The destiny of America was written in letters of fire across the starry firmament at the beginning of time.

Ages ago, when the civilization of the then vast continent of Atlantis was at its height, its wise men, the Initiates of that country, read the stars, and by virtue of their mighty knowledge, glimpsed the secret of God`s unchanging purpose. Through fire, flood and quake; through continents buried that others might rise; down through the vistas of seemingly unending time, they visioned what we today know as America.

As a result of this vision, the Great Lodge of Atlantean Initiates transferred a number of its Inner Initiates to Egyptian soil, where they founded the first Egyptian Dynasty and established the Initiate Priesthood.

These Initiates had great knowledge. Power was at their command. The potency of the Will and their control of the elements held no mystery which they were unable to solve; there was no force which they could not direct.

To preserve and perpetuate the record of their vast knowledge in an indestructible manner, they incorporated this knowledge in symbols and veiled figures. They built the two pyramids of Gizeh with provision for halls of Initiation on the inside of the pyramids.

Through the symbolism of this Bible of stone they protected the mysteries during the inundation which they foresaw. During the "fall" of Atlantis, Egypt was submerged, but re-emerged to give life to the second Dynasty. During the ages designated as the flood of Noah, Egypt was once more beneath the waves, only to rise again for a third Dynasty, after which the great temple of Karnack and many of the ancient structures were erected to her glory.

It was of Cheops that Isaiah wrote in Chapter XIX:19-20 when he stated:

"In that day there shall be an altar to the Lord in the midst of Egypt, and a Pillar at the border thereof to the Lord;

"And it shall be a sign and for a witness unto the Lord of Hosts in the Land of Egypt."

In his book: The Mysteries of Osiris, or Egyptian Initiation, R. Swinburn Clymer wrote: "The day will soon come when the mysteries of the ancients will be the science of the moderns, and in that morning light of revelation the Great Pyramid of Cheops will be known for what it really is; the alphabet which spells out the significance of the Divine Drama of existence."

To better understand the hidden meaning and symbology of the pyramid Cheops, we will briefly state the nature of the truths which these wise men wished to perpetuate. They were men who KNEW. Knew what?

They understood the mysteries of nature. They were aware of God's purpose as regards man. They knew the secret path by which alone man might reach Godhood and become Immortalized. In short, they know the secret of the Soul and the ways and means whereby man might establish a CONSCIOUS relationship with his Creator. This is indeed the secret of Immortality.

"In the midst of the land of Egypt" Cheops was built. Think of the marvelous exactitude of mathematical and astronomical calculation by which they built this great four-square structure at the center of the earth's surface. So exact are the measurements that the center or pivot thereof, twice each year - at the vernal and autumnal equinoxes - the sun shone so directly upon its apex that its four sides were equally illuminated and without a shadow anywhere upon its vast surface.

Myriad are the lessons which this great pyramid holds for us. Books by the score have been written, and many more will be written to make an effort to explain the mysteries and lessons it can teach man in his climb onward and upward toward Divinity. However, in its location at the center; in its physical form and its relation to the great orb of day, we now have sufficient knowledge for our Great Work.

TO THOSE WHO KNOW, the points of the pyramids proclaim that within man there is a central point - a GREAT CENTER, a physical center of spiritual power and perception - a God Center, known to Initiates as the Divine or Soul Center, because it is there that the Soul resides.

Through growth, inner development of the spiritual faculties, by means of Soul culture, this glorious Spiritual Fire or Central Sun within man will shine upon his four-fold nature, or four-sided being of body, mind, spirit and Soul in such manner that all four sides - every department of being - will be Illuminated. He then stands forth a perfect man, equally developed in body, mind, spirit and Soul.

Like Cheops, he will be perfectly squared; absolutely centered, and so Illuminated by the Sun of Righteousness that there will be no shadow cast upon him by greed, lust, avarice, or any other negative desires which becloud the carnal and unregenerate man. He will stand solid, firm and erect, constantly reaching upward towards the heavens, and with lofty aspiration and continuity of purpose he will strive manfully onward toward Godhood and Conscious Immortality. He who so attains has become as one with those WHO KNOW.

Moses was one of those who KNEW. Through the symbology of the "Bush that burned but was not consumed," Moses stood face to face with the Divinity as reflected by his OWN INNER SOUL LIGHT, and from it (God or the Divinity) received the Law for his enslaved people.

