full of blessedness and hope; tomorrow hope
has fled, and every plan and purpose comes to naught.
7 Today one wants to curse the very ground on which he treads;
tomorrow he is full of love and praise.
8 Today one hates and scorns and envies and is jealous of the child he
loves; tomorrow he has risen above his carnal self, and breathes forth
gladness and good will.
9 A thousand times men wonder why these heights and depths, these
light hearts and these sad, are found in every life.
10 They do not know that there are teachers everywhere, each busy with
a God-appointed task, and driving home to human hearts the truth.
11 But this is true, and every one receives the lessons that he needs.
12 And Mary said, Today I am in exaltation great; my thoughts and all
my life seem lifted up; why am I thus inspired?
13 Salome replied, This is a day of exaltation; day of worship and of
praise; a day when, in a measure, we may comprehend our Father-God.
14 Then let us study God, the One, the Three, the Seven.
15 Before the worlds were formed all things were One; just Spirit,
Universal Breath.
16 And Spirit breathed, and that which was not manifest became the
Fire and Thought of heaven, the Father-God, the Mother-God.
17 And when the Fire and Thought of heaven in union breathed, their
son, their only son, was born. This son is Love whom men have called
the Christ.
18 Men call the Thought of heaven the Holy Breath.
19 And when the Triune God breathed forth, lo, seven Spirits stood
before the throne. These are the Elohim, creative spirits of the
universe.
20 And these are they who said, Let us make man; and in their image
man was made.
21 In early ages of the world the dwellers in the farther East said,
Tao is the name of Universal Breath; and in the ancient books we read,
22 No manifesting form has Tao Great, and yet he made and keeps the
heavens and earth.
23 No passion has our Tao Great, and yet he causes sun and moon and
all the stars to rise and set.
24 No name has Tao Great, and yet he makes all things to grow; he
brings in season both the seed time and the harvest time.
25 And Tao Great was One; the One became the Two; the Two became the
Three, the Three evolved the Seven, which filled the universe with
manifests.
26 And Tao Great gives unto all, the evil and the good, the rain, the
dew, the sunshine and the flowers; from his rich stores he feeds them
all.
27 And in the same old book we read of man: He has a spirit knit to
Tao Great; a soul which lives within the seven Breaths of Tao Great; a
body of desires that springs up from the soil of flesh.
28 Now spirit loves the pure, the good, the true; the body of desires
extols the selfish self; the soul becomes the battle ground between
the two.
29 And blessed is the man whose spirit is triumphant and whose lower
self is purified; whose soul is cleansed, becoming fit to be the
council chamber of the manifests of Tao Great.
30 Thus closed the lesson of Salome.
CHAPTER 10.
_Elihu’s lessons. The Brahmic religion. Life of Abram. Jewish
sacred books. The Persian religion._
Elihu taught; he said, In ancient times a people in the East were
worshippers of God, the One, whom they called Brahm.
2 Their laws were just; they lived in peace; they saw the light
within; they walked in wisdom’s ways.
3 But priests with carnal aims arose, who changed the laws to suit the
carnal mind; bound heavy burdens on the poor, and scorned the rules of
right; and so the Brahms became corrupt.
4 But in the darkness of the age a few great masters stood unmoved;
they loved the name of Brahm; they were great beacon lights before the
world.
5 And they preserved inviolate the wisdom of their holy Brahm, and
you may read this wisdom in their sacred books.
6 And in Chaldea, Brahm was known. A pious Brahm named Terah lived in
Ur; his son was so devoted to the Brahmic faith that he was called
A-Brahm; and he was set apart to be the father of the Hebrew race.
7 Now, Terah took his wife and sons and all his flocks and herds to
Haran in the West; here Terah died.
8 And Abram took the flocks and herds, and with his kindred journeyed
further west;
9 And when he reached the Oaks of Morah in the land of Canaan, he
pitched his tents and there abode.
10 A famine swept the land and Abram took his kindred and his flocks
and herds and came to Egypt, and in these fertile plains of Zoan
pitched his tent, and here abode.
11 And men still mark the place where Abram lived--across the plain.
12 You ask why Abram came to Egypt land? This is the cradleland of the
initiate; all secret things belong to Egypt land; and this is why the
masters come.
13 In Zoan Abram taught his science of the stars, and in that sacred
temple over there he learned the wisdom of the wise.
14 And when his lessons all were learned, he took his kindred and his
flocks and herds and journeyed back to Canaan, and in the plains of
Mamre pitched his tent, and there he lived, and there he died.
15 And records of his life and works and of his sons, and of the
tribes of Israel, are well preserved in Jewish sacred books.
16 In Persia Brahm was known, and feared. Men saw him as the One, the
causeless Cause of all that is, and he was sacred unto them, as Tao to
the dwellers of the farther East.
17 The people lived in peace, and justice ruled.
18 But, as in other lands, in Persia priests arose imbued with self
and self desires, who outraged Force, Intelligence and Love;
19 Religion grew corrupt, and birds and beasts and creeping things
were set apart as gods.
20 In course of time a lofty soul, whom men called Zarathustra, came
in flesh.
21 He saw the causeless Spirit, high and lifted up; he saw the
weakness of all man appointed gods.
22 He spoke and all of Persia heard; and when he said, One God, one
people and one shrine, the altars of the idols fell, and Persia was
redeemed.
23 But men must see their God with human eyes, and Zarathustra said,
24 The greatest of the Spirits standing near the throne is the Ahura
Mazda, who manifests in brightness of the sun.
25 And all the people saw Ahura Mazda in the sun, and they fell down
and worshipped him in temples of the sun.
26 And Persia is the magian land where live the priests who saw the
star arise to mark the place where Mary’s son was born, and were the
first to greet him as the Prince of Peace.
27 The precepts and the laws of Zarathustra are preserved in the
Avesta which you can read and make your own.
28 But you must know that words are naught till they are made alive;
until the lessons they contain become a part of head and heart.
29 Now truth is one; but no one knows the truth until he is the truth.
It is recorded in an ancient book,
30 Truth is the leavening power of God; it can transmute the all of
life into itself; and when the all of life is truth, then man is truth.
CHAPTER 11.
_Elihu’s lessons. Buddhism and the precepts of Buddha. The
mysteries of Egypt._
Again Elihu taught; he said, The Indian priests became corrupt; Brahm
was forgotten in the streets; the rights of men were trampled in the
dust.
2 And then a mighty master came, a Buddha of enlightenment, who turned
away from wealth and all the honors of the world, and found the
Silence in the quiet groves and caves; and he was blest.
3 He preached a gospel of a higher life, and taught man how to honor
man.
4 He had no doctrine of the gods to teach; he just knew man, and so
his creed was justice, love and righteousness.
5 I quote for you a few of many of the helpful words which Buddha
spoke:
6 Hate is a cruel word. If men hate you, regard it not; and you can
turn the hate of men to love and mercy and good will, and mercy is as
large as all the heavens.
7 And there is good enough for all. With good destroy the bad; with
generous deeds make avarice ashamed; with truth make straight the
crooked lines that error draws, for error is but truth distorted, gone
astray.
8 And pain will follow him who speaks or acts with evil thoughts, as
does the wheel the foot of him who draws the cart.
