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is a most important important time for This is World generally sending generally sending out to the world this Coming Avathis little little booklet on the Coming tar.
The revelations concerning concerning the this AquarAquarcoming of the Avatar for this coming ian Cycle inner was given an Cycle was to given in Temple of the People People in Order of the Temple the of the Masters the year year 1898 by by It was Lodge. It withwas held WithGreat White Lodge. in the confines of the Order for a few put out gradually gradually years and then put years more more more and more publicly. publicly. The contents of this booklet are mainly quotations quotations from the Master mainly Hilarion, Regent of the Red Ray. Hilarion, the Regent Ray. is also the AnnunThis great great Master is ciator of the Coming Coming Avatar for this and from cycle time to time, time, has imcycle parted parted vital truths on this subject subject in the oflicial official magazine magazine of the Temple Temple of the People, namely, the Temple Temple ArPeople, namely, tisan, tisan.
more concerning concerning the Avatar Much more come is given in the book "Teachis given come "Teachings of the Temple/' ings Temple." compiled compiled from the instructions transmitted by by the is a book of 700 Master Hilarion. It is inspiring and helppages, helppages, filled with inspiring teachings, in addition to the reful teachings, concerning the Avamarkable data concerning to
tar.
Relative to the World Teacher comcoming in our revelation of and our the 1975, 1975, ing
Coming 1928, H. P. Coming of the Avatar in 1928, teaching Blavatsky put the forth Blavatsky put teaching that Lodge or Lodge Messena World Teacher or a every ger comes at the last quarter quarter of every ger comes was such a H. P. B. herself was sense an World Teacher, Teacher, and in a sense an Avis some some distinction beatar, atar, but there is an Avtween a a World Teacher and an atar. An An Avatar is is an an incarnation of Christos, while a Ray, the Christos, a Divine Ray, a World Teacher reflects forces and
century. century.
being, that teachings, teachings, the difference being,
the Avatar is a direct radiation of is a Or one these teachings one teachings and forces. between difference might it is is the say it might say
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We are in the Messianic Cycle Cycle and We an era of transition from one one order order, and there of things things to another order, is bound to be more or less confusion is more or in the minds and emotions of people people an
in these cycles change. Therefore, Therefore, cycles of change.
this little little booklet is is sent forth with the authorization of Those Who Know, Know, and with the earnest hope hope that help bring it it may to order out of bring may help light to those chaos and be a beacon light who sincerely sincerely desire the Truth.
By By
the Guardian in Chief. Halcyon, California. Halcyon,
A nVATAR The Comms Coming OMING F\/ATAR THE THE MESSAGE MESSAGE THE Hearken, ye ye children of the New Hearken, near is at Dispensation! near Dispensationl The time is come will reis to come Who is hand when He who appear men for the Unificaamong men appear among Open tion of the races of the earth. Open may Open you see! your eyes that eyes you may Open your your may hear! And your ears that you you may hearts that the Son of Man open your open your have place lay head, lest may to a may place lay His head, know Him not! He pass you ye and by ye pass you by From
Temple Temple
1911. Artisan of Feb. l9ll.
THE REVELATION time, within From time to time, Within the last appeared in seven years, years, articles have appeared newspapers, prophetmagazines magazines and newspapers, prophetcoming announcing the a ically of a announcing coming ically new new Avatar— Avatar-- a Savior— Savior-- to earth. some of these articles it it has been In some reincarnation definitely claimed that definitely already been accomplished had already accomplished in the 1
form of a child born either in a far or elsewhere. In country or eastern country certain men are men articles, other articles, of forward as reincarnations brought brought systems and the Master Jesus, Jesus, systems of the philosophy have been founded as the philosophy supposedly teachings of the supposedly recent teachings newly newly incarnated Christ. is a a rapidly There is growing and rapidly growing "new dispenwidespread "new a belief that a dispenwidespread precipitation, of sation" is is in process sation" process precipitation, and that the long long looked-for re-apre-apgive the final will give pearance of Jesus pearance impetus, impetus, and supply supply the required required moveleadership for a a world-wide moveleadership ment in the direction of righteousrighteousness.
"For many Jesus said "For come in many will come name, I I saying am the Christ, am name, saying Christ, as the time draweth near. Go ye ye not therefore after them." them." Again Again he said 'Tor lightning cometh out of "For as the lightning the east and shineth even even unto the west so shall also the coming coming of the be." Son of Man be."
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Never, to our our knowledge, Never, knowledge, has there given a been given a reasonable exposition exposition of prophecies regarding regarding the appearthe prophecies appearance Master, the approxance of the Great Master, approx2
imate time, time, the place, place, the method and foiTn of His embodiment-until they form they by certain Initiates of the were were given given by White Lodge Lodge to a a group group of selected Temple the disciples of year Temple in the year disciples full information entrusted 1898. The full 1893. original group group by by the Initiates to the original kept secretly has aforesaid, been aforesaid, kept secretly Temple, within Within the archives of the Temple, we propose and for the first time we propose to features, print some of those put in some features, put print given only been given which have hitherto only under the seal of silence. wish We Wish Before giving giving these details we Jesus spoken by by a few w^ords to quote Words spoken quote a Paul, as follows: Apostle Paul, and by by the Apostle see the Son of "And then shall they "And they see Man coming power coming in a cloud with power 21 :27. "For "For as and great great glory." glory." Luke 21:27. all of them come on on all a snare shall it come earth." that dwell on on the face of the earth."