As a leader of his people, those who were led by him out of the then spiritually fallen Egypt, Moses founded the twelve tribes of Israel. They were not yet a free people, but TRIBES. They were a thirteenth or perfect people, that of MANASSEH, a blending and perfecting of all tribes. Even a superficial reading of the Biblical story reveals the fact that AMERICA - the "Land overshadowed with Wings" - of Isaiah - is the Manasseh of Biblical lore.

Moses was an Initiate not only of the Egyptian Priesthood, but likewise of the Coptic Hierarchy of that day. He was versed in all the magical arts taught by both of these. In his separation of the tribes of twelve there is the Egyptian symbolism corresponding to the twelve physical centers in man, with the thirteenth or "perfect one, " typifying the Soul enlightened" individual.

Down through the ages and throughout the history of man, the same symbology is ever present. Every religious system incorporates this same symbology, the one succeeding always being born from the one preceding. Covered and hidden as it is, this symbology is too sublime to be comprehended by the masses in its purity, but always plainly revealed to those who will LIVE THE LIFE , PUT FORTH THE EFFORT NECESSARY TO ACHIEVE the right to be numbered with those who know.

At last, after many ages, it seemed that the very heavens, yea, that God Himself lends a hand in a supreme effort to help man recognize the truth about himself.

An infant was born at Bethlehem of Judea at whose birth the angels sang, the stars rejoiced and completed a configuration toward which they had been moving for eons of time.

From Egypt the Wise men, THOSE WHO KNEW, came to worship and to offer rich gifts of Incense and Myrrh and to usher in the then New Age.

The babe born was the Nazarene. To Him Christ was to come. In Him Godhood was to be born; the Christos revealed.

Mary and Joseph, themselves trained and prepared in the Secret Schools of that day for the work to be done, took Him into the Land of Egypt; a land of darkness to the Uninitiated.

Under the Initiates of Egypt he rose to supreme heights and at last stood free, Sublime Master of the Great Secret; surpassed in degree by none, all this by virtue of having BECOME the Christ and able to say:"I and the Father are ONE; Him in me and I in Him." He had attained to Conscious Immortality and lived to prove it.

Returning from Egypt he started on His ministry. His very method of organization had a real meaning because it followed the ancient system. He selected twelve disciples, himself being the thirteenth or PERFECT ONE. In the performance of his mission, from birth to Calvary, from the tomb to the ascension, there is a complete repetition of the story told by the Stars of the Heavens, the Sphinx, the Temple, the Pyramid, and by the Masters of every age, as well as by the experience passed through by THOSE WHO KNOW, and with whom you who read this may become ONE if you have the WILL.

With the coming of the Nazarene and His rise to Christhood or ONENESS with the Father, we had the beginning of the Christian era. As a matter of fact, no nation and no people and but few individuals have made more than a pretense of actually LIVING the Christic teachings; therefore, none but a very few can honestly claim Christianity as their standard.

It is an indisputable fact that the masses have not only been unwilling, but HAVE REFUSED to carry their OWN CROSS. They have deified and worshipped the man Jesus, instead of accepting His instructions and standard of life in the SPIRIT and with full intent and purpose for which these teachings were given by HIM WHO BECAME CHRIST. The masses, as most of them do now, refused the law of individual responsibility and still continue to thrust their sins upon the "man of sorrow" of two thousand years ago.

The Nazarene, Essenian Initiate that He was, KNEW, and it was His great mission to teach others to so live that they also might KNOW. But as before His Ministry, so it has been since. The outer for the many; the INNER for those few who are ready and WILLING to learn and to obey.

The secret teachings which the Nazarene taught to the few have never been lost and are today open to those who truly seek.

We now pass down the centuries to the discovery (?) of America and the founding of the United States. It was necessary to design a Seal for the new association of people. The purpose of the Seal is to quickly convey a complete and detailed idea of that which it is to represent. In this respect the Seal of the United States is a Masterpiece, as a brief analysis will convince the most skeptical that, among those who designed it, there were those who KNEW.

