History demonstrates that every age has had its Philosophers, Masters, Initiates and Saviors, who, denying the self and following the Divine Law, attained to Illumination of Soul; Then, in order to fulfill their earthly mission, they imparted to mankind those truths they felt could be absorbed and constructively used. These truths were not gleaned from books or heresy, but were experienced by these Avatars as a result of actually living them.

Further historical records reveal that countless men and women who were attracted to the philosophies of these great ones became imbued with the erroneous impression that by merely being followers they could themselves attain to Mastership without actually living according to the teachings of these illustrious one. These followers sought to come into possession of the knowledge and powers possessed by these Initiates, but were most unwilling to live the life essential to attain this knowledge and power.

They foolishly believed that it was possible, in one manner or another, to obtain wisdom and spiritual power while still continuing to live a life of "sin," that is, one in attempted circumvention of the Divine Law. Relying entirely upon their ignorant and carnal minds, they deluded themselves with the belief that man could come into possession of truth, understanding and power by mere acceptance of the fact that the truth exists, and that faith alone would bring them the results they wished for.

These individuals, along with their spiritual progeny down through the ages, failed to recognize the truth that it is impossible under the Divine Law for man to legitimately come into possession of anything, no matter what it may be, unless he is first willing (eager) to do the work needed to accomplish the desired goal and, if required, to deny himself in whatever manner is necessary for such attainment, achievement or possession. This equal exchange is absolutely essential for an orderly universe and thus comes under the First Law of Heaven.

Truth, in the beginning of the sincere student's search, appears hard and may seem like an overly bitter medicine. But there is no escaping the fact that Truth commands: Thus shalt thou do in order to receive or attain. Unless you are willing, most anxious, to accept and apply the dictates of Truth as gained by Wisdom, Wisdom by experience, you shall not receive, cannot receive, and it will not be given unto you. Truth and Wisdom set their own value, and he alone receives who is willing to pay in advance.

Since the mills of the Gods (Divine Law) grind slowly, it is possible to gain for a short time certain powers and control over forces by other than compensatory effort and legitimate means. It is true that under certain circumstances "the Kingdom of Heaven may be taken by storm," but the fruit of such "stealing," for such it is, will turn most bitter in the end as the fine milling of the Gods begins to extract its due, plus the high interest usually charged for such attempted circumvention.

No man has power to permanently keep possession of that for which he has not made a full compensatory effort - that which he has not honestly earned. This is a part of the Divine Law that few desire to understand or to follow, since most men and women are always looking for an edge, that is, some special advantage or dispensation for themselves in life. The mere desire for such special personal favors is not only dishonest in the extreme, but is also the prime corruptor of mankind. No man or woman can truly be free, in either the temporal world or the spiritual world, until he or she has not only learned and accepted this Law but is willing, nay eager, to obey it even in the most minute detail.

Unfortunately, even in this, the beginning of a new dispensation, The Manistic Age(1), the vast majority of men and women still erroneously believe they can come into Truth, Wisdom and Power by means of some easy method; by "climbing up some other way."
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(1) See A Guide for the New Renaissance, Philosophical Publishing Co. P.O. Box 220, Quakertown, PA 18951
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They ask for Truth and often listen attentively to those who are capable of teaching the Truth. They may even gain a superficial comprehension of it and then try to apply what they have been taught. In most instances, however, they are unwilling to live and manifest in the manner required by the Divine Law to really achieve that which they seek. They soon find that the Truth and Power they see conferred on the faithful have evaded them, and then they foolishly conclude that what they had heard was not the Truth or that the Master may have kept from them secrets he imparted to those who were faithful to the Law and reaped the rewards of their faithfulness.

All true Masters and Initiates were, and are, aware of this attitude on the part of most individuals. They know full well that Truth is never attainable by any superficial means, that to gain Truth one must come into Truth by living it. It is for this reason that we have the rather limiting statement, "Many are called, few chosen." Once we look past the poetry of this sentence, we see that the choosing is made by the individual himself and not by any outside force. Many were intrigued by the teachings of the Nazarene, but, like the young rich man, most were unwilling to give up their desire for special attention and follow the "harsh"-appearing Divine Law.

