THE MYSTIC BROTHERHOOD af dann CHARTERED STATE OF FLA. Pest otrice 80x 435 “TAMPA, FLORIDA: 1/1/38/ 3/L 3290 Beloved Brother:— I have certainly enjoyed having this letter of the 25th, and your outline of the experiences you have had recently with the contacting of that Divine Force or Spirit within. This feel- ing you have located in the various portions of the *hysical organism, is not at all unusual. As you say, this doesn't feel the same as when we consciously direct the development of the Force of Kundalini. Never- theless, it is indicative of the opening of those Psycuic centers, and certainly the experiences you have had recently in contacting that Inner Calm and Poise and Serenity indicate a closer and more compiete attune- ment of those Psychic Centers. You know there really is very little which the Teacher can say, when comuenting upon experiences of tais Kind, or upon the different rates of vibration which tne Student con- tacts. These experiennes are peculiar to each individual. No two con- tact.taese forces in exactly the same way, and taerefore, when we learn of the experiences of one tney do not exactly correlate with the ex- periences of another. Hy own experiences do not exactly correlate with yours, but it does not mean that both are not actual, it does mean that ‘all I can say regarding your experiences will oe general comment. You will yourself, develop an understanding of exactly what these forces are and exactly what they are bringing you. You have asked regarding the early lessons on Astral Travelling and the projection to the "Cave." I wnnder if you wili check back over your communications, and tell me just where this reference is located. I believe you are referring to the sedond or third chat, and the experience which is related there. If this is the lesson or chat to which you are referring, tuis is not a practice for you. It is not an outline of an experiment but merely the relating of the experi- ence of this one particular individual. We are not there referring to Mount Shasta, and that particular spot has no association witn the Brotherhood work. With regard to tiis matter of the "Twin Soul". seem to believethat every person has a "Twin Soul", or a "Soul nate," of the Opposite Jex. A very few have developed to the point where they are a Twin Soul, and a true Twin Soul is a very rare occurrence, and it need not necessarily be the person of another sex. Twin Souls may find themselves incarnating as close-friends, perhaps as two members in the same family, or something of that Kind. It is not necessary tal Twin Souls be of opposite sex, or that tuey be husband and wife upon Waterial Plane. And as I said, tae actual eccurrence of Twin Souls i<2 very rare indeed. I wanted to speak to you a moment this morning about this matter of the Psycnic work. In your letters the greater number of your comments are upon tie experiences you have, and I am wondering if pernaps you are devoting too much of your time to Psychic work, hat you know is not the wnole of the work, and in fact, is but a very small portion of it. We find that the person who devotes too much of their time and attention in taat direction is apt to become a bit out of tune with material Plane conditions and circumstances. This we Wish to avoid, therefore, be sure that you do not devote too much of your time to the Psychic work, and the meditation work. 4 few goments each day suffices, remembering always of course, the special study hour, regularly once eacn week. Keep yourself attuned with the Material Plane during that portion of tie day when your attention must be devoted to those things, for it is only by giving them your full and complete atten- tion tat you will receive the good which is for you in those exper- iences. I am more than glad to continue with this subject of the Prophets, as you have suggested. I have made quite a few notes for you upon this subject and it will take several letters to cover it thoroughly. As we read the 19th Chapter of 1st Kings we find that the understanding Truthéf the aster is ever witn us, and it is not a little significant to note that in this hour of trouble and trial the first thing that was ordered for Elijah was "Arise and eat.” In other words, we are first given strength; before instruction, We are given the ability to receive not only Illumination, but criti- cism, and in spite of tite intense mental and Spiritual turmoil which Elijah was feeling at that moment this command nad the duble signi- ficance of vringing substance to satisfy tne need of the paysical or- ganism, implying as well that ais»work was not yet.completed, out that ne neéded strength to face still further obligations. It was only after that that he was taugnt that powerad force lie not entirely in the display of miracles, aud that God or "The Lord"was not in the fire of his demonstration, but was in the 3till Small Voice deep within himself. In the wilderness, then, he heard the admonit- ion of the Father as ne had never understood it before, and he caught a vision of the forces which are on the side of Jehovah. fven he, this wan who proved himself later to be a Master, must pass thru the fires of development, must be taught the Law of tne Cosmos, and must fignt thru the many discouragements whidn face each and every Treader of tae Path. we have but touched upon the many aspects of the Teachings of Elijah. He had wany experiences, not the least of which was his transition, and tue landing of his Scepter of kinistry to Elisha, ile leave tiese to ponder over in reflective moments, for taere are certain things which can come to the student, only thru direct contact, and thru the quiet studying of tne passages of Script- ure which have been so wisely devoted to counseling the Aspirant. You know the ‘Prophets lived and spoke largely in God's great out-of-doors and to this day their messages appeal most stroagly to men and women who live close to nature. No other prophet was wore fully a son of tue wild tnan Amos, ile was a herdsman from tne Hills of Tekoa, a vil- lage five miles southwest of Bethlehem. This region was known as adesert, and was to be the scene of the preaching of John the Baptist, as well as of the