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EEVBALKD

In

the

beginning

God

created

tbe

heavens and

the

earth, Genesis

1:

1.

In

further

reference

to

first

conditions,

and

of

causes

of the

subsequent physical

changes

wrought

upon

earth,

it

may

be

said that

in

the

beginning

the Infinite

Spirit

willed the

Perfect

Law,

and

that

the

practica

illustrar-

tioQ of ita inherent force

and wise

provislona

has

been

assumed

by

certain

illuminated

inteUigences,

who,

possessing Buperior

wisdom

and

a

knowledge

of ita

provifdons,

have since

then, through

its

execution,

wrought

many

important

climatic

changes,

such

as were

required

in

preparation

for

its

inhabitation

by

man

the first

expression

or

Spiritual

manifestation

of the

principle

of life

bdng

the floral

exhibitions,

succeeded

by

animal

creations

whose

physical

forms

have with

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THE FAST EEVEALED

few

unimportant

ch^iges

.

continued

through

the

ages,

time

havingproved

them well

adapted

to

perform

the xisefullabors

to

which

they

have

been since

assignedby

man.

Many cycles

af

ter

the

beginnii^,

he

phjreical

conditioDs

of earth

having

been

changed

so

as

to

permit

human

residence,

an,

a

more

complex expression

f the

Principle,

n

Coopera-ion

with those

in

celestial

spheres,

ateria zed

the

physical

frame

as a

vehicle of

the

Seif

so

perfectly

created

to

serve

all

needs,

that

the

spirit

has since

inhabited

and used

it

while

dwelling

in

the

magnetic atmospheres

of

earth.

If

the

Statement

is

absolute,

that all

spirit

is

xmcreate,

etemal,

and

an

inextinguishable

Principle,

t

logically

ollows

that

previou

to

man's first appearance

upon

earth in

a

physical

body,

he

must

have

had for infinite

eons

of time

an

existence

somewhere.

Whence

came

he

to

this

planet

and for

what

purpose?

We

beUeve,

and

our

beUef

is

confirmed

by intelligences

rom

the celestial

World,

that

the

Impulse directing

him hither

was

inspired

for

the

purpose

of

affording

im

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THE

PAST EEVfiAIiED

opportunities

for

the realization of

destiny,

perfectunity

with the

Infinite

Spirit

after

the correction

of all

errora

committed

while

in

bondage

to

the

seiiBes.

Before

the existence of inhabitable condi-

tions

upon

the

earth,

there

were,

aa

now,

many

planets

in the

univeree,

where

only

very

rudimentary

conditions of

life

preva ed,

in-

habited

by

beings

in various

stages

of

evolu-

tionary

progress,

by

multitudes who

had

attained

only

veiy

circumscribed

powere

of

reason,

a

limited control

over

weak

and

im-

perfectlydeveloped

mental

faculties,

hich

but

partiaUy

reflected the intuitions of

spirit,

which could

not

have been

uaed for the investi-

gation

of

the laws of

cosmic

creation,

evolu-

tion,

or

other scientific

facta,

nor

for the

teaching

of

ethical

precepts,

all

useful

knowl-

edge,subsequentlyacquiredby

man,

but

not

then conceived

as

having possible

existence.

From

such

very

primitiveconditions,

after

having

acquired

an

understanding

of

certain

inherent

principles

of the

Law,

graduations

sometimes occurred.

Many

aspiring,

ntuitive

ones,

having

reallzed certain

degrees

f

spiritual

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THE PAST EEVEALED

understauding,

nd

having passed

out

of theh*

physical

bodies,

eotered

into

cel^tial

states

of existence where

largeropportunities

ere

afforded

for

acquiringknowledge

of

the divine

principles

f the

Law,

and

for

a more

perfect

realization of

Spiritual

aspirations.

Such

needed

not

further

experience

upon

material

planes.

Vast

multitudes,however,

required

and

sought

new

experiences

n

physical

states,

and witbout them could have made but little

progress

in

the

accompliabment

of

destiny.

Therefore it

may

be

said that tbe

beginning

referred

to

in

the

fiist

verse

of Genesis relates

to

the

molding

of the

plasticelements,

fore-

existent

in

space,

into eonditions

adapted

to

the

production

of such

things

as

phj^cal

beings

would

require

when

they

should

appear,

who,

at

first

though manifestingonly

very

rudimentary

states

of

mtellectual

perception,

would

have certain

natural

wants,

such

as

air

to

breathe,

ater to

drink,

and

food to

eat.

The

text

in

no

way

relates

to

the

calling

nto

existence of

original

lementa

conceming

which

no one can

conceive

a

poasibleexplanation.

The first

inm grants

to

earth

came

without

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THE

PA3T

BEVEALED

materialized

fonus,

after

having accomp Bhed

missiona in

other

planets,

while

incamated

in

bodies

adapted

to

conditions there

prevail-

ing. They

came

gladly

hither

as

to

a new

Golconda,

where

they hoped

to

achieve im-

portant

victories

over

the

elements,

and

to

realize

spiritiial

nd material

progress

when

coDditions should

permit

them

to

again

aasume

phyaical

bodies.

Doubtiess

Home

of

them

may

have

perceived,

as

in

a

fore-world

of

vision,

the

magnificent

poBsibilities

f the

future,

hieh

were

by

them-

selves and

their

successors

to

be translated

into

practica realities,

s

in

all

times those

concemed in the

cause

of

human

progress

have,

with altemations of

success

and

tempo-

rary

failure,

abored

to create

new

and better

opportunities

of

life,

and whai blessed

by

favorable conditions have sueceeded

so

well

tiiat

those

living

n later

periods

have

realized,

more

or

less

definitely,bility

to

define

rela-

tions of

the

spirit

n

man

to

the Infinite

Spirit.

lthough

contrary

to

the

generally

ccepted

belief of the

world,

it

may

be stated

as cor-

rect,

that

even

before conditions

upon

this

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THE FAST EEVEALED

planet

had

so

far

improved

as

to

make

phys-

ical

residence

possible,

great

number immi-

grated

to

earth

hoping

to

avail then^elves

of

prospectiveopportunities,

ntuitively

er-

ceiving

that

at

the

proper

time

they

would

again

be clothed

in material habilimente.

Previotis

to

that

period

the

moon

had been

inhabited

by

races

which

had

made

some

progress

toward

the civilized

state,

as

much

as

the

decaying

conditions

of that

planet

per-

mitted.

From this

source

alone

came a

great

multitude,

all

eager

for further

conquests.