"There are are also celestial Luke 21:35. "There celestial teiTestial, bodies, bodies and bodies, terrestial, but the glory of the celestial is is one one and the glory another." II glory terrestial is the is another." of glory Cor. 15:40 is a quotation The following quotation from following is private given records private given by by the Master kriyasakti"The kriyasaktiin the year year 1904:- "The 3
body of the Great Master has created body descended to the lower astral and has an asa form by by an proceeded to create a proceeded a child tral process process akin to the birth of a is, by physical plane, on on the physical by the plane, that is, spiritual life reflection of the spiritual life essence kriyasakti-created form infrom his kriyasakti-created to the form of a human being. being. That in the lower astral form will remain growth, for a plane, process of growth, a plane, in process of period amounting to 30 years years period amounting earthly time. If you you were were to see that earthly form at the present present there would be nothing in its appearance to mark it its appearance it nothing differing from other forms (deas differing as (design bodies) of the children who are sign generations to be born in the future generations earth, upon save the save for the greater earth, upon greater perfection of form, feature, expresperfection form, feature, expression and power." pov/er.'' The great spiritual awakening awakening now now great spiritual taking place upon due the is earth to is taking place upon the tremendous forces in action for the astral growth Entity, growth of that Entity, which forces are being being precipitated precipitated on plane in preparation preparation on the physical physical plane for the coming Christ. the necesnecesBut coming sity for physical birth has passed sity physical passed for Jesus, The earthly last earthly inJesus, the Christ. 4
Jesus, carnation of that Entity, Entity, as Jesus, physical incarnation. closed its its line of physical incarnating Ego The incarnating now lives eternEgo now Fire-Nirmanakaya—body. ally in the Fire--Nirmanakaya--body. ally
power resident in the Fire The power permit the coming body will coming Avatar body permit disappear will (once (once or to appear or appear disappear at Will physical plane plane in it has entered the physical it now forming). the body body now forming).
work If it it were were not for the physical physical Work perform there would seem seem has to perform why the Avatar no reason Why to be no should require require such a now a body body as is is now materializing astrally. astrally. But He could materializing any great great period not remain for any period of time, all in the time, safe and visible to all
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third dimensional world, while in a World, While
belonging body belonging body
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the fourth dimension The energy energy resident in the latter would destroy destroy whom it with, as, it came came in contact With, all Whom as, for instance, instance, the energy energy of pure pure raddestroy all all flesh within ium would destroy Within its its radius if not confined in matter of coarser vibration. coarser . _
"The Ego must sheathe "The Ego shcathe its its Nirmanakaya Robe-body— in a body manakaya Robe--body--in body of greater density, coarser texture, greater density, texture, to 5
contact physical physical matter latter." to the latter."
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If the above be true, true, the stories of the present present day day in relation to different incarnated bodies of the Christ directions, must be due to mistaken directions, presentations of a or false presentations a coming coming' prophetic words of reality. Surely Surely the prophetic reality. the second Biblical quotation quotation above noted could scarcely scarcely be more more perfectperfect-
imparting of by by the imparting coming a tremendous fact as the coming such a Christ, the methods of His comof a Christ, coming, place ing, the approximate approximate time and place unknown, insignificant, to nine unknown, insignificant, and living in an an obunprepared people unprepared people living ly ly verified than
scure part part of the world.
our number who have To those of our Master's instructions understood the Master's construction, relating to the construction, unstable relating interpenetration of the character and interpenetration force, substance and atoms of the force, matter of all forms of the four lower of the seven planes existence, the planes of existence, and facts uttered great ideas uttered by by the great will appeal above, Master, and quoted quoted above, Master, appeal
with much power. power. Artisan, Nov., Temple Artisan, From Temple Nov., 1911 6
WALL A GUARDIAN WALL
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telling you, "I "I have scarcely you, scarcely ceased telling your decade, the last during decade, that your during
help of protection and help right to the protection right what is is of and the White Lodge, Lodge, possibilithe much more more importance, possibiliimportance, were for the it were preparing, as it ty of preparing, ty a new new hufigure of a coming coming central figure implicit obedience upon implicit manity rests upon manity to the laws laid down, down, and not upon upon any personality. the action of any personality.
or a dozcan easily We can displace one or easily displace positions disciples from disciples positions which usurped have been or misused; hav_e misused; but usurped or form Guardian Wall we cannot the we coming Center, the for that Great Center, coming Avatar, without the suitable, suitable, steadAvatar, fast, coherent stones (disciples) fast, (disciples) with which to build it; it; and without that no such Center can can maintain inWall no
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dividual form for any any length length on the physical physical plane/^ time on plane."
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DIVINE STATUS OF AN AVATAR The student of occultism who has accepted teachings of the Masters accepted the teachings of Wisdom anent the illusory illusory charimpermanence of all acter and the impermanence all physical plane plane and the matter on the physical reality and endurance of the three reality higher of the seven states of manihigher life, namely, Atma, fested life, Buddhi, Atma, Buddhi, namely, and Manas, Manas, is accept the is prepared prepared to accept Christos, statement that the Christos, or
Buddhi, first born Son of God", God", "the first Buddhi, "the is is in fact a state of energy, energy, although although investigation far beyond even the investigation or even beyond imagination of man man in his present the imagination present state of existence. It is is taught taught that this state of energy is actually energy is actually SpiritSpirit, ual Light, Light, the original original Source of all all within Light, that it reflected Within and it is Light, man and also in mentality of man the mentality living creature in varyvarythat of every every living is ing degrees. every man man is degrees. Therefore every ing a potential Christ. a potential brighter the illumination of The brighter resulting from the reflected mind resulting rapidlight of the Christos, more rapidlight Christos, the more normal ly does the mentality ly mentality of the 8
human being being absorb
or assimilate energy and generate that apgenerate energy and apof the state proach evolution which proach
possible his admission to one one makes possible highest orders of manifested of the highest life, Order, in which he life, the Avataral Order,
open avowal prepared for open avovval of his is prepared is prev/orld. A fully mission in the world. fully prepower pared gained full power pared Avatar has gained physical life and death and over over physical all matter which constitutes form in all life. He has passthe lower orders of life. passin these through myriads ed through of lives myriads
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through orders, as well as lower orders, through the higher Adeptmany of orders of higher Adeptmany Budhistic reaches the ship ere he ship state, state, from which he enters perfecperfection Wherein he becomes an an individtion-Wherein Christ, a Saviour of the race to ual Christ, evolutionary which he belongs by evolutionary belongs by
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At the beginning great every great beginning of every age a a Manof age in the earlier stages stages vantara the Avatar karmically karmically conpreviously nected with the units of a previously great body race reincarnates in the body great race of a child, child, grows grows to maturity, maturity, and eventually proclaims his mission as eventually proclaims 9
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Saviour, of all all teacher, teacher, therefore Saviour, him. accept may accept those who may Ego of an an Avatar has When the Ego possibly passed passed into the reached and possibly life, it it may Buddhistic order of life, may not be
necessary it to reincarnate in the necessary for it any child on earth or on a on body of body any of system. this solar other planet system. It planet has evolved a form similar to that saw at disciples of Jesus saw which the disciples the time of his transfiguration— transfiguration--a a glorified body, body, sometimes termed a glorified is Nirmanakaya Robe, which is visible Nirmanakaya Robe, only through through the interior sense of only physical man. man. case of a sight in the case a physical sight The Nirmanakaya great Nirmanakaya Body Body of a great
sun in Buddha would be like unto a sun brightness the psychic sense of the to brightness psychic observer, course the and if in the course of observer, race, a change in via change evolution of the race, bration had occurred which had unsealed the interior vision of the units of that race, might invision the race, they they might Buddha or Christ, as clearly Christ, as they clearly as they
might now now behold an an Avatar in a might physical were one upon the body were one physical body upon earth.
