An interpretation of the Teachings and the Way of Life followed by all Master Initiates of the Authentic Secret Schools since the time of Egypt.

Prepared for those seeking to become Brethern of Light and Members of the New Order of the Ages.

By Rev. R. Swinburne Clymer, M.D.

Director General: Church of Illumination
Supreme Grand Master of the International Confederation of Initiates
Supreme Grand Master of the Merged Occult Fraternities Comprising:

Introduction	Chapter 8  The Science of Well-Being
Chapter 1  The Christos - The Christ	Chapter 9  Healing
Chapter 2  The Divine In Man	Chapter 10 Prayer and the Great Secrecy of the
Chapter 3  Spiritual Development	Christian Religion
Chapter 4  Formology	Chapter 11 The Church
Chapter 5  Love	Chapter 12 The Ancient Church and the Prophesied
Chapter 6  Osiris, the Christ and Other Sons of God	New Order of the Ages
Chapter 7  Vocation and Development	In Passing

If the New Order of the Ages is to be established during the present cycle, the minds of those who are to become members or citizens of that new order must be enlightened and awakened to the grave fallacies that have held men enslaved throughout the ages.

The tentacles that bind man today are stronger and more inflexible than ever before. Man's intellectual advancement and inventive achievements in many fields, though admittedly noteworthy, have by their very reactions bound him more securely than at any time during recorded history.

The greatest and most far-reaching of these fallacies is the universally accepted idea that man must choose between two all- important achievements. Man may, by his efforts and application, succeed and reach great heights in a material sense. This success includes possessions, high position, worldly honors and everything that is usually considered desirable in life. To achieve this success he must devote all of his time to reaching the set goal, to the neglect of his Spiritual nature.

In reverse, his conception of what life should be and the attainment to be achieved, may lead him into Spiritual activities. Here he may believe it necessary to devote his every effort to the awakening of the "Soul" that "God breathed into his nostrils as birth," and bring that Soul, by means of a Spiritual or second Birth, into Consciousness.

He is told that to attain to this degree of development he must transmute his gross self into a "temple" wherein God may dwell while he, as a result of his desires, efforts and experiences, changes or transforms the son of man into (like unto) the Son of God. In accomplishing this, he erroneously believes that he must free his mind from everything that has to do with earthly well-being, possessions, honors or high position.

These erroneous ideas have governed men and their activities throughout the ages, despite the positive command:

"Render unto Caesar the things that are Caesar's, and to God the things that are God's." ____Mark 12:17

This is a clear, simple and positive statement that man owes as much to himself as he does to God. He must devote as much time to his material self and its responsibilities, as to his Spiritual self. The present text is devoted to making this plain. It explains the Way, the Truth, and the Life, so that all who will shall be able to walk in the "way of the Lord," or the Law. In doing so, man receives all of the benefits, material and Spiritual, of the Reaction of the Law.

This is the Law of Justice, the Law of Balance, the Law of Equilibrium; the Law that supports heaven and earth. If the Law is obeyed, it will help man first of all to become a Man, and then, according to God's own promise, a god, or like unto the Sons of God.

Men throughout the ages have listened to the expounding of the Law; but have obeyed the desires of the flesh. They have had an occasional clear vision of the "kingdom" or Spiritual reality, but the flesh was too strong to permit them to seek the kingdom and have all other things added thereto" ...and why? Because they had been led to believe, did believe, that they could not function on both the material and Spiritual plane at one and the same time.

They believed that if they ate of the "fruits of the tree of knowledge," they could not also eat of the "Tree of Life." Therein has been the fallacy. The desires of the fresh being too strong to be denied, even though submission meant Spiritual death.

The satisfaction of these material desires promised immediate pleasures, or what were considered as benefits, while those of the Spirit were to materialize some time in the future, like the promise of the "return of the bread cast upon the waters." Men closed their eyes to the promised benefits of the future, though knowing them to be the only realities, and accepted those of the immediate present.