temptation of Jesus. Tekoa was situated ona hill, adapted only to graztng, and it seems to have been as forbidding in all else as in location. uoderns would style it God-forsaken. Among these rugged hills, where wild beasts of various sorts abounded, Amos herded cattle which may have belonged to another, and eked out a niggardly living by pruning sycamore trees. Can any good thing cone out of Tekoa? Amos was reared in the southern Kingdom, but so far as we can tell, he prophesied only in Israel. He seems to have ex- peoted to end his days in his desert retreat, but when he heard the call from Jehovah to prophesy in Betnel, he bore with nim all the cour- age and the strength witi wiich as a herdsman he had rescued from the mouth of a lion two legs of a calf or a piece of an ear. Like hoses, he nad lived so long with nature that ne had acquired something of her simplicity, In strength and in vividness his writings are second only to those of Isaiah. The style of the Book of Anos "preserves ali the effects of pointed and dramatic delivery, with that breath of lyrical fervour wich lends a special charu to the highest Hebrew Oratory." Anos went from Tekoa to prophesy in Bethel about 760 5.0, In less than two score years the Northern Kingdom was to fall, but just before the crash she was enjoying the highest prosperity of her history, partly because she was at peace with the world, For a time Syria was leaving ner alone, and Assyria had not yet begun to seem a menace. Under Jeroboam II Israel was increasing yearly in power at home, and in prestige abroad, but the blessings of ner pros- perity were not equally distributed or wisely used. The rich were building sumer houses, and winter palaces of ivory, in which they were lolling on the silken cushions of their couches, and all the wile they were exploiting the poor. "They have sold the rightedus for a pair of shoes. They pant after the dust on the heads of the poor," Needless to say, immorality stalked everywhere unabashed. This godless nation gave a prominent place to form- al religion, which centered in Bethel, the seat of a high place, that is, a place for idolatrous worship, other than Jerusalem. In Bethel and in Dan, Jeroboam I had set up the two high places, as the twin foci round wiich the religious Life of the Northern Kingdom should re- volve, but for some reason Bethel had drawn to itself many of the pat= rons of Dan. Although not the political capital, which was located at Samaria, Sethel seems to have been the largest and strongest city of tue Northern Kingdom. Here the priests and tne prophets, as well as many others wno craved the cousolations of an easy-going Faith, must have made their homes; and to this popular shrine still other hosts must often have journeyed to seek the solace of a system whicn would not frown upon their sins. The religionof Betnel was "baptized Paganism." Its worship was splendid, costly, hollow. Even when offered in honor of Jehovah rather than that of Baal, it was offered in a forbidden place and in a forbidden manner; aence it had no uplifting effect upon men's lives; indeed it fostered every sort of pnysical and noral unclean- ness, Surely Bethel needed a prophet, but no less surely was she un- conscious of her need. This was the one place, nevertneless, where the prophet coud best speak the word of tne Lord to Israel. Awos seems to_have arrived in Bethel on a feast day, when ritualism and patroitis united in ministering to the emo-~4- tions of the throng, When he began to speak, he must have caused some- thing of a commotion, for he was a son of Judah, twin sister to Israel and her keenest rival, He must have been garbed in rougiapparel, and have spoken in a rugged fashion which would shock the delicate sensi- bilities of Bethel, whose prophets were men of the mode, Think of ir. Sunday in Boston. How could such a herdsman from the hated hills of Judah secure a hearing in the reiigious capital of ‘srael, on a day set apart to godless mirth? Would he at once launch forth against tne sins of Israel? No. He began to speak in a vein which would have done credit to a skilled diplomat. There are still more points concerning Amos to be brought out, but with your permission, I am going to hold thewbver until I next write. The Brotherhood acknowledges receipt of your Scribe Alm offering waich you have enclosed, and also the extra amount which you have so very kindly and thoughtfully included, and they wish to extend t you their most sincere thanks, appreciation and their blessings. Sincerely, Thy Brotaer in Light Eternal,CHARTERED STATE OF FLA. ese orrice - TAMPA, FLORIDA: T/LT/35-5-T 3290 Box 439 Beloved Brother: Your communication of the 4th cume in of course, quite some time ago, bringing me the meditation notes which have been thoroughly enjoyed as I have had ample opportunity to go over them in something of detail, and to meditate upon the points which you have brought out. at the time you wrote, you hadn't received my let- ter of the 1st, and I felt that you would be responding to that com- munication. Therefore, I waited a few days before answering your let- ter of the sth, but don't feel that I should wait any longer for per- haps as you said in your letter you still are waiting to have my re- sponse before writing me again. Those things which have been coming to you during your meditation periods certainly do indicate a very real increase in your sensitivity. With regard to the various bodies, each of the Seven Planes has its own body of course. Those bodies are varying rates of vibration, or we might express them as states of consciousness. Now to one who is sensitive they can be "séen" just as we see colors and lights They aren't divided however, they are intermingled, one with the other. For instance, when you see the aura around the physical body, you are seeing not the aura of the physical body alone, but the sum-total of the aura of all Seven Bodies. This certainiy is proof pos- itive that the bodies are not seperated, but that all seven of them occupy the same space as it were, that they are intermingled, all Seven Rates of vibration thus pecoming one, in one sense of the word. The contact mentioned in the early