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Initiated at Midnight

BY =F R A T E R VI I I D

Monograph No. 35

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INITIATED AT MIDNIGHT

(Monograph No. 35)

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FRATER V II I0

"INITIATED AT MIDNIGHT"

I s an E d u ca tio n a l and I n s p i r a t io n a l Course of S tudy , e s p e c ia l ly w r i t te n

and in ten d ed fo r ADVANCED BUDDING

S in g le Copies $2.00 Each, P o s tp a id THREE C opies, $5.00 P o s tp a id

(By A ir Mail add J>0<f> p er copy)

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C opyright 1951 . THE GOLDEN DAWN PRESS.

P r in te d In th e U. S. A.

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PREFACE

T his Monograph, " I n i t i a t i o n a t M idnight", as you have a lre a d y been inform ed, i s fo r Advanced Budding In d iv id u a ls . . . n o t fo r those j u s t e n te r in g upon THE PATH. The S tu d e n t, th e r e fo r e , must e x e rc iz e good judgment as to whom he shows th i s Monograph, and the o th e rs o f t h i s S p e c ia l S e r ie s .

Some of you w i l l know some o f the answers g iven to the q u e s tio n s p r in te d h e re . For t h i s rea so n some o f you w i l l wonder why a l l Advanced Budding In d iv id u a ls do n o t know the answers to c e r t a in q u e s tio n s th a t may seem q u ite sim ple to you. T his s i t u a t io n i s due to th e f a c t th a t th e re a re many d i f f e r e n t degrees o f EXPANSION among Advanced Budding I n d i ­v id u a ls , j u s t as th e re a re d i f f e r e n t degrees o f advancment among INDIVIDUALS; and MASTER INDIVIDUALS. An Advanced Bud­ding In d iv id u a l who has j u s t been " in i t i a t e d " in to Advanced Budding I n d iv id u a l i ty h a s n 't n e a r ly th e knowledge and e x ­p e rie n ce th a t an Advanced Budding In d iv id u a l has who i s a l ­most ready to be " i n i t i a t e d " in to INDIVIDUALITY.

The same h o ld s tru e fo r INDIVIDUALS. Those who have r e c e n t ly advanced to th e p lace of INDIVIDUALITY are no t n e a r ly as EXPANDED in to .the F iv e -F o ld L ife as th o se INDI­VIDUALS who a re about ready to s te p over th e l in e in to MAS­TER INDIVIDUALITY, and t h i s co n tin u es on and on, up THE PATH in d e f in i t e l y - - always EXPANDING in to a G re a te r and s t i l l G re a te r L ife .

A pproxim ately h a l f of t h i s Monograph i s devoted to the q u e s tio n s th a t have been se n t us in- r e c e n t w eeks, and t h e i r answ ers. As in th e p rev io u s Monograph, any fo o tn o te s mark­ed w ith a * in the t e x t should be read w hile re ad in g the te x t on th a t p a r t i c u la r page . A ll fo o tn o te s th a t a re no t marked w ith a * , b u t have a b roken b o rd e r around them, should n o t be re a d u n t i l you have com pleted the Monograph, as th e se n o te s do n o t p e r ta in to th e s u b je c t m a tte r on th a t page — perhaps th ey do n o t d e a l w ith m a tte rs of any k ind co n ta in e d in t h i s Monograph.

There a re o th e r q u e s tio n s to be answ ered, and th ese w i l l be answered in forthcom ing Monographs. I f a l l " f iv e of your q u e s tio n s" a re n o t answered in t h i s Monograph, ju s t be p a t ie n t - - in t h i r t y days (perhaps l a t e r ) th ey w i l l b e .

And now, " l e t ' s g e t busy" on t h i s Monograph and le a rn what i t has in s to re fo r u s .

The A uthor

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INITIATION AT MIDNIGHT

(N a rra tiv e co n tin u ed from th e l a s t ch a p te r of the p rev io u s Monograph — "THE DYNAMIC DEPARTMENT OF LIFE")

"'A week from to n ig h t1, Dr. Newman inform ed the group, 'we w i l l meet a t th e same hour fo r an o th er evening o f in s t r u c t io n . D uring th e m eeting I ' l l be one o f th e au d ien ce . Your young f r ie n d s h e re , Bob Workman and Jack W hite, w i l l i n s t r u c t you.They have In fo rm atio n th a t w i l l be a p p re c ia te d by b o th the y o u th fu l and th o se becoming y o u th f u l . '"

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I t i s now one week l a t e r . The Advanced Budding In d iv id u a ls a re m eeting ag a in in th e same p la c e . I t I s d e l ig h t f u l b ecau se , b e fo re the m eeting a week p rev io u s had te rm in a te d about m idnight th e Advanced Budding In d iv id u a ls had re la x e d re g a rd in g t h e i r path -bound n o tio n s o f " e te r n a l e q u a l i ty " . They had so re la x e d re g a rd in g t h i s m a tte r th a t th ey had s t a r t e d forw ard on THE PATH a g a in , and t h i s meant th ey had g r e a t ly in c re a se d t h e i r P o s i t iv e v ib r a t io n s , and th e v ib ra t io n s o f th e m eeting p la c e . I t was a l ­most l ik e "coming home" as th ey e n te re d th e au d ito riu m .

At e ig h t o 'c lo c k D r. Newman s tep p ed on th e p la tfo rm and r e ­mar ke d :

"I prom ised you l a s t week th a t I would no t speak a t t h i s p a r t i c u la r m eeting and so I 'm v ery d e f in i t e ly going to keep my word. T onight our good f r ie n d s Bob Workman and Jack White w i l l conduct th e m eeting . I am going to be out th e re w ith t h e - r e s t o f you Advanced Budding In d iv id u a ls , And so , I p re s e n t to you Bob Workman and Ja ck W h ite ." W ith t h i s Dr. Newman took h is p lace in th e au d ien ce .

Bob Workman, as w e ll as Jack W hite, w e re n 't e x a c tly "k id s" any more, even though th ey on ly looked "tw en ty -one". Bob had had a w orld of ex p e rien ce along M y stica l l in e s - - along th e F ive F o ld P h ilosophy o f L if e , and due to th e f a c t th a t he had p ra c ­t i c e d i t from e a r ly you th he had never tak en on th e "reced in g h a i r l i n e and th e smooth plum pness" th a t young men in t h e i r e a r ly t h i r t i e s u s u a lly a c q u ire .

Jack W hite, w hile s e v e ra l y ea rs younger th an Bob, had been "a man o f the w orld" up u n t i l s e v e ra l y ea rs ago, when he a c c i ­d e n ta l ly (?) came a c ro s s th e F iv e -F o ld P h ilosophy te a c h in g s , and alm ost suddenly h is l i f e began to change. He became so e n th u s i ­a s t i c re g a rd in g th e P h ilo sophy th a t i t was no lo n g er m erely a "Philosophy" to him, b u t a t h r i l l i n g PRACTICE. He p r a c t ic e d the P h ilosophy in a l l F ive D epartm ents o f L if e , and th e r e s u l t was he soon became a w e ll-b a la n c e d Budding In d iv id u a l , and a l i t t l e l a t e r EXPANDED to an Advanced Budding In d iv id u a l , and k ep t r ig h t

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on EXPANDING and growing in to th e F iv e -F o ld , New Age L ife

Bob Workman took charge of th e m eeting . He made s e v e ra l com plim entary rem arks concern ing th e audience - - a l l of whioh were a b s o lu te ly tru e - - and th en he in tro d u ce d Jack W hite as the main speaker o f th e ev en in g .

J a c k , hav ing had a f a i r e d u c a tio n , and b e in g somewhat o f an e x t r o v e r t , and hav ing had c o n s id e ra b le ex p e rien ce in speak ing , was always a t home b e fo re an au d ien ce . He thanked Bob fo r in ­tro d u c in g him, acknowledged D r. Newman, and soon had launched in ­to h is d is c u s s io n . I t was more o f a n a r r a t iv e th an a d isc o u rse ] i t had to do w ith h is " f in d in g THE PATH".

"My f o lk s ," ex p la in e d J a c k , "were g re a t ’ jo in e r s ' - - th ey jo in e d ju s t about e v e ry th in g w orthw hile th a t came a lo n g . F a th e r and my two g ra n d fa th e rs more or le s s v ie d w ith each o th e r to see who cou ld jo in the g r e a te s t number o f f r a t e r n i t i e s , s o c ie t i e s , c lu b s , lo d g e s , o rd e r s , e t c . , e t c .

" I t was, th e r e f o r e , q u ite n a tu r a l th a t a t an e a r ly age I , to o , should belong to more b ro th erh o o d s and s o c ie t i e s th a n any h a l f dozen o rd in a ry a d u l ts ev e r h ea rd o f . In f a c t , I r a th e r o u t­d id my f a th e r and g ra n d fa th e rs as a ' j o i n e r ' . I d id t h i s r a th e r u n w ittin g ly j_ h o w ev e r. My g ra n d fa th e r on my m o th e r 's s id e was a

QUESTION: I have been a member of several church denominations, but to jth is day I do not know which is the true church?

1ANSWER: There is no true church denomination on the face of the globe.

However, there are some that are more true than are others.Any church that believes in Vicarious Atonement, Baptism by Immersion, and Prophecy according to Holy Scripture, is at lea st part of the TRUE CHURCH.