The Science, Philosophy, Religion (Spiritual concepts) of the present text - it is all of these - are based on the most Ancient of teachings ... the Wisdom of the Ancient Priesthood and the inculcations and promises of the Nazarene, who made the most positive statement that man, if he would obey the Law, could have all that the material and Spiritual had to offer. Here is his promise:

"But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness; and all these things shall be added unto you." ___Matthew 6:33.

Interpreted in simple, every-day language, this tells man that if he desires to obtain for himself everything that is most desirable, most lasting, most certain to bring health, strength, peace and possessions, he must seek to understand the Laws of God, i.e., do that which is Right. He must Obey The Operating, Reacting Law. As a result of this obedience in the spirit of willingness, all things worth while and to his benefit will be drawn to, or accrue to him.

The Law itself is simple as illustrated by an every-day, common example: Suppose a business man is in need of money to carry on his business or increase it. When applying to his bank for a loan, HE MUST COMPLY WITH THE LAW, the rules and regulations governing such loans, and he will obtain it.

Strangely enough, man never questions the justice of these rules and regulations. Yet he ignores or evades Laws no less definite which, observed and followed, would bring him far greater and more lasting benefits.

The basic fallacy of mankind, except for a very few, has been the conviction that success is concerned only with achievements on the material plane. This suggests, inclusively and exclusively, prosperity in business; success in a chosen profession, a special line of endeavor - perhaps in the arts or music, or social achievement. Unfortunately, the term "success" has seldom been associated with Spiritual attainment. Just as unfortunately, and quite as erroneously, it has been taken for granted that success, as commonly understood, also brings peace and happiness to the successful person. The reverse is generally true.

A man may be ever so successful in a worldly sense, be the owner of houses, lands, jewels; be highly honored - a social lion -posses great authority, "lord over all he surveys," yet be ill at ease, lacking peace of mind, burdened with a guilty conscience, depleted in health and generally distressed. Despite his possessions, his position in high places, such a man may be in truth, the most miserable of failures. Any real success must include peace of mind as a first essential.

There must be a clear vision beyond the immediate present; a happy family life, the assurance of real (dependable) friends, and the ultimate goal beyond the immediate present life. This is the balanced, complete and satisfying success which the Science, Philosophy and Religious concepts of the New Order of the Ages must teach mankind.

To attain prosperity in business affairs, prominence in social life, in the professions or in the arts, holding high position, wielding power among men, at the expense of health or peace of mind, is to fall far short of success. Such a success is certainly not to be sought by the wise man of the present age.

To be found wanting in the vision of that which is greater. more lasting and more constantly satisfying than anything obtainable in the business, social and professional world, is actually to be a failure. Unquestionably, the Master-Teacher, the Nazarene, at the beginning of the past age, had this in mind when he propounded the question:

"For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own Soul?" ___Mark 8:36

This question proposed for discussion some nineteen hundred years ago, has been almost completely ignored with the inevitable and unmistakable results: while there are a few great successes in the material world, there is more enmity, maliciousness, dishonorableness, degeneration, lack of law and order, more misery and sorrow, than could conceivably have existed at the time this question was asked.

As this was foreseen, the prophecy was made that there was to be a time, a New Order of the Ages, in which many would begin to see the wisdom of gaining knowledge of the Divine Laws, and following the revealed concepts of the Laws governing two-fold success (material and Spiritual) without intruding upon the rights of others or working to the disadvantage or detriment of others.

Admittedly, one may achieve worldly, material success in almost any phase of physical, mundane life without giving any consideration to Spiritual verities. Man can, if he so elects, wholly ignore the Science, Philosophy and Spiritual concepts (Religion). There can be no actual peace of mind for that man, no unadulterated satisfaction, no real happiness; therefore no true success unless the Spirit,(1) the feeling, the governing mood of a Spiritual Consciousness overshadows all endeavor; illuminating, hallowing every desire, as the rays of the sun shed their light over all things upon the earth.
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(1) The word "Spirit" may also be defined as "feeling on an Idealistic, yet practical level. An anxiety to accomplish certain specific things of a Spiritual or Love nature. It is an `in between' the Spirit and the Spiritual. It is actually undefinable and most frequently felt as an urge."
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The basis of true religion, the ennobling phase of life, is the spirit of devotion, an inspired adoration of all that is, anciently called Isis, symbolic of the "she" or "mother" side of God's creation. Isis symbolizes the mother of all things and the highest degree of feeling of which humanity is capable.

