INDEX.

Acts of the Apostles referred to; 281 À Kempis, Thomas; 115 Afterword; 376 Allegory; 66 Allegories, Old Testament; 121 All-wide Consciousness; 281 et seq. Ammonius Saccas; 28 Animal Symbols of Zodiac; 165 Anselm and Redemption; 195 Answers to Prayer; 277 " Subjective Prayer; 290 Apollonius of Tyana; 31 Apostolic Fathers; 70 Appearances of Divine Beings; 93 Aquinas, Thomas; 112 Arians of the Fourth Century, quoted; 103 Aristotle, Effect on Mediæval Christianity; 112 Ascension, The; 231, 250 " and Solar Myth; 231 " of the Christ; 249 Asiatic Researches, quoted; 258 Aspects of the One; 262 Athanasius, Story of; 353 Athanasian Creed, quoted; 263, 367 Atlantis, Continent of; 18 At-one-ment; 209 Atonement as one of Lesser Mysteries; 200 " Early Church on the; 195 " Calvinistic View of; 197 " Edwards on the; 197 " Flavel on the; 196 " Luther's Views on the; 196 " Dr. McLeod Campbell on the; 199 " F. D. Maurice on the; 199 " Vicarious and Substitutionary; 196 [Pg 389] Atonement—Views of Dwight, Jeune, Jenkyn, Liddon, Owen, Stroud, and Thomson; 198 " Truth underlying the Doctrine of; 199 " Pamphlet on, quoted; 198 " Nineteenth Century quoted on; 205 Augöeides; 27 Barnabas; 71 Baptism, A Mantram in; 350 " A Minor Form of; 349 " Belief in Death-bed; 352 " Infant; 353 " In the Early Church; 352 " In Other Religions; 348 " of Initiate; 53 " of Holy Ghost and Fire; 188 " of Jesus; 133 " of the Christ; 186 " Tertullian on; 349 Beatific Vision, The; 95, 295 Bernard of Clairvaux; 112 Bel-fires; 164 Bhagavad Gîtâ referred to; 50, 202, 270, 306, 318 Bible Account of Creation; 179 Birth, Second; 247 Blavatsky, H. P., referred to; 127 Blood of Christ symbolised in Eucharist; 359 Böhme, Jacob; 115 Body, Causal; 239, 247 " Desire, Changes in; 244 " Meaning of a; 234 " Mental; 236 " " Building of; 245 " Natural or Physical; 236 " Natural, of St. Paul; 237 " of Bliss; 240 " of Desire; 236 " Physical, Changes in; 243 " Resurrection; 240 [Pg 390] Body, Spiritual; 239 Book of Job, quoted; 268, 332 " of the Dead, referred to; 339 " of Wisdom, quoted; 266 Bread, General Symbol in Sacraments; 358 Brihadâranyakopaniṣhat, quoted; 50, 202 Brotherhood of Great Teachers; 9 Bruno, Giordano, referred to; 5, 113, 115, 225, 322 Buddha, Birth Story of; 164 Buddhist Trinity; 258 Calvinistic Doctrine; 197 Cardinal Nicolas of Cusa; 115 Cathari, The, referred to; 113 Cave of Initiation; 186 Celsus—Controversy with Origen; 88 Chhânaogyopanishat, quoted; 253 Chrêstos and Christos; 174 Christ as Hierophant of Mysteries; 231 " Baptism of; 186 " Crucifixion of; 183 " Disciples of; 223 " in the Spiritual Body; 137 " Life of the; 217 " of the Mysteries; 191 " The; 132, 134 " the Crucified; 182 " the Historical; 120, 140 " the Kosmic; 179 " the Mystic; 170 " the Mythic; 145 " Sufferings of the; 223 Christian Creed, referred to; 180, 181 " quoted; 206, 207, 229 Christian Disciples—their work; 223 Christian Records, quoted; 348 Christian Symbols, &c., not unique; 148 Christianity has the Gnosis; 36 Christmas Day; 159, 161 [Pg 391] Christmas Festival, rightly regarded; 164 Clarke's Ante-Nicene Library, quoted; viii., 21, 58, 71, 72, 73, 74, 77, 78, 80 et seq., 87, 88, 90 et seq., 103, 150, 151, 266 Classes of