The TRUE CHURCH has no Headquarters in th is material world. I ts | HEADQUARTERS i s in the Highest Other World. A ll of the Angelic Hosts are members of i t , as well as a l l human beings who have passed out of physical embtdiment whc were Sp iritua l, plus a l l human beings s t i l l in , the flesh who are Sp iritual.

Pew Protestants, and even fewer Catholics know i t , but Baptism by Immersion (not by sprinkling) is in r ea lity an INITIATION Ceremony — INITIATION into the TRUE OTHER WORLD CHURCH.

A ll persons, before passine from Advanced Budding Individuality ■ into INDIVIDUALITY, must be Baptized by Immersion, i f they have not a l­ready been so Baptized.

Strange as i t may seem, the person or persons performing Baptism by Immersion may not even be Baptized themselves, yet the Ceremony — INITIATION — of Baptism w ill be TRUE AND VALID. Of course, Baptism without a right attitude towards i t by the one being Baptized, is noth ing— they go down into the water "dry sinners", and come up out of the water 'Vet sinners"._

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U n ita r ia n . He l iv e d 'u p - s t a t e ' , and I v i s i t e d him q u ite o f te n .I l ik e d th e people th a t a tten d e d h is church , and so I e v e n tu a lly became a U n ita r ia n . When my p a te rn a l g ra n d fa th e r , who l iv e d 'd o w n -s ta te ', found out about t h i s he became q u ite u p s e t . He was a M eth o d ist, and so du ring summer v a c a tio n n ex t y e a r , w hile v i s ­i t i n g w ith him, I became a M ethod ist.

"When I r e tu rn e d home I was t e l l i n g m other about t h i s , and to my amazement she seemed q u ite h u r t . I soon r e a l i z e d why. Mother was a B a p t i s t , and had hoped th a t as soon as I 're ach ed the age o f a c c o u n ta b i l i ty ' , I would jo in h e r chu rch . W ell, she was suprem ely d e l ig h te d when she found th a t I was w i l l in g to 'fo rsa k e a l l ' - - w hatever she meant by th a t - - and jo in her church . And so I became a B a p t i s t . I t w a s n 't u n t i l s e v e ra l y ea rs l a t e r th a t th e e n t i r e fam ily was shocked a t th e d isco v ery th a t I was a member, in e x c e l le n t s ta n d in g , in a l l th re e church d en o m in atio n s.

"My two g ra n d fa th e rs demanded th a t I make up my mind of which church I w anted to become a l i f e - lo n g member, and g e t out o f the o th e r two. Mother made no demands, b u t she d id c o n s id e r ­ab le weeping about th e m a tte r . At f i r s t I was s u rp r is e d , and the more the fo lk s ta lk e d to me about i t the more unreasonab le they seemed In th e m a tte r . And so I asked , 'J u s t why c a n 't I belong to th re e churches? I belong to f iv e g re a t f r a te r n a l

QUESTION: Please give me the names and addresses of some of the NewAge organizations o f which I should become a member?

! ANSWER: You have ju st asked the impossible. There aren't any New Age |organizations in existence of which you should become a mem- ■

ber — "join". This doesn't mean that there aren't any organizations that are good. There are any number o f them that are good. Some of them in the past have done fine work in a ss is tin g Budding Individuals

i to EXPAND into one or two Departments of L ife . However, i f you have reached Advanced Budding Individuality there is no organization on the face of the globe that you can "join" that w ill be a Five-Fold blessing to you, and th is is what an organization must be able to do

I for you to be "rated" NEW AGE.I f you want to start an organization that w ill a ss is t others in

TRAVELING THE FIVE-FOLD PATH there is nothing to prevent you from do- i ing i t . In fact, you w ill receive rich blessings i f you do, and i f ! you make a success of i t . You may be eminently successful in your i

undertaking, and we hope you are. But until August 20, 1953, the world w ill be s t i l l dominated by the "old order of things", and none

I of the mass-minded (there are exceptions, of course) can fee l that a 1 young, struggling organization could possibly be "NEW AGE". Yet i t

could be, and you could be the very one to bring i t into existence.. It w ill greatly EXPAND you to try. . Remember though, i t must be the I j Five-Fold Philosophy — must teach a l l FIVE of the Departments of Life.)

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o rd e rs , and none of them ev e r o b je c te d to my jo in in g any of the o th e r s . I belong to s ix d i f f e r e n t c lu b s a l l more or le s s along • f r a t e r n a l ' l i n e s , and th ey a l l know th a t I belong to th e o th e rs , and th ey d o n 't o b je c t . I am a member o f a t l e a s t a dozen o th e r o rg a n iz a tio n s and th ey a l l know i t and no one ev e r o b je c ts . In f a c t , th ey have com plim ented me on my 'f r a t e r n a l s p i r i t ' , and so why in the name of common sense and b r o th e r ly love c a n 't I be a member of th re e good churches a l l a t th e same tim e w ith o u t being co n s id e red , as you say , 'u n f a i t h f u l ' , 'd i s l o y a l ' , or 'c la n d e s - t i n e '?

"W ell, I d id n 't know what to do, and so I used good judg­ment in the m a tte r : I d id n 't do an y th in g . I t seemed th a t the membership com m ittees o f th e th re e d i f f e r e n t churches d id n 't know what to do, e i t h e r , and th e y , to o , used good judgment and d id n 't do a th in g about my 'excom m unication '. So, to t h i s day,I am a member in good s ta n d in g o f th e th re e churches - - denomin­a t io n s . There a re c e r t a in members in each o f the th re e churches whom I love v ery much, and i t g iv es me g re a t p le a su re to know th a t th ey and I a re a s s o c ia te d to g e th e r , even though i t i s by so t in y a th re a d as hav ing our names on a membership r o le .

"In the f r a t e r n a l and o th e r o rg a n iz a tio n s I d id n 't f in d a th in g in any of them th a t would cause a p erso n to be any th ing b u t ^ b e t t e r p erso n i f he l iv e d up to t h e i r id e a l s . However, ini QUESTION: How can we go about getting the church denominations to stop i

bickering, quarreling and fighting, and become one big organ- , ization that w ill eventually take over the world?

ANSWER: It cannot be done successfu lly , unless you do lik e Jack did —become a member of several of them at one time, and work in a ll

| of them towards that end. That would help to erase denominational l in e s . "One big church" would be worse than a lo t of small ones. I t

1 would have a l l the errors of a l l of them incorporated in i t . There is , j so much error now that they are hardly Christian.

The "bickering, quarreling and fighting" you hear about actually I doesn't e x is t except in "isms" — "Adventism", "Russellism", and the

"no-instrumental-rausic-in-churchism". These are the qjies causing most of the "religious fuss and muss", which makes i t look lik e a l l o f the denominations are fighting each other.

The Episcopalians and the Baptists (outside of the "isms" and the Roman Catholics) are the only ones who have any idea why they belong

, to the church they do. The others know so l i t t l e about their own de­! nomination and the other fe llow 's, that they wouldn't know what to \I quarrel about i f they were inclined to do so. ; |

For Advanced Budding Individuals the larger denominational church- 1 j es are excellen t places to recruit students for the Five-Fold Philoso- ' phy of L ife . You can do th is without "stealing sheep". Advanced Bud­

ding Individuals and those s t i l l "higher" each belong to a church, in which they ardently but quietly WORK when at home.

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the G rea t Work th a t I am now engaged in I do no t re q u ire ' f r a ­t e r n a l a s s i s t a n c e ' , and so I have g iven up membership in the v a r ­ious o rd e rs , f r a t e r n i t i e s , and s o c ia l o rg a n iz a tio n s . The only- human a s s is ta n c e th a t I r e q u ire now i s th e fe llo w sh ip o f Budding In d iv id u a ls , Advanced Budding In d iv id u a ls , and INDIVIDUALS . . . and th o se s t i l l f u r th e r along on THE UPWARD PATH.

"While I was going th rough th a t p e r io d of my l i f e which I now r e f e r to as my 'j o in e r com plex ', I became a member of s e v e r­a l 'm y s t ic a l ' or 'o c c u l t ' s o c ie t i e s . That was q u ite an e x p e r i­ence . I was r e a l l y going p la c e s in one o f them . . . I th o u g h t.I was b e in g advanced so r a p id ly th a t i t seemed l ik e I was being ' i n i t i a t e d ' in to a h ig h e r degree ev e ry few weeks . . . i t was a l l by m a il, o f co u rse .

"One re a so n why I dropped out o f the r e g u la r f r a t e r n i t i e s as soon as I d id was due to the f a c t th a t i t r e q u ire d so much money fo r th e ' i n i t i a t i o n s ' and 'd e g re e s ' In th e 'G rea t O ccult S o c ie ty ' ( th a t w a s n 't i t ' s name) th a t I c o u ld n 't keep up my dues in th e r e g u la r lo d g es .

"One day, and i t was a happy day, I was n o t i f i e d by a very im pressive lo o k in g l e t t e r by the 'Supreme R u le r ' o f th e 'G re a t­e s t M y stica l Order on E a r th 1 th a t I had advanced so f a r in 'th e w ork' th a t I was now read y to tak e th e ' f i n a l s t e p 1, and t o be| QUESTION: While the information I have received from the Monographs has

been of very great value to me — for which I heartily thank ! you, nevertheless, i t irks me no end when you speak of our "younger bro- !

thers" — the mass-minded — with such utter contempt. Why, oh why, do i you do th is? Why can’t you be loving and tolerant? ■

ANSWER: We fee l that you have mistaken facts for "utter contempt". Wehave no contempt for the mass-minded whatsoever, having been

in that group ourselves for a great many years before settin g foot upon ! THE PATH, and proceeding forward.