After

having

materia zed

forms

they

instinc-

tively

remained in thoee sections of this

planet

where climatic

conditions

were

similar

to

those

prevailing

n

planets

from which

they

came.

The

regions

of

the

far north

were

first inhab-ted

by

physical

himianity.

Here for

unnmn-

bered

ages

lived

a

race,

small

m

stature,

given

to

the

chase,

without

knowledge

of

many

re-

finements

subsequently

realized in

latitudes

farther

south,peaeefiillynclined,

he

repre-

Bentatives

of

an

order

or

condition

of

life

like

mito

that which their

predeceesora

ad evolved

in other

planets.

It

may

be

stated that the

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THE FAST KEVEALED

destruction

of life

poasibilities

pon

the

moon

and the formation of inhabitable conditions

for

man

upon

the earth

were

coeval.

Before

that

period

there

was

darknesa

upon

the face of the

deep.

But

subsequently

the Infinite

Spirit,through

the

Law,

caused

many

manifestations of His

Omnipotent

Wia-

dom,

to

a

few of

which

we

will

briefly

ef

er

:

And God

said,

Let there be

ligbt;

and there

was

light.

Genesis

1:3.

In

the

beginning

the first evidence of

the

existence and force of the Law

was

manifested

in

vibratoryaction,

causing

a

Separation

f

the

conglomerated

elements

previously

n

a

State

of inaction. Under

the

potential

ower

of that force the inert

elements

responded.

The

electiical

and

ma^etic conditions,

pon

which

apparently

the whole

universe is de-

pendent,

were

doubtless

fore-existent,

n-

create,

but had

never

before the

period

to

which

we

refer

received the

Impulse

of

ex-

pression

upon

this

planet.

Without such

direction

there

could

have

been

no

Separation

of

light

from

darkness. There

would

have

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THE PAST EEVEALED

to

the Infinite

Spirit.

Man

was

the

firstand

only

spirit

who

haa

ever

inherited

or

evolved

the divine

self-consciousness.

And there

was

light.

Ibid,

As

previously

stated the Divine

Will,

ex-ressed

through

the Perfect

Law,

caused

the

dormant

elements

of

space

to

respond

to

the

impact

of

apiritual

forces.

Upon

a

proper

understanding

f those laws the

progress

of

mankind has

since

depended.

The

original

design

or

purpose

in its ordainment is

now

apparent

to

all

intelligent

ersona,

though

the lessons

conveyed by

its

Operation

have

not

always

been

clearlyinterpreted

often

wholly

misunderstood.

s

the

objecte

of

the

manifestations

have

rarely

been

in

stated

terms

clearly

defined,

man

haa found there

his

principal

rena

of

investigation.Upon

the

true discoveries

of the

real

purpose

of such

manifestations

have

depended

the

Solution

of his

responsibility

o

the Law

itself

and

of

his

reaUzation

of

ability

to execute

some

of

its

minor

provisions.

There

was

in

the be-

ginning,

s

now,

a

possibiUty

that

he

might

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THE PAST EEVEAIiED

through

the

attaimnent

of

wisdom

bear

in-

creasingly

occult relations

to

the Source

or

Origin

of all

life,

nd

by

faithfulness

to

the

intuitlons

of conscience discover his

own

spir-

itual seif

and

its

plenitude

of

powere,

and

finally

attain

important

control

over

elemen-

tal forces.

He

was

so

endowed

that when the

prin-

ciple

of

harmony

should

attam

supreme

control,

he woiild

perceive

his relation

to

the

Infinite

Light

and

perfectly

realize

the

possibilities

f

the

spiritwithin,

but if

deaf

to

such

influences,

he

lessons

of hard

experi-

ence

would

be

outwrought,

until like

a

prodi-

gal,

weaiy

and

foot-sore,

e

should discover

the

presence

and the

infinite

possibiHti^

of

the divine

seif,

or

it

was

in

the

beginning

hr

destiny

to

evolve

an

esoteric

perception

of the

Light,infinitely

ore

important

to

him than

the

exoteric

or

outward

expressions

of the

Law

which

at

first would

attract

his

atten-ion.

The

perception

of his

own

divine in-

heritance has been

a

gradual

realization,

ut

far

more

important

than

any

deductions

of

the

scientificaUy

nd

materially

inclined.

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THE PAST REVEALED

When

we

consider the exhibitions

of

power

and

wisdom manifested

through

vibratoiy

action and

the

Separation

of

the

cohering

ele-

ments

caiised

thereby,

each of such

separated

particlesontinximg

to

reveal

the

potentiali-

ties and modes of the

Law,

we

may

know

that Buch

perfection

f

expreesion

is

absolute

evidence of

the divine

origin

of

the Law it-

self.

Millions

of

sp itual

beiugs

from

other

planetshad,

from time

to

time,

been

at-

tracted

to

earth,

all

waiting

materialization

of

forma,

and

to

further their

successful

evo-

lution

to

higherplanes

of

existence,dentity

and

memory

of

previous

lives

were

concealed,

pennitting

free

play

for

the

faculties in

order

that

each

might

effect

conquest

over

every

impeding

obstacle. At the

period

concem-

ing

which

we now

write

only

one

great

objeet

apparently

remained

to

be

accom-

plished

to

enable

man

to

agaln

renew

the

labors needful

for and ineident

to

a

life

of

Omittiog

extended reference

to

the

crea-

tion of

ving

creatures,

made

to

inhabit the

waters

and the

land,

or

to

the flora

of the

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THE

FAST

REVEAIED

earth,

and

millions o(

other

important

and

necessary

productions

since

largely

applied

by

bim

to

material

uses,

we

approach

the

important

period

when

in the

fiillnessof time

another

evidence of the

great

pre-knowledge

of

the

Infinite

Architect and Author

of the

Universal

Law

was

to

be revealed.

From

ap-

parent

chaos,

harmonial

relation

of forces had

already

found

expression,

Order,

the first

requisite

f the

Principle,

ad

as

if it

were

the

special

representative

f the

Supreme Spirit,

already

asaerted its

supremacy

in the

sjBte-

matic

manifestation

of the Law.

Conditions

had

evolved under which

man

m^ht pereeive

justice,

quity,

nd love

as

abiding

foimdation

principles.

ut

str nge

as

it

may appear

to

US

such

self-evident

principles

t

first

found

no

intelligentxponent.

There

was,

how-

ever,

evident

necessity

or

the

physical

pres-

ence

upon

earth of those

capable

of

applying

to

personal

benefit

the

many

advantages

de-

rivable

from

an

orderly

reign

of Law.

