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closely resemble that of a refined product of a coarse idea, and the only method of deciding between degeneration and evolution would be the examination, if possible, of intermediate and remote ancestors. The evidence brought forward by believers in the Wisdom is of this kind. They allege: that the Founders of religions, judged by the records of their teachings, were far above the level of average humanity; that the Scriptures of religions contain moral precepts, sublime ideals, poetical aspirations, profound philosophical statements, which are not even approached in beauty and elevation by later writings in the same religions--that is, that the old is higher than the new, instead of the new being higher than the old; that no case can be shown of the refining and improving process alleged to be the source of current religions, whereas many cases of degeneracy from pure teachings can be adduced; that even among savages, if their religions be carefully studied, many traces of lofty ideas can be found, ideas whi
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" in the Gospels; 45
" in Egypt; 131
" in relation to Myth; 157
" Lesser; ix., 1, 22
" " and Prayer; 280
" " as to Bodies; 237
" " Teaching of; 251
" Names in Christianity; 47
" of Bacchus; 21, 27
" of Chaldรฆa, Egypt, Eleusis, Mithras, Orpheus, Samothrace,
Scythia; 21
" of God; 57
" of Jesus; 1, 42, 94
" of the Early Church; 69 et seq.
" of Magic, quoted; 157
" praised by Learned Greeks; 21
" Pseudo, and Sun-God Story; 167
" source of Mystic Learning; 108
" The; 171, 178
" taught, Post-mortem Existence; 21
" The True; 179
" The Christ of the; 184
" Theory of the; 22
" withdrawn; 108
Mystic Christ, The; 170
" " Twofold; 178
" Vesture, The; 138
Mythic Christ, The; 145
Myth, Meaning of; 152, 153
" Solar; 156
Mythology Comparative; 147
Natural and Spiritual Bodies; 232
" Bodyโof St. Paul; 237
Natural Body, The; 235 et seq.
Need for Graded Religion; 14
Neoplatonists; 29, 112
Newman, Cardinal, quoted; 103 et seq.
" Recognises a Secret Tradition; 104
New Testament Proofs of Esotericism; 42 et seq.
Nicene Creed; 181
Nicolas of Basel; 114
Noachian Deluge; 19
Nous Demiurgos of Plato; 255
Numbers, Book of, quoted; 270
Object of all Religions; 3
Occult Experts; 127
" Knowledge, Danger of; 16
" Records; 18
" " and the Gospels; 129
" side of Nature; 279
" use of Sounds; 334
Old Testament Allegories; 121
One Existence, The; 253
One, The, Three aspects of; 262
" " Manifest; 261
Origen Against Celsus; 88 et seq.
" " "; 95
" on the Need of Wisdom; 99
" " Mysteries; 89
" " Scriptures; 372
" " Tower of Babel; 97
" referred to; 44
" Shining Light of Learning; 87
Orpheus, Mead's, quoted; 28, 29, 30, 114
Owen on Atonement; 197
Pantรฆnus; 73, 74
Paracelsus; 115
Paradise; 242
Path of Discipleship; 174
Philippians, Epistle to, quoted; 62
Physical Ailments final expression of Karma; 310
Physical Body, Changes in; 243
" Material in Sacraments; 340
Pilgrimages, Rationale of; 382
Pistis Sophia, quoted; 46, 138, 139, 302 et seq.,
319 et seq., 340
" " referred to; 137
Plato's Cave; 153
Plato initiated in Egypt; 21
Platonists of Cambridge; 116
Plotinus, Dying Words of; 31
" referred to; 23
" Mead's, quoted; 31
Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna; 70
Popular Christianity, Mistake of; vii.
" Denial of Esoteric Christianity; 1
Porphyry, quoted; 27, 54
Prayer; 276
" Answers to; 277
" as Will; 285
" Class Bโgeneral principle; 292
" Failure of; 287
" for Spiritual Enlightenment; 291
" for the Student of Lesser Mysteries; 296
" Highest form of; 293
" Puzzling Facts as to; 277
Prayers classified; 278
Probationary Path, The; 247
"Proclaim upon the houses"โMystical meaning; 79
Proclus, Teaching of; 26, 29, 51
Psalms, quoted; 5, 299
Pseudo-Mysteries and Sun-God Drama; 167
Pupils of the Apostles; 70
Purgatory; 242
Purification; 244
Pythagoras, referred to; 28
" in India; 31
Pythagorean School, Discipline of; 29, 30
Qualifications of Disciple; 175
Quietists, The; 116
Regions of the Invisible Worlds; 239
Re-incarnation; 239
Religion, Need for graded; 14
Religion of Ancient Persians, quoted; 347
Religions, Common origin of; 7
" Custodians of Sacred Books; 369
" Essentials of; 4
" fitted for Stages of Growth; 13
" Object of all; 3
" Source of all; 7
Religious Founders; 10
" Scriptures; 10
" Teachers; 9
Resurrection and Solar Myth; 231, 250
" Body; 240
" of the Christ; 249
" of the Dead; 62
" TheโPart of Lesser Mysteries; 231
Revelation; 369
" Fragments of in Sacred Books; 370
" in Cypher; 370
" of Deity in Kosmos; 375
Revelations, Book of, quoted; 50, 63, 66, 249, 263,
292, 322, 331
Revolt against Dogma; 38
Roman Empire dying; 107
Romans, Epistle to, quoted; 82, 363
Rosenkreutz Christian; 117
Ruling Angel of Jews; 96, 98
Ruysbroeck; 115
Sacrament, a kind of crucible; 326
" a Pictorial Allegory; 325
" Change in substance at; 343
" link between Visible and Invisible; 326, 327
" of Baptism; 347
" of Eucharist; 347
" of Marriage; 347, 364
" of Penance; 340
Sacraments; 324
" Angels connected with; 343
" defined in Church Catechism; 329
Sacraments, Gestures used in; 338
" in all Religions; 324
" Lost at Reformation; 327
" Mantrams in; 338
" of Christian Church; 327
" Peculiar Characteristics; 324
" Seven, of Christianity; 327, 346
" Signs, Seals, or Sigils in; 339
" "Substance" and "Accidents" of; 361
" Twofold Nature of; 324 et seq.