There were those who thought more of God and His blessings than of mundane things. They taught, as did the Nazarene, that the ills of the flesh are the result of the "sins" of the flesh. They proclaimed that "The sins of the flesh bring about the death of the flesh," and frequently that of the soul. Many then, as now, who listened but were unwilling to live as these wise men taught, gave utterance to: "This is an hard saying; who can hear [understand, live] it?"___John 6:60.

Why? For only one reason. They were not ready or willing to accept this teaching because it removed from them special privilege; yet they desired to have its full benefits. The race belief at that time was unable to comprehend the possibility of the Immortality of the Soul, much less life after the death of the body. They were even less capable of accepting the doctrine of the nonnecessity of death. Thus the people turned away from the Nazarene and his teachings as they had many times from other Avatars throughout the ages and continued in their life of sickness and death.

Because of this unbelief, this lack of faith, this turning away, this refusal to accept the Truth because it was a "hard saying" and demanded much of them, they missed out not only on the benefits of a healthy and happy temporal life, but also on the Immortalization of their Soul.

While we are now much more sophisticated, many things are little better than in the days of the Nazarene, and not a few are much worse. Many who now believe in the Immortality of the Soul seek for instructions and guidance, but they are as unwilling to live in obedience to the Divine Laws governing the attainment of Illumination and Soul consciousness as were the Pharisees and Sadducees.

They are therefore unable to accept the reality of the Soul's being. They demand an outward manifestation of such power, "signs and wonders," a vision of the heavenly Fires, before they show a willingness to obey and follow. Even then, who is to say they would follow the Law even with such demonstration?

Mankind continues to forget that the laborer in not paid until after his duty is performed. God or the Divine Law forces no man either to believe or to accept, having given all men free will to do as they please, with the proviso that those who labor not in the Lord's vineyard, i.e., do not so live the life, shall not reap of that life; shall not partake of the fruit received by those who accept, believe and work accordingly. Only by such efforts may man achieve the health and happiness he so ardently desires.

God does not show man signs and wonders in order that he may have faith. On the contrary, the Masters and Initiates of all ages have taught that man is NOT to seek for signs and wonders, but to so live that he may himself become capable of performing them. Such demonstrations are the signs of the charlatan and mountebank.

Again and again the Nazarene inculcated the idea that "sin," sickness and misery are not necessary; that physical death itself is no more than a by-product of "sin," which brings about weakness, illness and eventual death. But he always found that the multitude could not accept his "hard,' i.e., truthful, sayings. Instead of accepting, so living and being "saved," they did as the multitudes do today, followed after those who professed to show them an easier way, only to find, all too late, that they had been misled and betrayed.

Even those who were near, and continually with, the Nazarene found it difficult to accept this Initiate's teachings and sometimes questioned their truth. They found it impossible to comprehend that he, who was their Master Teacher, should be willing to give up his life to demonstrate to those who had faith and lived the life that death in not a reality, but a delusion that hides a change.

In the end, the multitude, and even some of his own most beloved followers, turned away from him as he sought to teach them the Truth and the Way of Life. He cried out to them, perhaps in agony greater than when his own life passed from him, "Verily, verily, I say unto you, If a man keep my saying [lives as I teach him], he shall never see death."___John 8:51.

This is indeed a "hard saying," a bitter truth. It is a saying that the multitude, even now, are not able to accept. It is a positive statement that only the few (the very few), only those who accept in faith and then so live (faith being insufficient in itself), may eat of the fruits of life. The others (the multitude) shall surely continue to eat of the fruit of the tree of death.

It is easy for men to accept a false interpretation of the Law which leads them to believe that through the mere acceptance of a belief, "faith without works," they will be permitted to continue a life of selfishness and carnality and yet obtain final salvation of the Soul. Now that is quite a bargain. Any half-way intelligent salesman should be able to sell that big time. The only problem is, as Mark twain remarked about his contemporaries, "It isn't that they're so ignorant, it's just that so much of what they know just ain't so."

All the world wants something for nothing. The world therefore prefers a teaching that permits people to live a life of "sin," in ignorance, full of error, yet promises the ultimate reward if only they profess belief in some being or other. It is interesting to note that of late many moderns have lost faith in their orthodox saviors and are now waiting for extraterrestrial beings to come and take them away to a better place when the prophesied apocalypse comes. Only the characters are changed in this up-to-date scenario; the dishonest and unworthy philosophy remains the same, as will the final results, much to the chagrin of those concerned. The more things change, the more they remain the same.