The mass-minded aren’t necessarily ev il and stupid. S**me of them, i in one or two of the Five Departments of L ife, are further advanced | than are some INDIVIDUALS, but th is doesn't make them Budding Individ- j uals, Advanced Budding Individuals, or INDIVIDUALS.

Budding Individuals, and those s t i l l further along on THE PATH,I are "traveling West", which is THE PATH OF LIGHT AND LIPE (see page 24

of your copy of "Outwitting Tomorrow"). The majority o f Christians are "traveling South”. This is the "death march". Yet a l l Christians,

i even though mass-minded, on account o f their EXPANDED Spiritual De­partment of L ife , w ill be saved — "as by fire" . They w ill pass cut of physical embodiment. They w ill not have the joy of entering the Millennium in their present physical bodies.

The youthification processes are now taking place among Advanced Budding Individuals in a very delightful and th r illin g way, and es­pecia lly so among the "greater In itiates" — INDIVIDUALSt and MASTER

. INDIVIDUALS.

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' i n i t i a t e d * in to th e ’Supreme Temple' i t s e l f . Yes, the s te p was a g re a t one, b u t I had what i t took - - he had been 'w atch ing m e '. He would vouch fo r me, and he was c e r t a in th a t I would 'make theg ra d e ' .

"A ll t h i s took p lace a number o f y ea rs ago . . . I was young and n a iv e . That was b e fo re I began to know people - - mass- minded p eo p le . I was r e a l l y 'steam ed up ' over th e i n v i t a t i o n to jo in th e 'Supreme Temple' o f the 'G re a te s t M y stica l Order in the W o rld '.

"T h is , o f co u rse , cou ld no t be done by m a il. I t would be n ec e ssa ry fo r me to t r a v e l to 'The Supreme Tem ple' in an e a s te rn c i t y . I knew from p a s t ex p e rien ce th a t ' i n i t i a t i o n s ' a r e n 't f r e e , so I sc rap ed up a hundred d o l la r s fo r th e e v e n t.

"The g re a t day came, and I d e p a rte d from my home town, and a f t e r t r a v e l in g a day and a n ig h t I found m yself be ing welcomed a t th e 'Supreme Temple' by suave a t te n d a n ts in imm aculate ro b e s .

"'The Temple' had a rran g ed fo r a room a t a very good nearby ho­t e l . 'Oh, I c a n 't a f fo rd t h a t ' , I re m o n s tra te d . 'You d o n 't have t o , ' was th e r e a s s u r in g r e p ly , 'you are th e g u es t of 'The T em ple '.

"I was so happy th a t I cou ld h a rd ly s le e p th a t n ig h t . In ju s t

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QUESTION: What are thought forms, and how are they created?

ANSWER: Thought forms are thoughts that have taken defin ite form in yourMental World. They are created by en thusiastically thinking up- •

on a subject. Thought forms can be created by negative thinking. Fear, anger, jealousy, e tc . , e tc . , can create the most damnable thought forms. They can become very, very powerful.

Evil thought forms take on the shape and characteristics of ev il astral beings. Jealousy and envy thought forms are really "green-eyed monsters", and are ready to attack without notice. They often attack their creator. This causes the rapid growth of a fear thought form, which, while i t does not attack others, i t attacks i t s creator in a most heartless and re len tless way. All e v il or negative thought forms can be greatly weakened by the use o f the Blue Cosmic Fire (see Monograph —"Fire o f L ife"), and eventually eliminated en tire ly as one uses the Cos- I mic Blue Fire and travels along THE PATH.

If one i s enthusiastic. Positive thought forms can ea sily be crea­ted, The best one to start in with i s to VISUALIZE what kind of a per­son you w ill be PHYSICALLY a few years hence, when you enter the portals of the Millennium s t i l l in the flesh .

Each person, before b irth , is given a PROTOTYPE — PATTERN — of what he w ill eventually be physically . The PROTOTYPE is , of course, perfect in every d e ta il. By enthusiastically attempting to v isu alize i t , youthified and perfect, you w ill eventually be able to see i t psych­ic a lly . In the meantime you w ill gradually become more and more lik e i t . i

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a sh o r t time I would be a f u l l f led g e d member, 'w ith a l l r ig h t s and r i v i l e g e s ' , of the 'G re a te s t M ystery ' on E a r th ! Next day my f e e t never touched ground - - I was 'w alk ing on a i r ' . At the Supreme Temple I spen t most of the day being in te rv ie w e d , and d id n 't seem to be g e t t in g anywhere. Towards the end o f the day the 'Supreme R u le r 1 suddenly appeared in the room where I was being q u e s tio n e d . Upon determ in ing my name he rem arked w ith d ig ­n i ty and fo rc e , 'Why, I know t h i s young man. I am the one vouch­ing fo r him. I p e rs o n a lly in v i te d him to jo in 'The Supreme Tem­p le 1. D isco n tin u e the in te rv iew a t once and l e t h i s a p p l ic a t io n papers be made out im m ediately . I w i l l endorse th e m .'

"E v id en tly those in charge o f th e in te rv ie w knew who was 'M as te r ' a t th e 'Supreme T em ple '. The p a p e rs , any number of them,

were b rought f o r th and s e c r e ta r ie s began to work on them. In a very sh o r t tim e th e y were a l l f i l l e d out from the in fo rm a tio n I had g iv en them. The 'Supreme R u le r ' s ig n ed a v ery im portan t look ing parchm ent, shook hands w ith me, say in g , 'Younger B ro th e r , b e fo re su n r ise tomorrow you w i l l be one o f u s . Be o f good co u r­age . . . I have vouched fo r y o u ', and he em phasized th e 'X have vouched fo r y o u '.

"A pen was p la c e d in my hand and I im m ediately s ig n ed . They were du ly w itn e ssed and n o ta r iz e d . I was c o n g ra tu la te d a l l over th e p lace by th e *3cribes and P h a r i s e e s ', o r w hatever the minor

i QUESTION: I have studied a great deal along metaphysical, mystical andsp iritual l in e s . I have made some very good demonstrations in

the Social and Financial Departments of L ife, but for some reason or oth­er I am anything but happy. Why is this?

' ANSWER: The answer i s very simple. There is a New Age rule that no mat­ter how enviable one's position may be, i f one is mass-minded

i there is nothing that w ill make him permanently happy. I f anything could ! he would be forever "earth bound".

Unhappiness, when a person has everything that should make him happy, i s a sure indication that that person is d efin ite ly mass-minded, but is

I so near THE PATH that he can se t foot upon i t at any time.It is an eternal law, that no one is permitted to be permanently

happy as long as they are not EXPANDING in a l l Five Departments of L ife., Quite true, the mass-minded w ill have l i t t l e periods of happiness — fame, I fortune, matrimony, parenthood, e tc ., e tc . , w ill cause momentary happi- ' ness, but none of them w ill create la stin g happiness.

Only travelers, some l i t t l e distance on THE UPWARD PATH, are ever I truly happy, and then only because they are moving forward on THE PATH

in a l l Five Departments of L ife . Nothing e lse ever causes permanent and ever-increasing joy and happiness.

Failure to EXPAND in just one Department of Life w ill cause unhap- | p iness, and th is w ill continue until the neglected Department of Life is

brought up to the EXPANSION of the others. Over-EXPANSION of one De­partment at the expense of the others w ill do the same thing.

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d i g n i t a r i e s ' t i t l e s w ere. I was inform ed th a t th e ' i n i t i a t i o n ' in to 'The M ystery o f M y s te r ie s ' would b eg in a t e ig h t o 'c lo c k th a t ev en in g , and i f I was ' f a i t h f u l ' I would com plete my ' i n i t ­i a t i o n ' a t m id n ig h t.

"I now proceeded to my h o te l . Being a sound s le e p e r , e sp ec ­i a l l y a f t e r a long , h a rd d a y 's v i g i l b e fo re th e 'L ord High Ques­t i o n e r 's Q u estio n in g B oard ' of 'The G re a te s t M y stica l Order in A ll th e U n iv e r s e ', I pu t in a c a l l a t th e h o te l desk fo r seven o 'c lo c k th a t ev en in g , and r e t i r e d im m ediately . But I c o u ld n 't s le e p a w ink. The f e a r o f not b e in g awakened, p lu s th e d e l ig h t ­f u l th o u g h ts o f ' I have met the "Supreme R u ler" . . . "he has vouched fo r me" . . . " I w i l l be one w ith him a t m id n ig h t" , ' kep t ra c in g th rough my mind. And so , a f t e r much to s s in g and tu rn in g ,I go t up and b a th e d , p u t on f re s h l in e n and was about to leave th e room when th e phone ra n g . I answered i t . A cheery fem ale voice s a id , 'Good even ing . . . i t i s now seven o 'c l o c k . '

"I h u r r ie d down to th e d in in g room, o rd ered a good m eal, bu t was so e x c i te d about my 'I n i t i a t i o n * in to th e 'G randest Order in th e W orld ' th a t I was on ly ab le to choke down a few b i t e s , and th en I ru sh ed ou t o f th e h o te l . ’ '

" Ju s t th e n I s to p p ed , looked a t my w atch , and i t was ju s t s e v e n - th i r ty . I t was a h a l f hour b e fo re ' I n i t i a t i o n T im e '. I

QUESTION: Is the Millennium the same as the Aquarian Age?