America is Manasseh, "the land o'ershadowed by wings," hence the central figure of the Seal is the EAGLE with wings outspread as in flight. Now note the correspondence to the ancient symbolism: In the Eagle's tail there are thirteen feathers. In one talon are held thirteen arrows; in the other an olive branch with thirteen leaves. On its breast is a shield with thirteen bars and stripes. True, this is symbolic of the thirteen original colonies. Is it by chance that this corresponds to the symbolism and prophecy of the starry configuration; to The Master Initiate and His twelve disciples and, finally, to man with his twelve centers and the thirteenth or PERFECT one, all of which indicate that there were those at the time who understood the Law and KNEW what was to be done?

The number thirteen indicates the end of the old and the beginning of the new cycle. Right now for America it indicates the end of the fifth and the beginning of the sixth race and forerunner of the seventh and last race.

Rev. John Harden Allen, one of the greatest research workers of all time, states in one of his numerous books on the subject:

"There were thirteen colonies, thirteen races represented, one for each tribe of Israel. Thirteen men represented them in the Declaration of Independence. Thirteen stars and stripes in the first flag; thirteen rods in the National Mace of the House of Representatives, and thirteen rattles of the tail of the serpent depicted on the Massachusetts Pine Tree Flag, and thirteen letters in the motto: `Don't tread on Me.'

"The first call for troops for the Civil War was on the thirteenth; surrender of Fort Sumpter was on the thirteenth, making the Alpha and Omega of the war. Dewey captured Manila on the thirteenth and broke the back of the Spanish war. In the Mexican War the decisive battle was fought on the thirteenth. In the World War of 1914-1918, thirteen ships sailed for France on the thirteenth and were thirteen days in the passing. This was on June 13, 1917. The cutting of the St Mihiel salient by General Pershing and the men under him was on his birthday, Friday, the thirteenth of September."

Returning to the Seal, the obverse side of the Seal represents the United States of America as it was then and as it would continue to be for some years to come; but did not indicate what America was destined to be.

Those who KNEW then also designed a converse side of the Seal. This design has been brought to life foreshadowing the activity of the New Age. It has been used on our currency, a universal symbolification that the time is NOW for ALL people. What is the basis of that which should be the banner of all the people of the New World? It is nothing less than Cheops, the MIRACLE IN STONE.(1)
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Note the words on the Seal: Novus Ordo Seclorum. Interpreted, it is: A New Order In The Ages. These men who designed this Seal were men who KNEW; KNEW what America was to be if its citizens learned to understand and obey the Law.

On this Seal the capstone is as yet not in its place, but is ready to be lowered. Why is this so, except to indicate that no man is yet fit to inhabit this "new heaven and new earth" until the capstone of righteousness, the eternal crown of Immortality, the clear vision of the ALL SEEING EYE shall be man's by righteous self-attainment, and this not only for the few, but for the citizens as a whole - the NEW ORDER IN THE AGES?

What does it indicate to put this capstone into place and what has the individual to do with it?

It typifies the comprehension of the Law - the DIVINE LAW whereby mankind may become "four square," equally developed in body, mind, spirit and Soul, and having attained Conscious Immortality.

This is only possible if we first learn to understand the Law then obey it, and proceed to become that Law as a result of inner Spiritual growth or development. Today, as always there are THOSE WHO KNOW. They stand ready to instruct and to guide. Through obedience to the Laws which all may master, man may attain to health, strength of body and mind; harmonize body and Soul and obtain freedom from the fears which make man a slave to himself or to others.

Will America's destiny be fulfilled?

That will depend upon its citizens. Once again the people of a nation - a New World - stand on trial.

The colored race had its opportunity but failed, and gave way to the red races; the red races failed as fully as did the colored race and gave way to the white. Now, at last, the days foretold by the stars in the heavens and spoken of by the ancient prophets are with us, and fulfillment rests with those we call "Americans." Present forecasts are indeed dark, but the eternal sun MAY break through the dark clouds and give light to a confused people. You, my dear reader, can be a mighty help - upholding the Law.*
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This is an age of Symbolism: but it is also an age in which the symbol means less to the individual than ever before. The teachings of which the masses are taking the "letter" and rejecting the "spirit." there is an "inner or secret" meaning to every symbol. Especially is this true of THE ALL-SEEING EYE, which is generally used, and which is so replete in occult meaning that it has been chosen as the subject of this chapter.

