SELF

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1905.

BY
C.

E.

PATTERSON,

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Knowledge of the Self

The

Key

to

Power,

A SERIES OF THREE LECTURES

The Creation, and the New Dispensation;
The Gift of the Spirit, and Soul Individualization;
The Building of the Body, and Elemental Forces;
DELIVERED BEFORE A GLASS
BY

IN

ADVANGED THOUGHT,

CHARLES EDWIN PATTERSON,

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN.

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Introduction.

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presenting this

no excuse,

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with the

new

as

spirit

work

feel at the present time,

promptings,

dispensation which

world

at large

is

to the public I offer

is

as a result of the

being ushered

in,

the

ready to receive, and anxiously

awaiting, such insight into so-called hidden mysteries, as I shall

and

endeavor

trust given

from

to give in this little

a source, far

work,

above any con-

ception of truth as might have originated in

own

my

objective mind.

Men at large, in churches and out of churches,

are dissatisfied with

man-made ideas of Purgatories

and burning hells awaiting their souls immediately

after separation

called death,

of soul

and body,

and are beginning

at the

to feel

time

through

the higher promptings, that such teachings are

false,

men in order that one

may be kept in existence.

and only held over

more paying profession

The idea of this work is to acquaint you with yourself

proper.

First, learn of the things that are,

then learn of the relation you bear to the general

Do

whole. Learn to think for yourself.

any

you

man

He may

to think for you.

You are eligible

man on the face

to just as

high

of the earth,

and the same

men.

Do

prompts

ideas be fixed

by opinions learned

you, for

more

men

at the

that

comes from the brain

God, through the

Possibly,

demn

at

in

I say,

far

mind,

do not

say, as a truth until you

to

prove

only ask, do not con-

once from previous fixed opinions, but

study, meditate, and finally concentrate

say,

your

intelligence from

you may not be able

you go along, but

as

let

your child-

and bear

And now

heart.

accept a single word,

it.

in

spirit

same time you might have had

intelligence than they,

prove

not

any

had no more brains than

intellect,

all,

all

ask, why.

a position as

of intelligence

hood, from

present to

you analyze and

ideas, but these

not allow

and see

if

many

on what

truths are not told you, that

you before were mysteries, and you supposed,

man could not know.

to

In reading this

would

all

above.

you,

it is

as

you

the key, that

mysteries on the physical plain, and

First of

man, and the

source

basic principles, then

work, do not read

a novel, for I say to

unlocks

many

little

all,

learn well the trinity of

of each trinity.

you can analyze.

Get the

Learn the universal language, and the manner in which the Almighty would speak to you.

Open your

The

eyes and see.

truths are before

you constantly, but "having eyes, you see not, and

John says: "The light
ears, you do not hear."
shineth in darkness, and the darkness compre-

hendeth

spondence, for
of

Study well the law of corre-

not."

it

man

say to you,

image

in

is

it all.

again ask, do not

condemn because

up-

hold, and advocate the Study of Astrology, for

my

say to

readers, Astrology,

man-made knowledge, and

ical plain today.

is

the basis of

science,

is

my

every statement

Note

further,

text-book of Metaphysics, and

make,

under cover, because

all

may

in

is

you

and

truths to
ing,

your Bible

new book
you

by no means

\:

ask
if

will

to you,

their statements are

my

this

least,

they

did not

is

readers to

com-

not just as

I say.

soon be free from dust,

and

will reveal

that in the past

and scarcely

state-

speak in plain language that

understand.

will,

accord with

of the times

pare statements, and see

If

phys-

this

we have

ments made therein; only

dare speak out.

all

All the encyclopedias

to the contrary notwithstanding.

the Bible,

on

common

had but

wonderful

little

mean-

sense;

and

last,

study well the

last

lesson of

but

this

work.

See for yourself, what makes man's

troubles on this physical plain.

After reading, and analyzing the lesson carefully, see

if

you cannot read the book of Revelations

with a degree of understanding you have never

as yet

before had.

requirement of your

Learn from
soul, in

this lesson the

being projected on

knowing just what there is

and the great wisdom displayed by

to this physical plain,

for

you

to do,

power above human conception, in harmonizing

this gj*eat universe, and knowing further, that you
a

from your creation, have an inheritance

one-ment with that Great Power,

from the innermost depths

Praise

Thee, Oh,

of

you

your

to an

will

t-

exclaim

heart,

"We

GodT
Dr. C. E. Patterson.

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LESSON

I.

The Creation and

New

the

Dispensation.
1882, or thereabouts, our

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Sun, with

its

revolving planets, passed out of the sign

where it had been for the past twentyone hundred and sixty years, and gradually passed
Pisces

into the next house, as Astrologers

into the Sign of Aquarius,

would

say, or

which brings

to all

inhabitants of the planets of our Solar System, a

new
or

dispensation.

not

at least

why we had
certain

To some

made

this

plain to

may be
them

new

as yet.

idea,

Just

certain laws to rule the people during

periods,

and

obsolete, so to speak.

then

For instance,

think there are any people

become

gradually

who would

do not

think today

of slaughtering a lamb, for the sake of offering

up

itsblood, as a sacrifice, for sins they had committed.

But

such

radiated,

was

the

dispensation

or vibration,

from our Sun's, Central Sun Alcyone,

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four thousand years ago, or in the time of Abraham,

when our Sun and

through

its

were

planets

its

Zodiacal Sign, Aries.

As

passing

gradually

it

passed out of that sign, and passed into the Sign

my

of Pisces, all

readers will recall the fact, that

new Teacher, came on the scene, declaring a

new law, to govern all mankind. A new dispensation, whereby a new religion was to be established

and the purification was

to

be by water, rather

than by blood, as had been in the past twenty-

one hundred and

sixty years,

you

that period in history,

fact, that

this

new
will

law,

were

To

most

of

from the

once the

tells

chosen from the fishermen,

all

bring

you,

this still closer to

you observe, the most

New

the Old, and

simply

will recall at

if

you hear today from the

of the teachings

are

symbolize

to

the twelve helpers chosen to proclaim

or Pisceans.

you

and

not

all

pulpit,

Testament, rather than from

you ask the minister why, and he

you, the Old Testament

is

old law,

and

not to rule the present generation. But he does not

tell

you why.

Our

Solar System has

into the next sign in

it,

now comes

ginning
this

is

to

be

its

new

felt all

passed

order, Aquarius, and with

dispensation,

over

a spiritual sign,

now

this

which

be-

wide world, and

look for an unrest

the people, a dissatisfaction

is

among

as

among

the people on

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religious subjects,

recognize

this

and the minister who does not

new

with the higher'vibration

come

into

harmony

this influence

brings to

law, and

mankind, had better seek employment

field of

God s
}

manual

in

the

labor, rather than, as a teacher of

For surely he does not know them,

laws.

and the awakening

spirit in

mankind,

will recog-

nize his weakness at once, and the people will

new

seek
the

fields for

coming

of a

obtaining knowledge.

new

dispensation, there

With
comes

those

who

from

that class are teachers chosen, to proclaim

receive

to their fellow

more

readily than others, and

man. Such was the

Piscean age was ushered

today,

in,

and such

and hundreds today are

promptings whereby they

teachers.
past ages

few

case,

But the saying

when

it

was

is

said,

when

is

it

the

the case

receiving the

may be

fitted

for

the same today, as in

"many

are called, but

chosen ."

This work of preparation,

began

in

to

Grand Rapids some

Many of whom I know,

my knowledge,

three years ago.

are receiving the call, but

the question only arises in

my

mind,

will they

be

chosen, or will their greed for the mighty dollar,

and their great desire for personal attainment

in

phenomenal work, lead them into the field of slavery,

rather than into the at-one-mentwith their Creator,

a master rather than a slave.

Knowing
ening that

as

we do now,

coming

is

devolves upon us to

at

to all

this spiritual

mankind,

once begin

to

awak-

once

at

it

develop and

purify our minds, that a class of thoughts,

may

permeate our being, and by that development,

we

become enabled to digest, and assimilate

those vibrations, we are so prone to call thoughts,
and by practice and learning how, and what we
must do, we can become so proficient that we will
will

be enabled to catch the

versal Intelligence,

finest vibrations of

and convert them into

which

will enable us to know,

good,

as well

mankind, and
are

as

for

the

what

is

for

ideas,

our best

general good of

must recognize,

all teachers,

Uni-

that

all

we

one universal brotherhood, with the Father-

hood

God.
would call

of

this

advanced thought:

First,

because, our thoughts must extend above, and

beyond the ordinary thoughts of men. For as

you all know, most men's thoughts today, do not
reach beyond politics and money making, and many
of

my

readers, will be censured

by their friends

because of their neglect of business, and of putting

their minds,
as

on things

they will express

it.

and impossible,

foolish

Again

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would

call this

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advanced thought for the reason that we
learn to think for ourselves, and ask no

shall all

man to think

we would attain unto the position I

I have outlined, we must know something of
ourselves, in fact we must know all, and of the
for us.

If

things that are.

Hence, there

greater importance, that

is

man

is

no subject,

can discuss, for

of

man

an Epitome of the whole, or in other words a

second creation, and there

no subject

is

that can

carry one into the depths of mysticism, so deep,

as the subject of the

Creation, and unless you

have some comprehension of the Creation and

the relation

man

can have but

bears to the general whole, you

little

knowledge

Hence

of the self.

the depth of the statement, of the wise saying of

Solon, one of the seven wise

when he

said,

"Man, Know

men

Thyself "

before us must of necessity, contains

most

The lesson
many if not

of the basic principles, for the analysis,

solution, of
past,

what has seemed

to

most of us

very mysterious problems, and

I will

the assertion that

many points brought

hope made plain

to you, in this lesson,

been

Greece,

of

told

time and

again

by your

and

in the

venture

out,

and

you have
Christian

mothers, and grandmothers, and perhaps church

pastors,

were beyond man

to

know, and you

were considered almost sacreligious

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in

asking

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questions on points of such vital importance, as

they sincerely thought such things were only for

God

to know, as they

common

quite

know,

unless,

for

would

men

to say

when

is

they do not

they should answer as did one

Congregational minister

by

you, and as

tell

know

of,

when asked

Sabbath School scholar, of the appearance

Samuel before the Witch of Endor when called

up by Saul, and what it really meant, made reply
of

men

by saying, "fools could ask questions wise

But

could not answer."

question

finite

develop, that
is,

and

it

mind can

say to

ask, finite

can answer

it,

you

all,

any

mind can

no matter what

so
it

say further there are no mysteries, and

according to

everything

is

without

effect,

its

and no

effect

And yet, your hear ministers

of miracles

and

No

a fixed law.

without a cause.

of the

mysterious things,

cause

Gospel talking

and

at

the same

time placing themselves before the people as

teachers as to what
souls,

and

at

men

the same time, not knowing a single

basic principle,

whereby the

from the lowest point

which

it

should do to save their

soul can raise itself

in the cycle of necessity in

finds itself while in this physical body,

and he, accepting and demanding

guiding
edge.

a salary for

hungry, and thirsting soul after knowl-

The

blind leading the blind.