chat, that is, the descriptio. of the cave does not refer to the Gave of Symbols of Mt. Shasta. I'm glad you have enjoyed reading "Unveiled wysteries," and am very interested in the contacts which you have set up which is apparently with ot. Germain. As for commenting upon it however, you realize that experiences of this kind are peculiarly and individually your own. That is little that I can say concerning them, except that I am glad they are bringing you such inspiration. Now to continue with our notes upon the subject o the Prophets. Like the modern missionary, who refrains from un- necessarily antagonizing the most sinful hearers, amos began with truths which his hearers gladly received. He began by denouncing the sins of the enemies and rivals of Israel, and he massed his material in the most dramatic fashion. Tae first portion of his book chapters 1 thru 4, deals largely with the State. The people of Israel seem to have though!eee that Jehovah was a sort of tribal deity, who would favor them no mat- ter what they might do, because they belonged to Him, just as many a foolish father spares his wandering boy from the discipline which would recall him to virtue's Narrow Path. Perhaps they told themselves that they must be fairly good, or He would not keep pouring out His bless- ings upon them, But amos told them bluntly that Jehovan had blessed them boyntifully in order that they might live in righteousness, and that their abuse of His mercies would lead only to .udement. The second portion of his book, chapters 4 and 6, and 6 deals most largely with religion and with the Church. When amos spoke in Bethel, the State Church was pob- ably more populer and mor prosperous than ever before, but its rit- uals were meaningless and lacking in true reverence. amos did not fail to speak directly of these matters, pointing out the sad refrain, "Yet hve ye not returned unto me," saith Jehovah, for He perceived that the difficulties of Israel were not bringing the insight t Spirit- ual Law which they should have brought, even as today our individual and national difficulties seem to pass by with only developing hat- red, malice and discontent, rather than true Vision, but even thru this portion of his book the Light of Cosmic Rejuvenation illuminates the message which he would bring when he says, "Seek ye lie, and ye shall live." "Seek good, and not evil, that ye may live," etc. But Israel blind to the message, continued in the way in which she had gone thus far, and further precipitated the judgment which was so certain to ac- crue. So the last portion of the book, chapters 7 thru 9 consists of a delineation of the various visions which the prophet had, and which he interpreted in relationship to the State and the Chureh, especially Israel. Generally speaking, the prophet will employ a vision in mich the same way that the ilaster Jesus used parables and many allusions to nature, for they were examples which taught the prin- ciples of Truth in such a way as to be Understood by each and every individual. In this case we have these visions of amos, impressing the people of Israel even more strongly than this direct rebuke of their transgressions. He spoke directly, not glossing over the facts as he perceived them, Israel was a decidedly social State, and perhaps this Tugged speaker and the Truths which he presented were not altogether acceptable to their more highly refined tastes. But looking back over this address as a whole, we perceive it to be one of the most forceful and mightiest sermons in the vld Testament. Such a thought as this is not p rpetuated Age after Age for the purpose of bringing light upon the hstory of the Jews; it is not a warning to Israel alone, that is to the Israel of ancient times, but its value lies in its message and in its warning to us today. How closely akin to proud Israel are the ruling Nations at the present time, and can we, any more than they accept this Truth, revise our mauner 0. approach, to the waster, and ex- emplify in our actions, in our thoughts and deeds, the right thinkin. which he would have us follow? That is what we mist do, each and every individual contributing his share, and it is this message waich must be carried far and wide that none may be without its reverberating Truth echoing in their lives. During the last century since amos spoke in bethel conditions on the surface have greatly changed, but the heart of things always and everywhere, are the same. The thought which he brought .was one of warning, but we are not to look upon it as being disastrous to us now, but simply as a word of instruction, a suggestion by way of preparation, that we may perceive these many changes with courage anddace the future with the same faith that these Prophets themselves manifested in the judgment of the iiaster. Next we come to Hosea who has always been one of the most striking in the entire scripture, and certainly his book contains many beautiful and moving passages tuat have made one's understanding of Life deeper and more charitable. a8 to Hosea, as a man, there seems to be little that we know about his Life except that he was a native of Israel. He Was contemporaneous with Isaian, Joel, iicah and «mos. The sory of the book of Hosea is a famous one; its intention debajable, but its lesson clear and unmistakable. The most important thought in the Book o: course being his marriage to Gomer, the daughter of Dibliam. as you know, his wife was nabitually untrue to him. In spite of the affection which Hosea held for her, sne sank lower and lower until she reached the very epitome of shame and evilness. in the third cnapter he tells us of purchasing her at the lowest compensation possible for a slave being sold in public market. It seews like a strange relationship indeed, for Hosea was deceived again and again to yet seek her ouu and offer her again the protec- tion of his home. But Jehovah's method of revealing Trutn is oft- times a devious and mysterious one. Hosever unpleasant this particular problem may ve, itis, and we must face fact, a constantly recurring one. Gomer no doubt was of 4 nature not given to appreciating true mer- it. Her thoughts were lightly turned to frivolous