" Two, In Protestant Communities; 328, 346
Sacred Places and Objects; 380
Sacred Quaternery, The; 261
Sacrifice as Joy; 210 et seq.
" Law of; 201
" " Four Stages in; 212
" Lessons in; 212 et seq.
" of Jesus; 133
Saint Bonaventura; 112
" Elizabeth; 113
" Francois de Sales; 116
" John of the Cross; 116
" John's Gospel, quoted; x., 46, 52, 53, 54, 56, 103, 132, 133,
134, 137, 177, 180, 216, 240, 246, 250, 262, 270, 273, 292, 382
" Paul, quoted; 55 et seq., 124, 184
" Paul an Initiate; 61
" " and Mysteries; 57
" " and Timothy; 59, 69
" " on Allegory; 66
" Peter, quoted; 194
" Teresa; 116
" Timothy, referred to; 59
Samuel, Book of, quoted; 33
Savage Deities; 11
Savages as Descendants of Civilisation; 12
Saviour, The True; 219 et seq.
Sayings of Jesus; 53, 54, 301
Scientific Analysis of Vehicles; 237
Search for God, The; 5
Secret Teachings of Jesus; 90
" Tradition recognised by Newman; 104
Second Birth; 185, 247
Sepher Yetzirah, quoted; 34
Sharpe's Egyptian Mythology, quoted; 259
Shvetรขshvataropanishat, quoted; 32
"Sign of Power"; 339
Society of Friends;
" in the Gospels; 45
" in Egypt; 131
" in relation to Myth; 157
" Lesser; ix., 1, 22
" " and Prayer; 280
" " as to Bodies; 237
" " Teaching of; 251
" Names in Christianity; 47
" of Bacchus; 21, 27
" of Chaldรฆa, Egypt, Eleusis, Mithras, Orpheus, Samothrace,
Scythia; 21
" of God; 57
" of Jesus; 1, 42, 94
" of the Early Church; 69 et seq.
" of Magic, quoted; 157
" praised by Learned Greeks; 21
" Pseudo, and Sun-God Story; 167
" source of Mystic Learning; 108
" The; 171, 178
" taught, Post-mortem Existence; 21
" The True; 179
" The Christ of the; 184
" Theory of the; 22
" withdrawn; 108
Mystic Christ, The; 170
" " Twofold; 178
" Vesture, The; 138
Mythic Christ, The; 145
Myth, Meaning of; 152, 153
" Solar; 156
Mythology Comparative; 147
Natural and Spiritual Bodies; 232
" Bodyโof St. Paul; 237
Natural Body, The; 235 et seq.
Need for Graded Religion; 14
Neoplatonists; 29, 112
Newman, Cardinal, quoted; 103 et seq.
" Recognises a Secret Tradition; 104
New Testament Proofs of Esotericism; 42 et seq.
Nicene Creed; 181
Nicolas of Basel; 114
Noachian Deluge; 19
Nous Demiurgos of Plato; 255
Numbers, Book of, quoted; 270
Object of all Religions; 3
Occult Experts; 127
" Knowledge, Danger of; 16
" Records; 18
" " and the Gospels; 129
" side of Nature; 279
" use of Sounds; 334
Old Testament Allegories; 121
One Existence, The; 253
One, The, Three aspects of; 262
" " Manifest; 261
Origen Against Celsus; 88 et seq.
