awakened soul stage; then, one must live in the consciousness of Soul, instead of in the realm of mental consciousness, which has now served its purpose. Mind Consciousness must be supplanted by Soul Consciousness. Realization is transferred from the intellectual center to the Supreme Center in the temple of God.

40. One of the two which heard John speak, and followed him, was Andrew, Simon Peter's brother.

41. He first findeth his own brother Simon, and saith unto him, We have found the Messias, which is, being interpreted, the Christ.

If Andrew had not used the awakened mind for the building of a Soul, for its Illumination, he could not have recognized the Christ; for no man can know the Christ except the one who finds the Christ.

The awakened mind had served its purpose, and Andrew had become Soul Conscious; he had attained the consciousness that recognizes God within the temple.

42. And he brought him to Jesus. And when Jesus beheld him, he said, Thou art Simon the son of Jona: thou shalt be called Cephas, which is by interpretation, a Stone.

A stone or rock is always the same.

To build upon a

rock is to have a firm foundation. In the work of Illumination, the foundation stone is obedience, and Simon means "to obey."

43. The day following Jesus would go forth into Galilee, and findeth Philip, and saith unto him, Follow me. Philip means 'one who loves."

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44. Now Philip was of Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter.

Bethsaida means "the house from which is brought forth," and may represent the physical man in which the Christ may be brought forth.

45. Philip findeth Nathanael, and saith unto him, We have found him, of whom Moses in the law, and the prophets, did write, Jesus of Nazareth, the son of Joseph.

Nathanael means "that which is from God." Through Love (which is of God), we can, if we will, make the body (which is the house of production) bring forth the Christ (which is from the Father, from God).

46. And Nathanael said unto him, Can there any good thing come out of Nazareth? Philip saith unto him, Come and see.

Can any good come out of that which represents the body, that which seems to do only with generation (for Nazareth means "the house which produces") ?

Only when generation, or the principle of generation, is used for regeneration, can there come forth that which is to live, that which is eternal.

Jesus, the body of flesh, came forth from the house of production which is Nazareth. But this same Jesus, itself a house of production, when living the life of love, or regeneration, will bring forth the Christ, which is from God.

Out of the body, which seems vile and degraded, must come that which is glorious and immortal, just as the lily, purest of flowers, has its root in the bed of slime.

47. Jesus saw Nathanael coming to him, and saith of him, Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile!

Nathanael was free from the darkness that enshrouded the Israelites. He was not possessed of the ignorance and therefore the self-righteousness of his kind. In him there dwelt love which is of God.

48. Nathanael saith unto him, Whence knowest thou me? Jesus answered and said unto him, Before that Philip called thee, when thou wast under the fig tree, I saw thee.

He that lives in love, though still following the laws of generation, will be known at once by those who have under

standing; for the love in the heart manifests through the whole being. None who possess love can conceal it; none who possess hate in the heart can conceal it; it manifests whether we will or not.

49. Nathanael answered and saith unto him, Rabbi, thou art the Son of God; thou art the King of Israel.

Love in the heart of Nathanael (that which is from God) had accomplished its work and had awakened Soul Consciousness; and he knew the Son of God without being told by anyone. Illumination always brings knowledge; and the greater the Illumination, the greater the knowledge.

50. Jesus answered and said unto him, Because I said unto thee, I saw thee under the fig tree, believest thou? thou shalt see greater things than these.

Through doing little things, we develop power to do greater. Works begin in faith; but, as our works show results, faith as such is no longer necessary. Faith has given way to knowledge; or, faith has become knowledge; and, through knowledge, it is possible to do still greater things.

As we continue in the path of obedience to the Christ Ideal, the light of truth illumines our way more and more; the warmth of love gives us more and more fervor; and the chemic quality of a masterful will transmutes more and more thoroughly the undesirable tendencies of our natures into desirable and, eventually, if we persevere and remain steadfast, Illumination of Soul results.

51. And he saith unto him, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending upon the Son of man. Heaven is within us, within the temple wherein dwells the living God. When the body has become free from animal desires, Illumination comes; and, through Illumination of Soul, we find heaven, or the state of peace.

Heaven is not a place, but a state of being. Before we can know heaven, we must cleanse the temple so that it may

be a fit dwelling place for God. When God dwells therein, we shall see heaven open; for we see the Light therein. Unless heaven is open, unless the doors of the temple are unsealed and the veil rent in twain, we can not see the Light that burns on the Altar in the Temple.

LESSON SEVEN

Where there is no mind there can be no Soul, because there is nothing wherewith to build the soul.

St. John 2:1-17.

1. And the third day there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and the mother of Jesus was there:

2. And both Jesus was called, and his disciples, to the mar

riage.

3. And when they wanted wine, the mother of Jesus saith unto him, They have no wine.

4. Jesus saith unto her, Woman, what have I to do with thee? Mine hour is not yet come.

Jesus had nothing to do with material wine at a wedding feast where there was giving in marriage. His work was to teach the greater marriage, that of the Soul with the Father.

5. His mother saith unto the servants, Whatsoever he saith unto you, do it.

That which the divine laws teach us we must do if we desire the fruits that come to man through obedience. Unless we heed the dictates of the higher teachings, we cannot reap the benefits therefrom; rather, we must reap the punishment that disobedience causes. Whatsoever the Voice Within saith unto you, do it.

6. And there were set there six waterpots of stone, after the manner of the purifying of the Jews, containing two or three firkins apiece.

7. Jesus saith unto them, Fill the waterpots with water.

And they filled them up to the brim.

8. And he saith unto them, Draw out now, and bear unto the governor of the feast. And they bare it.

9. When the ruler of the feast had tasted the water that was made wine, and knew not whence it was: (but the servants which drew the water knew;) the gover

nor of the feast called the bridegroom,

10. And saith unto him, Every man at the beginning doth set forth good wine; and when men have well drunk, then that which is worse: but thou hast kept the good wine until now.

Water represents the mind and the mental forces. Wine is always a representation of Life, or that which is Spiritual, or that which belongs to the Soul.

To obey him means to use the mind and the mental forces, the thoughts and the will, in such a way as to transmute, to draw up, the physical and the mental energies so that they become "wine." Unless we obey the Divine Law, unless we do whatsoever the Law of Love and Truth indicates, there can be no good results. "The jugs"—that is, our body-must be filled, the mind must be whole, or complete; then we must use the mind in such a way as to draw up these forces. When we do this according to the Divine Law, they "the waters"-are transmuted into "wine." In other words, the mental forces have been changed into Soul forces. This narrative is a beautiful parable of the spiritual process of Transmutation. It refers to the true Alchemy, or Spiritual Chemistry-the art of transforming undesirable tendencies of character into Christ-like graces of heart.

The bridegroom is he who has accomplished the work. He has wedded. The Soul, through its Illumination, or Awakening, has become one with the Father; it is become the Christ, the Son of God.

In this work, the mind forces, or "the worse wine," are used first in order that "the good wine," or the results of transmutation, may be last.