9 He is a greater man who conquers self than he who kills a thousand
men in war.
10 He is the noble man who is himself what he believes that other men
should be.
11 Return to him who does you wrong your purest love, and he will
cease from doing wrong; for love will purify the heart of him who is
beloved as truly as it purifies the heart of him who loves.
12 The words of Buddha are recorded in the Indian sacred books; attend
to them, for they are part of the instructions of the Holy Breath.
13 The land of Egypt is the land of secret things.
14 The mysteries of the ages lie lock-bound in our temples and our
shrines.
15 The masters of all times and climes come here to learn; and when
your sons have grown to manhood they will finish all their studies in
Egyptian schools.
16 But I have said enough. Tomorrow at the rising of the sun we meet
again.
CHAPTER 12.
_Salome’s lessons. Prayer. Elihu’s concluding lessons. Sums up
the three years’ course of study. The pupils return to their
homes._
Now, when the morning sun arose the masters and their pupils all were
in the sacred grove.
2 Salome was the first to speak; she said, Behold the sun! It
manifests the power of God who speaks to us through sun and moon and
stars;
3 Through mountain, hill and vale; through flower, and plant and tree.
4 God sings for us through bird, and harpsichord, and human voice; he
speaks to us through wind and rain and thunder roll; why should we not
bow down and worship at his feet?
5 God speaks to hearts apart; and hearts apart must speak to him; and
this is prayer.
6 It is not prayer to shout at God, to stand, or sit, or kneel and
tell him all about the sins of men.
7 It is not prayer to tell the Holy One how great he is, how good he
is, how strong and how compassionate.
8 God is not man to be bought up by praise of man.
9 Prayer is the ardent wish that every way of life be light; that
every act be crowned with good; that every living thing be prospered
by our ministry.
10 A noble deed, a helpful word is prayer; a fervent, an effectual
prayer.
11 The fount of prayer is in the heart; by thought, not words, the
heart is carried up to God, where it is blest. Then let us pray.
12 They prayed, but not a word was said; but in that holy Silence
every heart was blest.
13 And then Elihu spoke. He said to Mary and Elizabeth, Our words are
said; you need not tarry longer here; the call has come; the way is
clear, you may return unto your native land.
14 A mighty work is given you to do; you shall direct the minds that
will direct the world.
15 Your sons are set apart to lead men up to righteous thoughts, and
words, and deeds;
16 To make men know the sinfulness of sin; to lead them from the
adoration of the lower self, and all illusive things, and make them
conscious of the self that lives with Christ in God.
17 In preparation for their work your sons must walk in many thorny
paths.
18 Fierce trials and temptations they will meet, like other men; their
loads will not be light, and they will weary be, and faint.
19 And they will know the pangs of hunger and of thirst; and without
cause they will be mocked, imprisoned, scourged.
20 To many countries they will go, and at the feet of many masters
they will sit, for they must learn like other men.
21 But we have said enough. The blessings of the Three and of the
Seven, who stand before the throne, will surely rest upon you evermore.
22 Thus closed the lessons of Elihu and Salome. Three years they
taught their pupils in the sacred grove, and if their lessons all were
written in a book, lo, it would be a mighty book; of what they said we
have the sum.
23 Now, Mary, Joseph and Elizabeth with Jesus and his harbinger,
set forth upon their homeward way. They went not by Jerusalem, for
Archelaus reigned.
24 They journeyed by the Bitter Sea, and when they reached Engedi
hills they rested in the home of Joshua, a near of kin; and here
Elizabeth and John abode.
25 But Joseph, Mary and their son went by the Jordan way, and after
certain days they reached their home in Nazareth.
SECTION IV.
DALETH.
_Childhood and Early Education of John the Harbinger._
CHAPTER 13.
_Elizabeth in Engedi. Teaches her son. John becomes the pupil
of Matheno, who reveals to him the meaning of sin and the law
of forgiveness._
Elizabeth was blest; she spent her time with John, and gave to him the
lessons that Elihu and Salome had given her.
2 And John delighted in the wildness of his home and in the lessons
that he learned.
3 Now in the hills were many caves. The cave of David was a-near in
which the Hermit of Engedi lived.
4 This hermit was Matheno, priest of Egypt, master from the temple of
Sakara.
5 When John was seven years of age Matheno took him to the wilderness
and in the cave of David they abode.
6 Matheno taught, and John was thrilled with what the master said, and
day by day Matheno opened up to him the mysteries of life.
7 John loved the wilderness; he loved his master and his simple fare.
Their food was fruits, and nuts, wild honey and the carob bread.
8 Matheno was an Israelite, and he attended all the Jewish feasts.
9 When John was nine years old Matheno took him to a great feast in
Jerusalem.
10 The wicked Archelaus had been deposed and exiled to a distant land
because of selfishness and cruelty, and John was not afraid.
11 John was delighted with his visit to Jerusalem. Matheno told him
all about the service of the Jews; the meaning of their sacrifices and
their rites.
12 John could not understand how sin could be forgiven by killing
animals and birds and burning them before the Lord.
13 Matheno said, The God of heaven and earth does not require
sacrifice. This custom with its cruel rites was borrowed from the idol
worshippers of other lands.
14 No sin was ever blotted out by sacrifice of animal, of bird, or man.
15 Sin is the rushing forth of man into the fens of wickedness. If one
would get away from sin he must retrace his steps, and find his way
out of the fens of wickedness.
16 Return and purify your hearts by love and righteousness and you
shall be forgiven.
17 This is the burden of the message that the harbinger shall bring to
men.
18 What is forgiveness? John inquired.
19 Matheno said, It is the paying up of debts. A man who wrongs
another man can never be forgiven until he rights the wrong.
20 The Vedas says that none can right the wrong but him who does the
wrong.
21 John said, If this be true where is the power to forgive except the
power that rests in man himself? Can man forgive himself?
22 Matheno said, The door is wide ajar; you see the way of man’s
return to right, and the forgiveness of his sins.
CHAPTER 14.
_Matheno’s lessons. The doctrine of universal law. The power
of man to choose and to attain. The benefits of antagonisms.
Ancient sacred books. The place of John and Jesus in the
world’s history._
Matheno and his pupil, John, were talking of the sacred books of olden
times, and of the golden precepts they contained, and John exclaimed,
2 These golden precepts are sublime; what need have we of other sacred
books?
3 Matheno said, The Spirits of the Holy One cause every thing to come
and go in proper time.
4 The sun has his own time to set, the moon to rise, to wax and wane,
the stars to come and go, the rain to fall, the winds to blow;
5 The seed times and the harvest times to come; man to be born and man
to die.
6 These mighty Spirits cause the nations to be born; they rock them in
their cradles, nurture them to greatest power, and when their tasks
are done they wrap them in their winding sheets and lay them in their
tombs.
7 Events are many in a nation’s life, and in the life of man, that are
not pleasant for the time; but in the end the truth appears: whatever
comes is for the best.
8 Man was created for a noble part; but he could not be made a free
man filled with wisdom, truth and might.
9 If he were hedged about, confined in straits from which he could not
pass, then he would be a toy, a mere machine.
10 Creative spirits gave to man a will; and so he has the power to
choose.
11 He may attain the greatest heights, or sink to deepest depths; for
what he wills to gain he has the power to gain.