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How

long,

oh how long,

such things continue

will

As men become attuned

to exist?

higher vibration,

to the

they recognize this condition of things, and their

very souls cry out in one accord, give us the

We

Truth.

wholly upon

them, we

selfish

motives.

will search until

we know from our

ness, they

man-made

are tired of

do

And

And

know

But

they do.

fully

my

shy, of

readers

even

all

to

understand

Our Universe.

know, most men

steer quite

on the subject

a discussion

of the

Creation, as in fact most

men

man's comprehension

even think about

will

admit

it is

to

believe

it is

readers, or a class, so they can

with any degree of satisfaction.

and without
your

part,

and

who

before

a faint idea of the

the only writers

say anything of the Creation

and Moses.

in fact

it

comprehend it,
Even our Bible

About

truth from their writings.

little,

degree of unfoldment, on

you could form but

are St. John,

it.

been very explicit on the subject,

a certain

of the Bible,

beyond

very deep subject, and one that

requires deep thought in order to put

writers have not

know,

the self you must go to

beginning, the Creation of

the

As

to

find them, for

and inner conscious-

and understand Truth, you must

the Self.

you can not give

we can

feelings

exist.

If

ideas based

about

St.
all

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John

he says

says but very

is,

that in the

fa '

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""

"

God made

beginning
words:

Word

things,

all

or,

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other

in

"In the beginning was the Word, the

was with God, and the Word was God.

All things

were made by Him, and without

was not anything made that was made.

was

WTO

life;

and the

was the

life

light of

In

man.

Him
Him
And

the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness

comprehended

This

not."

it

the extent of St.

is

John's description of the creation, not much, but

it is

sufficient to

show

to the ordinary

man, but

and the door already

of

is

the

St.

before.

analyze, let us

first

first

John, and

after verse,

chapter than

is

magic

explicit in his descrip-

not understand better after

Moses

the key to all

Creation in the

go along, verse

Word, then
to mean much
one who knows
the

ajar.

much more

Genesis, than was

I

to the

with the Divine,

of his oneness

tion

was the Divine will

came
This does not seem

Power.

Moses

it

First

that created all things.

the*

that

chapter

will analyze as

and see

if

we do

we go through

Before

of

proceeding

the
to

take notice of the fact, that

describing

Our

Solar System Creation,

instead of going to the beginning as did St. John.

For

it is

a fact that

of the fact, that

most

scientists are well

aware

there were almost numberless

Solar Systems created, long ages before ours of

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which we are now
chapter of Genesis,

God

beginning
n
Earth.

verse,

first

created the

Second

In the

inhabitants.
it

first

In the

Heaven and

"And

verse:

says:

the

the Earth was

without form, and void, and darkness was upon the

face of the deep."

St.

John

says:

"The

light

shineth in darkness, but the darkness compre-

would say do not think this

darkness spoken of, means the darkness of night
as we understand darkness to mean, but rather, it
is symbolic language, or language of God, which
I would say here is always in symbol, or hieroglyph, and means in this place without intelligence,
hendeth

it

not."

or in ignorance. Or, in other words, the elements

were

at

of the

work, and were using the force attribute

Almighty.

And

God moved
Spirit of God had

the Spirit of

upon the waters. Observe, the

come, and Spirit always signifies intelligence, and
now, observe still more closely what the third

"And God said let there be light, and

there was light, and God saw the light, that it
was good: And God divided the light from the

verse says:

darkness."

Again take

notice.

This light was

not the light of the Sun, for there was yet no

Sun, and the Heavens and Earth was

as yet

divided, but notice the fact that the light

after the Spirit

came

had moved over the waters.

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not

In

other words a special intelligence

Spirit

rule over our Solar System,

to

And God

process of formation.
light

came through

from the darkness, or

And God

called the light Day,

Night.

Now

does not

mean our day and

then in

divided the

in other

from

divided the intelligence

the

words God

the

ignorance.

and the darkness

take notice that day, and

night,

night, as our day

and

night are produced by the revolution of our earth

on

its

axis,

and

that

at

Heayens had not

as yet

the

time,

Earth and

been separated.

notice again as you can read

it,

And

both day and

makes them
proper names instead of common; hence, I would
say to you, Day and Night are symbolic language,
again, and means Intelligence and Ignorance,
the same as Light and Darkness, and I will further
night are written in capital, which

add, and as

many

you know, most if not

committed under the influence

crime

is

forces

that

of

come

in

assistance of

or

night,

of

or

you

would court the

unseen influences, do not choose

hence,

ignorance,

darkness,

all

if

darkness, and especially inky darkness, for the

Spirit or

Divine

Power worketh

in

Elemental forces, or the prompters of

and crime, worketh

the better, and

now

in darkness,
I

would ask

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the

light.

evil, deceit y

and the darker

my

readers, or

at least

those

who have had

what has been your experience

circle,

first

no

ask you,

why

bright flash?

As

the waters, and let

my

and

Ask

is

teachings are

"And

yourself why.

be a firmament in the midst of

divide the waters from the

it

And God made

waters.

answer,

have said before there

to think for yourselves.

said let there

dark

did the circle break up at the

effect without a cause,

God

in a

You cannot

storm?

circle in a lightning

but

experience, in a dark

and

firmament,

the

divided the waters which were under the firma-

ment, from the waters which were above the

firmament, and

it

God

was so; and

called the

firmament Heaven, and the Evening and the

Morning

the second day.

And God

said, let the

waters under the Heavens, be gathered together

unto one place, and

it

was

so.

let

And God

the dry land appear, and

called the dry land Earth,

and the gathering together of the waters called

He Seas. And God saw

God said let the Earth

that

it

was good.

And

bring forth grass, the

herb, yielding seed, and the forest tree yielding

seed after his kind, whose seed

is

the earth; and

here:

it

was so." Notice

in itself

Each kind

was individualized, and you can prove

nature,

as

any man, of

an

upon

this

in

observing nature

knows, that you can plant two or more varieties

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and they grow,

of seeds within an inch of space,

each

one

own

its

tells

when some

kind, and no other; and

you, you sprung from

monkey, or your

an ape, or a

soul once inhabited an animal,

and has gradually evolved

man, know

to

that

it is

you were individualized in the beginning

man, not as an animal, and observe, you are

not so, as
as a

the only type of creation, that walks with the head

and looking upwards

erect,

to the

stead of always facing the earth,

much

the Spirit

immortality

which

and not below

God

gained

is

darkness of Earth.

in the

be lights

said let there

let

days,

them be

and

for signs,

for years

it

as

my

aid of

in the

"And

firmament of

from the night;

and for seasons, and for

them be for lights in

Heaven to give light upon

and

the firmament of the

the Earth; and

by the

in-

above, in the light of Heaven,

is

the Heaven, to divide the day

and

which would

do not expect immortality of

as say, I

soul; for

Heavens

was

let

so.

And God made two

great lights, the greater light to rule the day, the

lesser light to rule the night;

also."

You

will notice

the fifth day he

and

made

he made the Stars

by reading further that on

the fowls of the

air,

fishes that inhabited the waters, etc.,

and every one

after

its

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and each

And now we come

where it says: "And

kind.

to the twenty-sixth verse,

animals

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God

make man in our own image, after

and let them have dominion over

said, let us

our likeness,

the fish of the sea, fowl of the

man

created

in

air,

His own image.

etc."

So

God

"In the image

God created He him, male and female created

He them." The two Soul affinities, and the
of

marriage, meant, in the words ministers always

use in pronouncing a marriage ceremony between

man and woman,

joined by a

man-made

But apparently they have no idea

meaning

of the expression they use, for

reference

As you have followed

tion of the creation,

last

you

has no

man

man was
God rested

will notice that

on the seventh day, and called

all

things good.

further you will see the earth was not

as yet inhabitable,
till

true

the descrip-

thing to be created, and then

By reading

it

the physicial marriage of

at all to

and woman.
the

of the

law.

the ground.

and there was yet no

So

God

man

to

took from the dust of

ground and formed man, and breathed into

his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a
living Soul." As you have followed me through
the

the description of the creation as given by Moses,

you

will plainly see

he has given

a description of

the creation of our Solar System only, and has

not gone to the beginning of

some,

if

not

all

of us

know,

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all

creations,

that our

little

as

Solar

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System,

compared with

as

the great whole,

comparatively speaking, only

drop

as

is

the

in

Both astronomers and astrologers know

bucket.

that our Sun, with

ing around

its

revolving planets,

its

is

revolv-

Central Sun, Alcyone, one of the

pleiades, a collection of seven stars in the constellation of

Taurus.

It is

known

further, that

takes something over 25,900 years for the

make

its

revolution, or as

beginning of
to pass

this lesson,

through

a single

Sun

it

to

have said in the

2,160 years for the Sun

house of thirty degrees.