Prayers; 283 Clement of Alexandria, quoted; viii., 20 " " referred to; 73 " " on the Gnosis; 83, 84 " " on Scripture Allegories; 83 " " on Symbols; 80 " " and Catechetical School; 73 " " a Pupil of Pantænus; 73 Colossians, Epistle to, referred to; 58, 65, 81, 177 Comparative Mythologists; 7 " " Theory of; 8 " Religionists; 7, 8 " Mythology; 147 Consecrated Objects; 382 Consecration of Churches, Cemeteries, &c.; 385 Constant, Alphonse Louis; 118 Conversion, Phenomenon of; 313 et seq. Corinthians, Epistles to, quoted; ix., x., 6, 32, 55, 64, 67, 124, 175, 177, 232, 239, 240, 241, 251, 253, 270, 356, 373 Creed, taught after Baptism in Early Church; 352 Cruden's Concordance, quoted; 33 Cur Deus Homo of Anselm; 195 Dangers to Christianity; 125 Dark Powers in Nature; 186, 187 Dean Milman, quoted; 255 et seq. Death of Solar Heroes; 166 De Principiis of Origen; 101, 102 Deuteronomy, quoted; 96, 253 Diegesis of R. Taylor, quoted; 350 Die Deutsche Theologie; 114 Dionysius the Areopagite; 110 Disappearance of the Mysteries; 184 Disciples, The; 136 " Work of the; 223 " Writings of the; 140 [Pg 392] Divine Beings, Appearance in Mysteries; 93 "Divine Grace," What it is; 224 " Ideation; 359 " Illumination; 377 " Incarnations; 273, 274 Duality of Manifested Existence; 235 " of Second Person of Trinity; 265 Easter Festival; 159 Eckhart, Teachings of; 113 Edwards on the Atonement; 197 Egypt and the Mysteries; 131 Encyclopædia Britannica, referred to; 22, 23, 117 " " quoted; 110 et seq. Ephesians, Epistle to, quoted; 57, 65, 67, 366 Epistle of James, quoted; 276 " of Peter, quoted; 64, 121, 194, 354, 371 Esoteric Christianity, Popular Denial of; 2 " Teaching in Early Church; 2 Essentials of Religion; 4 Eucharist, Bread and Wine of; 357 " Change of Substance in; 361 " connected with Law of Sacrifice; 357 " Meaning and Use of; 357 " Sacrifice of; 355 " Unworthy Participants in; 362 Exodus, Book of, quoted; 91 Exstasy; 295 Faith Needed for Forgiveness; 312 Fathers, The Christian, on Scriptures; 371 Festivals; 147 Fish Symbol in Religions; 166 Flavel on Atonement; 196 Fludd, Robert; 116 Forgiveness of Sins; 301 " in Lesser Mysteries; 323 " in most Religions; 303 " ultimately refers to Post-Mortem Penalties; 307 Fourth Manifestation Feminine; 261 " Person; 263 [Pg 393] Free-thinking in Christianity; 123 Friends of God in the Oberland; 114 Friends, Society of; 117 Future of Christianity; 41 Galatians, Epistle to, quoted; 64, 65, 66, 124 Genesis, quoted; 18, 180, 268, 269, 271, 279, 358 Germain, Comte de S.; 117 Gestures in Sacraments; 338 Gibbon's Decline and Fall of R. Empire, quoted; 162 Giles, Rev. Dr., quoted; 347 Gnosis, The; viii., 9, 108 " " in Christianity; 36 Gnostic, The, of S. Clement; 84 et seq. Gnostics and their Remains, quoted; 162 Gods in the Mysteries; 25 Grades of Hierarchies; 331 Grand Lodge of Central Asia; 31 Greek Cross, The; 267 Guyon, Mme. de; 116 Haug, Dr., Essay on Parsis, cited; 202 Hebrews, Epistle to, quoted; 53, 67, 81, 91, 175, 176, 205, 216, 222, 223, 247, 270, 274, 280 Hebrew Trinity; 254 Hell-fire Dogma, The; 48 Heroic Enthusiasts, The, quoted; 323 Hidden God, The; 207 " Meanings in Jewish and Christian Scriptures; 100 " Side of Christianity; 36 " Teaching