12 If he desires strength he has the power to gain that strength; but
he must overcome resistances to reach the goal; no strength is ever
gained in idleness.
13 So, in the whirl of many-sided conflicts man is placed where he
must strive to extricate himself.
14 In every conflict man gains strength; with every conquest he
attains to greater heights. With every day he finds new duties and new
cares.
15 Man is not carried over dangerous pits, nor helped to overcome his
foes. He is himself his army, and his sword and shield; and he is
captain of his hosts.
16 The Holy Ones just light his way. Man never has been left without a
beacon light to guide.
17 And he has ever had a lighted lamp in hand that he may see the
dangerous rocks, the turbid streams and treacherous pits.
18 And so the Holy Ones have judged; when men have needed added light
a master soul has come to earth to give that light.
19 Before the Vedic days the world had many sacred books to light the
way; and when man needed greater light the Vedas, the Avesta and the
books of Tao Great appeared to show the way to greater heights.
20 And in the proper place the Hebrew Bible, with its Law, its
Prophets and its Psalms, appeared for man’s enlightenment.
21 But years have passed and men have need of greater light.
22 And now the Day Star from on high begins to shine; and Jesus is the
flesh-made messenger to show that light to men.
23 And you, my pupil, you have been ordained to harbinger the coming
day.
24 But you must keep that purity of heart you now possess; and you
must light your lamp directly from the coals that burn upon the altar
of the Holy Ones.
25 And then your lamp will be transmuted to a boundless flame, and you
will be a living torch whose light will shine wherever man abides.
26 But in the ages yet to come, man will attain to greater heights,
and lights still more intense will come.
27 And then, at last, a mighty master soul will come to earth to light
the way up to the throne of perfect man.
CHAPTER 15.
_Death and burial of Elizabeth. Matheno’s lessons. The ministry
of death. The mission of John. Institution of the rite of
baptism. Matheno takes John to Egypt, and places him in the
temple at Sakara, where he remains eighteen years._
When John was twelve years old his mother died, and neighbors laid her
body in a tomb among her kindred in the Hebron burying ground, and
near to Zacharias’ tomb.
2 And John was deeply grieved; he wept. Matheno said, It is not well
to weep because of death.
3 Death is no enemy of man; it is a friend who, when the work of life
is done, just cuts the cord that binds the human boat to earth, that
it may sail on smoother seas.
4 No language can describe a mother’s worth, and yours was tried and
true. But she was not called hence until her tasks were done.
5 The calls of death are always for the best, for we are solving
problems there as well as here; and one is sure to find himself where
he can solve his problems best.
6 It is but selfishness that makes one wish to call again to earth
departed souls.
7 Then let your mother rest in peace. Just let her noble life be
strength and inspiration unto you.
8 A crisis in your life has come, and you must have a clear conception
of the work that you are called to do.
9 The sages of the ages call you harbinger. The prophets look to you
and say, He is Elijah come again.
10 Your mission here is that of harbinger; for you will go before
Messiah’s face to pave his way, and make the people ready to receive
their king.
11 This readiness is purity of heart; none but the pure in heart can
recognize the king.
12 To teach men to be pure in heart you must yourself be pure in
heart, and word, and deed.
13 In infancy the vow for you was made and you became a Nazarite. The
razor shall not touch your face nor head, and you shall taste not wine
nor fiery drinks.
14 Men need a pattern for their lives; they love to follow, not to
lead.
15 The man who stands upon the corners of the paths and points the
way, but does not go, is just a pointer; and a block of wood can do
the same.
16 The teacher treads the way; on every span of ground he leaves his
footprints clearly cut, which all can see and be assured that he,
their master, went that way.
17 Men comprehend the inner life by what they see and do. They come to
God through ceremonies and forms.
18 And so when you would make men know that sins are washed away by
purity in life, a rite symbolic may be introduced.
19 In water wash the bodies of the people who would turn away from sin
and strive for purity in life.
20 This rite of cleansing is a preparation rite and they who thus are
cleansed comprise the Church of Purity.
21 And you shall say, You men of Israel, hear; Reform and wash; become
the sons of purity, and you shall be forgiven.
22 This rite of cleansing and this church are but symbolic of the
cleansing of the soul by purity in life, and of the kingdom of the
soul, which does not come with outward show, but is the church within.
23 Now, you may never point the way and tell the multitudes to do what
you have never done; but you must go before and show the way.
24 You are to teach that men must wash; so you must lead the way, your
body must be washed, symbolic of the cleansing of the soul.
25 John said, Why need I wait? May I not go at once and wash?
26 Matheno said, ’Tis well, and then they went down to the Jordan
ford, and east of Jericho, just where the hosts of Israel crossed when
first they entered Canaan, they tarried for a time.
27 Matheno taught the harbinger, and he explained to him the inner
meaning of the cleansing rite and how to wash himself and how to wash
the multitude.
28 And in the river Jordan John was washed; then they returned unto
the wilderness.
29 Now in Engedi’s hills Matheno’s work was done and he and John went
down to Egypt. They rested not until they reached the temple of Sakara
in the valley of the Nile.
30 For many years Matheno was a master in this temple of the
Brotherhood, and when he told about the life of John and of his
mission to the sons of men, the hierophant with joy received the
harbinger and he was called the Brother Nazarite.
31 For eighteen years John lived and wrought within these temple
gates; and here he conquered self, became a master mind and learned
the duties of the harbinger.
SECTION V.
HE.
_Childhood and Early Education of Jesus._
CHAPTER 16.
_The home of Joseph. Mary teaches her son. Jesus’ grandparents
give a feast in his honor. Jesus has a dream. His
grandmother’s interpretation. His birthday gift._
The home of Joseph was on Marmion Way in Nazareth; here Mary taught
her son the lessons of Elihu and Salome.
2 And Jesus greatly loved the Vedic hymns and the Avesta; but more
than all he loved to read the Psalms of David and the pungent words of
Solomon.
3 The Jewish books of prophecy were his delight; and when he reached
his seventh year he needed not the books to read, for he had fixed in
memory every word.
4 Joachim and his wife, grandparents of child Jesus, made a feast in
honor of the child, and all their near of kin were guests.
5 And Jesus stood before the guests and said, I had a dream, and in my
dream I stood before a sea, upon a sandy beach.
6 The waves upon the sea were high; a storm was raging on the deep.
7 Some one above gave me a wand. I took the wand and touched the sand,
and every grain of sand became a living thing; the beach was all a
mass of beauty and of song.
8 I touched the waters at my feet, and they were changed to trees, and
flowers, and singing birds, and every thing was praising God.
9 And some one spoke, I did not see the one who spoke, I heard the
voice, which said, There is no death.
10 Grandmother Anna loved the child; she laid her hand on Jesus’ head
and said, I saw you stand beside the sea; I saw you touch the sand and
waves; I saw them turn to living things and then I knew the meaning of
the dream.
11 The sea of life rolls high; the storms are great. The multitude of
men are idle, listless, waiting, like dead sand upon the beach.
12 Your wand is truth. With this you touch the multitudes, and every
man becomes a messenger of holy light and life.
13 You touch the waves upon the sea of life; their turmoils cease; the
very winds become a song of praise.