Many fraternities use it. But how few men when looking at their emblems, give serious thought to the real meaning and significance of this most suggestive character! The lives of the thousands who wear this insignia on charm or pin, or who gaze on it night after night in their lodge rooms, prove conclusively that they give little thought to it. For to grasp its true meaning not only implies, but even demands, a system of living and acting which is exemplified in but few lives today. As we follow this matter further, and bring before you the deep and inner meaning of THE ALL-SEEING EYE, you may say that there are none who exemplify all that is symbolized by it. Nevertheless, there are such; but they must of necessity be in seclusion, known only to the few, not by any unwillingness on their part to come before the world, but rather by the present attitude of the world itself, which would persecute and ridicule, yes, perhaps even crucify, the would-be benefactor who might attempt a practical demonstration of even a partial knowledge of that which is symbolized by THE ALL-SEEING EYE.

Do you doubt this? Then please note there are very few places in the United States where a Soul Science Healer dares come out openly and perform his cures. He must hide his light behind a doctor's Certificate, in order to avoid heavy fines or imprisonment. The man who would make the demonstration now, would antagonize the aristocracy and monied interests to even a greater extent than did the Master of two thousand years ago. For, while the dollar was powerful then, there was nothing like the vast fortunes of today, with the combinations and trusts ruling practically everything. While you may shudder, and deny the possibility of repetition, in this enlightened age, of the scene on Calvary of twenty centuries ago, yet there is no reason to expect anything different, if occasion should arise. You say the race has advanced. In some directions, yes, most assuredly so. And, while there is a marked advance in many constructive lines, there has also been an advance in the great forces of greed and licentiousness, with which not only the select few, but even the masses of today will tolerate no more interference than would those of the first century, and in all probability, less.

That these conditions will eventually pass away; that the "world religion" is here; that through growth and development of the individual, the way is being paved for the "Great Teacher," is certain. In the meantime, we who are in the vanguard, must patiently strive and faithfully work to hasten the day when all may see and know these noble souls who can and will make a great demonstration. But the time is not yet. And he who seeks material and physical proof of unusual and so-called miraculous power, does not need such proof. He grasps with eagerness and faith such teachings as are given him, thereby showing conclusively that through his own inner development he has attuned his listening to catch the first faint vibration of the "Still, Small Voice," which speaks to every man when due preparation has been made, no matter whether that preparation is made through evolution (experience) or by special training.

The many may admire, do homage to, in fact, almost pay reverence to, the man whose mind evolved such suggestive symbol as THE ALL-SEEING EYE. No mere mind ever evolved it, "Flesh and blood" never revealed this symbol to any man. Nothing but an intimate and conscious relationship between man and his God could make the revelation possible. Likewise, it is true that "flesh and blood" (the material-physical-sense man) can not reveal things of spiritual significance to man today. The ALL-SEEING EYE is positively and absolutely a symbol of spirituality in man. To believe that it indicates the watchfulness of a far-off God who registers our good and bad deeds that we may receive a just reward or punishment, thereby using it as a sort of incentive to careful action, confers little credit on the individual so considering it, placing him but a little above the savage who holds a similar thought and regards the "Great Father" which he symbolically worships through his images and fantastic ceremonies.

No date can be determined when this symbol came into use. That it was used by the ancient Atlantians before the destruction of the continent of Atlantis, is known; and from that time on down through Egyptian history, through the books of Law of every known religion, has come this ancient symbol, giving additional proof of the ancient origin of the fraternities now using it. But above all things, it ancient origin and present-day popularity are proof of a spiritual meaning and significance, the "spirit" of which has been lost and the "letter" retained; that no symbol unless it is of spiritual significance and founded on experience and an actual likeness to the thing symbolized can or will endure, or ever has endured, the ravages of time. The lamb, the dove, the rose, the lily, the serpent are all well known symbols, and are symbols bearing a likeness to the characteristics symbolized. There is nothing arbitrary about them. Chance had nothing to do with their selection. THE ALL-SEEING EYE is perhaps of more ancient origin that the others named.

Most certainly THE ALL-SEEING EYE is God. The EYE is open, therefore it must indicate a "Seeing" God, If this God sees, then it must be for a purpose. What can be its purpose unless it is conducive to better living, conscious of the fact that our acts and thought are noted by the One whom we recognize as being absolute Good, Perfection, Allah or any other name. This being true, there must be a purpose on this watchfulness, a result that must not only be pleasing to "Him who watches" but also to him who is watched. He who lives up to certain standards understood to be in harmony with the wishes and desires of "Him who watches," must of course receive a reward. He who violates these standards must suffer accordingly. This every intelligent wearer of this ancient symbol recognizes as true, without any knowledge of this Spiritual and Intuitive powers.