"Teachings of the Temple." Temple." From "Teachings _W
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TKE THE SCIENTIFIC AND AND MYSTICAL BASIS MYSTICAL The nearness of aa Nirmanakaya Nirmanakaya Body Body to the auric center of the earth would be sufficient to raise the vibraevery human being tions of every being and even of substance the earth itself; of the itself; the change in vibration would and this change senses of man, especially the raise the senses man, especially sight and sound, senses of sight senses sound, to a markdegree. ed degree. correspondences There are certain correspondences or states of betvreen between different grades grades or which greatly energy and substance greatly energy many aid the intellect in solving solving many of mysterious processes the most mysterious processes of naof v%^hich processes ture, are by are chief which ture, processes by light maniwhich spiritual becomes spiritual light fested as light on as light plane of gross gross on the plane matter. What is is true of the reincarnation or of the development development of an an Avatar or is equally equally true of the lesser orders of life. light which illumlife. The spiritual spiritual light an Avatar, Avatar, ines the mind and soul of an illumines the mind and soul of every it is is ery human being. being. As before said, said, it but a matter of degree degree and of preparprepar11
light. reception of that light. ation for the reception
The Light Spiritual Light of the Central Spiritual spiritual light in actuality is Sun Sun-spiritual light--is actuality or energy, we term the the light, light, or energy, We ''Christos". man is is priprir"Christos". The soul of man marily reflection, speak, a so to a reflection, marily speak, a light, clothed in energy energy beam of that light, or substance of lower vibratory vibratory rates. In terms of Matter the firstTrinity firstTrinity in manifestation is Light, Heat, is Light, Heat, and Electricity. composite unit A of the Electricity. composite three states of energy energy is is the basis of the substance which clothes the reincarnating soul, or personal personal Ego. Ego. It incarnating soul,
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Thought and is` the Thinker and the Thought the Expression. differentiation Expression, In differentiation Thought becomes the etheric the Thought body, Expression is that is body, and the Expression etheric body gross matbody clothed in the gross physical plane. ter of the physical plane. only touched on II have only on this vast subject. purpose in doing doing so has subject. My My purpose been to aid in furnishing furnishing a working a Working hypothesis by means of which some some hypothesis by means understanding of the problem preunderstanding problem preby the prophesied sented by an of return an prophesied least partially, Avatar might, at might, partially, be solved. It must be understood that whether the Coming apComing Avatar shall apWhether is
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Ego pear pear as a reincarnation of the Ego previously incarnated in the which previously body Nazareth, in the body of Jesus of Nazareth, body child, or in the body body of a body of a child, whether the vibration of a man, man, or wheth_er race shall be so raised as to enable the race race to behold the Glorunits of that race ified a Buddhi, ified Form of a Buddhi, that recognirecognition must be by by intuitive perception perception seer, and not by by asof the individual seer, with form and features sociating the sociating any preceding Avatar. those of any preceding In previous messages II have enprevious messages deavored to show somewhat of the tremendous issues facing facing the present present human race within the recently recently openopenuned ten-year as the unten-year cycle, cycle, as well as
precedented will take precedented changes changes which Will place in man whole, or in part, as a man Whole, place part, and even in the very very substance of the some degree. degree. The rapidity rapidity earth to some with which changes changes are are taking taking place place in the ideas and ideals of man man is is not alone due recent world-wide to It is is first all due to the enIt first of all trance of a a Great Soul into Nirvana completed its -a a soul that has completed whole its Whole round of developments-and developments and to the th_e nearness of another Great Soul to
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is said that It is taking taking and fauna some some in flora place the of place Naturally of parts the earth. Naturally such parts taking place, but are always changes are always taking place, changes they ocrapidity with which they it is it is the rapidity present time which more more cur at the present cur attention. particularly attracts particularly It has also been taught taught by by Masters of High High Degree Degree that these changes changes will culminate to a a marked extent in the year 1928, and that a point year 1928, point of their culmination is is due to fall fall between certain parallels parallels of latitude and longitude longitude on the Western Hemisphere, opposite a similar isphere, directly directly opposite point the same parallels on between same parallels on point the Eastern Hemisphere, Hemisphere, thus closing closing cycle of time and space a cycle space which openopened nearly nearly two thousand years ago. years ago. In a a prophecy prophecy made by one of the by one older Sages, Sages, we we find the words: words "The "The child of the East must lie lie in the West wind to receive the call action." call to action." There are are now now many many indications of the fulfillment of this prophecy. prophecy. The young men of many young men many eastern nations are rapidly receiving the call to sorapidly receiving cial and political political action at the prespresearthly earthly environment.