14 There is no death, because the wand of truth can change the dryest
bones to living things, and bring the lovliest flowers from stagnant
ponds, and turn the most discordant notes to harmony and praise.
15 Joachim said, My son, today you pass the seventh milestone of your
way of life, for you are seven years of age, and we will give to you,
as a remembrance of this day, whatever you desire; choose that which
will afford you most delight.
16 And Jesus said, I do not want a gift, for I am satisfied. If I
could make a multitude of children glad upon this day I would be
greatly pleased.
17 Now, there are many hungry boys and girls in Nazareth who would be
pleased to eat with us this feast and share with us the pleasures of
this day.
18 The richest gift that you can give to me is your permission to go
out and find these needy ones and bring them here that they may feast
with us.
19 Joachim said, ’Tis well; go out and find the needy boys and girls
and bring them here; we will prepare enough for all.
20 And Jesus did not wait; he ran; he entered every dingy hut and
cabin of the town; he did not waste his words; he told his mission
everywhere.
21 And in a little time one hundred and three-score of happy, ragged
boys and girls were following him up Marmion Way.
22 The guests made way; the banquet hall was filled with Jesus’
guests, and Jesus and his mother helped to serve.
23 And there was food enough for all, and all were glad; and so the
birthday gift of Jesus was a crown of righteousness.
CHAPTER 17.
_Jesus talks with the rabbi of the synagogue of Nazareth. He
criticises the narrowness of Jewish thought._
Now, Rabbi Barachia of the synagogue of Nazareth, was aid to Mary in
the teaching of her son.
2 One morning after service in the synagogue the rabbi said to Jesus
as he sat in silent thought, Which is the greatest of the Ten Commands?
3 And Jesus said, I do not see a greatest of the Ten Commands. I see
a golden cord that runs through all the Ten Commands that binds them
fast and makes them one.
4 This cord is love, and it belongs to every word of all the Ten
Commands.
5 If one is full of love he can do nothing else than worship God; for
God is love.
6 If one is full of love, he cannot kill; he cannot falsely testify;
he cannot covet; can do naught but honor God and man.
7 If one is full of love he does not need commands of any kind.
8 And Rabbi Barachia said, Your words are seasoned with the salt of
wisdom that is from above. Who is the teacher who has opened up this
truth to you?
9 And Jesus said, I do not know that any teacher opens up this truth
for me. It seems to me that truth was never shut; that it was always
opened up, for truth is one and it is everywhere.
10 And if we open up the windows of our minds the truth will enter
in and make herself at home; for truth can find her way through any
crevice, any window, any open door.
11 The rabbi said, What hand is strong enough to open up the windows
and the doors of mind so truth can enter in?
12 And Jesus said, It seems to me that love, the golden cord that
binds the Ten Commands in one, is strong enough to open any human door
so that the truth can enter in and cause the heart to understand.
13 Now, in the evening Jesus and his mother sat alone, and Jesus said,
14 The rabbi seems to think that God is partial in his treatment of
the sons of men; that Jews are favored and are blest above all other
men.
15 I do not see how God can have his favorites and be just.
16 Are not Samaritans and Greeks and Romans just as much the children
of the Holy One as are the Jews?
17 I think the Jews have built a wall about themselves, and they see
nothing on the other side of it.
18 They do not know that flowers are blooming over there; that sowing
times and reaping times belong to anybody but the Jews.
19 It surely would be well if we could break these barriers down so
that the Jews might see that God has other children that are just as
greatly blest.
20 I want to go from Jewry land and meet my kin in other countries of
my Fatherland.
CHAPTER 18.
_Jesus at a feast in Jerusalem. Is grieved by the cruelties of
the sacrificers. Appeals to Hillel, who sympathizes with him.
He remains in the temple a year._
The great feast of the Jews was on, and Joseph, Mary and their son,
and many of their kin, went to Jerusalem. The child was ten years old.
2 And Jesus watched the butchers kill the lambs and birds and burn
them on the altar in the name of God.
3 His tender heart was shocked at this display of cruelty; he asked
the serving priest, What is the purpose of this slaughter of the
beasts and birds? Why do you burn their flesh before the Lord?
4 The priest replied, This is our sacrifice for sin. God has commanded
us to do these things, and said that in these sacrifices all our sins
are blotted out.
5 And Jesus said, Will you be kind enough to tell when God proclaimed
that sins are blotted out by sacrifice of any kind?
6 Did not David say that God requires not a sacrifice for sin? that it
is sin itself to bring before his face burnt offerings, as offerings
for sin? Did not Isaiah say the same?
7 The priest replied, My child, you are beside yourself. Do you know
more about the laws of God than all the priests of Israel? This is no
place for boys to show their wit.
8 But Jesus heeded not his taunts; he went to Hillel, chief of the
Sanhedrim, and he said to him,
9 Rabboni, I would like to talk with you; I am disturbed about this
service of the pascal feast. I thought the temple was the house of God
where love and kindness dwell.
10 Do you not hear the bleating of those lambs, the pleading of those
doves that men are killing over there? Do you not smell that awful
stench that comes from burning flesh?
11 Can man be kind and just, and still be filled with cruelty?
12 A God that takes delight in sacrifice, in blood and burning flesh,
is not my Father-God.
13 I want to find a God of love, and you, my master, you are wise, and
surely you can tell me where to find the God of love.
14 But Hillel could not give an answer to the child. His heart was
stirred with sympathy. He called the child to him; he laid his hand
upon his head and wept.
15 He said, There is a God of love, and you shall come with me; and
hand in hand we will go forth and find the God of love.
16 And Jesus said, Why need we go? I thought that God is everywhere.
Can we not purify our hearts and drive out cruelty, and every wicked
thought, and make within, a temple where the God of love can dwell?
17 The master of the great Sanhedrim felt as though he was himself the
child, and that before him stood Rabboni, master of the higher law.
18 He said within himself, This child is surely prophet sent from God.
19 Then Hillel sought the parents of the child, and asked that Jesus
might abide with him, and learn the precepts of the law, and all the
lessons of the temple priests.
20 His parents gave consent, and Jesus did abide within the holy
temple in Jerusalem, and Hillel taught him every day.
21 And every day the master learned from Jesus many lessons of the
higher life.
22 The child remained with Hillel in the temple for a year, and then
returned unto his home in Nazareth; and there he wrought with Joseph
as a carpenter.
CHAPTER 19.
_Jesus at the age of twelve in the temple. Disputes with the
doctors of the law. Reads from a book of prophecy. By request
of Hillel he interprets the prophecies._
Again the great feast in Jerusalem was on, and Joseph, Mary and their
son were there. The child was twelve years old.
2 And there were Jews and proselytes from many countries in Jerusalem.
3 And Jesus sat among the priests and doctors in the temple hall.
4 And Jesus opened up a book of prophecy and read:
5 Woe, woe, to Ariel, the town where David dwelt! I will dismantle
Ariel, and she shall groan and weep:
6 And I will camp against her round about with hostile posts;
7 And I will bring her low and she shall speak out of the earth; with
muffled voice like a familiar spirit shall she speak; yea, she shall
only whisper forth her speech;
8 And foes unnumbered, like the grains of dust, shall come upon her
suddenly.
