From this actual knowledge will arise a new Faith, not a new religion, but the old Religion of Humanity, precisely as taught and lived by Jesus, Christna, Buddha, and all the other "Redeemers," and real Avatars of the past.
The "Enemy of all Righteousness," as already said, have made many attempts to assassinate this Representative of the Great School, but he goes steadily about his own work. These enemies realize the danger to their unholy work, but not the _Power_ back of this great movement. This they can never destroy.
The day of enlightenment has come, and the cry has gone forth, Ho! all ye who are heavy-laden, involved in fear and doubt and uncertainty; bewildered, discouraged, despairing, and committing suicide! There is no death! Man is the Arbiter of his own Fate! Look up and Live, and Hope and _Realize_!
And there shall dawn for you a new heaven and a new earth in which dwelleth Love and Peace and Righteousness; with Jesus--the _Christos_--your "elder Brother," leading the way, and the downtrodden, the poor and despised children of men, shouting Hosanna! for the Loving Kindness that will have taken the place of selfishness, strife, cruelty, superstition, and Dogma.
Religion will no longer be a matter of mere sentiment, nor of emotion, of blind belief, nor of fear, superstition, dogma, nor creed--but a _Great Work_. So Mote it be.
The author of this volume can lay no claim for it as a systematic treatise on Psychology, either according to the rules of composition or the orderly sequence of science.
It is rather a number of essays, some of which were written without reference to publication, or the design, at the time, of putting them together in a single volume.
There is, therefore, more or less repetition, the same subject under a different title, viewed from a different aspect, yet involving the same principles, motives, and aims.
But the subject of Psychology is so vast, so intricate, so interesting and important, and yet, in the average mind, so confused, and so little known, that considerations from many sides, and even repetitions in the application of a given principle in various ways, are believed more likely to make the whole subject apprehensible to the general reader to whom it is addressed.
Moreover, the author believes that the time has come when Psychology, as a _Constructive Science_ of the nature, laws, and destiny of the Human Soul, need no longer be regarded as unknown or unattainable, but open to all who seek it in the right way, giving to it the consideration, time, and loyalty it so amply deserves.
To such as these, it is hoped, the foregoing pages may give many clews and sidelights, suggestions, encouragement, and hope.
Psychology, to the Author of this volume, means literally _A Knowledge of the Human Soul_, rather than of treatises upon the subject, or of the opinions, beliefs, or dogmas of men.
NOTES
The oligarchy of creeds, and the autocrats of Rome no more represent the "Coming of the Son of Man," the Divine Logos that was and is "in the bosom of the Father in heaven," than do the Rockefellers, the Morgans and the Harrimans, constituting the oligarchy of wealth, or than the political grafters and bosses of our municipalities represent the "New Commandment,"
"that ye love one another." The barons of wealth have not yet resorted directly to murder, as has Rome for ages.
St. Augustine says, "What is now called the Christian religion existed among the ancients and was not absent from the human race until Christ came, from which time, the true Religion, which existed already, began to be called 'Christian.'" (See Heckethorne's "Secret Societies," page 12, Introduction.)
As to the basis of scientific chronology regarding the Wisdom of the Masters, and their indestructible records, I quote the following from a modern student of Astrology. His method of reckoning is correct, even though his dates may not be absolutely exact, as he is not a "Master."
CHRONOLOGY AND THE "RIDDLE OF THE SPHINX."
Ancient religious symbols bear a striking resemblance to the constellations of the heavens, especially those of the Zodiac, and if this be their true meaning, we have an infallible key to their chronology. At the beginning of the Christian Era, the constellation Aries, or Ram, occupied the equinoctial place, being in the first degree of that constellation. About 2150 B.C. the first degree of Taurus, or Bull, contained the Equinox. When the constellation Taurus, or the Bull, was in the first division, or the equinoctial place, the people used a symbol representing a bull, described as giving fecundity, a deity of vegetation as at Dodona, in their religious ceremonies. One of the statuettes found recently in the excavations of Crete, was a woman figured between bulls and lions, with a dove or eagle on her head, and holding serpents in her hand. This figure would seem to represent mother earth between the constellations Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, and Aquarius. She is figured between Taurus (the Bull) on one side, Leo (the Lion) at her feet, Aquila (or Eagle) in the constellation, Aquarius on her head, and Scorpio (or the Serpent) in her hand; all forming the sacred cross or 'Swastika,' with the constellations Taurus in the vernal Equinox; Leo beneath the earth, the Eagle or Aquarius overhead, and Scorpio held in her hand toward the west.