changes are are similiarly rapid changes similiarly rapid
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some of the countnes countries of Hemisphere, the Western Hemisphere, with the avowed purpose returning to their purpose of returning according to ennative lands to act according tirely new nevv ideals. tirely Knowledge Knowledge of the form in which is to appear the coming coming Avatar is appear to man has been withheld man Withheld from him for ent time in
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purpose. If it prove it should prove a definite purpose. a outlined, in the form as to be, as before be, outlined,
Body, it of a Glorified it will not be difGloriiied Body, ficult to understand how two biblical prophecies relating "second relating to the "second prophecies Christ" may fulfilled, coming i. of Christ" be fulfilled, i. coming may ''He shall com.e in cloud with e. a e.: "He come power great glory" glory" and "He "He shall power and great appear in the twinkling an eye twinkling of an appear eye and every eye him." Natural every eye shall behold him." laws would have to be suspended suspended to possible the verification of make possible those two prophecies prophecies if if an A\'atar an Avatar were appear in a strictly physical a strictly were to appear physical form. But whatever be the form, form, or whether that form be perceptible perceptible to inner or outer vision, vision, one indisputindisputable fact remains, remains, the mere mere seeing seeing of the form would count for little. little. It will rest upon upon the conscious effort of as to the individual man man or or woman woman as :
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final effect of that event will what the final or her. As in former upon him or be upon enMessianic cycles, cycles, the human will enby Divine Will must settle the forced by preparation and the question of preparation question pursued in the course of action to be pursued now and the final interim between now if each readevent. It It would be well if an iner of this article should make an present issue of this subdividual and present Coming of the Avatar. ject of the Coming ject all else his or or her readiness for Above all the the call of Christ will depend call depend enindividual tirely effort and the tirely upon upon spirit of unselfishness which actuates spirit that effort. We We can can only pray that only pray may have mercy mercy on on the the Christ may one who refuses to make the effort, one effort, for there is is no no mercy mercy in the Code of which governs governs the action of the Laws Which Ego the divine Self Individual Ego-the Selfwhen the human soul is When is brought brought beJudgment Seat. fore its Judgment
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ANALOGY, AN ALOGY, BIOLOGICAL AND HISTORICAL
In the Bhagavad-Gita Bhagavad-Gita We we read that Krishna, symbol of any a a Krishna, symbol any Avataric manifestation, reincarnates among manifestation, among men men ''whenever "whenever there is a decline of is a virtue and an an insurrection of vic-3 vice in the world," and that manifestathis World," tion is is for the purpose purpose of "the pres"the preservation of the just just and the destruction of the Wicked." wicked." In other words, Words, is the saving saving or it or redeeming it is redeeming prinprinciple comes into manifestation ciple that comes whenever Whenever conditions have arrived at that stage disintegration and stage of disintegration chaos that would subvert the Divine Plan, long continued. Plan, if long We We find analogies analogies for this fundamental truth in alchemy, alchemy, in chemistry, biology, in in the history history of and istry, biology, all the old races races of the earth. In alall alchemy "elixir of life," life," or "alca"alcachemy the "elixir hest," generated when certain hest," is generated grades of matter have reached a prea pregrades pared stage stage of decomposition, pared decomposition, feror dissociation of essential mentation or elements, thus liberating elements, liberating the spirit spirit of 17
crudely light within. This might might be crudely light or yeast as the ferment or referred to as yeast of condition of it is a is a In chemistry life. it life. chemistry are apart when atoms are torn nascence, nascence, apart new combinations formed. Great and new are liberated at that particular forces are particular process is In biology is mament. moment. biology the process cells when or elerepresented certain cells represented entirely an entirely ments are are gi-ouped grouped so that an comes into manifestation new entity new entity comes powers and consciousness with vital powers existing before. not existing we find this manifestation In races we taking place place when the racial contaking sciousness has reached a low ebb of morality. redeeming force Then, a redeeming morality. Then, appears the in form of a a teacher or appears spiritual leader representing spiritual representing the AvPrinciple, according according to the ataric Principle, degree required particular by degree required by that particular we have Krishna, Krishna, Buddha, race. Thus We Buddha, Confucius, East; Confucius, and others of the East; Quetzalcoatl of the Aztecs and Quetzalcoatl Incas; Hiawatha the of Indians, Incas; Indians, and coming to the Whole v/hole world Christ coming World through Jesus, Jesus, the Nazarene. All of through unify discordant elethese strove to unify ments in the races races in which they they worked, or in the Whole whole world, Worked, or world, and to 18
higher impulse to human higher impulse consciousness. thought and thought stage of When the world reaches a stage When is an indiit chaos, it is or or disintegration chaos, indig disintegration great ready for this great it is is ready cation that it occur, for as with the phenomenon to occur, phenomenon a atoms in the Chemical reaction, reaction, a imminent, and is nascence is stage of imminent, stage beginning of a a new new birth, this is is the beginning birth, of liberation combination and new a new
give give a
electricity light, life, life, electricity inner forces of light, the human, and, human, of highhighand, in terms of er love and divine light. light. All of these represent a symbolize actually represent symbolize and actually Force manifestation of Avataric sense, means means a which, which, in the Sanscrit sense, descent of God into or through through mat-
ter. In the year year 1898 the Masters of Wisdom imparted charge imparted to those in charge
knowledge of a Temple work, work, knowledge of the Temple occurred on great event that had on ingreat of planes, namely, ner planes, the ner the descent namely, or Avatar from the higher Christ or higher plane to the lower astral by by a a process plane process corresponding to that birth. of corresponding occur Growth and development would occur development on analogous the that plane to outer on plane analogous plane, and this Great One would be plane, 19
so to speak, speak, with forces and years of the Within thirty years powers. thirty powers. time mentioned a full manifestation on would occur, occur, and as time went on huto (1898), from the date referred (1898), more and more more the manity would feel more manity impingement of this Avataric Conimpingement sciousness. a special Since 1898 a special service known degrees has Templars of the inner degrees to Templars been held in connection with this cosmical event, event, and interactions of force occur between the Avatar and those occur participating in this service, service, which participating on the profound occult bearing has a profound bearing on the "the Permanifestation of process "the of process fected Man and Master." Master." can or may may know the exact No one can moment, hour, month, (K moment, hour, month, or method df That is one of the Divine Coming. is one Coming. mysteries. It is a profound the great It is great mysteries. profound spiritual rule that the Great One alspiritual ways manifests in the most unexpectf unexpectways manner and will not be heralded ed manner by the blare of trumpets nor by by any by trumpets nor any prearranged prearranged newspaper newspaper publicity. publicity. In other words, by His words, He will be known by force, His power, what by He and force, power, by says and does. W. H. D. says clothed, clothed,
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OLIVE BRANCH
AND SWORD
coming of the Think you you that the coming bring peace Blessed One will bring peace to the ? Think that your periods earth you earth? your periods you of labor, labor, of struggle limitations, struggle with limitations, temptations of the flesh will be of the temptations now lessened, lessened, and that the conditions now obtaining on the Devachanic Plane obtaining on upon the physical physical reproduced upon will be reproduced plane? your disso, great great will be your plane? If so, appointment. appointment. Avatar, no Noo Avatar, no Great Leader of His N People ever ever came came to earth with an an People Invariably olive branch in his hand. Invariably v/ith a sword to divide the comes with He comes and the Goats," "Sheep Goats," to sunder the "Sheep evils of ignorance ignorance from knowledge knowledge and truth. The olive branch materilizes when the sword has done its Vv^ork of separation, soul, work separation, and the soul, stripped it^ hindrances, of clean all its stripped hindrances, its vile imaginings, imaginings, bows its head and says, "Take me, use use me, trample me m.e "Take me, says, me, trample if only cleanse me, be, only if need be, me, purify purify me, me to the stream of living me, lead me living I, too, water that I, may give give too, in turn may life to those who follow me.'^ me." Q1
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In the days you are come, what you days to come, you, to you, come come will now now working for working things of the world it be the things whether it spirit. Improved things of the spirit. or the things or Improved you imgive you may and will give conditions may opportunities, but those parproved parproved opportunities, fuare for the ticular opportunities opportunities are opportunities, present Your ture. present opportunities, v/ill bring bring you improved you neglected, Will improved or neglected, with disor battle honor, peace peace with honor, same lionor in the coming honor days. The same coming days. jealousy, of avarice, of jealousy, demons of avarice, pursue now pursue hatred and despair despair that now comawait the comyou so viciously viciously will av/ait you the they pass as your footsteps as ing of they footsteps pass ing your in Devalife's of life's fulfillment portal portal chan to death in life on the physical physical plane. plane.