9 The Lord of hosts will visit her with thunder and with tempest, and
with storm; with earthquake, and with devouring flames.
10 Lo, all these people have deserted me. They draw to me with speech,
and with their lips they honor me; their hearts are far removed from
me; their fear for me is that inspired by man.
11 And I will breathe an adverse breath upon my people, Israel; the
wisdom of their wise men shall be lost; the understanding of their
prudent men shall not be found.
12 My people seek to hide their counsel from the Lord, so that their
works may not be seen. They fain would cover up their works with
darkness of the night, and say, Who sees us now? Who knows us now?
13 Poor, foolish men! shall that which has been made say of its maker,
He is naught, I made myself?
14 Or shall the pot speak out and say to him, who made the pot, You
have no skill; you do not know?
15 But this will not forever be; the time will come when Lebanon will
be a fruitful field, and fruitful fields will be transformed to groves.
16 And on that day the deaf will hear the words of God; the blind will
read the Book of God’s Remembrance.
17 And suffering ones will be relieved, and they will have abundant
joy; and every one that needs will be supplied; and it will come to
pass that all the foolish will be wise.
18 The people will return and sanctify the Holy One, and in their
heart of hearts, lo, they will reverence him.
19 When Jesus had thus read he put aside the book and said, You
masters of the law, will you make plain for us the prophet’s words?
20 Now, Hillel sat among the masters of the law, and he stood forth
and said, Perhaps our young rabboni who has read the word will be
interpreter.
21 And Jesus said, The Ariel of the prophet is our own Jerusalem.
22 By selfishness and cruelty this people has become a stench unto the
Elohim.
23 The prophet saw these days from far, and of these times he wrote.
24 Our doctors, lawyers, priests and scribes oppress the poor, while
they themselves in luxury live.
25 The sacrifices and the offerings of Israel are but abomination unto
God. The only sacrifice that God requires is self.
26 Because of this injustice and this cruelty of man to man, the Holy
One has spoken of this commonwealth:
27 Lo, I will overturn, yes, I will overturn, it shall be overturned,
and it shall be no more until he comes whose right it is and I will
give it unto him.
28 In all the world there is one law of right, and he who breaks that
law will suffer grief; for God is just.
29 And Israel has gone far astray; has not regarded justice, nor the
rights of man, and God demands that Israel shall reform, and turn
again to ways of holiness.
30 And if our people will not hear the voice of God, lo, nations from
afar will come and sack Jerusalem, and tear our temple down, and take
our people captive into foreign lands.
31 But this will not forever be; though they be scattered far and
wide, and wander here and there among the nations of the earth, like
sheep that have no shepherd guide,
32 The time will come when God will bring again the captive hosts; for
Israel shall return and dwell in peace.
33 And after many years our temple shall be built again, and one whom
God will honor, one in whom the pure in heart delights will come and
glorify the house of God, and reign in righteousness.
34 When Jesus had thus said, he stepped aside, and all the people were
amazed and said, This surely is the Christ.
CHAPTER 20.
_After the feast. The homeward journey. The missing Jesus. The
search for him. His parents find him in the temple. He goes
with them to Nazareth. Symbolic meaning of carpenter’s tools._
The great feast of the pasch was ended and the Nazarenes were
journeying toward their homes.
2 And they were in Samaria, and Mary said, Where is my son? No one had
seen the boy.
3 And Joseph sought among their kindred who were on their way to
Galilee; but they had seen him not.
4 Then Joseph, Mary, and a son of Zebedee, returned and sought through
all Jerusalem, but they could find him not.
5 And then they went up to the temple courts and asked the guards,
Have you seen Jesus, a fair-haired boy, with deep blue eyes, twelve
years of age, about these courts?
6 The guards replied, Yes, he is in the temple now disputing with the
doctors of the law.
7 And they went in, and found him as the guards had said.
8 And Mary said, Why Jesus, why do you treat your parents thus? Lo,
we have sought two days for you. We feared that some great harm had
overtaken you.
9 And Jesus said, Do you not know that I must be about my Father’s
work?
10 But he went round and pressed the hand of every doctor of the law
and said, I trust that we may meet again.
11 And then he went forth with his parents on their way to Nazareth;
and when they reached their home he wrought with Joseph as a carpenter.
12 One day as he was bringing forth the tools for work he said,
13 These tools remind me of the ones we handle in the workshop of the
mind where things are made of thought and where we build up character.
14 We use the square to measure all our lines, to straighten out the
crooked places of the way, and make the corners of our conduct square.
15 We use the compass to draw circles round our passions and desires
to keep them in the bounds of righteousness.
16 We use the ax to cut away the knotty, useless and ungainly parts
and make the character symmetrical.
17 We use the hammer to drive home the truth, and pound it in until it
is a part of every part.
18 We use the plane to smooth the rough, uneven surfaces of joint, and
block, and board that go to build the temple for the truth.
19 The chisel, line, the plummet and the saw all have their uses in
the workshop of the mind.
20 And then this ladder with its trinity of steps, faith, hope and
love; on it we climb up to the dome of purity in life.
21 And on the twelve-step ladder we ascend until we reach the pinnacle
of that which life is spent to build--the Temple of Perfected Man.
SECTION VI.
VAU.
_Life and Works of Jesus in India._
CHAPTER 21.
_Ravanna sees Jesus in the temple and is captivated. Hillel
tells him about the boy. Ravanna finds Jesus in Nazareth and
gives a feast in his honor. Ravanna becomes patron of Jesus,
and takes him to India to study the Brahmic religion._
A royal prince of India, Ravanna of Orissa in the south, was at the
Jewish feast.
2 Ravanna was a man of wealth; and he was just, and with a band of
Brahmic priests sought wisdom in the West.
3 When Jesus stood among the Jewish priests and read and spoke,
Ravanna heard and was amazed.
4 And when he asked who Jesus was, from whence he came and what he
was, chief Hillel said,
5 We call this child the Day Star from on high, for he has come to
bring to men a light, the light of life; to lighten up the way of men
and to redeem his people, Israel.
6 And Hillel told Ravanna all about the child; about the prophecies
concerning him; about the wonders of the night when he was born; about
the visit of the magian priests;
7 About the way in which he was protected from the wrath of evil men;
about his flight to Egypt-land, and how he then was serving with his
father as a carpenter in Nazareth.
8 Ravanna was entranced, and asked to know the way to Nazareth, that
he might go and honor such a one as son of God.
9 And with his gorgeous train he journeyed on the way and came to
Nazareth of Galilee.
10 He found the object of his search engaged in building dwellings for
the sons of men.
11 And when he first saw Jesus he was climbing up a twelve-step
ladder, and he carried in his hands a compass, square and ax.
12 Ravanna said, All hail, most favored son of heaven!
13 And at the inn Ravanna made a feast for all the people of the town;
and Jesus and his parents were the honored guests.
14 For certain days Ravanna was a guest in Joseph’s home on Marmion
Way; he sought to learn the secret of the wisdom of the son; but it
was all too great for him.
15 And then he asked that he might be the patron of the child; might
take him to the East where he could learn the wisdom of the Brahms.
16 And Jesus longed to go that he might learn: and after many days his
parents gave consent.
17 Then, with proud heart, Ravanna with his train, began the journey
toward the rising sun; and after many days they crossed the Sind, and
reached the province of Orissa, and the palace of the prince.
