THI S B OO K

Is mo st grate f ully d e dic a t e d to my Be l ov ed

Teache r Dr Sharp from the S ev e n th Z o ne— with
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s incere st a pprec i a ti on to ea ch and a ll o f my Invi s

ibl e H el per s who assisted in this ma rv elous R ev el

ation for the U p li ft o f H u man ity
an d he re with I
expre ss m y si ncere st th ank s fo r th e pri v il e g e o f
thes e ma n y wo n d erf ul j o urn e ys to th e Wo rld o f
S ou l an d for the Un s el fi sh L o v ing S ervic e r e n
d er ed in so m any un s p eak abl e w ays .

Sin c erel y ,

E R uder D rollinger
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Not i ce Jo urney s to the Ethereal Worl d b y

the Autho r an d V ariou s E x per ie nce s
while Th e r e .

Preface .

Chapt er l —In troductio n— The E th er ea l Zo n es

Wh er e The y A re—Th e i r Dist an ces
from the Ea r th
Ch apt er 2 — Fir st Inhabit ed Zo ne—The Shado w
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Zon e — Th e Dw e ll er s—Thei r Co n di
tio n a n d the C a u s e .

C h ap t er 3 — Seco n d Z o ne—The Dome s tic B elt i n

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i n th e E th er eal World Its Dwellers
—Th e ir C o n dition— and the Cause .

Ch a pt er 4 —Th ir d Zo n e —Th e Manufacturin g Bel t

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—Th e F i r st Spiritua l Atmo s phe r e

Th e B e ginn i n g o f ou r Journ ey of
Spi ritu al P ro gression .

Ch apt er 5 — F ourth Zo ne— The Mu si cal Belt in

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the Etherea l Wor l d— the Dwe l ler s

and it s Cond i tions .

Cha p ter 6 — Th e F i fth Zone— The Fir s t Heaven

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l y Zone in the Ether ea l Wo rld The
Great S cholarly Belt .

Chapte r 7 — C o n clu si on .
 NOTI CE .

This Ma rvelous Re ve latio n has not bee n gath

ered from any source on thi s earth realm Th i s .

kn owledge and w isd om ha s b een handed down to

me fr om a Divi n e So urce em b rac i ng th e actual
exp e riences o f my l ife sin ce a ch i ld of t we l ve .

The Div i ne Intel li gences who have imparted th i s

knowledge and wi s dom to me are now dwellers of
the Seventh Heavenl y Zone and th e Ce l e s tial
Divine K i ngdom s and from one of the M a s ters
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who is serv i ng i n the capac i ty as a guard i an an gel.

A guardia n angel is one who ha s overcome worl d s .

E very soul no matt e r i n what s cale of li fe he may

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b e is accompan i ed through this expre ss ion of li fe

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a n d through the Ethereal World b y a guard i an

a n gel
. Th i s divine b eing never make s h im s e l f
kn own until Y O U are read y fo r h is w is dom or on
s ome s pec i al oc ca si on when we are in de s perate
need or di s tre s s and cry out for gu i dance and h e l p
.

It is this Divine B e i ng who s e pre s ence you w il l

fe el or whose v oice you wil l hear I k n ow many
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who have had these experie nces The r e a re thos e
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on the earth real m to day who are so cal ou se d

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so den s e or materia l ly minded that they could not

perceive the s e facts— an d there are tho u san ds wh o
hav e had s u fficient re v el atio n s to real ize that th ey
are nev er a l one and that som e u nkn ow n divin e
force is ever gu i d ing or leading the way whe n w e
l ift our minds ab ove the material vib rat i on s an d
de s ire d i vine gu i da nce No one c an r e ad th e s e
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pages an d not fee l and rea lize the great purpo s e

o f th is life— and that act i vit y is a n atu r al law
displayed throughout the un iv erse If we fail to .

see the purpo se of th i s expre s s i o n of life w e must ,

fulfil l the requirem ents i n the lowe r zones o f t he

etherea l worl d .

F i fteen years ago this book was writte n for

pu bli cation— b ut fe l t the world wa s n ot r ead y fo r
it s content s . R ea l iz i ng i ts content s made too
large a book for conven i ence I decided to sepa rate
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it into three or four volumes This issue co n sti

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tu tes th e fir s t volume—or one half of ou r jou rn ey

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through the Ethereal Zo n e s i n wh i ch we must

fu n ct i o n
. Volume two w i ll reveal the highe r
zone s and the ir cond i tion Volume three the laws
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of progression Volume four the secret of healing

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To leave the phy s ica l body and j our n ey out i nto

s pace i s a n atural event Every i ndividual while
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a s leep leav es his ph sy ical body You th e Ego .

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or s pir i t during s leep or rest of the physical bo dy

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a r e attracted out into vib ration s o f you r own c r e

atio n and you wa n de r to these co n ditio n s a n d

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places . Ma n y times the exp er ie n ces which you
encou nter at that time are s o stro n gl y impres s ed
upo n y our co n scious n e s s that whe n you retur n to
your physical b ody to again a rouse it i nto activity ,

it is clearl y revea l ed to your mind and im p resse d

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upo n yo ur brain a n d you say ' I was dr eami n g .

The maj o r it y o f i n dividuals do not j ou rn ey far

away f rom thei r physica l bod y— b e cause th ey are
so i ntensel y intere s ted in material thin gs a n d
material co n dition s— i h their immed i ate relatives
and frie n ds or busine s s a n d social as s ociat e s— or
in their env i ronment s o f the home and thei r busi
ne s s that the y are attract e d to these v ibr a t i o ns
which enm eshe s the soul and p r e v e nts it fr om
t r av e ling out a n y gr eat distance M a n y h av e
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never traveled out beyond the earth s atmos phe re .

All could travel out into spheres beyo n d this

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ea rth rea l m i f their thought s a n d vi br a tio n s ex

tended o ut to tho s e realms a nd i f they were s uffi
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ci e ntl y un f olded to u n derstand the law . Man y

in dividuals never think o f anythi n g beyo n d the
commo n every-day event s Then how could the y
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travel ou t beyo n d such v ib ratio n s '

Man y time s be fore starting out on these soul
j our n eys I would stand be fo r e my bed look in g
dow n upo n my physical body lying on the b e d ,

rea lizi n g that the phys i cal bod y is on l y a counte r

pa rt of the soul body Touchin g the soul bo d y
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with my hand s it felt as n atural and tan gible to

m y soul se n ses as does the ph y sical b ody to m y
ph y sic al s en s e s
. T e stin g m y m e mo ry an d co n

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 I real ize d that the pa s t pre s ent and
s cio u s n e s s , ,

the future p l an s were j u s t a s rea l i n my s ou l body

— in fact my percept i on s were keener Many .

t ime s wh il e I wa s l ook i ng upon my phys i cal b ody ,

I cou l d hear the c i ty c l ock s tr i ke the hour and I

cou ld h e ar the conver s at i o n of tho s e passing by
on the s treet b el ow— in fact my env i ronments and
a ll cond it i on s were j u s t as n atural and j u s t a s
tang ibl e W h il e funct i on i ng i n the s ou l b ody In .

go ing out into other real m s I wa s cogn izant of

float i ng through the atmo s phere and con s cious
of the s cenery and con di t i on s a s I encountered
the m ; I cou ld hear the how li ng w i n d and could
s ee the downpour of ra i n s ee the c l ou ds be l ow me
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b ut somehow a l way s pa ss e d through the lower

S trata s uncon s c i ou s ly an d arr i v i ng i n s ome one
of the zones con s ciou sl y .

Con s c i ou s ne ss and memory d o not be l ong to the

phys i cal b ody b ut are of the s ou l Con s c i ou s ne ss
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is the l i ght of the s p i r i t and memory is the regis

ter o f ev ents in the s ou l We funct i on through
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the s ou l b ody w i th much greater ea s e —W ith le s s

eff ort than we do i n the phy si cal b ody We take .

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w i th u s a ll our l ike s an d d is l i ke s al l our aff ections
and fear s . In trave li ng out from the phy si cal
b ody we mu s t come i nto a con s ciou s realization
that we have nothing to fear I pas s ed i nto the
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fir s t zo ne and took cogni zance of i t s condition s

and dwell ers— I have pa ss ed through every zo n e
of our planet a s wel l a s through the i nte rv ening
s pace s have partaken of the i r social affairs have
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b e e n the guest of fr i ends pa rtak i ng of the i r
repast o n the i r beautiful lawn have enj oyed the ,

magn ificent scenery the b eaut i fu l fl owers moun

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tai n s r ivers lake s fore s ts and wa terfa lls ; have

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b een in their l ibrar i es and temp l e s of wor s h i p an d

temple s of learn ing and al s o in their hea li ng tem
ples a n d home s of rest have s een the ma s ters
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adepts arti s t s a n gels our Chr is t and H is apo s

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tles ; but when I s aw Chri s t and Hi s apo s tle s s eat

ed ar ou n d H i m a screen that look s l i ke a p l a i n
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thin n et was p laced between u s and when I ques ,

tione d why this was done the rep l y w as — It was ,

placed there to protect you from the i nten s e ill u

mi n atio n and Hi s in ten s e power The y were j u s t .

as V isible in back of th is veil and j u s t a s clear to

me—this divine wonderful power penetrated
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e v ery atom of my be in g it was like the current s
o f an electric b attery fl owing thro ugh my
s oul. I will re l ate a few of the many
j ou rn eys through the world of soul that you may
hav e some idea of the nature of the s e experiences .

A fte r viewing my phys i ca l bo dy lying on the b e d ,

I flo ated out i n to the atmo s phere over tree s , ,

clouds an d all conditio ns and l anded i n the th i rd

zo ne ; sat on a v ery large rock that s tood ab out
fou r feet from the groun d contentedly tak i ng
co gn iz a nc e o f my e nviro n ments O n one side of .

me was a b eautiful field o f fl owers and the mag

n ifice nt v ie w of lo v ely sce n er y Sens i n g the in v ig
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o ra tin g r e fre s hi n g atmosphe r e a n d think i ng I w as

al one I s a id to my self ' Th i s j ust su i ts me I
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s hal l r emain r ight here a n d not r etur n to my
phy si ca l body Immediate l y I heard a v o ic e say
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i ng ' Let us continue our j ou rn ey and go up

h i gher Th i s surpr i s ed me b ut I was perfectl y
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w illin g to go fu rther so we started I f elt h i s

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force in b ack of me as we fl oated alo n g Final l y .

we were out i n space surrounded b y man y l u mi

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nous bo die s hang i ng in space 'nearly e v ery o n e

has l oo k ed through some telesco p e at the diff ere n t
planets hanging in space ' A s I wa s gaz ing.

at th i s wo n derful s i ght wondering wh i ch wa s ou r

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planet the ear th the v oice sa i d ' Which i s the

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earth ' I l ooke d at one a n d then another a n d then

replied ' I ha r dly know except I feel so attracted
to this o n e o v er here at my left He said ' We .

will draw nearer an d s ee A s we fl oated

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n ear watch in g the planets r e vol v e on their axes ,

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a n d in their given p ath I w as so deli ghted with

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this wo n d erful oppo rtun i ty which wo r ds are i nad

equate to expre ss F in a l ly we W ere close to thi s
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pl anet wh i ch I presumed w a s our earth Again I .

heard the vo i ce say ' A r e you su r e this is the

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earth ' I repl ied ' N o I m n ot certain and yet
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I f eel this i s it I ca n t tell be cause I ca n t see
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the p eopl e p l ain en ough to distin guish a ny of

them .
'The sight was l ike that which y ou w i t
nes s whe n look ing down upon pe d e s trian s from a
fifteen story b uild i ng ' He sa i d ' We will d raw
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n earer And a s we did so I r e pl i ed ' Now I

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can see man y fami li ar faces But oh I sense

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th ei r te rrib le hear t-a ches In watch i ng them I

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could s e e the p ath that w a s i n te n ded fo r th em ,

and see the p ath in to which they we r e dr ifti n g .

I saw the conditio n s a n d obstacl es the y would e n

c ounter and kn ew th e su ff e r in g it w o u ld c r eate ,

and all this so o v e rwhelmed me th a t I tu rne d to

the one at my sid e— the v oic e that h a d been
dir ecti n g me— and sa i d to h i m ' It se e ms a s if
these people ought to be di r ected i n to th e right
path a n d a s You see the conditio ns a n d k n ow so
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well why do n t yo u t e ll them what to do a n d
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which way to tu rn ' His a n swe r was ' Did you

ever try to te l l any one what to do and what not to
do or direct their affairs ' Hav e y ou n ot obse rv ed
that th e y immed i at e ly r es en t it a n d immediatel y
let you k n ow that it is th e i r p ri v ilege a n d th e i r
aff ai r to do j u s t as the y pl ease ' C a n y ou n ot s e e
th a t these i ndi v iduals n e e d j ust the lesso n s that
they will get through these bitte r experie n ces co n
fro nti n g th em Ca n y ou n ot see that it is th rough
trials a n d so rr ows that th e soul wak es u p a n d
tu rn s its face towa r ds higher ideals ' We do n ot
come to live you r life or to dictate to you b ut we,

come to assist a ll who desir e u s a n d a r e r eady f or

ou r help .

Whe n y ou se n d out y ou r p ra y er s to God for

guidance a n d for help we come as hi s mes s engers
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to a n swe r your praye r s— to uplift you a n d guide

you an d assist you W e a r e the me s s en gers from
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Go d a n d u n de r sta n d H is l a w Whe n y ou n eed me

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call fo r me— w e a re at yo u r se rvice Again we

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flo a ted on a n d I fou n d m y sel f back o n the same

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rock Thinkin g aga in I was alo n e an d meditatin g
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over the si ghts I had wit n e s sed espe ciall y th e ,

aching hearts wh i ch I sen s ed— Agai n I det ermin ed

I wou l d n ot r eturn to my phys i cal body .

Aga in the same vo i ce rep l ied to my thoughts

ca l ml y sl owly and i n a most emphatic mann er
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Come ; i t is t i me we return I sa i d ' O h I m n ot
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go ing b ack you may go i f you like but I shall

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rema i n here Aga in he sa i d ' Yes y ou must

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retur n .

Immed i ate l y I lost co ns c i ou s ne ss and did n ot

awaken unt il I took pos s e s sion of my physical
b ody Then I real ized that i f I de si r e d to p artici
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pate in the s e b eaut i ful b enefic i al j ou rne ys I must ,

b e w illing to return to my phy si cal body i n du e

t ime After th is exper i ence I wa s al ways r eady
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an d anx i ous to go a n d w i l lin g to retu rn This w as .

a most wonderful le s so n a n d all who r ead the s e

pages w il l grasp the lesso n i n the degr ee o f th e ir
unfoldme nt .

In the second zone I had the p riv ileg e o f t r av

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e ling through sp ace i n o n e o f thei r aeroplane s ,

wh i ch wa s co ns t r ucted diff er en tly from a n y th at

I have seen on th i s earth realm Its to p r esembled
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our canvas— ope n o n the s ides While sitti n g .

there contentedly enjoy ing the ride we c ame in ,

contact with sheets of ra in p our ing i n to the s ide

of the mach in e I heard the howlin g wind a n d
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watched the storm ; al l of which I tho ro ughl y

enj oyed .

A few yea r s ago whi l e suff er ing from ext reme

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e xha u stio n a fter p r epari ng breakfast a n d all the
hou sehold had departed for bu s in e s s I tried to ,

dr ess to go dow n tow n but f ound it was utte rly ,

im po ssible I la i d down o n the bed to r est but it

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s eemed as though I could n ot exist I s en t out a .

pr aye r fo r help a n d as I was doing this I saw a ,

woma n many miles away suspended i n the a tmos

ph ere holdi ng out both h an ds beckoni n g me to
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com e o n I told h er I was too w ea k to come I

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w at ch e d he r descend holdi n g out he r hands all

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the wa y as she float e d down towards me Soo n I .

fo u n d m y s e lf goin g an d la n ded i n the beautiful

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T em p l e o f H ope from which I saw her com e
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fo rth It is o n top o f a high ele va tio n or mou n

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ta in w ith its be a utif ul surrou n dings I was im .

m edi a t e ly p l a ced i n a R ose R oom whe re th e w alls ,

the fl oo r th e co uch e v e ry p a rticl e wa s c o v er e d

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with p in k r os e s ; a n d as I la y down on the co u ch

o f ro ses I said Oh , h o w ki n d ' What a re li e f ' I
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j u st w an t t o st ay h e re fo r e v e r a n d e v e r ; a n d th en
I sa n k in to a st at e whe r e I had n o thought I had ,

no desi re I o nl y r ealiz ed that I was peaceful a n d

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h appy Th e aroma of the rose s was such a sooth

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i n g balm to my weakened condition By and by .

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I fe lt mys e l f being quickened into a diff e r e n t stat e

o f Co n sc iousness and immediately returned to my
bed After takin g po sse ss io n of my body I fou n d
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I w a s go ne s e v eral hours but was f ully r ecuper ,

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a t e d a n d read y t o a ssum e m y duties This Tem .

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p l e o f H o pe is i n th e Third zo n e .

The fl ow er s i n that r oom a r e vibr ant with life ;

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the y never wilt they never decay they are —
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always fresh perfect in fact are li fe lif e l i fe— — .

In the s oul wor l d ben e fici ent an gel s gather to

gether b y the thou s and s They decide what k in d
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of a s tructure they de sir e to erect— i ts purpose

and arrangemen t s an d surround i ngs They take .

i nto con s i e dration the m i nute s t deta il s and whe n

a ll is p l anned s at is factor il y i n the ir con s c i ou s n e ss
— then i n un i son they co n centrate the i r thoughts
an d the build ing is erected and perf ect Th i s is .

thought made man ife s t or obj ectifi e d and th is i s ,

the way the b eaut i fu l structures throughout the

wo rld of soul h av e been erected and thus the mag
nifi cent T e mples ar e con s t r ucted Not with hands
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b ut w i th spiritual substan ce th rough the power of

thought Man does n ot c r eate n ature i n the worl d
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of th e soul The mounta i ns the fl owers the an i

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mal s b ird s the ocean s lakes and r i vers are God s
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cr e ation Always rememb er that s uch angel s are

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Divine Being s of Wis dom .

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I n the Fou rth Zone are many b eaut i ful w ater
fa ll s s tream ing d own some m ou ntain m an y c ata fi

ra ct s stream s lakes an d ocean s

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variou s occa si on s fo un d an oar s man w i th a b oat

awa i t i ng my com ing— gent l y a ssis t me in the b oat

and row through s ome b eaut i fu l s tream w i th i ts
mounta in s tree s fern s and w ild fl ower s a l ong the
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shore where the echo of the murmur i ng water re

verberate s through the mountain s wh il e the
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s qu irrel s and other an imals are p l ay i ng h i de
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an d s e ek .

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 In the space betwee n the Fifth and S i xth zo n es
is called a sph er e of lakes H e r e are so man y .

k in d s of bod i es o f water— some have wo n de rf ul

med i c ina l propert i es In strollin g through this
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s phere in compan y w i th o n e of my Teachers I ,

not i ced one l ake wa s part i cu l arly c l ear— so much

s o that you cou l d see the peb b l e s the san d at the ,

b ottom At fir s t gl ance you would a s sume that it

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i s v ery shallow b ut afte r v i ew i ng th i s wonde rf ul

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b ody of water yo u fe l t i ts depth i s enormou s a n d

that i t is its pecul i ar p rope rt i es that makes 1t so
transparent O ther b odie s of water were of dif
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f e re nt colors and of var i ous s izes — some had a t

one t i me emb raced much larger space , but we re
chang ing and s ome were almo s t dried up leavi n g ,

o nl y trac es where o n ce was a l ake A s I remarked .

abo ut th is one be i ng almost clo s ed my T ea che r ,

rep li ed ' Yes th i s i s the lake in wh i ch Jesus o f

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Nazareth bathed when he wa s dwell in g o n e arth

i n a physica l b od y He would often a s cen d to this
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s phere and bathe in i ts water which at that tim e ,

formed a l ake But o n account o f the man y co n

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v ul s i on s of this pla n et th i s body wh i ch was o nce

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a lake ha s a lmost ent irel y c l o se d up The n we .

s trol l ed on vi ew in g the mounta in s— I n oticed th e

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san d and earth looked l i ke ours on this ea rth

realm Not far distant on the other side of th e
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mounta in where the bare rock with its ro s e

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colored hue towers in a maj e s tic attitud e fo r

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many feet — at its b ase is anoth er beautiful l ak e

surrou n ded b y ma ny sp r uce tre e s a n d o n its

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ba n ks sat many ind i v i dua l s in the i r b athing co s
tu me s awa i ting my com i ng and as I j o in ed them
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they ducked into the water ab ove the i r knees and

out aga i n s ayi n g ' Come you do the same I
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he s itated a s surin g them I wou l d rather enj oy

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watching th e m as I was s u r e I could n ot do it .

C ome r ight o n y o u can do it they s a i d i n u nis o n

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a n d th en I fe lt thei r p ower o v er me which made ,

m e feel I could and so I v entured and d i d duck in

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an d o u t n e v e r goin g i n any f urther than ove r my

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kn ees—all o f which was gr eat fun .

In th e Sixth Z o n e I was s hown the views of the

fi r st a n d second Cele s tia l Kingdom s by a process
simila r to ou r mov i ng p i cture apparatu s except i t
is a more impro v ed proce s s Th e scenery s hifts .

so gradual and evenly and continuou sl y tha t it i s

as though you w ere r i ght o n the groun d approach
ing the v ariou s o b j ect s or b u i lding s pa ssi ng from ,

view j ust as they would if yo u were walking by .

I n the Se v enth I have come face to face wi th

our beloved M aster Jesus of N aza r eth— Ou r
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Chri s t
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Th e radiation around h i s head exten d s
out a gr eat dista n ce and i s more br ill iant and looks
much larger tha n our sun He doe s not come to .

this earth re alm He n eve r descend s bel ow the

.

Fou rth zone and goes to the Fourth zone only on

special occa s ions Hi s power can be felt from
.

the r e v ery perceptib ly and we can be lifted to

behold H im at th i s di s tance if we are fitted and
eligible to asce n d Th ese are only a few of the
.

ma ny ex per ie n c e s that I ha v e had which I hav e ,

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rel ated that you may realize that the soul ca n an d
,

does grav i tate to Un s ee n r ea l m s a n d gather

kn owl edge not dreamed of b y the fin i te min d .

For man y year s I have real ized that the s e won

de rf u l pr i v il eges and exper i ence s did not com e
i nto my li fe for any per s onal or s e l fi sh gratifi ca
t i on— notw i th s tan di ng the u ns peakab le b e n efits
an d up li ft an d the peace of m i n d d er i ved from the
contact w i th these H i gh l y Evo l ved and Illum i ned
Intell i gence s I rea lize d they have a deeper
.
,

an d dec i de dl y un i versal significance That a l l in

.

dividu al s no matter what the i r degree of con

,

s cious n e s s in the sca l e of li fe may b e m ay realize

,

s uch a Div i ne Upli ft and the Benefits der ived from

th is kn ow l dge of the S oul worl d w i ll ma n i f est so
ab u nd ant l y wh il e they a r e s t i l l functioning in th i s
phy si cal b ody here on this earth rea l m— that it
w ill b e s o appare nt that n o n e could do u b t God s ’

way s of man i fest i ng H i s D i vi n e Love a n d Power

for the chilrden of earth .

S in cere l y
,

MR S EMMA R D R OLLING E R
. . .

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 PR EFACE

Th e message which I b ri n g to yo u is not to

dest roy that which y ou already know b ut it is
,

to a dd to y our s torehou s e o f k n owle d ge th a t you

may b roaden y ou r v iews and enlarg e y our co n
sc iou s ne s s o f that wh i ch i s .Whether yo u are
ready to bel i eve the me ss age I bring y ou— whether
you are read y to dige s t its truth— lies wholly with
you— and if in your m i nd you see fit to rej ect its
value re mem ebr this truth remains a fact j ust
, ,

the same Fact s can not be wiped out for the y

.
,
’
belo n g in the realm o f God s Kingdom and that
,

which G o d has given to the world ca n n eve r be

to rn asu n d e r Go d ca rr ies out Hi s plan through
.

the scheme o f Ev olution and He s en ds H is mes

sage th rough H is Childre n It i s because I feel
.

th e prese n t pulse o f the wo rld that I am sti rr ed

in to actio n I know the hu n gr y sad hea rts w ill
.
,

be e n courag e d and uplifted b y this message of

f ac ts which so vitally co ncer n s e v e ry human b eing,

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and tha t which I do unto the least of these I do ,

unto God .

The s e fact s have not b een g i ven to satis fy my

eager crav i ng s for truth— b ut they have a much
deeper b roa d er mean i ng— one tha t i s all e mbrac
,

i ng— one that mu s t reach to the very depth s and

en ds of th is G l o b e— that the very l ea s t or the very
l owe s t i n the s cal e of li fe may share eq u a ll y with
the h i ghe s t i n the i r opportun i ty of awaken i ng
wh il e he is yet enca s e d i n th is phy si ca l s tructure
that hi s s ou l may b e pr epare d to enter into the
rea lm s of L i ght i n s tead of hav i ng to pass through
the darkne ss an d then i nto the dawn an d there
prepare for the li ght of d ay after he ha s pa ss e d
i nto the rea l m of Soul
“

—
Shou ld you every one of you for you are a l l
,

one of th is world— rea lize what i t mean s to upl i ft

human i ty wh il e they are funct i on i ng i n th is ex
pre ssi on of li fe— you wou l d make the eff ort to
carry th is me ss age to the four end s of thi s gl obe
and make it s appea l s o l ou d that i t s echo w i ll
re s oun d i n every heart an d every home that i t
wou ld b e the keynote of the day an d i t s rythm s o
v ib rant with j oy wou l d reverb erate i n the si lence
of the n i ght When the wor l d w il l em b race the s e
.

fact s then you w ill have j u st i ce and peace and

,
’
Go d s K i ng d om w ill re i gn here on earth i n the
heart s of men a s we l l a s i n the heaven l y sphe re s
ab ove and s ympathy through D i v i ne Love will b e
,

the s ong of the Eternal Day Th en God s choir

.
’

w ill b e i n tune with Hi s orche s tra the music of

,

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the Celestia l sphere s May you who read the s e
.
,

l ines be one of the Me ss enger s of God to sp r ead

,

Hi s Divine Pla n a n d thus awak en a n d uplift your

brother man .

In truth ,

DR SHARP
. .
 INTRODUCTI O N

The Etherea l Worl d ; the World of the Soul ; the

abiding pl ace of the Sou l wh i ch is s o s acred u n to
God ; The S oul that In d iv i dualized Consciou s
Inte lli gent Eterna l Ent i ty ; The C row n an d S ub
’
li me G l ory of Go d s Handiwork .

The Ethereal World ; The House with many

M an sion s wh i ch God ha s prepared for the Soul
of Man ; the many Mans i on s s o Su bl ime so loft y
, , ,

s o gl or i ou sl y b eaut i ful that no Artist co uld do

’
j u s t i ce to God s Work No Mortal to n gue could
.

a d equately d e s crib e no fi n ite Mind could perceiv e

, .

Even tho s e who dwell in H i s Divi n e Kin gdom

cou l d n ot fi nd wo r ds in our present la n guage that
would do j u s tice in describ ing th i s Sublime Gra n d
eur of the Etern al C i ty of Light in which ba s k the
Soul s who have reached the s e he i ght s through
’
Un s el fi sh S erv i ce and Divine Lo v e for God s Ch i l
dren . The S ou ls ' The S ouls of Men ' How
S acred How S acred
, .

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tio n i n this expr e ssio n o f life ; re gar dl e ss o f their
mi s takes an d degree of con s cious n ess ; a n d All
have see n b eh i nd the external coat th e possib ili
ties of a l l that i s good a n d all that is Divine and
Eterna l A ll have seen God a n d Hi s Handiwo rk
.

in every S oul hidden i n the deepest recesses o f

His Being .

Oh praise the Lord , ye Childr en o f Ea rth

,
.

Awake ' Arise ' Behold G o d in eve ry S oul ; and

lea rn to real ize that the Lowe s t a s well a s the
“
Highest i s Sacred unto Him ; and that Whatever
ye do u n to O ne of the s e ye Shall do u nto Go d .
'

Awake ' Arise ' And B ehold Hi s Divine Mes

s e nge rs who herald th e glad tidings of the Dawn

of a New Day A n ew Era the Psych i c Age in

.
,

which the Light of the Soul shall sh i ne fo rth and

so radiate out in to the World a s a Power for good ;
a Power to Uplift Mankin d out of the Fogs of
Materiality i nto Spiritual Light an d Truth .

Awake ' A r is e ' A n d B ehold ' It is th e Light

of the Soul that sha ll i n the comin g age poin t the
way for the Child r en o f E arth ; so that all m en
will recogn ize th e Powe r o f Go d that comes
through His Di vi n e M essengers o f Light So that.

Al l Men will look o n aghast wh en they behold the

’
Truth ; an d n o n e will Dar e to O v erth r o w Go d s
D i vine Plan All mu s t some time see His Message
.

of Wisdom w r itt en i n Symbols ; L ette r s an d

,

Numbers th roughout the Un iv e r se R ev eali n g His

Law an d His Div i n e Plan .

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 All must some time j ou rn ey abo v e this Mate
rial p l ane
A n d there come face to face with Him again .

An d see in L etters o f Gold

All p rais e s dedicated to the Lord .

All must some time this j ou rn ey take

Acro s s in n umerab le I s le s that lie
Beyo n d th e b order of this Eme r ald Star
B eyond the Ken o f Ma n to descri b e .

The Su b lime Glories of that Eternal Day

Which G od has set ap art
F o r Him who years ago pa v ed the wa y
J e su s o f N azareth our Master Ch ri s t an d
, ,

L o rd .

To H im all p raises a re sung

In thi s Glo rious Isle so far away ,

Where All li s te n to H is Wondrou s Wisdom

No Morta l tongu e could sufficie n tl y p raise .

To H im i s dedicated thi s Isle of Diamo n d rays ,

This Cry stal City so filled with Lo v e Divin e ,

To Him who s o long ago pointed the Way

Th at All might Know the p ath to the E te rnal
Day.

G od is the Cente r— the Unit a rou n d which gr av

itate s All there is — e v er wa s— ever wi l l be All .

Ce n ters or Su n s— A l l Systems A l l World s and

,

Syst e ms of Worlds and Systems of Suns G od is .

ON E— U n di v ided Spher e —Revea li ng Himself in

M a n ifesta tio n as dual in exp r essio n The
.

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 The Posit ive and Negat i ve pr i nc i p l es
The Creat i ve an d Gener i c .

The S acred Uncreate Center of A ll Center s is

God Repre s ente d i n all Anc i ent Concept i on s a s
.

O M or A U M The Ever B roo ding D i v i ne

. . . . .

“
Eternal Infin i t e Breath or Ho l y S p i r i t embody '

i ng the Ma s cu li ne and the Fem i n i ne .

Al l Anc i ent Reli g i on s S ymb o lized the Dua l ex

pre ssi on of De i ty a s Go d— Go dd e ss— a s C o equal -

i n D i v i ne Power an d D i v i ne Love i n A ll L i fe In .

Egypt i an Lore the Ma s cu li ne D i v i n i ty wa s s ym

,

bol ize d i n Osi r is repre s ent i ng the S un of L i ght

the Creative Power an d I sis wa s ve il e d a s the
-

D i v i ne Mother— and wor s h i pe d as Generi c L i fe .

The Ho l y S p irit is Pure L i ght— Uncreate— Infi nit e

Power— Wis dom— Love God is the Infin i te En
.

tity— the S oul a fin i te Ent i ty S p i r i t or Con .

s ciou sn e s s is the In ner L i ght of the S ou l S pir i t .