an Avatar is is always Coming of an The Coming always signal for a harder fight the signal iight than preceded it; that which has preceded but, it; but, thanks be to the sacrifice He makes Kis Great Renunciation, for you Renunciation, you in His warfare weapons the Weapons for use use in that Warfare the service, power are of tenfold power and service, power and strength your power and your are restrength are pov/er and strength strength by the power inforced by perof His great YOUR pergreat purpose. purpose. sonal resDonsibilitv responsibility for failure will
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responsilessened, but to that responsinot be lessened, gainwisdom the Wisdom added be will bility gainbility ed by by association with His successes. may still still The goal your ambition may goal of your have increased and to far away seem seem away greatness to the granpower and greatness in power granit will be a universal goal, deur of a goal, but it within the reach of your your vision. Lay not thine head in the dust of Lay earth, for, earth, for, so, so, the armies of the Shadow shall trample trample thee under faith, and lo lo! foot. Go forward with faith, the serried ranks of the Hosts of encompass you, Light Light shall encompass you, and towin the battle of shall gether ye in gether ye ages. The Christ shall lead you. the ages. you, men in He who holdeth the hearts of men go. keeping and will not let them go. His keeping
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first prothe period properiod when the first phetic phetic utterances of aa racial seer were revealed to a race of people, were up people, up announceto the present time, the announcepresent time, precipitation of near precipitation ment of the near force, or or the some tremendous occult force, some Angel or an an an Avatar coming of an for Angel coming the raising vibratory of the purpose raising vibratory purpose planet, has been succeedrate of this planet, ed by by a flood of imitations.
From
race as a a whole has The present present race been informed that if if its its units are individually benefitted by to be individually by means means of the advent of an an Avat-ar, Avatar, they they must make conditions of mind and body reception and subsebody for the reception quent use the of forces to be spread quent spread by by such informathat Avatar and ; by by tion as would be available aid in the development principles, qualdevelopment of the principles, qualities or senses senses by means ities or by means of which alone it it would be possible perceive possible to perceive the action of such forces, forces, or to recognize prophesied one. ognize the prophesied ;
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arisen a self-styled self-styled
class class
of
psaudo-prophets, pseudo-prophets, Masters, Masters, who
Adepts or Adepts
profess profess to be able to lead their followthrough the great ers through great mysteries mysteries of complete life up up to complete identification knowledge whom all all knowledge with God with whom it would Unfortunately, lies. lies. Unfortunately, as it seem, they they have had access to ancient seem, philosophy systems of philosophy records of systems procedv;^herein certain methods of procedWherein gaining of ure Were were outlined for the gaining ure Endorsement supernatural supernatural powers. powers. means to of these methods furnishes means attract the curious and the soul-hungry and to hold them until such time gry dismay, that as they as learn, to their dismay, they learn, nearer they are no their promised are nearer they promised they were at were initial goal than the goal they their The preliminstage of effort. stage preliminary work on on which any ary any possible possible sucdepend is cess on on occult lines would depend is never required by such teachers, teachers, for required by the training training requisite requisite for this purpurpose more sacrifice, more sacrifice, pose demands far time and effort than either the teachteachaverage student would give. er or or the average give. Consequently, eventualthe student Consequently, ly finds iinds himself in a similar position ly position one who attempts to that of the one attempts to ^0 25
study higher higher mathematics without study first knowledge of the first any previous knowledge any previous principles of arithmetic. principles "Teachings Quoted from "Teachings Quoted Temple." Temple."