18 The Brahmic priests were glad to welcome home the prince; with
favor they received the Jewish boy.
19 And Jesus was accepted as a pupil in the temple Jagannath; and here
he learned the Vedas and the Manic laws.
20 The Brahmic masters wondered at the clear conceptions of the child,
and often were amazed when he explained to them the meaning of the
laws.
CHAPTER 22.
_The friendship of Jesus and Lamaas. Jesus explains to Lamaas
the meaning of truth, man, power, understanding, wisdom,
salvation and faith._
Among the priests of Jagannath was one who loved the Jewish boy.
Lamaas Bramas was the name by which the priest was known.
2 One day as Jesus and Lamaas walked alone in plaza Jagannath, Lamaas
said, My Jewish master, what is truth?
3 And Jesus said, Truth is the only thing that changes not.
4 In all the world there are two things; the one is truth; the other
falsehood is; and truth is that which is, and falsehood that which
seems to be.
5 Now truth is aught, and has no cause, and yet it is the cause of
everything.
6 Falsehood is naught, and yet it is the manifest of aught.
7 Whatever has been made will be unmade; that which begins must end.
8 All things that can be seen by human eyes are manifests of aught,
are naught, and so must pass away.
9 The things we see are but reflexes just appearing, while the ethers
vibrate so and so, and when conditions change they disappear.
10 The Holy Breath is truth; is that which was, and is, and evermore
shall be; it cannot change nor pass away.
11 Lamaas said, You answer well; now, what is man?
12 And Jesus said, Man is the truth and falsehood strangely mixed.
13 Man is the Breath made flesh; so truth and falsehood are conjoined
in him; and then they strive, and naught goes down and man as truth
abides.
14 Again Lamaas asked, What do you say of power?
15 And Jesus said, It is a manifest; is the result of force; it is but
naught; it is illusion, nothing more. Force changes not, but power
changes as the ethers change.
16 Force is the will of God and is omnipotent, and power is that will
in manifest, directed by the Breath.
17 There is a power in the winds, a power in the waves, a power in the
lightning’s stroke, a power in the human arm, a power in the eye.
18 The ethers cause these powers to be, and thought of Elohim, of
angel, man, or other thinking thing, directs the force; when it has
done its work the power is no more.
19 Again Lamaas asked, Of understanding what have you to say?
20 And Jesus said, It is the rock on which man builds himself; it is
the gnosis of the aught and of the naught, of falsehood and of truth.
21 It is the knowledge of the lower self; the sensing of the powers of
man himself.
22 Again Lamaas asked, Of wisdom what have you to say?
23 And Jesus said, It is the consciousness that man is aught; that God
and man are one;
24 That naught is naught; that power is but illusion; that heaven and
earth and hell are not above, around, below, but in; which in the
light of aught becomes the naught, and God is all.
25 Lamaas asked, Pray, what is faith?
26 And Jesus said, Faith is the surety of the omnipotence of God and
man; the certainty that man will reach deific life.
27 Salvation is a ladder reaching from the heart of man to heart of
God.
28 It has three steps; Belief is first, and this is what man thinks,
perhaps, is truth.
29 And faith is next, and this is what man knows is truth.
30 Fruition is the last, and this is man himself, the truth.
31 Belief is lost in faith; and in fruition faith is lost; and man is
saved when he has reached deific life; when he and God are one.
CHAPTER 23.
_Jesus and Lamaas among the sudras and visyas. In Benares.
Jesus becomes a pupil of Udraka. The lessons of Udraka._
Now, Jesus with his friend Lamaas went through all the regions of
Orissa, and the valley of the Ganges, seeking wisdom from the sudras
and the visyas and the masters.
2 Benares of the Ganges was a city rich in culture and in learning;
here the two rabbonis tarried many days.
3 And Jesus sought to learn the Hindu art of healing, and became the
pupil of Udraka, greatest of the Hindu healers.
4 Udraka taught the uses of the waters, plants and earths; of heat and
cold; sunshine and shade; of light and dark.
5 He said, The laws of nature are the laws of health, and he who lives
according to these laws is never sick.
6 Transgression of these laws is sin, and he who sins is sick.
7 He who obeys the laws, maintains an equilibrium in all his parts,
and thus insures true harmony; and harmony is health, while discord is
disease.
8 That which produces harmony in all the parts of man is medicine,
insuring health.
9 The body is a harpsichord, and when its strings are too relaxed, or
are too tense, the instrument is out of tune, the man is sick.
10 Now, everything in nature has been made to meet the wants of man;
so everything is found in medical arcanes.
11 And when the harpsichord of man is out of tune the vast expanse of
nature may be searched for remedy; there is a cure for every ailment
of the flesh.
12 Of course the will of man is remedy supreme; and by the vigorous
exercise of will, man may make tense a chord that is relaxed, or may
relax one that is too tense, and thus may heal himself.
13 When man has reached the place where he has faith in God, in nature
and himself, he knows the Word of power; his word is balm for every
wound, is cure for all the ills of life.
14 The healer is the man who can inspire faith. The tongue may speak
to human ears, but souls are reached by souls that speak to souls.
15 He is the forceful man whose soul is large, and who can enter into
souls, inspiring hope in those who have no hope, and faith in those
who have no faith in God, in nature, nor in man.
16 There is no universal balm for those who tread the common walks of
life.
17 A thousand things produce inharmony and make men sick; a thousand
things may tune the harpsichord, and make men well.
18 That which is medicine for one is poison for another one; so one is
healed by what would kill another one.
19 An herb may heal the one; a drink of water may restore another one;
a mountain breeze may bring to life one seeming past all help;
20 A coal of fire, or bit of earth, may cure another one; and one may
wash in certain streams, or pools, and be made whole.
21 The virtue from the hand or breath may heal a thousand more; but
love is queen. Thought, reinforced by love, is God’s great sovereign
balm.
22 But many of the broken chords in life, and discords that so vex the
soul, are caused by evil spirits of the air that men see not; that
lead men on through ignorance to break the laws of nature and of God.
23 These powers act like demons, and they speak; they rend the man;
they drive him to despair.
24 But he who is a healer, true, is master of the soul, and can, by
force of will, control these evil ones.
25 Some spirits of the air are master spirits and are strong, too
strong for human power alone; but man has helpers in the higher realms
that may be importuned, and they will help to drive the demons out.
26 Of what this great physician said, this is the sum. And Jesus bowed
his head in recognition of the wisdom of this master soul, and went
his way.
CHAPTER 24.
_The Brahmic doctrine of castes. Jesus repudiates it and
teaches human equality. The priests are offended and drive
him from the temple. He abides with the sudras and teaches
them._
Four years the Jewish boy abode in temple Jagannath.
2 One day he sat among the priests and said to them, Pray, tell me all
about your views of castes; why do you say that all men are not equal
in the sight of God?
3 A master of their laws stood forth and said, The Holy One whom we
call Brahm, made men to suit himself, and men should not complain.
4 In the beginning days of human life Brahm spoke, and four men stood
before his face.
5 Now, from the mouth of Parabrahm the first man came; and he was
white, was like the Brahm himself; a brahman he was called.