entertainment, and her strength of character was not such as to permit her to resist the temptations set in her Pathway. but it is not Gomer who is the chief character of the drama thus enacted; it is Hosea, this Nan of God who seemed to be not withou. honor except in his own household. He was ever guiltless of wrong-doing toward his wife, but rather seeming to have watched over her with a sort of guarding sympathy. There seems to”be” three possible methods of in- terpreting this book; one accepting these experiences as being literal facts; another of looking upon the entire book as an allegory, and the third, considering it the result of a retrosepctive analysis of tis life as ,iven by Hosea in reviewing circumstances and relating taem to Divine Causes. Whicn of these three are we to accept as true? As to the first, there seems to be some ground for accepting tals story as at least having some foundation in fact. but if so, We are faced with that second verse of the first chapter and tne question of « digher Power autnorizing Hosea to become associated with Gomer. Does God or does the Higher seif, in any case, instigate ivil? It seems not. Even the Orthodox leaders of this chaper have re ject- ed that viewpoint. There seems to be some deeper and underlying signi- ficance which is not revealed by taking the entire incident as being literal and nothing else. With kindest personal regards, Sincerely, Tay brother in Light Eternal. Si ae WB,CHARTERED STATE OF FLA. Pest office Box 439 + TAMPA, FLORIDA: U/31/35-3-T 3290 Beloved Brother: Your letter of the 26th has been very welcome in- deed, and I'm glad you have turned and are focussing a greater am- ount of your attention upon the earth plane and less upon the inner planes. I was hoping you would receive my comments upon that manner in exactly the spirit you have indicated here, realizing that as your Teacher, I was attempting to keep you completely and perfectly balanced in your development. You are quite right that to develop friendship and to make a friend of another, it is necessary to send vibrations of love, of affection and understanding, and we find almost invariably that the person to whom we direct these vibrations, responds. Yes, it is possible for the astrologer to work out a chart for you with the purpose of determining which direction your talents lay, and I'm sure he will be glad to do so. However, if you do have this made out, don't take your chart as fixed fate or des- tiny. If you find your desires are very strong in one direction then you should follow those desires; analyze yourself in the light of your chart, and decide whether or not those talents which the chart sets forth are the directions in which you wish to bend your efforts. In other words, don't let the chart take free-will from you. In this particular case you would wish to have a natal made and the astrolog- er can prepare this for you at a cost of three dollars. Let me know when you write again if you wish to have him do so. You have said that you have during the past week given much attention to the control of transformations and you are Wondering what mental state to hold during this time. 1 wish, if you do not mind, when you write again, that you would tell me exactly what you mean by the word transformation. It isn't entirely clear to me here just exactly what it is to which you are referring, and I shall be glad to talk it over with you, if you will go a bit further in detail concerning it. I find your account of your recent experi- ences to be most interesting. Now, while I'm waiting for your further detail in this question you have taken up, I'm going to continue the notes upon the Frophets. It is not entirely allegorical -- we have reason to believe that Hosea did live, did write this book, and did pass thi something of an experience like this. So we come to the third possibility, and all things considered, I believe this to be the correct analysis.We can imagine Hosea passing thru such a severe test; perhaps he was bewildered, especially having a tendency toward Religious Thought, having always lived a pure and unapproachable life, to find himself beset with this problem so discouraging and so dis- heartening. Many times when we watch the best of men and women under- going treatment such as this we are faced again and again with the question "why?" But we forget that only a good man cen suffer as Hosea suffered. If he himself had been impre at heart, he would perhaps have resented the affront to what modern man considers his honor, and would have rushed out to avenge his wrong. If he had merely been a cold, unfeeling husband, he might have taken refuge in the thought that he had never been untrue. But since he was only a humble caild of God he must suffer with and because of Gomer's sin, somewhat as the Master Jesus and as the Higher Forces on the Inner Planes suffer be- cause of our wrong-doings. Because Hosea was pure and strong he could love Gomer with a love that passeth knowledge, and when he founc that his love was not returned, tnat it was rather trampled under the feet of her who was not worthy to touch the hem of his garment, still he could love and he could suffer. In the midst of his own tribulations Hosea must have learned to sympathize with other men, for he lived in an age and ina land filled with impurity of the blackest hue. As he looked out over his threshold, where those helpless bairns were sobbing for the love of a mother who was worse than dead, ne must have seen cher homes which sin had blasted, and his heart must have been filled .th a new sympathy for the innocent sufferers, a sympathy born of his own trouble. as he began to see the lignt again, he must have yeamed to share it with all who suffered injustice with him at the uand of one they loved. To sympathize means to suffer with, and for his gentle ministry as a friend of sinners Hosea was brought close to a true understanding of life. Little by little Hosea must have seen a deeper meaning in his sorrows. Not only was he to become the sympathizing friend of others whose love had been misplaced, but he was to teach Israel that she was guilty of the sin of spiritual adultery. This figure startles