in all Religions; 20 Hierarchies of Divine Beings; 331 " of Superhuman Beings; 23 Hindu, Trinity, The; 257 History versus Myth; 153 Holy Spirit as Creator; 269 Holy Water; 343, 349, 351 Human Evolution repeats Kosmic Process; 271 Huxley, T. H., quoted; 282 Hyde, Dr., quoted; 347 Hymn to Demeter; 22 [Pg 394] Iamblichus, On the Mysteries, quoted; 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 29, 296 et seq. Iamblichus, Life of Pythagoras, referred to; 28 Ignatius; 71 Incarnation of Logos; 179 Initiation and Rebirth; 51, 53 " Cave of; 186 " Ceremonies of; 247 et seq. " Conditions of; 173 " Mount of; 91 Inspiration, True; 378 Intelligences in Invisible Worlds; 279 Inviolability of Law; 305 Invisible Helpers; 280 Invisible Worlds interpenetrate the Visible; 279 Irenæus, Against Heresies, referred to; 105 Isaiah, quoted; 210, 295, 366, 377 Isomeric Compounds; 361 Jeremiah, Book of, quoted; 262, 357 Jesus at Mount Serbal; 130 " Baptism of; 133 " Date and Place of Birth; 130 " His Work in Christendom; 143 " in Egypt; 130 " Inner Instructions of; 137 " Master of the West; 147 " Sacrifice of; 133 " the Divine Teacher; 183 " the Healer and Teacher; 127 " training in Essene Community; 130 " the Master; 142 Judges, Book of, quoted; 97 Juliana Mother; 117 Justin Martyr; 148 " " quoted; 149 et seq. Kabbala, Five Books of, referred to; 34 Karma; 288, 309 Kathopanishat, quoted; 32, 33, 49 Key to Theosophy, quoted; 294 [Pg 395] Kingdom of Heaven—real meaning; 52 Kings, Book of, quoted; 33, 354 Kosmic Christ, The; 179 " Process of becoming; 268 " Sacrifice; 183 Lang, Andrew, referred to; 11, 12 Language of Symbols; 153 Latin Cross, Origin of; 206 " Use of, in Roman Church; 337 Law of Sacrifice; 201 " " in Hinduism; 202 " " in Nature of Logos; 204 " " in Zoroastrianism; 202 " " or Manifestation; 203 Law, William; 117 Left-hand Path; 17 Lent; 167 Levi Eliphas; 118 Leviticus, quoted; 358 Light on the Path, quoted; 220 "Little Child"; 65 Logos, Birth of the; 205 " and Sacrifice; 204 " Life of, in every form; 208 " Meaning of the Term; 172 " of Plato; 182 " Perpetual Sacrifice of; 209 Loss of Mystic Teaching in Christianity; 37 Luke, Gospel of, quoted; 45, 48, 175, 176, 264, 289, 302, 312 Luther on the Atonement; 196 Madonnas; 160 Magnetic Cures, Secret of; 342 " Change in Sacramental Substance; 342 " Energies in Ether; 341 Magnetisation of Substances; 341 Making of Religion, The, referred to; 11 Man as Microcosm; 271 " and Woman Complementary; 365 " develops Second Aspect; 272 [Pg 396] Man's Manifold Nature; 234 Mandakopanishat, quoted; 202 "Mantras"; 335 " essential in Sacraments; 338 " in rite of Baptism; 350 " in Sanskrit; 336 " spoilt by translation; 337 Mark, Gospel of, quoted; vii., 45, 47 Martin, St.; 117 Marriage, Deeper meaning of; 365 " in Lesser Mysteries; 368 " Mystery of; 366 " Sacrament of; 364 " type of union between God and Man; 366 Mary, the World Mother; 206 Master, Jesus, the; 142 Matthew, Gospel of, quoted; vii., 45, 46, 49, 52, 53, 54, 92, 134, 176, 177, 186, 210, 216, 240, 271, 274, 281, 306, 319 Maurice, cited; 254 Mead, G. R. S., quoted; 26, 28, 29, 30, 31, 114 Mediator, Nature of; 274 Meditation—What it is; 293 " Growth by; 299 Men at different levels; 