From

out

of

the cosmic

or

universal elements the

spirit,

ided

by

celestial

intelligences,

n

the

eixth

cycle

of

time,

materiaJized

for

itself

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the

physicalform,

so

created

that

those hav-

ing

received

it

while

living

in the

magnetic

at-

moapheres

of earth became the

progenitors

f

a

race

destined

to

carry

to

successful

issue the

physicalredemption

of the world and

through

labor realize

final

Spiritualdestiny.

Time

and conditions

were

favorable

for the

success

of his

efforts,

s

the

earth could

then

produce

all

material

things

needful for his

physical

Bustenance.

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n

And God

said,

Let

us

make

man

in

our

image,

after

our

likenesa

:

and let them have dominion

over

the fish of the

sea,

and

over

the fowl of

the

air,

and

over

the

cattle,

and

over

all the

earth,

and

over

every

creeping thing

that

creepeth

upon

the

earth.

Genesis

1

:

26.

So

God created

man

in his

own

image,

in the

image

of

God

created he

him;

male and female

created he them. Ibid. 27.

There

was

first

an

incoherent

mass

of

plas-

tie

elements;

afterwards

the

wisdom

of lofi-

nite

Intelligence,

revealed

through

a

perfect

Law,

succeeded

by

a

gradual

evolution

of

conditions

that

permitted

and

requh^

the

visible

presence

of

controilmg apiritual

forces,

demonstrating

through phj^ical

forma.

With

constantly

increasing

power,

the

spirit

man,

with

altemations

of

success

and

failure,has,

in celestial

apheres,

since his first

incamation

upon

earth,

made

progress,

often

serving

m

place

of

the earlier

vlcegerents

or

esecutive

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THE PAST EEVEALED

agents

of the

Law for the demonstration of

many

of Ite minor

provisions.

In such ratios

as

he hm

developedabillty

o

perceive

hls

re-

lations

to

it;

he has increased

in

wisdom until

now

his executive

capacity

enables him

to

successfully

irect

many

important

matters

which in the

beginning

were

mider the

ex-

clusive

control of certain

spiritually

llumined

beings,

then denizens of

the

higher spheres.

Some

of the

Law's

provisions

re

of

necessity

still concealed

from him

on

account

of his

inability

o

comprehend

their

complexity,

and

until he shall have made further

prog-

ress

his

power

to

demonstrate the

purpose

of such

provisions

in

the

cosmic order

must

remain

in

abeyance.

s

no

exteiior influence

has

ever

prevented

the

orderlyOperation

of

the

liaw,

or

in

any

manner

changed

ite

modes

or

the results

of

its

action,

it follows that dis-

coveries in

all

the

ages

have been

in

harmony

with

the

orderly

manifestation of its

provi-ions.

The

expresBions

of

the Law have been

such

as

to

increase

practical,

seful

knowle(^e

and

to

aid the

cause

of

civi zation.

Every

discovery

has

demonstrated its

perfection.

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THE FAST BEVEALED

the

human

body

about

to

be materialized

waa

composed

from

the

elements,

and

mada

Bubject

to

both the

Spiritual

nd

material influ-

ence.

Had

all

previous

results,

hough

mani-

fold,

been

limited

by

what

had

be^i

already

accompUshed,

without

euch

materiahzation

there

would

have

beeo

apparently

a

failure

of

original

purpose

for

the

conquest

of the

planet,

s no

opportunity

to

secure

the

objects

of their

Coming

hither would have been af-

forded those

intelligences

ho had

willingly

Bubmitted

to

circumscription

and

exile,

in

Order

to

realize

further

progress.

The

ap-

pearanee

of

a

superiorintelligent

rder of

beings

clothed in

physical

forma,

more

comples

and

delicate

than

those

previously

evolved for

Service of the lower

Orders,

had from the

be^nning

evidently

been necessary

for the

complete possession

of

the material world.

Spiritualbeings long

existed

within the

at-

mosphereS

of

the

new

earth

before

they

were

provided

with vehicles of

expression

r

physi-al

bodies for

inhabitation,

nd many

of

them had

previously

acquired

ome

knowledge

of

certain laws and conditiona

upon

other

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THE FAST EEVEALED

planets

which

they

confidentlyexpected

to

apply

for

individual benefit

upon

the earth.

The

special

needs for

each

entity

in

life's

prospective

Service

the

individual

possession

of and exercise

of

physicalforce,

if

we

may

80

expresB

the

thought

has since the

be^-

ning

been

largely

ncreased

by

the

active

use

of mind

and

body.

In the sixth

cycle

of

the

physical

evolution

of

the

earth,

the

perfection

of the Law

was

very

distinctiymanifested,

and haa

com-

manded the

reverent

coimideration of

thought-

ful

persons

in all

succeeding

Centimes.

The

Infinite

Spirit

manifeetingthrough

the

Law

inspired

His

vicegerents,

s

if

by

some

sjMcial

direction,

ow

to

co perate

with

the

spirit

man

in

the

niaterialization of the first

phy^-

cal

body,

how

to

create

it in such form

that

the

counterpart

thereof would

thereafter

con-

tinuously

serve as

the vehicle

of

spirit,

hile

Bustaining

relations

to

material affairs. The

divine

principle

n

man

has forever

since,

while

incamated

upon

the

objective

plane,

employed

bodies

sim ar

to

the first

prototype,

for

the

accomplishment

of

its

designs,

uch

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THE

PA8T

REVEALED

having proved

very

well

adapted

to

all

pur-

suits,

nd

especially

seful

in those

occupations

of

spiritrelating

to

the

diseovery

of the lawa

to

which

it is

itself

subject.

The Divine

Intelligenee

eflected

in the

conseiousness

of

man

bas

in the

past

and

doubtless will contiuue

to

discover

new

employments,

and

as

climatic

changes

permit

new

productions

of

earth,

will

continue

to

afford mateiial

for him

to

mold

into

objecto

of

beauty

and

utility,

uch

as

the

advancing

needs of civilization

may

demand.

After

materializatioD

and the

subsequent

multiplication

f

forma,

through

the laws

of

generation,

n

perfect

confidence,

a

if

supplied

from

Bome

great

and exhauatlesa

reservoir,

containing

un mited

reserves

of

wisdom and

force,capable

of

leading

on

its

votaries

to

deific

acGomplishments,

innumerable

spiritual

entities,

clothed

in

physical habiliments,

entered

upon

the

new

stage

with

purposes

more or

less

clearlydefined,

ome

apparently

poorly

equipped

for the

great

Services

which

future

exigenciea

might

demand

of

them,

yet

with the

will

to

overcome

all

opposing

ob-

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THE FAST REVEALED

Stades.