of
the
COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS important subject The one all subject that allimportant exercising the minds of the deepest is exercising is deepest lines, in this thinkers along religious lines, along religious long prophesied prophesied reis that of the long age, age, is in the comparatively turn, near futurn, comparatively near ture, ture, of the Master and Avatar formerly merly known known as Jesus of Nazareth. The method of His reappearance, reappearance, the proof identity, the purpose purpose of proof of His identity, His coming, possibility of recogcoming, the possibility recog~ nizing Him, even His personal personal nizing Him, and even presence on earth at present, present, all all presence on these and countless minor details are widely, and, discussed Widely, all and, in almost almost all instances, such erroneous from points instances, points of view as to render the one one who has to listen to them in silence, silence, while knowing he that correct has data to knowing base certainties upon, upon, all desperall but desper26
give voice ths Vuice to the ately ately anxious to give which might lead his premises listenmight premises
more more correct conclusions. an one is is so handicapped But such an handicapped knowledge of in that respect respect by by his knowledge the action of a certain irrevocable any effort he spiritual Law that spiritual any impart that knowlknovWmight make to impart might
ers to
prove edge edge to the unprepared unprepared would prove ignorance of this is ignorance it is futile. And it Law, or defiance of the Karma which Law, will be the inevitable result of wilful disobedience to its mandates, is mandates, that is prim.arily responsible the ease for primarily responsible with which countless numbers of are both deceived and deceivers are bringing subject the return the of of bringing subject the Avatar into disrepute even and disrepute into the fields of caricature. The words, Conscious"Cosmic words, ''Cosmic ness," have been coined to express ness," express a spiritual uplift uplift which the state of spiritual man may may enter under certain soul 01 of man where conditions of development development and Where knov/ledge is all knowledge is attainable. In an an effort to describe the indescribable in a few words we a We might it is isaa might say say; it being where the consciousstate of being ness of the individual is merged in is merged ;
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living every living the consciousness of every sense of all sense being, and all thing and being, thing temporarily lost, separateness is is lost, temporarily separateness same time the sense of while at the same But no no norindividuality remains. individuality being of the present present mal human being races of the earth could remain in bondage bondage to form and continue to function in that state of exaltation any length for any length of time; time; consequently consequently when one attains to the state of spiritual consciousness referred to, to, spiritual experience is the experience is instantaneous. Such an experience an experience cannot be measured in terms of time were it it otherwise, time; were otherwise, the rapid rapid vibrations of the spiritual spiritual state disintegrate his gross gross body. body. would disintegrate one claims to have Therefore when one a permanent permanent state of cosattained to a consciousness, he is is either statmic consciousness, ing deliberate a falsehood, or is is selfing falsehood, or as to the nature of the phedeceived as phenomena undergone. nomena knowlWhatever undergone. edge power is is attained to durin^: edge and power during the experience, experience, if it it were bona-fide, were bona-fide v/ould would be transferred by by reflection to the brain consciousness, consciousness, and if the the were wellwellmemory memory cells of that brain Were developed, they developed, they would record and re;
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memory oi tain the memory of the experience, experience, power were were if by by any but if chance, his power any chance, possession of undeby the possession limited by degenerated memory veloped or degenerated memory cells, cells, veloped over-weaning personal by an over-weaning by personal ambition, by desire to use the knowltion, or by gained for his personal so personal adedge edge gained he should forget, rantage, and igvantage, forget, ignore, or repudiate one particular denore, repudiate particular tail knowledge gained gained in such tail of the knowledge an experience a detail of infinite an experience-a importance and so should conimportance tribute to the misuse or or abuse of that knowledge, would plunge he knowledge, plunge headlong into the left hand path, the long path, downward path life. That particpath of life. particular detail of knowledge is the indiknowledge is vidual certainty which comes comes during certainty vvhich during such an an experience experience of the unity unity of life, and consequently necessity life, consequently the necessity for the entire subjection subjection of his perperdesire, if if he is is to take sonal will and desire, advantage of the knowledge knowledge gained. advantage gained. He could never never again again say truth, say in truth, *1 can," "I "I am," "I will" will" from the peram," "I can," "I perstandpoint. He could never sonal standpoint. again stand forth as an object object for again personal aggrandizement. personal aggrandizement. He could never again lay claim to any personal again lay any personal
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Much less could creature. men among men and, he go go out among and, like a braggart, possessbraggart, make claim to his possessconsciousness." Even ion of "cosmic "cosmic consciousness." stand in the the Great Master had to st-and
thing thing
or or
"lifted up,'* was "lifted world before He was e., up," i.i. e., before He attained spiritual spiritual consciousness. man has been so If it it be true that a man retained the and has "lifted up" "lifted up" unity his all that knowledge of knowledge unity with all will come associates to some lives, his come some lives, great reality understanding of that great reality understanding as a a result of the influences set free by his acts and words, words, as well as by by by magneto-spiritual emanations. his magneto-spiritual never learn it They lips, it from his lips, They will never for if if it it be indeed true that he has safely safely passed supreme test of passed that supreme the disciple, disciple, even thought of even the thought separate interests, personal of separate interests, personal deification will be of the nature of torture to him. Every Avatar, Every Avatar, every every Saviour of humanity successfully has passed humanity successfully passed that test ere finally finally reaching reaching Nirvana.
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astray into worship selves to be led astray worship of "false gods by "false gods by self-advertised Avhappy indeed are are you if, atars;" you if, atars;" and happy knowing previous to these facts such knowing previous an mentioned, an experience experience as II have mentioned, such knowledge you use to fortify you knowledge fortify personal consciousness your of the your personal truth of Unity Unity when it it shall be reyou by by experience, experience, for in vealed to you your memory memory cells will be such case your greatly strengthened, and you you will greatly strengthened, forgetnot be in so much danger danger of forgetdenying, or repudiating ting, denying, repudiating that ting, which Would would appear appear to lessen your your personal importance. importance. personal From "Teachings "Teachings of the Temple." Temple."
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RECOGNITION OF THE THE AVATAR degree of deThe great great test of the degree velopment human has reached a soul velopment in this Messianic cycle cycle will be whethis a er it a matter of vital importance it is importance form, or even whether as to what form, as even Whether form, coming there be any visible the form, coming any Avatar will choose in which to perperman. form his mission to man. Unless a man to the man has evolved degree is possible it is degree where it possible for him to .
interiorly recognize recognize the presence presence of interiorly the Christ when His contact is is made within the Auric Sphere Sphere of the earth, Within earth, he might easily deceived, might then be as easily deceived, as many men are now now deceived, as deceived, by many men by
those who declare themselves to be Avataj^s present age. Avatars of the present age. If the man is is evolved to the degree soul of man degree ref eiTed to, to, it it will be a matter of inreferred as to whether the difference to him as the Avatar will appear a physical body appear in a physical body or not. He will know, beyond an_y any know, beyond doubt, that the One long shadow of doubt, long sought is is at hand when He comes, sought comes, as surely as one would as one conscious be of surely an electric shock, shock, even even if there were an Were no dynamo dynamo or or battery battery in sight. no sight. 32
development one In the process process of development would have created within himself a action, within which psychic center of action, psychic response would be aroused by a a response by the mental stimulus of any any other attuned key. to the same same key. Perfect devotion to and intercommunication with the Christos would attune the consciousness to the keykeyevery Avand every note of the same; same; atar of the Christ strikes the same same key, homely use a to illustration. key, homely If you are a sensitive, sensitive, the presence you are presence your immediate of a beloved one in your vicinity is is known to you vicinity you at once. You have no no need to argue argue the question question with yourself yourself or or to turn about to face the physical one physical form of that loved one greatyou know. Then how much -you greater would er Would be the magnetic magnetic attraction of the vehicle of the Christos to whom your whom is drawn? your soul is There is always a measure is always measure of doubt or unbelief, if one or if one must see with his unbelief, recognize can outer eyes before he eyes recognize the Truth.