Love, devotion, adoration, sympathy, tenderness, kindness, fellowship, friendship companionship ... unless these feelings are present in all man's plans, he is lacking in Ideals; his plan of life will be ephemeral, unstable, and his success will be literally sprinkled with the gall of bitterness. The reference here is to the inner, exalting, uplifting, cleansing feeling that is the basis of adoration; a sensing of the beautiful, the feeling that wells up within the true mother when she holds her beloved child in her arms. It is not to be understood that this spirit of devotion has any reference to loud and long prayers, nor to the giving of alms to those who, by all the Laws of Nature and of God, should exercise the manhood to provide for their own necessities, what ever these may be. The drone, like the unbearing tree cursed by the Nazarene has no right to existence.

The Spiritual side of life, as opposite to the material, is the exalted, heavenly (uplifting), enlightened (filled with light and love) in heart and mind. It is best contacted and appreciated through the medium of prayer, prayer being the expression of desires and Ideals. True prayer finds expression in continuous constructive effort within its own sphere. Prayer is the act of doing, living, feeling. Under the Divine Law, Every Act is either a prayer or a curse. It is this Science, Philosophy and Spiritual Concept in which all men should be instructed.

In this concept of the Laws of the New Order of the Ages, we find the basis for the achievement of success on all levels, including the attainment of Soul Consciousness. Here we find the impetus for every activity based on honesty and constructiveness, and for perpetuating the welfare of all within the Law of a religious way of life. Every constructive, exalting act is a prayer because it is the expression of an Ideal and brings about a practical manifestation. Thoughts, desires and deeds of kindly service are practical prayers - these are the tools with which "we labor in the Master's vineyard."

Thus, the life of the tiller of the soil, the humble (ungrumbling) toiler, roughly clad... the mechanic...all those who render any form of useful service, represent the highest phase of prayer. Any activity beneficial to the laborer and essential to mankind universally, if performed in kindly feeling and love, is both practical and a Spiritual expression of the highest form of prayer. Expressing itself through a constructive activity of mind and body, it fulfills a need in the proper functioning of universal life.

The spirit of the deed, the feeling in which it is performed determines the classification of the action. As is the action or effort, so will be the Reaction to the one making the effort. Like the `Biblical "bread cast upon the water," it always returns.

That success is most lasting and most secure which continually has in mind, benevolently and not selfishly or hypocritically, the welfare of the Soul, the commanded:

"Seek ye first the kingdom of God..." ___Luke 12:31.

The highest and noblest service in the interest and the benefit of the Spiritual self and toward the attainment of Soul Consciousness, is possible only as we follow the dictates of Natural Law. Man must use all things: his energies, talents and possessions toward a useful, constructive end, and above all, toward the awakening and development of the Christos, culminating in Sonship or Soul Consciousness.

Man finds the Christ - not in some far-off sphere, but right here on earth, within himself - by making of that self the commanded "Temple" wherein God may dwell. As this is done, the humble son of man, by obedience to the law becomes a Son of God. In the process of attaining this Sonship, the Christos will become known in the New Order of Ages, as a Manistic Individualization, a glorified manhood achieved by glorifying God. This is the command of the Law, the end of all achievement.

What, in this grossly material age, can be greater, nobler or more sublime, than the attainment of a real, vital, unswayable manhood? Such manhood is something almost wholly unknown in the present era of weakness, inertia, imbecility, dishonor, disloyalty, irresponsibility and downright slavery to the now so numerous self- constituted "leaders" boasting authority founded in might, rather than in right.