And here let

us

state

that

a

belief

in the

Controlling

nfluences

of

certain

inde-

pendent,

physical

forces in

the

xiniverse of

matter,

irrespective

f

the

Law,

has

always

been

a

figment

of the

Imagination,

nd

if such

beliefs

were

held

in earlier

states

of human

development,

it

clearly

proves

the fact that

the firfit

ypes

of

hiunanity

did

not

understand

the

nature

of

the

Law

nor

ita modes of manif

es-

tation.

Strange

as

it

may seem,

spiritualaws,

after

the

assimiption

f

physical

f

orms

by spirit,

were

not

realized

aa

of

supreme

importance,

nor

was

personalsafetyrespected.

Each

one

inclined

to

follow the

leadings

of

passion

or

desire,

though

there

was

then

as

at

the

present

time

an

infinite

rraervoir of wisdom

available

tmto

those

who

could fathom the

apparent

mysteries

of

nature.

In the

early

periods,

however,

few

if

any

sought

such

cor-

rrepondences.

Then

as now

in

physical

life

the Universal Law

prevailed,

nd exacted abso-ute

obedience,

but

man

did

not

possras

suffi-

cient wisdom

to

understand its

requirements,

and

did

not

reahze the

many

possiblespiritual

and material benefits derivable from

an

obser-

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THE

FAST BEVEALED

vance

of its

provisions.

Unto

him

they

were

as

though

non-existent. certain freedom

of the will differentiated

him

from animal

racea,

a

prophecy

of future

Spiritualdevelop-

ment

and

physicaltriumpbs

over

the

opposing

obstacles of

aature,

and the final

realization

of the divine

self-coneciousnesB.

Let

US

make

man

In

our

Image.

So

God

created

He him. This

etatement

evidently

refers

to

the

Cooperation

f

certain

celeatial

bemgs

in the firstmateriaUzatioa

of

phyaical

form,

which

was

created

ia the likeness

or

image

of their

own

spiritual

bodies. The

Word

God

is

synonymous

with

Spirit,

nd

in

no manner

relates

to

the Infinite

Intelligence.

We

presume

it will

not

be

neeessary

at

the

present

day

to

deny

that the

Infinite,

niver-al

Spirit

has

ever

defined

for

itaelf

a

physical

form.

The Infinite

cannot

be

illogical.

e

is

not

Universal,Omnipresent,

Omniconscious,

and

yet

confined

to

physical

limitations in

any

respect

similar

to

that

which

spirit

has

assumed

as a

convenient,

useful instrument

for

special

purposes

in

a

world of crude

elements,

n which it is

itself

to

be

perfected

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THE FAST BBTEALED

in

the

Image

of the

higher.

And

now we

State

through

this

Instrument

of the

spirit

orld

that God

never

directly

reated

or

even

called

into

activity

he

spirit

in

man.

That is

un-

create

and etemal.

The

In uite,by

the

dia-

pensation

of

Law

aa

manifested

in

the creation

of

this

World,

in

a

sense,

appealing

to

reason,

may

have

apparently

submitted

to

certain

limitations

of His

own

infinity.

Let

us

con-

ceive,

or

purpose

of

illustration,

he existence

of the

Great Cosmic

Infinite

Spirit,

nd also

the

existence

of

a

thousand worlds

awaiting

the

impetus

of Law. When

one

of such

worlds,

for instance the

eartb,

was

set

in motion and

all

conditions and

contingencies

uly

provided

for under

an

unchanging

and

perfectLaw,

in

a

certain

saase

the Infinite

Spirit

may

have

imposed

apparent

limitations

upon

Himself

in

manifestation,ave,

as

it

were,

sacrificed

Himself,

if

one

so

please

to

term

it,

yet

not

a

relinquishment

r

loss of

any

attribute

of His

nature,

for

that wox d be

impos-

sible;

as

when the end of

such creation had

been

subserved,

there would be

available

and

Bubject

to

the Infinite

control the

same

forces

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THE PA8T BEVEALED

originally

el^ated

for manifestation

in

law,

during

the limited

cycles

of

the earth's dura-

tion. That

separated

or

defined

expression

f

Deity through

Law

does in

reality

onstitute

OUT

World,

so

far

as

human

conceptionextends,

and

by

many

beneficent revelations each

epirit-

ual

entity

receive

its

experience,

and

unto

the

guardian

intelligences

erving

as

vicegerente

or

executive

agents

of

the

Law,

each

may

appeal

for

Instruction how best

to

realize

destiny.

As

with

the

earth,

o

with allworlds.

God,

Author

of

the

Law,

and Creator

of

planets,

a,indeed,

Infinite

Spirit,

ut

neither

Angel,Archangel,

or

Seraphim

has

ever

beheld

Him

or

received

a

clear and

perfect

efinition

of

His

essential

attributes.

Even

states

of

perfect

tranquillity,

here all

opposing

forces have

been

overcome,

and

power

realized

of

drawing

upon

an

exhaustless

founta n,

do

not

presup-

pose

equahty

with

or

ability

o

fully

deseribe

or

comprehend

Deity.

Such

comprehension

would

be

evidence of cosmic

perfection

not

attainable under

limitations.

Nor do

we

teach

that the

spirit

f

man

is

ever

completely

ab-

sorbed

by,

or

assimilated

with,

the Infinite

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THE FAST EEVEALED

finally

to

permanently

enter

that

State

of

illumination

in

which

the

rhythms

of

nature

appeal

to

consciousoess,

nd

are

reflected

as

beautiful

bannonies,

imder influences which

obtain in celestial

states.

When

out

of

the

elements

he,

in

Cooperation

with exalted

inteiligences,

reated for Inrnself

a

physi-

cal

form, adjiisted

and

organized

in

some

respects

like

imto

those which

serve as

vehi-

cles

of

e35)ressiou

n other

spheres,

n

a

certain

sense

it

may

be said there

was

breathed into

it the

breath of

lifo,

.e.

under the Law the

spirit

as

able

to

give

such form needful im-

pulse

in

the first

simple

labora

required

of

it.

It

is

not

necessary

to state

here

that

in

the

beginning

only

portions

of

the inherent

Spiritual

possibilities

f

man

were

expressed,

yet

such

will

readily

appear

to

all intelli-ent

minds

to

be

true.

Then,

aa

now,

a

spiritentity,

before

entranee into

form,

possessed

freedom of

will

to

select

its

own

relations

during

ite residence

upon

the

physi-

cal

plane.