Nothing is deserving of the name "faith" unless it stimulates activity and endeavor in support of that faith. Only when faith is combined with proportional constructive and worthy works can the fruits of that faith be fully realized.

Faith is necessary, of course. All good things begin in faith. Faith is the incentive that must lead the seeker after life's mysteries to action. Sufficient faith to become a "keeper of the word" is essential to honestly seek and obtain the benefit of the promises of the Father: the assurance of freedom from illness, weakness and failure as a result of not committing "sin" (living in harmony with the Divine Law). From this faith and the constructive action that must follow we are able to gain Immortality for both body and Soul.

Overcoming Prevailing Negativeness

Much work, however, remains to be accomplished and realized in man's experience before these things may be attained. The first essential is a repudiation and forgetfulness of the erroneous race belief in the necessity of oblivion with the death of the body.

In its fullest sense and highest phase, life is a constant unfoldment upward. Man moves from one set of experiences to another in the same way that a school child moves from one grade to the next after an all-too-short summer vacation. Man's summer vacation is what we in our naivete call death and what is, in reality, only a resting time when we can analyze our past life in order to plan our next one more wisely.

To begin with, Physical man is of Earth. From this Earth he receives his strength. However, from this same Earth he also receives his earthly and carnal desires. His mind, the source of power of thought and desire, is also much more earthly than Divine, since the "voice" of the carnal (animal component) of most men is far stronger than their angelic "voice" (Divine Spark).

Somewhere within man the Divine Spark, this embryonic Soul, is hidden. This entity, with divine potential, is usually unbefriended and long-neglected; its fight to be heard or felt is an uphill one all the way. Its desire is single and subdued, though tenacious, while the desires of the body and mind are multitudinous and clamorous. Only after sorrows, sufferings and the failure to receive the answer "why," does man begin to question, then to doubt the reality or reliability of the convictions he has lived by to date.

Only then, in his hour of sorrow, suffering and doubt, is the clamor of the body and mid sufficiently quelled so that the Soul is able to make itself heard and to induce the now receptive mind to think and to seek for a better, if seemingly more difficult, way.

In our philosophy, man is compared to the rose. In more ways than one, the rose does symbolize this duality we know as man. The rose, too, has its roots in the ground. It is seemingly wholly earthly. As we watch it grow, it resembles only an ordinary unremarkable bush, and there is little indication that it will ever be anything else. But, deep within this plain, there is a hidden spirit, a spirit as yet unborn, yet one that holds great promise for those who are aware of this potential.

Those who have never seen a rose in full bloom are ignorant of this spirit within, ready to express its beauty - just as most men are ignorant of the embryonic Soul hidden within themselves. As the rose bush matures, its inner spirit eventually manifests itself, because, under the Divine Law, it must obey its inner, hidden, higher nature. The buds appear first; then in dew and sunshine, as these buds open, they burst into bloom - into a beauty unimaginable to the person who has never seen roses in their full resplendent glory.

Man, as mentioned, is prototypical of the rose. He, too, like the rose bush, is of the Earth and lives and has his being in materiality. Up to a certain point, while they reside on the Earth, even the greatest of men think and grow only in the material. However, in man there is a spirit similar to that which exists in the rose, but with one difference: The rose must obey the Divine Law and must permit the inner spirit of beauty and gloriousness to manifest itself to the glory of God and the edification and pleasure of man. Man, on the other hand, having been given the gift of free will, the right of choice, may so live as to never allow the spirit of his inner personal Rose (the Christos, Divine Spark, his embryonic Soul) to manifest. This Immortal spirit may pass into oblivion without ever a chance to bloom and glorify its Creator as does the botanical rose.

However, if man (any man or woman) awakens to his possibilities and begins to think, desire and act harmoniously with the spirit of the Cosmic Soul (God and His Divine Law), then, gradually, the inner center - the true Center of the innermost Center of the innermost Triangle of the Initiates - will open, and the Light of the previously hidden soul will burst forth in form and beauty comparable only to the rose or the lily, but with an unearthly beauty that transcends both these blooms.

Philosophical Initiates have long called one who was so awakened and who had manifested the Christos (awakened Soul) in the form of Light - symbolized by the rose - a Rose Cross or, when latinized, a Rosicrucian. The Rose - Inner, the Soul, the Christos - is affixed upon the center of the Cross, which is the human body, and man, as a result of this Cross-ification, becomes God Conscious (Illuminated) and Immortal, unless he degrades himself and his Soul before he finishes his present incarnation. It is not without good reason the Bible warns that when we think we stand we should take heed lest we fall.