3 Miguel de Molinos; 116 Ministry of Angels, The; 287, 289 Miracles; 145 Mithras, Birth of; 161 Modern Spirit antagonistic to Prayer; 276 More, Henry; 116 Mother Juliana of Norwich; 117 Mount Serbal; 130 Mount of Initiation; 91, 188 Müller, George, Case of; 284 et seq. Music in Worship; 335, 337 Myers (F.), St. Paul; 378 Mystery Gods; 25 " of Christ; 57 Mysteries, Christian, Symbolism of; 247 [Pg 397] Mysteries and Yoga; 31 " Christ as Hierophant of; 231 " Disappearance of the; 184 " Eliphas Levi on the; 118 " established by Christ; 142 " Greater, The; ix., 1, 22, 27, 63 " in the Gospels; 45 " in Egypt; 131 " in relation to Myth; 157 " Lesser; ix., 1, 22 " " and Prayer; 280 " " as to Bodies; 237 " " Teaching of; 251 " Names in Christianity; 47 " of Bacchus; 21, 27 " of Chaldæa, Egypt, Eleusis, Mithras, Orpheus, Samothrace, Scythia; 21 " of God; 57 " of Jesus; 1, 42, 94 " of the Early Church; 69 et seq. " of Magic, quoted; 157 " praised by Learned Greeks; 21 " Pseudo, and Sun-God Story; 167 " source of Mystic Learning; 108 " The; 171, 178 " taught, Post-mortem Existence; 21 " The True; 179 " The Christ of the; 184 " Theory of the; 22 " withdrawn; 108 Mystic Christ, The; 170 " " Twofold; 178 " Vesture, The; 138 Mythic Christ, The; 145 Myth, Meaning of; 152, 153 " Solar; 156 Mythology Comparative; 147 Natural and Spiritual Bodies; 232 " Body—of St. Paul; 237 [Pg 398] Natural Body, The; 235 et seq. Need for Graded Religion; 14 Neoplatonists; 29, 112 Newman, Cardinal, quoted; 103 et seq. " Recognises a Secret Tradition; 104 New Testament Proofs of Esotericism; 42 et seq. Nicene Creed; 181 Nicolas of Basel; 114 Noachian Deluge; 19 Nous Demiurgos of Plato; 255 Numbers, Book of, quoted; 270 Object of all Religions; 3 Occult Experts; 127 " Knowledge, Danger of; 16 " Records; 18 " " and the Gospels; 129 " side of Nature; 279 " use of Sounds; 334 Old Testament Allegories; 121 One Existence, The; 253 One, The, Three aspects of; 262 " " Manifest; 261 Origen Against Celsus; 88 et seq. " " "; 95 " on the Need of Wisdom; 99 " " Mysteries; 89 " " Scriptures; 372 " " Tower of Babel; 97 " referred to; 44 " Shining Light of Learning; 87 Orpheus, Mead's, quoted; 28, 29, 30, 114 Owen on Atonement; 197 Pantænus; 73, 74 Paracelsus; 115 Paradise; 242 Path of Discipleship; 174 Philippians, Epistle to, quoted; 62 Physical Ailments final expression of Karma; 310 [Pg 399] Physical Body, Changes in; 243 " Material in Sacraments; 340 Pilgrimages, Rationale of; 382 Pistis Sophia, quoted; 46, 138, 139, 302 et seq., 319 et seq., 340 " " referred to; 137 Plato's Cave; 153 Plato initiated in Egypt; 21 Platonists of Cambridge; 116 Plotinus, Dying Words of; 31 " referred to; 23 " Mead's, quoted; 31 Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna; 70 Popular Christianity, Mistake of; vii. " Denial of Esoteric Christianity; 1 Porphyry, quoted; 27, 54 Prayer; 276 " Answers to; 277 " as Will; 285 " Class B—general principle; 292 " Failure of; 287 " for Spiritual Enlightenment; 291 " for the Student of Lesser Mysteries; 296 " Highest form of; 293 " Puzzling Facts as to; 277 Prayers classified; 278 Probationary Path, The; 247 "Proclaim upon the houses"—Mystical meaning; 79 Proclus, Teaching of; 26, 