The chief

purpose

in

seeking

such

experiences

as

that it

might

correct

previous

errors

and

accomplish complete preparation

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THE

FAST BEVEALED

for diviner

states

of

esistence

and

finally

enter

into thoae realms of

superior

opportuni-

ties

wherein

wisdom

obtains,

imltations

cease,

and

an

endless

chain of

deific infiuences

enables

spirit

o

realize

higher

correspondencea.

This World

may

be

compared

to

a

canvas

from which is

reflected

certain

purposes

or

infinite

designs.

What

appear

to

us

indefinite

is

clearlyperceivedby

advanced

intelligences

as

expreesions

r

modes of

absolute law and

Order.

Spiritual

laws

have,

in

these later

ages

of

advancing

eivilization,

een

more

definitely

ealized in

the

consciousness

of

man

than in

previousperiods,

and

as

r^ults

thereof

some

have

impereeptibly

grown

into

the likeness of those celestial

beings

who

per-

fectlyperceive

he divine

symphony

manifested

in

the

cosmic universe.

He

who

haa

escaped

the Kannas

created

through

material

occupa-

tions

and

desires,

nd haa

experienced

real

Spiritualransformation,

ay

trulyproclaim

in

the

image

of God created He him. And

the

posseesion

f this

image

in

the

conscious-ess

of

man

is

justly

desired,

or

it

is his

badge

of

sovereignty,

he evidence of bis divine

son-

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THE

FAST

REVEALED

ship,

more

perfect

and

permanent

than

any

title

deeds

to

lands and

houses,

which

are

but

copies

in

idea,

counterparts,

which

only

illns-

tr te

in

a

material

way

tbe infinite

spiritual

wealth

and

power.

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And God

saw

everything

tbat he

had

made, and,

behold,

it

was

very

good.

Genesis

1:31,

It is written

that God

saw

everything

that

He

had

made,

and all

was

good.

The

Infinite,

through

the

Law,

had

expressed

His

purpose

in

objective

manifestations,

and

the

results

were

perfect. Order,

the first

prineiple

of

Law,

had

succeeded conditions

of

chaos.

Land had

appeared

indicating

permanence

and

stability.

An animal

kingdom,

the flora

of the

earth,

the herb

and

tree

each

bearing

seed after its

kind,

had

responded

to

the

Im-ulse

of

Spirit,

so

related

as

to

require

no

more

than reference

here,

all natxiral evolu-

tions

accomplished

in the

eons

of

cycles

pre-

ceding

the advent of

physical

man.

ut

moat

important,

man now

impercepti-

bly began

to

perceive

necessity

that

he should

progress

from

his low

intellectxial and

spiritnal

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THE PA8T EEVEALED

condition,

n

order

to

secxire

higher

and

more

perfectcoirespondences,

ecessary

for

the

ac-

complishment

of bis

divine

destiny.

In fur-

therance

of

that

ptnpcee,

co perating

with

those

in

celestial

states,

in

this

cycle

of

time,

he

materia zed

a

physical

form,

which in

per-ect

adaptability

o

needs

has

proved

the

marvel

of

time.

These and

many

other

important

restilts

were

achieved,

the

smn

of

all

which

waa

good.

Since

that

remote

period,

the increase

of

spirit-

ual wisdom

has

enabled

intel%ent

persona

to

perceive

that

every

manifestation of the Law

has

always

been

perfect,and,

as a

corollary,

good.

When

the sixth

day

or

period

of

realization

dawned,

the

divine

human

consciousness,

he

Infinite

Principle,

mplanted

in

man

assumed

ita

rightfnl

control

of

the

physical

brain,

and

hecame

the

dominant,

intelUgent

principle,

throxigh

the

leadings

of which

he

has

since

asserted

Spiritual

upremacy

and

physical

con-rol

over

the lower ordere

of

life,

and

com-

pelled

them

to

serve

in such

employments

as

faave

advanced his material interests.

He,

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THE

P ST EEVEALED

endowed

with

great

superiorities,

aa

since

become the architect of

forms,

the

only

self-

coDsciouB

being

upon

earth.

Using

the

physicalbody

as

its

instnunent,

he haa

ah^ady

discovered

macy

laws of

chemistry

and methods

for their demonatra-

tion.

It

is reasonable

to

assume

that the

earth's

spiritually

reat

and

wise

ones

will

continue

to

expound tnith,

upon

planes

of human

understanding,according

to

the

needs of less advanced

humanity, thereby

aiding

its

upward

progress,

and

practically

demonstrating

the

fact that

spiritual

con-

sciousneas

m

the

rulingprinciple

n

all

stages

of

human

progress,

and

the

only

inteUigent

force

upon

this

earth,

as

it has

ever

been

recog-

nized in exalted

spheres

of illumination.

The divine

self-consciousness and

the

will,

its

counterpart,

have

always

been

and

must

continue

to

be the

Controlling

rinciple

n

all

struggles

nd conflicts

of

humanity

for

the

attainment of

better

conditions,

nd will

doubt-

less,

n

the future

more

perfectly

han

now,

con-

trol the

physicalbrain,

and

through it,

the

material

body, using

both

as

mstruments

for

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THE FAST EEVEALED

f

uller and

freer

exprrasion

of the divine

intui-

tions.

Wlien

more

perfect

conditions have

been

establiahed,

dvanced

intelligences

ay

more

freely

than

now

communicate with those

incamated in

physicalfonns,

and teach them

the wisdom

they

have

acquiredconceniing

he

tifinite

Spirit.

Previoua

to

the sixth

day

or

period

of

light,

many

forces afterwards

objectively

anifested

were

apparently

latent

or

moperative,

but

upon

its

advent the

purpxise

in

creation

was

more

fuUy revealed,

or

then,

in

a

partial

ay,

man

began

to

perceive

that the mandates

of the Law

were

absolute and enforced

by

ce-

lestial

agente

who had attained

great

wis-om,

having

realized

much

divine

prescience.

From

that

period

the illtmiinati

have faith-

fuUy

administered the

trust

reposed

in

them,

serving

as

vicegerenta

and executive

agents

of

the

Law, revealing

nto

wise

and

thought-

ful

persons

their

aceumulated

thesaiu'us of

wisdom,

limited

only by

man's

inability

o

fullycomprehend

that which

they

are ever

ready

to

impart.

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THE PA8T EEVEALED

hiB

relations

to

pbysical

laws

governing

the

earth,

for he then

came

into closer

contact

with

nature

and

might

from her

acquire

much xisefulwisdom.