This is the Law of the Rose and the Cross. It is a hard saying, and only the few are willing to accept it, or accepting, are willing to follow through to achievement and full accomplishment. It is, nevertheless, a truth that all have the opportunity to accept and to follow. This is the Way, the Truth and the Life as taught by the Master from Galilee. Since the Divine Law cannot change, the process of the Mysteries taught by Jesus to his disciples is the same as taught today in the Grand Rose Cross fraternity. The words may be different to fit the training and understanding of the people, but the principles are identical.

Those who are willing not only to learn the Divine Law, but also to live the life (walk the walk) will reap the reward of their obedience and harmonization. Eventually they can overcome the old race belief in the necessity of death, replacing it with first the conviction and then the knowledge that God is a God of Life and the giver of Light, Life and Immortality - to those who earn it through their own dedicated and unceasing efforts.

Can Man Know Immortality While in the Flesh?

What is the argument of man generally against this doctrine of the Immortality of the whole man? It is the same today as it was in the time of the Nazarene and long before him:

"Then said the Jews unto him, Now we know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death. Art thou greater than our father Abraham, which is dead? And the prophets are dead: whom makest thou thyself?"___John 8:52-53

As the Roman scholar Cicero stated, "One of the greatest mistakes of man is for him to assume that because he cannot do a thing it cannot be done." If we look at even recent history, we find all sorts of physical accomplishments of men that others assured them could not be done. If men were so weak as to believe this in the physical world, we would not now have the airplane, the automobile, the radio, the television, the computer, etc.

Remembering the Law of Hermes (As above, so below, etc.), we know that if man should not listen to the doubters in the physical world, why should he listen to them in things spiritual? Are we not told, "With men this is impossible; but with God all things are possible"?___Matthew 19:26.

The fact that man, for ages unknown, has been weak, sickly and in bondage to his lower self and thus, through his fear, to others stronger than himself in no sense is verifiable proof that it was actually necessary for him to be sickly and weak, or having been so, that he must continue to be so.

Once upon a time it was necessary to carry freight by means of a horse and cart. Today there is little reason to do so. Instead we employ ships, trains and cargo planes. Before freight was transported by these modern methods, very few men had the vision to see that other and more satisfactory methods might be developed. Thanks to a daring thinker (and doer), it was finally demonstrated just what ships, trains and airplanes could do, but even for some time after such demonstrations these methods were still condemned by some of the more conservative as the work of the devil. Even in our enlightened day, not too long those who did not comprehend the abilities of the modern desktop computer were just as eager to assure the gullible that it too had the stamp of Lucifer upon it.

It is extremely difficult for man en masse to accept something new and different. It is equally difficult, in fact almost impossible, to cause him to change his manner of thinking. After having always thought it necessary - man's ordained lot, the Will of God - to be sick, to suffer and to die, and constantly being reminded of "sin," sickness and death, man is not yet ready to believe that there is something different and more desirable in store for him if he will but seek to find it. He cannot bring himself to try to free himself from his old ingrained racial beliefs.

As at the time of the Nazarene, the multitude still demand signs and wonders as inducements to believe. Then, as now, they were unwilling to accept the Truth unless demonstrated to them in some miraculous manner, and, even though one is able to perform miracles, today's miracle must be better than yesterday's, or they quickly lose interest. Because of this fact, no modern Arcane Master attempts to gain students by performing "miracles." these are left up to the pretenders, who in time will realize the consequences of attempting to be the blind leading the blind.

However, even as a spiritual student here and there accepts as Truth that which is being taught by his Initiate Instructors and begins to free himself from the old race belief in the necessity for "sin", sickness and death and, in harmony with the Divine Law, arranges his life to be in accord with the Truth he has accepted, there will still be skeptics who will prophesy: "Others have lived long years and then died, and so will be."

