Chapter 10 THE CONDITIONS OF DISCIPLESHIP

The conditions of entrance into an occult school are not of a nature to be formulated in an arbitrary way by anyone. They are the natural outcome of occult knowledge. Just as a man will never become a painter if he does not choose to handle a paintbrush, so can no one receive occult training if he is unwilling to fulfil the claims which are put forward by the occult teacher. In fact, the teacher can give nothing but advice, and it is as such that everything he states ought to be considered. He has already trodden the probationary path which leads to the knowledge of higher worlds.

From experience he knows what is necessary, and it all depends on the free will of each particular person whether he chooses to follow the same path or not. If anyone, without intending to satisfy the conditions, should demand occult training from a teacher, such a demand would be equivalent to saying: "Teach me to paint, but do not ask me to handle a brush." The occult teacher never goes a step further, unless it be in accord with the free will of the recipient. It must be emphasized that a general wish for higher knowledge is not sufficient, yet many will probably have but such a weak desire. For him who has merely this vague idea, and is not prepared to accept the special conditions of the occult teacher, the latter, for the present, can do nothing. This ought to be kept in mind by those who complain that occult teachers do not "meet them half way." He who cannot, or will not, fulfil the severe conditions necessary, must for the time abandon occult training. It is true that the conditions are, indeed, hard, and yet they are not severe since their fulfilment not only ought to be, but must be, an altogether voluntary deed.

To him who does not remember this it is easy for the claims of the occult teacher to seem a coercion of the soul or the conscience; for the training here mentioned is founded on a development of the inner life, and it is the work of the teacher to give advice concerning it. And yet, if something be demanded as the result of free choice, it cannot be considered as a fetter. If anyone says to the teacher: "Give me your secrets, but leave me my customary feelings and thoughts," he is then making an impossible demand. Such an one desires no more than to satisfy his curiosity and thirst for sensations, so that by one who takes an attitude like this, occult knowledge can never be obtained.

Let us now consider in their right order the conditions of discipleship. It should be emphasized that the complete fulfilment of any one of these conditions is by no means demanded, but only the effort to gain such fulfilment. No one can at first reach these high ideals, but the path which leads to their fulfilment may be entered by everyone. It is the will that matters, the attitude taken when entering the path.

1. The first condition is the directing of the attention to the advancement of bodily and spiritual health. Of course, discipleship does not in the first place depend on the health of a man, but everyone can endeavor to improve in this respect, and only from a healthy man may proceed a healthy perception. No occult teacher would refuse a man who is not healthy, but it is demanded that the pupils should have the desire for a healthy life. In this respect he must attain the greatest possible independence. The good counsels of others, which, though generally unsought, are received by everybody, are as a rule superfluous. Each must endeavor to take care of himself. From the physical aspect it will be more a matter of warding off harmful influences than of anything else. For in carrying out one's duty one has often to do things which are disadvantageous to health. One must learn how, at the right moment, to place duty higher than the care of health; but with a little good-will, what is there that cannot be omitted? Duty must in many cases be accounted higher than health, indeed, if need be, higher than life itself, but the disciple must never put pleasure as high as either one of these. Pleasure for him can be only a means to health and life, and in respect to this it is absolutely necessary that we should be quite honest and truthful with ourselves. It is of no avail to lead an ascetic life so long as it is born of motives like those that give rise to other enjoyments. There are people who find satisfaction in asceticism, as do others in wine-bibbling, but they must not imagine that asceticism of this kind will assist them to attain the higher knowledge. Many ascribe to their unfavorable circumstances everything which apparently prevents them from making progress in this direction. They say that with their conditions of life they cannot develop themselves to any great extent. For other reasons it may be desirable for many to change their conditions of life, but no one need do so for the purpose of occult training. For this it is only necessary that one should do for one's health so much as one finds possible in the position one holds. Every kind of work may serve the whole of humanity, and it is a surer sign of greatness in the human soul to perceive clearly how necessary for the whole is a petty-perhaps even an unlovely-employment than to think: "This work is not good enough for me: I am destined for something else."

It is especially important for the disciple to strive after complete spiritual health. In any case, an unhealthy emotional or thought-life leads one away from the path of higher knowledge. The foundations here consist of clear, calm thinking, reliable conceptions, and stable feelings. Nothing should be more alien to the disciple than an inclination toward a whimsical, excitable life, toward nervousness, intoxication, and fanaticism. He should acquire a healthy outlook on all circumstances of life; he should go through life steadily and should let things act on him and speak to him in all tranquillity. Wherever it is possible he should endeavor to do justice to life. Everything in his tastes and criticisms which is one-sided or extravagant ought to be avoided. If this be not so, the disciple will strand himself in a world of his own imagination, instead of attaining the higher worlds, and in place of truth his own favorite opinions will assert themselves. It is better for the disciple to be "matter-of-fact" than overwrought and fanciful.