, ANSWER: Nof they are not one and the same. However, both have some ofthe same general characteristics.

The Millennium, chronologically speaking, begins January 1, 2001 j A.D., and "rules" for 1000 years.

The Aquarian Age actually began about the turn of the present cen­i tury, but w il l not come into fu ll power u n til the beginning of the com­

ing century — 2001 A.D.The coming Millennium is the "thousand years o f peace". It is the

time when the Evil Forces — Black Forces — w ill be locked up in the Bottomless P it — center of earth — for one thousand years. This means !

i that every person who does e v il in the Millennium, does i t of h is ownchoice and not by the influence of personified e v i l . For th is reason, ■ the f ir s t one hundred years o f the Millennium w ill be "ruled by a rod of iron". After that, when everyone " sits under h is own vine and f ig tree", the benign influence of Aquarius for the remainder of the thousand years j

1 w ill make l i f e most th r illin g .Aquarius i s an Air Sign, even though the symbol is that of the

, youthful Water Dispenser. An Air Sign always lib erates the Mind. Al- | ready the world is experiencing a change of mind, which in turn lib er - | ates a l l the other Departments of L ife.

The Millennium is the SEVENTH "since Adam". Seven is the•vibration j of mystery. The coming Millennium — almost at our doors through the shortening o f time — w ill be an age of th r illin g mystery.

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d id n 't want to show up too soon, and so I walked up one s t r e e t and down a n o th e r . Time th a t evening alm ost stood s t i l l . F in a l ­ly , a t about te n to e ig h t , I e n te re d 'The T em ple '. There were q u ite a few people th e r e . I h a d n 't thought about i t b e fo re , b u t I began to r e a l i z e th a t th e re would be o th e rs b e s id e s me to be • I n i t i a t e d ' in to th e 'G rea t Grand O rder' th a t even ing .

"Soon we were in v i te d in to a w e ll-a p p o in te d assem bly room.A few s t r a g g le r s a r r iv e d ju s t b e fo re the doors were c lo sed and fo rm a lly b o l te d . The group was no t la rg e . Only a few over one hundred, p ro b ab ly .

"They were a r e a l l y f in e - lo o k in g group o f men. T h e ir ag es,I im agine, were from tw enty-one to se v en ty . The 'Supreme Temple' d id n 't ex ten d memberships to those under tw enty-one y ea rs of age . . . I found out l a t e r .

"A fter 'due words o f wisdom' had been g iven us we were shown to th e 'ro b in g ro o m ', and th e r e , a f t e r rem oving our o u te r g a r ­ments and p la c in g them in s t e e l lo c k e rs , we were g iven a lo o se ­f i t t i n g robe w ith s tran g e symbols upon i t , g i r d le d a t the w a is t .A p a i r o f sa n d a ls com pleted the costum e. From th e re we p roceed ­ed to th e i n i t i a t i o n chamber.

"I am n o t a t l i b e r t y to d e sc rib e th e i n i t i a t i o n , bu t I w ish

QUESTION: Some years ago I "developed" for mediumship, "but no longerpractice i t . I have tried to free myself from sp ir it influ­

ences but seem unable to do so. What must I do to be freed?I

' ANSWER: The f ir s t thing you must do is to start ca llin g down the BlueCosmic Fire from above. Visualize the Blue Fire coming down

i straight to you and through you, and not only through you but a l l around you for a distance o f one foot. At f ir s t you w ill v isu alize just a small shaft o f the Blue Cosmic Fire, but l i t t l e by l i t t l e you w ill be i able to increase i t u n til it i s a shaft a number of feet in diameter.It must go through you and into the earth. Keep in mind that the Fire

‘ is pouring down through you a l l the time.The next thing required i s a Positive d ie t. Turn to page 16 of "You |

, CAN Take IT With You" and se lec t Positive foods. Due to the fact you are • in desperate need of freedom i t would be wise to go on a rather heavy, lean-meat d ie t, i f there are no psychological reasons for your not doing ; so.

Of course, avoid starches and sugars as much as possib le. Quite ' naturally, there w ill be no indulgence in alcoholic beverages of any

kind at any time. Certain e v il e n tit ie s make an easy entrance into and ! through one's aura i f there is alcohol present in the body. i

I f sleep is interrupted by e n t it ie s , keep a dim lig h t burning in ' your room a ll night. Use a blue globe, or take an ordinary ligh t bulb I and place blue paper or cellophane around i t .

Increase your Spiritual a c t iv it ie s . Attend church often.

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to say t h i s : I t was t r u ly the most unusual th a t I ev er have ex ­p e rie n c e d or seen . I t was the most im pressive ceremony I have ev e r w itn e sse d . U nlike some of th e lodges th a t indu lge in a g re a t d ea l of 'h o rse p la y ' du ring an i n i t i a t i o n , th e re was p o s i ­t iv e ly none o f th a t w hatsoever.

"Yes, th e re was much in the way of 'tru m p e ts and f a n f a r e s ' , b u t i t was perform ed w ith such f in e s s e , and even th e commonplace in the cerem onies was t h r i l l i n g .

"The whole fo u r hours o f ' i n i t i a t i o n ' — from e ig h t u n t i l m idnight - - was perform ed w ith o u t a s in g le flaw as f a r as the i n i t i a t o r s were concerned . H ere, to the b e s t o f my knowledge, was th e w o r ld 's most p e r f e c t i n i t i a t i o n team . Every new e x p e r i ­ence fo r the 'c a n d id a te ' was a t h r i l l j u s t a l i t t l e g r e a te r th an th e one p re v io u s .

"Every m echanical dev ice n ec e ssa ry fo r the most awesome and amazing sound and l ig h t in g e f f e c t s were em ployed.

"We l o s t a l l count o f tim e . Most o f th e tim e we w e re n 't conscious o f so much as hav ing a body. Only when the a i r would be scen ted w ith some s tran g e and e x o t ic perfume would we become conscious o f th e p h y s ic a l . L ig h ts , sounds, m usic, rhythm ic movement, and f ra g ra n c e s , a l l b lended to g e th e r w ith th e most amazing e f f e c t s upon those being i n i t i a t e d .

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QUESTION: Our children are 3, 6, 9 and 12 years of age. When shouldwe start teaching them the Five-Fold Philosophy of Life?

ANSWER: You should have started 2, 5, 8 and 11 years ago teaching thechildren the Five-Fold Philosophy. In other words, you should

have started when they were each one year old i f they were average, normal children. If they were exceptionally in te llig en t you should have started six months sooner.

The SOCIAL Department in a child begins to EXPAND the moment he begins to react to other human beings. Begin right there to teach him thoughtfulness to others, then a l i t t l e la ter . Diplomacy. The SPIRIT­UAL Department begins to EXPAND when you explain to him about Beings, Angels, and people in the Higher Other World.

The MENTAL Department of Life begins to EXPAND in a ch ild shortly after b irth . Reading simple, but Positive material to him while he is asleep for an hour or two each day, i f done d is tin c tly , w ill help him speak clearly when he begins to talk , and w ill greatly a s s is t him in learning h is lessons when he goes to school.

Keep the child conscious of h is growing body (Physical Depart­ment), and the rewards (winning games, e tc . , e t c . , ) he w ill experience with a well-developed physical body. The FINANCIAL Department of Life very d efin ite ly comes to the ch ild 's attention when he is given h is f i r s t nickel to spend. When he earns h is f ir s t quarter, teach him to portion i t out, for purchases, savings and INVESTMENTS, esp ecia lly .

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"At tim es the atm osphere of th e Temple seemed to be perm eat­ed w ith s tra g n e , o c c u lt fo rc e s th a t a x h i la r a te d g r e a t ly your mind. You f e l t you cou ld read a whole book as f a s t as you cou ld tu rn th e pages. Then ag a in , the most q u ie t in g in f lu e n c e s would come over you and you f e l t you w ished th e ' i n i t i a t i o n ' would con tinue on and on fo re v e r .

"There were p le n ty of d i f f i c u l t t e s t s , b u t t h r i l l o f t h r i l l s , every one p assed ev e ry t e s t , though some on ly by th e s l i g h t e s t o f m arg ins. The f i n a l t e s t was one to remember. S ea ted on a th ro n e , a t th e e le v a t io n of a dozen p lu s h -c a rp e te d s te p s , s a t the 'Supreme P o te n ta te ' . . . the v ery one th a t had 'vouched ' fo r me.

"I d o n 't remember h is w ords, b u t th ey were to th e e f f e c t : 'Here i s your p a s sp o rt to the 'A ll-S ub lim e L i f e ' . Those o f you

who are ab le to re c e iv e t h i s parchment from my hand w i l l have h is name in s c r ib e d upon i t , and never ag a in w i l l he be the low­ly b e in g he was when he f i r s t e n te re d t h i s S acred T em ple.'

"A dozen, names would be c a l le d . The 'c a n d id a te s ' would th en approach th e th ro n e o f th e 'Supreme P o te n ta te ' . No sooner would th ey p lace t h e i r fo o t on th e lower s te p th a n a most r e p e l l in g fo rce would seem to push them backw ard. A fte r a long tim e , or what to us seemed a long tim e , th ey would manage to c reep up the

QUESTION: I have been receiving the Five-Fold Philosophy Lessons for ten .or twelve years now. Hov; is i t that I am never invited to at­

tend a Retreat or a seminar?