This leads to a consideration of mind and its influence on our lives. Until we develop intuition we must depend on mind for all that comes into our consciousness. Through the mind as a medium, that which enters the consciousness is imprinted on the soul, and becomes part of our immortal selves. Thus is recorded our every act and thought in the "Book of Life." The "Book of Life" is the soul, and the time comes when every man must read all that is therein. How careful we should be, and would be, if we realized that our every thought is in reality becoming an actual part of us, recorded in letters of fire in the "Book of Life," and that Book our own souls.

If through the use of the mind we arrive at a conception of THE ALL-SEEING EYE, as indicated above, then all is well, even if for a long time we get no further than just the conception indicated thus far. The individual must receive benefit therefrom for the very reason that his thought are being registered in the soul and are becoming an actual part of him and constituting the means whereby his soul, through registering the direct and accumulative results of his continual thinking, will gradually strengthen and become active as a "Center of Consciousness" independent of mind. Through this activity, which is called "Intuition" (*) he will begin to seek and receive deeper and more spiritual truths, in fact, actual revelations of untold value and practical benefit, not only as regards his spiritual growth, but in all departments of his every-day life.

Many historical instances are given of men who manifested the activity of this Center of Consciousness, that is, the Soul Center, to a remarkable degree. In ALCHEMY AND THE ALCHEMISTS by Dr. R.S. Clymer, may be found many instances. Socrates possessed this power. One day Socrates met his friend Crito, whose eye was bandaged. Upon inquiring of him what was the mater, Crito told him that , while in the country, a twig stuck him in the eye. Socrates then reminded him of how he had opposed Crito's going into the country. After the battle fought at Delium by Athenians, when fleeing with the other soldiers, Socrates refused to go with them when they arrived at a certain crossway. On being asked the reason, he said, "My Daemon deters me from it." it so happened that those who did not go with him fell into the hands of then enemy's cavalry. In his apology to the Athenians for not entering their assemblies, he expressed himself in the following terms: "That which prevented me form coming into your assemblies, O, Athenians, is my familiar Daemon, that divine Voice of which I have so often spoken, and which has been so often ridiculed by Meletus. This genius has attached himself to me from infancy; and when one of my friend is going to engage in some unfortunate enterprise, the Voice obliges me to dissuade him. Timarchus, before leaving Athens, asked me, ‘What is your opinion, Socrates?' I then heard the Voice, and said, ‘Do not go,' Timarchus would not desist, but went. This is the reason why he said to his brother, ‘I am bout to die, because I could not listen to Socrates.' Socrates predicted all the important events of his own life. When summoned before the tribunal of Five Hundred he knew that he would be condemned to death even though the penalty of the offense with which he was accused was but a trifling fine. They expected at Athens the ship that was gone to Crete in commemoration of the victory of Theseus over the Montarus; and so long as the voyage lasted it was forbidden to put any one to death. His disconsolate disciples expected the shop the following day, but Socrates told them that she had been detained at sea and would be back on the third day. The event proved the correctness of his pre-vision.

"Apollonius of Tyana predicted future events as correctly as Socrates, and he was conscious of what was transpiring in remote places. While he was at Ephesus, and even surrounded by a crowd of people, he saw and described the murder of the emperor Domitian at Rome. His prediction was established several days after, when it was learned that the whole had taken place upon the day and at the very moment and hour indicated by Apollonius."

Joan of Arc was another who had this wonderful gift. By it she predicted future events, all the important happenings of her own life. Through it, she a woman, led the armies of France to victory, finally suffering death at the hands of the country she had saved, burned at the stake as a sorceress.

We need not go back so far to find instances of this wonderful gift, but may come down to our every-day life and find many of them. One of the most prominent and successful physicians of my acquaintance, while talking on this subject, said: "When I prescribe ‘intuitionally' I always effect a cure. When a prospective patient comes into my office there is something within me that tells me immediately the cause of the ailment as well as its remedy. If, after listening to the story and asking the usual question, I diagnose the case differently and prescribe according to my reason and book knowledge, I almost invariably go wrong, as my deductions are apt to be at variance with my first impression of the case.