Breathe s i n and out through every pore of the

phy si ca l b ody— a s we l l a s the S ou l b ody— through
the l ung s— and nervous s ystem S p i rit i s pure
.

Light an d i ts contact w i th Matter pro d uces L i fe .

The S ou l i s the O n l y con s c i ous Ent i ty except

God who is the Infin i te E n t i ty The Consc i ous
, .

ne ss of God and the Con s c i ousne ss of the S oul

co n stitutes All Con s c i ou s nes s The Sou l i s the
.

fin i te Entity be ing limited Through it s own

.

de si re caused b y the i mpe lli ng power w i th i n the

S oul ha s p l unged into Man i fe s tat i on— for the pur
pose of expand i ng i t s scope of Consciousnes s .

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The same i mpe l l i ng Powe r that causes Go d to
r eveal H i mse l f i n H is two fo l d man i festatio n s i n
Nature i s w thin the S oul cau si ng the S oul to seek
,

expre ssi on and man i fe s t it s two fo l d Nature as

male and female Plato knew the truth wh en he
.

s a i d ' Every S oul is o n ly a ha l f Soul— male a n d

“

fema l e are O ne Sou l A s the S ou l descend s f rom

.

i t s Divine S tate i t sepa rates as ma l e a n d f ema l e ,

which has a l way s b een portrayed

'Cheru b im 'male ' S eraphim 'female '
as
W i sdom 'Lo v e Co n scious
ne s s without form ' neither God nor Matter The .

S o u l i n i t s A bs o l ute S tate is Perfect— Pure— ca n

not b e de s troyed or changed through manife s ta
—
tion i n Matter a l way s ha s i ts b eing in God the ,

Infin i te S p i r i t and it s ex is tence in th e Uni v erse .

Th e S ou l be i ng a s park from the Infi n ite Fou n tain

of Life 'God ' is the same i n quality b ut not i n,

q ua n t i ty j u s t a s a drop of water taken from the

,

Pacific O cean would be the s ame in Esse n ce and

qua l ity yet cou l d never b e the ocean The Soul
, .

is a F i n i te Ent i ty i n the O cean of L if e a n d c an

n ever b e Go d— only l ike unto God The Same A t
.

tr ib ute s and P ower s are w i thi n the S oul in a

Fi ni te degree In it s Indiv id ual ized expressio n it
.
,

is governed by i ts Ind i v i dua l ized Power d i rect e d

b y the Wi ll of God— evo l ving more and mo r e of
i t s Div ine attr ib ute s A l l of nature ha s worked
.

for age s and age s to bring abo ut the Ind i vidual

iz e d Consc i ous Ent i ty we call Man .A s the S un i s

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the Cen ter arou n d wh i ch gra v itate H i s family of
p l anets wh i ch constitute s our So l ar S y s tem— S o
the Soul is the Ce nter of Ma n a r ound wh i ch are
entwined the Vib ration s of its atmospher e ce n
t e re d through the phy si cal form co ns titut i ng the
Human S ystem— a m i n i ature world of H i s o wn
c r eation.

Beside s th i s phy si cal exp r ession of lif e the r e is

a Psychica l e xpe rs s ion and it s gradatio n s and
variou s degree s of Con s c i ousne s s As this Mat e
.

’
rial Wor l d is so we l l adapted fo r the Soul s exper
i e n ce s in it s pre s ent degr ee o f Con s cious n ess
wh i le funct i oning through this g ro s s physical
bod y so God in H i s Wisdom has a rr anged a suit
, , ,

ab l e world fo r M an while f u n ct i o n in g in his fi n er

body .

The r e was a time whe n this planet was asleep

i n the bosom of the Solar Nebu l a e— the n fi n all y
came to birth a s a gaseous lum i nous mass whirl
i n g th rough space with tremendous rapidity .

M i llions of years pa ss ed b y ere in i ts cooling a n d

co n den sation it became su ffic i ent l y tra n sfo rm e d
t o permit life to man i fe s t itse l f in it s most rudi
—
m entary a s pects the fir s t organ i c forms of p ro
topl asm— the first aggregation of cel l s— the pro
tozoon s— the zoophite s— the plant an i mals— the
ge l latin ou s S u bs tance of the s t ill warm sea s wer e
succeeded by the fi sh e s— the rept il es— the birds
the mam al s and lastly Ma n who n ow occu p ies the
,

top-most r ound of the ge n eolog i cal tree an d

cro wn s the an imal Kin gdom The histo ry o f this
.

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p l anet is the h is tory of li fe w i th a ll i ts metama
ph ors i s .

It i s not our i ntent i on to dis cu ss the evo l ut i on

of the phy si ca l s tructure of th is plane t — nor the
evo l ut i on of the S park from the t i me it l eft i t s
Infin i te Cra dl e to p l unge i nto man i fe s tat i on
evolv i ng i n every p l ane and every K i ngdom of li fe
unt il i t b ecame the In di v i dua lized Con s c i ou s En
—
t i ty we ca ll Man hav i ng p l unge d into man i fe s ta
t i on that i t may s ee i t s e l f re fl ected i n the M i rror
— —
of Nature to Evo l ve i t s Potent i a l it i e s Pos s ibil
i t i e s or Power from w i th i n— a tta i n i ng higher an d
h i gher degree s of Con s cio u s ne ss that the m i n d
-

may conquer Nature i n s tead of b e i ng contro ll ed

i —
b y t rather we are con si der i ng the Evo l ution
,

of the S ou l from the t i me i t l eave s i ts phy s i ca l

—
b o d y to make the change ca ll ed death that it —
may cont i nue li fe i n th e Etherea l Wor l d— b eg i n
n i ng where i t l eft off here to g i ve expre ssi on on
h i gh er p l ane s of act i v i ty— and i n h i gher rates of
V ib rat i on .

When th is p l anet wa s a ga s eous mo l ten l u m in

,

ou s ma ss i n i t s coo li ng an d conden s at i on wa s
formed the Vapor— the Atmo s phere— an d th is
cru s t upon wh i ch we are now dwe lli ng at the —
s ame t i me the Etherea l or S p i r i tua l part of th i s
Ma s s concentrated i nto the Etherea l Zones wh i ch
we ca ll the Etherea l World .

Th is Ethereal or S p i ritua l part of th is Ma s s i s

the Cau s e an d th is Mater i a l cru s t and a ll else is
i t s Eff ect and counterpart .

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 O ur Earth an d a ll p l anet s a s we ll a s A ll S un s
have the i r Inv isibl e Aura l Zone s or s phere s w i th
the i r var i ou s gra d at i on s . The Aura l Zone s cor
re s pon d i n chem i ca l con s t i tuent s an d rate of
V ib rat i on w i th the var i ou s con di t i on s an d grada
’
t i on s of the S ou l s progre ssi on .

We w ill now s peak of the S ou l i n i t s s tate of ex

pre ssi on i n matter— not i n i t s Ab s o l ute s tat e .

When we s peak of the S ou l we mean S p i ri t Con

sc ui o s n e s
, s M i n d— i t s aura l enve l ope a s i t s Ema
nat i on wh i ch ra di ate s from the S p i r i t— a s i t s

atmo s phere— or garment of the S p i r i t . Th is

atmo s phere is th e reg is ter of our thought s act s ,

an d d ee ds wh i ch l eave the i r dis t i nct i mpre ssi on s

, .

A s we m i ngl e w i th other s the i r v ib ration i nter

,

m ingling w i th our s change s the qua li ty of our

,

v ib rat i on In i t s Ab s o l ute and or i g i na l s tate the

.

S ou l is perfect— pure uncreate— in it s man i fe s ta

,

t i on s through matter i t attract s unto i t s e l f s u b

s tance i n i t s var i ou s v ib rat i on s from every p l ane
through wh i ch i t pa ss e s cau si ng the outer gar
,

ment s to b ecome re ch em ical ize d in every p lane of

li fe.

Through our thought s act s and deed s we e i ther

, ,

refine and pur i fy th is s ubs tance wh i ch the S ou l

ha s attracte d unto i t s e l f i n i t s expre ssi on through
matter— or we cau s e it to b ecome c l oudy an d
dense .

S p i r i t is the E l ectr i c V ib rator an d Motor of the

—
S ou l Con s c i ou s ne ss is the li ght of the S ou l the -

M i nd i s the obj e ctifi e d part of Sp i r i t ; that Con

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wh i ch regis ter s i t s thought s act s an d d ee ds— an d
,

a s the human s y s tem is engi r dl e d b y an aura l

s phere i n wh i ch are d e si gnate d i t s var i ou s gar
ment s s o our Earth is eng i rdl e d i n i t s aura l
,

s phere s d e si gnate d a s the Zone s w i th the i r

,

gradat i on s In the s e aura l Zone s wh i ch engi r dl e

.

our Earth we fin d every pha s e of S oc i a l and Men

,

tal d eve l opment —w e find the Dome s t i c— the In

v e ntiv e the
,
Mu si ca l and Scho l ar l y Zone s — the
—
Heaven l y or S p i r i tua l the Cel e s t i al or D i v i ne
K ingdom s Every zone corre s pon ds i n i t s rate of
.

Vib ration and Color w i th the So l ar b eam i n the

prism .

The Dome s t i c Invent i ve Mu si ca l and Scholarly

, ,

p l ane s are a great Neces s ity and are v ery Impor

’
tant for the S ou l s progre ssi on as they establis h ,

an opportun i ty for that wh i ch wa s negl ected or

the fu l fillment of that wh i ch wa s not accompl is he d
whi l e funct i on ing i n the phy si ca l b ody The S ou l .

mu s t outgrow the s e Mater i al V ib rat i on s wh i ch

have b een created through i t s de si res ere i t can
progre ss to h i gher s tate s an d b ecome F i t an d E li
gibl e for the Heaven l y Zone s an d the Ce l e s t i a l
Heaven s .

Wi th i n every S ou l are the po ssibili t i e s and

potent i al i t i e s of an Ange l — Ru li ng Ange l
Me ssi ah or Chr is t In fact a D i v i ne Power not yet
.
,

d reame d of b y the F i n ite M i n d li e s w i th i n each and

every S ou l i n a d ormant s tate wh i ch mu s t b e ,

unfo ld e d through t i me an d s omewhere ere we can

’
grav i tate to an d habi tate God s Heaven l y or H is

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Divine K i ngdom s S o l ong a s we have not fitted
.

our s elve s for the s e h i gher s tate s we mu s t go

where the cond i t i on s are con d uc i ve for th is prep
arat i on after we l eave the phy si ca l b ody .

When we l eave th is phy si ca l b o d y we take with

,

u s our ten d enc i e s our de si re s an d our habi t s Th en

, .

how cou l d any Soul that is fi ll ed w i th o b noxiou s

—
thought s o f Hate Jeal ou s y Hypocri s y— Cr i me
— -

— Lu s t and V i ce enter or hab i tate a Heavenly

,

Zone where al l is Harmony and D i v i ne Love We .

might j u s t as we ll expect a fi s h to li ve out of

water for any l ength of t i me on th is earth p l ane .

Th e So ul mu s t b ecome regenerated tran s muted

,

and purified ere it can a s cen d to the Heavenl y

Zones or sti ll greater he i ght s which awa i t al l .

The cond i tion s wh i ch we have created for our

s elves through our hab it s a n d de si re s we cannot
e s cape The s e are the fir s t to confront u s after
.

o ur trans i t i on i nto th e new li fe We mu s t travel

.

through the Ethereal Zone s o f thi s p l anet ere we

ca n expect to find th e s til l greater opportun i t i e s
or the s til l more perfecte d s tate s or expre ssi ons
of l ife How co u l d any one expect to b e a trav
.

e ll er or dwe ll er on other p l anet s or exp l ore other

S y s tem of Worl ds s o l ong a s he has not ma s tered
the condit i on s on thi s p l anet or have b ecome
Ma s ter of S elf .

The s e Etherea l Zone s around our p l anet with

the i r var i ou s gradat i on s and env i ronment s are
j u s t a s tangi bl e an d a s rea l to the S ou l and it s
s en s e s a s are our pre s ent condition s and env i ron

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ments on th i s Earth realm real and tan gible to
our phy s ical sen s e s
.

The s e Etherea l Zones extend a r ou n d th i s

p l anet revol v i ng through s pace w i th the same
rapidity a s the p l anet . They extend out some
thou s ands of m i le s b ut not to Etern i ty— fo r it
,

mu s t b e rememb ered that a ll planets a ll Su n s

, ,

have their Ethereal Zone s— and the Moon has it s

chem i ca l cond i t i ons an d ga s eou s s pheres .

Now l et u s th i nk of our atmo s phere which we

b reathe exten di ng to a certa i n rad i us and ab o v e
,

th is is a ga s eou s b elt extend i ng out s ome di s tance

— next to th is is the E l ectr i c b elt and then come s
the Etheric b e l t Now b etween th is E l ectr i c and
.
,

Ether i c b e l t li e s the F i r s t i nhabi ted Zone Th i s .

Zone is one hundred thou s and m il e s from this

Earth It is forty thou s and m il e s w i de Every
. .

Zone ha s i t s chem i ca l condit i ons an d heated ga s e s

of the S un cau si ng a space of Ten Thousand mi l es
,

b etween every Zone .

Thi s s pace of ten thou s and m il es b etwee n each

Zone is not empty s pace— a s there is no s uch th i ng
as empty s pace ; it i s on l y apparently so and if we
,

were attuned to i ts V ib rat i on s we would be cog

,

nizan t of i ts cond i t i on s .

Next to th is s pace li e s the S e cond Zone an d its

chem i ca l cond i t i ons and heated ga s e s and next
,

to th is lie s the Th i rd Zone w i th it s chem i cal con

dition s and heate d ga s e s . Then come s the Moon ,

wh i ch l i e s b etween the Third and Fourth Zone s ,

a n d n ext to the Fourth Zo n e and i ts ceh mical co n

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dition s and heated ga s e s come s the F i fth Zone
and the n the S ixth and then the S eventh wh i ch ,

is the Top mo s t round of our p l anet i n wh i ch we

-
,

f unction ere we can have a per i od of re s t or

inact i vity Then come s the F i r s t and S econd
.

Cele s t i al Kingdoms and the Th i rd Ce l e s t i a l K i ng

dom is the Founta i n of Bl iss .

S ome of th e Zones vary i n w i dth on account of

the pa s sing of other p l anet s In s uch p l ace s they
.

wou ld vary from two to five thou s and m il e s .

O ur M oon i s mile s from our Earth The .

F i rst i nh abi ted Zone is Miles from her e

Fir s t inhabited Zone i s M il e s w i de .

First i nh abi ted Zone i s M il e s space b e

tween F i r s t
and 2n d .

Second inhab ited Zone is Mile s from here

S eco n d inhab ited Zone is M i le s w i de .

Second i nhab i ted Z one i s M i le s s pace .

Third inhabited Zo n e i s M i le s
.

Third i nhabi ted Zone is Mi le s w i de .

Third i nhab i ted Zone i s M i le s s pace .

To the Moo n M i les

.

’
The Moon s Aural s phere 60 0 00Miles w ide
, .

Th e Fou r th i nhab ited zone M il es

.

The Fourth i nhabi ted zone Mile s wide .

The Fou r th i nhab i ted zo n e Mile s space .

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The F i fth i nhabi ted zo n e M il e s.

The F i fth i nhabi ted zone M i les wide .

The F i fth i nhabi ted zone M il e s space .

The S i xth i nhabi te d zone Mil e s .

Th e Si xth i nhabi te d zone M il e s w i de .

The S ixth i nhabi te d zone M il e s space .

Th e S eventh inha bi te d zone M il es .

The S eventh i nhabi ted zone M il e s w i de .

The S eventh i nhabi ted zone Miles space

F i r s t Ce l e s t i al K i ng d om M il e s from here
F i r s t Cele s t i a l K i ngdom M il es s pace and
w i dth .

Secon d Ce l e s t i a l K i ngdom M il e s.

S econd Cele s t i a l K i ng d om M il e s space and

w i dth .

Th i rd Cel e s tia l K i ngdom M i le s .

In the s e i nterven i ng s pace s are won d erfu l

mounta i n range s ocean s rav i ne s s tream s l akes
, , , , ,

s andy b ed s waterfa l l s cataract s tree s shrubb ery

, , , ,

and w il d fl owers .

Wh i le the i nhabi tant s of the world of S ou l d o

not dwe ll in the s e part s they rambl e or s tro l l
,

through here for an out i ng or i nve st i gat i on or to ,

be a l one to enj oy the wonderfu l freak s of Nature .

Here the friend s or teacher s b r i ng the N e w b orn -

So uls j u s t as we take strangers to our Mountain s

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and Lake s and re s ort s to s how them the varietie s
and b eaut i e s of our country that they may enj oy
the s e intere s t i ng won d er s
.

Wh il e the s e Zone s bl end i nto each other yet ,

they are d is t i nct l y s eparate and apart— not b y a

mere b oundary li ne— b ut b y wha t we wou l d ca ll
pecul i ar freak s of Nature— cau s e d b y i t s chem i ca l
condition s and heated ga s e s of the S un In the .

s cale of a s cen s ion the atmo s phere of every Zone

,

i s more Ethereal— o f a h i gher rate of Vib rat i on .

Th e Lower Zone s being the d en s e s t and of l ow e r

Vibration s .

There are S even Zone s and S even Gradat i on s in

every Zone and this con s t i tute s the Worl d of S oul
around our p l anet which we ca l l the Etherea l
—
World through wh i ch a l l dwe ll er s of the Earth
must pass A s none can e s cape th is j ourney it
.
,

b ehooves you to b ecome acqua i nted with th i s

Un s een or Unknown Wor l d that you w ill not
,

b e a s tranger i n a s trange lan d not know i ng

,

which way to turn or what to d o To know of th is

.

world shou l d b e the most important the mo s t ,

Vital of A ll Know l e d ge a s i t concern s each and

,

every S ou l from wh i ch none can e s cape and s ome

,

time mu s t im b ib e i ts Truth and come face to face

with the s e fact s .

S el dom d oe s any one grav i tate to the Fourth

Zone at death Yo u can go out b eyond our p l anet
.

and other p l anet s i n your j ourney s wh il e the cord

i s not yet severed— if you are fitted for s uch jo ur

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ney s The ord i nary ind i vidua l coul d not dwe l l be
.

yond the Th i rd Zone— the atmo s phere is so very

Etherea l an d your S ou l wou ld not V ib rate i n har
mony w i th i t an d you wou l d have to b ecome attuned
ere you cou ld ex is t i n i t s v ib rat i on— not on l y this,

b ut you mu s t know i t s l aw s an d b e capabl e of ful

fi lli ng the requ i rement s of th is Zone It is a very
.

rare occurrance for any ind i v i dual to a s cend to

the Fourth Zone i mme di ate l y after leaving the
phy s 1e al b o d y
.

The maj or i ty of peop l e are fitted for the Second

Zone Wh il e tho s e who have b ecome s u fli ci e n tl y
.
‘

unfo l ded through S erv i ce or good deed s an d hav e

b ecome awakened and have s ufficient Knowledge
of the Law of Evo l ut i on and V ib rat i on grav i tate
to the Th i r d Zone .

We can o b ta i n s uffic i ent know l edge and u n s el

fi shl y s erve humanity— s u ffici e n tl y unfold i ng the
li ght w i th i n to make u s e li g ibl e for the F i fth
—
Zone and s uch at d eath wou ld grav i tate to the
—
Th i rd then to the Fourth gather i ng i n each Zone
,

that wh i ch wa s negl ecte d an d then i n a very shor t

t ime enter the F i fth If you cou l d s ee th is Zone
.

w i th i t s a d vantage s an d G l or i ou s B eauty— you

wou ld d e si re to linger here i ndefin i tel y .

There are a very few except i on s where ind i

v id u al s have atta i ned the Know l e d ge under s tood
-

the Law an d u n s e lfi shl y s erved human i ty— s uch

grav i tate d to the Fourth then rap idl y pa ss ed
,

through the F i fth to the Si xth . S uch was the

ca s e with that great Hindoo Ma s ter so we ll konw n

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con s idera t i on i s s hown every S ou l regar dl e ss of i t s
m is take s— s tate or po si t i on— an d every dwell er
c ling s to the s e Ru l er s Teacher s an d Ma s ter s a s a
,

ch ild to a parent rea liz i ng they are po i nt i ng the

,

Way The s e Inte lli gence s or S ou ls of W is dom are

.

s o Ho l y an d S acre d that the F i n i te M i nd cou l d not

perce ive Their Power— the i r W is dom and the i r
Love .

S o l ong a s the F i n ite M i nd cannot comprehend

the po ssibili ty of the ex is tence of s uch S acred
S ou ls— how cou ld you have any concept i on of the
Ho li ne ss an d Power of Go d who is Infin i te
,
'

We on l y know Go d through H is man i fe s tat i on s

an d H is Han diwork an d s ee H is Power i n b ack of
a ll there is Man can on l y perce i ve God as he
.

unfo lds h i gher degree s of Con s c i ou s ne ss wh i ch

,

L i ght revea ls God to h is S ou l .

S o l ong a s we are not abl e to s en s e h i gher rate s

of V ib rat i on s than tho s e wh i ch our phy si ca l sen s es
re s pon d to we cou l d not expect to grav i tate to a
,

Zone who s e V ib rat i on s are s o much h i gher than

the s e to wh i ch we are attune d to on th is materia l
realm We cou ld not ex is t i n an env i ronment that
.

is not a dapte d an d attune d to u s— or to wh i ch we

are not attuned .

We are rather dumb foun d ed or comp l ete l y over

whe lme d when we fir s t l earn of the fact s concern
ing our requ i rement s after we l eave th is phy s ica l
b ody an d make the change ca ll ed d eath We have .

b een s o accu s tome d to th i nk i ng that we go to

heaven w i th i t s go ld en s treet s an d harp s and
,

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there fin d Go d on a throne to j u d ge u s— e i ther to
con d emn u s or fo l d u s i n H is b o s om— s o tha t the
fact s that we mu s t b ecome pur i fie d an d r e g ener
at e d an d that much e ls e is requ i re d of u s ere we
'

can go to any Heaven l y K i ng d om is rather appa ll

i ng to the un d eve l ope d S ou l However the s ooner
.
,

we aw aken to the rea li zat i on of the Fact s concern

i ng our Be i ng the ea si er an d b etter i t w il l b e for
,

u s An d the s ooner we get acqua i nte d w i th th e

.

Country through wh i ch we a ll mu s t trave l the ,

ea s ier wi ll b e our j ourney an d the b etter w ill b e

the con di t i on s that confront u s on our arri x al i n
th is Land of the S ou l that is s o li tt l e known a ll —
b ecau s e of the s uper s t i t i on s an d S el fi sh In div i d
,

u a l iz e d Centra lized Int e re s t s of the Many on t h is

,

Earth rea l m BUT no M O RE Sha ll the Truth B e

.

Wi th he ld for A ll Who Come i n Contact w i th

-
,

The s e Page s W ill Be S o Up li fted and B e n e fi te d

That They Will S pread th e G l ad T i d i ng s A ll O ver
Th is Wor l d Unt il They W ill Permeate Every
Home— an d ALL WILL KN O W THERE I S N O
DEATH .

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FIR S T INHABITED Z O NE O F THE ETHE R EAL
W O RLD
O ne Hun d re d Thou s an d M il e s fro m th is E arth
Rea lm .

Thou Holy Go d Thou who art the S p i rit of Ma n

,

i f e s tation ; man i fe s t Thy s e l f i n u s day b y day

.

May Thy L i ght s o penetrate our S ou ls tha t it may

tran s mute the darkn e s and qu i cken the S park of
D i v i ne Love w i th i n unt il i t s dynam i c Power wi ll
con s ume all S e lfi sh n e s s and hatre d with i n our
heart s li ft i ng u s i nto a Con s c i ou s ne ss of Thy
,

Be ing that we may grow nearer and nearer to

Thee an d b y an d b y feel Thy S p i r i t Breath and e u
j oy the gl or i e s an d bl e ssi ng s of Thy Eternal Light.

Th is Zone li e s between the Electr i c and Etheric

b e l t s and is call ed the S hadow Zone Here it is
.

never li ght It is b etween tw ili ght and total dark

.

ne ss and i s of a very l ow rate of V ib rat i on The

.

octopu s wh i ch i s found here i n the Pac ific O cean ,

whe n threatened with danger e v o l ves or em i ts a

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dark clo ud the n s n e aks aw ay an d leave s the dark
'

c l oud b eh i nd .

S ome in di v i dua ls create a dark c l ou d ar o und

the i r Being through the i r da i ly though ts a nd act s ,

ca s ting the i r s hadow s b efore them— and the

d eed s of many have l eft the i r s h adow s b eh i n d
them Th is cloudy garment wh i ch they have cre
.

’
ated fo ll ow s them where e re they go Th is
, .

s hadow i s the fir s t to greet them i n the Wor l d of

S ou l S ince God ha s provided s u i tabl e pl a ce s for
.

the S ou l in i t s var i ou s cond i t i on s and s tate s of

,

evolut i on through t ime we fin d here s u i tabl e hab

,

i tation for the Ind i vidual s who have w oven into

the warp an d woof of the i r l ife t he d ark clo u ds of
,

materiality through the i r s elfi s h n e s s j ea l ou s y ,

hatred revenge ma l ice v i ce and b ruta li ty

, , , .

Th e den s e c l ou d y atmo s phere of th e b e i ng s who

i nhabi t th is Zone corre s pond s to the chem i ca l con
dit i on and rate of v ib rat i on of t h e den s e S u bs t ance
of th is Zone .

Th is den s e dark s u bs tance wh i ch they have

,

woven aroun d them s e l ve s doe s not perm i t the

l ight to enter the i r B eing an d o b s truct s from their
view a ll th at is good an d a ll that is D i v i ne Th is .

E l ement cau s e s the S ou l to contract s hr i ve l up, ,

wh il e the l i ght w i th i n i s perfect l y d ormant In .

th is s tate of l ethargy many can not b e aro u s e d

,

except through a terr ibl e roar li ke that of a can

non or s ome terr ibl e s h é ck It is as t h ou gh th e s e
.

element s have b ecome ch ry s tal ize d or petr i fi e d s o

that many of them are not consc i ou of anything s

39
but f ear and terror wh i ch haunt s thei r S ou l A ll .

of the i r ate s and dee ds are cont i nua ll y b efore them

a n d thi s i s wor s e than any he l l that m an co u ld
p i cture or ha s b een p i cture d through the O rtho
dox M i nd In th is Zone are found many mounta i n s
.

—
and caves and r i ver s an d the roar i ng thun d er i ng ,

waters of an ocean S ome of the cave s are d ark

.

a s dungeo n s w i th the i r s tal act i te s an d s ta l agm i te s

Many of the s e d we ll er s w ill h id e i n the i r cave s
or l i e d own fl at on the groun d b eh i n d d en s e b u she s
of shru bb ery a l way s i n fear qu i ver i ng trembling
, , , .

O ther s who are not qu i te s o cal ou s e d li ve i n li tt l e

, ,

hut s with wooden tabl e s and b enche s ; s pend the ir

t i me w i th the s ame crude amu s ement s on l y i n a ,

mod i fied form p l ay i ng car ds a s they did on the

,

Earth real m hav ing the i r pet an im als a l way s at

,

their s i de .They roam around the mounta i n s ,

watching the fi she s and the an imals They amu s e .

them s elve s great l y w i th the numerou s an i ma ls

found in thi s Zone They do not realize that noth
.

—
ing propagate s noth i ng d i e s in the Ether e al
World— they do not rea lize they are creat ing for
them s elves that wh i ch they d e si re They d o not .

real ize they have created the i r cond it i on an d the i r

environments— in fact many of them d o not rea l
,

i ze that they have pa ss e d out of the i r phy si ca l

b ody and are ex is t i ng i n the i r S ou l b ody .

If those on th is Earth rea l m who are li v i ng a

l i fe of Decept i on or S e l fi sh n e s s ; a li fe of V i ce an d
,

b rutal i ty and Cr ime cou l d for a moment s ee

,

these deforme d S ou l s in the i r tattered sta i ne d ,

40
garments it wou l d leave s uch an inde l ibl e impres
,

si on that they wou ld reform and change their

mode of li v i ng wh il e yet i n the i r phy si ca l b o dy .

They would pray for gu id ance and he l p that

they may b ecome c l ean s e d and pur i fied an d make
an eff ort to overcome o r work out the i r cond i t i on s
here on th i s Earth rea l m They wou l d ab andon
.

the i r l i fe of lu s t and cr ime and li ft them s e l ve s out

o f th e bl ac k cloud s they gather around themse l ve s .

There are tho s e who have entere d here w h o

regret the i r mi s take s an d i mme di ate l y s eek to
know how they can compen s ate for the i r awful
dee ds— an d s uch attract to them s e l ve s B e n e f i
cent S ou ls from the H i gher Zone s who teach them
and show them how to li ft them s e l ve s out o f their
env i ronment s S uch s oon s ee a ray of li ght an d
.

hope fi lls the i r S oul and li ke a t i ger after h i s prey ,

they reac h o ut towar ds the l ight and l o s e no ti me

i n extr i cat i ng them s e l ve s from the darkne ss and
b arren cond i t i on s of th is Zone . When they
have s u ffic i ent l y c l ean s e d and pur i fie d them s elve s,

they b reathe a si gh of re l ief and open l y and l oud l y

thank Go d for the li ght They fa ll at the feet of
'
.

the D i v i ne Ange l who ha s s hown them the way .

The i r S ou l b ecome s qu i ckene d w i th l ove and appre

ci ati on — never to b e forgotten .

When the li ght d awn s i n such a S ou l then he,

s ee s h is tattere d s ta i ne d garment s and as he

,

become s aware of h is cond i t i on he imme di ate l y

,

—
ru s he s to the neare s t founta i n of water s tand s
under it s b en e fi cen t s pray s try i ng to wa sh out the

41
 —
stain s in h is garment wh il e gr i ef i s aroused i n
h i s present s tate of con s c i ou sne ss He is not yet
.

aware that a l l h is regret s an d gr i ef w il l mu l t i ply

in h is awaken i ng an d can on l y b e overcome
through good thought s good d eed s through u n
,

s e l fi sh Serv i ce to tho se who are i n the same con

d i tion S uch w ill b e h is m issi on unt il s uch t ime
.

a s he ha s earned h i s own s alvat i on In the s e e x pe

.

ri e n ce s he w ill l earn th at D i v i ne Love is the on l y

Re d eem i ng Power of a ll Life .

Th i s is i n d ee d a fie ld for pur i ficat i on and atone

’
ment a s Go d s l aw s are Immutabl e an d Unchange
,

abl e Throughout the ages Man ha s b en taught

.
,

that we mu s t s u ffer for our Si n s— an d that God

pun ishe s tho s e who do ev il and are w i cke d by —
casting them i nto a fiery furnace or s ome b ottom
l e ss p i t— b ut i n the worl d of S ou l we come face to
face w i th fact s and a ll cond i t i on s We fin d that
.

there i s a purpo s e i n th is expre ssi on of li fe and

that Go d ha s prov i de d equa l opportun i t i e s i f we
compl y with H is Law s ; an d i f we work aga i n s t
H i s Law i n s tea d of abidi ng b y it we s uff er for
, ,

our mi s take s We l earn that we are Creator s and

.

have created our own con di tion s— our own d e s t i ny

an d that we have pun ished our s el ve s We l earn .

’
that Go d s l aw s are s uch that every act i on ha s i t s
—
react i on every thought i s a s ee d So wn wh i ch
b ear s fru i t of i t s own k i n d and we are the one s
,

who mu s t gather the harve s t we have s own

whether i t b e s orrow and gr i ef— j oy an d b l e ss
ing s ; we s uffer for our m is takes not a s a matter

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is atta ine d b y man made laws wh il e i n the Wor ld
-
,

of the S ou l A ll i s governe d an d O r d er is e s tablishe d

’
through Go d s D i v i ne Law of Love .