The betrayal of trust by those in authority, by religious leaders of almost all denominations, the flagrant and ever increasing acts of violence generally attributable to the "anti-Christ," - these are driving people by the millions away from the formal established churches.(2) Thinking men and women are unconsciously demanding both a new leadership that is unswervingly dedicated to God and the Divine Law, and a new adaptable, applicable interpretation of the Ancient Laws of human behavior and activity.
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(2) It is gross misconception to believe the larger attendance noticed in many churches is actually a return to belief in the Cross as the way to Salvation and in the Christic Spirit. On the contrary, investigation indicates it is all too frequently due to the preaching of foreign ideologies teaching a seemingly simple method to escape not only Spiritual responsibilities, but material as well.
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Here presented is a Science, Philosophy and Religious (Spiritual) concept that may readily be applied to the everyday physical, material and Spiritual needs of all seekers for a better way of life. Although seemingly turmoil reigns for the moment and God, it would seem, has all but forsaken man - as man has forsaken God - the Eternal Law is in operation, and the Godless, the Anti- Christ, will be destroyed by the Reaction of their own actions. The operating Laws of the New Order of the Ages are surely, though perhaps slowly, coming into operation.

More and more men are sensing and seeing the Godlessness, the dishonesty, the betrayals, the dishonorableness and degeneration of many of the leaders and those in power. They are watching the debasing and destructive results, and are beginning, as Tolstoi said, to "bethink themselves." They are becoming more and more dissatisfied and intolerant of empty words, empty promises, empty forms of worship, and demanding vital truths and equally vital, constructive activities and procedures in all human affairs.

Forms, however beautiful, promises, however fair, are acceptable only to the non-thinker. Only the thinkers, or those awakening to realities after their long sleep of illusion and delusion can truly be "saved." They have advanced to a new concept, a practical interpretation of man's duty to himself and to his fellow man. THEY DEMAND OF THEIR LEADERS ACTIONS THAT HARMONIZE WITH PREACHMENTS AND PROMISES. The heart of mankind is beginning to cry out and it will not rest or be silenced until order is restored: the Divine Law followed by Priests and leaders of men and those in high places.

The needs and longings of the heart can be satisfied only with what which is real, lasting, eternal; that which comes from the heart and not with the trumped up and empty promises of men. That part of man which is imperishable...that which we know as the Soul...can be satisfied by nothing that is wholly temporal. Within man, usually buried deeply and under ages of debris, may be found all that brings satisfaction; the peace that is a treasure beyond price to those who rightly esteem it - as gold is to the world for which men curse themselves and die.

The concepts taught in the Arcane, and what is known as the Science of the Soul, in no sense underestimate the requirements of the material, physical man; the "Caesar" of Biblical teachings. Here man learns unequivocally that the requirements of the physical material self shall be selected from that which can only benefit others. Whatever is meted out to the physical self shall be on a par with that rendered to the Spiritual self...thus maintaining a balance.

The inculcations of the Spiritual Laws of the present age must wholly satisfy the reasoning and conclusions of thoughtful men while comforting the heart with logical conclusions. The present day interpretation of Natural and Spiritual Laws aim to instruct by means of logical principles that can be applied in all the duties man is called upon to perform. This mode of action becomes a material-Spiritual activity which will be the foundation of all activities in which man engages. It will be the activating principle of a man's every undertaking, all on a natural, normal Spiritual foundation that includes nothing arbitrary, radical or irrational.

Too long mankind has accepted as an uncontradictable fact that a truly Spiritual life is incompatible with material, social, professional success, or the fulfillment of the duties of high position or office. This is a wholly wrong conception due in large part to two seemingly contradictory statements in the Bible:

"Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's and to God, the things which are God's." ____Mark 12:17.

and:

"Ye cannot serve God and mammon." ____Luke 16:13.

The word "Caesar," means "that which is of the material world." the word "mammon" means the wrong, evil, destructive use of money - in itself not evil - in the accomplishment of an evil deed.

The error, or misconception, also became prevalent because men have been led to believe that the flesh, even its natural demands, must be denied and sacrificed, that the Spirit may be exalted. This implies in its concept, an abuse of the whole physical, material man, and itself works evil, hence is a sin and wholly at variance with the Divine Law.