Chart No.

you

will

notice the seven small stars at the top,

which

are

to represent the pleiades, the central

one being

In the following plate,

Alcyone,

the

revolves, or in other

which

around

point

I,

our

Sun

words our Sun's Sun, or the

point from which influences are radiated, which

to

our Solar System, are the vibrations, that

produce the dispensations,

I

of this earth, of

As the

have previously spoken.

lines

which
extend

out from this centre, their boundaries constitute

a

house, and the dispensation

what the special house would

the Aries sign,

would

is

attract.

attract

according

to

For instance,

something

of a fiery

nature; Pisces, of a watery nature; and Aquarius,

of a spiritual nature

System on the chart,

and

as

in the

you see our Solar

house of Aquarius,

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<r
it

seems

at a

could understand

a child

meaning

its full

glance, and could be ready to explain just

what we mean by

Aquarian age, or new

this

dis.

Then again, from this same

chart you

can understand what Solomon meant,

when he

pensation.

said in Ecclesiastes,

"One

chapter, fourth verse,

first

new one

generation passeth away and a

cometh, but the earth abideth forever.'

"The

ninth verse:

thing that hath been,

is
is

is

done

be done, and there

is

no new

which

shall be;

that

which

shall

Tenth

thing under the Sun."

It

it

and that which

that

anything whereof

And

'

it

may be

"Is there

verse:

said: 'See this

is

new/

hath been already of old time, which was be-

Undoubtedly most,

fore us."

have read

this

many

fully

comprehend

Many

before.

not

will

and every reader

me

to carry

in of the Piscean age,

say,

my

education

you back

when

of that age, Jesus Christ,

that

He

But

is

it

if

not

you

ushering

to the

the Great

came,

is

Teacher

not a fact

chose his assistant teachers, from the most

humble walks

men?

will

the reason why, than ever

sufficient to grasp these great truths.

will allow

of you,

all

times before, but by the aid

of the chart, I think each

more

if

And

as a little

in life, the

poor uneducated

did he not say, unless you

child,

fisher-

became

you could not enter into

this

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great truth?

ignorant classes

Did he not choose from the

more to get rid of fixed opinions,

men, by ideas that they had obtained

from other men, and what most men call educa-

made

in

Certainly so, and

tion?

to

sufficient

encourage

greatest lesson of

not

speaking,

all

to

higher knowledge
as

one who

who

to learn

from

what

little

make

for there

will not see, or

'

will not hear.

alone,

and

every Soul,

let

education you have,

that lesson

it, is

the

plainly

man-made

fool of you,
is

is

for

no one so blind

one so deaf,

as

one

'Having eyes see ye not? and

having ears hear ye not? and do ye not remem-

ber?" (Mark 8:18)

But with

this

new

tion or special awakening, there will

dispensa-

be more

children born, with this higher or sixth sense,

than has ever been

known

to this present genera-

tion,

and the only question that presents

now,

is,

will the

itself

people be ready to take advan-

tage of that development in the child, so they

will not

crush a God-given power, and source of

knowledge, rather than

and by

to

encourage the

gift,

doing be the means of bettering

so

mankind, even though they, themselves, are

in darkness.

point,

and

Much

much

could be said on

needs to be

said,

but

this
it

still

one

seems

there has been sufficient said on this point just

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at

present, to at least set you to thinking, and to

coming under new

influences, and it is a duty you owe yourself and
future generations, that you put forth some
effort to awake yourself from this state of slumber,
both you, and the world in general, has been in
for years, and not have it longer said, you have
and

feel,

you

see

are

eyes and see not, and ears and do not hear.

To
all

revert

back once again

As

things.

to the creation of

have said before, Moses only

describes the creation of our Solar System, but

take

notice

what

of

John

St.

beginning was the Word, the

and the

Word

was God."

John conceived the

idea,

"In the

says:

Word was with God,

You

will

observe

that

all

things

St.

first

word of the Almighty, or in

other words, the Word, or Logos came forth and
the Creation was the manifestation of the Word.
This would apply to the first Creation, as well as
originated in the

to the last,

and

is

in

accord with the Ancient

Hindoo Philosophy.

It

could be such a thing

as a single

any degree of intelligence

think, feel
cause,

that

reports

advanced

does not seem there

person, with

at all, that

and know, that there was

produced
few

all

things.

so-called philosophers,

ideas, that

worlds and men,

2S

could but

a great first

But history

who
as

have

they are,

ft

fr

have existed for

all

time.

are as nonsensical, as for a

me

But

to

man

to say to

such ideas

my

me,

here on earth, was never builded

house

I live in

by

mechanic, but simply came by chance.

My

ideas are in exact accord with those of St.

John, and

and know, that

feel

cause existed and from that

came

great

first

the word, that

Solar Systems should exist, and then, that by the

power vested

aid of the

nature's

in

say,

came;

as a physical

highest type, the epitome of

and endowed with

first

a part of

The name

the Spirit.

second

the

forces,

which man

of

in Solar force, or as

all

men

creation

being

the

is

created before,

God's own essence,

applied to this great

as

cause, has been different, as used by different

men, and

different nations,

reality the

same.

and yet meaning

Some have expressed

it

in

as the

Rootless Root, or Causeless Cause; by some, the

Elohim; by others, the Adonia; by others, Allah;

by the Mystic Jews, Yod He, Vau, He; by the

y

Christians of today, as

God.

God

you, technically speaking,

sarily

mean

that in

and

as in

will say to

does not neces-

cause, and ever bear

first

mind. By Moses and John the Revelator,

also

name

the great

But

is

by the Western

Initiate of today,

Lord God Almighty.

time past,

is

Man

the

today, as well

ever seeking for some means,

^
u

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or in

some way,
But thus

cause.

comprehend,

to

comprehend,

far

man

this great first

has never been able to

in the least, this great first cause,

nor has he been able, by any language, to find

word

to

express

it.

Hence

the origin of the

Trinity of God, that originates as far back as the

Mystic Sons of Light,

who knowing

the symbolic

language of God, recognizing the sphere

symbol

of the

as

Almighty, and the color white,

symbolic of absolute purity, took for the symbol

of the great first cause, the

White Sphere, or

the

Great White Light, which I have represented on

my Chart No. I, in the large sphere on the left.

And now comes

another process of reasoning,

which comes

me

though

was used in
the ancient times by mystics, although I have
never heard this, or seen it in print, and should I
be mistaken in my prompting as to the former
use of the reasoning, credit it to me, as a prompting of the Aquariar age of 1905, which as you all
know, white can be resolved into three separate
and distinct colors, or as we call them the three
to

as

it

cardinal colors, red, yellow and blue.

As

have

symbol the
Almighty. We now make three Spheres as represented in the Chart, red, yellow and blue, each
representing a God Power, yet requiring the
three to constitute the Great White Sphere or
said to you, the sphere represents in

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ti

light,

hence would be

considered

nature

the

is

nature

in

know
to

without going into

you

sary,

will

His law,

express

detail,

find

of

in

this

which

as

handed down

of today,

Ghost

it

the

resolve the

let

us find

Trinity,

and

think unnecesred

is

always

Love, and blue of

from thence the three ultimates,

word, corresponding

and

nature,

significant of Force, yellow of

Intelligence,

as

open book placed before man by

the Almighty, to

word

Now

Almighty.

attributes, or Trinity of the

three

the

to three

in

spheres in symbol,

to the Christian

Churches

becomes the Father, Son and Holy

Trinity.
The whole, as man would
Almighty, that he might have some

conception of His greatness.

The

Father, corres-

ponding to the Force, the red; the Son corresponding to the Love, the yellow; and observe here
the Son does not mean Jesus Christ, as most men
but

Divine

had an
existence with the Father before the worlds
were, and as spoken of by Jesus Christ, and also
by Moses. The Holy Ghost, or Holy Guest, or
think,

the

Christ,

that

Holy Visitor, corresponds to the Intelligence of

the Almighty or in symbols to the Blue, or to the
Spirit.
Hence you will observe the Trinity of
God, is a man-made conception, and not the conception of the Almighty, as
teach.

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many

think and also

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LESSON II.
The

Gift of the Spirit,

and Soul

Individualization

ASwe
^Ty

have learned in the preceding lesson, of

the Creation, as described by St. John, and

Moses, and
writers,
able,

doubt

if

whose description would be more accept-

feel

we

are

all,

ready to accept their ideas

and admit, that man was the

and he made

in

image, of

shall further

show.

As

Almighty, through the

must be

all

type of creation:

created before.

man

gift of

is

as

we

a part of the

the Spirit, there

means by which the Almighty, would

speak to His children, and

is,

last

God, and nature,

creation so to speak, of

there

there were any other

and

it is

as I

have said before,

the universal language,

which

is

There are two

instruct men, one

always in symbol, or Hieroglyph.

which God uses to

through form, color and nature of the
nature itself, and the other by means

ways

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things, of

of

man's

guardian Angel, which

working
that has

is

ever with man, and

for his eternal good.

endured

when

There

is

a saying

for ages, that contains the

same

That nature,
was God's open book placed before man, that he
might read as he runs. Not only the animal,
mineral and vegetable kingdoms of this earth,
but the earth itself, and Planets in the Heavens,
truth as

it

originated.

first

constitue a part of this book, and does not

" These planets are for

say,

and for years?"

for days

comes

forth,

the Divine.
a

is

signs,

The

Moses

for seasons,

first

atom

that

the manifestation of a thought, of

A combination of

atoms, forms either

symbol, or Hieroglyph, which to man, conveys

And

possibly a single idea.

convey whole volumes,

The

then again,

it

may

of the grandest truths.

highest language that comes to man,

through nature,

is,

in

my

opinion, through color,

and geometric symbol.

And when we

consideration the Great

White Sphere, or the

White Light,

as the

Causeless Cause, and resolve

the white into the three attributes,

the

first

basis of reasoning, the

colors, as seen in the

and Blue.

take into

And now

Chart No.
as

we have

as

three cardinal

Red, Yellow
an example let us take
I,

these three colors, only a small part of a single

page

in

God's great book, and see whether or

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28.

CHART
Trinities

Symbo/ic

Alcyone

llitirndtelChristion

Wars it) R
Sun (0)0
i/enus

(?)!/

Moon

())f

* *

Pj,y^^
Trinity

Sunday

Monday

4 Hi

isa
Juf>iter (X) I /3lU
Saturn {\)\J
f1)eratru($r/3

I.