When the s e dwe ll er s a re s hown the way— an d

they l earn that i t is through un s e l fi sh s erv i ce an d
through K i n dne ss an d Goo d Will to A ll that they
can earn the i r S a l vat i on they are s ent on the i r
,

way rejo i c i ng— an d s urprisi ng to them s e l ves are

the fru it s of the i r l ab or They l ook i n a s ton is h
.

ment upo n the fru i t i on of k i n dl y act s an d l ov ing

thought s an d won d er why they ha d never known
’
or thought of God s Law s b efore The grat i tu d e .

s uch Be i ng s man i fe s t after they have progre ss e d

out of the d arkne ss a s they are con s tantl y w i t
,

n e s s in g the re s u l t s of the i r effort s to do good is ,

un s peakabl e They are abs o l ute l y unt i r ing i n the i r

.

eff ort s to up li ft s ome Be i ng who is s t ill s truggli ng

i n the d arkne ss .

No Mortal Be i ng ha s a concept ion of the Power

of D i v i ne Love and how u n s el fi s h l y th is Power is
s howere d upon tho s e i n the Lower Zo ne s b y the
Ange ls and Me ss enger s from the H i gher Heaven l y
’
Zone s— who under s tan d God s Law s and how ten
d erl y and l ov i ngl y they show the way— teach i ng
them how to upl i ft them s e l ve s that they may ,

c limb the l adder of li fe an d b eho l d the gl or i e s an d

’
grandeur of Go d s Hand i work .

Every effort is made to awaken the s e u nf ortu

nate S ou ls . At regu l ar i nterva ls in th is Zone
may b e hear d the roar ing s ound of a Trumpet s ent
forth b y the Ange ls of L i ght bid d i ng the s e Sou ls
,

44
Wake up ' Ar is e ' And s ee the li ght Come forth
.

out of your dungeo n s an d S eek Peace for your

weary S oul .

The L i ght of the i r S ou l b e i ng d ormant they are

,

a sl eep— entrance d b y the i r own d ee ds Many of

.

the s e Be i ng s have contracte d i nto dwarf s— the i r

feature s reveal the i r b ruta l d ee ds .

If you d i d not under s tan d the l aw and know

the i r cond i tion s you wou ld not i magi ne that the s e
Be i ng s ever funct i oned i n a phy si ca l form w i th
—
erect fea ture s such is the effect of our thoughts ,

act s and d eed s upon our S ou l .

Many of them l ook a s i f they b elong i n the

an i ma l K i ngdom— and had never had a human
form The s a dd e s t of a ll is the fact that here are
.

found women who once functioned in a womanly

form— b ut now are s een a s th ey are— in garment s
tattered and torn— and the s e too mu s t awaken
and s ome t i me become c l ean s ed and pur i fie d and
walk i n the path w i th Angels Age s may pa ss b y
.

ere s ome of the s e Be i ng s will reach the top roun d

i n the l adder of li fe b ut they mu s t and wi ll e v e ntu
,

a l ly reach i t T i me mo di fie s then cures a ll our

.
,

mi s take s and our s u ffer i ng s— and when the s e

So ul s are weary of suff ering they cr y o ut for
Help and L i ght Then and only then can they b e
.

as sis ted.

S uch a cry alway s reache s s ome B e n efi ce n t

Sou l who w i th Angel w i ng s appear s b efore the i r
v isi on a nd bi d s them r is e and fo ll ow .

Thi s Zone is Fourty Thou s and M il e s w i de and is

45
den se ly t i mb ered l i ke a w il derne ss in some parts
i n other d i rect i ons toward s the north there are
s andy de s ert s w i th s cru bb y shrubb ery here an d
— —
the r e w i ld cactu s mu ll en p l ant s and other
p l ant s are found here— cypre ss an d other tree s
are s een i n ab undance a l ong the S outhern part of
th is Zone— wh il e in the central port i on it is b ar
— —
ren rocky damp an d mu s ty The rocks i n the .

cav e s are co v ered w i th mo ss and gel at i nou s s ub

sta n ce s Here you find i n s ect s fl ee s b uzzar ds
.
, , ,

skunks rats b ear s e l ephant s t i ger s an d other

, , , ,

an i mals throughout th is Zone .

In the O cean are variou s mar in e pla nts ferns ,

and fishes The water i s col d and c l ammy In

. .

s tead of thi s purgatory b e ing a hot p l ace i t i s a

d amp co l d mu s ty p l ace a s they do not rece i ve the
, , ,

direct rays of the S u n Many t i mes these Be i ng s

.

bathe i n these waters think i ng they can find re li ef

,

for the i r tortured S ou l The i r haunt s are the

.

deed s that confront their vi si on no matte r wh e re

they go There are no fl owers i n thi s belt Ma n y
. .

growths of v ariou s k i nds are fou n d in the moun

ta i n s around the s tream s The Angel s who de .

s cen d to these v ib rat i on s mu s t be heavily robed

to protect themse l ve s from th i s atmosphere ,

wh i ch i s repe ll ant to the i r So ul s There are b ut .

v ery few hut s as the s e dwe ll ers lie down fl at on

,

the ground behind bu she s or sit in these damp

Cave s on some rock h i d i ng them s e l ve s
, .

Some of these dwellers hav e bee n here for hun

d reds o f y ears whil e othe r s r ema i n from t en to
,

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fi ft y years H owever time is n ot an eleme n t o f
.
,

co ns ide ratio n here i n the World of Soul— man y o f

them ha v e no conce p t i on of how long they hav e
lingered here .

There i s a Ruling Angel for this Z o n e He is .

con s ide r ed in the Worl d of S oul a s a Mo s t Power

ful B e n e fi ce n t Soul To be ab le to rule the U n ruly
.

and estab lish and ma i nta i n Peace among the L aw

less S avage Brutal A n imal Be i ngs requires by
, , ,

far more Wi sdom and Power than the Finite Mind

is capable of comprehe n ding To maintai n Ha r .

mony and Peace among such Beings who would on ,

the slighte s t provocat i on w ar with each othe r

,

in fa ct w i th the di s tur b ing tendencies a n d bitte r

,

element s in the i r Being they would be continual l y

i n an uproar as a natural result i f it were n ot fo r ,

the pervad i ng Power of thi s R uli n g Sta r who is ,

con si dered among the Greatest of th e Great and

who is a ssis ted by many m i llions o f B en eficent
A n ge l s who a re con s tant l y guard i ng a n d guid i ng
the s e darkened Sou ls who regard l e ss of thei r do r
,

m ant s tate feel a Power which they do n ot u n de r

,

s tand It is th is Power wh i ch they feel o v e r them

.

that cau s e s the s e dwe l ler s to tremb le i n f ear and

terror— and they are con s tantly look i ng for some
t hi n g
/
t o —
happen which never happens .

Whenever any of these dwe ll ers s cheme am on g

them s elve s to accomp lis h certa in dev i l ish work ,

j u s t then l i ke a thunderb olt th i s Powe r is pre

, ,

sented to them i n s ome manner to teach them that ,

there is a Power G reater a n d H igher than th em

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sel v es that is watching over them There are .

many var i ou s way s through wh i ch thi s Power

make s i t s e l f known— an d O f tim e s they w i l l mo
m en taril y li ght up th is Dark Zone through the
appearance an d the I ll um i n at i on of M illi on s of
Divine S oul s at once The major i ty have l earned
.

that th is li ght is not cau s ed b y an E l ectr i ca l d is

p l ay a s they dis t i nct l y s ee the face s and form s
,

of the s e Ange ls— many t i me s i t b ecome s the con

ver s at i on of the s e d we ll er s an d they wonder how
they can reach the s e S ou ls an d put an en d to
them There are tho s e who through th is man i
.

f e s tation b ecome awakene d— get on the i r knee s

an d cry to them for he l p Many are the tale s that
.

ffi
,
—
cou ld b e to l d b ut s u ce i t to say all s uch mu s t
s erve the i r t ime unt il they are rea d y to b ecome
o b ed i ent to D i v i ne Law an d un d o the wrong s by
d o i ng goo d— overcome the ev il tendenc i e s through
the Power of D i v i ne Love .

If s uch did not s u ffer they cou l d not rea lize the
,

s u ffer i ng they have cau s ed other s If they d o not .

ta s te the bi tter they can never apprec i ate the

,

s weet If they did not know what s truggl e s and

.

con fl i ct s an d s orrow s meant they cou l d not appre ,

c iate the j oy s an d bl e ssi ng s .

The dwarfe d d ark con di t i on of the s e Be i ng s i s

, ,

the extreme oppo si te of the A nge li c s tate and the

Darkne ss b arrenne ss an d the l ower form s a s the
, ,

outb ur s t of th is Zone are the extreme oppo s ite of

“ ’
the Heaven l y D i vine K i ngdom s of O ur Father s
,

Hou s e .
'

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 When the s e dwe ll er s have b ecome s u ffic i ently
c l ean s e d an d pur i fie d and have create d w i th i n
them s e l ve s the De si re to Serve Go d a n d b e Ob ed i
ent to H is Law s then they are l ed to a founta i n
,

of pure water that gu s he s forth to great he i ghts ,

wh i ch i s concea l ed from the i r v i ew unt il they are

,

ready for i t s be n efi ce nt refre s h i ng s prays There

, .

i s a path through a den s e fore s t that l ea ds fro m

the darkne s s of the Fir s t Zone to the tw ili ght of
the S eco n d Zone Th ere are many stream s and
.

s pring s and s ma l l bo die s of water in th is fore s t .

A s we enter th is fore s t the d arkne ss graduall y

,

evolve s into the twi li ght and near the entrance of

,

the Second Zone in a mo s t con d ucive port i on o n

,

top of a mountain i s found th i s gu sh i ng Founta i n .

Here is where they get the i r s hower bath st a nd ,

ing under its vib rant s prays — cau s m g the oute r

dark s tained garment to sl ough off — an d behold '
-

They s ee them s elve s for the first t i me i n many ,

many year s s tand i ng there i n a perfec t human

,

form a s ma n or woman and B e ne fi ce nt Ange l s

, ,

who have woven s u i tabl e ra iment for them

c l othe them i n att i re si m il ar to tho s e worn on th i s
morta l p l ane— an d now they are ready to pa s s into
the S econd Zone l eav i ng beh i nd the dark s tained
,
-

vib rat i on s or s u bs tance of the i r pa s t acts and

deed s— ready to create a new and b righter gar
ment to funct i on through a s they procee d on the i r
j ourney of progre ssi on through the Sou l Worl d .

When the light ahea d fir s t glimmer s i n the i r

con s cou s n e s s,
the s e Be i ng s cry out fo r j oy an d

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 m e s si ng fam ili ar hymn s that mother u s ed to
O f ti

si ng i n the i r ch i ldhoo d The s trong mother l ove

.

—
b ur s t s forth an d s he is the O ne after the s e
—
Be i ng s have b ecome awakene d whom they u s u
a ll y th i nk of first .

The i r fa i th i n the B e n e fi ce nt Ange l who so ten

,

d e rl y an d k i n dl y l e d the way shower i ng the i r

,

Be i ng w i th D i v i ne Love is like that of a ch i ld fo r

,

a parent— they cli ng to h i s very garment and l ong

to b e i n h is pre s ence— they l ong for H is Love and
are mo s t o b e di ent to a ll H is T e ach i ng s They bow .

with great Reverence i n the S p i r i t of Love to

the s e won d erfu l Ma s ter s of W is dom who are the
Teachers i n the s e Zone s— and the s e are the
Ange l s who gu i de d the s e S ou ls to th is Express i on
of L i fe an d watche d over them a s they were the
Actor s i n the Great Drama of thi s phy si cal lif e
an d n ow they are carefu ll y guid i ng the way back
to the Angelic State .

Dur in g th is terr ibl e Cr isi s through wh i ch th i s

,

world ha s j u s t pa s sed on l y a few out of the Mi l

,

l io ns of Soul s ca s t i nto the World of Soul were ,

tak en to th i s Dark Z one .

B en efi cent
Angel who came from afar
,

To shed thy ra ys wh i ch tran smute the s car

That the weary traveler may s ee the L i ght
That wi l l qu i cken h i s S oul i nto de li ght
As he beholds the gloriou s rad i ant s ky ,

Which re v e als a Power of greater Mi ght

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 S EC O ND Z O NE
The Do m e s t i c belt i n the Ethereal W orl d
Hun dred an d F i fty Tho u s an d M il e s from
Ear th R e a l m .

Thou Ho l y Ho l y Go d— Thou who art the D i v i ne

,

E ss ence in A ll there is— awaken u s out of our

—
d ream s an d d e l u si on s dogma s and b e li ef s that
o bs truct our v isi on from Thee an d hel p u s to
-

weave i nto the warp an d woof of our li ve s the ,

gol d en threa ds of l ove for a ll human i ty that we

may b e li fte d out of the fog s of mater i ali ty i nto
S p i ritua l L i ght and Truth i nto a rea lizat i on of
,

Thy Wi sd om an d b eho l d Thy Divine P l an ex

pre ss ed throughout the Un i ver s e .

Perhap s the mo s t a s ton ish i ng truth that con

front s the S ou l after l e av i ng the phy si ca l b o d y is
,

the fact that he fin ds h i m s el f i n a N atura l World ,

and a s he progre ss e s i n h is pre s ent env i ronment s

52
 ’
he learn s that thi s Natural Wor l d l ead s to Go d s
Heavenly King d om s an d then to H is Ce l e s t i a l and
’
Divine K i ngdoms and that Go d s Heaven l y K ing
dom s and H is Ce l e s t i al K i ng d om s are A ll Natural
regard l e ss of the i r Heaven l y Ho l y Div i ne S tate s .

The many advantage s and opportunit i e s found

i n th is Worl d of S o u l over tho s e wh i ch confronted
u s in the phys i cal world is another most a s tound
i n g reve l at i on Here we find our s elve s free from
.

’
all lim i tation s of Man made Law s and Man s Co n
’
ce ption s of God s Law s .Tho s e Concept i ons of the
variou s In dividu ailze d and Centra lized organiza
tions wh i ch have been forced upon man t hrough
out the age s with a l l the i r Error s and Delu si ons
, .

Being free from the cumb er s ome ph y s ica l b ody

through wh i ch we functioned our v isi on is some
what clearer and broader— all thing s present
them s elves i n their var i ous a s pect s — as we now
b ehold thing s i n a d iff erent L i ght In o ur pre s ent
.

s tate we real ize the difference b etween Beliefs

,

’ ’
and Facts— b etween Man s concept i on of Go d s
’
plan and God s W il l and the Real i ty a s it now im
'

p in ge s it s elf upon our Con s ciousne s s .

With the s e f act s b efore u s the awakened Soul

'

natural l y que s tions why all the s e vari ous s tru e

tures for worship which grace the d ifferent po r
tion s of th is Zone as we wander through the
,

variou s cit i es and v ill ages of this country o ur ,

attention is na turally attracted to these churches ,

many of them appearing famil i ar In fact the r e

.

is n ot a religiou s organization that will n ot find

3
their thought s man i fe s ted here i n th is Zone In .

the worl d of S ou l our thought s b ecome o b j e ctifi e d

,

or man i fe s t Through our th i nk i ng we are d aily

.

creat i ng the s ubs tance out of wh i ch is fa sh i one d

our home our con di t i on s our env i ronment s i n the
, ,

worl d of S ou l a s well as i n th is Mater i a l Worl d .

Another one of the mo s t a s toun di ng fact s that

confront s u s when we have entered the worl d of
S ou l is that the th i ng s wh i ch s eemed s o v i ta l and
important to u s on th i s earth are of no con s e
q u e n ce whatever i n the Etherea l Wor l d an d that
the mo s t important an d mo s t e ss ent i a l fact s have
b een ent i re l y negl ected— a l l d ue to our tra i n ing
an d s y s tem of educat i on .

As our jo urney through th is earth i n the phys

i cal b ody i s of s uch a short durat i on and the l ife
i n the Etherea l World excee ds i t b y many years
i t is very i mportant that we shou ld b e educated
i n our ch ildhoo d ab out our Be i ng and the purpo s e
of th is expre ssi on of li fe It is very e s sent i a l that
.

we are taught that there is a S ou l l ife a s we ll a s a

phy s ica l expres s ion of li fe A s God i n h is D i v ine
.

Wisdom prepa red s uch a b eaut i fu l s u i tabl e world

for the phy si ca l expre ssi on of li fe He cou l d not
,

make a m is take an d forget to prepare a s uitabl e

’
worl d for the habi tat i on of the Man s finer b ody
a world that s o far e x cel l s th is phy si ca l worl d that
no fin i te M i n d cou ld a d equate l y revea l i t s Su bli me
G l or i ou s Beauty It is very es s ent i al that we k n ow
.

that a ll that is— wa s and ever w ill b e has come

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from the On e Infinite S ource— the Founta i n of A ll
— —
Life A ll Ligh t A ll Wi sd om A ll Love — .

O ne of the mo s t e ss ent i a l b ranche s of knowl

edge concern i ng our B e i ng is the Law of V ib ra
t i on Ch ild ren s hou l d be given co l ored b a lls rep
.

re s ent i ng the co l ors of the S o l ar b eam a s re fl ected

—
i n th e pr is m and taught the i r co l or rate of v ib r a
t i on and chemica l va l ue Morta l s s hould learn to
.

rea li ze and recogn i ze the fact that there are v ib ra

tions a b ove an d b e l ow the range or octave of
vib rat i on to which w e are attuned and to wh i ch
our phy si cal s en s e s re s pon d on th is mater i al
rea l m We s hou ld know th at there are man y
.

octaves b e l ow and ab ove the l im i tat i on s of th e

phy s ical s ense s and tha t we can s o c l ean s e so ,

refine and pur i fy our s elve s that we may b e recep

ti v e to the h i gher V ib rat i on s We s hould be
.

taught another e ss ent i al fact— that we have Sou l

s en s e s a s we ll a s phy si cal s en s e s and that the same
natural law of evo l ut i on wh i ch evo l ved our fi v e
s en s e s will evo l ve the si xth and seventh s en s e s
wh i ch enab le s u s to s ee b eyond the lim i tat i on s of
our pre s ent phy s ica l s ense s and perce i ve that
which ex i st s b ehind th e s creen— that wh i ch is
Fact s — that which i s Real— that wh i ch is Natural
-
becau s e the si xth and s eventh s en s e s re s pond to
h i gher rate s o f v ib rat i ons .

M a n y to day on the earth are cu l t i vat i ng a po si

tive att i tude of Min d th inking that po si t i v i ty a s
, ,

they call it s huts out a l l E vi l In fl uence s This

,
.

E rro n eou s Idea is ba s ed on a misco n ception of

‘

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 ’
God s Law A ll so call e d Ev il is w i th i n our own
.
-

M i nd— if we Cea s e to th i nk Ev il— Refu s e to do

Ev il we can not ATTRACT the Ev il A ll knowl
,
.

edge— a ll Wis dom al l Power i n a fin i te d egr e e li e s

,

with i n the S ou l A s we unfo l d h i gher d egree s of

.

con s c i ou s ne ss through D i v i ne Love for A ll h u

,

man i ty— Keep i ng our thought s pure and c l ean

do i ng unto other s as we wou ld have them do unto
u s — there can b e no Ev il come near you . The
li ght of your S oul w ill ra di ate s uch a Tremendou s
Power that i t w ill tran smute and Upl i ft a ll Ev il
'wh i ch is i gnorance an d d arkne ss ' i nto that which
is Good Let u s remember the Law of attract i on
.

and repu lsi on p l ay s i ts part throughout the Un i

v er s e an d the Power of attract i on li e s w i th i n your
’
own S ou l an d you s et God s Laws in Mot i on
through your Th i nk i ng A s you are the Dynamo
.

i n wh i ch are generated the thought s that you

s en d forth on the Ether wave s— attract i ng l i ke
—
qua li ty you are a ls o the Magnet wh i ch attract s
them b ack— and they return fre i ghte d w i th li ke
qual i ty— attract i ng to you In di v id ual s and cond i
tion s from b oth worl d s the Wor ld of S ou l and
,

those i n the Phy si cal b o d y .

Po si t i v i ty shut s out the li ght of the So ul and

the L i ght that rad i ate s from that Div i ne Infinite
Center we ca ll Go d Po si t i v i ty i n the Mater i a l
.

Realm mean s S trength — Power— and those who

pract i ce b e i ng pos i t i ve create v ib rat i on s and
attract the Lower v ib rat i on s that tend towards
— —
Brutality Ob s t i n acy Determination and Ego

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ti s m ,which e n ters into the w a rp a n d woof of y our
li fe and form s a garment of thi s S u bs tance wh i ch
is so den s e that it imprison s the Light of the Soul
’
and shuts out all Light that fl ow s fr om God s

D iv ine a n d Celestia l Kingdoms which is heavi ly

,

lade n w i th Knowledge and W is dom As the Soul

.

evol v es it becomes more poro u s a n d i s l i ke a sponge

that drinks in the wate r The Soul absorbs the
.

Divi n e Light which re ch em ical ize s the physical

orga nis m maki n g it a fit temple fo r highe r v ib ra
,

tions —higher degrees o f consc i ous n es s —the r e fo r e

pract i ce receptivity in s tead of pos i tiv i t y.

I n this Zo n e we find the manifestatio n s o f All

Natu r e Kissed by th e r a y s of th e same Su n whose
glowing brill i ant l ight has been felt and witne s sed
throughout o ur j ou rn e y o n the Ea rth ; except th a t
at no time do we r eceiv e the full light o f ou r da y
as o n the Ea rth realm He r e it is alw a y s twilight
.

and thi s is indicative o f the light of the Soul o f

the In dividual s who gravitat e to thi s Zo n e .

The Souls who ente r here may be de s ign ated i n

S even d is tinct c las s e s o r gradatio n s of Soul u n
f ol dm e nt— or Seve n State s o f Mi n d and C o n di
t ion s .

Amo n g a ce rtai n class w e fi n d those who belie v e

,

that when they make th e cha n ge called d e ath

the y will go to Heave n a n d fi n d God The y hav e
.

’
n o co n cept i on of Go d s L aws or the purpo s e o f
l ife They have n ever kn own anything of the con
.

struction of the Universe They hav e no conce p

.

tio n of other wo rlds than our Earth o r ou r So la r

57
S ystem or other S ys tems— an d the s e are very
much di sa ppointed i n n ot find i ng the Golden
S treet s an d God si tt i ng on a throne to emb race
them for the i r dili gence i n ob ey i ng the ru l e s of the
church S ome of the s e th i nk they have ha d v is
.

i on s of God an d Heaven not rea liz i ng they have

,

created these v isi ons i n the i r own Mi nd s The s e

.

are indi v i dua l s who cl i ng s o tenac i ou sl y to their

b e li ef s an d fo ll ow the same routine never fo r a
,

moment que s t i on i ng the why s and wherefore s of

that wh i ch confronts them The i r greate s t o b s ta
.

c l e is o bs t i nancy cau s ed b y the i r undeveloped .

M i n d The i r M in d ha s been tra i ned in on l y one

.

channe l to fo ll ow the dictat i on s of certain r e li g

i ou s organ izat i on s Many of these rema i n here f or
.

years and years When they do not find God they

.
,

think they are in wa i ting for Gab riel to b low hi s

trumpet— the n Go d will appear— and others th i nk
they are in purgatory an d mu s t pray themse l ves
out of th i s world and be more d i l i ge nt i n the i r
wor sh i p b y attend ing their favor ite church more
d il igent l y The s e peop l e do not w i sh to be d i s
.

turbe d w i th any other i deas — i n fact would n ot

l is ten to a n yth i ng else s o man y of them rema i n
,

fo r y ears and year s unt il they are r eady to l i s te n

’
an d de s ire to k n ow— then they are taught God s
Laws .

Amo n g another cla ss of dwe l lers in th is Zone

are f on u d many who have bee n co n s id ered Great
characters .They were very popula r were co n
,

s ide re d v ery p rogr e ss ive on thi s Earth r ealm .

58
ical se n sation s and phy si cal de sir es try ing to ful
fill the duties of their da i l y requ i reme n ts w i th no
thought whatev e r of a l i fe b eyond thi s expression .

Th e Light of their Soul is s o dormant that they

a re n ot con s ciou s of anyth i ng beyond the petty
thin gs of every day occu rance s wh i ch do not tend
-
,

towards the e dv elopm en t 'i f the Mind or the Evo

l u tion of the D i vine attri b utes of the S oul They .

hav e feasted at the founta i n of s elfi s h n e s s— crit

ici sm— b igot ry and lust a n d commercia l ism and
fi n d themsel v es e nme shed in a garme n t that is not
attractive i n the wo rld of Soul S uch ind i viduals
.

ar e like a fish out of water They fi n d i t v e ry

.

diffi cult to become adj usted in the ir New e nvi ro n

m en ts an d n ew co n ditio n s .

Amo n g anothe r class who Egotistically Believe

i n On e World a t a time Why b other wh y make
.
,

an y e ffort to k n ow why we are f unctionin g in this

material w o rld ' W e know we are and that is
e n ough— so they thou ght Let us concent rate for
.

s uccess a n d prosperity a n d su rround oursel v es

’
with all of thi s Wor l d s goods have ple nty of all
,

we wan t and be happy i n the enj oyme n t of that

which w e have accompl ished wh il e we ar e here .

If I ca n c reate for myself happine s s an d success

o n this earth in th is phy si cal form why be co n
, ,

cerne d about the Soul a n d the World i n wh i ch we

mu s t fu nctio n after we l eave th is ph y s1ca1 body '
S o lo n g a s I can sat is fy the de s ires of m y Mind
right n ow ' S uch hav e n ot real ized that a ll this
s eek in g for Material po ss e ssi on is contrary to th e

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tea chi n gs of Christ the G r eat Master who s aid
, , ,
“
Seek y e first the Kin gdom of Heaven and then ,
'
all else w ill be added So i n their effo r ts for suc
.

cess a n d pros p e rit y o n thi s mater i al plane the ,

Soul was b ecomi n g enme s hed w i th all these mate

rial vibratio n s of gr e ed s e l fi sh n e ss a n d while
, ,

s eek i ng fo r all these material po ss e ss io n s the l ight ,

of the S oul remained dormant and when the s e i n

divi du al s come f ace to face wi th their delu s io n s
a n d behold th e ga rm e n t o f the i r S oul those who ,

ho ver n e ar look upo n them with great s ympathy

a n d p it y
.

Amo n g a n othe r cl a ss ma y be found those who

lived i n luxur y he r e on this E arth who alwa y s ,
’
had all the y d e si r ed of this world s goods who had ,

ever y adv antage th a t this material ea rth could

off e r— m on e y la n ds r aiment j ewelry and a l l
, , ,

commodities and luxuries everythin g that is con ,

s ide re d des ir able i n the ph y sical world Amo n g .

these a r e R ule r s M ercha n ts Fi n anciers reti r ed

, , ,

B u si n ess men and women who have enj oyed the

w e alth of great esta t e s but with all their adv an
,

tage s the most important and the mo s t e s e sntial

,

o f all i n this World was neglected— The Soul

Th e Sacred Soul Thei r Mi n ds we r e so attracte d
.

to Material posse s sio n s that they fe l t that the s e

we r e of mo s t importa n ce Pitiful i s the s ight to
.

behold whe n these Souls enter here an d find them

selve s surrou n ded by barren cond i tions suited to
the co n dition of the Sou l .

Amo n g another cla s s of dwe l le r s in this Zone ,

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ar e fou n d those who are of a mecha n ical an d in
v e n tiv e tu r n of M i n d and w h o did not complete

their work o r fulfill the i r de si re s along s uch l i nes .

The s e are found here i n great numb ers working

out variou s porbl em s a l ong mechanical and el ec
tric e l device s . Working out pro bl em s for aero
pla nes— wirele ss i n fact many imp l ements tool s
, , ,

dev ices of var i ou s kind s are be i ng con si dered and

worke d out he r e for the benefit of Man who is ,

s till fu nct i o nin g o n the physica l r ealm of lif e as

these will become a great nece ssi ty with the f utu r e
generatio ns when the Minds wil l hav e tu rn ed i nto
,

high e r chan n el s— greater ideal s— the n m a chi n

ery will do most of the labor that ma n is doi n g
n ow whil e man will de v ote certai n portio n s of
,

e ach day to develo p ing the M in d a n d u nfolding

the D i vin e att ributes of the Soul .

All who pass out in accide nts—quak e s—fire s

w ate r— wars— m an y wh os e phy si cal ex i sten ce has
bee n c u t off e re the time fo r the i r tran si tio n pass
,

to thi s Zone a n d here they find opportu n ities a n d

advan tages that will e n able them to co ntinue lif e ,

beginn in g wher e they left off on the Ear th He r e .

they a r e placed accord in g to thei r co n ditio n an d

ability after they have b ecome adj usted to their
new e nv iro n ment s an d new co n ditions Many o f
.

the s e S ouls fi n d it diflicu l t to o v ercome the de s ires

‘

created duri n g their earth l i fe and the sudden

s eparatio n from tho s e who were so d e ar to them
while others adj ust them s elve s ver y rapidl y and
soo n grasp the op portunity of p rogressing i nto

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highe r co ndi tio n s a n d fin d much s atisfact i o n an d
gratificatio n in their n ew activ ities The maj o r .

ity of s oldiers a n d in dividuals who were f o r ced out

o f their phy s ical bo dies du ring this t err ible cris is
th r ough which the world has p as s ed hav e been
plac e d i n the Seco n d Zo ne Some few w er e B ligi
.

b le fo r the Thi r d Zo n e Tho se who se Soul s wer e

.

sh a ttered into a ma s s of p ulp were carefully a n d

te n derly gathe re d b y B en e fi ce nt A n gels a n d pl aced
he r e i n this Z one whe re they will sleep u n til the
,

S oul will r ecup e rat e its P owers i nto a ct iv it y

the n wh en the y awak e n the y will be placed a n d
,

co nti n ue their acti vit y i n th e i r n ew e nv ir o nme n t s .

Th ey will n ot be conscious o f what has happ e n ed

u n til the y h ave fu ll y rec u p e rated Som e will be
.

abl e to reca ll the i n cid en t o n awake n in g oth e rs,

—
ma y n ot fo r y e ars u n til the y en t er i n to the
Vib r atio n th a t will ar ouse th e fac t i n th e i r Con
scio u s n ess .

P are n ts an d lo v ed o ne s should r ej oic e i n the f ac t

that there is N o D e ath a n d that their bo ys will
conti n ue life in this Zo n e an d prepa re themselv es
to progr es s to higher a n d high er s t ates of activ
it y which will e nabl e them to s e n d forth Vib r a
tio n s that will b e h e lp ful to those who a re le ft
he r e in the ph y si ca l r ea lm Her e the y will be
.