us at first, but nothing weaker could convey the Truth about an unfaituful Church, such as that in the time of Hosea. This figure did not originate with him, for it was the natural corollary of the common Biblical teaching that Jehovah was spiritually the Hus- band of the Church. Other lands which sinned grievously against Jehovah were guilty of fornication, but Israel and Judah, which had plighted their troth, were guilty of spiritual adultery. Nowhere did this auful thought find clearer expression than in the book written by this man who had himself suffered somewhat as God was suffering. Jehovah had ever been true to Israel. He had set His love upon her, and fie had never let her go. “I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their aras but they knew not that I healed them.” We can imagine his distrdss of heart, as well as that which has characterized tae attitude of Jehovah toward His people as delineated in the llth chapter in the 6th and 9th verses. But Hosea sougot the woman Gomer, and ever purchased her back again to his home; so have we always access to the forces of the Divine countenance and the Divine Love of the Father. Ever are we included in that statement, "Thou art my people." Hosea's forgiveness is almost without perallel, and he strove to treat her just as Jehovah Would evidence leniency and understanding to those who come to Hiw for guidance and assistance. It is quite easy to accept the fact, there-ae fore, that Hosea, in the latter part of his life, reviewing these cir- cumstances of his middle-age, perceived them as being of particular significance. Without this experience he could not have fulfilled his ministry, nor have counseled Israel as he did. Gradually his life took on that quality of Prophetic Symbology which led him to set down his experiences as delineated in the Book of Hosea. It was natural of course that he should, because of heightened sensitiveness, accepts his troubles as being condoned of God. In retrospect his life assumed that charac- ter. He was aware of the tendencies inherent within himself which no doubt brought about such a stumbling block, he was mtisfied as to the justification of it, and tnen went one step further and made it a stepping stone to an even greater understanding of Divine Forces. It is this last step which we fail so often to make, but it is that saving touch which gives existence its purpose, and which makes avail- able our knowledge to others in need of counsel. In Hosea we have an unusual character, for perhaps in greater degree than any other prophet does he express the tenderness of the Master Jesus. One commentator has said "In Hosea we stand beside the Fountain head of that saving Doctrine, ‘God is Love.'" Now abideth knowledge, repentance, love -- these three, but the greatest of these is love. Such is the Gospel accord- ing to Hosea. Now we turn to the greatest Prophet in the Old Testa- ment, that Prophet who has been called "The Prophet to the Nations” for his Prophecies have applied to every social and political group Since his ow ancient age. He was a Statesman, a man of wisdom, of eloquence, of literary genius, and it is thought that he was of the Royal Ruling Hebrew Family of Judah. Rabbinical Traditions say tnat Isaiah, in his old age, was sawn asunder in the trunk of a carab Tree by order of Manasseh. We have a passage in Hebrews, chapter11, verses 86 and 37, which refers to the passing of the important Prophets. Fre- == sumably Isaiah was one meeting one of these several fates. It may be safely asserted that nowhere else in the literature of the world have so many magnificently great ideas been brought together within the limits of a single work. The Book of Isaiah falls into two divisions, each of which has several sub-divisions. Cha- pters 1 to 39 are chiefly historical, containing Prophecies of the Messiah to come. Chapters 40 to 66 are a collection of poems, concern- ed chiefly with the assurances of return from the Babylonian Exile. All critics regardless of their opinion of the various different Prophecies and the various different interpretations of the text, agree that the marvelous foretelling of the Messiah was written many centuries before He actually appeared. We know this man Isaiah solely as he revealed himself in his writings, and that was but casually, lie know thet he prophesied in the latter portion of the 8th century before Christ, beginning his life work about 740 B.C. and closing it not long after 700 B.Y. tie know too, that he was married and had two sons, on whom he bestowed names symbolical of his two-fold message,"a remnant shall return” and "the spoil speedeth, the prey hasteth.” In regard to these sons he has said "Behold, I and’the children whom Jehovah hath given to me are for signs and wonders in Israel "In the year that King Uzziah died,” that is, about 740 B.C. Isaiah was called. The times sorely needed a man with all othe pitts end graces. During the long years of peace under Uzaiah he farMlers had filled their barns to bursting, and the city folk whom“4 the prophet mew best, had learned to revel in all that wealth could buy. The few barons into whose hands the larger portion of the land and the gold had fallen, were using their power to exploit the common peo- ple. Vying with each other in luxury and in vice, the selfstyled upper classes were running to every excess of riot. I will continue this discussion of the Prophets in a latér communication, carrying these points further. The Brotherhood acknowledges receipt of the Scribe Alms enclosed, and the extra amount which you so kindly and thoughi- fully included, and extend to you their sincere thanks, appreciation and their blessings. I shall be watching for your next letter with a very real interest. Sincerely, Thy Brother in Light Eternal. UB. SheenCHARTERED STATE OF FLA. Pest orrice 40x 435 + TAMPA, FLORIDA: 8/13/35-3-T 3290 Beloved Brother: Your letter of the 1st bringing me the diary has arrived, some few days ago, and this morning { have also your commun- ication of the 7th. You certainly have been successful in your work re- cently, not only upon the Material Plane but with the Inner self as well, and I'm glad that you