Juesday

Wednesday
Jhursday
Friday
Saturday

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riot,

the
ical

we can
first

eye

place, as
is

will

know, color

all

a manifestation

to the phys-

As you

now

will

and so on

produce by
as

represented

as

a perfect joining

you

see,

ray of sunshine, through a glass

named on

order, as

their

in

refer to the Chart,

observe the three colors,

our seven prismatic colors,

in

atoms

of

red, being the lowest,

in the three spheres,

In

into the violets or highest color

scale

vibration.

you

you

simply

The

motion.

up the

read from these manifestations.

the

by passing
prism and

Red,

chart,

Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet.

The same

rainbow, and

is

bration,

our

of

when you look

seen

as

the

at

the reflection, of the color vibra-

seven

planets,

Mars,

Sun,

Venus, Moon, Mercury, Jupiter and Saturn.

These

seven

represent

colors

the

as

vibration

they
in

appear,
color,

also

the

of

seven planets of our Solar System, and

as the

influence of a planet predominates in radiating

its

influence

to

mankind;

such

is

the

color

vibration he receives, and from thence, the basis

of

reasoning for the treatment of

color vibration.

When

disease

these vibrations are

by

made

manifest on the organs of hearing, rather than

color,

they

become sound, and correspond

our seven notes

in

to

music, Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol,

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La,

Each note corresponding

Si.

in vibration to

the vibration of the planet placed opposite in the

chart, according to the best authority.

key of G, Sun C, Venus A,

E, Jupiter B, Saturn D.

our seven days

in the

Moon

Then

F,

again

Mars the
Mercury

we have

week, corresponding

to

Each

our seven creative planets in the Heavens.

day being under distinct rule of one of these

Sun ruling Sunday, the Moon

Monday, Mars Tuesday, Mercury Wednesday,
Jupiter Thursday, Venus Friday, and Saturn
Saturday. Thus far we have only applied these
planets;

the

few colors, saying nothing of the various shades

and

tints, to a basis of

you

that

by

reasoning, to simply

knowledge

symbolism,

of

show

it

will

enable you to unravel the things that in the past

have seemed to you mysterious, and by putting

together, the different ideas as expressed by a

you thus are gradually en-

variety of symbols,

abled

to

gradually
or of

God

for nature

He

read this

Divine language,

become

it

as

student of nature,

should you so choose to

is

call yourself,

His book, and one means by which

speaks to men.

in brief of color
to rouse

were,

and you

you

We have thus far spoken only

symbolism, but sufficient

think

you may begin to

what a world of know-

to action, that

open your eyes and

see,

JJ

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ledge

being

is

lost

by you

We

every minute.

in fact

and

daily, yes, hourly,

now open up

will

source of information, although different from

Color Symbolism, yet

and

instructive,

my mind

in

about equal importance, in

of

source of origin.

now have

Geometric Symbolism, and

use

the

of

just

three

is

You

a repetition of points,

to

the
will

circle,

the

observe the

which

constitutes

without beginning or ending, which

line,

always symbolic of Spirit, the

of

reference

will limit myself to

figures,

crescent, and the cross.

circle

equally as

the

first

outbreathing

Hence, whenever

Almighty.

is

in

future you see the figure of a circle, you

the

may

know it has some reference to the Spirit of God.

And now the Crescent: Did it not say, when the
Creation of our Solar System was
of formation, the

intelligence,

hence

would

it

the

If

in process

came, and imparted

Spirit

intelligence

special

first

Spirit

gave

that

not be a part of Spirit,

Have we not learned

a part of a Circle?

that this intelligence that nature possesses,

is

Soul

mankind through
the Sun, or old Sol? And now we come to the
Cross, four angles, and really means the same as
intelligence,

were

it

and radiated

square,

and

in

to

Symbolism, or the

language of God, always meaning, or having

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reference to the four Elements, or to material

Now

things.

we produce

by joining these three symbols,

figures, or symbols, that tell

influence they radiate to us.

First

circle with a dot in the centre,

special planet

upon

all

we have

the

symbolic of the

influence to earth, the

whom

the Spirit imparted

the special intelligence, to rule the

Then

as

Heavens, and the

regards our planets in the

Sun, the radiator of

it all,

whole Solar

Moon, symbolized by the

Crescent, or in other words, the rib of Adam.
And do you now see, how Eve was made from
a rib ?
Then we have the Symbol of Venus, the
System.

the

love element of the skies, a Circle placed above a

Cross,

Hence you know

materiality.

once

predominating over the Cross or

Spirit

this

planet radiates to mankind.

The

old Hermetic
as

below

this

just

below, and

can apply

formation of man.
close

the influence at

Law

was, as above so

so above.
in

this

By

Let us see

place.

Look

is

at

we
the

his standing erect, feet

together and arms outstretched

angles to body,

if

at

right

he not the Symbol of Venus,

the Circle above, surmounting the Cross?

you now understand something

of the

Can

Symbolic

language of the Crucifixion of Christ on the

Cross, and do you see that

32

it

means,

men

are

^
crucifying their

own

Christ daily, on their

Learn

cross of materiality?

to read this

own

Symbolic

language, then you can read the greatest book

there

out

is

man

for

to read today, the Bible,

knowledge

of which,

but with-

you have but the

faintest

conception of the great truths therein taught.

This

Symbol,

which we have

of

would show man

be

to

Venus, with

over matter, and such was

man

Spirit, ruling

originally, but

materiality soon overruled Spirit, and

came

the

spoken

man, more

of

fall

of

we

find this

of the

and by

having

three

just

figures

which

it,

the

most interesting
slight

we

as

Heavens

of studies,

knowledge

mentioned,

have

be

will

Symbolic language

constantly in use, and as you learn

become one

from thence

And now

of in the next lesson.

study the Heavens

spoken,

just

Crescent and Cross, you can but

the

feel a

the

of

Circle,

wave

of

enthusiasm, permeating your very Soul, and you

at

once exclaim with David, ''Yes: The Heavens

do declare the Glory of God, and the firmament

showeth

his

Day unto day

handiwork.

uttereth

speech, and night unto night showeth knowledge.

There
is

is

no speech or language where the voice

not heard."

Much

Symbolic language,
written, but as this

might be

in

work

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fact,
is

said

whole

of

this

volumes

not for that purpose,

content myself with just the mere hints thrown

out, believing

there

is

my

all

work

for

readers will see at a glance,

them

to do.

As I spoke in the beginning of the two ways

in which the Creator spoke to His children, I
will now take up in brief, the instruction man

Many

receives through the Guardian Angel.

men know

they receive impressions, that would

they heed them,

mistake.

they would seldom

knowing

not

But,

of

make

the

great

importance of these impressions, and their source,

they

fail

them, and thus

to take recognition of

walk straight

their

to

own

ruin,

and possibly

immediate destruction. Such was the case

Penwarden,

of

this

whom

city,

most

of Dr.

of

my

readers will remember, was killed, together with

his wife, in the terrible railroad

years ago, while returning

home

in

season.

wreck, some two

home from

his

former

Canada, during the Christmas holiday

He

received

impression

the

before

going, not to go, but he heeded not the impression.

This Guardian Angel

is

not always content

with simply impressing us, but often throws into

the range of our Soul vision, pictures,
astral

substance.

developed

Some

are

in this gift than others.

some have the development

made from

much

higher

For instance,

to the extent that at

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34

any time, upon

being asked them,

a question

immediately upon the closing of the eyes, and

the shutting out of the
will

mind

all

thought, a picture

be thrown in the range of vision that

answer to the question asked, and

time, a prompting

meaning

comes

in the

This

of the picture.

is

at

mind,

when

is

in

the same
as to the

the gift

is

most highly developed, and considered among

the mystics, one of the highest

gifts.

To most

men, this means of receiving replies to questions,

from the Guardian Angel, will only come at
night, when the mind is quiet, just between the
For an example of
sleeping and waking state.

book of
You will observe that Nebuchadnezzar
Daniel.
had thrown before him in a vision a picture by
read second chapter of the

this state,

the Guardian Angel.

He

forgot the picture ere

morning came, but he remembered

had
to

a vision,

him.

He

and that

it

was

of great

called the wise

men

that he

had

importance
before him,

Astrologers, Sorcerers, Magicians, etc., and told

them he had had

but they must

what

it

vision.

tell

And

but had forgotten

it,

him what his vision was, and

To which they all replied they

tell

meant.

could not

a vision,

him, unless he could recall the

his

decree went forth, destruction

to all the so-called wise

35

men,

if

they could not

i^lg

mr-r-i

r~

^w"^"r,'",^MlllM^^^g'"j\

~i...n.-

accede to

his

demands, and the Captain

King's Guards started

King's order,

once

at

to

of the

the

fulfill

when Daniel approached him, and

begged for a little time, that he might save the

wise men, from this dire command of the King.
The request being granted, note what Daniel
second chapter of

did, verse seventeen, of the

Daniel:

made

the

"Then went Daniel to his house, and

thing known to Han-a-niah, Mish-a-el

and Azariah,

God

desire mercies of the

this

That they would

companions:

his

of

Heaven concerning

Daniel and his fellows should

secret; that

not perish with the

rest

of

Then was

the

secret

Babylon.

men

the wise

of

revealed unto

Note, that with the

Daniel in a night vision."

development that Daniel had, he had

to take the

night to receive the vision or prompting, and also

made
assist

request of the three companions that they

him. Suffice to

say,

he received the pictreu

from the Guardian Angel,

as

was of very

occurrence in those days, and

nowadays, had
childhood, that

men been
all

an

overloaded

promptings from

mind

of

taught

as

from

their

things seen and heard nights,

were not mere dreams, due

from

just

common
common

to a disturbed brain

stomach, but

in

reality

source far above the objective

man, and many times, lessons

36

of the

^
and ever,

greatest importance to the individual,

and eternally for

thing

more on

of the subject,

his best

this point,

and that

good.

would

say one

before leaving this part

to the

is

symbol

do

seer,

not confound symbol seeing, with clarivoyancy.