’
clas si fied ac c o r din g to th e ir Soul s growth as ,

ma n y o f these l a ds are ve ry w ide awake an d had

n ot y e t en mesh e d themselv e s in den se clo u d y
vibrations of the ea rth rea l m the i r thought s a n d
,

activity ha v ing bee n di r ect ed towards bu i ldi n g a

,

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foundatio n fo r the ir ea rth l y act ivi t i es—he nce
s uch will progress v ery rap i d l y into the Thir d
Zo n e where they w i ll start the i r M arch o f Soul
,

progressio n an d w ai t in g fo r the time whe n those

who are so dea r to them o n the earth r ealm will
make th e t ran s i t i o n ca ll ed death and wil l j o in them
in the Soul wo rld The ties o f Lo v e can n ever be
.

sev ered but cont i nue through Et e rn i ty

,
. It i s
Div i n e Love that bridges the ch a sm betwe e n the
two worlds . It is Divi n e Love th a t causes the
thought s of the p arents a n d lo v ed o n es to r each
out toward s tho s e who hav e go n e o n ahead to
j ourney in the Ethe r eal Wo r ld a n d it is Div ine
,

Lo v e that causes those in the Ethe re al Wo rld to

reach back to those still fu n ctio n ing in thei r
physical body The n how could the r e be a ny thi n g
.

b ut in teract i o n betwee n th e two wo rlds ' Only

those who have n ot R eal Lo v e i n their hea rts c ould
doubt th is truth There are v arious kinds o f lo ve
.

man ifested o n the E arth r ea lm but Divine L o v e

, ,

wh i ch i s the very Essence of the Soul— th at is

the Power of Attractio n— that i s th e c or d that
b i nds which n o ma n can s ev er— no ma n ca n de
stroy— an d all ou r Th e or i es Cults b el i ef s and
, ,

Teach i ngs ca n n e v er wipe out the Fact of th e In

te raction of the Two Worlds a n d the B e n efits de
rive d fro m the Inte ract io n th rough the Sacr ed
’
Holy Souls who desce n d from God s Divine Ki n g
dom to thi s E arth re alm an d when we wa r again st
,

these facts w e war agai n st G o d an d ou r sel ve s .

No w l e t u s go b ack to the churches all of whi ch

,

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mea n s so much to the diff e r e n t class e s of dwell e rs
here i n this Zo n e Here the churches are se rv in g
.

a purpose j u s t as they d i d and do on the Earth .

Ma n y of the s e theo r ies and beliefs ha v e served a s

a steppin g s tone towards Real i ties Th rough the
.

v ario u s ex p erience s e n co u n tered in such e nvir o n

ments the pu r e clea n Soul b ecame awake n ed
, ,

ab s orbin g from its e nv i r o nme nts that which was

neces s ar y f or it s growth Whe n the S oul becomes
.

su fficie n tl y awake n ed it u s es its ow n fac u lties a n d

reason s from cause to eff ect Such a Soul ca n n o
.

longer b e co n tent w i th theorie s and bel i efs because

it gets glim ps e s o f that which i s b eyond this r ealm
so n aturall y it d r ifts into higher channels While
.

the soul tha t has n ot yet bu i lt a foundatio n o f its

own dri ft s with the tide a n d has fou n d the chu r ch
a gr e at p illa r to le an upo n a n d follows the dict a
’ ’
tio n s o f M an s co n ceptio n o f God s Laws without
a n y h e sita n cy because they are not doi n g their
ow n thinking and co n seq u e n tly have n ot de v el
oped their own faculties a n d hence are n ot ca p able
of j udgin g betwee n that wh i ch Is a Realit y an d
that which Seems a R eality .

There are ma n y Souls who we r e better for hav

i n g had a pure i deal held con s ta n tly befo r e their
Mind s s uch as the ch urches have off e red them
e v e n though that Ideal was a delu s io n The y we r e
.

b y far bette r tha n the Indi v idual who s e Ideal w as

o r is n o high er tha n to wholly gratify thei r b r ut a l
ph y sic a l i n clin ations an d physical desires S in ce
.

’
the pure ideal will lead to the Soul s awake n i n g i nt o

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the Realities— while the ph ys ica l animal te n den
cies w il l lead to degradat i on and remor s e N 0 one .

can indu l ge in the doctrina l teachings o f th e

churche s w i th a pure m i nd an d pure i ntent i on s
and not b e b enefited an d grow nearer and nearer
to the Truth A ll th i ng s s erve a purpo s e on the
.

earth and when we outgrow that purpo s e we dr i ft ,

in to the next s tep It i s a Natura l Law d is p l ayed

.

throughout the Un i ver s e i n every plane and every

Kingdom that when anything ha s s erved i ts pur
po s e it passe s away to make room f er s omething
hi gher— as form s con di t i on s an d circum s tan ce s
,

a n d idea s— when they have s erved the i r purpo s e

they pa ss away and new con d it i on s new forms , ,

new i deas take the i r p l ace The o l d Law demand

, .

in g an eye for an eye a tooth for a tooth had to

,

pas s away a n d make room for s ometh i ng h i gher ;

s ometh i ng b etter which wou l d arou s e the spirit
,

ua l Nature in Man— the Chr is t pr i nciple wh i ch

a ll po ss e ss b ut w i th s o many is yet dormant It
, .

was that Divine I ll um i ne d S ou l Je s u s of Nazareth

,

who revea l ed to u s the Law i n H is S ermon on the

Mount ; to do goo d for Ev il— to Love your Enem i e s
and Help those who de s pi s e you an d Pray for
tho s e who m is u s e you and Do unto O ther s a s You
would have them Do unto You— and that we mu s t
Reap what we S ow It wa s He who told u s of the
.

’
Man y Man si on s i n H i s Father s Hou s e an d of the
Etern al City not made w ith han ds It wa s He
.

who saw that every S ou l is D i v i ne an d Sacred

r ega r dless of color and race— regardle ss of our

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which a r e found churche s and rel i gious orga n iza
tions In al l the h i gher Zones are Temple s of
.

Learnin g an d Temp l e s of Wor sh i p b ut a l l wor

,

’
s h i p accord i ng to Go d s Law a s the L i ght of the
,

S ou l ha s revea l e d and there is no d i ctum to fo l low

’
which ha s b een created through Man s un devel
’
ope d s tate of m i n d— th rough Ma n s misco nc eption
’
of God s Will .

In th i s Zone the dwe ll ers clothe th emselves in

s im il ar att i re to that wh i ch we find here on the
earth — except tho s e who have grown out o f be
liefs and the d i ctat i on s of the church These a r e
.

happy and proud to don a white ro b e wh i ch the

teachers hav e woven fo r them After they pa ss
.

into th i s state of growth they are r ea d y t o pass

into the Th i rd Zone .

A s the Soul awake n s out o f b eliefs man y prob

,

lems and q uest i on s ar i se in his mi n d which the

churches no longer can sati s facto ril y an swer such
Souls are admitted into the Temple of Wo rship ,

whe r e the Masters teach the i nquiring M in ds .

Th i s Temp l e i s a beaut i ful white St r uctu r e i n the

Cen tral po rt i o n of th i s Zo n e s i tuated o n a high
,

eleva tio n with i t s attractiv e surrou n d i ng s of flow

er s v ine s trelli s es arche s covered w i th traili n g
, , ,

v ines and fl owers From this elevation the Souls

.

who ascend to th i s Temple have a most wonderful

V i ew of e v ery p art of thi s Zo n e In it s va rious
.

apa rtme n t s are teache rs who reveal the ex is tence

o f the Third Zo n e and its requ i rem en ts a n d con
dition s a n d her e the y p r epare themsel v es for

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Th i rd Zone Ma ny of the b ri l li ant Mi n ds afte r
.
,

the i r Sou l became awakened are ready to cont i nue

,

their stud i e s a l ong variou s lines a n d here i n the

d iff e r e n t apa rtments they find the Teachers who
a ss ist them a n d start th e m in the r ight path fo r
the Journey that lie s be fore them .

As y o u r amble through this Zone you will fin d

the r e is n o p ublic librar y but there a r e a few r ead
,

in g rooms . You will n ot e that the activ it y

throughout this Zo ne is v e ry sim ila r to t hat o n
our e arth r ealm You will see th e se dwellers
.

t r a n s a ct bu s in ess i n a mo dified fo rm— you will

n ote they ha v e man y do me stic duties ver y sim i lar
to these here Yo u will fi n d ma n y beautiful
.

home s a n d v er y nicely f urn ished— beauti ful gar

de ns and lawn s Many of the hous e s are co v e r ed
.

w i th v in es sur ro unded with m any fl ow er s an d

p e rre n i al s in the main pa rts o f the cities Many.

fou n tai n s with their beautiful spra y s a r e s e e n in

these cities in th e ir parks a n d i n th e i r l awn s
B en ches a r e fo u n d he re an d th er e where the t ra v
eler ma y recline a n d w at ch the s pra y s o f glitt er
i n g wate r s r ise to gr e at heights while near b y he
w ill n ote masterpieces of li v i n g st a tua ry of n ot e d
pe r sonages .

As you W a n der th r ough this Zo n e y ou a r e

,

attra c ted to their beauti ful park s w i th the ir su r

rou n di n gs where th e dwellers go to rest and meet
th e i r frie n ds
. O n the i r lakes a r e see n dwel le r s
enj o y in g th e w ate r row in g a l o n g in th e ir bo ats
othe r s a re dri fti n g while the pedest r i an s a re
,

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reclin ing on the benches unde r s ome magn i ficent
tree i n the park near b y lis ten i ng to the so n g s
,

an d mu si c s o popular an d we ll known on th is ea rth

rea l m In the park s more centra ll y s i tuated are
.

foun d fl owers p erre n i al s v i ne s covering many

, ,

cozy nook s where l over s u s ua ll y meet Many .

founta i n s an d s ma ll b o di e s of water w i th the i r

go ld fi s h and other var i et i e s .Here you can
lis ten to the coo i ng of the b i rd s and watch the
s qu i rre ls and rabbi ts a ll so v e r y b eaut i fu l i n th is
World of S oul .

Throughout th i s Zone you w i ll find deers wo l ve s , ,

l ion s dogs cat s and many other an i ma ls which

, ,

are pet s i n the S oul World A s you wander

.

through this Zone w i th i t s c i t i e s its v ill age s it s

, ,

lake s an d val l eys i t s ra vi nes and stream s it s

, ,

meadows and mou n ta i ns i t seems l ike a worl d of

,

it s own .Many who gravi tate here wou l d not

know they ha d made the change ca ll e d death i f
thei r own cond i t i ons and en vi ronment s corre
s pon de d to tho s e that s urrounded them on the

earth rea l m— a s here the s cenery the trees and , ,

fl ower s an d the genera l outlook of th i s c ountry is

like that found in near l y every p art of our earth
rea lm .

Many of the s e S ou ls who l ived in luxury and

perfect comfort on the earth s phere found them
s elves c l othed in common raiment and i n p l ace
of a palac i ou s e l egant l y furn ished home they fi nd
,

them s elve s i n a b arren li tt l e humb l e cottage i n

s ome ob s cure part of the c i ty or v i llage Whi l e .

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others who to i led faithful l y an d so hard who ,

had many ob s tacle s to overcome to atta i n a mere ,

ex is tence found themselve s in a beaut i ful com

f ortabl e home with attract i ve s urround i ng s — gar
den of flower s and fruit tree s grape s apple s , , ,

berr i e s and other s A l l of the s e b e i ng the fru

.

itio u of the sub s ta n ce s e n t forth through their

k i ndly act s a n d deed s wh i ch have brought j oy
to the i r Sou l .

Many who were con s idered very ordina r y and

common place on thi s earth r ealm live i n att rae ,

tive house s with their garden s of flowers— s tat

uary on th eir la wns and the enj oyab le s p r ay s o f
founta in s .

Here yo u will fi n d hedges and gardens o f flower s

growing to great he i ght s and more beaut i fu l ly
developed tha n the same specie s on the earth .

Among the s e you will f in d phlox ox eyed da isi es ,

-
,

fox glove asters snap dragon b lue bell s thistle

-
, , , , ,

golden ro d corn fl owers geranium s tiger lil i e s

, , , ,

bl ue fl ag s yl vi u m columb ine o l eanders h y dran g

, , , ,

eas buttercups button bu s h marigo l d f ield pop

, , , ,

pie s po in s e tta s ro s e s lantana an d other variet i e s

, , ,
.

Mo s t of the homes are painted i n b rown some ,

few are white S ome po rtio ns of thi s Zone ha s

.

the appearance of a b eaut i fu l cu l tivated country ,

w i th attract i ve b u il d i ng s b eautiful garden s with

,

their art is t i c sett i ng s benche s under the s pread

,

ing b ranches of tree s wh ere the trave l er ca n re s t

and read a b ook or gaze i n to the di s tant scenery
a n d behold the mounta i n s and uniqu e br idges ao

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ro s s st r eams o r r av ine s watchin g th e p e dest ri an s
,

goin g to a n d fro .

Wh il e i n other port i ons of th i s country you may

be hold f i elds of gra in a n d tree s laden w i th fruit ,

and here you w ill find a tree ca ll ed the BREAD

TREE b ea ri n g a fru it ca l l e d B r ead F r uit which the
dwelle r s use .

As w e wa n der i n other portio n s we fi n d bar r e n

,

dese rts a n d scan ty little huts a l l s i gni ficant of

th e S el fi sh clan ni sh dom ineer i ng i rr i t able dis
, , ,

posit io n s a n d characteristic s o f the dwe l lers who

n ow occu py these homes with their surround in gs .

So as we me a sure u nto others so it is meted out

to ou r selves Many wh o ha v e given to char i ties
.

onl y when they would rece iv e pu bli c pra i se a n d

adv ertiseme n t for themselves n ever hav ing shar
,

ity o r lo v e in their heart fo r the need y u nf ortun

at e Souls wh i l e l n the phys i cal b ody ; such are
fou n d here in surrounding s that a r e pit i ful and —
wh en they meet thos e whom they have know n i n
the physical fo rm upon whom they hav e looked
with a frown of scorn and n o love i n their hearts
an d fin d such in bette r e nviro nments than them
selv e s they n atura ll y quest i on— How is this '
,
“

Why is it ' '

It had n e v er occure d to them that
ev e ry actio n has its reactio n a n d e v ery cause
i ts effect It had n e v er occu re d to th em that there
.

’
is a gold en th r ead that lin ks all humanity a s God s
children It had n ever occu re d to them that we
.

c r eate ou r o wn surrou n d in g s a n d env i ro nme n ts

from which we ca n n ot hide They follow us wh ere
.

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e re we g o i n fa c t such sh addow s a r e the re to gr eet
us Th er e is n ot a kindly thought o r a kindly a ct
.

that does not bri n g its r ewa r d .It is n ot only

r egi s te r ed in ou r Soul b u t also i n ou r env i ro n ment s .

The re ar e three most di s tinct a n d most piti

fu l co n ditio n s fou n d i n this Zo n e Those who
.

o n ce e nj oyed all that wealth could la v ish upo n

th e m Thos e who ha d attai n ed pu b lic praise and
.

applau se eithe r i n P olitics I n tellectual So c ial

, , ,

Sc i en tifi c o r musical cir cles an d tho s e who we r e s o

de v out i n religious te n de n cies e ith er as Founders
— — —
Pr ie s ts P reache r s Leaders Teache r s a n d Par
i sh ioners—all so di s appoi n ted i n see i ng themselves
as th ey r eall y ar e i n stead of as they appear ed i n
th e e ye s of this Mate r ial Wo rld a n d here the y
l earn that in the Wo rld o f So ul we stand face to
,

fac e with ou r selv es— o u r act s— o u r deeds— o u r de

gree of unfoldm en t —o u r st a te of p r o gre ssio n a n d
’
Go d s La ws .

Thes e d w ell er s have th e i r amusements a n d

social e n te rtai n me n ts The r e ar e H al l s where
.

p romin en t speakers a p pea r and discu s s the pro b

lems o f our pres en t da y occu rran ce s and co n ditions
o n this earth r ealm They have mu si cal e n terta i n
.

men ts whe re v ery pr omi n e n t musicians t ake pa rt

i n vocal a n d in str u me n tal recitals .

They have ma n y lectures on r el i gious social ,

an d political p r o b lems and o n many scie n tific sub

j ects fo r whi ch those of abilit y are chosen to
disc u ss th e s u bj ec t Th ese lectures a re atte n ded
.

b y m a ny.

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 There are spec i al occa si ons when prom in e n t
p e r sonage s who n ow are dwe ll er s of the H i gher
Zo n es descend to l ecture on popu l ar s u b j ect s or
,

the i r exper i ence s in the i r progre ssi on or other

t o p i c s of Univer s a l importance a n d s uch are at
tended b y the thousan ds .

The s e dwe ll ers spend a great deal of thei r time

in what they cons i der their dome s t i c duties and
the i r re li g i ou s i n cl i nat i ons They are taught Mu
.

s ic a n d A rt In th eir A rt Building a r e fou n d many

.

wo n derf ul pa i ntings b y anc i e n t Art i sts of M ado n

nas Ma s ters S culptures Speakers Teachers M u s
, , , , ,

ician s Prophets Sages Saints Poets Phil os o

, , , , ,

ph e rs Discove r ers Mathematician s a n d S c i e n ti s ts

, , .

Among the many imposing wo n derful b uildin gs

in thi s Zone is a Beaut ifu l Heal ing Temple H e re .
,

ma n y st i ll funct i o ni ng i n their phy si ca l body hav e

b een brought and cured through the s e wo n de rf ul
v ib ra n t fo rce s centered i n th i s Temp l e .

S ituated o n top of a mou n ta i n i n a very co n

d u cive attitude i s found a n Ob s ervatory where th e
scie n t is t s gather to contin ue their obs ervatio ns
an d study w ith much greater sati s faction than o n
the ea rth r ealm . In this Building call ed the
,
“
Temple of S cie n ce are found many appartm ents
where each can cont i nue to fathom the prob lems
in their i n div idual l i ne s— w i th in s trument s and
equipme n ts that fa r exce l ' tho s e wh i ch were ava il
able ou the E a rth Here they have every advan
.

tag e an d they del i ght in their new di s coveries a n d

are a nx iou s to impart them to s omeone st ill fu n c

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 THE THIRD ZONE O F TH E E TH ER EA L
WORLD
Th e Man ufa ct uring B el t M il es fro m th is
Earth R ealm .

Tho u In fin ite Sou rce and fou ntai n o f Life a n d

L i ght we are r each ing out to Thee that we ma y
,

see Thy Wis dom i n A l l there is an d grow i nto

a c ons c i ou sn ess of Th y Di v inity— i nto a r ealiz atio n
of Thy Eterna l Energy which flows from the
bou n dle s s Uni verse into every atom of ou r Bein g
th at it w ill regenerate and pu rify u s fitting us
,

fo r highe r a n d b etter cond it ions of L i fe— fo r great

e r and grander opportu n ities to express an d behold
the b e auties a n d glories of Thy H an d iwork .

When you have become eligible fo r the Third

Zone y ou do n e you r wh i te r o b e a n d pass through
,

s pace that lies b etwee n the Seco n d an d Third

Zo n es If ou r scientists o n this E a rth r ealm h a d
.

lenses suffic i en tly powerful to p en et rate th e se

un explo re d re gio n s which lie i n the i nte rv en in g

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spaces o f the var ious p lan ets a n d the inv isibl e
b elt s e n c irc lin g every planet they would b e very
,

much surpr i sed rathe r dumbfou n ded to f ind such

,

conditio n s and the wo n derf ul ma n ifestations o f

’
Nature s force s .

It would b e rather a p pa llin g to c o m e face to

face with the in dividu a l s found here a n d l earn th at
these i n tellige n ces o n ce e n e r gized a ph y sic a l bod y
l i ke their own a n d at on e time we r e th e dw ell er s
of this Ea rth rea lm .

A s y ou stroll alo n g th e path o f this beauti ful

wooded gro v e a n d tak e cogn izan ce o f th e foliag e
and the t r ees y ou r att en tio n is called to the fact
,

that as you entered here th e trees we r e ver y small

,

quite low— and as yo u proce e d alo n g y ou r j ou r

ne y the y are graduatin g in size an d height— gr ow
,

i n g higher a n d large r— a n d b y th e time y ou get

to th e e n d o f you r j ou rn e y— th ey ar e v ery l ar ge
a n d ve ry high — if yo u c ould realize th a t this is
caused b y th e di ff er en c e i n the vib r at io n s y o u
,

would not b e su r p ri se d .

Th e substa n ce o f th e Seco n d Z o ne is much mo r e

de n se and graduates in v ib r atio n as y ou as c end
higher . These trees look lik e our m a ple t r ees
which we fi n d i n the ea ste rn states— the b a rk a n d
the foliage— a n d as y ou exami n e the leaves y ou ,

fi n d towards the Seco n d Z one the y are much

,

mo re opaque an d m uch mo r e E the r eal at the

othe r e n d o f th e path .

As you r e ach the e n d of th i s j ou rn ey y ou fi n d

,

y ourself two hu n dr e d thousa n d m il e s from the

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Earth and here the teachers meet you and place
you Here yo u soon b ecome aware that the noises
and commot i on of the Earth real m d o not affect
the d we ll er s to the s ame extent a s they do in the
S econd Zone an d you find your s e l f i n a much b etter
atmosphere w i th much more conduc i ve e nv iro n ,

ment s You rea lize that a we i ght ha s bee n lifted

.

for you hav e ca s t a sid e another material garment .

—
Your v i s io n i s s omewhat clearer and if you are
of a progre ssi ve temperament you will soo n real
,

ize that here you are getting the f i r s t breath of a

spiritual atmosphere .

Here i s the b egi nn i ng of our Triumphant March

of the S oul through a Co n t in uous E l evatio n— go
ing from Zone to Zone thro u gh ever y gradation i n
every Zone— Learning the Law s— gathering
Knowledge— gett i n g experience s and a ssimilat
ing from the var i ou s env i ronment s the knowle d ge
a n d Wi s dom taught in the variou s Temple s of
Learn ing— qual i fying your s e l f for higher a n d
higher condition s of l i fe— cont i nual l y u n folding
more and more of the D iv ine Power s from withi n
clarify i ng and pur i fy i ng your Being— l ay i ng a s ide
O ne m aterial garment for another— and thu s fit
’
ting your s e l ve s to b e el i gib l e for G od s Heav en l y
Kin gdoms wh i ch are found on the Top most rou n d
,

of th is Planet and there prepare your s elf to Ba sk

in H is Eternal L i ght of Day where the Soul of
Man will Aga i n ra di ate it s L i ght i n all its Glory
'

s inging pra is e s unto the Lord for H is su b lime

H an diwork .

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 N ow let u s again come back in thought to the
Third Zo n e that we may b ecome acqainte d with
,

ou r e n vironment s A b out the fir s t thing that

.

impre ss e s it s e l f upon our con s c i ousne s s is the

fact that we are i n a great manufactur i ng center
s urrounded b y quite a expan s e of territory— b eing
thirty thou s an d m il e s w id e where ma n ufacturin g
,

of all kinds i s carried on Such a s wearin g apparel

,

and a l l other nece ss itie s are manufactured here .

One of the mo s t i ntere s ting si ght s i s to wit n es s

the weaving of the mater i a ls for our garme n ts
and n ot on l y th is but here we are taught how to
weave our own ro b e s which we wear in the Tem
ples of Lea rn ing in the Temp l es o f Wo r ship— in
—
their fe s tivit i e s — and s pecial gatheri n gs
.

Du r ing the day the commotion of this pla n et

,

sends th e atom s up thou s and s of miles into the

inte rv ening s paces and the s e are gathered b y
the Teacher s of thi s Zone i nto a Tria n gle rep
re s enting the Third Zone . Through a chemical
process they gather the chemical s from the Sun
, ,

which are p i nk— those from the Moon a r e b lue

and tho s e from our Earth are green together with
,

the white ether— and through a chemical p r o

ce ss the s e are woven into a fab r i c th a t looks like
,

a fine me s h of chee s e c l oth in texture and qual

-

ity and out of th is cloth they make their white

-

rob e s A s amp l e of th is cloth wa s b rought here

.

on thi s earth realm for i n s pect i on and exam i nat i on

—
the n p l aced i n a s ealed enve l ope with i n a da y
di s integrated a n d of course di s s appe are d . Th e

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ato m s o f this tr ian gula r p iece of cloth we r e gath
e r ed the n ight prev i ous a n d wo v e n j ust befo r e
b ring in g it to thi s earth for i n s pectio n .

Here you wi ll s ee the chem is ts wea v e al l sorts

of lazy fab ric s and many s heer gauz y m aterial s
i n fact a ll kind s of parapherna li a Your n eeds
.
,

your des i res and a ll you r requirements are h ere

s uppl i ed A s we are function ing through a body
.

that i s s till quite den se o r very materia l corre s

, ,

—
ponding w i th thi s Z on e our requirement s a r e
man y a n d s ome very simila r to tho s e on this earth
realm .

In ram bl ing through th is Zo n e you wi ll f ind

,

fields of gra in a n d orchard s of fru i ts— app l e s ,

pear s gra pe s berr i e s p l um s an d other s— not j u s t

, , ,

l i ke tho s e we have here— a s the vib rat i on s are

qu i te d i fferen t from the s e in which we are exi s t in g
on th is mundane s phe r e— s o they on l y re s emb le
the s e that we know as such Here we find some
.

more b read fruit— s omewhat d i fferent from that

fou n d in the S econd Zone It s much more deliciou s
.

whe n s liced i t looks l ike bread

, .

If we were educated i n natural law s— and i n

m i nd would get away from the intense
,

attachments we form for material thing s a n d our

materia l e n vironme n t s— and if we would unfold
h i gher degrees o f con s ciou s ne s s we could take
,

man y S oul j our n eys to th is Third Zone a n d to the

Second— an d consc i ously function there— and
v is i t with ou r fr ien d s and dwel lers Thi s under
.
,

the p rope r co n ditio n s could be do n e with much

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l ess effort tha n to go from coast to coast while
we are functio n i n g i n our ph y sic a l bo d y I n deed
.

there ar e those who go th er e an d co n s c iousl y enj oy

their en v iro n me n ts an d a v is i t t o th e i r Templ e s
of L earn in g an d b ring b a ck kn owl e dg e a n d food
fo r thought If y ou a re sufficie n tl y u nfolded y ou
.
,

may n ot on ly e n j o y a delightful v i s it but p a rtake

o f some deliciou s lu n ch eo n spread out o n a n ice
white c loth o n th e law n where the balmy b r e ezes
would waft the aroma o f the sweet flowe r s i nto
y our atmo s phere— or yo u might take a s troll w ith
them in the i r b e autiful gar de n s with their a rtistic
s etting s a n d continue your vi s it while r ecl in i n g
o n so me b enches under the s pread in g bra n ches
of an apple tree lad e n w i th del i c i ous apples
and at the same time e n j o y the b ed s of roses ,

pan sies violets s w e et peas da i s i e s cosmos dah

, , , , ,

lia s mor n i n g glories honey s uckle na s tu rtiums

, , , ,

f u s i as Martha Wa s hi n gton Sha s ta daisies A sal ia

, , , ,

Bou g— ainvi l l ea a n d many othe rs 'Violets a n d pan

.

s ie s are from 1 8 to 27 i n che s high '

A s yo u co n tinue you r walk into fields o f flowers
n earby you may be seated on a la r ge r ock with
suffi cient s urface to accomodate at lea s t two or
thre e of y ou Here yo u ma y exte n d you r v isio n
.

to the b eautiful mountain s in the d is tance an d

valle y s b elow or note s ome beautiful impo si n g
structu r e i n the dista n ce while listeni n g to the
cooi n g a n d chirpi n g of the b irds a n d watchi n g
th e cha rmi n g ex q u isit e butter flies goi n g ba ck a n d
fo rth Near your path you will no t e many cr e ep
.

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i ng creature s S ome p ecul i a r look i ng a nim al whose
.

b ody looks li ke a medium s ized seal i n weight

d raggin g it s e l f a l o n g the gra ss While looking
.

upon the b ranche s of s ome shru bb ery near b y

you w il l not i ce a mo s t charm i ng creature s hape d
li ke a squ i rre l with a much longer b ody and l arger
w i th i t s downy s oft white ha i r stand i ng up ab out
two inches— your f i r s t i mpu l se wi ll b e to ru s h
to i t that you may touch that soft pretty wh i te ,

ha i r Many more j u s t a s wonderfu l w il l cro ss

.
,

your path a ll ah ving a charm of the i r own Now

, .

l et u s wan d er i nto s ome of the i r park s w i th

their smal l l ake s and gu shing founta i ns surround
ed with pon d l ili e s near b y are b erge n i a s tre l l is es
, ,

co v ered with c l emat is s urroun ded b y ferns prim

, ,

rose s H ib i s cu s Ro s ea pink geran i ums an acac i a

, , ,

tree and a s we de s cend the s tone step s leading

,

d own to some murmuring s tream we f in d tree s , ,

s hrubb ery fern s on e i ther s ide Going al o n g the

, .

v ar i ou s wind i ng path s watching the pedest r ian s

a nd n earb y other s i n group s in some cozy n ook ,

s urrounded b y ro s e s — and here in anothe r i nv iting

s pot u n der the droop ing branches of a pepper tree ,

gaz i ng at a b e d of gl ad i ola s in a ll the i r beau ti ful

colorings you can hear two lovers telling the tale s
,

of their ow n exper i ence s ; and lying at their s i de is

a b eautiful pet dog or s ome other pet animal pe r
f e ctl y co n ten ted i n the ir magn etit au r a .

So you w i ll find that wh il e life an d i ts activity

here i n this Third Zone is quit e differ en t i n man y
r e s pects— y et thei r are so many simil ar fe atu r es

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p ublic buildi n gs i n thei r p a rk s and eve ryth in g is
by f a r mo r e b e autiful tha n a nythi n g fou n d o n this
E arth r ealm— Every Z one has its own s pecies a n d
v a rieti e s o f flowe rs all of which are much mo r e
m atur e d. R oses a r e fou n d i n every Zo n e bu t ,

ea ch Zo n e has its ow n spe c ial variety .

It mu s t be remembe r ed that this Zo n e i s in a

H ighe r Vib ration than our Earth r ealm con s e ,

quen tl y e v e rythi n g i s of a much mo r e refin ed

n ature tha n a n ythin g that we f in d here So in .

compa riso n with our Earth r ealm all is so much

,

m o re beautiful— all is mo r e ideal— mo r e spi r it u al .

The first gra datio n of this Zone might be com

p a r ed with the Highe s t in this expre ss ion of life .

The r e are howeve r a few exception s and s uch s ou l s

have e vol v ed higher degrees of consc i ousnes s an d
a re a ttai n in g the k n owledge of the Fourth a n d
F ifth Zone s an d will gr av itate to the F ourth w hen ,

th e y m ak e the t ra n sitio n called d eath We mu s t

.

be very s p i r itual an d u n s e l f ishl y s e rve huma n ity

’
a n d a ssim ul at e an d tho roughly u n der s tand God s
laws ere we climb to th e Fourth Z o n e
, .

There are ma n y b rillia n t h i ghly in tel l ectual ih

,

divi dual s but v ery few are sp i ritual — They have

developed the i r intelectual facult i e s b ut have n ot
u n fol ded t heir So ul s ense s and S o u l p e rceptions
hence they do n ot Vib ra te beyo n d the limitat i on s
o f the physical se n ses and their con s ciou sn e s s
which is th e light of the Soul does n ot r adiate a n d
cann ot pe ne trate b eyond the veil which h ide s fr om
View the higher r ealms — hence they a r e n ot cog

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n iz ant o f that which exi s ts b ey o n d th e mate rial
v ibrations which a r e like a scre en tha t ob str uct s
o ur view .

The r e a re few o n this p la n e who hav e e v olve d

thei r Soul senses and Soul perc e ption s b ut cann ot ,

intellige n tly impa r t that which they feel E v en t .

u all y we must becom e balanced and the adva n tage s

i n the lowe r Zo n es gi v e u s the op portu ni tie s of

the f ulfilme n t o f that which was n egl ec ted that
w e m a y attain this ba l a n ce We ca n not k n ow God
.

a n d H is L a w s th rough the Intel ect or the Min d

we can o n l y k n ow God and H is L aws through the
S p irit or So ul perceptio n Go d is Sp i r i ' and yo u
.

a re S PIRIT a n d y o u ca n o n ly kn ow H i m i n Spirit .