Mankind, almost in toto is still bound by creeds, dogmas and mass opinion. An increasing number, however are gradually awakening to the fact that Spirituality and true worship has its beginnings in the realms of the heart, culminating in constructive - NEVER destructive action. the Axiom:

is only partly true and should be revised to:

As a man thinketh in his heart, the thought giving birth to desire; and desire followed by action, so will he become.

Thought, however noble or exalted, is only of the moment and then passes on into the limbo of forgotten things. One may have the thought of a house, the mental picture of what that house is to be, and may even possess the material for it, but unless the thought becomes desire, and the desire is strong enough to induce action, there will be no house.

This interpretation of the Laws governing or underlying Spiritual activities, makes it thoroughly compatible with the demands of a business career and every manner of material activity, so long as a man's actions are motivated by honesty and a willingness to comply with Divine Law. Actually, it assures success because such a one will not be guilty of any action that will have a harmful Reaction. Nor does the law ever demand of man that he allow himself to become the victim of dishonorable people, or to sacrifice himself for the benefit of those capable of helping themselves: possessing, as he does, the divine and inalienable right to demand an exact justice.

It cannot be too frequently repeated that to succeed on the material plane of action, and at the same time make an effort to attain to Soul Consciousness, is BY NO MEANS EITHER INCONSISTENT or CONTRADICTORY. On the contrary, one is essential to the other so that a balance may result. This fundamental truth, previously stated, is clearly expressed in the Nazarene's statement as also in all Arcane Teachings:

"Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness [a comprehension of the Law and its application] and all these things [all things else] shall be added unto you [as a result of the universally active Law of Compensation or Exchange]." ____Matthew 6:33.

The interpretations of the new concepts in this New Order of the Ages recognizes the Law of Karma, but simplifies it as the Law of Justice; likewise as the Law of Compensation. It is in perfect harmony with the Nazarene's edict:

"...For whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." ___Galatians 6:7.

One does not modify the other. Instead, one adds positiveness to the other, commanding acceptance and compliance.

The present text is in no sense intended as a medium to proselyte or to convert a single human Soul now belonging to any one of the present active religious denominations. However, it is a medium to exemplify and simplify the concepts of the Age-old Science, Philosophy and Spiritual teachings. It offers an easily understood and readily applicable interpretation of the Divine Law in harmony with Natural law.

This work is directed especially to those millions who once held membership in one or the other of the formal churches and who gave up their membership because they could no longer accept the interpretations of the laws and their application to the daily pursuits of life, as presented in the interpretations by the various denominations of the present day.

If these are sincerely and honestly seeking a concept they can accept, a concept that harmonizes with both Natural and Divine Laws - this volume presents a wealth of information.

It explains the Laws of Justice and Righteousness; denies men nothing that is to their welfare; yet, at the same time, clearly indicates the path leading to Spiritual Consciousness; the literal consummation of the Biblical Spiritual, or Second Birth, and, at the same time, clearly outlines the path to freedom in every department of daily life.

Throughout the entire text there is considerable repetition. This is deliberate and with a purpose. Just as in Opera, for instance, there is the theme or motive, repeated time and again throughout the entire Opera, to firmly impress it upon the mind of the hearer, so with this effort, the purpose sought is to impress firmly and irresistibly upon the mind of the reader the operating Law in its multitudinous applications. Each time this Law is explained from a different point of view and for a different purpose, always having as its intent an acceptance of the Law taught and its application to the reader's or Acolyte's material and Spiritual welfare.

In some instances new terms are used, for the reason that because of the many rapid changes occurring, many terms, phrases, appellations now in use may soon be discarded or forbidden, and it is expedient that substitutes be prepared and made use of in advance.

Atheism and the Anti-Christism are rampant. The Lord of Light is betrayed by many of those who pretend to be His servants. There are concerted efforts by well organized and powerful groups to destroy what they call the "Divinity" of Christ, but which we call the Spirit of Christ; the Christos hidden in man. Because of the desecration of the name or word "Jesus," the ancient forms are used: that of Christos for the Living Christ who must be awakened by the Second or Spiritual Birth, and the Nazarene, Master-Teacher and Lawgiver of the first century. These names, being in essence, the Christ personification and Spiritualization in the hearts of men, cannot be eradicated or prohibited by legal enactments or malicious acts of men.