ANSWER: There are two very defin ite reasons why you are not invited . . .yet. The f ir s t one i s , you are probably not ready for Advanced *

, Training. The second one i s , i f you are making good progress in EXPAND­ING into the Five-Fold Life there is no occasion for your going, at ■lea st at th is time. Just as soon as there is a reason for your going

I to a retreat., abbey, or seminar, YOU WILL BE INVITED.Just receiving the Five-Fold Philosophy of Life lessons (Mono-

| graphs) certain ly won't cause you to EXPAND into L ife . In order to EX­PAND you must put the information you have received to p iactice every

, day of your l i f e in every Department of L ife.There is only ONE'PUEPOSE for your physical embodiment here on

th is earth plane — EXPANDING into the Five-Fold L ife. There is no other reason. EXPAND into Life NOW and you w ill become joyous. Put o ff your EXPANSION -until la ter and you w ill be constantly unhappy.

Here is a simple te s t to determine how interested you are in LIFE ! EXPANSION. Beginning with the uppermost point of the five-pointed ; Star of L ife, can. you name the Departments of Life that eaoh point re- | presents? If you passed the above te s t correctly, then name the five

colors that represent the Five Departments of L ife . Now name the three 1 sub-divisions of the Conscious Realm of Mind. Well, how do you stand?

Are you just a Budding Individual, or an Advanced Budding Individual?

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tw elve s te p s to th e 'Supreme P o n t i f f ' and re c e iv e from h is hand the coveted parchm ent.

"My tu rn came a t l a s t , and I f e l t I would have no d i f f i c u l t y in clim bing th e tw elve s te p s on my f e e t l ik e a man should . . . i f he i s young, and s tro n g , and ze a lo u s . But I found t h a t , young and s tro n g as I w as, my power was as n o th in g , a f t e r I had s e t fo o t on the f i r s t s te p . Soon I found m yself down on my hands and knees, c reep in g up th e s te p s , one a t a tim e , making slow p ro ­g re ss w ith th e most r e p e l l in g fo rce one can imagine pushing me back.

"O ften , as I was about to re a c h a h ig h e r s te p I would lo se my h o ld and would s l i p back . However, I p e rse v e re d , and a t l a s t under g re a t s t r a i n I managed to re ac h the top s te p and w ith g re a t e f f o r t h e ld ou t my hand fo r th e 's a c r e d p a rch m en t'. Almost ex h au sted from th e o rd e a l I c re p t back down th e s te p s on hands and k nees. R eaching th e bottom s te p , two o f th e ' i n i t i a t i n g team ' s to o d me on my f e e t , and le d me to my s e a t . The weak and ex h au sted f e e l in g began to subside a l i t t l e . The nex t th in g I knew the l a s t o f th e i n i t i a t e s had ju s t succeeded in re c e iv in g h is parchm ent from th e hand of th e 'Supreme R u le r ' . He was now backing down th e s te p s , soon he was sto o d upon h is f e e t , and le d to h is s e a t , a p p a re n tly as weak and ex h au sted as I had been , by th e members o f th e ' i n i t i a t i n g te a m '.

j QUESTION: I used, to belong to one of the regular churches, but have fora number of years now been a member of a metaphysical group

' that believes Sod to be In fin ite Being and not a Person at a l l . How can you or any other in te llig en t person believe in a God that i s , at best, a

, Super Being?

ANSWER: This question i s completely answered in the Monograph en titled"Invisible Dictator". Here i t i s shown how each c e ll o f your

j physical body has the same relationship to you that you and a ll other 1 human beings have to God. I f you have never read th is Monograph you

have a treat in store for you. It i s actually a revelation, and w ill clear up many matters for you.

Human beings with just a l i t t l e "imagination" and sone "re-orien­tation" on the matter of an Impersonal God can soon resolve Him into

j "Principle" and make Him dependent upon them for His actual existence.In other words, without them He would not have anything to "manifest

i through" and just couldn't e x is t .Many metaphysicians seem to fee l that God must be resolved into an

j "Impersonal Principle", "Subjective Law", "Potential Being", "Great Ab­stract", "Unformed Reality", e tc ., e tc . , in order to make seekers of "peace, power and plenty" fee l unrestrained in dealing with "Divine

1 Principle" — and asking — demanding — what they want,A young m inister friend of curs, who is devoted to the old-time

i relig ion , ju st completed a healing campaign. Over one thousand one hun- j dred people were completely healed without benefit o f metaphysical terms.

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"When the l a s t o f the ' I n i t i a t e s " had resumed h is s e a t the 'Supreme R u le r ' began to c o n g ra tu la te u s . For a w hile I l i s t e n ­ed in t e n t l y . Then I began to f e e l v ery s le e p y . To my ch a g rin I dozed o f f to s le e p a dozen tim e s . F in a l ly , w ith a g re a t e f ­f o r t , I awakened m yself ju s t as th e 'Supreme P o n t i f f ' was f i n ­is h in g h is speech . He aro se from h is golden th ro n e , we were about to r i s e a l s o , b u t an overpow ering fo rce kep t us g lued to our s e a t s . He h e ld up h is hands as though bestow ing b le s s in g s , and a b e n e d ic t io n upon u s . The suddenly th e 'Supreme P o te n ta te ', th e golden th ro n e upon w hich he s a t , and th e d a is w ith th e tw elve p lu sh s te p s a l l v an ish ed in a b la ze o f b r i l l i a n t re d f i r e .

"A lthough the l i g h t s rem ained on in th e i n i t i a t i o n chamber, th e la rg e room seemed r a th e r dark a f t e r t h a t . No one moved. I had th e t h r i l l i n g f e e l in g th a t now I was one w ith th e G re a te s t o f G reat Ones, and w ith t h i s I must have dozed o f f to a sound ,s le e p in the com fo rtab le c h a ir in which I was h a l f - s i t t i n g , h a l f - r e c l in in g .

"The n ex t th in g I knew th e te lep h o n e was r in g in g , I awak­ened w ith a s t a r t . I t was d a y l ig h t . I was amazed to f in d m yself in my room as th e h o te l . The phone rang ag a in and a g a in . F i ­n a l ly I go t out o f bed and answered I t . A cheery fem ale voice s a id , 'Good m orning, Mr. W hite. I t i s te n o 'c lo c k . Your t r a i n le av es fo r home a t tw e lv e . '

ij QUESTION: The food c la ss if ic a tio n chart on page 16 of "You CAN Take IT

With You" makes no mention of fru its . What c la ss if ica tio n ' do they come under? t

i ANSWER: Practically a l l fru its come under the NEUTRAL c la ss ific a tio n ,and th is applies whether they are cooked or not. Understand,

however, i f in cooking them quantities of white sugar are used, th is w ill throw them over into the negative group. 1 * *

Raw tomatoes are "prohibited" because they contain oxalic acid to a "prohibited" degree. Cooking the tomatoes greatly neutralizes the oxalic acid (C H O4) they contain, rendering i t p ractica lly harmless.

, However, now and then, there is nothing more delightful than a raw to­mato salad — have one.‘

Sauer kraut (or the juice) should not be used because both are a l- j most liquid s a l t . The laxative e ffec t is due to the system attempting 1

to rid the digestive tract of sa lt . The same laxative e ffe c t can be i obtained by dissolving table sa lt in water and drinking i t .

Sauer kraut (not the juice) can be eaten now and then i f one is an "addict" and enjoys i t without great detrimental e ffe c ts , i f consider­able liqu id is consumed during the same meal. This d ilu tes the sa lt .

I Remember, sa lt is good, and we require on the average of forty grains ' per day, but the average American consumes four hundred grains per day. 1

Salt beyond the necessary requirement is one of the worst of the old ! age producers. A few extra grains of sa lt in hot weather, when one is j perspiring freely are, however, ben eficia l.

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"I pu t up the window shade s . I was in q u ite a d aze . How d id I g e t to my room, I wondered? The door was locked from th e in s id e . . . I must have locked i t . I went over to th e d re s s e r ; th e re was my ’parchm ent1. I t was a l l b e a u t i f u l ly f i l l e d in w ith my name engraved upon i t . Yes, th e 'Supreme R u le r1, along w ith a h o st o f d ig n i t a r i e s , had signed i t . I was r e a l l y a member now o f the 'Supreme T em ple '. B eside i t was a no te in b e a u t i f u l hand­w r i t in g . As I remember i t , i t s a id , 'F a re w e ll fo r the tim e b e in g , B ro th e r o f th e M y ste r ie s . R eturn to your home. We s h a l l c a l l upon you s h o r t l y . ' I t was s ig n ed , b u t I c a n 't remember who had sig n ed i t .

" I t w asn’t f a r to th e ra ilw a y s t a t i o n , and so a t about e le v ­en o 'c lo c k I went down s t a i r s and go t som ething to e a t . I was now q u ite hungry. A fte r lunch I went to th e h o te l desk and tu rn e d in my key , and asked fo r my b i l l .

"'Y our s ta y w ith u s , Mr. W h ite , ' r e p l ie d th e c le r k , 'h a s a l l been tak en ca re o f by your f r ie n d who came in w ith you n ig h t b e ­fo re l a s t . '

" 'N ig h t b e fo re l a s t ? ' I q u e s tio n ed , u n b e lie v in g ly .