2. The second condition is that one should feel oneself as a link in the general life. Much is included in the fulfilment of this condition, but each can only fulfil it after his own manner. If I am a school teacher and my pupil does not answer what is desired of him, I must first direct my feeling not against the pupil but to myself. I ought to feel myself so much at one with my pupil that I ask myself: "May not that in the pupil which does not satisfy my demand be perhaps the result of my own faults?" or if perchance it be his unconscious, or even vicious error, as teacher, instead of directing my feelings against him, I shall rather cogitate on the way in which I myself ought to behave, or in kindness show him what is right, so that he may in the future be better able to satisfy my demands. From such a manner of thinking there will come gradually a change over the whole mental attitude. This holds good for the smallest as well as for the greatest. From this point of view I look on a criminal, for instance, altogether differently from the way I should have looked upon him of old. I suspend my judgment and think to myself: "I am only a man as he is. Perhaps the education which, owing to favorable circumstances, has been mine, and nothing else, has saved me from a similar fate." I may even come to the conclusion that if the teachers who took pains with me had done the same for him, this brother of mine would have been quite different. I shall reflect on the fact that something which has been withheld from him has been given to me, and that I may, perhaps, owe my goodness to the fact that he has been thus deprived of it. And then will it no longer be difficult to grasp the conception that I am a link in the whole of humanity, and that consequently I, too, in part, bear the responsibility for everything that happens. By this it is not implied that such a thought should be translated immediately into external action. It should be quietly cultivated in the soul. It will then express itself gradually in the outward behavior of a person, and in such matters each can begin only by reforming himself. It were futile, from such a standpoint, to make general claims on all humanity. It is easy to form an idea of what men ought to be, but the disciple works, not on the surface, but in the depths. And, therefore, it would be wrong if one should endeavor to bring these demands of the occult teacher into relation with any external or political claims. As a rule, political agitators know well what can be demanded of other people, but they say little of demands on themselves.

3. Now with these demands on ourselves the third condition for occult training is intimately connected. The student must be able to realize the idea that his thoughts and feelings are as important for the world as his deeds. It must be recognized that it is as pernicious to hate a fellow-being as to strike him. One can then discern also that by perfecting oneself one accomplishes something not only for oneself but for the whole world. The world profits by pure thoughts and feelings as much as by one's good behavior, and so long as one cannot believe in this world-wide importance of the inner Self, one is not fit for discipleship. One is permeated with a true conception of the soul's importance, only when one works at this inner Self as if it were at least as important as all external things. It must be admitted that one's feelings produce an effect as much as the action of the hand.

4. In so saying we have already mentioned the fourth condition: the idea that the real being of man does not lie in the exterior but in the interior. He who regards himself as merely a product of the outer world, a result of the physical world, cannot succeed in this occult training. But he who is able to realize this conception is then also able to distinguish between inner duty and external success. He learns to recognize that the one cannot at once be measured by the other. The student must learn for himself the right position between what is demanded by his external conditions and what he recognizes to be the right conduct for himself. He ought not to force upon his environment anything for which it can have no appreciation, but at the same time he must be altogether free from the desire to do merely what can be appreciated by those around him. In his own sincere and wisdom-seeking soul, and only there, must he look for the recognition of his truths. But from his environment he must learn as much as he possibly can, so that he may discern what those around him need, and what is of use to them. In this way he will develop within himself what is known in Occultism as the "spiritual balance." On one side of the scales there lies a heart open for the needs of the outward world, and on the other lies an inner fortitude and an unfaltering endurance.

5. And here, again, we have hinted at the fifth condition: firmness in the carrying out of any resolution when once it has been made. Nothing should induce the disciple to deviate from any such resolution once it is formed, save only the perception that he has made a mistake. Every resolution is a force, and even if such a force does not produce immediate effect on the point at which it was directed, nevertheless it works in its own way. Success is of great importance only when an action arises from desire, but all actions which are rooted in desire are worthless in relation to the higher worlds. There the love expended on an action is alone of importance. In this love, all that impels the student to perform an action ought to be implanted. Thus he will never grow weary of again and again carrying out in action some resolution, even though he has repeatedly failed. And in this way he arrives at the condition in which he does not first count on the external effect of his actions, but is contented with the doing of them. He will learn to sacrifice for the world his actions, nay, more, his whole being, without caring at all how his sacrifice may be received. He who wishes to become a disciple must declare himself ready for such a sacrifice, such an offering.

6. A sixth condition is the development of a sense of gratitude with regard to everything which relates to Man. One must realize that one's existence is, as it were, a gift from the entire universe. Only consider all that is needed in order that each of us may receive and maintain his existence! Consider what we owe to Nature and to others than ourselves! Those who desire an occult training must be inclined toward thoughts like these, for he who cannot enter into such thoughts will be incapable of developing within himself that all-inclusive love which it is necessary to possess before one can attain to higher knowledge. That which we do not love cannot manifest itself to us. And every manifestation must fill us with gratitude, or we ourselves are not the richer for it.

7. All the conditions here set forth must be united in a seventh: to regard life continually in the manner demanded by these conditions. The student thus makes it possible to give to his life the stamp of uniformity. All his many modes of expression will, in this way, be brought into harmony, and cease to contradict each other. And thus he will prepare himself for the peace which he must attain during the preliminary steps of his training.

If a person intend, earnestly and sincerely, to fulfil the conditions mentioned above, he may then address himself to a teacher of Occultism. The latter will then be found ready to give the first words of counsel. Any external formality will consist of giving to these conditions a complete expression, a knowledge of which can only be imparted orally to each individual candidate. Since everything interior must manifest itself in an exterior way, they teach a very important lesson. Even as a picture cannot be said to be here, when it exists only in the brain of the painter, so, too, there cannot be an occult training without an external expression.

External forms are regarded as worthless by those only who do not know that the internal must find expression in the external. It is true that it is the spirit and not the form that really matters; but just as the form is void without the spirit, so would the spirit remain inactive as long as it could not create a form.