6 And he was high and lifted up; above all want he stood; he had no
need of toil.
7 And he was called the priest of Brahm, the holy one to act for Brahm
in all affairs of earth.
8 The second man was red, and from the hand of Parabrahm he came; and
he was called shatriya.
9 And he was made to be the king, the ruler and the warrior, whose
highest ordained duty was, protection of the priest.
10 And from the inner parts of Parabrahm the third man came; and he
was called a visya.
11 He was a yellow man, and his it was to till the soil, and keep the
flocks and herds.
12 And from the feet of Parabrahm the fourth man came; and he was
black; and he was called the sudras, one of low estate.
13 The sudras is the servant of the race of men; he has no rights that
others need respect; he may not hear the Vedas read, and it means
death to him to look into the face of priest, or king, and naught but
death can free him from his state of servitude.
14 And Jesus said, Then Parabrahm is not a God of justice and of
right; for with his own strong hand he has exalted one and brought
another low.
15 And Jesus said no more to them, but looking up to heaven he said,
16 My Father-God, who was, and is, and ever more shall be; who holds
within thy hands the scales of justice and of right;
17 Who in the boundlessness of love has made all men to equal be. The
white, the black, the yellow and the red can look up in thy face and
say, Our Father-God.
18 Thou Father of the human race, I praise thy name.
19 And all the priests were angered by the words which Jesus spoke;
they rushed upon him, seized him, and would have done him harm.
20 But then Lamaas raised his hand and said, You priests of Brahm,
beware! you know not what you do; wait till you know the God this
youth adores.
21 I have beheld this boy at prayer when light above the light of sun
surrounded him, Beware! his God may be more powerful than Brahm.
22 If Jesus speaks the truth, if he is right, you cannot force him
to desist; if he is wrong and you are right, his words will come to
naught, for right is might, and in the end it will prevail.
23 And then the priests refrained from doing Jesus harm; but one spoke
out and said,
24 Within this holy place has not this reckless youth done violence to
Parabrahm? The law is plain; it says, He who reviles the name of Brahm
shall die.
25 Lamaas plead for Jesus’ life; and then the priests just seized a
scourge of cords and drove him from the place.
26 And Jesus went his way and found a shelter with the black and
yellow men, the servants and the tillers of the soil.
27 To them he first made known the gospel of equality; he told them of
the Brotherhood of Man, the Fatherhood of God.
28 The common people heard him with delight, and learned to pray, Our
Father-God who art in heaven.
CHAPTER 25.
_Jesus teaches the sudras and farmers. Relates a parable of a
nobleman and his unjust sons. Makes known the possibilities
of all men._
When Jesus saw the sudras and the farmers in such multitudes draw near
to hear his words, he spoke a parable to them; he said:
2 A nobleman possessed a great estate; he had four sons, and he would
have them all grow strong by standing forth and making use of all the
talents they possessed.
3 And so he gave to each a share of his great wealth, and bade them go
their way.
4 The eldest son was full of self; he was ambitious, shrewd and quick
of thought.
5 He said within himself, I am the oldest son, and these, my brothers,
must be servants at my feet,
6 And then he called his brothers forth; and one he made a puppet
king; gave him a sword and charged him to defend the whole estate.
7 To one he gave the use of lands and flowing wells, and flocks and
herds, and bade him till the soil, and tend the flocks and herds and
bring to him the choicest of his gains.
8 And to the other one he said, You are the youngest son; the broad
estate has been assigned; you have no part nor lot in anything that is.
9 And then he took a chain and bound his brother to a naked rock upon
a desert plain, and said to him,
10 You have been born a slave; you have no rights, and you must be
contented with your lot, for there is no release for you until you die
and go from hence.
11 Now, after certain years the day of reckoning came; the nobleman
called up his sons to render their accounts.
12 And when he knew that one, his eldest son, had seized the whole
estate and made his brothers slaves,
13 He seized him, tore his priestly robes away and put him in a prison
cell, where he was forced to stay until he had atoned for all the
wrongs that he had done.
14 And then, as though they were but toys, he threw in air the throne
and armor of the puppet king; he broke his sword, and put him in a
prison cell.
15 And then he called his farmer son and asked him why he had not
rescued from his galling chains his brother on the desert sands.
16 And when the son made answer not, the father took unto himself the
flocks and herds, the fields and flowing wells,
17 And sent his farmer son to live out on the desert sands, until he
had atoned for all the wrongs that he had done.
18 And then the father went and found his youngest son in cruel
chains; with his own hands he broke the chains and bade his son to go
in peace.
19 Now, when the sons had all paid up their debts they came again and
stood before the bar of right.
20 They all had learned their lessons, learned them well; and then the
father once again divided the estate.
21 He gave to each an equal share, and bade them recognize the law of
equity and right, and live in peace.
22 And one, a sudras, spoke and said, May we who are but slaves, who
are cut down like beasts to satisfy the whims of priests--may we have
hope that one will come to break our chains and set us free?
23 And Jesus said, The Holy One has said, that all his children shall
be free; and every soul is child of God.
24 The sudras shall be free as priest; the farmer shall walk hand in
hand with king; for all the world will own the brotherhood of man.
25 O men, arise! be conscious of your powers, for he who wills need
not remain a slave.
26 Just live as you would have your brother live; unfold each day as
does the flower; for earth is yours, and heaven is yours, and God will
bring you to your own.
27 And all the people cried, Show us the way that like the flower we
may unfold and come unto our own.
CHAPTER 26.
_Jesus at Katak. The car of Jagannath. Jesus reveals to the
people the emptiness of Brahmic rites, and how to see God in
man. Teaches them the divine law of sacrifice._
In all the cities of Orissa Jesus taught. At Katak, by the river side,
he taught, and thousands of the people followed him.
2 One day a car of Jagannath was hauled along by scores of frenzied
men, and Jesus said,
3 Behold, a form without a spirit passes by; a body with no soul; a
temple with no altar fires.
4 This car of Krishna is an empty thing, for Krishna is not there.
5 This car is but an idol of a people drunk on wine of carnal things.
6 God lives not in the noise of tongues; there is no way to him from
any idol shrine.
7 God’s meeting place with man is in the heart, and in a still small
voice he speaks; and he who hears is still.
8 And all the people said, Teach us to know the Holy One who speaks
within the heart, God of the still small voice.
9 And Jesus said, The Holy Breath cannot be seen with mortal eyes; nor
can men see the Spirits of the Holy One;
10 But in their image man was made, and he who looks into the face of
man, looks at the image of the God who speaks within.
11 And when man honors man he honors God, and what man does for man,
he does for God.
12 And you must bear in mind that when man harms in thought, or word
or deed another man, he does a wrong to God.
13 If you would serve the God who speaks within the heart, just serve
your near of kin, and those that are no kin, the stranger at your
gates, the foe who seeks to do you harm;
14 Assist the poor, and help the weak; do harm to none, and covet not
what is not yours;
15 Then, with your tongue the Holy One will speak; and he will smile
behind your tears, will light your countenance with joy, and fill your
hearts with peace.
16 And then the people asked, To whom shall we bring gifts? Where
shall we offer sacrifice?
17 And Jesus said, Our Father-God asks not for needless waste of
plant, of grain, of dove, of lamb.