Women possess this gift of intuition to a far greater degree than men. What man is there who has not felt the chagrin and mortification that comes when he sees his carefully laid plans and scientifically worked out schemes ending in failure, and a wife or mother gently reminds him, "I told you so?" You remember that she did, but she could give no reason, probably said "Because." And so you with your science and reasoning, knew better, went ahead - to failure!" First impressions are usually the result of intuition. How often have you thought and heard others say, "O, if I could only follow my first impressions!"

Says Dr. Clymer, in explanation of daemon of Socrates (and other instances given illustrate this same Daemon): "This daemon in Socrates was nothing else than what we of the Supreme Orders of today call Intuition. It was called this by P.B. Randolph years ago. This is also the conscience in man. If man learns to listen to the Voice of Conscience, or what is sometimes called the ‘Still,' small Voice, he will not go wrong, and will have the same familiar Daemon as had Socrates."

It is the Conscience, the "Still, Small Voice," Intuition, call it what you will, which is symbolized by THE ALL-SEEING EYE.

Now, let us ask a few questions. Where is this EYE? What is its spiritual significance? What mean the rays of light that seem to spring from it? Watchfulness without a helping hand and guiding power would be impractical. Therefore, we ask, if it has a power: "How do we receive this guidance; through what means may we come into practical knowledge of it; what is the reward of faithfulness and why the punishment of disobedience?"(*)

Where is this EYE? Most assuredly it is within man. Mankind has become accustomed to looking outside of himself for help and guidance. He has feared the condemnation of some power apart from himself, and seems determined to look for and expect this approbation or disapproval of a far-off deity, whose chief rewards and punishments are to be received after death. Consequently, he refuses to make application of teachings of Prophet, Seer and Master and come down to the solid foundation of true philosophy and religion. Every Prophet, Seer and Master worthy of the name, and every true philosophy and religion stand on this principle - "The possible Unity of Consciousness in man with the Supreme Ruling Power of the Universe.

"Unity implies oneness and the only rational explanation of oneness is embraced in the conception of the unity of man with his God, a receiving or implantation of God within man. This implies that he must raise himself to Godhood or God must lower Himself to the standard of man. Is not this what mankind has been striving to do for ages?"

The Idea of the Indian regarding his God is that He is a Great Hunter and a Mighty Warrior. His idea of heaven, God's home, is a "Happy Hunting Ground." Is this not bringing God down to his level? Do not the masses of today fear the vengeance of an angry God? Are they not daily praying for special favors? In doing so, are they not making of Him a Being of anger and favoritism.

Thus, in the light of these facts, we see that the actual tendency has been to endow God with our own human frailties and weaknesses. With the idea of raising our selves to Godhood, placing no limit on the heights to which we may rise, taking the ALL SEEING-EYE (God) is within man. If you ask, "Where is this EYE?" all that can be answered at this time is, "You must locate it if you would know." No man who knows will tell you. He who does not know can not tell you. Therefore, it becomes an individual problem which each must solve for himself.

Therefore, it is an all wise Providence that has veiled this Center of Power from the eyes of the profane, who might use it for evil and selfish purposes. For this power is impartial. It simply is. As man has been given free will, he is at liberty to use it as he choose, after he makes connection with it. Under these conditions, it can easily be seen why one who knows will not tell him who does not know. A man will not give a child a loaded gun to play with. For if he did and the child injured itself or another, who would be to blame? Most assuredly, the man who gave the child the gun. The cases are analogous, even though the average man would not admit the analogy, simply because one is dealing with the "seen" and the other with the "unseen," which he cannot comprehend. The same Providence which has veiled this Center of Power from the profane, that is, the ignorant, the inexperienced, those who by its use might harm not only themselves but others as well, has, at the same time, by natural law, established way and means whereby every man may come into a full knowledge of it.

In Masonic Symbols we have an emblematically written history of symbols from beginning to end. It is only by a strict use of the working tools of this fraternity that we can come to a definite working knowledge of this Center of God Power. It is possible for a man to gain this end and accomplish this purpose who is not a Mason; but in that case he has unconsciously followed the true Masonic teachings, as understood by those who know the inner meaning of the symbols used by the Masonic Fraternity. Faithful use of the mortar and trowel on work that proves out absolutely "square" and Plumb" is the only way in which we may have revealed to us the absolute Center of that which we have built. Only by earnest effort and actual work in building into our lives honesty, truth, self-control and every other virtue taught in our Fraternities, can we come into consciousness of this physical and spiritual Center, or place, occupied by THE ALL-SEEING EYE within man.