Symbol seeing
Symbol seeing,

are pictures

of soul vision,

produced from

higher than clarivoyance.

far

is

thrown

in the

range

substance

astral

by the Guardian Angel, while clarivoyance,

is

simply seeing by the Soul vision, things and forms

as

they actually exist in the next higher vibration.

Thus you

me

see the difference of the two,

and

let

impress upon your minds the importance of

what you may

accustomed

see,

to call

what you have

in

dreams, for should you

been
fail

to

recognize the import of the picture, you would

comprehend the great

would have you know.
to

fail

We

now

greatest of
in

our

lesson,

all,

when God

will

I shall try to

and greatest
cation of
all

all

of

said let us

Man, the
make man,

In passing over the

have observed, that

been created previous

and

Almighty

return to the Creation of

own image.
you

lessons the

show

all, is

all

things had

to the Creation of

to you, that

last

Man,

man, the

last

an epitome, or exemplifi-

things created before.

Any

one, or

of you, have observed the similarity of the

37

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skeleton,

skeleton

You

man.

of

muscles are almost

You

disease

will

and

to

the

notice

the

fowls,
also

and

same,

the

You

the same texture.

law of growth

even

or

animals,

in

of

about

will further notice the

about the same.

death,

among the wild and

and even among the uncivilized

will further notice, that

untamed animals,

human beings, disease is

among those, whom man in

class of

not so prevalent,

as

his present state

of education rules over,

their

mode of

man

is

and

You

living.

dictates to, as regards

will further notice, that

not only similar to the lower order, but

corresponds in his make-up to the creations of

the

Heavens

as well,

and

is

an epitome of

all

things there, as well as of things here on earth,

we are familiar. And from whence

came the Old Hermetic Law, "As it is above, so

with which

below; and

it is
is

as

below, so

it is

nothing here on earth, but that

in the

higher

life

Even

the

is

'

There

exemplified

hence the saying, that

things here on earth are but the

real.

above.'

shadow

school system here,

all

of the

whereby

the passing of a satisfactory examination, permits

you
of

to

the

go

to a

Soul's

higher grade,

and

only an example

experience in gaining the lofty

height to which
necessity,

is

it

to

should aspire, in the cycle of

which

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it

will

aspire,

when

it

^
knowledge

gains the

that awaits

which

when

it,

shall tell to

know

so as to

the ascent

is

the reward

made,

you, in lessons to

more
come

of
in

the future.

And now God said let us make man in our

own image. Now, according to this statement,
man must be in image of all, of God, and all
created before.

God,

nature

of

planets,

and

Hence, he must partake

of the

nature

seven

of

the

of

the

of the twelve constellations of stars,

that constitute

our Zodiac, that existed before

our Solar System was created, and was instrumental, or took a part in furnishing the Intelli-

gence, by which our planets are kept in proper

and influence.

We

position,

and

in action

shown

you

in the previous lesson, that in

for
it

to

man

to

have
order

have any conception of the Almighty,

was necessary for him

to resolve

God

into the

Trinity, as expressed in ultimates, Force, Love and

Intelligence.

As man

in

is

image

of the whole,

he must possess attributes, that correspond to

these,
love,
spirit.

man, corresponding to
force and intelligence, are body, soul and
Now friends, notice, Soul and Spirit, are
hence the three

in

not one and the same as most

separate and distinct, and
sources, and to

show you

90

men

think, but are

come from

am

different

not alone in this

ft

classification, I refer

chapter,

fifth

to First Thessalonians,

twenty-third

verse,

"I pray God, your whole

says:

body,

you

where

Paul

spirit, soul

and

be preserved blameless unto the coming of

our Lord Jesus Christ. "

I will

say

now,

in the

law of correspondences, the body corresponds

to the force attribute.

which the force

in

It is also

man

is

the part through

made

Soul corresponds to the love attribute, or

means by which the love

When

man.-

becomes the
Spirit

is

made

The

manifest.
is

the

manifest in the

dwarfed, or misguided, in man,

seat of passion,

and emotion.

it

The

corresponds to the intelligence, the highest

and by

far,

the finest of the Trinity, the Divine

Essence, the principle that came

first after

the

whereby worlds were formed. Did one of

you ever stop to think that you were a possessor
of such a wonderful power as exists in Divine
Essence, or Spirit?
Do you understand that
Spirit really means God's breath? Can you now
for a second comprehend even man's greatness,
when knowing he is a possessor, of such a
wonderful power?
Do you now understand
what St. Paul says in First Corinthians, sixth
Logos,

when he says:" What:

your body is the Temple of the

chapter, nineteenth verse,

know

ye not that

Holy Ghost, which

is

in you,

40

which ye have

God, and ye are not your own ?

For
ye are bought with a price, therefore glorify
God in your body, and in your Spirit, which are
of

God's."

He

says again in

sixteenth verse:

"Know

the

third chapter,

ye not that ye are the

God, and that the Spirit of God

dwelleth in you ? If any man defile the Temple
of God, him shall God destroy; for the Temple
of God is holy, which Temple ye are." Friends
do you see, St. Paul tells you the same as I do?
That God furnishes the Spirit as His part in the

Temples

of

Creation of

Man ? Do

you see further

that death

comes because you defile the Temple? Do you

now see, you are bought with a price, and your
Temple has been defiled, and the price you have
Do you see
to pay is sickness and finally death?
that if you did not defile your bodies, there
would be no sickness for you ? And can you now
understand what John the Revelator means when
he says, the last great victory to overcome is
death, and as further exemplified by Jesus Christ,

when he

suffered himself to be crucified, or in

other words, killed by ignorant men, in order

that he

might show

what men

to the world, the victory

call death,

the third day.

or Essence

Now

Divine

and

so raised his

over

body on

friends, this Spirit principle

exists

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in all

men and was

when he

predominant in man, and will be again

is

and

as

of

God,

in Jesus Christ, the

name

were the original Sons

in perfection, as

was exemplified

meaning perfected manhood, and full

development and manifestation of the Spirit
If you will now revert back to our
Divine.

itself

first

lesson, or to the

you

will

the

creation

observe

there be light.

that

the

of
I

You

all

System,

any Solar System,

be

that

was

know, the ruler

intelligence

is

is

beginning

was

Solar

must be ruler

then

Hence

the Sun.

hence,

projected

of

to a

it

this

if
it

must

soul,

must

System,

a Solar

Systems,

all

its

Soul Intelligence,

of all things in Nature.

first

it

formed.

be

to

in the lesson before, that in the

man, God

let

govern the

to

source, and as Nature has

this

in

said,

the time that

at

a Soul Force or Intelligence,

come from

God

of

of this System, or in fact

govern

to

you

said to

that

beginning

the

in

universe,

meant an intelligence
Solar

chapter of Genesis,

first

told

you

evolvement of

individualized Spirit, and

lower plane.

Now

comes the

clothing of the Spirit with Soul force, as dictated by

the Archangels, or rulers of the forces/possessed by

the

Sun and

image,

as

let us see

six helpers, for

man

well as the image of

if

we can prove

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is

to

God.

be

in their

And now

that such are facts.

In

"

BBiarazms

the

God

place

first

furnished

the

highest

man, Intelligence or Spirit. Now

must come the next highest in man, which must
be the vital organs, whereby man can exist as a
principle in

physical
let

Hence

and perpetuate the species.

us see,

if

correspond

to the forces of the

our

System,

Solar

man, do not

the vital organs in

seven planets in

Moon, Mercury

the Sun,

Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn.

The most vital organ in man, as you

know is the Heart, the centre of all, and
centre of

all

things in nature.

man, and when

it

a physical being.

ceases to act,

The Sun

is

is

above, so

it is

the force in

man

is

The Moon corresponds

as

to a

you

will

to the Brain or

cease to act,

System. "As

man's Brain.
if

you

it

first

It is

will

remember sudden

or anguish, does not strike you

brain, but in the heart,

it

all

below, so above.

the reflection of the Heart, and

stop to think,

no longer

the centre of

a Solar

below; and

the

It is

force in the Heavens, and should

no longer would we have

all

but

fright

of all in the

and from there reflected

Moon. And

in

common parlance,

man is a little off in the upper story, do not

men say he is a lunatic ? Mercury corresponds
in man to the vital organs, the Lungs.
It is the
if

real intelligence giver, or tale bearer of the skies.

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It

gives to

man

all

the intelligence he posseses,

and the lungs are the medium through which he

receives

it,

and did one

of

you ever stop

to think

meant when one said he was inspired, or

recived any knowledge by inspiration ? Did you
stop to think he breathed it in? Well friends,
that is just what it means, and if you would

what

it

receive by inspiration, begin at once, the practice

of

deep breathing, and thought control. Jupiter,

the

God

of Justice,

corresponds to the

As you

organ'in man, the Liver.

Liver
of

is

the adjuster of

man.

all

know

the

troubles in the system

Venus, the love element

man

all

vital

in the skies,

which regulates the

fluids of the body, one of the most important
and in fact, rules the medium, by which the
physical body is held together. The love element,
or power of attraction. Saturn, corresponds to
rules in

the Kidneys,

the spleen in the

store

human

body.

It

is

really the

house of magnetic force, and one

who

would practice magnetic healing, should ever

have

this in

mind,

in

conducting the magnetic

And last,
God of War in

currents to various parts of the body.

but by no means
the

skies,

least,

Mars, the

has his counterpart in man, in

the

Sexual Organs, the seat of passions and emotions,

and

ask

each

and

&.

every

one

of

you,

=^

what produces, more trouble

in

homes, more

among nations, than

The God of Wars in
man's passional nature.
the skies, the God of Wars in man. Can you not

wars in families, and even

all

see the law of correspondences,

through

But

further, even

let

us see

beyond

if

all

the

way

we can not prove

it

doubt, that these seven

planets furnish the Soul element of the

men

of

You all know we have a variety of

men and women, and scarcely ever two just
exactly alike. The frame work may be very
similar, and some times look much alike, and
this earth.

yet,

an exception rather than

it is

look exactly

like.

frame work

as yet,

a rule, that

But we have not come

two

to the

for the planets are not fur-

nishing the form, but simply the Soul element,

and only

as the individual

frame be changed.
ruler of the seven,
to all things that
this earth.

with

all

rates

will

which

Soul dictates, will the

now

Sun

the

is

radiate their influence

have an existence and growth on

The Sun

stands in the centre of

all

Him, at different
speed, hence they would not all be

the others going around

of

radiating their influence at the

earth,

hence

while

at

as

say the

many

at

same time,

to the

one time, one would predominate,

another time, another influence, hence

varieties of

men and women,

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45

as there

11
could be different positions,

degrees around the Sun.

the

at first, that

Soul that

Sun
is

We

disposition

noble,

is

Humane, and

own

its

force to

on the physical plane,

predominant

such a case you will find

in

360

suppose then

will

radiating

to manifest

is

and that Sun force

Now

is

in the circuit of

of

all

others.

person whose

magnanimous, proud and

a faithful friend.

lofty.