The stipulated conditions are so designed that they may render the disciple strong enough to fulfil the further demands which the teacher must make. If he be faulty in the fulfilment of these conditions, then before each new demand he will stand hesitating. Without this fulfilment he will be lacking in that faith in man which it is necessary for him to possess; for on faith in man and a genuine love for man, all striving after truth must be founded. And the love of man must be slowly widened out into a love for all living creatures, nay, indeed, for all existence. He who fails to fulfil the conditions here given will not possess a perfect love for all up-building, for all creation, nor a tendency to abstain from all destruction and annihilation as such. The disciple must so train himself that, not in deeds only, but also in words, thoughts and feelings, he will never destroy anything for the sake of destruction. He must find his pleasure in the growing and creating aspect of things, and is only justified in assisting the apparent destruction of anything when, by such readjustment, he is able to promote a greater life. Let it not be thought that, in so saying, it is implied that the disciple may allow the triumph of evil, but rather that he must endeavor to find, even in the bad, those aspects through which he may change it into good. He will see more and more clearly that the best way to combat imperfection and evil is by the creation of the perfect and the good. The student knows that nothing can come from nothing, but also that the imperfect may be changed into the perfect. He who develops in himself the tendency to create, will soon find the capacity for facing the evil.

He who enters an occult school must be quite sure that his intention is to construct and not to destroy. The student ought, therefore, to bring with him the will for sincere and devoted work, and to this end he ought to be capable of great devotion, for one should be anxious to learn what one does not yet know; he should look reverently on that which discloses itself. Work and devotion,-these are the fundamental attributes which must be claimed from the disciple. Some will have to discover that they do not make real progress in the school, even if in their own opinion they are unceasingly active; they have not grasped in the right manner the meaning of work and meditation. That kind of learning which is undertaken without meditation will advance the student least, and the work which is done for selfish returns will be the least successful. In the love of work, the love to do better work; yes, the love to do perfect work, is the quality which unfolds occult power; and in qualifying for better things one need give little heed for greater returns. If he who is learning seeks for wholesome thoughts and sound judgment, he need not spoil his devotion with doubts and suspicions.

The fact that one does not oppose some communication which has been made, but gives to it due attention and even sympathy, does not imply a lack of independent judgment. Those who have arrived at a somewhat advanced stage of knowledge are aware that they owe everything to a quiet attention and assimilation, and not to a stubborn personal judgment. One should always remember that he does not need to learn what he is already able to understand. Therefore, if one desires only to judge, he is apt to cease learning. What is of importance in an occult school, however, is study: one ought to desire, with heart and soul, to be a student: if one cannot understand something it is far better not to judge, lest one wrongly condemn; far wiser to wait for a true understanding. The higher one climbs up the ladder of knowledge, the more he requires this faculty of calm and devotional listening. All perception of truths, all life and activity in the world of spirit, become in these higher regions delicate and subtle in comparison with the activities of the ordinary mind, and of life in the physical world. The more the sphere of a man's activity widens out before him, the more transcendent is the nature of the task to be accomplished by him. It is for this reason that, although there is in reality only one possible fact regarding the higher truths, men come to look at them from such different points of view. It is possible to arrive at this one true standpoint if, through work and devotion, one has so risen that he can really behold the truth. Only he who judges in accordance with preconceived ideas and habitual ways of thought, rather than from sufficient preparation, can arrive at any opinion which differs from the true one. Just as there is only one correct opinion concerning a mathematical problem, so also with regard to things of the higher worlds; but before one can arrive at this knowledge he must first prepare himself. Truth and the higher life do, indeed, abide in every human soul, and it is true that everyone can and must sooner or later find them for himself.

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Pythagoras and the Delphic Mysteries. Edouard Schuré. No. 23811, 1.50

Queen Moo and the Egyptian Sphinx. A most interesting and valuable work-the result of extensive research among the ruined palaces, tombs and temples, and careful study of the signs, symbols and ancient manuscripts of the Mayas of prehistoric Yucatan; showing evidences of a civilization antedating, by centuries, that of the Eastern Hemisphere, and giving a reasonable solution of that mystery of the ages-the Origin and Meaning of the Egyptian Sphinx. Augustus Le Plongeon. Beautifully illustrated with full page half-tone prints, from photographs taken by the author while exploring those ancient remains. No. 23851. Reduced from 6.00 to 4.75

Queen Moo's Talisman. The Fall of the Maya Empire. A beautiful Poem with Introduction and Explanatory Argument. Alice Le Plongeon. Profusely illustrated. Cloth. No. 23841, 1.50

Rose Croix, The. A story of Two Hemispheres. A most interesting novel. David Tod Gilliam. 369 pgs. No. 23946, 1.60

Rosicrucians, The. Their Teachings and Mysteries according to the Manifestoes issued at various times by the fraternity itself. Also some of their secret Teachings and the mystery of the Order explained. Bro. R. Swinburne Clymer. 304 pgs. No. 23906, 6.00

Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, The. With 12 full page illustrations in colors and tinted border designs, 6 × 9. Deckel edge, No. 23936 1.25. Watered Silk, No. 23940, 2.00. Limp Leather, No. 23937, 2.00

Sacred Mysteries. Freemasonry in times anterior to the Temple of Solomon. Relics of the Mayas and Quiches 11,500 years ago, their relation to the Sacred Mysteries of Egypt, Greece, Chaldea and India. Augustus Le Plongeon. No. 23956, 2.50

Sermon on the Mount, and other Extracts from the New Testament. A verbatim translation from the Greek with notes on the Mystical or Arcane Sense. James M. Pryse. Cloth. No. 24076, .60

Servant in the House, The. A beautiful and uplifting drama of Brotherly Love. Charles Rann Kennedy. No. 23966, 1.25

Signs and Symbols. Dr. George Oliver. Illustrated and explained in a series of twelve lectures on Freemasonry. No. 23986, 1.50

Sixth and Seventh Books of Moses, The. The wonderful arts of the old wise Hebrews, taken from the Mosaic books of the Kabbalah and the Talmud, for the good of mankind. 100 pgs. Paper, No. 24040, .75