B ein g s p iritu a l an d bei n g san ct i monious are two

di ffe ren t thi n gs S p ir it ua lit y implies rig ht livi n g
.
,

r ight thi nki n g— ev ol v in g the D ivi n e L o v e withi n

a n d un selfi shly se rv in g H umanit y r egardless o f
c o lo r r ace o r belie f Th e mo st of us a r e p racticin g
, .

chur chia n it y in stead of Ch r i s tianit y a n d sancti

mo ny in stead o f spi r itualit y— all o f which create
vib r atio n s o f their own which form a material
ga rm e n t arou n d u s— the n how could we gravitate
to a wo r ld of Soul whose atmo s phe r e vibrates i n
highe r o cta ve s tha n those o f o u r Soul v ibratio n .

O r how co u ld one who se Soul is f illed with the

v ib r atio n s of lust v ice j ealous y hatred greed
, , , ,

ego tis m a n d r e v e n g e exist ev e n a day i n a n at

m osph e re o f pu rit y j ustice r ighteous n ess an d
, ,

Divi n e L o v e. Ab s olut ely im po sible .

All must be c ome clea n sed pu ri fied an d e du

,

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cate d— n ot educated in man made Laws—b ut i n
’ ’
N ature s Law s which are God s laws .

In th is th i rd Zone you wi l l f ind Tem ples of

Lear n ing where all are educated a l ong the line s
that are nece ss ary for the S oul s unfo ldment and
our continuou s progre ssi on S o e ss ent i a l are Mu s
.

i c Art a n d the u n der s tanding of Natural Laws

, ,

that they are taught in every Zone The Law of .

V ib r ati on the Law

, of Evolut i on the
, Sciences or
Spi r it u al anology— a n d l ike the ch il d that mu s t
l earn its A B C— w e must gather the s ub s tance
th a t will hel p u s to build our foundat i on ere w e are
rea dy fo r the co n st r ucti v e flow of Wisdom that
aw aits u s i n our ascen s i o n We must be ab le to
.

d i gest th e milk e r e we can expect to assimilat e the

c r eam .

Afte r havi n g pa ss ed from the darkne s s of the

F irst Zo n e into the Dawn of the S econd Zo n e a n d
from the Daw n of the S econd i nto the Ligh t of the
Third the dwe ll er here is s usceptible and con s ciou s
,

of the F i rst touch of a s p i r i tual atmo s phere and

e n j oys the golden and d i r ect rays of the S ame Sun
that l i ght s the path for the trave l ler on the Earth
w i th al l the beautie s that n ature di s play s In thi s
.

Zo ne the S oul become s qu i ckened i n to an awak

,

en in g of the ma n y steps of ascen s i on that lie s

before us .

The new b orn Souls are l ike i nfants ; they must

be watched and taken care of A b o ut the fi r s t
.

thing that confront s you i s the Law of attract i on .

You will find yourse l f attracted to some d is tan t

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 —
sce n ery which create s a s trong desire to go
the r e— but after you r arrival a s udden fear o v er
,

comes yo u a n d you wonder how you got there and

how ca n I f ind my way b ack Th e Teacher in
.

whose care you hav e been placed immedia te ly

se n ses y ou r a nxiety a n d come s to your rescue
teaching yo u that the same Law which took you
the r e will b r ing y ou back The modus ope r andi
.

i s to c r eate a des ir e th r ough the Powe r of your

Wil l to get back .

Ma ny time s the fr i e n ds o r relatives from th i s

earth realm are s trongl y think in g of those who
have pa ss ed O N— th i s powerful v ib ration attracts
them back 'All thoughts are v i brat i on s ' to tho s e
who are thinking of them and aga in they fi n d them
s e l ve s attached to the fr i end s and their environ
ment s b y the po wer of their thought force a n d ,

as they do not yet understand the Law they do

n ot know how to extricate themselves— and aga i n
the Teacher come s to the r escue Through such
.

exper i ence s they learn a n d rea l ize the neces s ity of

u n dersta nd i ng the Law that go v ern s our Bein g
the PoWe r of though t— the Law o f att raction a n d
how to ma s ter these v ibrat i o n s a n d how to m a ste r
them s elves .

Th eir coming and goi n g cannot be p r e v e n ted

’
it is a Natura l Law— Go d s Law— not man ma de
—
Law hence no one ha s yet b een ab l e to b ar the
way for the go i ng and the c om i n g and this Law has
ex i sted s in ce the begining of creat i on and wil l
e v e r exi s t I f we under s tood Natura l Laws a l l
. ,

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supe r st i tion wou l d v anis h A ll Souls can and do
.

“ '
r etu rn to this ea rth r ealm at wi l l whe n they
u n d e r s tand the law— but through attractio n—s o
long a s they do not understand the law—a n d this
is caused by th e thoughts s en t out by those wh o
a re le ft o n this ea rth r ealm .

There are Temples o f Lear n i n g i n which th e

n ew b orn Soul s are educated— they ar e taught how
to p r otect them s e l ves a n d the fr i ends o r r elatives
who attr act them back into their atmosph e r e .

Th ey m ust lea rn the Law of Vi brat i o n a n d how

to lea v e a be n e fi ce nt upl i ft in g in fl uence with all
whom they come in co n tact w i th They must learn
.

’
to r ealize the sac r ed priv el e dges through God s
Laws and thu s never to abu s e them but always to
u s e them for the benefi t and upl i ft of othe r So uls .

They mu s t learn to travel at w i ll and a r e prive l

e ge d to go anywhere they desi r e a n d wh ere ve r

they choo s e There i s noth i ng whate ver to hi n de r

.

them from de s cend ing through the Same Path that

was open fo r their going but n o n e ca n Asce n d to
,

h i ghe r r ea l ms tha n their S oul vib rat i o n att racts

them So A l l are limited in their a s ce n s i on to th e
.

Ran ge of thei r Vib rat i o n a n d chem i ca l constitue nts

o f their Soul which co n stitutes thei r d e gr ee o f
unfoldme nt .

These a re facts which th e f i n it e M i n d m ust

sometime r eal iz e Whethe r w e believ e th e m o r
.

d i sb elieve them does n ot alte r th e fact The r e

.

a r e ab s olutely n o exceptio n s an d n o fa v o r s sho wn

’
in God s K i n gdom H is Laws are Immut abl e a n d
.

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U nch an g ea bl e —
'
’
an d n o ma n ca n chan g e G od s laws
or H is Pla n So let u s w ake up a n d face this i s sue
.

which co nc ern s us all a n d rememb er that if we go

—
to the world o f So ul o r as Je s u s the N azare n e
“ ’
s a ys His Fathe r s M a n sions the n we su r el y ca n
retu rn in the same p ath through the same l aw
D ea th is but a n oth e r event of li f e—a b irth in to
.

a n oth er sce n e o f ac tio n in a worl d where the

ac ti vit y is eve n gr eat er than that on t h i s ea rth
rea lm In this world we p repare ourselves f or
.
,

somethin g b e tte r tha n we have already at tai n e d .

Evo lutio n is a slow but su r e p r oc ess and the r e are

—
n o b r eaks in the chain always be gi nn i ng i n ei ther
expre ssio n j ust where we left off We have built
.

o u r own character and thi s is what we take with

us We a r e tod ay the sum tota l of all the past
.

plus the prese n t c r eated through our thi nkin g

th i s is what we call o ur character It is this that
.

w e t a ke with u s—be cause it is a part of oursel v e s ,

in fac t is ou r Sel f .

We ch an ge o u r garments and ca n overcome

Sel f—but we ca n n ot loo s e ourselve s o r run away
from ou r sel v es So we must grav i tate to a place
.

th a t is suitab le for o ur habitatio n and which

pro vides the co n dit i o ns for the fulf il me n t of the
n ext step in our life ere we can a s cend to s uch
Heights where the requirement s are s uch that we
could not i n our pre s ent s tate of unfoldme n t ful fill .

Go d i n His Wisdom and thro u gh H is D i vine Lo v e

ha s a r ranged s uch pl ace s for u s— s o that eve ry
Soul will s hare alike His bl e ssin g s in the mea s ure

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that they are a d apted for them and He ha s —
prov i ded the opportun i ty to fit our s e l ve s for the
enj o yment of H is bl e ssi ng s through H i s D i v i ne
Pl an And in the worl d of S ou l each i n h i s own
.

d egree of co n sc i ou s ne ss si ng s out h i s pra i se s to

,

the Lor d i n the i r Temp l es of Wor s h i p —Each is

Co n sciou s of H is Divine Pre s ence to the degree
of H i s Perception .

The interact i on of the Ethereal World with th i s

Mater i al World i s as natura l a s day and n igh t— a s
n atural as l i fe i t s e l f— for a l l are i nterl i nke d
through the golden thread s of D i vine Love a n d
w i th in these li e the Power af ATTRACTI O N an d
a s we cannot get away from this Power we ca n not
,

s eparate the two world s and it is through thi s in

te raction t hat both world s are su s ta in ed . Th i s
Power grow s s tronger a s we advance to higher
degree s of Con s c i ou s ne ss as then we have a clearer
v is ion of the Reali ty of our K i nship with each
othe r and everyth i ng i n the Un i verse a n d w i th
H i m who is the Father over A ll .

Human i ty must learn to realize that a ll the

harm and d anger that ha s ever man ifested i tse l f
in either world ha s b een directly cau s ed through
their th inking and ha s a l way s been promu l gated
i n the F in i te M i nd The s e v ib rat i o n s reach out to
.

the Worl d of Soul— e s p e c i a ll y are the F i r s t S ec

,

ond and Th i rd Zone s aff ected b y the s e thought

v ib rat i o n s and within these thought v ib rat i on s
li es the Power o f A ttratcion— which n o m ort al
M in d c an change except through your thinkin g .

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str uctive Vibratio ns you not on l y E le vate y our
self but yo u a r e educatin g a n d as sis ting the In
,

v i sible Be in g s a l l around you and by an d by we

wou l d n ot have a dark Zone . The s e exca rnate
intell i gence s are on l y i nvi s ib le b ecau s e you are not
attune d to their Vibration Ju s t rememb er every
.
,

mortal no matter what h i s degree of Intel l ig ence

,

may b e in the Mo r tal bo dy— h e i s o f that sa me

degree of con s cious n ess— same degree o f In tell i
ge n ce when he has le ft the phys i cal body to f u n c
tio n in h is Soul bod y H i s memo ry h i s power of
.
,

a ctivity i s j ust a s inte n se as it w a s while f u n ction

i n g in H i s Mortal bod y .

N o one h as ever yet bee n able to g et aw ay fro m

the Rea l ity o f these facts by den yin g them E very .

mo rtal would be i n strumental in cl arif v mg an d

purify i ng the co n ditions of this Earth r ealm— if
we would fac e thes e facts with a clea r co n sci en ce
a n d b e as c ar eful o f ou r se cr et thoughts an d acts
as we are o f thos e which we v oic e The n th i s .

Ea rth would becom e fit fo r Democ rac y an d j u s tice

and right e ou sn ess would pre vail o n th i s Ea rth
realm .

No n e can abi de on this E a rth realm n defin itely

i
.

All mu s t make the change cal l ed death some t ime

—any hour or an y da y may b e y ou r tim e to make
’
the tran s it i on and i f you do not r ecogn ize God s
Law and H is plan while e n ca s ed in this ph y s i cal
bo d y you must face th e se facts whe n yo u p as s
,

from thi s scen e o f acti v ity into the next A b s o .

l utel y n oth i ng to prevent it .Therefor e let us be

,

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o n e to help Up lift t h e World rather th an re tar d
i ts growth through our prej ud i ces- our s u persti
tion negl igence hypoc r i s y and Egotism — and thu s
, ,

Upl i ft our s e l ve s— wh i ch would b e a na t ura l re s ult

.

Th e r eaction of our action s which would br oaden

,

our vi s ion inten si fy our Intu i tion and Perc eption

, .

The t i me i s clo s e at hand when the dark de n se

clo ud s which have hovered over the earth fo r so
many year s will gradua ll y d is appear and h uman ity
will see the light that rad i ates from a Divine
So urce and tho s e who are ready will a bs orb the
Wisdom that fl ows so freely from the Heavenly
Kingdoms a s wa s the case in the days of the At l an
t i a n s who had di r ect co m mu n icatio n with the
,

dwellers of th e Heavenly and Divi n e Kingdom s

a n d these were the mo s t highly ad vanced peop l e
of a ny who ever dwelled on this Earth who se rec ,

ords disappeared under th e waves o f th e Atlant i c

O cean but are pre s erv ed in the So ul World .

Ju s t at this time more than ever before i n the

Hi s tory of the World ha s i t b ecome n ece ss ary to
arouse our s elve s into a recogn ition of the s e facts
— as we can not hinder the mil l i ons of new born -

Souls who have b ee n ca s t into t h e Wo rld of Soul

through th is terr ibl e War through ac ci den ts e pi
, ,

d em ics fire and other causes from com i ng back

, ,
.

They w ill be attracted here through their relat i ves

and fr i end s and other causes We h v e noth i ng
.
a

to fear b ut it b ehoo v e s u s to se n d out the right

,

v ib rat i on s— through the righ t think in g and thus

a ssis t them and protect ou r sel v e s Ign ora n ce is
.

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the mo s t deplorab le cond i t i on in our world Igno .

’
rance of Go d s Law s has created Egot i s m s el fi sh ,

n ess an d a l l the m is takes that the human family

ha s b een gui l ty of .

A few of the new b o rn S ouls who were c as t out

-

through the War have b een pl aced i n th i s Zone

b ut n ot many The r e i s much n eed for Educatio n
.

a n d Spiritual Uplift i n the Lower Zones .

Now let u s wander out once more to invest i gate

the diff eren t part s of th is Zone A s we s troll alo n g
.

ou r atte n tio n is attracted to a l onel y s pot at the

extreme po in t of the roa d from wh i ch we sta rted .

As we dr aw clo s er o ur cur i os i ty i s arou s e d at the

sight of the many Souls stand i ng on guard o f a
ce rtain corn er of thi s lonely b arren uncultivated
tract . On inv e s tigat i on we find here ex is t s a
colony of Men who ca l l them s el ve s a Brotherhood
—cons i st in g of abo ut MEN . These s oul s
have bee n living here i n darkne s s under the delu
s io n that woman is th e downfa ll of man 'a s you
wil l fi n d it so s tated i n port i on s of the s cripture s '
and that if man took unto him s e l f a wife he could
n ot enter the K i ngdom of Heaven These men .

were married had the i r fam i l i es wh il e he r e on

,

th i s mortal pl ane and when they pa ss ed out of the

phy s ical b o d y i nto the world of S ou l they expect
,

ed to find G od and the Heaven wh i ch had been

in d ell ibly impri n ted upon the i r m i nd s When they
.

did n ot find a ny thing to corre s po n d with what

they were taught to expect they concluded they
,

we r e her e in waiting becau s e they had di s obeyed

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a few yea rs ago Dr S harp the intel li gence from
.

the S eventh Zone determ i ne d to show them the

L i ght and rou s e them out of the i r lethargy These .

S ou ls from the S eventh Zone are Br illi ant l y

Illumi n ated rad iat ing a mo s t wonderfu l Power .

Thei r vib ration s are an upl i ft i ng in fl uence where

ere they go .Th is powerfu l s ou l ga i ned a dm i t
’
ta n ce as s ur i ng them of God s wo nd erfu l p l an of
,

unfo l dment and of H is Love an d Power man i fest

ed throughout Nature a s we l l a s i n the S ou l of
M an a n d tha t i f they w ill on l y tear a s under the
,

ve i l of de l u si on that wa s h idi ng the rea li tie s of

,

life from their v i ew they wou l d b e happ i er a n d

,

wou l d i n t i me progres s to the b eaut i fu l Heaven l y

Man s io n from whence he came Al s o a ss ur i ng .

them of h is a ss i s tance on their march of progre s

s ion A s he left the i r m i d s t one went w i th h i m
.
,

to i nve s t i gate and then another an d another unt i l

i n the course of a year the co l ony had d isb anded
and were on the i r way towar ds the Eternal Day .

Th i ng s now pre s ented them s e l ve s i n the i r co n

sciou s n e s s a s never b efore and they were on the i r
—
way rej o i c i ng gratefu l and thankfu l for the
awaken i ng Man b e i ng the po si tive aggre ss ive
.
, ,

conquering e l ement l ack s the finer qua li t i e s that

woman po ss e ss e s . S he b e i ng the conserv at i ve e l e
me n t is natura ll y more refined O ne coul d almo s t
.

ima gi n e the co ndit ion of M ind the s e i nd i v id ua ls

po ss e s sed after l i v i ng i n s ec l u si on the s e many
years never m in gling even i n thought w i th
, th e

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finer v ibration s Just th i nk how much these So uls
.

had to overcome after the i r awake ni ng .

Thi s i s on l y one exa mp l e of the effect s upo n the

So u l of the mi s conce p tions caused b y the various
err oneou s teaching s of the Mortal Mind The s e .

i dea s b ecome i nde lib ly impre s sed upon ou r con

s ci ou s n e s s an d retard the growth of the So ul for

many years A s every action ha s i t s react i on a

.
,

great respon sibil ity re s t s w i th tho s e who prom u l

gate the Ind i v i dualiz ed and u s ua lly commercializ ed
centers with the i r delu si on s .

Now a s we extend our rambl e back i n a n oth e r

direct i on toward s the center of the c ity we a r e
,

thrilled with the mo s t exqu isi te peals from the

mo s t b eaut i ful chimes— who s e v ibratio n s pe n e
trate every atom of our b e i ng which quick en the
S o u l i nto pra is e s for the j oy of the s e charm i ng
s weet vibrations The s e are heard from day to day
.

ringing out far and wide and many on this M ortal

plane have heard the echo e s of these soft harmo n
iou s s tra i n s a s they resound from this M agn ifice n t
CATHEDRAL situated near the ce n te r of th is
City As we recline upo n the gra s s of som e b eau
.

t i ful nook or si t o n the s tone s tep s lead in g to a

,

rav i ne b elow or perhaps unde r the spreadi n g

,

branches of some beautiful tree with its white

blos s oms the echo is heard coming from gr eat
,

di s tance s l i ke a Divi n e m e ss age for the S oul .

In this Zone the teachers gather the s e vibr at i o n s

, ,

bottle them and pre s erve them for u s e as th e

conditio n s dema n d All wo rk here is do n e through
.

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 vibr atio n s a n d the Law o f Vibrat ion in fact n o
,

th i ng co n be a ccomplished except through the right

Vib r atio n
.

As we were strol li ng through the S econd Z one s

we fou n d many churches for worship a n d we had
n o trou bl e in find i ng one which harmon ized with
our s pecial bel i ef or ou r s o cal l ed scie n ce o r in
-

fact any type o f wor s hip we de si red but e r e we

l eft the s econd Zo n e a c l ear er visio n da wn ed upo n
ou r con s c i ou s ne s s and we no longe r entertained
b elief s
. Wi th i n our S oul had been kin d l ed a
de si re for facts. We have di s carded the den s e
garment that o bs tructed our vis io n a n d as the
veil o f delu si on has b een l ifted we s ee our s elves
,

a n d our requirements in a d iffere n t light .So

we are not surpri s e d to find no churches he r e a s
they are no longe r a necess i ty .

O ur various b elief s are BEC O MING u n i fied

through our exper i ence s a n d educatio n o f facts a s
s ee n in Nature—an d as we are here receivin g our
first le ss ons i n S piritual chemi s try it ha s a wo n
,

de rf u l effect upon our dormant con s c i ou s nes s an d

we feel no hes i tancy in our n ew form of wor sh i p
in fact i t all seems so s trange that we had not
s een the light befo r e We are so j oyful and tha nk
.

ful for the b roader V i sio n How much mo r e ex

.

h il e ratin g and upl ifting are the wonderful se rvices

co n ducted by Ma s ters o f Wis dom i n th is Zone
whose S piritual anal ogy is so s implified that a ll
—
ma y absorb its f acts a n d their praises to the
Lo r d are so eff ectual that th e Soul lo n gs for the s e

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Here you lear n tha t you v ib rate w i th the fl ower s
and that you are rad i ating your own p art i cu l ar
color o r shade .

As you take not i ce of the l eave s and petal s you ,

’
will f in d God s s acred n umb ers expre ss ed in the
v a r ious kind s 'the anc i ent my s t i c s ca l led them
sacred n umb er s ' You wi l l come i n co n tact with
ma n y who are well advanced in the var i ous art s
as dwellers of this Zo n e .You wil l note their
a rti s t i c tem perm e nt i n their attire a n d mode of
li v i n g
.

You can immed i ate l y di s t i ngu i sh an Arti s t from

a ny othe r c l a s s of Inte lli gence s In the i r ord i nary
.

requ i reme n ts the dwe l ler s of thi s Zone dr e ss ve ry

,

much a s our wel l groomed people do here dre ss ing ,

i n the co l ors and s ty l es su i ted to the i r i nd i v i dual

tastes .

If yo u were i nv ited in to the i r b eaut i fu l Art

Bu i ld i ng you might s i t for hour s an d hour s l ook
ing at the wonde rful productio ns many o f wh i ch
,

have b een handed down to thi s Earth Here you .

will find scenery from the h i gher Zone s wh i ch

were painted b y the Master s in the F i fth Zo n e .

Mo st wonderful pictu r es of noted per s onage s ma s ,

ter pieces of the v ariou s Mes s iahs statuary in

,

fu l l form and b u s ts of variou s a rt is t s poet s s c i

, ,

entist s and ph i lo s ophers There are var i ou s apart

.

ments in thi s b u il d ing and a l l Art i s c l a ss ifi ed

according to the degree of perfection All of the s e
.

exhibit i on s are to prepare the Min d for that wh i ch

will i n time be unfolded a n d fo r that wh i ch they

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w ill meet as they e nte r into higher a n d h i gher
conditio n s of l if e o r de gr ee s of u n fo l dment Th is .

gives them some co n ceptio n o f the S ublime Beau

ties of the Heave n ly K in gdom s b eyond i nformi n g
,

their m in d s of the won d erful s ouls who preceeded

them i n their j ourn ey through this world of S oul
an d who have prep ar ed the way and thus have

lightened thei r path .

As we take a t rip to s ome of the mounta in s ,

we f in d many inde n ta tio n s i n the s ide s o f the

mountain s whe r e the s oil and rock ha s broke n
away and the river beds or st r eams have changed
—
their course s ome entirely dried p all causedu —
b y the ma n y convul s io ns of this p l anet .

A n d as you row alo n g in their b oat s or si t on the

ba nk s o f their lakes and streams yo u may f i nd
amu s ement in watching the f i s h o f variou s k in ds ,

b ut these are not caught and used . No life is

mol e sted in the World of So ul— you could n ot
de s troy them All animals i n the s e Zones are a
.

n eces s ity— they are the outbur s t of these vi br a

tio ns All animal s gravitate to a cente r o f th e ir
.

own where i n du e time they w ill again man i fest i n

othe r fo rms .

O n a very attract i ve elevation you w i ll s ee a

Large White S tructure beautiful l y s urrou n de d w ith
flowers of variou s kin ds ; ro s es violet s lillies of the
, ,

valle y in great profus i on and other k i nd s a n d

varietie s. In thi s Temp l e are room s f i tte d up
for v ariou s conditio n s which the human family
a re h e ir t o
. For i n stan ce if y ou are s uffe r ing
,

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from exhau s t i o n you can b e b rought here where
you wou l d b e p l aced i n a room of a So li d Ma ss
of Ro s e s— exqui si te p i nk ro s es . Th is beautiful
“
s tructure is ca l led the Temp l e of Hope Here .
'

your s p i r i t abs orb s the v ib rat i ons wh i ch are agl ow

w i th li fe— in fact are li fe i t s elf Yo u ab s orb
,
.

the s e li ke a s ponge unt il your Soul ha s become

qu i ckened w i th i t s recuperat i ve power These .

ro s e s w ill never w il t or d i e b ut are always fresh

,

an d a li ve rad i ating the i r aroma and vib ra ti o n

, .

Many mortal s have b een b rought he r e and cured ,

then return ed to function in their phy si cal body .

S ome hav e be en consc i ou s of th is treatment

other s ne v e r kn ow what cured them On e room .

is fitted up i n the s ame way i n v i o l et s There are .

va riou s apar tm e n t s or room s fitted up for the

var i ou s cond i tio n s
. The e s sence or aroma o f the s e
flower s are a Magica l Hea ling b a l m .

In another attract iv e spot i n the Center of a

b eaut i fu l grove is a Temple fo r Wor ship w i th
w i ng s b u i lt on either s i de a porch and step s lead
i ng up th is po rch These w i ngs on the side are
.

fitted up w i th a partments for h e al ing Th is Tem .

ple was b u i lt for the purpose o f relieving the u h

fortunate who meet with acc i dents ou th is Earth ,

an d who w i ll cont in ue to fu n ction i n their physical

body . The S p iri t is b rought here and carefully
placed o n a couch where i t is treated b y the b e s t
healers i n the World of Soul The s e H ealer s a r e
.

In telli gences who have progre ss e d to h i gher

r e a lms but desce n d to th is Zo ne to relieve and

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Natural Law seek i ng to evol v e highe r degr ees of
,

consc i ou s ne ss l earn in g the power of thought th e

, ,

l aw of attract i on an d t he law of v ib ration n ot for

a n y s elfi s h purpose but fo r the up li ft of the S oul
and tho s e whom you come in contact w i th ' If you
have come to a real ization of these fact s you wil l ,

be e li g ibl e for th is Third Zone and will fi n d your

n ame reg is te r ed in the R e gistrat i o n room in this
b eaut i ful Cathedral Whe n yo u make the change
.

ca l l e d death or are born into th e world o f S oul ,

you w il l not b e a stranger i n a s trange lan d but ,

will b e tender l y and k i nd l y greeted b y the Teach

ears and Helper s of th is Zone S uch i s the Law
.

a s carr i ed out in the World of S oul .

With the foregoin g b efore us you ca n rea dily

,

see that a l l who make the eff ort to live a spir itual
li fe evo l v i ng the attrib utes of the S oul whil e y et
,

in the physical body are preparing themsel v es fo r

h i gher and b etter cond i tion s in the Etherea l
w orld .

The weary t rave l ler n ow b eholds

The r i s ing glory o f the S un
’
Wh i ch ne er aga i n can cast its shadow
A l ong h is path in an y wru n g .

The S ong s of prai s e reverberate

From ev ery living tongue
Who n ow i n j oyful ha rmo n y
Send forth the i r melod y in S ong .

I h e weary tra v e l ler n ow b eholds

r ‘

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 ’
The Wisdom in ou r Fathe r s pla n
A n d hasten to a s cend b eyo n d the r ealm
Where he ca n s ee the marks of time
That left their imprint on his Soul
Vanish as the light within begins to shine ,

Gradua ll y r eveali n g facts untold

A s he the l a dd er do e s c limb
.

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 TH E F O URTH Z O NE
THE MU S ICAL BELT O F THE ETHER E AL
WO R LD

M il e s Fro m O ur Earth Re al m .

—
Oh Fatherhood Oh Motherhood Th ou who —
art the E ss ence of All Life and L i gh t —lead us a n d
enlighten us that we may know the work that i s
’
d e s t i ne d for u s i n th is li fe s j ourney of hidde n
mysterie s a n d gra nt that i n all we think and do
we may rad i ate a power for good a powe r to upl i ft
,

mank i nd i nto a Con s c i ou s nes s of Thy Be i ng i nto

a real ization of our at one—
-
n ess with Thee .

When yo u have b ecome e li g ib le to ente r this

Z one ab out the fi rs t thing that you i n d u l ge in i s a
S p i r i tual Bath Such a th i ng is not known on th i s
.

Earth Between the Fourth an d the Fifth Zone

.

is a beautifu l Lake who s e surface i s s o smooth

that its r efl e ct i on s are li ke th at of a p erfect mirror
.

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 He r e we hav e fo r co n siderat i o n Four v er y im
po r ta nt featu res Thi s is the Fi r st Zone in wh ich
.

we find the child r e n S e co n d i t is a G r e at M usical

.

belt wh e re man y compo s itio n s are writte n Whe r e

.

ev ery Soul lea rn s that he vibrates with a ce rtain

key i n the Mu s ical scal e—that certa in rates of
v ib rations ha v e already b ee n unfo l ded from within .

H e l ea r n s to know his r ea l place in Nat ure —t o

what he is attu n ed an d why he is so att un ed an d
how to attu n e himself to still highe r rates of
Vibr a tio n
. This i n it s elf is a mo s t M arv elo u s
R e v el atio n He sees the Vib ratio n s with its c olo r s
.

a n d an alyz es their chemi cal con s titue n ts Here he

.

sees the po s sib il it y of the chemist becomi n g an

—
alche m ist a n d ere he lea v es this wonderful b elt
—
fo r the ne xt i n the scale of ascension h e will hav e
tra n smuted man y of the grosse r eleme nts o f his
own natu re into the pur er qualities o r high er
v ib r atio n s.

Th e Thir d import an t poin t is the Great Tem

ple o f H ealing whe r e the adva n ced Souls gathe r
an d i n Un iso n send fo rth their Heal in g V i brations
to this Ea rth realm What ou r world design ates
.

as the Noo n hour o n thi s Earth realm which of

cour s e v arie s in diff erent localit i e s at the time
wh en th e Sun is in its h i ghe s t meridian the teach
,

ers a n d M aste r s o f this sphere an d from the high

er Zones gather he r e to co ncentrate and send fo rth
the Healing Vibratio n s . If y ou will r el ax com
pl e te l y at this time se n ding fo rth your praye r a n d
the n i n the Sil en c e perm it the Vib ratio n s to flow

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 —
i n to y our Bein g you w i ll find most wonderf u l
help n ot on l y phys i cal ly b ut otherw is e You w ill
, .

a bs o rb the s e v i brations con s c i ou sl y or u ncon

s ciou s l y if y ou wi l l go i nto the Si lence a n d relax ,

and i f you pe rsi st in the regu l arity of making the

co n d i tio n s you w il l by a n d by con s c i ou s ly perceive
them and real ize their wonderful effects— or mar
v e l ou s ma ni fe s ta tio n s
. Of course th e mo r e y ou
attune yourself to these Vibrat i ons the qu i cker
and greate r are the re s ults .

H ere you find Temples where Spir i t s are healed .

Many ca s e s o f s e v ere suff e ring—c aused b y ex

trem cruelty or s evere shock s of va rio us kinds
which have s hattered the S oul— or cas e s o f ex
treme s uff erings from d i sappo i ntm e n ts or t r ials
and heartaches— or unj u s t per s ecut i ons— a l l of
’
wh i ch ha ve aff ected the Sou l s equil ib r i um S uch.

a r e v ery tenderly taken care of and the healing

b alm admin is tered in this Temp l e The finite mind
.

could not comprehend these eff ects on the S ou l

however s uch ca s e s are overcome h ere i n th i s Sa
,

cred Temple of Hea l i n g— s o that the S oul can go o n

and pick up th e thread and continue it s progre s
si on The s e treatment s are s uch that the Intel l i
.

gence wholly forget s for th e time b e in g the condi

t i on s which s o shattered their equ i l ibr i um . In
s peak i ng of S pirits here we mea n the Intelligence
or di s embodied individual .

The Fou rth mo s t wonderfu l featur e i s the Elec

tri cal Bui l d i ng which is a school whe r e they are
,

taught how to u se Electricity— th ey are t aught

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how to equ i p the d iff erent Zo n es with electric
wire s which they use a s a commod i ty for trav
el i ng The y travel along the s e el ectri c wire s from
.

pl ace to p l ace j ust a s we tr avel i n our street ca rs

,

or ra il way train s There i s abs olute l y nothin g o n

.

this Earth rea l m anal ogou s to the i r batterie s and

mode o f travel ing— therefore to the undeveloped
i t w i ll be very har d to perceive the ma n y ways
i n which they use thes e elect rical cur ren ts o r
wir es .