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IN HIS ms
PRESENCE PRESENKQ
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pres^'I will endeavor to realize the pres"I Power living Power as a living of the Avatar as in my life." my life."
ence ence
Without formality, formality, without outer arbitrary organization, organization, arbitrary
all let all
who
feel and believe the truth of the Ad-
Force, Redeeming Cosmic Force, vent of a Redeeming above daily repeat the above daily and constantrepeat matrix~ help to build a matrixly. ly. It will help through which the heart center center--through Christ force will externalize in qualqualities of living living power. power.
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In consequence all that would consequence all transpire in world the would be prepretranspire paratory to that Great Event, all paratory Event, in all fields of human activity, activity, religious, religious, scientific, political and economic. scientific, political The heavens themselves proclaim proclaim this to be the Messianic cycle. cycle. The stars are are singing it, the hearts of huit, singing manity are attuning it. The old to it. manity attuning is passing order is away and the New passing away is upon upon us. Look Order of the Ages Ages is with the inner eye and harken with eye and the the inner ear, signs and ear, signs sounds that herald the rosy rosy dawn as a new new day day for humanity humanity will be apapparent. parent. Yet it is folly vanity for anyit is anyfolly and vanity one to predict predict just just how this Christly Christly Entity will appear Entity appear and in what guise, guise, it whether it be with transcendent power or transcendent humility-or humilityâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;or power as an an invisible, as life-giving invisible, yet yet life-giving Sun (Son), warming changing the and (Son), warming changing Heart of the world in the twinkling twinkling of an an eye. eye. Those who know say say that the Christ ever comes comes in the most unexpected even as "the yes, even "the unexpected ways, ways, yes, night." thief in the night." Keep your heart and mind, mind, Keep clean your 35
and the earnest earliest endeavor to realize realize His Presence daily assuredly help daily will assuredly help in the
recognition recognition
of
the
Christ
glimpsed flower, glimpsed in the bloom of a flower, the soft glow glow of the stars, stars, the shine kindly acts in daily daily life, life, of kindly or the or spirit impelling of all humanity Love all spirit impelling humanity to ideals of truest Brotherhood.
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THE CHRIST WITHIN ALL THE ever waiting is ever The Holy Holy Presence is waiting through through all who is in whom Whom selfishness is are prepared prepared-in to manifest in and
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transmuted to self-less-ness perwhom the closed bud of aa perand in Whom the blossom idea is unfolding to sonal is unfolding Eternal Universal Self. of the One Eternal While in Messianic cycles, cycles, the may manifest through Christos may through one sensitive opening opening in the great great iron humanity and wall that surrounds humanity humanitv from the shuts out that humanity
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Self yet shine of its its Inner Higher Higher Self-yet the great great fact remains that the us Christ is is always always with and in usand though it not though we know it not-and we though though we is ever at we look afar for that which is hand. Assuredly, until we We are able to recAssuredly, ognize Christ the within ourselves ognize we shall never be one another, another, we and in one recognize Him where He will able to recognize manifest in fullest power power through through embodiment, at some some particular embodiment, some some particular more particular We would be more particular time. We reject Him because We we had not apt to reject apt learned the lesson of the Christly Christly *'signs" the lessons which the Heart "signs"-the can teach. alone can personal ruts. Smash Get out of the personal the hard crystalized thought-forms in crystalized thought-forms the mind which Which have become a creed one, or the as to how this one or that one, Masters and the Gods, should conduct Gods, conduct themselves in your your view. Rather, Rather, ask yourself if you youryourself if you are conducting conducting yourWith love and brotherself in accord with hood, instead of hate and and disunity. hood, disunity. we, as students of the Higher Higher If we, Life, allow ourselves to become atLife, any mortal plan tached to any plan concerning concerning
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ourselves or others, others,
the
Lords
spiritual evolution, Karma and spiritual evolution,
of will
assuredly us to pieces on that assuredly break us pieces on point. point.
For the great great and Eternal Truth Humanity is One on on a higher Humanity is higher plane and on on the lower planes planes of huplane man life, man life, the karmic lines and bonds forged, made, and broken through forged, made, through ages past must be adjusted adjusted and reages past
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is that is-that
while While
we we
learn the basic with the All Allwith all our other selves-as selves as we help all our We help to bear the burden of the Great World-Mother in service and love.