Story of the Other Wise Man, The. A beautiful narrative. Henry Van Dyke. Exquisitely printed and bound. Cloth, No. 23961, .50. and Limp Leather. No. 23962, 1.00

Spirit of Freemasonry. Comprising lectures on the State of Freemasonry in the Eighteenth Century, the Design, Rites, Ceremonies and Institutions of the Ancients, Nature of the Lodge, Furniture, Apparel and Jewels of Masons, Temple at Jerusalem Geometry, Master Mason's Order, Secrecy of Masons, Charity, Brotherly Love, Occupations, and a Corollary; followed by an Appendix containing Charges, Addresses and Orations on various Masonic occasions. William Hutchinson. With copious notes, critical and explanatory, of great value, by the Rev. George Oliver. No. 24021, 1.50

Swedenborg Rite, and the Great Masonic Leaders of the Eighteenth Century. The Masonic career of Swedenborg and his followers, and the relation between the symbolic system of Swedenborgianism and modern Freemasonry. Samuel Beswick. No. 24051, 1.00

Symbol of Glory, showing the Object and End of Freemasonry in a valedictory and thirteen lectures: Masonic Science, Poetry and Philosophy, Knowledge, Doctrines, Circle and Parallel Meaning, Great Lights, and Masonic Ladder, Theological Virtues and Masonry, Clouded Canopy and Ladder Symbols, Application, Blazing Star, Symbol of Glory, etc. Rev. George Oliver. 298 pgs., cloth, black and gold stamps. No. 24061, 1.50

Symbolism of Freemasonry. Illustrating and Explaining its Science and Philosophy, its Legends, Myths and Symbols. Mackey. 360 pgs. No. 24071, 1.50

Temple, The. Its Ministry and Services at the Time of Jesus Christ. Rev. Dr. Eidersheim. 308 pgs. No. 24201, 1.50

Through Silence to Realization. This work embodies a system of instruction for mental growth and attainment of ideals. Floyd B. Wilson. 5? × 7?. No. 24241, 1.00

Voice of the Silence, and Other Chosen Fragments from the Book of the Golden Precepts for the Daily Use of Lanoos. B. P. Blavatsky. Cloth. No. 24266, .50. Leather. No. 24267, .75

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22001 A.A.S.R., Book of the. McClenachan 3.00