Archaeologists place the date in which this symbol was in use in Crete at 1100 to 1500 B.C. These dates are included between 2150 B.C. and the year 1 A.D. By the same method we are enabled to calculate the age of the Sphinx.
This Sphinx apparently represents the constellations Leo (the Lion) and Virgo (the Virgin). It has a lion's body, and a woman's head and breast.
When the Sphinx was built, it seems the spring equinox occupied a point between these two constellations, and as the spring, or Easter, festivals of the ancients were held on or about March 21st of our calendar, this Sphinx was the representation of Leo and Virgo, the point in which the Sun crossed the equator, or equinoctial line.
Now as the equinox retrogrades from east to west in the reverse order of the constellations, as well as the reverse order of the movement of the planets, the Sun will not cross the equator at the same point each year, but at a point a little to the west, amounting to about fifty and a third seconds of arc. At this rate the equinox will pass backward through the constellations, making a complete revolution in a little less than twenty-six thousand years, or at the rate of about twenty-one hundred and fifty years to a constellation of thirty degrees. Now by taking the present position of the equinox in the constellation Pisces, we find that it has nearly reached the constellation Aquarius. About 1909 years ago it was in the first point of Aries. If we begin at its present point in Pisces, and count back to the Junction of Leo-Virgo, we will have to count 1909 years to first point of Aries; 2150 years to the first point of Taurus; 2150 years to Camini; 2150 years to Cancer; 2150 years to Leo and 2150 years to the constellation Virgo. This indicates that the Sphinx was built 12,659 years ago, or approximately 10,750 B.C. (John Kilduff.)
THE HARMONIC SERIES
These are the text books of that Ancient School of Wisdom whose members have ever been "Masters of the Law" of Life and of Death, able at will, independently at all times, to travel in the Spiritual World and communicate with those who live there--your friends and our friends,--who have passed through the gates of death and now live another life beyond the grave.
Vol. I. HARMONICS OF EVOLUTION
By Florence Huntley
This book is a clear statement of the philosophy of Individual Life, as taught by modern Masters of the Law. Its teachings mean the dawn of a "New Day" in the intellectual and ethical evolution of the whole world.
Mrs. Huntley has sensed the very soul of mankind and understands and explains its yearnings for what Drummond names "the greatest thing in the world, LOVE." 463 pages; illustrated.
Vol. II. THE GREAT PSYCHOLOGICAL CRIME
By TK
This remarkable book deals with the imminent dangers of the day, and covers the most mysterious and fascinating phenomena and experiences of human life. The author's analysis of Hypnotism and Mediumship is masterly and complete. For fifteen chapters, by the most relentless and unanswerable facts, he _proves_ that Hypnotism and subjective Mediumship are vitally destructive to the physical body and _the human soul_.
This volume carries a hope, a message, a suggestion and a warning to all who are honestly, patiently and persistently seeking to prove that Death does not end all. 464 pages; illustrated.
Vol. III. THE GREAT WORK
By TK
This is the book which tells _how_ one must live and _what_ he must do to become able himself to demonstrate the fact of another life.
"_The Great Work_" _and_ "_The Great Psychological Crime_" were written by the American Representative of that "Venerable School of Wisdom," whose records are the most ancient at this time known to man, and which for many thousands of years, has influenced the civilization and work of every great nation of earth. 464 pages; illustrated.
These books are founded upon an exact science. More impressive, more fascinating and "stranger than fiction." "When a man dies, he shall live again," is the inspiring message of the Great Work in America,--and this message is written in clear, concise, simple and easily readable English.