adjusted adjusted
lesson of our Unity Unity
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THE LORD THE GLORY GLORY OF THE THE was in incarThe Ego Ego which last was planet in the body nation upon this planet body of nation upon Ego Nazarene, is the same same Ego Jesus, the Nazarene, is Jesus, every racial which has incarnated in every and national Saviour since the beginbeginQf ning of the present present great great cycle cycle of ning every such Saviour 200,000 years, 200,000 years, and every beginning of an has heralded the beginning an age, age, cycle. The a minor cycle cycle of the major major cycle. finger of God has, has, as it were, drawn a it Were, finger larger circle, circle, smaller circle, circle, within a larger a new upon and evolved a new order of life life upon it. great cycle cycle is is closed, it. When the great closed, Ego which has built up up the bodily bodily the Ego expressions of those individual Savexpressions on up higher a iours will pass to take a pass up higher mission, perhaps perhaps upon some other mission, upon some planet. labors will fall upon Its fall upon the planet. Ego which comes next comes in developEgo development, it will begin ment, and it begin to build up up the vehicles or personalities personalities for Its incarnations with the first cycle first minor cycle of the major cycle. The incarnating major cycle. incarnating Ego of the Saviours of any any one one major major Ego cycle is the Great Initiator, Initiator, the cycle ^'Watcher on on the Threshold" "Watcher Threshold" for that cycle. Only as as man man can understand cycle. Only
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"A Words "A in the words is involved in that is just he understand can can Soul" Group Soul" just Group The reflecis. was and is. what Jesus was you see in a sun which you tion of the sun sun, yet real sun, not the is is water pool of yet pool qualities certain partakes of it it partakes qualities and all all
characteristics active in that sun. In sun were were able to illustration: If the sun
permanently and fix all its reflections permanently mind, endow them with mind, the vibrations in continuous action between might sun and those reflections might the sun Soul; the a Group gradually evolve a Group Soul; gradually there figure, sun being sun being the central figure, would be a continual interaction of sun and principles and the sun forces and principles one inits reflections would become one higher plane. on entity a on a separable higher plane. separable entity was cor# corThe personality personality of Jesus was respondingly reflection of the Faa a respondingly there Spiritual Sun, obthe and obÂť ther, ther, Spiritual Sun, of perfect interaction tained that perfect between forces and principles them principles which made them One in deed and in tiiith, truth, as has also been the case with preceding Saviours. preceding Saviours, perfect understanding understanding of this If a perfect important come to us, us, it it is is important truth has come no longer appreciate the difficult to appreciate longer difficult 40
righteousness righteousness of the demands made service, and upon us as to reverence, reverence, service, upon us implicit the commands obedience to implicit of Jesus. We make aa tremendous mistake We relegate Jesus to when we we try try to relegate an some inferior position position and set up some up an We He held. We abstraction in the place place is often hear the expression, "There is expression, "There as much of the Christ in me me as there was is not true. was in Jesus." Jesus." But this is There may may be as much of as that divine principle potentially potentially in such an an one, one, principle is not in actu. but there is To whatever extent the principles principles and powers powers which constitute the Christos, are developChristos, the Son of God, God, are developed in any any human being, being, to that extent he has become a a Christ, Christ, a Saviour, and is worthy of like love and is Worthy iour, reverence. reverence. The average average idea of the great great sacrifice as associated with Jesus is based upon upon Wrong wrong premises. premises. clings It clings about the surrender of the physical physical body, which is but one one feature of that that body, breaking forth of that sacrifice. The breaking first petal-the petal the separation iirst separation from the Father the heart-breaking heart-breaking cry, Father-the cry, "My "My
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my God, God, my God, why why hast Thou forsakGod, en en me!" me !" indicates the positive aspect positive aspect great sacrifice, of that great sacrifice, as the words, Words, I" indicate the negative *'It is finished !" "It is negative We must not aspect of the same, same, and we aspect lose sight sight of the the truth that the rengreat sacrifice was was no no dering this of great dering
more requisite more
perfect~ requisite for the final perfectperfectis for the perfect= it is ing of Jesus than it ing ing every disciple disciple of the White ing of every Lodge. Lodge "Rejoice, earth, for "Rejoice, ye ye children of earth, unto you you is day a a King is born this day King and a a Prince of the house of David," David," sang sang the seraphs seraphs in a day past Yet that is past. day again and again again shall the same same song again song sung you and yours in the days by you be sung by yours days to come, come, and each song song shall bring bring you closer to the fulfillment of your your you highest desire. highest .
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LAW OF THE AVATAR THE LAW proceeds from the One. And All proceeds in the One is is the Essence of All. In is the basis of the the above truth is cell Heredity. The creative cell Law of Heredity. but parent becomes the child, of the parent child, merely an an extension of is merely the child is
parent life with all all the stored up the parent up potencies of the parcharacter and potencies parparent's ancestry ancestry back ent and the parent's to the primal primal racial root. heredity even even goes Our heredity goes back further than the racial root. As all all life come from the One Divine lifehas come life the one Divine Creative Cell God Cell-Godwe we have inherited divine characteristics, tendencies and powers, powers, latent istics, as yet, yet, but ever seeking seeking expression expression as outer development development permits. permits. In heredity heredity We we have involved the law of Atavism which is is the sudden expression in offspring expression offspring of tendencies traits and characteristics, characteristics, mental or physical, that belonged physical, belonged to the ancestral line of far back generations. generations. The generatraits have skipped skipped several generamany generations but or many sudtions or generations
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is the law of denly denly manifest. This is Atavism. races as well as pertains to races This pertains Good, bad and indifferindividuals. Good, manifest. powers thus manifest ent traits and powers The race and the ancestral line thus become a storehouse of character, character, exexwith now now and then a burst of pertained qualities that pression of pertained qualities pression ages before. Logically, to ages then, the Logically, then, origin potency of our our primal Divine potency primal origin any at out may burst from Deity any Deity may or an an individual. time either in a race or then, must be the Law of the Here, then, Here, an AvThat which makes an Avatar. manatavistic an manbeing an atar possible possible being period of a heredity ifestation by period by heredity when, race, divine when, in the life of the race, were in outer manifestaattributes were may have distion. Such attributes may appeared, th_e appeared, been sunk far beneath the race or the surface auric soil of the race are there individual, individual, but the seeds are and will germinate germinate when the time ripe. and conditions are ripe. we undoubtedIn this fact and law we the saying, reason ly find reason for the saying, ly
liveth," for no no matter "My "My redeemer liveth," or individual may race or a race how far a may sink
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in the scale of being, being, the atavistic or trait, based on the essenredeeming redeeming trait, ancestry, far back in divinity of ancestry, tial tial divinity Will time of the world, the morning world, will morning assert itself and restore the status bring back the consciouslost, that is, is, bring lost, kinship with the Grods our ness of kinship ness Gods-our spiritual birthright. spiritual birthright.
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we see the Infinite WisIn all all this we for, in every every of the Creator, Creator, for, matter. He has implanted implanted by atom of matter, by our basic heredity virtue of our heredity with the
dom
redeeming Divine Ancestral Cell, Cell, the redeeming quality which, the or like Christos or quality which, Avatar, suddenly manifest will in Avatar, suddenly individual, race in or world, race or the hour individual, world, of direct need.
May, W. H. D. in Temple Temple Artisan, Artisan, May, 1918.
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