" 'Y e s , ' r e p l ie d th e c le r k . 'E v id e n tly you have had a good long r e s t ; we h a v e n 't seen a th in g o f you sin ce th a t tim e . We

I QUESTION: I understand that a great many diseases come from meat eating.Is there no good substitute for meat?I

ANSWER: Cooked meats do not produce diseases because a l l cooked food,i regardless of what i t is , is germ and bacteria free, unless, of

course, i t becomes contaminated after i t has been cooked. Meat does contain a certain amount of uric acid which is not at a l l injurious to the human body, unless that body happens to be "rheumatism prone" — '

| a ff lic te d with one of the several " it is" '.Due to the fact that the blood has been drained from meat (blood

is the carrier of uric acid) before i t is ever cooked, the meat one eats ' contains much le s s uric acid, pound for pound, than does one's own blood j and body.

A ll of the POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE foods on page 16 of "You CAN Take IT With You" are splendid substitutes for meat, but outside of beans, peas, le n t i l s , milk and buttermilk, they are so highly concentrated that

• they must be "reduced" by combining them with NEUTRAL foods. This "com- , j bining" is a real art, but i t pays wonderful dividends.

The reason most Americans eat themselves into i lln e ss and prema- | ture old age is due to three things: (1) over eating, (2) almost a to­

tal lack of mastication, (3) combining POSITIVE with NEGATIVE foods.Over-eating is often caused by combining Positive with Negative

j foods. Lack of mastication on our part is due to too much conversation i at the dinner table. A ll so lid foods must be chewed to a liquid before

swallowing to obtain the best results from our food.

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were g iven o rd e rs by your f r ie n d no t to awaken you u n t i l te n o 'c lo c k t h i s m o rn in g .'

"This was a shock to my se n se s , th a t i t w a sn 't the n ex t day, b u t th e day a f t e r . I had s le p t from the n ig h t o f the ' I n i t i a ­t i o n ' c le a r th ro u g h th e n ex t day and u n t i l te n o 'c lo c k th e f o l ­lowing day. I f I h a d n 't been awakened, I d o n 't know how much longer I would have s l e p t .

"On th e t r a i n on th e way home I kep t th in k in g about th e ' I n ­i t i a t i o n ' . I t had im pressed me g r e a t ly . As I began to awaken more and more from my long s le ep I began to r e a l i z e I was f e e l in g d i f f e r e n t . I was b eg in n in g to f e e l l ik e a r e a l p e rso n . I t was q u ite a t h r i l l i n g f e e l in g . A lthough I am by n a tu re an e x t ro v e r t I never had t h i s f e e l in g o f s u p e r io r i ty and im portance b e fo re . I welcomed i t . I found m yself look ing about th e ra ilw a y coach a t the p eo p le . They were w e ll d re sse d and no doubt im p o rta n t, b u t as im portan t as th ey may have been , I began to f e e l f a r su p e rio r to them. By th e tim e I a r r iv e d a t my d e s t in a t io n th e f e e l in g o f s u p e r io r i ty t h r i l l e d me to the e x te n t th a t o th e r human beings seemed very o rd in a ry , commonplace - - a n ts .

" 'T hey a re i n f e r i o r , very i n f e r i o r ' , came to my mind tim e and a g a in , and I welcomed th e th o u g h t. Y es, th e y were i n f e r i o r . What d id th ey know about L if e , what d id th e y know about th e Mys-

, QUESTION: This is rather a curious question, but what are some of thedrawbacks of being an INDIVIDUAL on THE PATH? I

I ANSWER: The worst drawback is not being able to be one's real ADVANCEDs e lf around the mass-minded, around Budding Individuals, and

' around many of the Advanced Budding Individuals.An INDIVIDUAL always has su ffic ien t money to do everything that he

, is "commissioned" to do. But le t the average person know that he "has money" and he is a "rat" u n til a loan is negotiated. And so, at a l l times, an INDIVIDUAL must never, never display opulence.

An INDIVIDUAL has, of course, "reclaimed the years that the lo ­custs have eaten", and so he is greatly youthified physically . But i f

1 he is around "three score and ten" or over, but looks only "early twen­ties" , and folks know about th is , the " life is pestered out of him"

i for h is "fountain of youth" secret. I f he doesn't t e l l them they heap 1 abuse a fter abuse upon him. I f he does t e l l them, they ca ll him a

l ia r because, as they say, "no one could regain h is lo s t youth with such s i l ly practices as right liv in g , right -thinking."

An INDIVIDUAL'S mind is naturally "quick, keen and alert", and • therefore, every day he sees the mass-minded, Budding Individuals and

any number of Advanced Budding Individuals "doing things the hard way"f | and i t would be so easy for him to show them the easy way. But th is | would be the worst thing he could do for them. It would take away I their in it ia tiv e to do things for themselves, for decades.

These are just a few of the "drawbacks" to being an INDIVIDUAL.

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t e r i e s , v h a t d id th ey know about power? When d id any o f them th rough sheer fo rce of w i l l b a t t l e up tw elve s te p s - - clim b tw elve s te e p m ountains a g a in s t an alm ost i r r e s i s t i b l e power, to be w orthy o f ’The P arch m en t'. To be w orthy o f ac ce p tin g from th e hand of th e 'Supreme P o n t i f f c r e d e n t ia ls th a t made one a superman?

"At home I had more o f th e same e x a l te d , ex ag g era ted f e e l in g . My p a re n ts and everyone I knew seemed so v e ry , very commonplace. However, I managed to co n cea l my 's u p e r i o r i t y ' by keeping to my­s e l f most o f th e tim e . I had an in s a t ia b le d e s ire to s le e p ; r e ­t i r e d e a r ly in th e evening and got up l a te the n ex t a f te rn o o n . I was look ing forw ard to th e l e t t e r I was to re c e iv e from 'The Su­preme T em ple '. I t came in a few days; was h ig h ly com plim entary. The g i s t of i t was th e y were w orking on th e New Member accoun ts and would b i l l me in a few days. T his d id n 't i n t e r e s t me much.I s t i l l had the hundred d o l la r s I had tak en w ith me, and i f the I n i t i a t i o n c o s ts took the whole hundred i t was w orth i t , I f e l t .

"Then in an o th e r few days along came a v ery im p o rta n t- lo o k ­ing l e t t e r from 'The Supreme T em ple '. I ra n u p s ta i r s ; I d id n 't want any commonplace m o rta l to s e t eyes on i t s sac red c o n te n ts .

" i t was im p o rta n t, a l r i g h t , b u t n o t e x a c t ly sa c red . I d id ­n ' t have to re a d f a r to f in d th a t th e ' I n i t i a t i o n F e e s ' w e re n 't j u s t $100 or even $500 - - th e y were $ 5 ,0 0 0 .0 0 . There must be

QUESTION: What became of the man who in it ia ls are"H. J. G."?I

ANSWER: He inadvertently conducted the Five-Fold Philosophy lessons un- Ider h is own name for a number of years. This gave everyone a

fee lin g that they should write him about their personal problems. When the le tte r s became almost an avalanche, and could no longer be taken care of by him personally, the Work had to be discontinued, u n til a ll the le tte r s can be answered. The training of assistants to do th is im-

1 portant work may require months.

QUESTION: Is there any one to whom we can send our questions?

ANSWER: The Monographs have covered so many subjects so thoroughly i tis almost a waste of time on the part o f the Budding Individ- '

ual to write in for additional information. Quite a number of ques- i tions are always unanswerable due to the fact that THE GOLDEN DAWN

PRESS is a publishing concern, and not a group o f Medical Practicion- ; ers. Neither is i t a Law or Investment firm. We do not practice div- | ination of any kind. We ai*e not associated with any church, in stitu ­I tion , cu lt, ism or "order".

I f your questions(not more than five) are of su ffic ien t interest J to a large number of people, we w ill do our best to answer them in one , of the forthcoming Monographs. But we cannot answer private questions. , j Even i f the questions are accompanied with adequate fees, we s t i l l can­i not answer them. The Monographs, however, are s t i l l authorized.

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some m is tak e . I t c o u ld n 't be $3 ,000 .00 ; th e t y p i s t must have made an e r r o r . I t must be $300. However, in look ing over the d u p lic a te papers I had signed a t 'The Supreme Temple' - - b u t had­n ' t re a d - - I found th a t I had sig n ed papers which o b lig a te d me to th e - e x te n t o f $3000, 'p ay ab le on dem and'.

"I can a ssu re you th e cocky, s u p e r io r and e x a l te d f e e l in g van ished alm ost i n s t a n t l y . I r e a l iz e d th a t w hile I had been g iv ­en some t i d b i t s o f b la c k magic in fo rm a tio n , th a t th e on ly p u r­pose o f the 'Supreme Temple' was CASH MONEY, and th ey were u sin g b la ck magic th ey knew fo r a c q u ir in g and c o l le c t in g i t . I had a m ighty s in k in g f e e l in g . Where on e a r th would I g e t $3000? Why h a d n 't I re a d over th e p ap ers b e fo re s ig n in g them? I t was a l l th e re in p la in b la c k and w h ite . I now r e a l i z e d I had been a p r iz e su ck er; th a t I had been tak en in and s l ic k e r e d by a b la c k o c c u lt s e t-u p .