have taken to heart my suggestion with re- gard to activity upon the Waterial Plane, that you are making friends and finding greater harmony in that direction. I know it isn't easy to Keep the thoughts completely clear and to maintain the discipiine of the self, but certainly you have gained very real control over these various matters which you have described. We know also that as we de- cree and affirm the elements do agree with those affirmations, and for the greater number of instances, we can affirm and bring about the weather conditions we desire about us. Certainly in this matter of thought control and direction you have accomplished a great deal. You have given a very clear outline here and have asked for light upon what your ideas and development should be. I can't tell you what ideas you ought to hold, certainly your development has been more than marked, but as for tne ideas which you should hold, that depends on what you are attempting from day to day to accomplish. Certainly those ideas should always be positive, certainly they should always be in harmony with Universal Mind. The greater part of your attention should be given to things of the liaterial Plane, developing positive thoughts with regard to those things, a certain portion of your time should be developed to the thoughts and attitude which will bring about inner or spiritual de- velopment. Certainly with the experience you have had, with the results you have achieved, you don't need anyone else to tell you the ideas upon which you should dwell. The attitude outlined in my letter upon the subject of the Principle of Love gives you as complete an outline of the direction in which you should work a8 anything further that I could say. The Astrologer has already commenced work for you upon the Natal Chart. Since you have found the study of the Prophets to be so interesting I'm going to conclude the notes which I have prepared f you upon this subject this morning. They would have said that they were intensely re- ligious, because formal worship of every sort was flourishing; ritual- ism divorced from righteousness; superstition and witchcraft; even the-3- foulest rites of idolatry. 'The ox knoweth his owner, and tue ass his master's crib, but Israel doth not know, ly people do not consider Judah and Israel were situated on the highway be- tween the two great world powers, Assyria and Egypt, and Hebrew History might be scanned with interest to watch how those two tiny states strove to elude the clutches of one or the other of these two rapacious powers. ancient Judah and Israel seem large to us, who think of their place in the history of redemption, but despite all their own estimates to their prowess, and all their hopes for world-wide dominion, in contrast with these two mighty empires they were territorially as in- significant as Holland and Switzerland in modern Europe. But Isaiah strove in vain to convince the nation that assyria was only waitsng for a pretext to swallo. ner attractive little neighbor, waich was daily becoming weaker. All of this was close to the heart of his political message. During the period extending rougaly from 740 B.C to 735 B.C. Isaiah was ever picturing coming doom. Because of popular irreligion and lack of faith, because of luxury and vice, ne foresaw that his people would quickly succumb to pressure from without. His descriptions of oncoming doom are among the most powerful in all prop- hetic literature. “The ioftiness of man shall be bowed down, and the haughtiness of men shall be brought low." Later, from the period approximately 754 b.C. to 719 6.0. his dire predictions were partially fulfilled in the joint attack from the combined forces of Israel and Syria (Not assyria.) In desperation King shaz determined to seek refuge under the outstretch- ed wing of mighty Assyria. "His heart trembled, and the heart of uis people, as the trees of the forest tremble before tue wind." Isdian Went to him with a message from the Lord: "Take heed, and be quiet, fear not, neither let thy heart be faint because of those two tails of smoking fire-brands." The prophe. warned King and Nation to seek no entangling alliances, but to trust=solely in thesLord; "If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established." Ahaz did not hearken to Isaiah, but threw himself and nis people into tne waiting arms of assyria, which quickly quelled Israel and Syria. haz was weak and vain; 80 he could scarcely nave risen to the heights of faith demanded by the Prophet. The people too, with certain exceptions, had small faita. For a time after they sought protection from Assyria, they must have congratulated themselves on their bargain, but ere long they awoke to the fact that in escaping from relatively insignificant foes near & they had thrown themselves into the power of the mightiest empire on earth. Repentance came soon but it came too late. it grew stronger still in 722 5.C. when Israel was carried away into captiviy, evermore to return, leaving Judah alone to await her doom. The people of Israel endured this servility to aesyri for many years, but gradually in spite of the warnings of Isaiah, Judah tvok the first feeble steps toward freedom from the yoke of the ruling Nation. Soon the alien hosts came pouring out from the North like a flood. The conspiracy loosely formed under the friendly eye of Egypt, with Judah as its ringleader, quickly collapsed and the people who had been jubilant over the prospect of freedom saw their partners in the conspiracy falling one by one before the Assyrian cohorts. When the people saw that the shadow of Egpt was helpless to save them, and that her strength was to sit still, theyturned to the man of God, and they found him waiting with a message as reassuring as it was unexpected and undeserved. He had perplexed them by foretelling the coming of assyria as tie agent of God to chastise His faithless children, but when the lion had come, and was standing ready to devour her petty lamb, Isaiah astounded his people by the definite prediction that while besieging Jerusalem, Assyria would meet with overwhelming destruction from the hand of Uod. after this prediction, startling events followed in such