And, in truth, these skeptics will probably be correct. For many years to come, it is doubtful that anyone will be able to free himself entirely from the race belief in death. It may well take aeons before the doctrine of life instead of death will be freely and fully accepted by the mass and an attempt made by them to live accordingly. It will take this complete change in the consciousness of the mass before the inherited body will be in a state to make physical immortality a reliable option. In the meantime, however, a few worthy students will base their thoughts, desires and actions in accord with the truth that "man shall not surely die," and in so doing will live in harmony with the Divine Law to such an extent that, though they may not actually overcome death as did Elijah of old, they will demonstrate their freedom form the many weaknesses man is now subject to and will prove that "Heaven" is actually a state of peace and contentment within, and that it can and must be found here on Earth. More than this, these dedicated students have the ability to achieve soul Illumination while on Earth (actually this can only be accomplished on Earth) and, once this is done, they will be consciously immortal, although no in the present physical body. This will be replaced by a Spiritual body in the Soul world (2) and by a new physical body should they desire to again return to Earth to teach the Law.
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(2) The Soul World is not "Heaven" but rather a place of rest and contemplation until the Soul reincarnates to Earth again.
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As time passes and these enlightened Souls return to Earth, they will continue to teach mankind the Truth while demonstrating it in their own lives. While it may take a long time, there is no doubt that by this process the victory over death will be won. The Truths of John the Revelator will prove themselves to be the inheritance of all men and women who have faith and live according to that faith in God and the Divine Law.

In the beginning, Truth not generally known is difficult to accept and almost impossible to follow. However, as man does finally accept the Truth and begins to live accordingly, the results, "fruits of the sowing," begin to manifest. As these good reactions of his previous sowing become obvious, he will know from actual experience that though "Truth is an exacting mistress," she nevertheless is generous in her rewards to those who follow her in the proper spirit.

"If a man keep my saying [that is, live as I have taught you], he shall never see death."___John 8:51. This is not merely the precept of the Nazarene; it is a Divine promise for all men for all time. Live the life. Live in harmony with the Divine Law, and you will reap the rewards - the benefits of such a life and action. Every deed or act brings a reaction of like nature. The reaction is harmonious with and in perfect ration to the spirit in which the deed or act was performed. This is not alone the Divine Law; it is the Natural Law, and Saint Paul illustrated it in words even the most unlearned can understand: "...whatsoever a man soweth, that shall ye also reap."___Galatians 6:7. In other words, you cannot sow tares and reap wheat.

That which we sow (any thought, desire or act) will send out forces (vibrations) laden with either salvation or damnation (that which builds and sustains or that which inhibits and destroys), according to the spirit and nature of the message we sent forth.

We must not only become conscious of the letter of the Divine Law but also of the spirit behind it, so that we will always remember that just as belief or faith in something is not in itself sufficient, so even living the letter of the Law in itself is insufficient.

Were such a natural life alone sufficient, then the animals living in the field and in the woods in harmony with the Natural Law would surely have immortal life. Besides faith and action (right living) there is a still greater force; this is the spirit underlying our faith and actions. It is the spirit in which we do things, even the simplest acts of life, that governs the return to us of the things that are spiritual and that affect and awaken the Christos within to conscious life. Man must do good by his own free will for it to really be good. Only then does it rise above the level of unconscious ingrained action.

A good deed well done, but under protest, or merely because it is a duty, is without spiritual virtue. The lowly duty willingly performed and with pleasure in doing contains a virtue beyond price. Any work spiritually performed, whether lowly or not, is a glorification of God Who created all things - created all things necessary for our welfare and made all things possible.

Faith followed by a desire and willingness to perform goodness and the pleasure in doing a useful duty, however menial, so raised the spiritual vibratory forces within us that it not only may eliminate - "cast out" -weakness and disease, but likewise make its impression upon the Christos, the sleeping Divine Spark within. If all work is done in this spirit, it will bring forth the Soul into Consciousness and manifestation, pave the way to Immortalization, the becoming of the Son of God and one with the gods.

As mentioned previously, many who in the past accepted the dictates of the Divine Law, followed the Path in faith and with good works attained to Soul Consciousness and the Immortalization of the Soul, nevertheless passed into the shadows of the beyond in order to realize the Truth more perfectly. This was necessary because while in their earthly bodies, they were still under the dominion of the race belief in the necessity of death. This will continue until the last vestige of this belief in death has been finally eliminated from the mind and Soul and from every cell of the body.

Among those who do attain to Soul or Christic Consciousness, there are very few who, having so attained, do not see the wisdom and desirability of returning to Earth for another reincarnation, even though under the Divine Law they will not be forced to do so. They return two very good reasons:

First is their great love for their fellow men and their desire to help them to achieve what they themselves have accomplished.