22011 Adoptive Rite, revised, enlarged. Macoy 1.00

22021 Ahiman Rezon, General. Sickels 2.00

22024 Morocco binding, gilt edges 3.50

22036 Akin's Manual of the Lodge 1.25

22006 All These Things Added. Allen 1.00

24231 Altar in the Wilderness. Johnson. Cloth .50

24235 Paper .25

22051 Amaranth Odes .20

22055 Paper .15

22041 Amaranth Ritual, revised, enlarged. Macoy 1.00

22081 Ancient Const. Reprint 1723. Music. Anderson 1.00

22056 Ancient Mysteries and Modern Masonry 1.00

22060 Paper. Rev. Charles H. Vail .50

22071 Annotated Constitutions. Simons 1.00

23726 An Occultist's Travels. Reichel. Cloth 1.00

22086 Ancient Mystic Oriental Masonry. Clymer 1.50

22110 Ancient Order of Hurcules (Burlesque), 6 copies 5.00

22096 Ante Room Talks, Bloomer 1.00

22091 Antiquities of Freemasonry. Oliver 1.50

22101 Antiquities of the Orient Unveiled. Redding 1.50

22146 Arcane Schools-Hist. of Fmsy. John Yorker 4.75

22016 As a Man Thinketh. J. Allen. Cloth, 4? × 7? .50

22017 Leather .75

22018 Watered Silk .75

22019 Special Gift Edition .75

22020 Paper .15

22076 Ben Hur. Wallace 1.50

22141 Bible Testimony to Theosophical Truths .10

22175 Biography of Mrs. Babington .25

22191 Birthdays, Their Significance. Colville .50

22195 Paper .40

22001 Book of A.A.S.R. McClenachan 3.00

22146 Book of I.O.O.F. Forms 1.00

22151 Book of the Chapter. Mackey 1.60

22166 Book of the Master. Adams. Cloth 1.25

22176 Brotherhood. Harding .50

22186 Brotherhood of Healers. J. Macbeth. Cloth .50

22161 Brother of Third Degree. Carver 1.50

22067 Buechners Fraternal Register, vest pock. leather .60

22181 Busbee's Digest, I.O.O.F. 4.00

22151 Chapter, Book of the, Mackey, Cloth 1.60

22221 Chapter Music. Ilsley .15

22230 Charges of a Mason. Chase .15

22201 Christmas, Easter and Burial Services, K.T. .45

22202 Leather. Rev. Cornelius L. Twing .75

22204 Morocco 1.00

22205 Paper .35

22210 Coles Initiation Ritual (Burlesque), 6 copies 3.75

24011 Colorado Grand Lodge Monitor. Foster. Cloth .75

24012 Leather 1.00

22246 Concise Cyclopedia of Freemasonry. Hawkins 1.00

22211 Concordia, words only. Ilsley .25

22281 Constitution and History, A.A.S.R. 2.00

22295 Constitutions, O.E.S., Africa, paper .25

22236 Cosmogony of Evolution. Ingalese. Cloth 2.00

22266 Culture of Concentration. W. Q. Judge .10

22296 Constructive Psychology. Buck 1.00

22231 Council Monitor, Chase 1.00

22241 Council Monitor. Mackey 2.00

22251 Craft Masonry. Cunningham 1.00

22254 Morocco 1.50

22261 Cross Masonic Chart, Revised 1.75

22256 Crucifixion, by an Eye Witness 1.00

22241 Cryptic Masonry. Mackey 2.00

22411 Cyclopedia of Fraternities. Stevens 4.50

22271 Cushing's Manual, Parliamentary Law .75

22316 Dashed Against the Rock. Colville .75

22340 Daughters of Sphinx (Burlesque), 6 copies 5.00

22301 Diagram of Parliamentary Rules. Smith .50

22304 Morocco, parchment chart 1.00

22306 Discovery of the Soul 1.00

22346 Divine Pedigree of Man. T. J. Hudson 1.50

22331 Dream Child. Huntley .75

22311 Drew's Monitor, small .60

22351 Early History and Antiquities. Fort 3.50

22366 Early History and Proceedings, N.Y. Vol. I 2.50

22361 Early History, New York. Ross 2.50

22371 Eden to Malta. Beller 1.50

22381 Egyptian Symbols. Portal, Simons 1.00

22421 Egypt the Cradle of Msry. de Clifford, 2 vol. 6.75

22423 Half American morocco, 2 vol. 7.50

22424 Full American morocco, 2 vol. 10.00

22425 Full Persian morocco, 1 vol. 10.00

22981 Election and Installation .40

22985 Paper .25

22376 Emerson's Essays 1.00

22391 Ency. and History. Oliver & Macoy. Cloth 2.75

22392 Library, sheep, marble edge 3.00

22395 Half American Russia 3.25

22393 Half American Morocco 3.50

22397 Full American Russia 4.25

22394 Full American Morocco 5.75

23398 Full Persian Morocco 8.50

22401 Encyclopedia, Mackey, McClenachan, cloth 4.50

22402 Sheep 6.00

22405 Half Russia, Gilt top 6.50

22404 Full morocco 8.00

22406 Two Volume Edition 11.00

22411 Encyclopedia of Fraternities. Stevens 4.50

22356 Entering the Kingdom. J. Allen .50

22357 Leather .75

22358 Watered Silk .75

22359 Special Gift Edition .75

22360 Paper .15

22396 Evolution of the Soul. T. J. Hudson 1.50

22476 Fate Mastered .30

22465 Female Masonry, "A la Lease" .50

22091 Five Grand Periods of Masonry. Oliver 1.50

22471 Five Jewels of the Orient, The. Burton 1.00

22490 Floral March. Simpson .40

22481 Floral Work. Bunnell .40

22485 Paper .25

24006 Florida Monitor, Gr. Lodge Comm .75

24007 Leather 1.00

22530 Freemasonry and Jesuitry .15

22571 Freemason's Monitor. Sickels 1.00

22572 Same, Lodge, to Comdy., leather 1.50

22511 Freemason's Monitor. Thornberg 1.25

22512 Leather 2.00

22501 Freemason's Monitor. Webb. Cloth .75

22502 Leather 1.00

22556 Freimaurer's Handbuch. Committee 1.00

22557 Leather 1.25

22551 Freimaurer's Handbuch, small .60

22581 Fundamental Truths. N.D. Cloth .50

22156 Funeral Services. Simons-Macoy .35

22160 Paper bound .25

22651 Gem of Song, O.E.S. Pitkin & Mathews .50

22655 Paper .25

22021 General Ahiman Rezon, a Large Monitor 2.00

22024 Same, morocco and gilt. Sickels-Macoy 3.50

22656 Genius of Freemasonry. Buck 1.00

22661 Great Work. T.K. 2.00

22645 Guide to Chapter. Sheville, Gould, limp cloth .75