In

a

very

limited

and

crude

way,

at

first,

e

began

to

question

her,

and

soxight

to

discover his material

relations

to

objective

environmenta. The

Impulse

in

1^

direction bas

ever

been

streng,

and

may

be in

part

accounted

for when

we

say

that the

best

repr sentatives

f his

type

had,

in

previ-

ous

States,

upon

otber

planets,

ade

some

prog-

ress

in

cognate

relations,

nd

upon

reeutrance

into

phj^ical

life

again responded

to

thcse

Impulses

of

spirit

which

previouslyrevailed.

Though

memory

reverted

not,

Intuition

led

on.

The

crowning

demonstration of

the Law's

perfection

as

illustrated

in

the sixth

cycle.

There

were

also

numberless

other manifesta-

tions

of

the Law

occurring

in

apparently

quick

succession

during

that

period,

and

so

expressed

in

objective

phenomena

as

to

ex-

cite the wonder

and

investigation

f

eucceed-

ing

generations

f

students

of

physical

science;

but

no

event

upon

any

plane

of

thought

or

imaginationequals

the

greatest

of all

revela-

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THE FAST BEVEALED

tions

of divine

forecouception

of

human

necessity,

he

materialization of

the

physical

form

through

the

Cooperation

of illumined

intelligences

ade

subject

to

the

control

of

the

spirit

within.

God

had

previously

aid,

Let

there

be

Ught:

and there

was

light. Now, however,

as

in

the

beginning

ordained,

the

period

had

com-

menced when

through gradual

bat

progres-ive

diacovery

f the

principlea

nherent

of

the

Law,

all elouds of

darkness

concealing

the

light

from the

imderstanding

of

man

might

be

dissipated,

nd

every

night

foUowed

by

a

moming

of

realization of

progress

in

discov-

ery

of

the

divine order.

AU

was

in

readiness

for

the

crowning

mani-

festation of the

Perfect Wisdom.

Let

man

rejoice,

he reverberations of bis

song

be

repeated

in the

heavens,

and

pro-

longed

through

the infinities of

space,

for

conditions

are

prepared

for

the realization

of

that divine

self-consciousness,

hich

will

en-

able bim

to

perceive

final realization of

all the

beatitudes of celestial life.

It

was

he

that

should discover

that the

Law describea

the

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THE PAST

EEVEALED

circle

of

this

planet,

nd defines the

conditions

of the earth's

existence,

urrounded

aa

it

is

by

numberless other

worlds,

which

during

eons

of

exKtence

have revolved in their

appropriate

spheres,

ithout

so

much

as a

fraction of time

in

Variation,

or

the Infinite

Spirit

in

the

begin-

ning

so

defined the universal

expression.

Who

can

or

should

stay

man

's

progress?

Nothing

imperfect

an ever

issue

from

a

reservoir of ab-olute

truth and wisdom. A

knowledge

of

the

Law will make

man

wise,

enable him

to

attain

bannonial

correspxindences

ith

tht^e

who

are

indeed free.

We

can now see

how

much

of it he has been able

so

f

ar

to

comprehend,

and

may

judge

the future

by

the

past.

He

has

not

yet

leamed its

principles

n

complete-

ness,

though

he

now

insensibly

eels that

there

are

divine

possibi tieswaiting

future realiza-

tion. While that is

essentially

rue,

he has

yet

to

leam that there

are

many

conditions

to

be

fulfilled

when

one

aapires

for

highest

honors,

much

more

to

be

accompliahed

than

has

yet

been

perceived

as

necessary.

There

is

a

fixed

System

of

rewards

and

penaltiesrelating

an

to two Btates

of

existence,

the

physical

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THE PAST EEVEALED

and

Spiritual,indicating

hat

he ia

a

f

ar

more

complex being

than would

at

first

ap-

pear,

and

that

he but

partiaUy

knows

himself.

The

resulting,

visible worid

of

efEects

was

most

wiaely

made the reflex of

another,

where

far

more

delicate conditions

prevail,

for the

govemment

of which

an

invisible,

ntaugible,

yet

an

all-powerful

ystem

or

series of

ays-

tetos

of

lawe,beyond

the limited

conception

of

man

in

bis firet

or

present estate,

have been

provided.

Not all

now,

but in due

time,

will

be revealed

in the

awakened

consciousness

more

and

more

conceming

the

next

State

of

existence

and

his

relations

to

it.

He will in

the

providence

of

things

leam

that

there

is

neither

first,

econd,

nor

sixth

day

in

spirit

Toyages

of

discovery,

and

that

time has been

completely

eliminated.

Many

other

provisions

f the Law not need-

ful

to

know,

in man's first

or

present

con-itions

of

life,

ill doubtless be discovered

after

he

has attained the wisdom

to

apply

the benefits

derivable

therefrom for

spiritual

progresB.

Tbis

earth,

at

the slxth

period,

when

man

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THE PA8T REVEALED

fiiat

materialized

upon

it

as a

physical

entity,

doubtless

appeared

to

him

a

blissful

place

of

abode, though

he

kuew

not

its laws

or

bis

relations thereto. It

was,

however,

bis

destiny

to

leara

much,

and

after

graduation

go

for-

ward,

prepared

for the

enjoyments

of the

higher

life. As

linder

the Law there

are

Spirit-al

as

well

as

ph}rsicalelations,ecessity

as

laid

upon

bim

to

reahze

truth,love,

and

beauty,

in

Order

to

evolve that

State

of

harmony

wherein

one

receives

foregleama

of

celestial

beatitudes

such

as are

enjoyed

by

those who

have discovered much

relating

o

the Divine

Principle,

nd have

as a

sequel

thereof

rea zed

many

illumlna,tions

of

spirit.

Thu8

the heavens and the

earth

were

finished,

and all the

host

of

them.

Ggnbsis

2

:

1.

The Infinite

Spirit

had

expressedthrougb

the

Law

tbe divine

foreconception

ll

in har^

monious manlfestation.

A

physical

world had

been

evolved,

a

world of

objectivities,

ov-

emed

by

a

perfectLaw,

and there had

beeu

established

a

series of

relations

in

respect

of

it,

so

that all

objective

creationa

were

visible

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THE FAST EEVEAIED

to

the

sight

of

man,

and the

purposes

of their

creation

concealed

from

him

only

by

the lim-ted

control of his

own

spirit

ver

the

physi-

cal

braiu,

its instnuuent for the

expression

of

thought.

Through

occult

laws,

man soon

leamed

to

diBcem

colors and different

sounds,

in

fact,

developedability

to

perceive

the relation

to

each other

of

many

physical

manifestations.

Only

he

couid

or

would

ever

attempt

to

dis-

cover

and

adapt

to

useful

ends

material

objects

in

infinity

f eombination.