Will not even

Very pompous,
proud, fond of dress, and if they wear jewels of
any kind, the best is none too good for them. If
take advantage of an enemy.

the

Moon

you

predominates with her influence, then

have one polite in manners, loves the

will

sciences, delights in novelties, wants to

change

moves every new Moon

she has a husband born of the

habitation frequently,

or oftener, (unless

Sun

Leo)

in

rather inclined to be unsteadfast,

caring only for the present, easily frightened,

loving peace and mighty few cares.
of all trades

mix
Soul

If
is

of none.

influence, then

his

sure.

and master

If

you have

Saturn should mix,

Is

if

Jack

Mars should
a

drunkard

a beggar, for

too lazy to breathe, and

such

he does not

breathe deep enough, consumption will relieve

the world of him, sooner or later.

have the person

in his acts severe,

who

is

profound

You
in

will

then

imagination,

words very reserved, and gives

46

about

words, or more so

as sparingly as his

deep thinker, but

how he

can

make

a cent.

true friend

illy

he

dignified,

is

when

call a

envious,

regular old bear, and in

almost a hater of

He

women.

is

at his best.

covetous,

What

jealous, ever mistrustful, sordid, crabbed.

women

when

Friends, this

Saturn Soul, on the physical,

When

general thing thinking

as a

by others.

not influenced

fact,

he

is

malicious,

is

treacherous, and ever and ever grumbling, and a

liar of

tage,
jovial

the

if

degree, but always to his advan-

first

Then we have what we

can be.

Did you ever

man.

was Jupiter?

call

the

stop to think that Jove

In such a man,

we

find

one

who

magnanimous, noble, aspiring to high honors,

honorable, and usually religious. They are the

is

ones who usually aspire to the judge's bench, and

if

wholly of Jupiter, should be there, for the

true Jupiterian,
in

all

is

But

dealings.

influences,

ever honest, just and upright

they

Saturn or Mars mixes

if

make

the

cleverest

religious

hypocrites you ever saw.

And now

He

is

the Martial man, or

one of the

sition, usually

of the bull

Mars man.

fearless, bold, violent in dispo-

generals in an army, and they are

dog

tenacity,

out on a certain line

if

and
it

will fight a thing

takes

all

summer

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47

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General Grant,

if

you please. Then we have the

Venus, the love element of the

skies,

and cor-

responds to the yellow ray. Sweet in temper and

cheerful and placid, graceful, fair

disposition,

spoken, merry and cheerful, and delights in the

fine arts,

music, dancing, and light heartedness

in general.

If

illy

dignified by the addition of

Mars' influence, or certain

Moon

influences,

make women, that will be so low, they will

even make men blush. Then comes the Mercurial
man.
The politician, loves to argue, intellect
they

keen, a searcher into mysteries, and will learn

He

anyway, whether he has a teacher or not.

is

usually a delver after occult knowledge, and will

he

is

dignified, he

is

get

it,

if

did see.

He

persevering.

When

one of the cutest

simply

lies for

liars

the fun of

he

is

illy

you ever
it,

even

if

would be better. He is always telling

you what some one else said about you, a regular
news-monger, or tale-bearer; and a name very
common nowadays for such people are u four
the truth

flushers."
really

Pretend

know

to

do know but very

women in
between men

the

Now we

whole

lot,

and

They constitute
neighborhood, who make trouble
little.

and wives.
have

two

planets,

Uranus

Nepture, that transfer their vibrations

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and

to things

^
on

and

earth, but they are in the next octave,

Uranus vibrates

in octave expression to

and Neptune

Venus.

to

We

the vibration of Uranus, but

but

little, as

Mercury,

know something of
of Neptune we know

there are but few keyed to such a

high vibration that they can really catch the fine

vibrations of
full
is

Neptune,

influence.

known

so as to

In bad aspect, in

to bring

down

comprehend
a

its

horoscope,

it

disaster to the native.

In passing over any Sign of the Zodiac, the

country that that signs rules,

is

For instance,

the worst kind of plagues.

time of the Phoenix Park murders,

was

in exact conjunction with the

and Mercury, and

May

all

by

usually visited

this

at

the

planet

Sun, Saturn

four planets set at Dublin,

1882, at 7:17 p. m., the exact time the

6,

murder was committed.

In March, 1889, this

planet entered the sign, that ruled London, and

remember

you

will all

and

terrible mutilation of bodies,

those dreadful murders,

by the undiscovered Jack

the

furthermore thought by men,

life-long

in

the

of

except

my own

death,

and

It

is

Neptune
have prompted men

discovery of the high

means

Ripper.

who have made

study of this subject,

vibrations are the ones that

and of women,

explosives,

without

prompting,

that

any

will

and

authority,

say,

it

will

Jj

fr

Neptune

undoubtedly be

vibrations,

that will

the inventor in building the real successful

assist

Of the vibrations of Uranus we are a

more familiar than of those of Neptune.

air ship.
little

We
in

know

at

once he

is

malefic, that

harmony, with the things

when

plane, and

perfect

dire

his vibrations

harmony with those

octave,

it

of

he

is,

physical

this

do not come

planets of the lower

When

vibrations

his

materially into the Soul make-up,

you

whom

the people call eccentric,

full of

tions,

and

good,

will

servant

is

succeed,

(of

Sextile,

and Saturn

be able

at

the

support

is

humble

Jupiter in

also at fair angle,

some time

or set north river afire. But there

when Uranus

house, or in other words,

same nature, or

separates you

seventh house,

else

to

you

and the same

as

then

it

if

is

marry

S.

he should

in the future, to build

your Soul, you have got

of the

invenof

your

Sextile,

in

thing not so funny, for

of

one

which) and with Neptune, one of the

same occult nature,

first

whom

if

enter

find

some

studying

novelties,

mysterious, and occult sciences, and

the

in

brings disappointment, and sometimes

destruction.

air ship,

not

is

is

an

one

stands in

part ruler
a

partner

part, sure, for

it

indicates

it

stands in the

you

will get a

partner of that nature, and one of a psychic, and

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the other purely of a physical nature, will not

live together, for

God

they are not the ones

whom

man

should

hath joined together, that no

put asunder.

Now
is

nearly

will

do

all

me

studying

you may

friends,

why

say,

this lesson

of an astrological nature,

no good
But,

it.

and

this

have wasted

my

time in

you

all,

you are

I will

say to

each and every one of you,

part of a great

whole, and must vibrate in exact harmony with

these several planets, as

have instructed you,

and when they are casting inharmonious vibrations to you,

own

Soul,

is

is

Your

is

in reality, of the

same substance

the force that rules these sevdn

physical

physicial

Your

call sick.

the part of you that receives these

and

vibrations,
as

you are what you

senses

body

instrument,

the

is

represent

instrument, and as the chord

the
is

planets.

strings

of

the

the

sounded from the

Heavens, so you vibrate, unless by the power of

will,

tions

you

raise yourself

and come

This, friends,
fate,

to

is

in

above the physical vibra-

chord with the higher notes.

raising yourself above the law of

for the law of fate

men on

and destiny

earth in this way, and

if

is

dictated

you know the

you can escape the punishment, by not

Hence the meaning of the saying
violating.
law,

51

when he

of Christ,
truth will

make you

in this lesson, fix

said,

free.
it

know

the truth,

have taught

it

and the
to

you

well in your minds, as you

have ideas you cannot well afford to lose in your

further development,

for

your unfoldment

as

comes more and more, you will see the necessity

of these basic principles, more and more, and
with these basic principles,
will enable

you

have given you,

to solve, most,

that will present themselves to

solution.

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if

not

all

it

things,

your mind for

LESSON III.
The Building

of the

Body and

Elemental Forces.

now come to the third lesson of the

To
series, The Building of the Body.
most men of earth, this will, or should be

'E have

the one of greatest importance of

reason:

We

know

of the physical

in actual existence.

most people
sufferings,

experience,
life,

recognize

of

pain

body

deal with
its

and

more or

and which

real truth,

We

all,

as

they

this

being

daily,

existence

unrest

less at

it

for

by

and
the

actually

times during their

will continue, until they learn the

and living

it,

can they be free.

The

subject, should be of great importance, to the

physician, as his

work

is

to relieve, the suffering

produced by his patrons' ignorance. He visits

you, he sees you have fever he sees you are in

Does he inform you of the real cause of

your illness, that you may prevent its return, or
pain.

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/^

=^
perhaps, help yourself to throw
the present attack?

name, and

in

No, he simply
masking the

You

dose of some opiate.

with his

visit,

the price of

or overcome,
gives

it

most instances, blinds himself

the true condition, by

by

off,

to

real trouble,

are well satisfied

he has relieved you, from paying

for

some

violation of law, of the physical

which you should learn, and it was your own

Soul, that was prompting you by the pain, you
were experiencing, of something done by you,
that you fhould not have done.