The y a r e taught he r e how to assi s t the em

—
b odied Sou l s on thi s earth r ealm not onl y how
to i mpar t know l edge to those who are capab l e of
receivi n g it a n d as s im il at in g it b ut also to gu i de
,

them or steer them aright Many people on th is .

earth realm get these s trong i mpre s s i o n s a n d they

“ '
ca ll them hunche s b ut they hav e n ot the least
,

co n cept i o n how they rece i ve them They could

.

not eve n realize tha t a n emb od i ed S oul i s Ne v e r

alone They cou l d not even real ize the pos s ibilit y
.

of any a ssis tance comi ng from a n u ns ee n Inte l li

gence There i s a cla ss of people who are so super
.

s ti tiou s that they c l a i m i t is dangerous but these ,

’
have ne v er yet found a way of overthrow ing G od s
Law s They d o not realiz e tha t each i s dependent
.

upon the other and that All Dan ger l ies w i thin
themselve s The s e Inte l l i gence s are taught how
.

to p r otect us and how to aid u s in many var i ous

ways— if we are ready for a ssi stance and if we
de si re to be upl i fted It is th rough our desires
.

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th a t vibration you rec e i ve i t a s d is tin ctly as you
do the s ound over the te l ephone The modu s
.

operandi of commun i cating w i th S ou ls in either

rea l m of life is thought tran s ference— sympathy
is the lin k that connect s m i nd w i th min d Thought.

i s a vib ration— every v ib rat i on ha s it s chemical

con s tituent s an d it s co l or— i t s rate of vi b rat i on
which de s ign ate s it s quali ty . Again All our
thought s our fee li ng s our act i on s and our deeds
, ,

are regi s tered i n the S oul— an d the s e v ib ratio n s

are the fab ri c wh i ch form s the garment of the
S pirit Each S pir i t emits a L i ght more or le ss
.

inten s e and every S p i rit i s con s c i ou s of a n au ral

atmo s phere emanating from it s e l f The adv anced
.

S ouls can readily r ead every s ecret act o f the

l owe r The aura l b r i ghtne ss of the higher hide s
.

the sta te of the S oul— wh il e tho s e who are exi s t

ing in the same v ib ration are not conscious of
’
each other s live s s o they can reve al to each othe r
the s ecret s of the i r l i fe i f they choo s e or keep ,

their s ecret s to them s e l ves In the lowe r Zone s

.

the condition s of the Sou l s ta nd out clear and d is

t i nct— a n d is ea s ily read— or di s ciph e re d .

As we ascend h i gher we find improved mean s of

commun i cat i ng and i mparting i dea s and regi s ter
ing them The i r b atter i e s of thought connect w i th
.

k i ndred thoughts in other home s— and in th is

man ner they abs orb k n owledge from the In tel l i
g e n ces in the still h i gher Zone s .In this be l t are
found many Temples of Learn i ng where the S oul s
co n gregate fo r i ns truct i o ns and l is te n to the flow

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of Wi sdom fr om these highly evo l ved Intell i ge n ce s .

Ma s ters and Apo s t l es de s cend to th is belt and on

such occa si on s the d we ll er s fl ock b y the thou s and s
to learn f rom the ir W is dom and fee l the i r D i v i ne
pre s en ce
.

Every Zone ha s it s Ruler s and it s Teachers

and Masters— each having their dutie s The
.

act i vity a s you s ee from the foregoin g is quite

diff erent from that of the S econd and Th ird Zone s .

Here we are gathering k n owledge a s simi l ating

same a n d demon s trat i ng to the degree that we
have accu m ulated k n ow l edge and exper ien ce s
th r ough our pre s ent s tate of unfo l dment .

In th e Temples of Learn i ng they teach many

thing s pe rtaining to life — it s p urpo s e— the innate
po ss ib iliti e s of the Sou l — The con s tru cton of th e
.

’
Univer s e a n d it s relation ship to m an — Ma n s S p ir
itu al un foldme n t and how to u s e the Power of
S pirit to make i t mo s t eff ectua l among men The r e .

are ma n y apart ments where the diff erent top ic s

are d is cu ss ed by the d iff erent teacher s S piritual
.

Analogy is one of the important top i c s in th is and

the higher Zo nes— and receive s much con si der
atio n.

In the i r Hou s e of Ju s t i ce they a ss emb le to hold

co n fere n ce perta i n i ng to var i ous pro b lems regard
i gn th is Zone and the genera l event s and happe n
i ng s of th is Earth rea l m and mean s and way s to
upl ift th is crude world are a l way s di s cu s sed fo r
the b etterment of human aff a i rs and co n d i tio ns in
the spirit of democracy that j ust i ce righteous
, ,

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n ess a n d the B r othe rhood of Man may b e bro ught
ab out .

Al l refo rm s are fir s t promu l gated and esta b

l i s h e d in the World of Sou l Here i n th i s Fourth
.

Z o n e many a r e started then ta ken to the F i fth

Zo n e then to the very h i ghe s t Center where the
, ,

final dec i sion i s perfected i f agree d u po n b y th e

H oly of Hol i e s Th en the work i s carr i ed o ut by
.

those I nte lli gence s who are capab le of hand li ng

the probl e m If you could p roj ect you r co n sc i ous
.

n ess beyo n d the rea l m o r bo undary lin e of the

ph y s i c a l se n ses y ou could s ee how many pro bl em s
a re be in g worked o ut by th e U n seen Intellige nce s
in the wo r ld of S oul .

The r e a re many Temples w i th their Halls for

L ectures on va r i ou s su bj ect s— giv en b y v arious
indi v iduals an d these halls ha v e their platfo rm
an d on th i s p latform ma ny d i st i nguished p e r so n
ages ar e s een .

Th er e is a reg is tratio n roo m where you a r e r eg

i stere d b y the teache r s — your state of progre s
sio n y our s ou l u n foldment— and th i s is p a s sed on
,

to th e n ext Zo n e where i t wi l l appea r before the

teachers of that Zone .

O n e apar tme n t i n the Tem p le of Lea rn ing is de

voted to the e d ucat i on s o f the foreign Sp i r i ts No .

distinc tion i s made All regard l es s of n at i o n alit y

.

are care f ully educated and a l l have the same ad

va n tage s— a l l mu s t travel the s ame ruote through
the Sou l world of th is planet .

I n the l ower Zone s all were carefully ass i sted

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s elv e s th r ee hu n dr ed thou s and miles from th i s
e a rth realm which wa s at one t i me our home or
,

abidin g place .

Again after travel i ng b ack in Mind to the dar k

,

den s e b e l t we ca ll the F i r s t Zone— and o ut of th i s

dark n e s s into the dawn of the Second belt— then
from the dawn i nto the Light of our day i nto the
Third and then find ourse l ve s among the beautie s
an d glo r ie s of this Fourth Zone where we are
,

surrou n ded i n a li ght of pale ye ll ow that alone i s

a n in s pirat i on a n d a sen s at i on that the fin i te m i nd
funct i on i ng am i d the gro ss vib ratio ns o f thi s
ea rth realm in a gro s s physica l b ody can n ot
fathom b ec ause i t cannot rea lize the great differ
ence i n the rate of v ib rat i on to wh i ch we are n ow
attu n ed .

In th is earth realm many are assum in g the po si

tive attitude s of m i nd th in king they are growi n g
,

in power They do n ot under s tand that the Po w e r

.

l i es within the S pir i t and not in the M i nd The .

Mind mu s t b e b rought under s u b j ection of the

S pirit o r Ego where in lie the po ssibi lit i es and po
te ntialiti e s of our Being . As you contro l your
M i nd through the r i ght think i ng you gradua l l y
pur i fy the atmo s phere of your S oul a n d kind l e the
Light within through thought s o f k i ndnes s and
Un s e l fi sh serv i ce and good will to your f el low ma n .

To the extent that you have a ccomplished thi s

w i ll b e the degree of your enfoldment . We mu s t
fir s t awake n th rough the r i ght th i nking e r e the
L i ght of the Ego or Spir i t b ecome s k in dled into a

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b ur n in g fl ame— fo r it has b een do rma n t an d
v e iled with den s e gr o ss m a t erial v ib ration s So .

whe n this garme n t of y ou r soul is saturated with

— —
pas s io n lu s t gr e e d j ealousy dec eit hy
p o cr i s y — m alice — rev e n g e a n d selfi shness wh i ch
,

we m ight sa y i s the wo r st of all as it is a c om b i

,

n ation of the othe r element s a n d is the bindin g

force— how ca n the L i ght o f your Sou l s h i ne whe n
yo u r co ns cious n e s s is dimmed with these re fle c
tio n s which all come through the m in d reac hing
,

out th r ough the physical se n s e s causin g that in

t en se f eelin g of E gotism .

As y ou change y our thoughts from dest ructi v e

de n se v ib ra tio n s in to co ns t r uctive higher vibra
tio n s y our garme n t a ss umes a diff e r e n t hue a —
diff er en t qualit y o f fi n e r v ibratio n s a n d at the
same time the dim light is being kindled in to a
bu rn in g fl am e— a n d as y ou rea ch out a way from
s elfi sh de s ire s y ou r co n sciou s n e s s will ex pan d an d
the Light grow b righter . Now a s you ha v e
r eached the heights o f this F ou rth Zo n e y ou are
be c oming illumi n ed ra diatin g a mo r e pow e rf ul
, ,

much brighte r L ight an d a fte r a dvancing through

,

the seve n gradatio n s o f this Z one you wil l have

accomplished your eff ort s to ove rcome the de sir e s
of the mind for S e l f Yo u will hav e subdued th e
in ten s e s el fi sh n e s s—e gotism— hatre d_j eal ou s y
.

u n j ust c riticism an d p r ej udi c es a n d ha v e t ra n s

—
muted these eleme n ts in to t o le ra n c e cha rit y
sympathy a n d Lovi ng S ervice .

All o f this must b e acco m plish e d in this Z o ne

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ere yo u ca n radiat e a n atmosphere of Div in e Love
for a ll huma ni ty Indeed you are here awakened
.

to the fact t ha t all our m i stake s delu si ons a n d

,

error s and egotism caused by the b l i nd impu l se s

o f the M in d must be who l ly outgrown or o v ercome
and our Aura mu s t b ecome c l ean s ed ere we can
v ibrate with the heavenly co n d i t i ons in the n ext
Zone which awa i t s u s .

He r e we ca n s ee that all th e petty deta i l s of our

life reveal a D i vine purpo s e and that w i thin the
Center of our Be i ng lie s the Power to overcome
a n d co n quer S e lf— the power to harmon ize all
warring elements which d i s si pate our energy a n d
the power to unify our impul s e s and de s ires with
the Div in e purpose— that o ur thoughts and deed s
m ay unite w i th the interna l harmony and find the ir
comp l et i on i n S erv i ce and Divine Love .

S o here we beg i n to pract i ce S e l f Re s train t

we mu st atta i n the power and abs olute contro l and
b ecome Ma s ter over S e l f S o al l fear— all S e lfi sh
.

ne ss— egot is m— hatred and j ea l ou s y mu s t be

come tran s muted i nto Courage— K i ndne ss — Toler
—
ance sympathy and Servic e —that we may have
the Power to ren d er s erv i ce through love for all
mank i nd regar dl e ss of race or co l or— in b oth
worl ds .

We are unhappy di s contented and i n m is ery

,

becau s e we a l low our s e l ves to b ecome creatures of

S e l f S e lfi sh n e s s The S elf wh i ch is the creat i on
- .
,

of the physical sen s ations r efl ects n o l i ght S el

, .

fi sh n e s s creates a v ib ration which co n tracts the

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s ta n d the te s t thro u gh the v ar iou s o bs tac les that
co n fr o nt us The r e is n o way of cove r in g up o r
.

hidi ng you r de gree o f u n foldme nt —all s tand fac e

to face with facts You n ot o nly s erve those in
.

t h e world of So ul but tho s e who are still st r ug

,
'

gling b lin dly through their phy s ical b o die s drift

ing with the t i de and thu s b ein g s e rvant s ins t ea d
of master s o v er their co n dition and e n vi r o nm e n t .

Her e we learn the fact that we a r e C re ators a n d

that we have creat ed our ow n e nvir o n me nts—o ur
ow n co n d i tio ns uncon s ciou s ly Now y ou ar e.

taught how you can con s ciou s l y create that which

you will— an d how you can become Master o ver the
Vi b ratio ns you have created that have bee n su ch
o b stac l es How to control the elem e n ts of n atu r e
.

i n stead o f being swayed by them Not only thi s .

,

but you mu s t learn to contro l the vibratory waves

that you co ntact with i n comi n g b ack to this ea rth
realm through the lower b e l t s .

As the Soul becomes more ethe real these lowe r

vib r ation s hav e thei r eff ect It is to them like
.

goi n g i n to a damp must y cellar— S o her e the y

,

are taught how to robe them s elve s before wa n

derin g out into the s e vibr at i ons O n this ea rth .

p l a n e we clothe our phy s ical bo dies to p r otect them

from the cold dampness and other co n ditio n s
, ,

a n d similarly the y must do h ere—prot ect them

s elves from the atmospheric cu rents fogs an d ,

disturban ces So th ey are taught how to m a ster

.

these co n ditio n s .

In this d e gree o f u nfoldmen t they ar e capa ble

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of d e mo n strat i ng the Powe r of Sp i ri t o v er mat t er
to a c ertai n extent Th e y ca n ma n ifest c e rtain
.

d e gr ees o f li f e out of the u nma n i fest e d For .

i n sta n ce take a woode n ca n e a n d tur n it in t o a

li vi n g r e p til e— or cau se a pla n t to bloom—or a se e d
to gro w almost at Will .

Th ey a r e able to di s ciph er co n ditio n s a n d v ib ra

to ry wa v es as se en a r ou n d i n dividuals a n d i n th e
U n i v ersal E ther The y ar e abl e to disi n t egra te
.

d e st ru ctiv e vibrations a n d p roduce c o n stru ctiv e

o ne s b r i n gin g about h armo ny whe re dis cor d
,

reign s in the h e arts o f e mfbodie d Souls Th ey ar e

.

abl e t o ha n dle th e elem en ts o f Na t ure —go o u t

i n to rain a n d win d sto r ms i n th e i r aero pl an es an d
tak e with them an e mbo died So ul who is c apabl e
o f j ou rn e y i n g i n the Soul bod y Th e y co nt r ol their
.

—
i n st r um ent the Soul the y h a ve tak en in ch arge
th ro ugh th e po w e r of thought Many tim es s uch
.

exp er i en ces a r e so de e pl y imp re ss e d upon the

m i n d s o th a t wh en they a g a in t ake po ssessio n o f
th e ph y sic a l bod y the y will re l at e wh a t a won d er
ful dream th ey h av e h a d n ot realizi n g it w as o n ly
,

o ne o f th e n at ur al exper i enc es o f the Soul .

I t m u st b e re m emb ere d all leav e the ph y si ca l

b o d y i n sl ee p— but th e m aj orit y cli n g so c los e to
thei r e n viro n me n ts o r frie n ds a n d famil y b e in g so
,

c lo s e l y bo u n d to m aterial vib r ations o r mate r ial

in t e rests— thei r c o n s c ious n ess has no t expan ded
-th ey ha v e n ot r eached o u t i n to the U n i v e r sal .

Th e light of thei r So u l has n ot b een k i n dl e d .

The y w ear whit e robes i n th e i r T em p l e s of

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learning and their festiv i ties a n d other occas i o n s ,

b ut for sight see i ng— fo r their ramb le s and p l ea s

-

ure s they dr e s s to suit thei r ow n ta s te in their

own unique fa sh i o n in the colo r s the y d e s ire .

—
Man y k n ee t r ou s ers s wallow ta i l coats a n d sa n
da l s a r e wo rn by the artists or th e dist in guish ed
characte r s . Th e l adie s wear daint y afte rno on
gow n s i n their ow n colo r s or suitab le d r esses for
out in gs a n d r ambles .

In th e Cathedra l the Masters p l ace befo r e y ou

a tra y of j ewels and gems from wh i ch you hav e the
privilege of select i ng your choice This is take n
.

by the teacher to the Fifth Zo n e i n the Templ e

of Love where you will fi n d this g em E ver y st one
.
,

e v ery j ewel ha s it s own Vibration and the Soul

naturally r eaches out for that which harmo n izes
with its o wn v ibratory curr ents It is to b e hoped
.

that you will choose wisely fo r through this y our

life i s r ead a n d you will be placed acco r dingl y We .

—
pass from school to schoo l fr om g r adatio n to
gradatio n getti n g our own experie n ces
- Stan d
.

the tests an d t rials o f this Z one an d th e tea ch er s

are the j udges who kn ow whether you are q ual
i f i e d to pass o n a n d a r e eligible f or the n ex t step .

This is the f irst Z o n e i n which you must sta n d

on y ou r own merits o f S e lf r elia n ce Yo u must .

b ecome Sel f su fficie n t a n d demo n st ra te the P o w e r

o f Spi rit
.

We hav e com e to a r ealization that w e are a n

Epiton e o f N atu r e a n d that Spirit is the E l ec t ri c
Vib ra to r a n d M oto r of th e Soul A spark from
.

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highe r an d high e r r ates o f Vibration a n d the S ou l
o f th e s e in t e llig en ces inhabiti n g th e se v arious
Z o ne s a l ways harmo n iz e with the r ate o f Vib ra
tio n an d its chemical con s t i tuents . Here the
dw e ll er s m in gl e clos ely with N ature whe r e th ey
can abso rb the A ro m a o f th e Flo w ers— who a re the
Sil en t Think e r s—the Ado rn e r s— th e L ife its e l f .

Th ey kn ow b ette r tha n man how to d raw to them

s e l ve s an d ho w to abs orb the ch emi ca l co n ditio ns
nec essa ry for thei r s u s tainance a n d u nfoldment .

Whil e Ma n abso rbs from them as well as fr om th e

ch emical c o n ditio n s o f th e atmosphe re .

As we a s cend i n the s ca l e of li fe from the Lower

real m s to the H i gher Heave ns in th is Ethereal
wo rld our So ul bo dy becomes more a n d mo re po r
o u s an d m o r e E th ereal v ibratin g i n ha rmo ny with
e ach Z o n e It s eems a s i f Every P o re is like a
.

month whi ch absorbs from its e nv iro n ments So .

h er e th e Inte ligences subsist th ro u gh the s p i rit ual

Law of a ssimilatio n N o lo n ge r is fo o d a nece s
.

s ity a s wa s the cas e i n the lowe r zo n es . D el

i ci ou s fruits a r e fou n d h ere an d the y pa rt ake of
th e j u i c es if the y desi re
.

Th e F ourth importa n t point for co n sid eratio n

is the children . Their Souls have n ot b ec ome
co ntami n ated w ith ea rth v ibratio n s so th ey are
attu ne d to the l oft y atmosphe re o f th e Fou rth
Z o ne an d this is the f irst Zo n e that is suffici entl y
p u r i fied fo r these p r ecious s a c r ed Souls whi ch a re
b rou ght h er e b y r elativ es o r fr ie n ds a n d here
th ey gro w to ma tu rit y an d a re e ducat e d an d

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l ov in gl y t aken care o f Every desi re that is best
.

fo r them is gr a n ted— th ey a r e ca r efully watched

—
a n d stu died a n d t r ai n ed gi v i n g th em eve ry op
port un ity to develop the q ualiti e s most domine n t
i n th e ir na tu r e Childr e n abso rb a n d digest kn ow
.

l e dge in the Soul wo rld much mo r e r apidly th an

—
do th e old er indiv idu als fo r two r easo n s F i rst .

b eca us e th ey ha ve n ot yet e nv eloped themsel v es

with th e g ross mate r i a l vib ra tions of this ea rth
rea l m S e co n d because th e ir mi n ds h ave n ot b een
.

fill e d w ith th e mistakes the e rr o r s a n d delusio n s

,

t a ught o n this mu n dan e spher e — h en c e th ey do

no t ha ve t o outgrow su ch im pr essio n s . Th eir
m in ds are p u r e a n d fre e and th e ir Soul is lik e a
s po ng e r e a dy to abso rb all that the y c om e in co n
ta c t with .

Wo n d erf ul fe stivals a n d e nt ertai n m en ts a r e

gi ven b y the teach e r s fo r the be n efit a n d a muse
m en t o f the childr e n . Th e y ha v e thei r v ar iou s
a mu seme n ts an d games O ne o f the beauti ful
.

nu mb er s o f their f e stivities is what we here would

call th e m a y pole dan ce— to se e th e se little tots
with their gauz y s w eet dresses and wr eath s of
flowe r s t wi n ing in a n d o ut i n v a ri o us ryth mic
mo v eme n ts as each has a hold o f its o wn colored
ribbo n which streams fr om the cente r of the po l e
is a most charmi n g b e autiful sight M any ch ild
.

r e n so much mis s thei r p a r e n ts tha t it is diffi cu l t

a t f i r st to sooth a n d pacify a n d satisfy them .

Many times the teachers in whose care the y hav e

b e e n pl ac ed b ri n g them b ack here to th e par en ts

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an d as the p are n ts a r e n ot c ogn izan t o f th e ir pr es
e n ce their gri e f i s almost u n co nt r ollable fo r a time
’

as th e y ca n not u n der s ta n d wh y th e pa ren ts do n ot

talk to them o r recogn iz e them So th ey must

.

b e carefull y t r eated a n d amused in various way s

s o that they will o v e rcome the i n tens e d e si r e to
ho v e r n ea r the par ents .

Yo u will fi n d a most b ea utiful home h ere fo r

the children where they a r e taught music— pa i nt
i n g a n d natu r es Laws which they grasp mu ch
mo r e r eadily than the y would i f the y we r e f u nc
tion in g i n their ph y sical body . Th e y a re taught
th e L aw o f Vib r atio n th rough the fl owe r s whi ch
the y g athe r .

Th e y ar e taught that E ver y I n div idual re s po n ds

to a ce rtain Keyn ot e i n th e scale o f m u si c—Vo ca l
a n d in st r ume ntal music which is i n ha rmo n y with
this s phe r e is taught to these little o n es .

Ma n y time s whe n the y hav e their festiviti e s

i n the higher Zo n es the child r e n a r e p ermitt e d to
visit these with thei r teache r s and indulg e i n the
festi vities Th ey a r e take n out to va r ious l o cal
.

it ies that they may lea rn o f the beauties o f na tu re .

Thei r i n quirin g mi n ds r e v ea l thei r state o f growth

a n d degre e of co n scious n ess They gr ow so v e ry
.

be a uti ful i n the world of Soul an d always r etai n

that youth ful appear an ce The y m ake th e jo ur
.

n e y th ro u gh this wo rld o f Soul i n m uch sho rt er

space of tim e tha n those who lived out th e ir
e arthl y career .

It is a most charm in g sight to s ee th e chil dren

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the M i nn ehaha fal l s—a most b ea utiful no ok kn own
he r e as th e old In dia n hunti n g ground—this was
’
the visio n an d the dr ea m of the I n dian s Heav en .

Here you w i l l see the littl e ca n oe o n the r iv ers a n d

th e boats on their lakes The sce n ery her e sur
.

passes that of the th ir d Zo ne . All races a ll

,

“
n atio n alities ar e child r e n o f the One Source Our
'
Father a n d unto Him all a r e s acred an d so v e ry
impo rta n t a n d e ss ential that He h as so p r o v ided
in H is Un selfi sh Divine Pl an that all may retu rn
through the same route a n d p ro gress to the same
heights growi n g n earer an d n earer l ike u n t o G od
regardless of what their co n ceptions o f he av e n
were a n d regardless o f their re ligious b e lie fs
regardle ss o f their colo r a n d race .

He r e y ou will fi n d a n apa rtment i n thei r Templ e

of Learni n g where the f oreign Spirits ar e edu ca ted
a n d man y o f these hav e had a better con ceptio n
of Hea v e n tha n we who hav e bee n expe c ti n g to
f i nd Go d s itt in g o n a thro n e s urrou n ded b y H is
Ang els p lay in g on the G olde n Harps M a ny gold
.

e n H ar p s a r e seen in the wo rld o f Soul a n d the s e

Intel l i genci e s k n o w how to m a n ipulat e th i s ins tru
me n t so perfect l y that the m ost e x quisit e stra i ns
of music ma y be h ear d .

Beginn in g with th e Th ir d Z o n e y ou w ill fin d

as y ou t ra v el th ro ugh th e wo rld o f Soul that all
is ce n t ralize d— h armon iz ed an d o r ga n ize d in such
a manner th at all sh are th e same pri vel e dge s— the
same ad v a nt age s th e sam e blessi n gs re gardless o f
colo r or na ti onal it y Th e l ower gr ad e s a n d lo w e r
.

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intel l igenci es ar e alwa y s subserv ient to the high er
an d i n the var iou s cy cl e s o f time all will f ill the
same p l ac e a n d e v olve th e same Po wer s Those
.

wh o a re administe r in g t o da y a s te ache r s will some

time b e A n gels o r R ulin g A n g els an d M essiahs an d
so on u p th e scale Wh il e thos e who are bei n g
.

ta u ght today will some time be th e t eache r s an d on

up the scale— while thos e who a r e serv ing a s cou n
cil ors a n d Ru l er s ha v e al rea dy se rv ed i n th e i r

variou s ste p s of a s cen sio n some time i n som e c y cle .

’
Such is G o d s Law No e xc e ptio n s no p a rtialities
.
, ,

n o res pector of pe r s on s The r e are co n ditio n s an d

.

pl ace s pr o v id e d for ev e n the Unr ul y u n til th ey

b ec om e obedie n t unt o G od While the Da rk Souls
.

mu st som e time a waken an d se e the L ight an d

’
p ro gr ess i n t o the D i v ine r ealms a n d dw ell in G od s
H ol y Div ine Ki n gdoms an d be pa rti c ip an ts o f His
Div i n e E te rn al Light .

Wh en y ou we r e rea d y t o en t er this Z o ne y ou
had y o ur s p iritual b ath i n that wo n de rful L ake
an d your o ut er ga rm en t th a t lo oke d lik e blac k
cob webs whi ch were th e m ate rial ear thl y v ib ra
tion s th a t h a d b e e n concen t ra t e d aro u n d y ou
—
whi ch obst r uct e d y ou r Sou l v ision slu ffe d o ff
o r in othe r w or ds j u st dr op p ed from yo u r head to
the groun d N ow a s y o u h ave p assed th rough all
.

th e gra datio n s o f this F ou r th Z o n e an d are

eligibl e fo r th e F i fth whi ch is the F i r st H ol y
,

Heav e n l y Zone—e re y o u c an e n te r here yo u must

agai n l eave yo u r o u t er ga rme n t . So your last
missio n an d y o ur l a st i n st ru ctio n s are give n i n

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th e Ho l y Temp le of Pu rificatio n—a n d a ft er y ou
h av e c ome out o f here th e mate ri a l ga rme n t d rop s
to yo u r f e e t an d agai n yo u c a n step out a n d aw ay
fr om it a n d e n te r into th e F i r st P u r ified H a r
mon ious Hol y H ea v e nly atmo s phe r e o f this Grea t
Heaven ly Z o ne o r Ce n te r taki n g w ith y ou the bles
sin g of Di v in e Lo ve from the Ma ste r s who s o
lo vi n gl y poi n ted th e w a y Th r ougho u t th e world
.

o f Soul a dee p rev e rence an d st r o n g a tt a ch m e n t

gr ows betwe en th e t each er s a n d th e as p ir a n ts
which quick en s in to D i vin e Love a n d th ey b ec om e
in separabl y c eme n t e d tog e th er .

Tho u Me ss en g er s of Li ght Sublim e

W e are dr i n kin g a t Th y H ol y sh r ine .

The Sac re d Wisdo m fro m Thy li p s en t w ine

In rythm ic L ore an d Tr uth Di v i n e
Oh lift ou r Souls to H eav e n l y sho re s
Wh ere blessin gs flow i n n umbe r s mo r e
Th an all th e Ki n gd oms he re b e low .

Thou Me ssen g er s o f L ight Sublime

Wh o assist us i n ou r ea rthl y climb
The scale o f lif e asce n d th r ough time
Fro m all E t ern it y of the p a ss e d
Th r ou gh Ki n gdoms a n d p lan es a t last
H av e r each e d th e b or de r s o f H e av en l y sho re s
Where Love Divine re ign s foreve r more .

Th ou Me ss engers o f L ight Sublime

To The e w e come with Lo ve D ivine

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 TH E
FIFTH Z O NE
THE S CH O LA RL Y BELT IN TH E ETHER EAL
WORLD

M i l es fro m th e Earth Real m .

Oh Fath erho o d— Oh M oth erhood th e Di vine

,

E ss enc e o f All L ife an d All Light—Brea th e u pon

u s Th y S p i r it B r ea th e —Illum ine u s w ith Th y
L igh t—Viv i fy u s w ith Th y L if e—Puri fy u s w ith
Thy L o v e a n d Gran t that i n All we think an d s ay
w e may m o re a n d mo re re sembl e The e .

WE HAV E N OW RE A CHE D THE FIR ST

HE AVE N LY H OLY Z O NE IN TH E E THERE A L
—
W O RL D TH E WO R LD OF THE SOU L This .

Z o ne i s fi ft y thous an d miles from the bo r de r of

the F ou rth Z o n e o n t o th e con stellatio n O ri on .

This con s tell a tio n has a blue Su n and the re fl ected

li ght of this Sun is the light o f thi s Zo n e which
,

is a p al e bl ue H e r e we a re away fro m a ll the

.

commo ti on an d n ois e s o f this Ear th r e al m an d

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quite re mo ve d fro m th a t o f th e ne ighbo rin g
p l anets .

Th e dw e ll e rs wear the pal e purp l e an d the whit e

robes d e signati n g thei r degree o f u nfoldm en t an d
i n tell e ctual att a i n me n t Th e s e robes a re wo r n in
.

th e ir f esti v ities i n th e i r p laces o f w o r ship— in

—
thei r temples o f lea rn i n g in thei r j udicial courts
an d o n other spe c i a l o c c asio n s F o r o r di nary us e
.

Ge n tlem en w ear the customar y attir e th at w e see

h ere i n black o r white o r i n f ull dress as the o c ca
sio n may dema n d Th e L adies are s e e n mostl y i n
.

th e i r white dresses for ordin ary us e an d i n thei r

—
go wn s o f so ft dai n t y textures like ou r chiff o n s o r
l ac es with their go r geous j ewels of diamo n ds
, ,

rubies sap phir e s a n d m any othe r b ea uti fu l j ewe ls

,

in th e most u n ique design s— As fo r i n stan c e a bir d

s t re tch e d acro s s the bosom o f diamo n ds i n l a id
,

with rubies b ri n gi n g out the d e sign A rm b rac e

.

lets— ri n g s and h a i r o rna me nts are s een on th e s e

I n tellige n ce s who se faces radiate th e bloo m o f
Youth a n d whose Wisdom illumi n es th e counte
,

na n ce that it s r adiatio n is n ot o n l y see n but f elt

, ,

by all who co n tact with these h ea v en l y Souls All .

a r e v ery fastidiou s i n their attir e which mu st

,

h arm o n iz e with the Vibr ati on s o f this heaven l y

Z o n e an d be i n kee p i n g with the deman d o f th e
oc ca sio n .

Th e Tr avelle r no w b rea thes a sigh o f reli ef

h e has be en c l e a n sed from all an imal ten d enc i e s
a n d desir es H e is n ow eli gibl e an d fit to abide i n
.

’
the F i r st He a v e n l y H ol y Z o n e o f Go d s K i n gdom

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where Harmony Peace and Lo v e r eign in e v ery
,

heart and ha rmon ize with the atmosphere i n th is

b elt None can e n ter here until all selfi sh n ess has
.

b een overcome a n d the i r consc i ou s ness has ex

pa n de d reaching out into the Universal to their
,

degree o f u n foldment— al l discord— all hatred— all

j ealou sy a n d all the a n imal tende n cies that the
human family i s heir to ha v e bee n wholl y t ra n s
muted and regenerated into Divi n e L ove a n d s ym
pathy for all huma n it y S ym p athy is Divin e Lov e
.

p ut i n ac tio n
.