"The nex t day I w rote them and ex p la in e d th a t I d id n 't have $ 3 ,0 0 0 .0 0 , c o u ld n 't g e t $3000 . . . would th ey s e t t l e fo r $100.00? The l e t t e r I go t back made my h a i r c u r l . They meant b u s in e s s . I would no t on ly pay th e $3000 b u t pay heavy c o l le c t io n fe e s as w e ll . . . I had unknowingly ag reed to t h i s in s ig n in g th e a p p l ic a ­t io n p ap ers b e fo re b e in g ' I n i t i a t e d a t M id n ig h t '. T his was r e a l ­ly th e m idnight hour fo r me. I t seemed l ik e a t e r r i b l e dream. I took the m a tte r to an uncle of mine who was an a t to rn e y . He c a re ­

' QUESTION: Can we expect to experience a certain amount of M illennial im­provement in Mind and Body in the near future?

IAN37?£H: Most certainly! Improved conditions are already taking place

among Budding Individuals, and Advanced Budding Individuals. Not , i among a l l of them, of course, hut among a l l who are enthusiastic about I making real Five-Fold Progress.

The f ir s t signs of improvement are usually in the Mental Department of L ife . This comes about almost suddenly when one day one realizes

I that, regardless of present conditions, everything is shaping up in such a way that one w ill enter the Millennium in the flesh .

This realization alone, greatly improves the Mental Department of ' L ife. Our Budding Individual begins to worry le s s and le s s . He begins

to relax, and to sleep better . Soon he takes everything that comes h is way, no matter how tough i t appears, with a big smile, and a big wel­come. This turns tig er -lik e problems into purring pet k ittens — his

| Mental attitude towards them has suddenly made him much greater than i arc they.

• Now, with the cheerful, joyous attitude towards everything and any­thing, h is Mind has become P ositive . Do you know what happens to an a ilin g body when i t s occupant suddenly turns Positive and joyous? The body starts becoming an amazing new creature in a very short time. Now

' add what you know about feeding the body proper foods, and in no time the neighbors w ill be complimenting you on your reduction in poundage,

i and how youthful you are looking.

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f u l l y looked over th e d u p lic a te documents I had s ig n ed , and shook h is head . He f i n a l l y rem arked, ’T his i s s e r io u s , Ja ck . You c a n ’t even h o ld down a job w ith o u t "The Temple" c o l le c t in g most o f your s a la ry and making you pay h e a v ily fo r c o l le c t in g i t b e s id e s . T his b i t o f ' l e g a l a d v ic e ' r e a l l y took th e l a s t b i t o f 's t a r c h ' out o f me. Uncle wanted to look over th e papers fo r a day or two fo r a 'lo o p h o le ', so I l e f t them w ith him.

"At home th e y were say in g , 'J a c k h a s n 't been th e same since he came back from h is t r i p . . . what on e a r th happened to him ?' F a th e r and m other were very concerned about me, and began to ask q u e s tio n s . Uncle E z ra , however, was the only one I co n fid ed in .I j u s t cc m ld n 't l e t th e r e s t o f th e fam ily know what a ' t u r n i p ' , 'd o p e ', 's h e e p ', ' j a c k a s s ' , 'h o r s e 's n e c k ', I had been .

"A phone c a l l from Uncle E zra b rough t me s h o r t ly to h is o f ­f i c e . H is f i r s t rem arks w ere, ' I have re a d many agreem ents and c o n tra c ts in my day, J a c k , b u t t h i s one i s th e p r iz e o f them a l l - - n o t a loophole in i t anywhere. However, cheer up, my boy, th e re i s a g re a t b ig loophole th a t you c re a te d y o u rs e lf — unw it­t in g ly , I am s u re . You pu t your b i r th d a te down a year too e a r ly , which would make you o f age now. However, y o u 'l l n o t be tw enty- one u n t i l your nex t b ir th d a y , and so t h i s agreem ent, c o n tra c t - ­p iece o f b lack m a il - - i s n u l l and v o id . I ' l l w r i te them a l e t t e r - - you ju s t fo rg e t about i t . '

| QUESTION: Y?hy is i t that you do not stress the Spiritual Department ofLife more than you do, seeing that i t is the most important of

a ll Five of the Departments o f Life?I .I

ANSWER: The Spiritual Department is d e fin ite ly the most important of theFive Departments of L ife. However, due to the fact that i t re­

' quires Hind — Mental EXPANSION — to comprehend that which is Spiritual, in contrast to that which is merely relig iou s, we have stressed Mental

, EXPANSION f ir s t . Then, ju st as soon as Reason and Judgment have attained some degree of EXPANSION we proceed to the other four Departments which, of course, includes the Spiritual.

With adequate Reason and Judgment a 3udding Individual is them eas­ily able to understand the difference between S p iritu a lity and emotion-

i alism. If we didn't proceed in th is manner, Mentally f ir s t , we might easily end up with a legion of religious fanatics.

A Budding Individual just fresh on THE PATH has no way of knowing that relig ion is not S p ir itu a lity in any way, shape or form. Nor is there any way of explaining the difference to him with h is in ab ility to

i Reason, Judge and Comprehend regarding the matter.Furthermore, Budding Individuals, stepping upon THE PATH for the

f ir s t time, are members of every imaginable church, cu lt and religion.| How far do you suppose you would get with them i f you antagonized them I by te ll in g them they weren’t at a ll Spiritual didn't know the meaning

of the word, and were only religious — which’ is worse than nothing?You wouldn't get far, neither would the new Budding Individual.

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"A fey days a f t e r th ey go t Uncle E z ra ’s l e t t e r th ey se n t me one - - more v e i le d t h r e a t s . I f I d id n ’t make arrangem ents to pay them my h e a l th and my ’Parchm ent' would s t a r t fa d in g . I was f u l l y aware now th a t ’The Temple' was u t t e r l y b la ck m agic, and so I knew th a t t h e i r th r e a t s were n o t to be laughed a t . Sure enough, in a few days I began to f e e l weak - - u t t e r l y 'washed o u t ’ m en ta lly and p h y s ic a l ly . I f I cou ld have g o tte n my hands on the $3000 I would g la d ly have se n t i t to them, b u t ev e ry f in a n c ia l door was c lo se d to me - - I was a m inor.

"While ly in g on my bed u t t e r l y ex h au s ted , I remembered what th e l e t t e r had s a id - - my h e a l th would fade w ith th e 'P a rc h m en t'.I r e t r ie v e d i t from i t s h id in g p la c e , and h o rro r of h o r ro r s , i t was b eg in n in g to fade - - th e s ig n a tu re s were alm ost gone, even my name was fad in g r a p id ly . . . and so was I .

"I was so weak I k e e le d over on th e bed . I remember say ing to m y se lf, 'Oh, i f on ly I knew what to do about t h i s t e r r i b l e th in g ? 1 The th o u g h t went th ro u g h my mind tim e and tim e ag a in .I dozed o f f th in k in g th a t one th o u g h t. Then I h ea rd my mother c a l l me - - 'su p p e r i s r e a d y '. I d i d n 't want any supper, b u t b e ­fo re I cou ld t e l l h er th a t I w o u ld n 't be down SOMETHING s a id to me q u ite f o r c e f u l ly , 'GO ON DOWN!1 I w ent, b u t I was so rry th a t I d id . The a s s i s t a n t p a s to r of our lo c a l church was th e r e . I f e l t su re th a t m other had in v i te d him over fo r a d in n e r ju s t to

QUESTION: We often receive le t te r s from people lik e th is: "I have three"bad teeth; t e l l me quickly how I can save them?" or "I need a

job badly and can't find one; even though there is a great shortage of laborers everywhere", or "A neighbor has put a vicious hex on me. How can I ward i t o ff and put i t right back on her?"

1 ANSWER: Questions lik e these and many others in the same category come,as you suspect, from Budding Individuals who have just set foot

upon THE PATH. Occasionally, they come from Budding Individuals who have been "marking time" on THE PATH, and suddenly fee l a need for some­thing and demand resu lts NOW.

Actually the thing to do is to start TRAVELING up THE PATH in the Mental Department of Life for a short distance, and then you'll know what to do. You would then KNOW that i f the three bad teeth can't be repaired, have them drawn — pulled. You would know that as you make progress toward the Millennium that three perfectly nev/, healthy teeth

1 w ill grow in the place of the missing ones as ea sily as new teeth tookthe place of "Junior's" when he was about eight or nine years old.

Regarding the "need of a job badly", e tc . , by proceeding along THE PATH in the Social and Financial Departments of Life a l i t t l e ways, you w ill find you have eith er a poverty-stricken consciousness, or you

1 are so anti-Social no real human being wants you around. As far as the "hex" is concerned, or any other mental aberration, use the COSMIC

; BLUE FIRE regularly for protection. Of course, no Advanced Budding In-1 dividual would want to put the "hex" back on another, for any reason.

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's e e what he cou ld do fo r m e '. He was a young fe llo w , who had r e c e n t ly g rad u a ted from a la rg e c i t y sem inary .

'We s a t n ex t to each o th e r du rin g the m eal. I f e l t th a t mother had a rran g ed t h a t , to o , b u t I was too weak to be any th ing b u t p o l i t e and d o c i le . Funny th in g , though , b e fo re the d inner was h a l f over I began to f e e l much b e t t e r . I a t t r i b u te d i t to th e f a c t th a t I h a d n 't e a te n w e ll fo r a number of days. S trange th in g , bu t I d id no t a t t r i b u t e my 'f e e l i n g so much b e t t e r ' to the young m in is te r a t a l l .