In other words that

pain was a sign board, put in front of you, in size

of letters

according to the pain, saying what have

Was

you done ?
sign, so to

it

the doctor's duty to cover the

speak, by the opiate, or learn the

remove it, and then teach you, the source

from which trouble came, that you might not
again experience it? But now I ask you, do you
think the doctor knows much more about the

cause,

real cause of things than

you do

To which

answer, unless he knows of the relation of the

physical body, to the Soul, and of the Soul, to

the Spirit, and the general relation of the

and Soul,

more

to the

Universe in

body
general, he is no

qualified to practice the healing art, than

any old woman, and many times, not

and

having

passed

through

the

as

much

schools

so,

of

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ft

medicine, and tweny-five years practice,

whereof

speak, and

now more

know

fully realize the

truth of the saying that physicians are born, not

The lawyer

made.

men, reaping rich

rewards for settling disputes, that are due to
men's emotions, and passions, both of which
belong

men

body, and Soul, which, could

to the

and

learn,

deals with

realize, the

law they were violating,

lawyers would have a different

what they are doing

at

lawyer's real duty

to teach

is

work

do than

to

The

the present time.

men

inter-world

man-made law, which is mostly, if

based upon common sense, or at least,

law, as well as

not wholly

should be.

should be their duty, to

It

settle

This lesson should

disputes, rather than create.

be of importance to the minister of the gospel,

for of

men, he

all

is

who

the one

the relations of body, soul and

of each,

spirit,

the source

and the general relation each and every

one of the attributes bear

the one of
direct,

know

should

all,

to the

who would

belief

merely,

might demonstrate
matter what

is

how

teach you

and know, that he did not have

you by

but by

He

whole.

facts,

who

said

it,

it

that

is

To

you

No

not an

absolute truth, to you, until you can prove

yourself.

to

to teach

to yourself, as a truth.

said, or

is

it

to

teach a thing based wholly upon

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belief,

can

is

call to

faith

near worth nothing, as anything

Most men teach

mind.

that you know, but they are

faith,

is

as

that

it

is

by

confounding

with belief, for faith means to know, and

y

that not

he said

proved by the saying of Christ, when

"Had you

sufficient,

faith

you could

order the mountain to be removed and

be cast into the sea."

Do you

it

would

not see that he

meant by faith, absolute knowledge, whereby it

might be accomplished ? Absolute knowledge

commanding the elemental forces

of nature?
Friends, faith does not mean belief,
and when you know a thing simply because some

of the

power

one told you

simply

of

so,

based

and even their knowledge was

upon

you

belief,

simply

have

nothing, not even a basis, of reasoning, to start

from.

By reading

twelfth

chapter of First Corinthians, you will

the

gifts

the

of

Spirit

find faith the third gift of the Spirit, the

in

first

being wisdom, the second knowledge, and after

you had knowledge, then,

as

matter of

fact,

came faith, for had you knowledge, certainly you

must know, and to know is faith.
Belief is
something hoped for, no absolute knowledge
that

it

will take place.

tion, this lesson

multiplication

is

To

the student for initia-

as absolutely necessary, as the

table

would be

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to

student in

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higher mathematics.

If

any height, you must

body,

as

know

attain

body
knowledge

development, that
which, without

this

man cannot

of ours
of,

attain to

and

for psychic

builded,

is

just

how

for

attain,

enemies,

these

testers so to speak,

and

until they are understood,

the Spirit, the source of

own

it

may

Soul

have referred

all

come from

elements of nature,

from

Nothing

truth.

These enemies

no more nor
fire,

at will,

is

the Spirit, even your

deceive you.

to, are

man

our Soul

are

and overcome, man cannot receive

truth, except

to

even low heights,

saying nothing of dizzy heights to which

may

unto

of the building of

by man's greatest enemy

it is

overcome,

you would

earth,

than the

less

air

and water.

The four enter into your physical make-up, and

when made to obey, your greatest friends, but when
you obey them, your greatest enemies

the

real

cause of man's original downfall, the cause of

sickness

and

finally, the

among mankind, and

cause of death. And now
"The last great victory to
How will you do it? By

suffering

ultimate

observe, John says,

overcome is death."
making every element

of nature

instead of your doing theirs.

readers,

given,

do your

And now,

with the preliminaries which

which

think

is

sufficient for to

bidding,

dear

have

show you

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depth

the

for

you

with

the

necessary

proceed
grasp

our

of

get,

to

the

and

proper,

lesson

we can

feel

things

you

it all.

In the

place

first

may understand more

Chart No.

II.)

to represent

you

will give

description of the chart

is

and

lesson,

a short

have made, that you

go along. (See

readily as I

First then, this figure I have

drawn

our Solar System, the Sun

in the

centre, and the Planets revolving around

it,

and

outside of the whole the twelve Constellations of

Stars,

Earth

or a

Zone

in the tract of the

sixteen to eighteen

The

Stars

of

Sun,

that surrounds
as

our

seems and

it

is

degrees wide in the sky.

twelve signs as they appear here in the chart

meaning, the

represent from their form and

nature of these constellations as they radiate their

influence to things on earth.
child born
rising,

when

the sign Aries or the

you see one with

forehead and pointing

one with

a
at

the chin

a large head, usually,

telling

what the shape

man

You

of the

will notice

these signs, and

you

will

see

if

you

Ram,

ram's face, wide

and so on, each sign

etc.

For instance,

at

a
is

the

of Taurus,

and thick neck,

by

its

will be,

own

nature,

temperament,

there are just twelve of

will study

human

nature,

twelve distinct individualities in

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CHART

rt

forth
/3u//

II.

men.

see a

man born when

usually

quick, active, a

For instance, you

Aries

is

he

rising,

is

regular pusher, and quite often red-headed; of

one born when Taurus

one who loves
dogmatic,

etc.,

according

to

is

rising, slow, deliberate,

argue on

to

technical

points,

and so on, each one varying

the influence of the sign.

you see twelve

distinct

individualities

Hence
among

men, hence one reason why Christ chose twelve

disciples,
that
each individuality might be
represented, so that every point of a question

why

should be observed, and one reason

should be twelve jurymen

with an

understanding,

reason, that they

know

today,

rather

twelve parts,

the

but chosen

than

for

the

Then again, by
man is divided

nothing.

studying farther, you will learn

into

there

head corresponding

to

Aries, the throat to Taurus, the arms to Gemini,

the breast to Cancer, and so on around to Pisces,

which corresponds

to a

study you will observe

come from

corresponding
I

feet,

and by close

when wrong

vibrations

the planets through any one of these

signs, the part of the

lesson

man's

to

showed

between the

vital

body

in

man

the sign.
to

you,

the

will

be

afflicted

In the preceding

correspondences

organs and the planets,

the

heart corresponding to the Sun, the brain to the

59

((
Moon, the liver to Jupiter, and
now I will show to you the body,
organs,

vital

built

is

up on the

And

so forth.

aside

from the

scale of twelve,

rather than the scale of seven, as were the vital

organs.

of

First

skeleton consists of

the

all

You

seventeen twelves of bones.

you

please, twelve ribs

notice

further,

on each

nerves coming from the

every one serving to

assist

You

side.

if

will

are

twelve pair of

skull,

and each and

there

that

will notice,

some

vital

organ, or in

other words, serving to connect the Soul and

physical

Then

man.

human body, you

one

salts,

salt

same idea

this

ator,

upon

again,

analysis of the

will find just twelve inorganic

for each sign of the Zodiac,

is

referred to by John the Revel-

twenty-second chapter, second verse,

he says: "In the midst of the street of

either side of the river,

fruits

were
the

it,

of fruit,

that can
is

the

come from
good

fruit,

Friends,

Adam

the

man. The power

of

these twelve conthe twelve

the bad that can come,

fruit that
fall

life,

every month, and the leaves of the tree

stellations,

of fruits

and on

and yielded

for the healing of the nations."

good

when

was there the tree of

which bare twelve manners

her

and

twelve forces,

is

and Eve

is

manner

the forbidden

tasted, that

produced

that lies hid in these

for the healing of the nations,

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(r
and friends,
speak of

is

let

for

may provide the

when he is not
As

say to you,

power we

this

stored in the various plants, herbs,

and even foods,

forces,

me

man

to

forces of

partake

which he

yet qualified to

of,
is

that he

deficient,

take the same

from fhe atmosphere he breathes.

I

have said to you before in

there are twelve pair of nerves.

now

this lesson,

repeat, and

ask you to observe, yes, and study to see for yourself,

that the

most

special senses,

and

of these nerves are to

govern the organs

to

govern

of special

whereby they may be protected from outinfluences.

For instance the optic nerve.

senses,
side
It is
is

through that nerve the special sense

Now going with that nerve,

given to man.

special sense,
that gives

may

of sight

is

and

furnished others of the twelve,

you power

to

move

the eyeball that you

see in various directions,

and

one

also

to

close the eyelids involuntarily, in case of

danger

of dirt or other materials entering the eye.

Some-

thing to close

it

that will be quicker than thought,

and thus you see the wise provision of nature

caring for you.
of taste,

and

special nerve,

The

also

taste has its special

ing that sense nerve.

physical senses

we

nerve

the nerve of hearing has

and others

to assist in

And

in

its

accommodat-

every one of the

five

have, are thus provided for

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from these twelve pair

corresponding

of nerves,

Now,

to these twelve signs of the Zodiac.

say to you, each sense thus far

is

produced from
But there must

the twelve signs of the Zodiac.

be

I will

union of the Signs, and of the seven Planets

Hence, every sense is double. With the

physical sense of sight, which is from the Zodiac
forces.

forces corresponding to

it

and

in the

which only sees,

or is held under

stands the Soul sense of sight

when

the physical eye closes,

Then

subjection by the will.

and we

call

When we

background

the Soul eye opens

Clairvoyance, or clear seeing.

it

see with the Soul's eye, substances or

material things of earth, are no hinderance to

You

sight.

lie in

bed, in the midst of the night,

and the Starry Heavens and Sun are

and plain

them

though you were directly under

as

in the

as visible

open

air.

Entities

may surround you

or your friends, which to the true Soul see-er, they

are as plainly visible as your physical friends are

But friends,

you see through the physical eye.

do not be exactly contented when

you are able

to see the entities I

to you, that

of,

for there

are

just

as

have

many,

if

just

spoken

not more,

impostors in that vibration than what there are

on

this

physical plane, and to be so you can not

be deceived, you must have become so developed,

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on

physical plane, in mastering elemental

this

forces,

overcoming

and

promptings on

their

your thoughts, that they either stop trying to

deceive you, or you receive promptings

from the
that
not,

Spirit,

when

and be sure

say Spirit,

to

at

once

understand me,

mean Divine

disembodied Soul promptings.