Through

liis

aapirations

or

the

perfeetlight,

he

mighty

possibilitiee

f

spirit

within would be reaj-

ized.

In that

sixth

period,

o

far

as

needs

of

primitive

man were

then

concemed,

the

heavens

and the earth

were

finished,

nd he

80

organized

that his

desires

would increase

in

ratio

of

his

discovery

of the

means

to

grat-

ify

them. He then

went

forth

to

prove

the

divinity

of his

own

origin.

His

uncreate

spirit,

n

Cooperation

with celestial intelli-

gences,

hiid,

under the

Law,

defined

a

physi-al

body

or

vehicle for the

outworking

of

destiny,

ut from

the

be^nning

it had been

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THE

FAST

EEVEAIiED

ordained

that it

should

not

be

the

spirit's

er-anent

abiding

place,

and

in

harmony

witb

that purpose

it

was

molded

from

cbangeable

elements,

and

so

organized

tbat

if

he

obeyed

the

laws

governingit,peaceful

relations

would

be maintained

between it and the

spiritithin,

and

his

physical

capacity

for useful

labors

increased. Therefore the

study

of laws per-

taining

to

spiritual

nd

physical

relations

is

ot

firat

importance,

in

order that the visible

body

may

continue

to

fumish

a

suitable habita-

tion for the

invisible

spirit,

and that the

many

opportunities

or

material and

Spiritual

progress

offered whHe

upon

the earth

may

be

realized.

That the

physical

form

mhabited

by

the

spirit

should be

subjeeted

to

ite

control,

and

that health should be the reward of obedi-

ence

to

it,

was

then and

now

true.

Where

opportunities

for

one

to

leam

the

meaning

of,

and his relations

to,

such laws

had

for

any

reason

been denied

in

one

incamation,

another

and

possibly

many

other

retuma to

earth

were,

upon

the desire

of

applicanta,

made

possible.

Nature has

ever

been lavish in her

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And

on

the aeventh

day

God ended Iiis work

whlch

he bad

made;

aad he

rested

on

tbe seventh

day

from

all bis work which he had made.

Genesis

2

:

2.

Phekouenal creations

may

be said

to

have

passed

their meridian

in

the sbrth

cycle.

It

was

in this

period

that

the

Bpirit

man,

aided

by

advanced

inteUigences

of the

spirit

World,

materiahzed

physical

form for

inhabi-

tation,

while

outworking destiny

upon

earth,

which form

included,

as

ite

most

important

possession,

that marvel

of

dehcate mechan-

ism,

the

physical brain,

at

first

only

re-

Bponsive

to

exoteric

impressiona,

but dnce

developed

and

employed

by

the

spirit

for

the

expression

of

ite

complex

intmtions.

Through

its

wise

xise

man

has

reaUzed

superior

alert-

ness,

and

now

directs the

more

intelligent

portions

of

the

lower orders in the

promotion

of his material interesta.

Many

centuries

sub-

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THE

FAST REVE LED

sequent

to

the first Enaterialization of

form,

after

the

spirit

had

acqmred

for the

expres-

sion

of

thought

a

larger

control

over

the

or-

ganic

brain

than

was

at

first

possible,

an

began

to

make

important

discoveries in

the

realms

of

natural

law,

creating

ore

favorable

conditions of

physicalexistence,

nd

establish-

ing

many

useful industrira.

In

the

commence-

ment

of

bis earth lifebis

physical

sustenance

was

provided

for

by

the

constant

productions

of

the

eartb;

but

notwithstanding

uch

wise

arrangements,

he then

perceived

not

his

obligationa

and

relations

to

the

Law,

nor

could he have realized ite

perfection

ad

it

been

prociaimed

from the

higher

reahns

of

wisdom.

Considenng

what

has

been

accom-

plished.

n

the

various fields of human

effort,

one

might

infer

that

the

Law,

as

originally

ordained,possessed

n

independent

automatic

manifestingprinciple,hrough

the

Operation

of

which

Enan

must

needs,

in

due

season,

discover its

secrets,

and that he would

as

the

result of such discoveri i

perceive

the

limita-

tions of

his

own

spiritual

oirespondences

ith

its Author.

Whenever and wherever his dor-

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THE FAST EEVEALED

mant

perceptive

aculties have been

awakened,

eo as

to

comprehend

its

beneficent

piirposes

and effectual

Operation

in tlie

realms of

nature,

a more

perfect

consciauaneas of ite

perfection

has

been

realized.

Since the. sixth

cycle,

when

man

firet

ac-uired

physical

form

and

entered into the

field of material

affairs,

e

has,

in

a

certain

apparent

sense,

sustained

a

special

relation

to

the

Law,

and has

been

greatly

benefited

by

obeying

those

provisions

of

it which reiate

to

his

physical

eeds and

enjoyments.

In

later

periods,

he

has,

to

much

advantage,applied

for

personal

benefit its

occult

principles,

n-

herent

from

the

beginning,

ut

the

importance

of

which he

has

only

slowly

leamed

through

the

experiences

of fe.

His material form

was

created

subject

to

physicallaws,

and

when

disobedient

thereto,

he

has

-suffered

many

dlscords.

Through

such

suffering

he

has realized

some

of the

possibilities

f

his

many

and

complex attributes,radually

per-

ceiviog

he

necessity

hat he should

more

fully

understand his

relation

to

every

law

governing

the

planet

upon

which he is the

most

important

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THE PAST

EEVE liBD

factor and the

arbiter

of the

destiny

of the

lower

Orders.

Subject

to

the

impersonal

Law

and

impelledby

bis

own

intuitions,

e

now

aspires

to create

and direct the

course

o

material

affaira,

nd heneeforth

may

logieally,

in ratio of his

realization

of the diviue

prin^

ciple

within,hope

for

increase

of

dominion.

The Law with its infimte realities

continues,

and from the fact that

all

its

provisions

re

perfect,

ust

remain

unto

his

finita

perception

a

gradual,

constant

revelation

of

wisdom. One

naturallyinquires

hat

means

in lê

bînning

were

provided

for its

enforcement,

for it

was

not

a

livingentitypossessing

intuitional

fac-

ulties

capable

of

inspiringothers,

nor

did it

in

an

easiiycomprehended

language

intelli-

gently

espress

the

meaoing

and

object

of ito

existence. Man

only

conld

îritually

dis-

cem

relation

to

it

and

discover ite

purpose

and

benefita.

In

his

nidimentary

State

he

did

not

perceive

its

existence,

or

nndeistand

its mode of

action.

