Truth is forever the same. It is that which is. The Divine Law that governs men whether they will or not, has not changed since the beginning of time. It cannot change because it is God in action. The application of the Law by men may change due to difference in conditions or circumstances and man's greater understanding. For millions of years, as the sun set in the west, darkness fell upon man. For millions of years men had no means of dispelling this darkness; then some one thought of the fagot. After aeons of time, another thought to crude oil, mostly from fish, placed in censers or vessels.

Later other men thought of refining the crude oil and the kerosene lamp came into existence. Following that, in rapid succession, men thought of gas and finally electricity, but light as such, whether given man by the rays of the sun or by electricity, remained light. The changes were the result of man's thinking, his development, and particularly his inventive ability.

The world of thought advances, not only in so far as light is concerned, but in all the affairs men can engage in, whether they be mental, physical or Spiritual. Whatever man thinks is based in fact and fact is truth and thought by man induces him to action. Well it is, if the thought be of a constructive nature.

Humanity is in the throes of a changing period, in the middle of two ages; the old dying, the new awakening. It is a time of stress and strain; of greater doubt and suspicion than of faith. Basically, though all but a few will vehemently deny it, the cause is primarily to be found in the change of religious concepts that govern man's thought and action, though they may be wholly unconscious of it, and may be of the most debased nature.

This makes them all the more sensitive, all the more antagonistic, all the more determined to destroy that which accuses them and allows them no rest. The travail of death in giving up, the laying aside of the old interpretation, and the birth pangs of putting on, or giving birth to the new, is a transition of deep unrest, deep unsettledness - because of the inner unrest, the perplexity in mind and thought.

This mental state of humanity has given rise to an almost universal confusion. Mankind feels the need of something on which to rebuild faith, but resents the idea that it must be an entirely new structure. Those, who believe themselves the most profound of atheists, are actually the most uncertain and unconsciously believe they can find inner satisfaction by destroying not only the old but also the new. This was the very same mental confusion which the men felt who destroyed the Lawgiver of twenty centuries ago - the Nazarene. They, too, believed they could save themselves and their society by destroying.

The Law governing cyclic changes demands a change in man's basic nature, in his very being, hence the internal eruption which is given vent by destructive activities; much s the earth changes as a result of internal (volcanic) eruptions. This change demands a restatement of the Law governing man's real nature - his Spiritual being, even though he denies being possessed of such a nature. The greater this resentment against the forces active in compelling him to accept the new and to change himself, the deeper his opposition and the more determined he is in his destructive procedure.

The Law is the Law and this Law is fully stated in the Biblical narrative. The narrative itself is symbolic in parable form, that it may fit all times and all conditions. Properly understood, this Law which basically deals with man's Spiritual nature, that being the only reality, harmonizes with the Natural Law governing his being. The interpretation of the New Age gives the Law this consideration and is called Manistic, because the subject is both Man and Woman, god's co-workers or the Devil's destroyers, on earth.

In order to obtain a satisfactory and applicable comprehension of the Biblical Arcanum - its Spiritual concepts - it is essential to give the most careful and sympathetic - not antagonistic - consideration to its symbolic, allegorical and mystic intent. The seeker for the underlying truths must be willing, aye, anxious, to consult the vast library , both written and in the heavens, of legends, symbols, and supposed myths - as faithfully and as assiduously as he would resort to a lexicon of Hebrew and Greek stems and radicals.

These "keys," symbolic, allegorical and mystic, almost universally considered as little more than children's bedtime stories, are skillful devices for half concealing and half revealing the deepest Spiritual wisdom. In this connection it behooves us to remember the precept of the Master-Teacher when surrounded by the innocent children: "Unless Ye [mature] become as little children..." Man must become conscious of the deep implication of the behest, the indication that the faith, honor, confidence, order and obedience native to the child are also essential to man's well-being and advancement in any direction he may select to follow.

The religious thought - which was not thought at all, but an unthought acceptance - of the past centuries was characterized almost wholly by a guileness acceptance by faith of what was preached to man. In respect to the inculcations of the son of Joseph - the son of man. In respect to the inculcations of the son of Joseph - the son of man - who, by obedience to the Law and effort became the Christos personified, the race conception of fact or actuality, called truth, has been passing through a long period of childhood and youth and is just beginning to enter a stage of understanding, or a stage of manhood, hence designated the Manistic.

Childhood is marked by faith; actually a blind faith, an unquestioned faith, because of its trust in the propounders. The child has full faith in its father, unless the act of the father belies his words. It believes implicitly in what he teaches and the necessity of obedience to his commands.

Attaining to young manhood he is no longer satisfied with what he has been taught. He Seeks to know. He feels he must begin to manifest the things he has been taught; to accomplish that which God and Nature gave him to do, though as yet he is unenlightened as to what this may be.

It is right here where man's spirit of constructiveness and of exaltation should begin, but fails him because he has failed to receive, from any source whatever, the necessary instructions. All he has with which to begin his personal life is faith and theory, not truth and fact.

Religious inculcations in the past have been almost wholly concerned with the effort to convince mankind, from childhood to dotage, of the Messiahship of the Nazarene and the intent to establish a church wherein would be taught an easy, a short way to personal salvation, irrespective of worth or attainment.