When we have e n ter e d into the Fifth Zon e we

hav e rea ched a great ste p o n our j ou rn e y i n our
ascensio n and h a ve accomplished many thin gs to
our sati s factio n Here the Soul has n ot o n l y
.

reached a higher degree of Con s cious n ess but it s

,

l i ght rad ia te s sufficie n t p owe r to tran smut e all

ign oran ce a n d egotism into knowledg e a n d Di vi n e
Lo ve .

Th e Fi v e Leaf Clo v er is s ymbol i c o f th e many

advantages for the scholarly pur s u i ts i n these c o n
du civ e en v iro nme n ts a n d the rea l izatio n o f the
blessi n gs an d j oy th r ough its accumulation s .

F r om an In tellectua l sta n d po int this is O n e of

the most i nteresti n g o f all the Z ones o f th e E the
real World to the fi n ite Mind stil l enca s ed in a ph y
i ca l structu r e o n this earth r e a lm
. We hav e here
two most imp orta n t poi nts fo r conside r atio n On .

thi s ea rth p l ane all our eff o rts a r e towa r ds the

accomplishme n t o f e v e ry thi n g For Sel f Sel f .

— —
pra ise S e lf laudatio n S el f righteo us n ess— S e lf

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d e gree o f p erfe ctio n and is d em o n st rated in this
Zo ne .

The Soul in its p r esen t deg r ee o f u nfoldm e n t

ha v i n g b e en cl e a n sed o f all earth l y vib ratio n s is
n ow i n co n dit io n to absorb a n d dig e st the k nowl
edge that li e s be fore it .

In these Libra r i e s you will fi n d th e O rigin al

Lite r ature of all the A n c i e n t Sc r i p tures the ,

Vedas— Ou r Bible— the sayings o f Jes u s o f N az

a re th ou r Ch r ist — The co rr ect copies o f which
“ '

—
we have n eve r had much hav ing b e e n omitt e d
a n d much m i sinte rpr eted Als o the w r iti n gs
.

whi ch we re dest royed i n the days o f the R efo rm a

tio n at the Alexan dr ia n Library W e fi n d th e .

wo rk s of Co nf uciu s Eucl i d Dem ocriti e s

Ptolem y— Empe dicl es— P y thagoras— Socrates
Pl a t o an d m a ny ma n y others
, .

Here y o u w ill fi n d the hi s to ry o f this plane t with

all its many co nv ulsio n s an d ch an ges— the m a ny
co n ti nen ts th a t o n ce we re a n d are n o more—the
p ri n ci pa l o n e o f th e se is the o n e k n o wn to us a s
the Great Atla ntis whe r e n ow r olls the might y
,

w av es of th e Atla n tic Oc e an The downfall o f th i s

.

co n tinen t was witn essed by many In tellige n c e s

wh o onc e f u nc tio n ed i n a ph y sica l st r uctu r e u po n
this e a rth re alm at th at ti me .

The dwelle r s upo n that wo n de rf ul c o n ti n e n t h a d

pro gr ess e d fa r be y o n d th e r an ge of co n scious n ess
which th e highest a n d be s t of us n ow enj o y Th ey .

wer e so highl y e v ol v ed that the y co ns ciousl y re

ce ive d their wisdom fr om a still higher Sou r ce

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 ’
Go d s D ivine K i ng d om . The Egypti an s who ,

ra n ged ne xt i n Evolutio n ke p t the reco r ds o f the

,

Earth fo r m any thousa n d y ear s t races o f which

,

a r e still v is ible in the P y r amids o f E gypt Th e y .

bo rro wed some o f the i r Tr uths from the Atlan

t ia n s. Egy pt was o n e o f the stro n gholds o f his
t

Co n ti n ent of the Atlanti s who r uled here for many

,

hu n d re d thousa n d years 'abo ut So me

time we too will reach the In tellectual dev elop
, ,

ment and Soul u n foldme n t which they had atta ine d

a n d still gr eater heights which await us M any of .

the adva nc ed Souls hav e t ra v elled out i n to dis

ta n t realms to gathe r k n owl e dge o f othe r plan ets
a n d othe r Solar s y stems The y ma ke explo ratio n s
.

o f ou r M oo n an d the Su n an d r etu rn lad en w ith

kn owledge a n d i nf ormatioh All o f these trip s
.

ha v e been pla nned by the Masters who select

gr ou p s of In tellige n ce s to take these j ou rn e y s ,

the n p r e p are the way These are ca refu l ly

.

wat ched—n oted a n d writt e n up then p l ace d i n

these lib rar i e s fo r th e b en efit of All .

About fi ftee n y e a rs ago a Grou p of twel ve highly

ev ol ve d In t e llig en ces from the S ixth a n d S e v enth
Zone s an d the First Celestial Ki n gdom sta rted o n
a j ou rn e y arou n d our Sola r System makin g a ,

v isit a n d a thoro u gh i nv estigatio n o f all the p l an

e ts within the r adius of what we call ou r Sola r
Sy st e m . Th e y w e re go n e ab out n i n e week s .

Duri n g this trip the y gathered much i nf o rm ation

—
fro m the inhab it a nts of othe r planets v isiti n g
eve ry planet taking cogn izance of thei r mode of
,

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liv i n g— their envi ro n ments an d much oth er i n
fo rmatio n rega r d i ng these planets All o f which
.

has been recorded and p l aced i n these libr ari e s .

On the oute r edge of o ur So l ar syst e m lies a

plan et wh i ch has not yet been observ ed o r discov
ered b y ou r astronomers Al l s uch knowl e dge is
.

handed do w n to the inhab ita n ts of this e a rth realm

— to tho s e who are ready for it and ca n p roperl y
im p a rt it to the world .

I f y ou could s ee the i n te r est that p r e v ails

throughout this Zo n e n ot on l y of the w o r lds that
a re but of the wo rld s that are yet to be— it would
so fill your M in d with enthusiasm and create such
a n i n te n se desire to k n ow— that you would place
y oursel f i n posit i on to rec e iv e a n d in dulge in t his
fea st o f Wisdom that is yours for the aski n g i f
you a r e r eady to dige s t it Oh how much time we
.

waste i n the p e tty th in gs o f this lif e a n d shut out

all th e oppo r tunities o f m ingling with the e n light
ene d Souls of this Zone a n d the s till highe r In tel
li ge nce s who are so filled with K n owledg e a n d wis
dom who would a n d could giv e us so much co rr ect
i nformatio n that would wipe out all e r rors a n d
the co n glome rated idea s which are giv en out as
T ru ths by the u n devel oped Souls who have n ot ye t
unfolded the highe r perceptio n s a n d a re not i n
position to kn ow the diff e r en ce b e twee n that which
i s a fact and that which is the outcome o f i n div id
u alize d ideas o r beliefs .

’
In the world o f Soul w e abide by N a tu re s L aws
’
which are God s Laws If we would fill ou r Mi n ds
.

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within us While the Christ principle dw e lls with
.

i n each of u s— n eve rtheless Jesus of Nazareth

“ '
Ou r Ch r ist dwelt upon th is earth in a ph y sical
body a n d as we ascend to the highe r Zo n es in t o
the Celestial we will reveal the fact s o f H is exis
te n ce there i n that Divine Ki n gdom .

Afte r we hav e r eached the seventh Zone the r e

y ou will h a ve the p ower to Look Back into th e
Book o f Yo ur Life and s ee the m any st ep s whi ch
yo u have asce n d e d and tu rni ng your face u pw ar d
yo u will see the many stairs tha t still lie b efo re
y ou which you have yet to climb These reach.

out i n to realms too n umerou s for the f i n it e m in d

i n its pre se n t degree of Co n scio u sn ess t o gra s p
or com pr eh en d .

In O n e of the s e numerou s Lib r aries in this

Z one you will f ind the book of Your Li fe wh o se
pages y ou will have the priv e l e ge o f perusin g N o .

dou b t with ma ny of us we will fi n d more o n the

debit side of the ledger than o n the credit p ages
but wh ate v er ou r m is takes have bee n we hav e
et ern it y be fo r e us to f ill i n a n d bala n c e the ao
cou nt H ow ev e r eve r y wr o n g must b e bala nc e d by
.

that which is r ight through u n selfi sh s erv i c e

th rough Div i n e Lo v e .

Yo u r L if e is n ot o nly re gister e d fro m the time o f

your bir th i n this ph y sical bo dy but from the ti me
of you r l eav i n g y ou r heaven ly abode—th e Fount
ai n o f Bliss to your bi rth a n d from the bi rth o f
you r physical body th rough this li fe an d th en y ou r
j ou rn e y through the wo rld of S o ul .

140
 As soo n as you s ta rt you r Soul p rogre ssio n
whether it i s while you a r e still fu n cti on in g i n
the phy s ical body or a fte r you leav e the ph y sical
b ody a n d gravitate to the Soul realm the same is
‘

registered i n the world o f Soul in eve ry Zo n e be

ginning with th e Thir d Zo n e as this is the f ir st
Zone o f Light Th e L ight o f th e S econ d b e lt
.

bei n g like ou r twili ght .

As y ou fu n ct i o n i n the Fifth Zo ne it s eems a s if

you are in a wo rld of Wisdom whe r e y ou c an fill
you r Soul to o v e rflowi n g with a n y i nfo r m a tio n
alo n g an y li n e y ou may desi r e Her e y o u h ave
.

the pri v e l e ge a n d ple a su r e o f min gli n g with g en

ni n e Ma sters o f A rt a n d M u sic— M ast er s o f C h em

i s try a n d El e ctri c it y— M asters of Ast r o n om y an d

Philosoph y . Some of the f in e s t Poets— an d
writ ers are fou n d he r e a n d from a pu rely un
s e l fish desi r e fo r the Upli ft o f H um an it y the y
seek a ven ues wh er e the y ca n impa rt thei r know
l e dg e If we are a ttu n ed to thei r Vib ratio n w e
.

ca n rece i ve m uc h th a t will be n efit us an d this

w o rld .

Wi re le s s c ommunicatio n s can r each us fro m th e

wo rld of So u l j ust as d i stin ctl y a n d co n ve n ie n tl y a s
the m e ss a ges we r eceive ov er the teleph one ' ou .

a r e the rece iver a n d if you are attun e d to the

Se n de r o r o pera tor yo u ca n at a ny time rece iv e
y ou r m es s age In fact ou r ins pi ratio n c o m es i n
.

this manner but we wh o ha v e n ot the So ul se ns es

,

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evolved are not consc i ou s of i t I will explain thi s
.

i n another b ook wh i ch w ill soon b e in pri n t on the

Laws of Progre ssi on .

You w ill f ind many te l egraph i c s tatio n s— wire

le ss an d otherw is e here i n thi s Zone . Some of
them hav i ng b een erected expre ss ly for r each in g
the children of Earth and other s for th e pu rp ose
of commun i cat i ng w i th Soul s in other parts of the
realm of Sou l a nd some are wholly for experimen t
al station s wh il e others are for private use to

keep i n touch w i th the doing s of thi s Zo n e a n d

other Zone s Private s tat i o n s are a l so fou n d i n
.

the lower Zone s .

There a re a few pr i vate L ib rarie s which co n

ta i n record s of var i ou s k i nds— b ut you ha v e acce s s
to so many L ib rar i e s and much more th an y ou
can d i ge s t i n O n e Life i s at your comma n d a n d
plea s ure.

Though you ma y never b e an astronome r— a

ph i lo s opher or chemi s t y et in thi s present degree
of u n foldment your de si re to kn ow i s u n s qu el ch
ab l e for you have d i st i nct glimp s e s and r ealiza
t i on s that you are an Ep i tome of Nature a n d as
such you s ee w i th i n your se l f the s ame Esse n ce
and power that con s t i tute s the S u ns— the sta r s
and the planet s and that the s e are compo sed o f the
s ame elements be i ng bone of your bone an d sub
s tance of your s ub s tance wh i ch can n ow n o lo n ge r
hold you i n ab eyance for you hav e re ached the
r ung in the ladder of life where we ha v e attai n ed
the power which e n ables y ou to maste r the ele

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well as that of this plan et . The dwelle r s a r e
taught how to co n tro l the Elements Inte ll igentl y
a n d the r eby to have the power to t ra v el u nb i n d
e r ed through the den s e belts of th i s mu n dan e
s here or out e v e n b eyond ou r Sola r Sy s tem unde r
all co n ditio n s
.

In the n ear f uture whe n the d i sturb i n g e l emen ts

o f the present day have b een s quelched o r el i m
inate d a n d the co ns tructive period is over then
the i nhabitants of th i s world will enj o y adva ntag e s
due to i n v entions and di s co v erie s perfected in the
Soul world which at the pre s ent time are n ot even
thought o f and these will be handed down to s uch
i n divid u als as a r e adapt e d a n d capab le i n every
way to p erf ect them for u se here on th is earth
pla n e
.

This world mu s t first be made r ead y a n d fit

for such blessin gs and e nj oyments a s a r e await
i n g their co n scious app r eciatio n of them— so that
th ey will n ot ign o rantly a n d ma l iciou s ly p l ay with
’
G od s priv el e ge s for commerc i al an d i ndiv i dual
gra ft i n stead o f fo r Un iv er sal u s e a n d benefits
and the sac re d privilege and advancement of eve r y
i n div idual
.

All of the inve n tio n s o f the lower Z o n es a r e

b ro ught here i n this Fifth Zo n e for pe rfectio n
a n d these are tried out and thoroughly test e d
befo re the y are co ns idered ready for our ea rth
r ealm . Afte r this has bee n accompli shed th e y
sea rch fo r a n individual who i s s ufficientl y ad
vance d a n d capab l e o f r eceiving the me s sage an d

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im p a rtin g it to the worl d to its best adv antage .

M any time s the individuals do n ot receive their

i mpre s sion s and in s p ir atio n perfectl y and as a re
sult other s must come alo n g to i mprove u p on their
sho rt com i ngs cau s in g delay .

I n thi s world of Soul h a s b ee n perfected an

i n s trume n t which will enable e v e ry indi v idual to
have di r ect communication with the dwellers o f
t he s e v arious Zo n es . This i ns trume n t will i n
the near futu r e be found i n nearl y eve ry home
to the s ame exte n t that you now fin d the Victrola
or the telepho ne It will be co n sidered o n e of the
.

n ec e ss ities a n d the greate s t commodit y a n d com

fo rt a n d a g r e ate r b en e fit tha n ev e n our telephones
a n d telegra phic systems a r e co n sidered at the
prese n t time . Fo r ma ny y ea r s the y hav e bee n
w aitin g to give this to this mater ia l world but the
world must first be made f it for its be n efits Thi s .

i n st r ume n t will wipe out all supe r st i tion— all hin

dra nces and obstructio n s that have been created
by th e ign ora n t of all the ages The interaction
.

o f the two worlds i s as n atural as the interactio n of

’
the Cosmic Fo rc es a n d it is God s Law which n o
huma n bein g ca n wipe o ut or cha n ge so the soone r
’
we educate oursel v es to G od s methods and com
ply with H i s pla n a n d H i s Laws the quicke r will
the wo rld get rid o f th e tu rmoil and su ffering
im p in ged upon all humanit y th roughout the ages
o f thi s planet caused b y worki n g again st G od an d
His L aws instead o f work in g i n harmo ny with
H im a n d fo r H im . When y ou do wh a t is j u st

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an d r i ght towar ds your b rother man regardle s s
of H is co l or or race or regard l e s s of H i s degree
of Con s c i ou s ne ss wh i ch reveals h i s plane of u n
f ol dm en t then you wi l l work i n harmon y with God
and H is Law s .

Man s effort s have b een wholl y directed for

Self and S elf ish i ntere s t s and he has permitted
noth i ng wh i ch he con si dered an o bs tacle to st a nd
i n h is way to carry out h i s Sel f i sh pla ns— but
the worl d w ill yet b e c l ean s ed and such barb a ri sm
and s e l fishne ss w i ped out for the be n efit of Man
k i nd— then the i nhabi tants o f thi s planet w ill
work in unison for the ad v a n ceme n t o f the S oul
rea liz i ng that i f we s eek the Kingdom of God
fi r s t all e ls e w il l be added .

Then our method s of wor s hip w i l l change a n d

a new reli g i on w ill dawn upon the Con s ciou sn es s
of Man He w ill s ee w i th i n Him s elf the like n es s
.

unto God He w ill feel Hi s re l ation s h i p w i th all

.

N ature a n d s ee the gol d en thread that binds all

human i ty i n O ne cont i nuous chai n of life— e a ch
expre ss ing an e ss ent i al and i mportant pa rt in the
’
Whole S cheme of God s hand i work He w i ll see
.

h i m s e l f a s one of the l i nks of thi s chain that

wou l d b e who ll y i ncomp l ete without him— S o sac
red s o e ss ent i al— so i mportant is every Soul to
God The Un i ver s e cou l d not ex is t without eve n
.

the m i nute s t particle that fl ows to make up the

whole . Then how much more s acred a n d im
portant is that i nd i vidualized Con s ciou s E ntit y
we call man Oh Thou Infin ite Sourc e and F ou n t
.

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system r e v ol v es a n d also all othe r solar system s
it was s ymbolic o f the Divine Wi s dom held i n the
a n gles of Light where they meet ou r Glo b e the
E a rth The s ymb ol of Light is rep r e s e n ted b y the
.

—
Su n germin atio n b y the Lotu s the Divine Mother .

I n tho s e day s the Truth wa s n ot v ei l ed to k e e p

the mas s es in ign orance b ut to protect them from
temptatio n s of misusin g a Law they could not
u n de r stand or comprehend i n the i r degree o f nu
f ol dme nt The s e Divi n e Inte l l i gen ci es k n ow better
.

tha n we that th e huma n fam i ly shifts very slowl y

a n d our ow n b li n dness ca l led our prej ud i ces has
be en ou r wor s t enemy— which all must s ome time
overcome . For nearl y two thou sand years the
’
hu ma n fami l y have take n Ch r is t s teach i ng s either
literally— f i gurat i vel y— materiall y i n fact from
e v e ry co n ce i vab le V i ewpoint Except in it s true
M ean i ng— eve n den ying He eve r existed a n d fu n c
ti o e d
n on th i s Earth realm — and we have reaped
the culminatio n o f our thoughts and act i ons cau s ed
by our misco n ce p tio n s which Christ called th e
Reaping o f ou r S owi n g .

Again I will remind you that in the world o f Soul

t housands o f A n gels gather together to decide u p
o n th e structure they desire to erect— an d its
min ut e st detail s are taken into con sid erat i on and
,

whe n all h as bee n p lanned they in u ni so n con e en

tra te their Powe r for the accomplishment o f this
structu r e and their thought s b ecome obj e ctifi e d
o r man ifest .

In you r ramble th rough thi s Zo n e you will see

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a mo st i mposing structure of white sto n e— n ot
—
such as is found he r e i t is of a much smoother
fi n er t e xture ha s the appearance of white chalk .

This buildin g is se v e n stor i es h i gh— occupies what

we call a b lock — Sets on a very high elevatio n
th a t ove rlooks the entire Zon e— surrounded b y
beautiful shru b bery vines and fl owers along
-
,

th e outer wa ll s a n d pathway and b y a

carpet of s o ft v elvety gra s s— a n arrow wi n di n g
path perfect l y clea n a n d s mooth leadin g to this
wo n der ful Sacred Temple from the ce nt er of this
Cit y.

O n the side a re ma n y latticed a r ches a n d arbo r s

cover e d with W i s teria in purp l e a n d white co rr es
po n din g with the robes tha t are worn b y the
dwelle r s in this Zo n e . Under thes e a rches ar e
reclin ing s eat s for re s t and meditation a n d while
r esti n g here yo u are att racted to the h y acinths
Chi n a lillies— calla lillies and heliotrope twi n i n g
a r ou n d the t r elli s es— th e Jasmin e and white roses .

—
All the flower s in this Zone a r e yellow white an d
y e l low purple and W is teria shade s and white The .

ins piratio n from s uch a combinat i on of flowe r s so

pe rfectl y matured with thi s exqui s ite Templ e a n d
’
surrou n dings where you face a View o f God s mag
n if ice nt b ea uties displayed in Nature i s impossible

to describe .

Thi s bu i ld i ng i s longe r tha n wid e with it s three

corners— the fou rth b eing cut o ff into a semi ci rc -

ular o p e n in g— from wh i ch b ra n ch the entrance to

ma n y separate apa rtm ents on the various floo r s .

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Man y steps of semi circular fo rm inc r easin g i n
-

dimen s ion on the ground and graduating to the

e n trance of the door on the ground fl oor .

In the center of the s tructure you w i ll fi n d a

large room or ha l l where the dwel l ers gather for
da il y wor s hip In the center of this room i s a
.

Founta i n of water who s e s prays a r e l ike the rad

i ance of pure d i amon ds A ra i l i ng o f pure gold
.

s eparate s the Ma s ter s 'who come here to teach '

from the aud i ence In b ack of th is ra i lin g is the
.

platform on wh i ch gather Ma s ter s and i n the ce n t

e r i s an a l ter of pure gold from which are giv e n
the word s of O ur Great Ma s ter Je s u s the Nazare n e
k n own a s the Chri s t O f tim e s you wi l l find o n the
.

platfo rm of th is gathering s ome of the Apostles

a n d othe rS hining Light s who s e word s of W is dom
would b affle the ord i nary intell i gence Also other
.

distingui shed character s are seen on the platfo rm .

The fl owers surround i ng th is Founta i n of Diam on d

— —
s pray s are of pure white go l d light yellow and
purple or wi s tar i a sh a des .

The gold represent s the I l luminatio n o f the

Soul and the purple the degree of Wisdom H ere .

the dwe l lers receive th e bl es s ing s— i ns piratio n and

Wisdom from the Higher Intel ige n ce s which cha r
ge s the very atm osh ere w i th their Holin es s .

The Ma s ters always wear their r obe s of white

’
a n d gold Every one s degree of unfoldmen t a n d
.

posit i on is de s ign ated b y the ro b e s which they

wea r— as there are various Ma s ters of diffe r e n t
degree s and ru l er shi p .

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r ate o f v ib r at i o n a n d from this vib ration the Ma s
ters know our Soul growth and our de s tiny Here .

they j udge us not to condemn us for our m i stak e s

or to cha s t is e us fo r the state of our growth or
degree of Con s c i ou s ne ss we have attai n ed but to
r eveal to u s that which we are b est fitted for i n
either world In our prese nt pu r suits i n the S oul
.

Wo rld and in our wo r k to rende r proficie n t se rv ice

to humanity on th i s earth r ealm and the s e a r e
the i n struction s the i nte ll igenci e s follow to the
lett er for the y r ealize these Masters ha v e th e Wi s
dom to p enetrate a nd re v eal the Law .

In following thes e i nst ruct i on s i t as s i s ts u s in

c limbi n g the ladder of life for w e are about h alf
wa y on our j ourney through the Soul world o f
this pla n et We ha v e two more Heaven l y Zo n es
.

a n d two more Ce l est i al Heaven s ere we enter the

Thir d Celest i al hea v en which is the Fountain o f
B liss a n d r est Here we are properly pl aced ao
.

co r din g to our So ul growth or degree of Conscious

ne ss as w e co n ti n ue to f unct i o n i n the world of
Soul an d at the same time render active s erv i c e
for the upl i ftment of those on the l ower rungs o n
the ladder of life i n b oth worlds .

In thi s Zone we hav e become Un i ted as O n e

family havin g On e Purpo s e Un ited through Di
.

v i n e L ove— the Greate s t D yn amic Power in the

U n iverse U n ited to serv e God b y u plf tin g His
.

’
Child ren so i n Un iso n the y work a s God s mess en
ger s to accomplish man y th i ngs for the be n efit
a n d u p lift o f the Soul .
 This Divin e L ove i s the l i nk that bi n ds all hu
manit y It i s the L i ght that Il l um in es our So ul
.

that co n sumes all selfish n ess a n d i s the Pow er

that transmute s all the d is co r dant el emen ts i n to
H a rm o n y an d Peac e .

At la s t we are co n scious o f our Un ity with H im

an d fe el the touch o f H i s Infin ite B r eath Th e .

Curta in o f Sel f has been lifted and the Veil is bein g

to rn asu n de r and the S oul is r each i ng o ut acr oss
the th r eshhold to the In fi n it e fo r w e realize th a t
the Li ght which n ow radiates from our B ein g is
O n e with the In fin ite Div in e Sou rce whose Essen c e
is Div in e Lo v e .

’
M ans de s i res ha v e bee n m any a n d madl y he
h as r u n afte r the v aried o b j ects o f this w o rld f or
h ere h e thinks h e h a s his l i fe and f ul fillm en t .

L ittle does he k n ow o r e ver think o f th e v ast n ess

o f the Life befor e Him This cl an i sh sel fi sh pur
.

po s e has caused ma ny co nfl icts a n d co n t radictio n s

u nha pp i n ess a n d disco n tent B ut a t last all the
.

conflicts a n d co n t r adictions o f his life h ave be

come harmo n ized and in Uniso n they carr y out
Go d s G r a n d Plan th ro ugh th e Spirit o f Divin e
‘

Lo v e Doi n g Good f or the sake of Good an d to

.

do good is in i tsel f an act that creates ha p pi n e s s .

H ere they are not onl y happ y but peac e an d joy

fil ls the Soul .

Th ey know ou r sorrows an d requ ireme n ts but

th ey also kn ow the outcome and purpos e The y .

’
so thoroughly k n ow Go d s Law that the y s ee H is
Will in all there i s . They know that i n ma ny

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cases our s o rr ows a n d trials soften the hear t an d
ch i s se l off the rough edge s of ou r ch aracter

g iv i n g u s greater po i se— a f irmer fou n dat i o n—a

broad e r view an d a larger and more b rillia n t con
sc io us n ess . l

Who has n ot felt the g e ntle breeze of ho p e

’
w afted o e r his brow or the s o ft touch of an u n
seen hand or heard the whi s per of some sweet
vo i ce or seen an unexpected a n ge li c face in the
hours o f ou r gr eate s t n eed— our deepest sorrow s '
A l l to assure us that we a r e not alone a n d tha t
God in some way a l ways provides for our n eeds
t hrough H is messengers of L i gh t — if we but o pen
t h e doors of our Soul s — to let the L i ght flow in .

Thi s does n ot mean that we should grow to be

dependent upo n In vis ib le helpe r s or forces Not .

at all Every thing in the U n iverse tends towards

.

ind i v i dua lizat i on and at the same t i me nothing

can b e i n dependent Every thing is depe n d en t up
.

o n s omething e l se either directl y or i n directl y a n d

where there is mutual interaction o f eleme n t s a n d

forces the Div i ne purpose is carried fo rth in e v er y
p l ane or K i ngdom of li fe The lowe r i s alway s
,

s u b serv i ent to the higher and the higher ten d s

towards uplifting the lower S o it is with Man
. .

The dwelle r o f this Z o n e displays hi s i n di v idual

ize d p ower which he has attained through e ffo rts
experiences— k n owledge a n d u n foldment co n quer
ing the eleme n ts o f dest r uct i o n a n d transmutin g
them into constructiv e fo r ce s n ot o nl y within him
self but with all whom h e come s i n co n t ac t

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 Zo n e we l e a v e in e v e ry Zone the outer ga rme nt
through which we functioned in that zone Th e .

S oul n ow i s o f much finer Sub s tance and no longe r

n eeds food to s u s ta in its B eing The Fourth Z one
.

was the first belt i n which the dwellers subs is ted

through the Law o f as s imi l ation and he r e our
S oul body is much more etherea l and more porous
than the Fourth It i s nece ss ary that we r emi n d
.

you o f this fact that y ou will be able to compre

he n d the s till finer states of our B ein g a s we p r o
ce e d o n ou r March o f Ascension .

The activ it y in the world o f Soul i s very inte n s e

.

The s e In telligences are con s tant l y doing Good

a ns we ring the crie s for help that r each the wo rld
of Soul It is becau s e the finite mind cannot com
.

p r ehend the Infin i te and b ecau s e the finite Mind

has n ot been educated to under s tand Natural Laws
that man i s filled with dou b t and fea r a n d the
super s titiou s tendenc i e s have not yet been wholly
elimi n ated a n d he does n ot e v en devote a momen t
of constructive thought to the i r way s and mean s
or thei r possibilitie s he nce how ca n he u n de r
,

s ta n d how they in the world of S oul do con struc

tive work for the benefit and uplift of the Soul that
still fu n ctio n s i n a phys i cal b ody on this ea rth
r ealm .

If y ou could comprehe n d th eir Resources— their

Wisdom— their Power then you would le n d an ear
,

to the i r Vo i c e— devote a f ew moments of you r

t ime in Thought of them — neverthe l e ss they reach
tho s e who a r e read y for their as sis tance In th e
.

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wo r ld o f Soul they a r e n ot en cumb e r ed w ith the
li mi t a tion s o f a de n se heavy physical bo dy— and
a re fr e e from al l Man Made Law s a n d all materia l
obst r u c tions he n ce ca n accomplish much
, .

In these higher Zo n es they have attai n ed the

po w er to disin tegrate the crys taliz ed vibrations o f
obst ructio n and de s truction and centralize Co n
s tructi v e Vibration s tha t will produce conduciv e
r e sults for the betterme nt and Upli ft of the
World . It m u st b e remembered however that
, ,

th e se m an if est o nl y to the exte n t that ma n himself

be co m e s a conscious partic i pant and is c ogn izant
o f the Up li ft o r benefit de ri v ed A n y logical min d
.

ca n fathom these facts .

Wh y is it that whe n ever any Soul in the phy si cal

bo d y co nfro n ts some ter ri b le c r isis or da nger that
his Soul immediately becomes quickened wi th u n
us u al st r ength and P ower ' Did it ever occur to
y ou that so mle unsee n Force o r In telligenc e might
be nea r ' If yo ur Soul wa s s u ffic i ently unfolded or
in othe r w or ds— had reached a highe r degree of
co n sciou sne s s y o u would b e i n tu n e with what
n ow is i n visib le and the whole s cheme wou ld b e
visible t o y our consciou s nes s a s a clea r unveiled
R ea lit y .

Ma n on th is phys i cal pla n e is so fu ll of S el f

laudatio n that he likes to thi n k that he ha s e v ol
ved all th e powe r that ma ni fests through him
self He does not realize that whil e he ha s the
.

po we r s and pote n tialities w i thin h i s Soul of a

—
Conf u s i u s a Christ — a Shake s peare and o n e

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might go o n down th e line to ou r p r ese nt da y
p o we rful Souls— yet all o f these had be en quick
e n ed by higher Intellige n c e s n ot o n l y that but man
on thi s earth rea l m i s j u s t entering the path that
l eads to Wis dom and Power He is st i ll o n the
.

l ower rung on the ladder of life and these Intel li

gence s who come to a ss ist huma n ity hav e evol v ed
to th e highe r ru n g s an d ha v e atta in ed the Wisdom
a n d Po w er which we have yet to accumulate .

Ev e n Chri s t wa s su rr ou n ded b y s till High er

B e i n gs tha n Him s el f and s aid He cou l d command
th e H ost s of Hea v e n to prevent H is crucifi xion
wh ich He could have done So it i s u nto all Men
. .

N 0 O n e is e v er alo n e
.

Duri n g this terrib l e war from the world o f

Soul came the re s pon s e for help and man y o f the
Ci v ilia n s a n d So ldiers heard the Voices and saw
the L ight and came face to face w i th the s e Illu
mi n ed Inte l l igen s e s who ho v ered near amid the
roar of ca n no n a n d strife they guided and directed
an d assisted as best they could under the circum
“
s ta n ces
. Man y heard the Voices cry ing out Re
'
fuse to fight y ou r brothe r man This powerful .

i nfl ue n ce modifi ed ma n y circum s tances n ot ge n

e rally kn ow n .