Wisdom,

required

or the

proper

understanding

f its

perfect

principles,

was

then

posseseedonly

by beings

in

states

of lumined

existence,

hose who had

passed

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THE PA8T BEVEALED

beyond

the

necessity

of further

experiences

in

material

states.

Let

na

endeavor,

by

the

light

ince that

period

evolved from

human

consciousness,

to

obtain

a

glimpse

of

the

original

rovisions

ade f

or

its

esecution.

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VI

And the Lord

God formed

man

of the dust of

tbe

ground,

and

breathed into im nostrils the

breatb of

life;

and

man

becatne

a

living

soul

Genesis

2

:

7.

It

had

previouely

been

said,

Let

us

make

man

in

our

image,

after

our

likeness,

which

will be

readily perceived

as

having

great

Spirit-al

significance,though

it

may

not

be assumed

from

the declaration

that

an

image

after the

likeness of the Infinite involved the

possession

of either

a

physical

counterpart

or

the wisdom

of

the Infinite. There

was,

after the

b^;in-

ning

of manifestations

of

the

Law,

an

influx

of

a

vast

number of

spiritual

beings,

many

of

whom

poasesBed

only

limited

powers

of

reason,

yet

in

some

r^pects

allied

imto

those attri-

butes

we are

wont to

ascribe

to

more

advanced

intelligences;

ut such

gifts,

however

spiritual

their

nature,

coxild

not

be

applied

to

useful

ends before the

possessors

thereof obtained

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THE FAST EEVEALED

material

forms and control of

physieal

bralns

for the

expression

of

ideas.

Though

man

in

all

the

different

stages

of

his

advancement

had

forever been

spirit,

the

masses

which

came

hither

were

only

very

limited

reflectors

of

the

Infinite

Spirit. They comprehended

not

that

there

was

a

boundleea reservoir of

wis-

dom,

drawing

from

which,

xmder

a

Perfect

Law,

they might subsequently

evolve

as

great

souls,

and

attain

wouderful

prograss

after

con-

ditiona

of existence had become

more

favor-

able

for

material

and

spiritual

research.

The

firet

duty

resting

upon

them

waa

the

creation

of

right phyaical

conditions for

a

proper

in-

vestigation

of the

numerous

manifestations

of

nature,

which,

correctly

imderstood,

would

en-

able

them

more

clearly

to

perceive

the Infinite

design

manifested in

creation. It

was

in the

beginning

possible,

and within the

scope

of

natural

law,

that certain

ones

wonld

perceive

great

benefits

to

be derived

from

the

oppor-

tunities of

a

new

world,

and would

apply

them

to

material

use

and

advantage.

Neces-

sity

for

conditions needful

for

investigation

of

spiritiial

truths became

more

apparent

after

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THE

FAST

REVBAiED

an ever

increasing

ontrol

over numerous

laws

governing

tbe material

conditions

of

the eartb.

There

now

appears

to

be

good grounds

for

tbe

Statement

tbat tbe manifeatation of Uwe

governing

tbe eartb

have,

from tbe

begbming,

been under executive dlrection of those who

have attained

to

advanced

correspondences,

and

that ezalted

poweis

are now

possessed

by

certain

ones,

once

denizens

of tbis

world.

Tbe attainment

of

great

illiunination enables

tiie

spirit

o

exercise functions

iucompreben-

sible

to

mortals. If the human

mind,

whicb

onlyimperfectly

eflects tbe

spirit,

an

invont

tbe

complex machineiy

of

a

watcb,

sbould

not

the

spirit

n

celestial

conditions,

itb its

poa-

sibilitiee,

inally

attain to

tbe control

and

understanding

f the laws

governing

a

planet?

When viewed in the

l^bt

of what

bas

already

been

diacovered

by

man

and

applied

to

prac-

tical

usffl

upon

this

plane

of

being,

cur

esti-

mate

of bis

capacity

for tbe realization

of

celestialwisdom

is

not

unreaaonable. Wben

we

consider

the wisdom that

some

persons

now

upon

tbe eartb have

acquired,

and

tbe

influencea

for

good

whicb

they

exert

against

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THE

PAST

EEVEALED

opposingforces,

nd

that

they

have

succeeded

in

establishing

tates

of

personal

freedom

that

permit

others

to

greatlyenlarge

the field

of

material

discoveries,

o

that

in

the future

use-

ful

knowledge

may

be the

common

inheritance

of

all,

and

employed

in fiuther

conquests,

we

Bhould

not

doubt

man's final

triumph

over

all

obstaclee.

In last

analysis

it will be found

that,practically,

here

is

no

limit

to

spiritual

conquests

in

allfieldsof

discovery,

nd

that it

is

really

demonstrabie

tnith that

as

the

spirit

aspires,

o

does it

inspire,

nd that it will

con-

tinue

through

the endless

eons

of

centxuies

to

progress

and

e^lore

those boundlese fieldsof

wisdom whieh the

Infinite

Spirit

has

made

possiblethrough

an

underatanding

of His

Law.

Then

in

a

spiritual

ense,

from

the

dust,signifying

he lower

manifestationa,

od

will be

Seen

to

have

breathed into

man

the

breath

of

life,

nd that he

is,indeed,

alHed

by correspondence

to

all

reality, living

soul

in

the f llest

sense

of that

tenn.

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vn

And the Lord

God

planted

a

garden

eastward

in

Eden;

and there he

put

the

man

whom he had

formed.

Genesis

2

:

8.

There have been for

many

centuries

ever

recurring

controversies

as

to

the

geographica

location

of

Eden,

but it

has been

reserved

for

those

endowed with

spiritualperception

to

dis-

cover

its real

place

and

the

mystical

truth

involved

in the

allegory.

To

an

incoDBiderate

reader the location would

appear

of

no

special importaoce,

for such

an one

wDuId

say

it

oever

had

any

existence,

except

in

the

Imagination

of

man.

Why

should

it

concem

ua

whether it

was

eastward,

westward,

or

any

other

point

of the

compass?

So

reason

the

thoughtlesa.

If

the

matter

is

to

be

judged

with

rrapect

of its

geo-

graphical location,

such

conclusioDS

are

correct,

but there is

a

spiritual significance

in

the

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THE FAST EEVEALED

allegoiy,

mportant

ideas

suggested

in

the

story

of the

garden

of Eden.

The efForte

of

man

in the

cultivation

of the

earth have

always

been best

rewarded when

he has

bestowed

upon

it

loving

labor,

and

retumed

to

it

those chemical

elementa

re-

quired

for the maintenance of ita

fertility

therebycausing

it

to

produce

the

food

supplies

requiredby

its inhabitants and

many

other

object

of

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