Mere faith is an ideal, or in the power of another to save man, however grievous the misdeeds, no longer satisfies the thinking man and especially not the man of honor. The Nazarene's positive directive, "faith without works is dead," is beginning to receive consideration in the minds of men who seek for "reality," who are no longer satisfied with a Will-O-the-Wisp.

To them the voice of the Eternally manifest comes thundering down the ages: "Thus thou do (not alone believe) or thou shalt die." More and still more are beginning to accept this as a basic truth, a foundation upon which to build, recognizing it to be the only means whereby they will be able to become what the Divine Law destined them to be, and which alone will bring them success in life and the "peace that passeth understanding," i.e., the peace and ease of heart and mind that is heaven.

Such faith with the accomplishment of works demonstrates the power underlying growth in all directions. Faith must work out or bring into manifestation the Law that is faith. It cannot be satisfied unless it executes and creates. Unless it manifests, it is faith without works and does not harmonize with the Divine or God's Law. This New Age must die aborning unless it becomes characterized by an intelligent faith; a faith that is a constant, a never-resting incentive to the execution of an Ideal. This ideal must be in harmony with the Creative Law of bringing into being that which the mind conceives and the desire decrees.

Man must learn to make a clear distinction, a sharply drawn separation, between blind faith and the unquestioned belief in that which he is supposed to accept as fact and Truth and the reality which results from thought and analysis; between the faith that is passive and relies on itself and the faith that seeks to prove itself by action; between faith in a personality and faith in a principle.

Faith in a personality such as the Carpenter's son who became the Christ through effort, is justified only if that faith is conducive to living and laboring as he did. He then becomes an Exampler, a Demonstrator - more than this, a co-worker with God and it was for this purpose that man was created; that he should bring forth in the world of matter that which God had in the world of Light.

Faith in the Nazarene is justified, in fact, is necessary, if it is accepted as a fact that man can become Christ-like or Christic, by awakening and bringing into manifestation the Christos within himself as an example to men that they, like him, posses this Divine Spark within themselves and must, to justify their faith, bring it into manifestation. This interpretation is not only the true one, it is the fundamental theme of man's journey and mission on earth; that he, born the son of man, may be Reborn in the Spirit and become the Son of God; but more than this - that he also, at the same time, and in conjunction with this, become the Temple of the Living God.

Example is the keynote to all advancement both material and Spiritual. The real father, the right kind of a father, is an example to his son, a never to be forgotten one. The mother in like manner to the daughter. The Nazarene was the perfect "exampler." In a few words, his life may be described thus: "He went about doing good."

Service is the keynote to the perfect life. It is, however, necessary to possess a reasonable concept of service. The modern, slangy term "do gooder' means one who is a curse to himself and all whom he contacts. His mission is not actually service, but a demand that others "bend the knee to him," that they obediently, without rhyme or reason, follow his dictates even to their own detriment.

To be of service demands of man that he first of all learn to serve himself and by self-effort find the truth of life, the key to existence and the Spirit that is the Savior to his Spiritual self. Having been the servant, he will have learned the duties of the master and will be able to inculcate the truth and direct by precept, not by force, what other men must do, willingly, to help themselves.

This service of oneself demands an almost complete reversal of the habits generally followed by man. It requires the transmutation or change of the gross man into an uplifted, exalted state - being capable of coming into a conscious realization of the Spirit that is the Law; by means of a practical application of the ideals underlying love and sympathy for those in need of encouragement; by the masterly direction of an exalted Will that has in mind both help of self and of others; by a faith that consciously directs all effort by means of the elevating vibrations of kindness, compassion, helpfulness and, above all, justice.

The ever-increasing number who have accepted and those who are now accepting this exposition of the Divine Law are ready for the changes gradually taking place in the New Age or New Order, and possess a willingness to apply, in their own lives, the new interpretation of the Law. Thinkers so imbued are eager for the promulgation of the Laws and methods that will enable the earnest seekers to attain the Sonship promised them.

These will endeavor more and more to fully comprehend every phase of "the Way, the Truth, and the Life," in their own personal life and to point out the way to others earnestly seeking the path. Their newly awakened and redirected faith refuses to be satisfied until it enables them to express it in works that exemplify this spirit.

This newly-awakened nature will demand the fulfillment of the age of faith by an age of works in accordance with the Law. Men will demand proofs, not by , or of others, but within themselves, of the potency of the Christic inculcations in their own experiences; a verification of the possibility of the consummation of Conscious Individualization. This is the Spirit underlying the interpretations of the Divine Law by the Great Work, whatever its various appellations. To meet this demand is the endeavor of those who are giving mind, heart and Soul to the preparation of text and instructions capable of conveying this Wisdom to those sincere in their search.

It is no longer a truth that can be guided by faith without a full knowledge of the modus operandi. Man feels that it is both right and logical that he be given an understanding of the operation of the Divine Law so that he may work and make his efforts in harmony with it. Every effort is being made in the Manistic Interpretation, or, if you prefer, the Great Work, to convey this knowledge to all seekers.
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