However evil some men may be, however bent on the destruction of all that is highest and most desirable, whatever means devised by them for their purpose, it is erroneous to believe or to claim that the nations they victimize, though they be utterly destroyed, have been destroyed by the evil acts of such men.

History of the many nations which once flourished and are now decadent proves that these nations were not destroyed but that THEY GRADUALLY FELL INTO DECAY BECAUSE THE PEOPLE OF THOSE NATIONS PERMITTED THEMSELVES TO BECOME SLAVES TO THEIR OWN WEAKNESSES; FAILED TO NURTURE AND KEEP ALIVE WITHIN THEMSELVES AN IDEAL TO UPLIFT, INSPIRE THEM AND GOAD THEM ON TO GREATER GOALS. THEY LACKED THE DESIRE AND EFFORT TO BRING INTO MANIFESTATION THE MIGHTY TALENTS HIDDEN WITHIN THEMSELVES, AND, MORE ESPECIALLY, THEY PERMITTED THE DIVINITY - call it Christos OR WHAT YOU WILL - WITH WHICH THEY WERE ENDOWED AT BIRTH, TO REMAIN DORMANT OR DIE OUT.

If America, once a republic paying allegiance to the Spirit of the Christos and the Ideal of man's freedom, falls, it will not actually be due to the machinations of those engaged in an attempt to destroy religion, faith in God and the Spirit that IS Christ, but because men, due to their inertia, have PERMITTED the enemies of God and man, to take over. In truth, men and their freedom are not destroyed by others, they DESTROY THEMSELVES AND ALL GOD GAVE THEM, BECAUSE OF LACK OF VIGILANCE IN GUARDIG SO GREAT A TREASUR.

The New Order of the Ages, A Science Philosophy and Spiritual concept, called the Science of the Soul, deals largely with the Spirit inherent in normal man and which, if awakened as commanded by the Divine Law, BECOMES the Soul brought into Consciousness. The process whereby this is accomplished is called the Great Work, because it deals with all that is highest, greatest and alone is eternal. This process divides the activating incentives governing men's every action into two categories.

On the one side are the PASSIONS - those feelings which are degrading, demoralizing, debasing and destructive. These are many and varied. Perhaps the most general are anger, envy, avarice, jealousy, hatred, maliciousness and ill- will. There are others of course, too numerous to mention, but known to all because their REaction is depressing, a lowering of morale, an incentive to inertia, a desire to do harm or destroy, the ever-present desire to GET EVEN. All of these lead to weakness, dis-ease, failure, inharmony, sorrow, Spiritual suicide; the giving up, as a result of denial, of man's Divine birthright. They are the DEVIL IN MANIFESTATION.

In opposition are the emotions that have their birth in the center of feeling. The greatest, most sublime and exalting, uplifting in their tendencies, profitable to body, mind and the Spiritual self are love, affection, friendship, kindliness, generosity, devotion, adoration, forgiveness and FORGETFULNESS IN FORGIVENESS.

All of these are exalted feelings that create uplifting vibrations. They lift up the body and mind and awaken the Spiritual self, the Christos within, and wisely direct, give health and well-being to the body: success in material affairs and affairs and, at the same time, impart Immortality or Consciousness to the Soul.

In the Arcane, the hidden mystery of the Great Work, the terms "Son of God," Philosophic Initiate, Occult Master, are more or less synonymous as are those of Soul Consciousness, Philosophic Initiation, Illumination and Christification. They are all ends achieved as a result of exalted desire, continued effort to awaken the hidden Christos into Consciousness, as well as to bring the Biblical indicated "talents," man's possibilities and capabilities, to the highest degree of development. In each instance a two-fold development is essential: that of all physical and Spiritual potentials. The differentiation in terms is due to the direction of the development.