" " "; 95
" on the Need of Wisdom; 99
" " Mysteries; 89
" " Scriptures; 372
" " Tower of Babel; 97
" referred to; 44
" Shining Light of Learning; 87
Orpheus, Mead's, quoted; 28, 29, 30, 114
Owen on Atonement; 197
Pantรฆnus; 73, 74
Paracelsus; 115
Paradise; 242
Path of Discipleship; 174
Philippians, Epistle to, quoted; 62
Physical Ailments final expression of Karma; 310
Physical Body, Changes in; 243
" Material in Sacraments; 340
Pilgrimages, Rationale of; 382
Pistis Sophia, quoted; 46, 138, 139, 302 et seq.,
319 et seq., 340
" " referred to; 137
Plato's Cave; 153
Plato initiated in Egypt; 21
Platonists of Cambridge; 116
Plotinus, Dying Words of; 31
" referred to; 23
" Mead's, quoted; 31
Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna; 70
Popular Christianity, Mistake of; vii.
" Denial of Esoteric Christianity; 1
Porphyry, quoted; 27, 54
Prayer; 276
" Answers to; 277
" as Will; 285
" Class Bโgeneral principle; 292
" Failure of; 287
" for Spiritual Enlightenment; 291
" for the Student of Lesser Mysteries; 296
" Highest form of; 293
" Puzzling Facts as to; 277
Prayers classified; 278
Probationary Path, The; 247
"Proclaim upon the houses"โMystical meaning; 79
Proclus, Teaching of; 26, 29, 51
Psalms, quoted; 5, 299
Pseudo-Mysteries and Sun-God Drama; 167
Pupils of the Apostles; 70
Purgatory; 242
Purification; 244
Pythagoras, referred to; 28
" in India; 31
Pythagorean School, Discipline of; 29, 30
Qualifications of Disciple; 175
Quietists, The; 116
Regions of the Invisible Worlds; 239
Re-incarnation; 239
Religion, Need for graded; 14
Religion of Ancient Persians, quoted; 347
Religions, Common origin of; 7
" Custodians of Sacred Books; 369
" Essentials of; 4
" fitted for Stages of Growth; 13
" Object of all; 3
" Source of all; 7
Religious Founders; 10
" Scriptures; 10
" Teachers; 9
Resurrection and Solar Myth; 231, 250
" Body; 240
" of the Christ; 249
" of the Dead; 62
" TheโPart of Lesser Mysteries; 231
Revelation; 369
" Fragments of in Sacred Books; 370
" in Cypher; 370
" of Deity in Kosmos; 375
Revelations, Book of, quoted; 50, 63, 66, 249, 263,
292, 322, 331
Revolt against Dogma; 38
Roman Empire dying; 107
Romans, Epistle to, quoted; 82, 363
Rosenkreutz Christian; 117
Ruling Angel of Jews; 96, 98
Ruysbroeck; 115
Sacrament, a kind of crucible; 326
" a Pictorial Allegory; 325
" Change in substance at; 343
" link between Visible and Invisible; 326, 327
" of Baptism; 347
" of Eucharist; 347
" of Marriage; 347, 364
" of Penance; 340
Sacraments; 324
" Angels connected with; 343
" defined in Church Catechism; 329
Sacraments, Gestures used in; 338
" in all Religions; 324
" Lost at Reformation; 327
" Mantrams in; 338
" of Christian Church; 327
" Peculiar Characteristics; 324
" Seven, of Christianity; 327, 346
" Signs, Seals, or Sigils in; 339
" "Substance" and "Accidents" of; 361
" Twofold Nature of; 324 et seq.
" Two, In Protestant Communities; 328, 346
Sacred Places and Objects; 380
Sacred Quaternery, The; 261
Sacrifice as Joy; 210 et seq.
" Law of; 201
" " Four Stages in; 212
" Lessons in; 212 et seq.
" of Jesus; 133
Saint Bonaventura; 112
" Elizabeth; 113
" Francois de Sales; 116
" John of the Cross; 116
" John's Gospel, quoted; x., 46, 52, 53, 54, 56, 103, 132, 133,
134, 137, 177, 180, 216, 240, 246, 250, 262, 270, 273, 292, 382
" Paul, quoted; 55 et seq., 124, 184
" Paul an Initiate; 61
" " and Mysteries; 57
" " and Timothy; 59, 69
" " on Allegory; 66
" Peter, quoted; 194
" Teresa; 116
" Timothy, referred to; 59
Samuel, Book of, quoted; 33
Savage Deities; 11
Savages as Descendants of Civilisation; 12
Saviour, The True; 219 et seq.
Sayings of Jesus; 53, 54, 301
Scientific Analysis of Vehicles; 237
Search for God, The; 5
Secret Teachings of Jesus; 90
" Tradition recognised by Newman; 104
Second Birth; 185, 247
Sepher Yetzirah, quoted; 34
Sharpe's Egyptian Mythology, quoted; 259
Shvetรขshvataropanishat, quoted; 32
"Sign of Power"; 339
Society of Friends;
117
Solar Gods; 160
" Myth, Root of; 178
Sopater, quoted; 21
SophiaโThe Wisdom; 138
SoulโDual; 233
Sound and Form in the Invisible Worlds; 333
Sound, Occult use of; 334
Source of Religions; 7
Spirit and Matter; 367
Spirit threefold; 233
" manifested as triple Self; 330
Spiritual Body, Divisions
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