18 That which you burn on any shrine you throw away. No blessings can
attend the one who takes the food from hungry mouths to be destroyed
by fire.
19 When you would offer sacrifice unto our God, just take your gift of
grain, or meat and lay it on the table of the poor.
20 From it an incense will arise to heaven, which will return to you
with blessedness.
21 Tear down your idols; they can hear you not; turn all your
sacrificial altars into fuel for the flames.
22 Make human hearts your altars, and burn your sacrifices with the
fire of love.
23 And all the people were entranced, and would have worshipped Jesus
as a God; but Jesus said,
24 I am your brother man just come to show the way to God; you shall
not worship man; praise God, the Holy One.
CHAPTER 27.
_Jesus attends a feast in Behar. Preaches a revolutionary
sermon on human equality. Relates the parable of the broken
blades._
The fame of Jesus as a teacher spread through all the land, and people
came from near and far to hear his words of truth.
2 At Behar, on the sacred river of the Brahms, he taught for many days.
3 And Ach, a wealthy man of Behar, made a feast in honor of his guest,
and he invited every one to come.
4 And many came; among them thieves, extortioners, and courtesans. And
Jesus sat with them and taught; but they who followed him were much
aggrieved because he sat with thieves and courtesans.
5 And they upbraided him; they said, Rabboni, master of the wise, this
day will be an evil day for you.
6 The news will spread that you consort with courtesans and thieves,
and men will shun you as they shun an asp.
7 And Jesus answered them and said, A master never screens himself
for sake of reputation or of fame.
8 These are but worthless baubles of the day; they rise and sink, like
empty bottles on a stream; they are illusions and will pass away;
9 They are the indices to what the thoughtless think; they are the
noise that people make; and shallow men judge merit by the noise.
10 God and all master men judge men by what they are and not by what
they seem to be; not by their reputation and their fame.
11 These courtesans and thieves are children of my Father-God; their
souls are just as precious in his sight as yours, or of the Brahmic
priests.
12 And they are working out the same life sums that you, who pride
yourselves on your respectability and moral worth, are working out.
13 And some of them have solved much harder sums than you have solved,
you men who look at them with scorn.
14 Yes, they are sinners, and confess their guilt, while you are
guilty, but are shrewd enough to have a polished coat to cover up your
guilt.
15 Suppose you men who scorn these courtesans, these drunkards and
these thieves, who know that you are pure in heart and life, that you
are better far than they, stand forth that men may know just who you
are.
16 The sin lies in the wish, in the desire, not in the act.
17 You covet other people’s wealth; you look at charming forms, and
deep within your hearts you lust for them.
18 Deceit you practice every day, and wish for gold, for honor and for
fame, just for your selfish selves.
19 The man who covets is a thief, and she who lusts is courtesan. You
who are none of these speak out.
20 Nobody spoke; the accusers held their peace.
21 And Jesus said, The proof this day is all against those who have
accused.
22 The pure in heart do not accuse. The vile in heart who want to
cover up their guilt with holy smoke of piety are ever loathing
drunkard, thief and courtesan.
23 This loathing and this scorn is mockery, for if the tinseled coat
of reputation could be torn away, the loud professor would be found to
revel in his lust, deceit, and many forms of secret sin.
24 The man who spends his time in pulling other people’s weeds can
have no time to pull his own, and all the choicest flowers of life
will soon be choked and die, and nothing will remain but darnel,
thistles, burs.
25 And Jesus spoke a parable: he said, Behold, a farmer had great
fields of ripened grain, and when he looked he saw that blades of many
stalks of wheat were bent and broken down.
26 And when he sent his reapers forth he said, We will not save the
stalks of wheat that have the broken blades.
27 Go forth and cut and burn the stalks with broken blades.
28 And after many days he went to measure up his grain, but not a
kernel could he find.
29 And then he called the harvesters and said to them, Where is my
grain?
30 They answered him and said, We did according to your word; we
gathered up and burned the stalks with broken blades, and not a stalk
was left to carry to the barn.
31 And Jesus said, If God saves only those who have no broken blades,
who have been perfect in his sight, who will be saved?
32 And the accusers hung their heads in shame; and Jesus went his way.
CHAPTER 28.
_Udraka gives a feast in Jesus’ honor. Jesus speaks on the
unity of God and the brotherhood of life. Criticises the
priesthood. Becomes the guest of a farmer._
Benares is the sacred city of the Brahms, and in Benares Jesus taught;
Udraka was his host.
2 Udraka made a feast in honor of his guest, and many high born Hindu
priests and scribes were there.
3 And Jesus said to them, With much delight I speak to you concerning
life--the brotherhood of life.
4 The universal God is one, yet he is more than one; all things are
God; all things are one.
5 By the sweet breaths of God all life is bound in one; so if you
touch a fiber of a living thing you send a thrill from center to the
outer bounds of life.
6 And when you crush beneath your foot the meanest worm, you shake the
throne of God, and cause the sword of right to tremble in its sheath.
7 The bird sings out its song for men, and men vibrate in unison to
help it sing.
8 The ant constructs her home, the bee its sheltering comb, the spider
weaves her web, and flowers breathe to them a spirit in their sweet
perfumes that gives them strength to toil.
9 Now, men and birds and beasts and creeping things are deities, made
flesh; and how dare men kill anything?
10 ’Tis cruelty that makes the world awry. When men have learned that
when they harm a living thing they harm themselves, they surely will
not kill, nor cause a thing that God has made to suffer pain.
11 A lawyer said, I pray you, Jesus, tell who is this God you speak
about; where are his priests, his temples and his shrines?
12 And Jesus said, The God I speak about is every where; he cannot be
compassed with walls, nor hedged about with bounds of any kind.
13 All people worship God, the One; but all the people see him not
alike.
14 This universal God is wisdom, will and love.
15 All men see not the Triune God. One sees him as the God of might;
another as the God of thought; another as the God of love.
16 A man’s ideal is his God, and so, as man unfolds, his God unfolds.
Man’s God today, tomorrow is not God.
17 The nations of the earth see God from different points of view, and
so he does not seem the same to every one.
18 Man names the part of God he sees, and this to him is all of God;
and every nation sees a part of God, and every nation has a name for
God.
19 You Brahmans call him Parabrahm; in Egypt he is Thoth; and Zeus is
his name in Greece; Jehovah is his Hebrew name; but everywhere he is
the causeless Cause, the rootless Root from which all things have
grown.
20 When men become afraid of God, and take him for a foe, they dress
up other men in fancy garbs and call them priests,
21 And charge them to restrain the wrath of God by prayers; and when
they fail to win his favor by their prayers, to buy him off with
sacrifice of animal, or bird,
22 When man sees God as one with him, as Father-God, he needs no
middle man, no priest to intercede;
23 He goes straight up to him and says, My Father-God! and then he
lays his hand in God’s own hand, and all is well.
24 And this is God. You are, each one, a priest, just for yourself;
and sacrifice of blood God does not want.
25 Just give your life in sacrificial service to the all of life, and
God is pleased.
26 When Jesus had thus said he stood aside; the people were amazed,
but strove among themselves.
27 Some said, He is inspired by Holy Brahm; and others said, He is
insane; and others said, He is obsessed; he speaks as devils speak.
28 But Jesus tar
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