The Church Formal and the Church Christic

The Church formal is an organization of those of common ideals, common needs, human association. As long as there is one human being who has not come into the understanding of the dictates of the Divine Law, such an association or institution is essential to his advancement. The benefits to be derived from such an association will depend entirely on the wisdom of the leadership and the desires of the individual and his willingness to obey the Divine Law.

The Church Christic is actually the "temple of the living God." It is the Gnostic, or Church of the knowers. It is individual. Every one who obeys the Divine Command to prepare, or BECOME such a temple by means of eliminating all possible evils - the Passions - from within himself, and at the same time makes consistent effort to awaken the Christos within himself so as to become Soul Conscious is, in himself, Individualized, the Church of Christos, of God. To deny this is to deny God Himself:

"Know ye not that ye are the temple of God, and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you." ____Corinthians 3:6

This is NOT a normal state, it is a BECOMING by desire and effort and the gradual elimination of weakness and all that is debasing in its nature. This is the GREAT WORK. It is the Mystery of the kingdom of heaven and "given," a COMING UPON, of the few who OBEY THE DIVINE LAW.

Ages change; a new cycle follows the old. In natural order and by Spiritual design, the New Order should begin with the benefits, advancements and Spiritual attainments achieved during the old and advance from there. Unfortunately, during all of the past ages, the change of Cycles began in a DYING not a living age, and all because of the inertia of the masses in failing to recognize their Divine inheritance and to freely exchange effort for the retention of the freedom of body, mind and Soul. Inertia in each instance took the place of vigilance, and the inheritance was lost.

The past age ended no differently than did all the other ages, yet these signs are significant: Great advancement is reflected in inventions that are as two-edged swords...destructive and constructive. Greater material and Spiritual knowledge are in evidence, but UNAPPLIED or MISAPPLIED due to universal INERTIA. Freedom is given up without a struggle, or sold for a mess of pottage. Morality has reached a new all-time low; there is an almost complete loss of Spiritual verities; almost universal irresponsibility, dishonor, or lack of honor, treason - all the signs of a decadent and dying humanity.

All of this was foreseen ages ago and clearly visioned by the Nazarene, the prophets and the founding Fathers of the Republic "overshadowed with wings" and by those who visioned the possibility of a New Order of the Ages for those living within its circle. There was also the possible destruction of the great mass and the beginning of a new race from the small remnant who chose to obey the Divine Law, thereby surviving the devastation. All this is clearly foreshadowed in Revelation.

Relative to the statements toward the end of the text having reference to the New "Bible," men's religious blasphemy, public prayers, Biblical inculcations in public schools, organized efforts to destroy religion, the elimination of the cross as a symbol of salvation, the hidden attempt to make criminal the use of the term "Jesus"...these facts may be readily verified by referring to the revised Bible, daily newspapers, magazines and public speeches. Truly, "all who have eyes to see," can see and "those who can read" may be informed.

All that has been said might make it appear that the accomplishment of the Great Work, the attainment of Soul Consciousness, is well nigh impossible for the weak mortal, and that great sacrifice is necessary. This is not so. All that is really necessary is that man be his best self. There is need for a change in character.

The undesirable and unworthy must be gradually eliminated - changed - transmuted into - what is commonly called "a sweet" nature. Man must free himself from criticism, intolerance, interference in the affairs of others, and that universal weakness - babyishness - paralyzing SELF PITY - another name for SELFISHNESS. Man needs to devote less time to gratifying new "wants" often unnecessary and even detrimental, and to find more time and opportunity for constructive work to be done. Especially to be desired is a gradual but certain replacement of the passions which never served any good purpose, and a transmutation of these passions into uplifting and Godly emotions.

"LIVE THE LIFE and ye shall have the fruits thereof" - is the command and the promise. A prime necessity is to accept and become conscious of the fact that the body, the physical, material self, is the "ground" or "soil" to be prepared for the "sowing." the Will and Desire inducing effort are the "sowing"...and in the sowing is the assurance of reaping or recompense for the effort made.

Sincerely Given

Rev. R. Swinburne Clymer

"Beverly Hall"
Quakertown, Penna.
February 19, 1955