Th e curru ption that from t i me to t i me i s b ein g

promulgated in v a rious channels here on this ea rth
rea l m is kn o wn i n the world of Soul lo n g ere it
m an ifests i n this life .

Ou r thou ghts an d i nte n t i o n s are re gis t e red from

da y to day i n the Un iversal E the r a n d the y ar e

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His broth e rm an without r eap ing the r es u lt .

N eithe r can the y s eparate o r isolate th ems el v e s

’
fr om G od s Gr ea t P lan .

All m u s t w o rk in Un i so n and in ha rmon y with

God a n d not again s t His Law that is H is D ivine
,

Plan S o tho s e who have advanced i n the World

.

o f Soul w o rk in harmony with H i s p l an by ass i st

in g an d uplifting those wh o are on their j ou rn e y
not to live the i r l i fe— nor to di ctate or h i nde r but
to beckon the S oul o n war d— po i nting the way an d
le n di n g their force that the y will n ot l in ge r by th e
wa ys ide o r tarr y s o long i n the darkness They .

reach those who are ready for a s s i stance that they

may r each the o b j ective point i n their j our n ey
w i thout so much suffer i ng and delay .

The human family i s alway s a ssis ted in both

worlds b y tho s e who have progre s sed beyond the
l imitation s of the l ower belts i nto the h i gher s ca l e
of l i fe where the Div ine P ower of the Soul could b y
i ts ver y touch tran s mute the lower i nto the h i gh
er All i n the World of Soul obey the Will of God
.

who ca rr ies f o rth H i s E te rn al Scheme through

the Law o f E volution a n d all follow its dictatio n s
’
wh i ch i s God s plan .

F r om time to time Mes si ahs ha v e e mb odied to

s how th e way but through the bl i nd impulses an d
material tendencies prev ail in g their Mis s io n a n d
Wi s dom has always bee n m i sconstrued b y the
masses a n d the few who were r ead y for guid ance
hav e p ro fited an d go n e o n to the he i ght s whe r e
’
the blessin gs of Go d s Wisdom await e d them .

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 So while i n the lowe r Zone s the Intelligences
worked faithful l y to do good to lift them s el v es
he re in th is Ho l y Zo n e they abide by the highe r
law and such thoughts hav e b e e n wholl y t ran s
mut e d into pe r fect unsel fi s h n ess an d the S p ir it o f
Love i s the urge that has quickened the So ul
th ro ugh sympath y in to action to Do goo d for th e
sake of Un ive rs al G o o d .

In thei r Temples of l earn in g much is im p a rt e d

b y th e Ma s ters and A po stle s o f Still Gre ate r K i ng
d o m s of still gr eater Bein gs than themsel v es of
s til l greater he i ght s to b e attained of st il l Greater
Solar S ys tems o f worlds a n d still gr eate r oppor
tu n iti e s a n d of still G r e a te r Glo r ies fo r the Soul
to b ehold and bask i n its E te rna l L ight .

Not only that but w e he r e l e a rn th r ough th e

M asters the facts o f still lowe r Ki n gdoms The .

lesser Souls— the Unruly— th e dis s atisfied ego tist ,

ical Self Ce n tered tem p erm e n ts—wh o i n thei r

Egotism think the y could Rule the world—e s tab
lish laws a n d control the U n iv erse bette r than God
and H is Angels— or H is R ulin g Angels— an d H is
M essiah s a n d All othe r Lights combin ed Th e y .

want world dominio n and so the y are give n a n

op p o rt un ity to demon s trate the i r powe r of Self
co n ceit a n d such Souls become dwell ers o n those
fra gments i n our Sola r s y stem kn o wn as the
Ast eroids u n til such time as is necessary fo r their
awakening a n d their Con scious recogn itio n of
’
Go d s Law s and H i s Plan There i s no Ab s o l ute
.

p e rf ection except in G od a n d there is n o pe rfect

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ha rm ony without a comp romis e a n d thi s we fi n d
’
expressed in God s Kingdom of our S olar System .

Here is fou n d a c omprise which takes ca r e o f the

Unruly— So that the perf ect scale of ascen sio n
will be u n i n te rrupted— without di s cord .

Thu s the path is u n interrupted in this world of

S oul a rou n d this p la n et ou r Ea r th
, . All m u s t
trav el the Same path o f gradual asce ns io n
throu gh thi s cou ntry to fit thems e l ve s f o r the
heave nly Zo n es a n d i n the h eav e n ly Z o ne s pr e p are
for the Celestial H eav e n s which are so much
,

highe r in the scal e o f li fe that th e low er Z o ne s

s eem but a shadow in compa riso n A n d i n these
.

Gloriou s sho r es we p re p are for our U n ion All o f .

which will be given through the p ages of Volume

two .

While the homes i n this Z on e are so sublimel y

beauti f ul the y hav e bee n co ns tructed fo r pr iv ac y
as the dwell er s use them very little for he r e the y
,

li ve out of door s w i th Nature most of the t i me and

fo r w eeks and mo n ths leave the i r families a n d
frie n ds and s weeth ea r ts to r eti r e to the Moun
tain s o r the deserts for med i tation a n d co n ce n t r a
tio n an d to put i n to p r acti c e a n d i n to activ it y the
power of the i r Wil l— that they may demon s tr at e
the pow er of spirit o v er matte r i n the degre e o f
th e i r prese n t u n foldmen t Cau s i n g ma n i fest atio n
.

out o f th e Un man i fested producin g cer tai n degre e s

of li f e H e r e y ou n ot o n ly r ealiz e that you a re a
.

C rea tor but you demonst rat e y ou r p owe r i n thi s

,

Z o n e a n d a s the o p po rtu n iti e s p re s en t thems el ve s

,

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is very u ni qu e suited to thei r r e q uire m en ts a n d
,

i deals Every home ha s its room s for c o n c ent ra

.

t i o n or soul c ommun i on— an d its pri vate rooms fo r

rest M any ha ve their p r i v at e L ib ra r i e s M u s ic
.
,

—
rooms livi ng r oom s rece p tio n r ooms and thei r
,

po rches M ost elega n tl y are th e se f u rn ished

.
,

alwa y s in perfect harmon y with th e ir Soul Vibr a

t i o n as ever y Soul ha s its o wn special ra te of
-

Vibratio n— an d ev e r y Vib r ati on its colo r an d

sh a d e s .

Th e i r rest ro oms req ui re the greatest co n sider

a tio n Much of thei r f u rn itu re 18 i n gold i n lai d
.

w ith j ewels a n d upholste r ed in v e ry da in t y deli ,

cate sh a des— and much o f it is fo u n d i n wh i t e an d

gold— all v e ry do wny an d so ft The homes ar e .

su r rou n ded b y v ines b ea utif ul shrubbery— p e r

,

e nial s and fl ow er s As you a ppro ach th eir h o m e s

.

you are attracted to the beauti f ul white statu ary

o n the e n trance oft heir hom e or on the front
lawn am i d b e ds o f fl owers su ch a s C enturi e s_ _Iri s
—golden p oppies— A gapan u s— p urple o rchid
gyps avill a a n d othe r s Here you wi l l see the b e a u
.

t i ful Jackeran da tree Trelli s e s latticed a rbors

.
,

e ntwi ne d with r oses an d v i n es all add to the ,

a rtistic s ett i ngs of the s e homes Their m agn ifi .

cent t r ees s pr e a d thei r b r a n ches like a cano py in

y iti n g the tra v el er to r est u n d er its co s y no ok .

Art an d B e aut y a r e the fru i tio n o f th e S o ul

a n d do n ot belo n g to the ph y sical des ir es fo r as ,

th e Soul u n folds mo r e an d more o f perfectio n and

th e G lo r ious sublime Beauty within its elf—its
,

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natural co n sequenc e i s that it lo n gs to be s ur
r ounded by all the b ea u t y that ha rmo n ize s with
i ts own expres si on and rate of V ib ratio n All n a
.

ture dis p l ays her charm s of Beauty more e x qu i

s ite l y more perfect l y a n d more beaut i ful l y in the
,

h i gher k in gdoms of l i fe— or in these highe r vib ra

tion s b len ding most marvelousl y w i th the h i gher
—
ideal s of the S ou l expre ss ing in b eaut y a n d s ym
metr y the i r Glorious l i ght .

There is a great s ign i ficance in the fact that we

fi n d n ot o n l y the j ewels i n ev e ry Zo n e a r e those
whi ch vibrate w i th it but also the fl owe r s Shrub
, .

be ry fe rn s — pe re ni al s all d iff er in every Zo n e in

— , ,

fact when the fin i te M i nd can comprehe n d th e Law

of Vib ratio n then he will k n ow that all o f th e se
like the birds that d i ff er i n e v ery Zo n e a r e b u t
th e outb ur s t or the fru i tion of the Vib ratio n s pr e
vail in g in each belt Even here on the earth r ealm
.

we find every local i ty or country has its o wn

p roduction due to the V lbration s and chemi cal co n
dition s concentrated i n that locality— So i n the
world of S oul the Vib rat i ons graduate from pole
to pole cau si ng their own special manife s tations
and co n dition s wh i ch are centralized i n eve ry
Zone .

Here too we f i nd mo s t attract i v e parks a rti s t

i call y arranged— with the i r Cen t r a l Fountai n s o r
irride s cent spray s g u shn g to great he i ght s an d
falling in p rofu si on l i ke a rainfal l of d i amo n ds all
le n di n g to its wo n de rful charm The peren ial s and
t re es grow ing to gr e at heigh ts—the fl o w ers of
.

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wo n de rf ul v arieti e s wa ft in g their perfume f ar and
wide The b eaut i ful songsters a n d hummi n g bi r ds
.

all enh an c e the gran deu r an d ch arm o f th e q u i et

ud e i n thes e park s wh ere y ou can h ear a ll Nat ure
whisp er in g i n its own swee t w ay whi c h ec h oe s
in the iner most rece s ses of your Soul
-
.

A s most o f th e time i n this H ol y Zone is s pen t

i n re s earch work alo n g v a r io us line s which th e
So ul craves or i n min ist er in g t o o th er s no t much
tim e is sp en t i n o utin gs except f o r r est an d med
itation N ea r l y e v e ry ac tiv e m om en t b ri ng s so me
.

b en eficial r es u lts to the dwell er s o f this mo st

wo n d erfu l Z o ne . N o time is ev e r s pen t i n idl e
talk or critic is m— a ll the i r t h ought s have reached
th e p u re con st ru ctive flo w o f Wi s do m . Thei r
powe r is ev e r dire ct e d towards u p liftin g th o s e
who have n ot y et r each e d thes e heights i n th e
wo rld o f Soul a n d to those who a r e still gro p ing
i n th e da rk i n th e i r ph y si cal ex pre ssio n o f li fe
o n this m ate rial p la ne o f existence .

Notwithst an din g th e ma n y a d v a ntage s of

gath eri n g kn owl e dge a n d i nfo rmatio n throu gh
th e se ma ny lib rari e s—an d th e r es earch wo rk of
the Chem is ts and the Astronomer s with thei r
many i n st r u men ts of whi ch we h ave n o concep
tio n—th e i r Temp l e s of Learn i n g p l ay a gr eat
p art i n this Z o ne H e re th e M aste r s in str u c t th e s e
.

dw ell er s i n th e opera ti on s an d re s u lts o f th e s ti ll

hi ghe r Laws of th e still H igh er Be i n gs an d th eir
missio n an d of the wo rk th a t li e s b efore th em in
th e next Zone .

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 In a no th er departme n t y ou will f i n d s u ch Ih
te l l ige nce s as Wa s hingto n— Jefferson— Adams
LaFay ette —L i n col n an d ma ny o the r cap able ad
vance d S o uls c a r e fu lly wei ghi n g th e pr obl e ms o f

po litics a n d i f the Wo rld could have see n this

gatheri n g of ad v anced in tell i ge n ces togethe r w ith
still H igh e r Souls ho v er nea r th e Ch a ir o f o u r
Pr eside n t —y o u would n ot be so su r p rised a t th e
w o n derful broad v isio n an d the co n s i de r ati on h e
ha s give n to the wo rld With this vi s io n y ou could
.

see th e th rea ds of i n te rnatio nalis m bein g wo ven

in to the warp and woo f o f A me rica—c em ented to
gethe r to b ring about the B rotherhood o f Man that
the Spirit o f Democ racy will r eign her e o n E a rth
i n th e h e arts of All M e n i n the near futu r e .

It must b e co n ceded that in st r ume nts i n th e

hand s o f the Divine Inte ll igences do not a l ways
carr y out the s ch eme as i n ten ded a n d p romul gat e d
b y th e se Souls o f Wisdom who ha ve th e b r oad er
visi on a n d who ha v e th e Powe r to carry fo rth
th e i r will b u t r e alize th a t shiftin g i n a g rad u al
sc a l e is alwa y s best fo r th e F i n ite Min d a n d th u s
th e p r oblems even tu ally mat ure a s has b een p l ane d
b y th e i r H igh er Co urts .

The l abo r p ro blem is a n oth er th a t is gra du all y

b e in g fatho me d a n d will be a dj usted as r apidl y a s
man is r ead y fo r it All sel fish S elf—c en t ral ize d
.
,

te n d en cies m u st b e wi pe d o u t an d ca pital a n d labor

must become amalg amat e d E ve ry man mu st h ave
.

the priv e l e ge of own in g s u fficient lan d fo r a ho m e .

’
The Wo rld belo n gs t o Go d a n d God s childr e n an d

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n ot to an y Self-c e n tra lized corpo rations fo r spec
ul ative pu rp oses . Th e d i ffere n t Natio n s will e xe
c u t e l aws in the future to make it p r ohibitive fo r
a m a n to o wn mo r e tha n his own home— th e l an d
will b e till e d i n the i n terests o f all Wom en a re
.

—
comi n g i nto their own she b eing naturally intu i
tive more re s ourceful more s ympathet i c— more re
,

—
f ine d is un fo l d in g he r t en denc i e s a n d pos s ibiliti e s
an d her influe nc e will mo di fy a n d gr aduall y hel p to
tr a n sfo rm the more aggre ssi ve a n imal n atu r e i n
man . She will l e ad him to high er pin a c l e s of
refi nem en t an d s p iritualit y a n d the da y w ill co m e
he re o n ea rth whe n all will tend to brin ging ab ou t
’
conditio n s and laws conducive to the Soul s pro
gre s s ion whil e it is st i ll fu n ctio nin g in this phy
s ical bo d y . Whe n th i s has bee n accomplished
th e w o r ld o f S o ul will hav e n o n eed of th e D ark
—
Sph ere nor th e Domestic the n we w i ll f i n d n o
thi n g lower in the Ethereal world tha n su ch c o n
di tions which a re f ou n d i n the Th i rd Zo ne toda y
whi ch is a b ea utiful Sphere of Light i n c om par
is on w ith the S e co n d Zo n e .

Impo ssibl e to o v erlook the magn if ic en t C ath

e dr al wich surpasses a l l those Gra n d Cathedral
st ru ctu r es of the lower Zo n es— its wonderful large
o rgan— its capacity and volume such would b e im
,

po ssible to describe . The influence that th e s e

ex q u isite st ra in s have o n the Soul are marv elous
in d e ed Mu sic has bee n o n e o f the Grea t features
.

in every ste p w e took alo n g the way When the .

proper K e yno te i n tou ched the Soul quick e n s i nto

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a c o n scious ne ss of the Sa cr ed Mel o d y of th e Uni
“
ver se. H a rm on y is the Ke y n ote Th e s e s u bl ime
.
'

Vib ra tio n s flow i n to th e So u l with w on d erf ul Pow

e r a n d stir th e Div in e E sse n ce within in to S ym
pa th y an d un s p e ak abl e Lo ve fo r All H u mani t y .

As you sit in this Cathedr al list en ing to the

A rtists p erformi n g o n thei r var ious in st ru men t s
—
es pec i a ll y th e Harp an d h ear the sw eet e st v oic es
ren de r i n g th e most di ffi c ult M usi c w ith perfect
e a s e y ou r Soul is s ti rr ed with ec stacy . S acre d
M usic su ch as is n ot kn own with u s an d many
famili ar ex q u isit e st ra in s an d m elodi e s ren d ere d
o n the ear th realm a r e ren de red more p e rfec tl y
h ere i n this C a thed ral .

M usic hav in g bee n taught in every Zone a s the

On e E ss en tial fe atu r e for So ul Pro gre ssion—a s
M usi c o f all k i n ds se n ds fo rth v ib ra tio n s o f its
own q ualities an d l eav es its i nflu en ce u po n th e
S ou l Th e se vib ra tio n s mi n gli n g with th e v ib ra
.

tio n s of th e Soul ten ds to either modi fy o r q ui ck e n

th e So ul i n t o highe r Vib ratio n s In every Zone th e
.

So ul vibrates with th e s ubstan c e of th at Z o ne Th e .

lo wer Z on e cor r e sp onding i n r ate of Vib ratio n w ith

th e color r ed The Seven Zo ne s arange in s u b
.

sta n ce and r ate o f Vibr a tio n s with the colo r s of

th e So la r beam i n the p r i s m The Sou l n ot o n l y
.

vib rat es with the colo r s o f th e Solar b eam in th e

pris m i n its various stat e s o f growth but a lso
wi th th e n otes i n th e scale o f M usic i n its dif
f e re nt ke y s o n its j ou rn e y o f asce n sio n
,
.

Commen cin g with the lo we st Co lo r d ev elo pe d

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 Th e S econ d C e lesti a l is lik e un t o th e b urn i n g
fl ame of the Sun so brill i a n t is this Celesti al B eav
e n— a n othe r Div i ne Ki n gdom .

The Third Ce l e s t ial w ill b e g i ven in Volume two

b e gi nin g with the s ixth Zo n e .

This Zo ne is n ot on ly the gr e at ce n t er wh e r e all

thin g s ha v e r eached a high degree of p e rf e ctio n
b u t All inv entio n s all pate n ts i n a ny li ne whats o
e v e r ha v e bee n tried out and perfected i n thi s

Z o n e e re they a r e pe rmitted to b e giv e n th rough

the v arious chan nel s on this ea rth r ealm .

N ot on l y i s thi s Zo n e the G r eat Ce nte r or Cul

m i na tio n of all Literature— A rb —M usic an d all
scie nc es where al l the dwellers hav e acce s s to e v e ry
ad v a n tage— but is also the Gr eat Outlet fro m
w he n ce b ran ch forth i nto e v e ry di re cti on i ts know
l e dge a n d Wis dom from th is Great Fountai n w h ich
is filled to overflow ing with a ll that i s Good an d
All that is Sacred and D i v i ne i n any l i ne what so
ev er y ou may de si re and which the worl d n eeds
a n d this i s imparted through the var i o u s chann els
’
b y God s Me ss engers who have perfec t ed th em
sel v es along any given l i ne of Wi s dom All th e
.

—
a dva n cement s in Electric i ty W i reless Ae reo
pla n es o f ou r presen t da y were first promulgated
i n th e world of S oul and perfected i n thi s Ce nte r .

I n the days of th e A tl antian s the y used aereo

pl an es which were mo re perfected tha n these of
o u r pr ese n t da y on this earth Long e r e the Atlan
.

tic wa ve s r olled o v e r that Continent the A tl antians

t o u re d the Earth in a very sho rt p eri o d of time

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a n d their ae re oplan e s were u sed fo r p l ea su r e The
.

w i r eless telepho ne s will y et reach a high d egree

o f p erfectio n o n this ear th real m an d many o th er
i n st ru m en ts which ha ve a l re ad y b een perfect e d
in this Z o n e wil l b e h an d e d dow n— all of th e s e ar e
b r ought fo r th as n ec e ssities to co o p e rat e with th e
-

ad vance men t of th e S ou l or i n oth er wor ds its

d e g ree of u nfold men t As th e Sou l e xp an ds in to
.

highe r d e gree s of unfo l dmen t its efforts fo r exist

e n c e will b e l e ss l ab or ious an d the energy that
h a s b een exp e n d e d an d directed i n th a t ch ann el
will b e the p o w e r th a t will gu ide the Soul towa r ds
the Grea t er I d eals whi ch Go d e st ablish e d in H is
Ka ngdoim .

M usic in th e Lo w er Z o ne s is al way s o f a highe r

q ualit y th an th e S o ul of th e dwelle r s of th a t Z o n e.

The composition of th e dwe ll er s expre s s the i r Sou l

qu a l it y o r unfoldm en t a s well a s th e ir Intel e ctual
attain me n t .

The s ci entif is Val ue of th e La w o f Vib ratio n

an d th e colo r sch e me a s p r es en t e d b y the Sola r
b eam i n th e p r ism is t a ught in a ll o f th e Z o n es
be g inn i n g w ith th e Thi r d .

In e very Z o ne th e at om s are gath ere d b y the

ch em ists to sho w th e differ e nce in Vib ratio n a n d
its ch emi ca l c ombi natio n s an d henc e i n its colo r
va l ue s—th e s e the dw e ll er s de sect a n d witne ss th a t
’
th ey may un d er st an d N atu re s l aws i n b ack o f
whi ch is O ne Law whi ch we call G od whi ch th ey
gradu a lly perceive as they advance i n the scale
of life.

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Man s R eligio n he re o n this Earth real m w il l
yet be foun d ed on s c i ent i fic princ i ple s a s mani fest
ed in Na ture th rou ghout th e limitl e ss U ni ver s e
in s tea d of Dogma s— Cree ds— Be li ef s an d De l u
si on s Whenever Man expan ds i nto a Con s c i ou s r eal
.

ization th at the Un i v er salit y o f L aw man if ests it

s e l f in e v e ry Soul re ga r dl e ss o f its d e gree of un
f ol dm ent— or the r ace o r colo r th ro ugh whi ch it
—
ma ni fe sts in this ph y sical ex pr essio n of life th en
th e S p ir it o f democ rac y will rei gn an d th e Br oth er
h o od of M a n will be established a n d th e Fa th er
ho o d an d Mothe rhoo d o f G o d w ill be th e F ou n d
atio n pri n ciples of R eligio n th ro u ghout this Wo rld .

The n all will be taught that th e Soul o f Man i n

every d egree in e v er y plane i n every c o n ditio n is
— — —
Sacred H oly Div ine fo r within it li e d orm an t
all th e p ossibiliti e s an d a ll th e pote ntia lities of a ll
th at has b e en a n d all th a t ev e r will b e a n d is an
E ss en tial Impo rta n t an d n e ce ssary p art o f th e
-

Whol e . G od a nd His ha n diwork w ould not b e

c omplet e without e a ch a n d eve ry S ou l .

May all come to a realizatio n th a t th e S acre d

T emple n ot built with ha n ds is the E t erna l Temp l e
o f the Soul May th e bl e ssi n gs o f th e Div ine In
.
'

fin ite Sou rc e o f all Ii f e a n d All L ight so abund

antl y flo w in to y ou r path w a y th a t you w ill ever

b e co n scious of H is b r oo din g presen c e a n d fe el

H is Spiri t Breath is my prayer .

Th o u glorious heav e n l y sho r e

Wh ere is fo u n d all anc i en t lo re

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Chemist ry calcul a s an d Math em a ti c s
H isto ry— philosophy a n d P o et ry t o rhyme .

Thou glo rious h e av e n ly sho r e

Where Masters dwell a n d ev e rm o r e
Le a ve th e imp rin t o f thei r Powe r
Alo n g thei r l ine that the y ma y shower
The Souls that climb th e se heights
With Wi s dom i n which they ma y delight .

Tho u glo r ious h eaven l y sh or es

Wh ere all who dwell in Lo v e Divi n e
Re ach o u t t o Him whose Wi s d o m so sublime
H as built these many M ans ions for the Soul
Wh ere a ll c an sh ar e a lik e H is P la n
A n d s ee H is gl or ious blessi n gs e x p an d ,

Thou glo r io u s h e a ven l y sho re s

Wh e r e a ll dwelle r s bas k in Thy Light
Wh er e all pr aises to the L o r d a r e Su n g
Through lyric ha rmo n y b y Angel i c C hoi r
That r e ve rbe rat e th ro u gh out this Z o n e
' uick e n i n g the S o ul i n to praises to th e L o r d .

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 C O NCL US I O N .

As th e So ul lo oks b ack from th e s e s u blim e

h e i ghts v i e wi ng th e ste p s th rou gh whi ch w e h av e
,

a sc en d e d an d m e dit a tin g with grea t s atis fa ctio n

an d j o y o ver th e pr es en t degr ee o f victo ry o v er
S e l f an d th e H ea ven ly state and e nv ir o nmen ts su r
rou n di n g u s w e f eel that we have t rav el e d a
,

grea t ways an d that we ha ve ga i ne d a gr eat ob

j ec t i ve po in t in o u r j o u rney th ro ugh this cou n t ry

which n o t rav el er o n this p l ane t ca n av oid o r

e s cape.

Th en tur n ing ou r faces upward where the S oul

ge ts a glimps e of the jou rn ey that s t i ll lies before
us ere we r each the top m o st r ou n d o f this p lane t
, ,

we b e gi n to rea lize that w e have s carcely begu n

o u r jo urney we have j u st en te r ed the s a c r ed p ath
,

an d the most sublime pa rt o f o u r j ou rney is ye t

b efo r e u s .

Th en a s we meditate o v er the k n o wl e dge a n d

experi ence s a l rea d y a ttaine d—an d over th e j o y s

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an d the bles sin gs that h av e al r eady b ecome o ur
own a part of our sel v es it is with u n speak abl e
, ,

ecstacy tha t the Soul looks fo rw a r d to bein g a

participa n t in the Hol y Atm osphe r e a n d the Divi ne
Wisdom a dweller i n the City o f Peac e —th e
—
L ight o f the Eternal Da y a n d the n bath e i n the
,

Whirlpool o f Life—the fou n tai n of Bliss th at a

waits u s— ere our j ou rn ey o f O n e C ycl e is com
pl ete .

W e n ow realiz e that with ev ery step o f a dvan c e

w e have the priv e l e ge o f m e eting an d m in gli ng
with sti l l greater Souls tha n th o s e who desc en d to
these Zone s through which we hav e j ust t ra vel ed .

We h a ve thus fa r found Teachers Mast er s Ad epts

, , ,

Seers Sage s a nd Wise M e n an d h ave se en Mu sic

,

an d A r t in a degree of pe rfectio n .

Th e re are many Souls who ar e still highe r i n the

Scale o f Life who do not desce n d below the Six th
an d Se v en th Zo n es These Shinging Lights are
.

a glorious S ight to b ehold . Thei r r adiatio n is

so lumin ous a n d their Powe r so great th a t it w ou ld
be a s an electr i c s hock to come in contact with
these Bei n g s a n d thei r P o w e r H en ce the y mu st
.

wait until the y climb the heights whe r ei n th ey

can sta n d the co n tact with this i n des cribable

P owe r The y must w ait u n til th e y are rea dy to

.

dig e st the E te rn al facts o r Wisdom that flows

from thei r I l lumi n ed C o n s c ious n ess The y must
.

wait u ntil thei r ow n Souls ha v e b ecome so puri fi e d

a n d rege n erated that th ey c an b e a p a rt o f this
Sa cr e d Sublime H ol y Atmos ph ere .

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 If yo u ca n comp reh en d th e Pow er o f these Di
vi n e Bei ng s who are known as A n gels -the n y o u
may perceive in a degr ee the light a n d po wer of
a Messiah su ch as Jesus the N aza r ene s uch as
, ,

Hi s Powe r was h ere on this E ar th r ealm a n d s uch

as it is n ow aft e r n ea rly two thousand y ears Th en
.

tu rn your mi n ds to the Inte rs ol ar Light s —th e

Di v i n e Lights—an d Demi— gods— and many oth er
In tellige n ces still higher in the scale of Life and
Powe r which a r e n ot kn ow n o n this E a r th Real m
a n d which n o fin ite min d in its prese n t degre e o f
un foldme n t c ould p e rcei v e . S uch are the st e ps
that lie before you all o f which ever y Soul will
,

som e time w itn ess— not only this but ev e ry Sou l

will sometime attai n these heights i n the same
degree of u n foldment— such is lif e and such is
’ ’
Go d s plan and such is G od s Law .

Every Soul co n tains within its di v in e e sse n ce the

potent i alit i e s and po ssib il ities of a n Angel— a R ul
i ng Angel— a Messiah— a n d so on up the ladde r of
life But how ca n those who ha v e asc en ded th e s e
.

h e ights r e v eal to y ou th e wisdom that you ar e n ot

read y for ' How ca n y ou c omp r ehend G od s o
’
lo ng as you do n ot unde r sta n d God s pla n o f
e v olutio n— s o long as you have n ot unfolded th e
— ’

fin er p e r ceptio n s of the Soul y ou r s pritual se n se s

so lo n g as y ou have not b ecome clea n sed and have
not o v e r come the selfish egotistical superstitious
,

and e rro n eou s co n glome ratio n s that hav e filled

you r Co n sciousness How ca n y ou e nt er th e path
.

which begi n s i n th e Th ird Eth er eal Zo n e— to j ou r

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ney toward s the Tr i umphant March of the S oul
u ntil all er rors and S e l f ha s b een overcome and
—
outgrow n and fact s which exist throughout Na
ture ha v e taken the i r p l ace '
—
Awake Aris e out of your dr eams of Material
’
ity an d Selfi shness a n d behold God s Glo rio u s an d
S u blim e P l an whi ch l ea ds y o u to th e E t ernal D ay ,
the C it y o f P e ac e a n d L ight a n d fro m th ence to
th e Foun tain o f B liss or O ne-ne ss .

Vol u me 2 will answe r th e question which has

.

—
b een ask e d th roughout th e ag e s wh er e d o we
go an d fro m wh enc e have w e com e an d th e p u rpo s e
of life ' Th e con di tio n s and facts a s th ey e xist
in th e Si xth a n d Se ven th h eavenl y Z o n es w hich
,

c om p l e t e s th e to pm o st rou n d of ou r planet als o

,

th e c o n ditio n s a n d fa cts o f th e F i r st Se c o n d an d
,

Thi r d C elestial Heav e n s—or fo un tai n o f Bliss

which c o n clud e s ou r m ar ch o f p ro gr essio n fo r th e
Childre n of Ea rth You wi l l b e the travelers
.

throu gh this co u nt ry a n d d w ell er s o f ev e ry Z o ne ,

fu n ctio n ing th rough highe r d egree s of con sc io u s

ne ss in every st ep of adva nce .

S o it beh o o v es e v ery in div idual to become ao

’
qu ainte d w ith G o d s pla n and Kn ow of this E the
r eal wo rld a n d it s laws that you ma y n ot be a
str a nger i n a st ran ge lan d n ot knowing which way
,

to tu rn o r what to do o n you r awaken in g o r t ran si

tio n fr om this phys ica l body i nto the Soul World .

Th a t you w ill n ot t arr y by the way side in da rk

n ess no r wait i n the twilight fo r the Dawn of D ay .

Th at y ou may en te r th e pa th that l ea ds u ninter

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ru pt e dl y
in gradual ascen s ion reav eal ing God s
Law s and Hi s Plan i n every s tep of advan ce u n til
yo u come face to face with H i s M e s senge rs o f
L ight and Power ever going upward and onward
towar ds Pe rfection— ever gain i n g b ut neve r at
taining Abs o l ute Perfection— Progre ss io n for e v er
and ever growing nearer and nearer like unto God .

Thou Messenge rs of Love Div ine

G uide a n d Guard the H oly Sh r i ne
Ma y Thy Know l e ge an d Wisdom flow
In to e v ery a v enue here below
That Peace a n d Good-W ill shall r ei gn
In the h ea rts of all m e n an d deign
Th e Spirit o f Love for all man k in d
Fore v er and e v er through out all time .

The book o n the laws o f progr essio n w ill so on

follow .

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