22641 Same in cloth and gilt binding 1.00

22642 Leather bound with flap 1.25

22644 Bound in imitation cowhide morocco 1.50

22646 Large library size, cloth bound 1.50

22649 Same in imitation morocco 2.00

22311 Hand Book of Freemasonry. Drew .60

22711 Harmonia. Music, Cutler .25

22716 Harmonies of Evolution. Huntley 2.00

22741 Health from Knowledge. Colville .75

22745 Leatherette .50

22851 Heavenly Life. James Allen. Cloth .50

22856 Hermes and Plato. Schuré 1.00

22721 Hermetic Writing of Paracelsus. Waite. 2 vol. 18.00

22866 Heroines of Jerico. Ceremonies. Cloth. Dickson .75

22861 Heroines of Jerico. Ritual, Cloth. Dickson .50

22723 Historical Landmarks. Oliver 4.00

22726 Historical Sketch-Morton Commandery 2.00

22731 History and Power of Mind. Ingalese. Cloth 2.00

22751 History of A. &. A. Scottish Rite. Folger 3.00

22791 History of Colored Freemasonry. Grimshaw 1.25

22771 History of Freemasonry, Concise. Gould. Cloth 2.75

22772 Library-sheep 4.00

22773 Half Morocco 3.75

22774 Full Morocco 4.75

22775 Levant 8.50

22761 Hist. of Freemasonry & Concordant Orders 4.50

22763 Half Morocco. Stillson & Hughan 5.50

22764 Full Morocco 6.50

22765 Levant 10.00

22780 History of Frmsy. Gould, 6 vol. ? calf 25.00

22779 Morocco. (Shopworn, sets only) 30.00

22781 History of Freemasonry. Mitchell, 2 vols. 4.00

22782 Library-sheep 5.00

22784 Morocco 6.00

22801 History of Initiation. Oliver 1.50

22811 History of K.T. Revised. Addison 3.25

22812 Library Sheep 3.50

22818 Half American Russia 3.75

22813 Half American Morocco 4.00

22819 Full American Russia 4.75

22814 Full American Morocco 5.00

22817 Full Persian Morocco 8.75

22831 History of O.E.S. Engle 2.25

22841 History of Rosicrucians-Waite 2.50

24276 Initiation, Way of. Rudolf Steiner, Ph.D. 1.00

24280 Paper .75

22976 Initiation and Its Results. Rudolf Steiner, Ph.D. 1.00

23010 Initiation of a Candidate-6 copies (Burlesque) 5.00

22991 Indian Masonry. Wright 1.50

22986 In Memoriam-Orin Welsh. (Shopworn) 1.50

22981 Installation Ceremonies. Simons-Whiting .40

22985 Paper .25

22281 Introduction and History, A.A.S.R. 2.00

22996 In Tune with the Infinite. Trine 1.25

23011 I.O.O.F. Hist. and Manual 3.75

23013 Half Morocco 4.75

23914 Full Morocco 6.50

23001 Irish Prince and Hebrew Prophet. Kissick 1.50

23046 Jerico Road. (I.O.O.F.) Thompson 1.00

22530 Jesuitry and Frmsy. Rameses .15

23056 Jesus, the Last Great Initiate. Schuré 1.00

23076 Jewels of Pythian Knighthood, cloth 3.00

23078 Half Morocco 4.00

23079 Full Morocco 5.00

23061 Josephus, The Works of 1.75

23121 Kabbalah Unveiled. S. L. M. Mathers. Cloth 3.50

23086 Kingdom of Love. Frank 1.00

23120 King Solomon's Secret (Farce) .35

23092 K. of P. Drill. Carnahan. Leather 1.50

23091 Cloth 1.00

23115 Knights of the Zoroasters (Burlesque), 6 copies 3.75

23070 Knight Templar Melodies, per doz. 4.80

23071 Koran. Translated by Sale 1.50

23106 Krishna and Orpheus. Schuré 1.25

26045 Labyrinth as a Life Story. O.E.S. Paper .25

23141 Law of Mental Medicine. T. J. Hudson 1.50

23146 Law of Psychic Phenomena. T. J. Hudson 1.50

23161 Lexicon of Freemasonry. Mackey 3.00

23151 Life and Power from Within. Colville .75

23186 Life and Doctrine of Paracelsus. Cloth 2.50

23286 Life and Writings of Dr. Robt. Fludd. Cloth 2.50

23176 Light of Asia. Edwin Arnold .75

23166 Light on the Path. M.C. Cloth .50

23167 Leather .75

23181 Lights and Shadows. Morris-Mackey 2.50

23156 Living Decalogue. Colville .50

23191 Lodge Goat. Comic 2.00

23201 Lodge Music. Ilsley .15

23196 Lost Word Found. Buck .50

23221 Low Twelve. Ellis 1.50

23224 Morocco 2.50

23472 Mackey's Ritualist, leather 1.60

23531 Man Limitless. Wilson 1.25

23481 Man of Mount Moriah. Boutelle 2.40

23483 Half Morocco 3.20

23486 Half Russia 2.80

23487 Half Russia, gilt edges 3.60

23488 Half Morocco, gilt edges 4.00

28485 Paper 1.60

23521 Manual, Lodge of Perfection. Nor. Jurisdiction 1.50

23517 Manual of Lodge of N.J. (New) 1.25

23491 Manual of the Chapter. Sheville and Gould .75

23501 Manual of the Lodge. Mackey 2.00

23511 Manual of the Lodge of N.J. Illust'd. .25

23512 Leather .35

23526 Masonic Burial Services. Macoy .50

23461 Masonic Eclectic, 2 vols., shopworn 1.00

23541 Masonic Gem. Rev. A. L. Alford .50

23551 Masonic Jurisprudence. Simons 1.50

23561 Masonic Jurisprudence. Mackey 2.50

23401 Masonic Jurisprudence and Symbolism. Lawrence 1.00

23581 Masonic Law and Practice. Lockwood 1.00

23261 Masonic Lodge Music, (Kane Lodge, N.J.) .40

23265 Paper .25

23271 Masonic Light on Abduction of Morgan 1.00

23591 Masonic Musical Manual. Lithographed .75

23594 Leather. W. H. Janes. Lithographed 1.00

23595 Paper Board, 7? × 10. Lithographed .50

23600 Paper Flexible. Lithographed .35

23592 Paper Board. Cheaper Print .35

23593 Paper Flexible. Cheaper Print .25

23596 Cloth Board. Cheaper Print .60

23598 Paper Flexible. Words only 4 × 6 .20

23597 Cloth Flexible. Words only 4 × 6 .25

23599 Cloth Board and Stamp. Words only 4 × 6 .35

23620 Masonic Orpheus. Words and Music. Dow 1.75

23571 Masonic Parliamentary Law. Mackey 2.00

23285 Masonic Poetry. Morris. Silk cloth, gilt edge 3.50