What is its spiritual significance? Light. Light is symbolic of knowledge and wisdom, and has had the same meaning for centuries. When reading the Bible, if people could only get the real interpretations, how much better off this world would be? The knowledge and wisdom symbolized by Light is all-inclusive, covering every department of life. It springs from the very fount of all existence, and is accompanied by a consciousness of our individual Immortality, which is symbolized by the Pyramid

We find symbolism physically expressed in the Great Pyramid, located at the exact center of the land surface of the earth, at a point where the sun, when passing the meridian, sheds its rays directly on the center, in such a manner that no shadow is cast by that great and apparently immortal structure. Says Dr. R.S. Clymer, in THE GREAT PYRAMID, A TEMPLE OF INITIATION:

"A great task, and exalted undertaking, is assigned to him who by nature and training is best fitted for it. For this reason, the divine economy of the universe metes out to Egyptian wisdom and dexterity the honor of perfecting an enduring symbol of man in his work of redemption. Likewise, the wisdom that "causes all things to work together for good" locates a monumental symbol in the land in which, the reasons physical, climatic-atmospheric, it is most likely to endure. But there is another, deeper reason why the Great Pyramid, the Mighty Temple of Initiation, should be located at the center of the earth's land surface and why its apex should annually mark the sun's direct rays.

"In this respect, the Pyramid is a perfect symbol of man when he has reached the state called Illumination of Soul, or Soul Consciousness, or in other words, ‘has found the Center, or located THE ALL-SEEING EYE. After he has passed through a system of training and self-mastery, after he has endured the tests and the ordeals of such a training, and has perfected in his nature the qualities of love and forgiveness, he comes to the point in his experience in which the Son of Righteousness shines upon his Temple and casts no shadow to the right or to the left. The Soul within him has become the Sun of Righteousness and perfection. Its rays fall upon the Temple, the purified body and neither is there shadow nor is there darkness. Man reaches this state only through living exalted life, and through enduring the tests and the struggles and the experiences necessary to the purification of his nature."

In concluding the article from which the quotations above are taken, Dr. Clymer asks:

May we look to Masonry in completing the great work, or will it continue to be purely materialistic? Let this be the mission of Masonry, to perfect the work for which its outer symbology stands? Shall it be so?

While this is truly a Masonic work, the work for which the Mason has made a good foundation when he has completed his three degrees, yet it is also a work for every man, and especially a work for those who have taken up, or who have opportunity and inclination to take up, the special training offered freely today by the representatives of the Ancient Schools, through the Illuminati, Sons of Osiris, Magi and other Fraternities.

What mean the rays of light which seem to spring from THE ALL-SEEING EYE. Again, light symbolizes wisdom and understanding. Here, however, we may take the literal meaning of light, in the sense of illuminating rays. God is Light From this God center, this ALL-SEEING EYE, spring rays of light; for it is a center of light. As man develops into a Master Workman and grows into consciousness of this center, his path is illuminated not only by wisdom and understanding but by Light, which becomes objective in proportion to his development, until at last he traces the rays to their source and becomes conscious of the "Center," the ALL-SEEING EYE within.

How do we receive this guidance, and through what means? The means are those already stated, namely: a faithful and absolute use of the working tools which are symbolic of physical work and applied energy in our every-day life and action, and the actual building into our lives of these qualities which are characteristic of work performed by a masterly use of "plumb" and "square."

To come into a knowledge of its guiding light, to come into this knowledge and wisdom, is entirely a matter of growth, and is a co-result with the gradual erection of the Temple, in the building of which there is "no sound of hammer." Let us consider that within man, is the "Voice of conscience." This voice comes to us, or rather comes into our consciousness, through and by the rays of light emanating from THE ALL-SEEING EYE. As that which we are building comes nearer and nearer to completion, as we come nearer and nearer to the performance of perfect work, the rays of light become stronger and more penetrating, therefore the voice of conscience becomes more keen; our sense of responsibility in the performance of perfect work becomes greater; and with this comes a growth in knowledge and wisdom and an increased ability to perform perfect work.