swift succession that we cannot trace them here. “and the angel of Jehovah went forth, and smote in the camp of tne Assyrians @ hundred and fourscore and five thousand and when men arose early in the morning, behold they were all dead bodies. So Sennacherib, king of assyria, departed, and went and re- turned and dwelt at Ninevah." In these simple words the Prophet des- cribes the triumph of his life. This victory ceme at the very close of the 6th cen- tury before Christ. Isaiah was no longer young. So far as his minis- try to the state was concerned, he had finished his course, he had kept the faith, and henceforth there was laid up for him tie crown of righteousness. Tradition says that he was sawn asunder by Manas- seh, who began to rule in 690 5.C. During these last years, accord- ing to another tradition which still appeals to conservative scholars as true, he wrote the last twenty-seven chapters of the book which bears his name. These chapters are among the most inspiring in the Bible. But as yet we have not toucned upon the principles of his philosopjy. These I am going to leave until a future letter and am going to suggest that you turn to the Book of Isaiah in the meantiue and read again nis inspiring passages which have been the pattern which many of the world's finest literary geniuses have follow- ed in their works. The Brotherhood. acknowledges receipt of the offering enclosed for the Chart, and extend their sincere thanks, appreciation and their blessings. 1 shall be watching for your next letter and if there are any further questions you wish to ask upon this matter of thought and thought control 1 shall be watching for them, Now, let me give you a little message, a thought to hold in your mind each day as you work and strive, a thougit which will bring you comfort, and upliftment, and which will aid you in solving these difficulties. "I have within me the power of the Christ. i can conquer all that comes to me today; I am strong enough to bear every trial and accept every joy and say ‘Thy will be done.'™ Sincerely, Thy Brother in Light Eternal.BROTHERHOOD udann InPace + TAMPA, FLORIDA: POSE oFniee 80x 439) 8/28/35/ 3/L 3290 Beloved Brother: As you have told me in this letter of the 25th of the experience you had in concentrating and using the Will Power, I realize that it was an experience which taught you much, and which held much for you, This is an example in a small way of what we can accomplish by using the force of our own lind and thought Power, and I know that it isn't difficult for you to realize as you concentrate on this, something of the greater effects which we can also bring about, Something of the greater manifestations which can , thru our own activity be brought into being. The development of the physical organism is also an excellent idea, You know it isn't necessary to do violent ex- ercises in order to keep in trim. A few exercises well thought out for the development of the muscles, kept up regularly, will "do wonders" for the maintenance of physical fitness. The Psychic Experiences you have been receiving, are also most interesting. I cannot of course tell you what they are, or who these individuals were whom you contacted. Those experiences are personally and individually yours, no other person can explain them or interpret them for you. It does however, indicate an ever increasing consciousness of these things, and a greater sensitivity upon your part, I assure you that the photograph of yourself, and your home will be most welcome. I regret however, that it isn't possible for me to send a photograph of myself in return, much as I would like to do so as an evidence of my friendship. Not only is it a rule that the Teachers here do not send out their photographs, but as a matter of fact, I haven't had one taken for many, many years. Yes, with regard to your chart, the balance Detween the two states of being indicated in your chart is known as equilibrium, and this study of the lectures is helping you tobuild up equilibrium within yourself, I know that as you look back over that which has been accomplished, it isn't difficult for you to see wherein real progress and development has taken place. And now this morning I am going tgtonclude for you! those notes upon the Prophets, going just a bit more deeply into the teachings of Isaiah, If one tries to disentangle the Political Teachin}ls of Isaiah from his religious principles, he attempts the impossible, for, you might just as well try to study a man's body apart from his Life and Soul. As a result we should see only a corpse. In almost everyquotation which we have given from Isaiah, the entire context would show that the prophet viewed the most sordid political schemes from above, and that he approached the most prosaic problems of state from within, as matters which vitally concerned the Spirit. Through such seoular realities he ever strove to point men's eyes tothe Holy One of Israel. oom is perhaps the most characteristic note of the first part of tie book of Isaiah, as comfort is perhaps the domi- nating note of the second part. At the very beginning of his ministry, he learned that the people would not heed his call for repentance, and that doom would fall upon them, "Until cities be wasted without habitant, and houses without men, and the land become utterly waste." But the night which was soon to steal over the nation was not to be without its star of hope. The first Messianic promise, that all nations shall flow unto the mount of Jehovah, and shall live together in perfect peace was given ata time when the saints were hearing so wuch about Nation- al sin and doom, that they might easily forget God's age-long Promise. The more specific prediction -- "A virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel" -- was given to a king whose Weakness must have perplexed the saints, The historic setting of ano- ther essianic prediction, uttered a trifle later, is suggested by the prophet; "The People that walked in darkness have seen a great light; they that dwelt in the land of the Shadow of death, upon them hath the light shined" -- and then follows the promise concerning the King with Four Names, and blest with