23291 Masonic Sketch Book. E. du Laurans 2.00

23311 Masonic Token. Anderson 2.25

23301 Masonic Trials. Treatise upon Law. Look 1.50

23306 Mastery of Mind in Making of Man. Frank 1.00

23321 Maurerisches Liederbuch. Roehr. Cloth .25

23336 Messianic Expectations and Modern Judaism 1.00

22420 Metal Therapeutics. A Text Book. Colville .25

23346 Meyer's Tactics 1.00

23345 Middle Chamber Work. Paper .25

22501 Miniature Monitor. Webb .75

22502 Leather 1.00

33390 Missing Link (Burlesque), 6 copies 3.00

33389 Same with outfit 5.00

23356 Mission of Masonry. Peters .50

23360 Paper .35

23351 Monitor of A.A.S.R. By Webb-Carson 1.50

23376 Monitor-Grand Lodge N.Y. 1.00

23570 Moot Court Martial, 6 copies (Burlesque) 2.00

23361 Morals and Dogma, Scottish Rite. Pike 5.25

23580 Munchers of Hard Tack, 6 copies (Burlesque) 3.75

23671 Music of Chapter. Marsh. Cloth .65

23673 Paper Flexible .25

23674 American Morocco 1.00

23675 Paper Board .40

23586 Myrtle Baldwin. Munn 1.50

23411 Mystic Chord. Mabie .50

23415 Paper .25

23421 Mystic Masonry. Buck 1.50

23181 Mystic Tie. Morris-Mackey 2.50

23701 New Light from the Great Pyramid. Parsons 4.00

23707 New Odd Fellows Manual-Grosh, leather 1.50

23706 Cloth. Larger Edition 2.50

23709 Morocco and Gilt. Larger Edition 3.25

23700 New Woman (Burlesque), 4 copies 1.00

23712 Nuggets from King Solomon's Mines. Schmalz 2.00

23721 Obelisk and Freemasonry. Weisse, paper 1.00

23731 Obituary Rites of Freemasonry. Macoy .50

23716 Occult Science in India. Jacolliot. Cloth 2.50

23776 Ocean of Theosophy, The. W. Q. Judge. Cloth .75

23013 Half Morocco 3.75

23014 Full Morocco 5.50

23011 Odd Fellowship. His. and Manual. Ross 3.75

23736 Odd Fellowship, Official History. Canvas 3.75

23737 Half Morocco. Art canvas 4.75

23738 Full Morocco 5.50

23746 O.E.S. Burial Services. Macoy .50

23741 O.E.S. Manual. Macoy. Original Edition .75

23766 Old and New Psychology. Colville 1.00

23771 Onesimus Templeton. Colville .50

23786 On the Road to Self-Knowledge. Jones. Cloth .50

23640 Oriental Order of Humility, 6 copies (Burlesque) 1.00

23821 Origin of Freemasonry and K.T. Bennett 1.75

22756 Out From the Heart. J. Allen. Cloth .50

22757 Leather .75

22758 Watered Silk .75

22759 Special Gift Edition .75

22760 Paper .15

23791 Path of Prosperity, The. J. Allen .50

23792 Leather .75

23793 Watered Silk .75

23794 Special Gift Edition .75

23795 Paper .15

23796 Paths to Power. Wilson 1.00

23816 Perfect Way; or, Finding of Christ. Kingsford 2.00

23281 Embossed Cloth Cover 2.75

23806 Philosophy of Fire. Clymer. Cloth 1.50

23285 Poetry of Freemasonry. Morris. Silk cloth, gilt 3.50

23751 Prelate's Lesson 1.00

23551 Principles, Practice, Masonic Law. Simons 1.50

23805 Put Through (Comic) .25

23811 Pythagoras and the Delphic Mysteries. Schuré 1.50

23081 Pythian Knighthood, cloth. Cornahan 3.00

23083 Half Morocco 4.00

23084 Full Morocco 5.00

23851 Queen Moo and Egyptian Sphinx. Le Plongeon 4.75

23841 Queen Moo's Talisman. Cloth 1.50

23850 Queen of Sahara, 6 copies (Burlesque) 3.00

23861 Queen of the South. Macoy .40

23865 Paper .25

23870 Ransford Drill. O.E.S. .75

23886 Red Blood of Odd Fellowship 1.50

23860 Review of Cryptic Masonry. Warvelle, paper .15

23901 Roberts' Rules of Order .75

23946 Rose Croix. Gilliam 1.60

23906 Rosicrucians. Clymer 3.00

23915 Royal Arch Companion. Chase, limp cloth .75

23911 Same in cloth and gilt binding 1.00

23912 Leather bound with flap 1.25

23925 Royal Arch Standard. McGown, limp cloth .75

22921 Same in cloth and gilt binding 1.00

23922 Leather bound with flap 1.25

23895 Royal Order of Ogling Owls (Burlesque), 6 cop. 3.00

23936 Rubaiyat of Omar Khayram. Deckel edge 1.25

23940 Watered Silk 2.00

23037 Limp Leather 2.00

23931 Ruins of Empires. Voleny .75

23925 Paper .50

23984 Leather 4.00

23956 Sacred Mysteries. A. Le Plongeon 2.50

23981 Scarlet Book of Frmsy. Redding 3.00

23951 Scientific Demonstration of the Future 1.50

24031 Secret Doctrine Abridged 2.00

24176 Sermon on the Mount. Pryse. Cloth .60

23971 Sermons and Addresses. 480 pages. (Shopworn) .75

22966 Servant in the House. Kennedy 1.25

23991 Shibboleth, K.T. Monitor. Connor 1.25

22021 Sickles Ahiman Rezon, General 2.00

22024 Genuine Morocco 3.50

22571 Sickles Monitor 1.00

22572 Leather 1.50

23976 Signet of K.S., Freemason's Daughter. Arnold 1.50

23986 Signs and Symbols. Oliver 1.50

23916 Singular Story of Freemasonry .75

24040 Sixth and Seventh Book of Moses 1.00

22301 Smith's Diagram of Parliamentary Rules, cloth .50

22304 Leather, parchment chart 1.00

24020 Smithsonian Comedetta (Burlesque), 4 copies 1.00

24026 Solomon's Temple. Caldecott 2.50

24050 Sons of Osirus (Burlesque), 6 copies 3.75

24021 Spirit of Freemasonry. Oliver, Hutchison 1.50

24001 Standard Masonic Monitor. Simons-Macoy .75

24002 Same, in leather and gilt 1.00

24011 Standard Monitor, Colorado, cloth .75

24012 Leather 1.00

24006 Standard Monitor, Florida, cloth .75

24007 Leather 1.00

22216 Standard Monitor Illinois, Cook Cloth .40

22217 Leather .60

24085 Star Chamber. Frazer-6 copies (Burlesque) 5.00

23961 Story of the Other Wise Man. Cloth. Van Dyke .50

23962 Limp Leather 1.00