Second, they know that by such a return they may progress at a greater speed with their own further growth than if they had not returned to the earthly life.

On their return to earth, these Illumined beings will again be of service to their fellow men, but under new conditions. They will have a greater capacity to enjoy the beauties of a world that is beyond compare. It will then be possible for them to "see as with eyes clearly," and not as through a glass darkened by ignorance, "sin," and the evils to which the flesh is not necessarily heir to, but which have become the lot of most mortal men.

The Rose Cross Fraternity does no accept the belief of some spiritual teachers that once a man attains his final goal he loses his personal individuality and returns to become blended with the Godhead. The Grand Fraternity instead teaches definitely and emphatically that as man accepts the Divine Law, lives accordingly in the correct spirit, and attains to Christic Consciousness, he becomes an absolute, Conscious Individuality. He will be free from all bondage of whatever kind; in truth and fact a Son of God, one with the gods; separate, free, yet one with all those who have attained as he has. Nor is this concept of the Immortalization of the whole man without example In sacred Literature and the legends of the Mysteries. There have been those who walked with God because they had, to begin with, sufficient faith in the promises of the Law to prepare themselves to do just this and who, in Biblical language, were translated into high Heaven without tasting death. Of these there were Enoch, Elisha and Elijah.

There were many others, according to the legends of the ancient Mysteries, who also "knew" God. All of them believed in the Word (the Divine Law) of God so fully that they willingly lived the life necessary to accomplish what they desired. They reaped as they had sown. Now and in the future, men will continue to reap as they sow: no more, no less, with the harvest being of the same nature as their sowing.

Once man recognizes this in his heart and Soul as a Law that cannot be circumvented by any man, no matter how great or powerful he may be, he will consider well before he acts, and the Manistic Age in truth will begin to manifest its benefits for him. Once man realizes that he is a unit, one with, yet separate from, all others and becomes as a result of his own actions a "law unto himself," he will have the power to develop his inner spirituality and the ability to become a Son of God - the beginning of an Immortal existence.

God's Law is eternal and never-changing. It is a Divine Law that never fails in its reaction. We usually consider the Law as a "hard" truth, because we are unwilling to change our delusive ideas and our illogical and destructive habits.

However, once we decide to harmonize ourselves with the operation of the Divine Law, we will soon become aware that it is not actually a hard or difficult life to live. We will find that all good things may be ours; that once we free ourselves from the "devils" within, no good thing is forbidden us. The only things we have to lose are the destructive passions of hate, malice, jealousy and all other poisonous feelings. Even in our gross ignorance, we know these things to be evil and destructive "sins" that should be no part of us. We know that like betraying friends, they lead us unto death and desolation. They are the cause of all the weakness, illness, failures and sorrows to which the flesh is heir.

The true life of man, the exalted life, so-called because it is a life lifted up from the mundane and its evils, is a life beginning in faith and followed by works. Nevertheless, we must be on our guard, lest our faith and efforts be centered in personalities instead of an ideal goal. The perfect life is a life of service.

First of all, and above all else, the service must include the perfecting of ourselves, the patterning of ourselves after the image in which we were created. This is far from easy. It will be a difficult struggle against negative conditions which affect ourselves and others.

It will require great, even heroic, effort to free ourselves from all negative conditions. Life in its highest form is a continuous spiritual growth. It is a becoming, an unfoldment. It is a growth that has its beginning upon the material plane, but gradually proceeds to a state of consciousness in which we come into a full realization that the carnal life is not a true life in any sense, but only a delusion, a chimera, holding mankind as a whole in a deadly grasp from which it must be liberated.

As such efforts are continued, the dedicated student finally reaches a degree of conscious identity of oneness with the Father, the Cosmic Creator, yet remains an individual entirely separate from gods and men, but in Unity with them.

This is the becoming of an Immortal, deathless being, but at the same time - and this must never be out of the consciousness - a practical, everyday, useful, helpful son of man, practical in every sense of the term. "Among men, yet not of them" in the sense of being guilty of their sins and weaknesses.

Such can be the destiny of all men if they give heed to these "hard" sayings. Such is the standard set by the Manistic Age. The Science of the Soul leads the way to this final Immortalization of the entire being we know as man and assures him of Health and Happiness.
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