Essence,

In the same

manner, we have the physical hearing and the

corresponding Soul hearing, or what

been taught

to call clair audience, or clear hearing.

Then we have
of touch,

the corresponding physical sense

and psychic sense, or Soul touch, called

Many

psychometry.

think

oped these corresponding

by

Spirits,

my

we have

and are one

dear readers,

when

they have devel-

senses, they are aided

of God^s chosen ones.

But

when you have developed any

one, or all or these Soul Senses, you have only

developed an innate sense that

exists in

each and

everyone of us, and there is no Spirit about it

at all, and only your own Soul speaking, or
prompting you You must develop each and every
one of these three Soul Senses, before you attain
unto the first gift of the Spirit, which is wisdom.
So you see my dear friends, you have a whole lot
.

to do,

before the Spirit proper comes to your

assistance materially.

to

you the

Or

in other

words, imparts

special gifts of the Spirit, that St. Paul

fr

And my

speaks of in First Corinthians.

friends, that
lute truth,

is

and

dear

the only source of exact and absoI

do not suppose there

is

any use

of adjectives before truth either, for truth

ultimate, hence truth

Now

is

truth.

we have

thus far

friends,

time on the action of these twelve

individually, but there

and

any thing, of

if

anything thus

still

we

three, as

first

shown on the
;

nature;

the

elemental forces of nature

and water

these

on the

three

the

the

at

of

name

friends, are the

of the

all

our
air

the

rulers of

air,

same

of the water,

the Sylphs.

These

to these forces, as the

Archangel Michael

is

to the

Sun, or

Moon. These forces are the first

man should learn about when he learns

Gabriel
thing

do

The

Gnomes;

of the earth, the

the Undines; and of the

names

earth,

fire,

are the forces that

of

forces are the Salamanders, the strongest

fire

all

right,

the top, the

source

building on this physical plane.

the

The

chart, are of a fiery

and those

These, friends, are

air.

These twelve
by threes, and as

the three on the left of chart,

earthy nature

water

the

still,

find four different natures.

or a force nature
of an

sets of Stars

greater importance than

constellations join their forces,

they join,

spent our

something more

is

mentioned.

far

an

is

is

to the

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there

such

is

a thing as

of the Soul.

If

he knows nothing of them, or

he

their workings,

grounds, and

is

than a master.

unfoldment, or knowledge
treading on

is

much more liable

And if any one of

you, will just take a

dangerous

to die a slave,

you, or

all

of

review of past experi-

little

would ask, how many Spiritual Mediums

can you name, where health did not break down
completely, and in not a very great length of
ences,

time either.

Slade,

for

instance,

greatest slate writers this world ever

at

only a few years above

Friends,

knew.

But

an absolute wreck.

elements,

four

these

fifty,

one of the

ruled

by the

elemental force of the special element, enters into

each and every one of our bodies.

a part

You

our body

of

also

know

body, and
fire

air,

element

every time

and

is

the

fire

the

wood

the

is

of the

You

know

all

earthy material.

that water enters largely into the

and now what

the force

is

we

is

The

the fire?

have.

We

see

it

when we use any force of any kind,

way it manifests itself. The same as

and flame manifests the force stored

or coal, in our stoves.

When we

in

have

cyclones, orviolent thunder and lightning storms,

you

say

we have

Did you ever

was only

war between the elements.

stop to think that a severe colic

a little

cyclone in the

man ?

Did you

Jl

<?
ever stop to think a severe and burning fever,

was

same

just the

man,

to the

as

would the case

be in the burning of his house?

consuming the force

Only, one

fire

him, and the other the

in

force in the timbers of the house being con-

sumed.

Can you now

idea, of

Doctors keeping water away from

see the very nonsensical

Would

burning fever patient?

a child
fire in

would know

that

one place,

would

chart, ytfu see the

The

Man.
Lion

it

not seem that

it

water would quench

in

another?

The Eagle

The

Man

and the

to water,

Friends, these are the symbolic names

and are represented

Eagle and Man.
faces

on

after

this

in picture,

And you

when you
it

by

also

a Bull, Lion,

will see these four

Masonry, and

see these four faces,

Fire, Earth, Air

and Water.

what John the Revelator has

ence to in Revelations, fourth chapter,

verses,

when he

throne there was a sea of

in the

you

has reference to the four elemental

forces of nature;
is

by the ancient mystics,

a certain breastplate in

may know

and

the

names, Bull, Lion, Eagle and

of these forces, as used

sixth

On

Bull corresponding to earth.

to fire.

to air.

This

if

said:

"And

glass, like

refer-

fifth

and

before the

unto

a crystal

midst of the throne and round about

the throne were four beasts full of eyes before

n.of c.

tr

And

and behind.

the

and the second beast

like

beast was like a lion,

This

eagle."

flying

and the third

like a calf,

man, and the fourth beast

beast had a face as a

was

first

what

also

is

Ezekiel the Prophet of the Arian age had refer-

ence to in the

when he

verse,

chapter of Ezekiel, tenth

first

"As

said:

for the likeness of

had the face of

their faces, they four

man, and

the face of a lion on the right side, and the face

of an

ox on the

left side.

And

face of an Eagle."

They

four also had the

to further verify to

me now

the importance of this lesson, let

you

to

second.

Notice,

if

to the twenty-

you please, John

ing the twelve constellations, or

just

the

of

stones

what he

"On

verse:

the

that

govern each sign, in the

Take

notice

says, especially in the the thirteenth

North
and on the

the East three gates; on the

three gates."

same gates John

our four forces

Water.

describ-

sets of stars I

three gates; on the South three gates;

West

is

mentioned, and take notice especially

nineteenth and twentieth verses.

of

refer

John, in Revelations, twenty-first chapter,

beginning with the tenth verse,

have

you

Notice we have on the chart

is

speaking

in nature:

And now

as

of,

Fire, Earth, Air

you study

Revelations, the key to the

and represent

new

this

and

book

testament, see

of
if

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you cannot take

make

you, and

work you have before

key to a key, and thus make

this little

it

plain.

it all

For instance,

think you can plainly see

John, has reference to these four elements,

When

talking of the four beasts.

when

talking of the

seven churches, what would you

think of

it

meaning the seven individualities of men, as

would come from the seven planets, as their
influence would predominate in his Soul make
up? And what would you think he means,

when

talking to the various churches, of men's

overcomings, and what the rewards would be?

Read

this

work over

carefully again, and see

you do not think John

the

influences

that

is

if

talking of overcoming

come

to

men, from these

that

Did you ever stop to think

these elemental forces were your Soul testers,

and

in reality rulers of

elemental forces.

you recognized

your very Soul, except

their power,

and raised yourself

above their influence, by the

gift of the Spirit,

which every man has within him ? Can you now

see, the reward comes as John says, when man is
ruled by Spirit, instead of elemental forces?

have said study the Trinity of Man.

Chart
Spirit

II,
;

the

Notice on

Soul stands between body and

elemental forces rule the body. Will you

==

ft

have your Soul instructed, and drawn

down by

these forces, or will you listen to the voice of the

Spirit,

and by so doing, overcome these four

forces,

as

symbolized by the four beasts, the

and gain the reward

cross, or square,

white stone in which a

new name

is

of

"the

written,

which no man knoweth save he that receiveth

Thus you will see that this little work will
it."
serve you as a key in unraveling many mysteries,
so called,

and

a basis of reasoning

by which any

may be analyzed.
For instance, why
would the Mason wear the compass over the
square, with the letter G in the centre. I am no
figure

Mason, or never was, but

The
is

venture

this assertion:

square represents materiality, the compass

for creating the circle, or Spirit, the square

at a right

angle triangle

When

the

Spirit

in reality

a creation of

some-

overcome
then he is created a Master
predominates over matter, and
the

material things,

Mason.

the compass at an angle

which means

of sixty degrees,

thing.

is

candidate

means,

has

understand the language

God. But I ask you how many

have a right to wear the charm, by earning what
The Knights of Pythias wear
it would signify?
the three colors, Red, Yellow and Blue, the
three attributes of God. They call it Friendship,
of the

Vfc

Symbols

of

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brother

No!

and Benevolence.

Charity
!

for these three

belong

all

and what about the other two

blue, your

three links.

my

no!

my

dear

to the yellow;

colors,

red and

wear? The Odd Fellows wear the

Again the Trinity is displayed, but

dear brother, the circle signifies Spirit, and

you must correct yourself

become

can

links

distorted as

just a little, so those

instead

circles,

they are, for

it

being

of

shows you

plainly

not just exactly spiritual in your work.

are

And now

let

me

what

pass carelessly over

this

Though

work.

Do

say in conclusion.

have said to you in

have no reputation estab-

do candidly say

lished as an author, I

not

to you, there

are truths expressed here, never before written in

language that the Soul without an unfoldment

understand.

It

has been

have

Many

said,

but

will
I

speak, for you,

it

could

exception to things

take

only say think a

may be

understand. Truth

to write

could understand, even the

just as I have, so all

child.

my aim

is

little

before you

the one that

does not

mighty, and often cuts like

two-edged sword, but

it

endureth forever and

forever.

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PATTERSON SANITARIUM
AND SCHOOL OF METAPHYSICS AND ASTROLOGY
NO.

316

EAST BRIDGE STREET

GRAND
All chronic diseases will

and liquor

habits.

No

be treated

in this institution, including all the

drug

insane patients, or those afflicted with contagious or infec-

tious diseases admitted.

knowledge

RAPIDS, MICH.

All patients in the

Home

may know how

will receive instruction in the

keep well in the future after

being once cured. Special classes in Metaphysics or Astrology will be taught at any
Will also give private lessons at
time when a class of twelve can be formed.
of the self, that they

reasonable prices.

Write

DR.

to

for information.

C.

E.

HELEN

PATTERSON, Manager
T. MOORE, Matron

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