24051 Swedenborg Rite. Beswick 1.00

24071 Symbolism of Freemasonry. Oliver 2.25

24061 Symbol of Glory. Oliver 1.50

24176 Tabernacle. Caldecott 1.75

24191 Tactics, K. T. Grant 1.00

24192 Leather 1.25

24196 Tactics, N.Y. Regulation 1.10

24181 Tactics Vest Pocket .25

24184 Morocco .75

24182 Leather .50

24206 Templar Hand book 1.00

24201 Temple. Eidersheim. Cloth 1.50

24236 This Mystical Life of Ours. Trine 1.00

24216 Thoughts for the Occasion 2.00

24186 Throne of Eden. W. J. Colville 1.00

24241 Through Silence to Realization. Wilson 1.00

24213 Traditions, Origins, Early History. Pierson 2.50

24225 Trial of Jesus. Druker .25

24230 Twentieth Century Orient (Burlesque), 6 copies 3.00

24256 Universal Spiritualism 1.00

24250 Van Nest's Burlesque Ritual, 6 copies 3.75

24251 Vocal Manual, words only. Macoy .25

24265 Vocal Star, O.E.S. Paper .25

24266 Voice of the Silence, The. Blavastky. Cloth .50

24280 Paper 1.00

24301 Washington and His Masonic Compeers 2.50

24276 Way of Initiation. Rudolf Steiner, Ph.D. 1.00

24280 Paper .75

24271 Way of Peace, The. J. Allen. Cloth .50

24272 Leather .75

24273 Watered Silk .75

24274 Special Gift Edition .75

24275 Paper .15

22501 Webb's Monitor .75

22502 Leather 1.00

24286 What All the World's a-Seeking. Trine 1.25

24315 Wisdom of the Ages (Burlesque), 6 copies 5.00

24281 Witching Hour. Thomas 1.50

24321 Worshipful Master's Assistant. Macoy 1.50

24324 Same, in Morocco and gilt 2.25

24425 32 Degrees K.P. or Ninety in the Shade. Comic .25

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Footnotes

[1] Translated by kind permission of the author from the introduction to Le Mystère Chrétien et les Mystères Antiques. Traduit de l'allemand par Edouard Schuré, Librairie académique, Perrin & Co., 1908, Paris.

[2] A speech delivered in Paris, 28th August 1878. See also Haeckel's History of Natural Creation, 13th lecture.

[3] This is how Dr. Steiner himself describes the famous German naturalist: "Haeckel's personality is captivating. It is the most complete contrast to the tone of his writings. If Haeckel had but made a slight study of the philosophy of which he speaks, not even as a dilettante, but like a child, he would have drawn the most lofty spiritual conclusions from his phylogenetic studies. Haeckel's doctrine is grand, but Haeckel himself is the worst of commentators on his doctrine. It is not by showing our contemporaries the weak points in Haeckel's doctrine that we can promote intellectual progress, but by pointing out to them the grandeur of his phylogenetic thought." Steiner has developed these ideas in two works: Welt und Lebensanschauungen im 19ten Jahrhundert (Theories of the Universe and of Life in the Nineteenth Century), and Haeckel und seine Gegner (Haeckel and his Opponents).

[4] Die Mystik, im Aufgange des neuzeitlichen Geisteslebens (1901); Das Christentum als mystische Tatsache (1902); Theosophie (1904). He is now preparing an important book, which will no doubt be his chief work, and which is to be called Geheimwissenschaft (Occult Science).

[5] Translated from Lusifer-Gnosis (May to Dec. 1904), a theosophical magazine, published by M. Altmann, Leipzig, and edited by Dr. Rudolph Steiner (17 Motzstrasse, Berlin, W.). This translation appeared first in the Theosophist (October 1907-June 1908), a magazine of Brotherhood, of Comparative Religion, Philosophy and Science, and of Occultism. Edited by Annie Besant, President of the Theosophical Society, Adyar, Madras.

[6] In the last chapter of the book entitled Theosophie (Berlin, C. A. Schwetschke und Sohn), Dr. Rudolf Steiner fully describes this "Path of Knowledge;" here it is only intended to give some practical details.

[7] It should be remarked that artistic perception, when coupled with a quiet introspective nature, forms the best foundation for the development of occult faculties. It pierces through the superficial aspect of things and in so doing touches their secrets.

[8] Only to him, who listens disinterestedly, comes the ability to perceive really from within, silently, and without emotion arising from personal opinion or personal taste,-to such only can the Great Souls, who are known in Occultism as the Masters speak. As long as our opinions and feelings are in a state of vehement opposition to the communications from the Masters, They remain silent.

[9] The fact here mentioned, in its bearing on the contemplation of crystals, is in many ways distorted by those who have only heard of it in an outward (exoteric) manner, and in this way such practises as crystal-gazing have their origin. Misrepresentations of such a kind are the outcome of misunderstanding. They have been described in many books, but they never form the subject of genuine (esoteric) teaching.

[10] Anyone who might object that a microscopical examination would reveal the difference between the two would only show that he has failed to grasp the intention of the experiment. The intention is not to investigate the physical structure of the object, but to use it as a means for the development of psychic force.

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Transcriber's Note: There is no corresponding anchor for footnote number 5.