supernatural endowments, for a reflection of which men vainly looked at King Ahaz. "The zeal of Jeho- vah of hosts will perform this.” Isaiah comforted the saints and rebuked the sinful nation byshowing that the lowly state of Judah, after doom had falien, would prepare for the coming of the King. He would comé forth as a shoot from the roots of a tree which had fallen before Jehovah's mas- sive arm, And instead of the conditiéns which prevailed under Ahaz, the ideal King would bless the world with righteousness and truth; "They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy mountain; for the arth shall be full of the knowledge of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea;" and in the days of King Hezekiah, when the nation was tottering, isaiah re- vealed the only hope for the ermanence of the Kingdom; "Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner- stone of sure foundation; he that believeth shall not be in haste." What lessons has this King of Prophets for Ameri- ca? We might twist his teachings so as to correspond with passing events, and even with long stretches of the future, but before we pro- ceeded far with such a detailed application, we should discover that "the bed is shorter than that a man can stretch himself on it; and that the covering is narrower than that a man can wrap himself in it." Isaiah did not tell us when the European war would end, but by this spiritual interpretation of the history of Judah, culminating in the Promise of the Messianic King, he unfolded the Spiritual rrinciples by which the Holy One of Israel governs His world. The principles of Occultism are changeless,but the application of them to conditions today must differ from the ap- plication of them to different conditions tomorrow. Isaiah must of- ten have faced the charge that he had changed his mind; in no tro crises did he give exactly the same counsel; he was ever applying changeless principles to Changing conditions; and so he coud never-3- be a mere consistent traditionalist. He dared to appear inconsistent, and so must any man who would become a seer. Jehovah today is the same as twenty-six hundred years ago, our relation to Him should be much the same as that of the saints in Isaiah's times, and our hopes should center in the same Messiah of wuom he sang; but our application of these principles to passing events must constantly change. What have the lofty spiritual principles of Isaiah to do with modern politics? Much every may. "The Powers that be are ordained of God" says the Isaiah of the Old Testament. Church and State are separate, and neither is subject to the other, so long as each confines herself to her proper sphere; but surely God is ruler over the twain, and no less surely He has a holy will for the State as well as for the Church. If we in America accept the changeless spiritual principles which were partially unfolded by this prophet and perfectly revealed in the Messiah #hom he foretold; if we follow men who seek the wisdom which cometh down from above, so that they may apply these changeless principles to changing conditions, we may expect to share in the glories of that future of which Isaiah sang But if we do not hear the voice of God saying to us "This is the way, walk ye in it," we shall not escape from doom worse than that which fell upon ancient Judah. "If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.” The Brotherhood acknowledges receipt of your Scribe Alm offering which you have enclosed, and also the extra amount which you have so very kindly and thoughtfully included, and they wish to extend to you their most sincere thanks, appreciation and their bless- ings. With kindestregards, Sincerely, Thy Brother in Light Eternal, bee SIE SeePest fries 80x 439 CHARTERED STATE OF FLA. + TAMPA, FLORIDA: 9/9/38/ 3/L 3290 Beloved Brother: Your diary has accompanied your letter of the 4th, and I have certainly found a real enjoyment in having both of these contacts with you. I am going to leave your diary until a bit later on when I can give it the close attention I really like to give to it, and know that I shall thoroughly enjoy it as I always do. As for this matter of taking up a course in engineering. This depends of course, entirely upon your desire, upon your analysis of yourself, and your decision as to whether or not you are fitted to work in this direction, taking into consideration also whether or not an individual trained along this particular line is in demand, There are some professions you know which are over-crowded, I am not an authority upon this particular profession, nor its field, and therefore, am unable to tell you definitely. But this is a matter which you must work out according to your ow desire, and according to your own decision, I assure you that I shall be working with you in every way that I can, and shall be interested in any steps you take, and I am sure you know that you will have my full backing and cooper- ation. It is quite all right for you to leave the fast until later on, As a matter of fact, we expect you to do this, that is, to wait until conditions are as good as possible for the carrying thru of a successful fast. D appreciate your giving me a detailed outline of the experiences you have had recently, Certainly they do indicate a great deal of progress and advancement. Daily across the desks of the Brotherhood Instru- ctors flow letters inquiring as to the nature of political and milit- ary tendencies now formulating. Indeed one of the characteristics of the Occultist seems to be his alert interest in all things and in all subjects. Certainly this is not a time for pusillanigous wool-gatherm @ ing; it is a time for the active use of intelligence, intelligence guided by Spiritual influence. So few know concretely what the future holds. We are living in an age which is best characterized by a question mark, and during such an era of uncertainty the actions, and above all the thoughts of each individual soul are of inestimable importance. This is an age when emotional reaction is at a hi, state of receptivity. Orators with "golden voices” are alert to sway popular fancy in one direction or anovher. Time after time students