Thus every man who follows the light realizes the truth of the teachings which promise that who is faithful will reap benefit not only spiritually but materially as well. With the perfection of workmanship comes an increased demand for service and a corresponding increase in remuneration. This is the experience of every Neophyte, and the fact that the conscience does become more active is admitted by any man who will think. Who is there who does not find his conscience troubling him today for things which a few years back seemed perfectly right to him? If this is true through simply an evolutionary effect, how much greater would be the manifestation if evolution is assisted by special training.

Thus we have answered in part how we receive this guidance, but we have considered only one phase of the question. To be told of our wrong doings is not enough. We must also be guided as to right actions. To be warned of danger is not of great value unless we are pointed to paths where no dangers lie. That this is also an activity of the conscience is not generally understood, but is nevertheless true. In this larger view, we usually speak of conscience as "Intuition." It is the "Still, small voice" which is really God's highest gift to man. Through it we may be guided into paths of right, led away form paths of danger, and our lives may be so directed that we shall indeed "walk in the light as he is in the light," and our paths made so plain that "even a fool need not err therein." This, a soul growth whereby we, becoming master workmen, may open ourselves to receive the guidance and instruction of the Master of the Temple, is the way in which we receive the Light of Illuminating Wisdom, symbolized by the rays emanation from THE ALL-SEEING EYE.

What is the reward of faithfulness, and why the punishment of disobedience? There is no truer statement than this, "Virtue is its own reward." We act rightly in opposition to a wrong inclination , and there is a compensating "something" from within, which brings peace and happiness, a reward that can not be compared to the satisfaction following some material reward or even following an expression of appreciation from another. Freedom from an accusing conscience brings perfect peace, happiness and harmony; and these conditions constitute heaven. Therefore, we may indeed say that Heaven is the reward for faithfulness, a faithfulness that gives freedom from an accusing conscience. Here is no chance for favoritism, no chance of getting "something for nothing." The proposition is absolute: "As we sow so shall we reap." "The glory of Sonship, of Illumination, however, is worth the struggle; and the pain of overcoming is as nothing in comparison with the exquisite pleasure of Realization." this is quoted from one of our Soul Science Lessons dealing with this subject. The idea of a reward is in itself an evidence of selfishness. The element of selfishness, of all things, must be rooted out of our lives. That the reward comes, it true: But to work for the reward is one sure way of delaying it. "He who loses his life shall find it,' is indeed true. Love for the right, love of humanity, to be the recipients of power in order that we may do good with it is the highest aim possible to man, and is part of the training given by those who know, to all who are willing to obey.

Why the punishment? Simply as a result of disobedience to Law. The Master Builder has laid down certain laws. These laws are absolute and unchangeable. They are fixed for all time. They apply equally to every workman. To disobey them brings each its own punishment, not in the sense that an angry father would punish his child, not as the master would punish the slave, but in the sense of a reactionary effect, which must, by law, follow a corresponding cause. This is known as the Law of Karma, the Divine Law of Cause and Effect, expressed in the Old Testament, "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth," and in the New Testament, "as ye sow, so shall ye reap." therefore we are punished by our sins and not for them; If in our building we have made miscalculations, if our work is not plumb, then we have imperfection as a result of disobedience to Law which it is our duty and our privilege to know. The fault is with no one but ourselves, and is not due to any lack of favor or justice on the part of those who have the work in charge. Failure to receive as much for our labors as does the man whose work has proved out plumb and square is a matter of strict justice. The failure is due either to unfaithfulness or to lack of sufficient time spent as apprentice; but in the building there is ample time given for all to become Master Workmen, provided they give faithful and careful attention to the work as it is laid out for them. For, mind you, this is an individual problem Each is building his own Temple, the Divine Temple of the Soul, of which the outward temple is but a symbol.

In conclusion, should we not all get down to a deeper study of our symbols" Should we not make them mean more to us individually, instead of being proud of the great principles for which our Fraternities stand as a body? Should we not seek until we find? Should we not "knock until the door is opened" in more than a symbolic sense until our understanding is opened; even until the divine rays of light and wisdom flow into our minds and Souls? May we not feel that inner urge which will lead us on to lives of usefulness as teachers and leaders of men, who are seeking that which they know not, and yet are seeking. What a mission, what an opportunity we who have entered this path now have, that we may help others on the path, thereby hastening the day when we shall in truth realize and know that we are children of the Pure Light known to all true Initiates even that which is symbolized by THE ALL-SEEING EYE and is known by those who possess the long lost "Word."
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