"A fter d in n e r was over I s a id to everyone, ' i f you fo lk s w i l l excuse me I ' l l go to my room . . . I f e e l q u ite t i r e d ' . Then I ex ­p la in e d to the young p a rso n , ' I 'v e been under q u ite a s t r a i n o f l a t e ; I know you w i l l excuse m e.' 'Why c e r t a i n l y , ' he r e p l ie d .' I was hop ing , however, to view your l i b r a r y t h i s evening . . . your mother has been t e l l i n g me about i t . "

11'By a l l means, p le a se come u p , ' s l ip p e d out o f my mouth. I was h a l f s t a r t l e d .

"Once in my room he looked over th e books, com plim ented me on such a f in e s e le c t io n , th en p ick ed ou t one on 'M ag ic '. He s a t down in a c h a ir b e s id e th e bed on which I wa3 r e c l in in g .'Now, J a c k , ' he a s su re d me, ' I have no d e s ire to in s in u a te m yself

! QUESTION: How can a Budding Individual, who is some distance on THE PATH,t e l l i f a l l of h is Five Departments o f Life are evenly or

equally EXPANDED? This has puzzled me for quite some time.II ANSWER: Being interested in th is matter to the extent of being "puzzled” ,

is a very splendid indication that you are EXPANDINS into The Sreater Life in a Five-Fold way. Let us congratulate you, and wish you continued EXPANSION.

Actually, none of the Five Departments are ever EQUALLY expanded, not even in an Advanced Budding Individual, INDIVIDUAL, or MASTER INDI­

i VIDUAL. One arises in the morning, with one Department a l i t t l e below the others, but by evening the "down" Department, through some splendid experience where the lagging Department was put to use in a defin ite way, is not only "up there" with the others, but has surpassed them.

This fine INCREASE in a single day's time is usually experienced 'in the Spiritual, or Social Departments of L ife. Of course, i t could be in the Financial, or Mental Departments. The Physical Department,

i as you know, makes gradual changes — we grow into better health, we grow into youthfulness. Of course, th is growing, which is gradual (but often not too slow) is true EXPANSION, just as truly as the other De- partrnents EXPAND into L ife.

Then you get a l i t t l e further along on THE PATH you w ill be able 1 to "feel" which Department needs your attention for the time being.

Give i t your attention by having more experiences in that Department, and i t w ill soon be in balance with the others.

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in to any of your a f f a i r s . However, I r e a l i z e th a t you have been th rough q u ite an o rd e a l of l a te and so i t i s my WORK to a s s i s t you in any way I can . I w o n 't go in to d e t a i l s , b u t now I know about th e u n p le asa n t c o n d itio n s you have ju s t ex p e rien ced . How­e v e r , I know about such th in g s , and f e e l th a t I can h e lp you so lve your problem - - in f a c t , we have a lre a d y s t a r t e d . At d in ­n e r ta b le I had a rran g ed w ith your mother to s i t nex t to you - ­she s t i l l d o e s n 't know why. Then w hile we were e a t in g I b rough t down the Cosmic Blue F ire n o t only th rough m y se lf , b u t th rough you a l s o . In no tim e you began to f e e l much b e t t e r , i s n ' t th a t t ru e ? '

"I had never h ea rd of th i3 'Cosmic Blue F i r e ' th a t he spoke o f , b u t I was in te r e s t e d , and so he ex p la in e d th e whole m a tte r in d e t a i l (see Monograph, "F ire o f L i f e " ) . I t was q u ite l a te when he l e f t . I go t up from the bed f e e l in g f in e . I was about to show him d o w n sta irs when he tu rn e d and s a id , 'You have a "M agical paper" co n cea led in your room h e re . L e t 's tak e i t down s t a i r s and burn i t . ' I was so amazed w ith t h i s su g g es tio n th a t fo r a moment I was sp e e c h le s s . However I re g a in e d my composure, f e r r e t e d out th e h idden 'P a rc h m en t', and we went down s t a i r s t o ­g e th e r . The f i r e in th e f i r e p la c e had burned down to golden em­b e r s . Only he and I were p r e s e n t . 'T ear th e "magic s p e l l" from to p to b o tto m ,' he s a id , which I d id . I t seemed th a t I was t e a r ­ing a p a r t som ething a l i v e . 'Now, p lace th e p ie c e s on to p o f each

I QUESTION: "What's ahead?"

! ANSWER: The above question keeps popping up in one form or another inalmost every incoming mail. I t is an excellent question. It

indicates that the persons asking i t innately know that there are GREAT i CHANGES AHEAD, and they are interested in them.

The answer to "What's Ahead" can be given in one word' — MIRACLES.1 Yes, there are MIRACLES ahead in every Department of L ife . To the older j I people the greatest MIRACLES (at least to begin with) w ill be in the I Physical Department of L ife . They w ill be the most gratifying there, ,

and, of course, the most obvious.As the Budding Individual passes into Advanced Budding Individual­

i ity he is going to experience wonderful health. The body w ill start tak- i ing on youthfulness in a most gratifying way. Good health and youthful­' ness alwa$rs begin on the inside — you 'll know they are taking place a I long time before outsiders w ill notice i t . As the body improves, the ! Mind INCREASES even faster . This means that the NINE facu lties in the 1 sub-conscious w ill be greatly activated. One of the nine is INSPIRATION.

When th is faculty begins really to function ( i t is only partly dormant) you w ill be led right to the thing or things that you desire and require.

I GENIUS i 3 also one of the nine fa cu ltie s . When i t is activated and USED,I you w ill AUTOMATICALLY KNOW how to make use of the information and reve­! lation s that INSPIRATION brings you.

WHAT’S AHEAD? Every wonderful thing that you can wish for ( i f i t i is Positive) w ill be yours as you INCREASE. Using what you have, where | you are NOW, is the beginning of MIRACLES for you.

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o th e r and t e a r them th e o th e r w ay .1 T his I d id . I t was a most t e r r i b l e f e e l in g . 'Now p lace them on the c o a l s . ' he commanded.I t took g re a t e f f o r t on my p a r t to do t h i s . A s tro n g m agical fo rce seemed to r e p e l me.

"A fter c o n s id e ra b le c o n c e n tra tio n and th e summoning o f a l l th e w i l l power I p o sse sse d , I f i n a l l y p la ced th e fo u r p ie c e s of to rn 'P archm ent' on the l iv e c o a ls . No soon had I s tep p ed back a lo n g sid e my new-found f r ie n d th an the p ie c e s caught f i r e , and b u rs t in to th e most lu r id re d flame th a t p r a c t i c a l l y f i l l e d the la rg e f i r e p la c e .

"My In n e r H earing was now wide open, and I h ea rd th e most n e r v e - s h a t te r in g , b lo o d -c u rd lin g scream s th a t must have em anated from the den izens o f th e n e th e r w orld .

"A fter a sh o r t tim e the g h a s tly re d f i r e d ied down, and f i ­n a l ly f l ic k e r e d o u t. J u s t th en th e huge, o ld g r a n d f a th e r 's c lo ck ac ro ss the room s tru c k tw elve - - MIDNIGHT. W ith my In n e r H earing wide open I was so s e n s i t iv e to sound th a t th e tw elve s tro k e s of th e a n c ie n t c lo ck sounded l ik e a sledge hammer s t r ik in g a huge gong. No sooner had th e l a s t s tro k e sounded th an my In n er S ig h t opened and I saw a most b e a u t i f u l s h a f t o f Cosmic Blue F ire com­ing s t r a i g h t down from Heaven above, com plete ly su rround ing u s .Not on ly t h a t , b u t i t was p a ss in g s t r a i g h t down th rough u s , which in tu rn caused each of us to glow w ith a b r i l l i a n t Blue L ig h t.

"Suddenly b o th my In n e r H earing and In n e r S ig h t 'c l o s e d '. A fte r q u ite a long moment I tu rn e d to my f r ie n d . He sm iled and spoke: 'T h is i s ju s t th e beg in n in g of a w onderfu l l i f e fo r you, Ja c k . There a re many, many th in g s fo r you to le a rn , b u t now th a t you have found THE PATH to th e G re a te r L ife you w i l l le a rn ju s t as r a p id ly as you have th e DESIRE and th e ENTHUSIASM to do s o . ' W ith t h i s he made h is way to th e door, we shook hands, and as he d ep a rted he s a id , ' I hope to be see in g you o f te n , J a c k '. "

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A fte r Jack W hite had resumed h is s e a t , Bob Workman asked Dr. Newman to c lo se th e m eeting . "I am sure you r e a l i z e , " th e Doctor s ta te d , " th a t we d id n o t ask you here m erely to l i s t e n to J a c k 's s to ry , in t e r e s t i n g as i t was. There i s a trem endous le sso n fo r you in t h i s - - b o th in your own ADVANCEMENT, and in your G reat Work of h e lp in g o th e rs to g e t s t a r t e d along THE PATH. The b lack fo rc e s a re everyw here, doing ev e ry th in g th e y can in th e most sub­t l e ways, to keep people from TRAVELING THE PATH. You must always be a l e r t a g a in s t them. Now, n ex t week, a t th e same hour, Bob Workman has INFORMATION to Im part th a t w i l l , I am su re , b e n e f i t ev e ry Advanced Budding In d iv id u a l h e re . We hope to see you th e n ." Everyone a s su re d him th ey would be p r e s e n t .

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