29, 51 Psalms, quoted; 5, 299 Pseudo-Mysteries and Sun-God Drama; 167 Pupils of the Apostles; 70 Purgatory; 242 Purification; 244 Pythagoras, referred to; 28 " in India; 31 Pythagorean School, Discipline of; 29, 30 Qualifications of Disciple; 175 Quietists, The; 116 Regions of the Invisible Worlds; 239 [Pg 400] Re-incarnation; 239 Religion, Need for graded; 14 Religion of Ancient Persians, quoted; 347 Religions, Common origin of; 7 " Custodians of Sacred Books; 369 " Essentials of; 4 " fitted for Stages of Growth; 13 " Object of all; 3 " Source of all; 7 Religious Founders; 10 " Scriptures; 10 " Teachers; 9 Resurrection and Solar Myth; 231, 250 " Body; 240 " of the Christ; 249 " of the Dead; 62 " The—Part of Lesser Mysteries; 231 Revelation; 369 " Fragments of in Sacred Books; 370 " in Cypher; 370 " of Deity in Kosmos; 375 Revelations, Book of, quoted; 50, 63, 66, 249, 263, 292, 322, 331 Revolt against Dogma; 38 Roman Empire dying; 107 Romans, Epistle to, quoted; 82, 363 Rosenkreutz Christian; 117 Ruling Angel of Jews; 96, 98 Ruysbroeck; 115 Sacrament, a kind of crucible; 326 " a Pictorial Allegory; 325 " Change in substance at; 343 " link between Visible and Invisible; 326, 327 " of Baptism; 347 " of Eucharist; 347 " of Marriage; 347, 364 " of Penance; 340 Sacraments; 324 " Angels connected with; 343 " defined in Church Catechism; 329 [Pg 401] Sacraments, Gestures used in; 338 " in all Religions; 324 " Lost at Reformation; 327 " Mantrams in; 338 " of Christian Church; 327 " Peculiar Characteristics; 324 " Seven, of Christianity; 327, 346 " Signs, Seals, or Sigils in; 339 " "Substance" and "Accidents" of; 361 " Twofold Nature of; 324 et seq. " Two, In Protestant Communities; 328, 346 Sacred Places and Objects; 380 Sacred Quaternery, The; 261 Sacrifice as Joy; 210 et seq. " Law of; 201 " " Four Stages in; 212 " Lessons in; 212 et seq. " of Jesus; 133 Saint Bonaventura; 112 " Elizabeth; 113 " Francois de Sales; 116 " John of the Cross; 116 " John's Gospel, quoted; x., 46, 52, 53, 54, 56, 103, 132, 133, 134, 137, 177, 180, 216, 240, 246, 250, 262, 270, 273, 292, 382 " Paul, quoted; 55 et seq., 124, 184 " Paul an Initiate; 61 " " and Mysteries; 57 " " and Timothy; 59, 69 " " on Allegory; 66 " Peter, quoted; 194 " Teresa; 116 " Timothy, referred to; 59 Samuel, Book of, quoted; 33 Savage Deities; 11 Savages as Descendants of Civilisation; 12 Saviour, The True; 219 et seq. Sayings of Jesus; 53, 54, 301 Scientific Analysis of Vehicles; 237 [Pg 402] Search for God, The; 5 Secret Teachings of Jesus; 90 " Tradition recognised by Newman; 104 Second Birth; 185, 247 Sepher Yetzirah, quoted; 34 Sharpe's Egyptian Mythology, quoted; 259 Shvetâshvataropanishat, quoted; 32 "Sign of Power"; 339 Society of Friends; 117 Solar Gods; 160 " Myth, Root of; 178 Sopater, quoted; 21 Sophia—The Wisdom; 138 Soul—Dual; 233 Sound and Form in the Invisible Worlds; 333 Sound, Occult use of; 334 Source of Religions; 7 Spirit and Matter; 367 Spirit threefold; 233 " manifested as triple Self; 330 Spiritual Body, Divisions of; 240 et seq. "Star of Initiation"; 186 "Strait Gate" term of Initiation; 49, 50, 174, 177 Stromata or Miscellanies of S. Clement, quoted; 58, 74 et seq., 78, 83, 84, 85, 87 Sufferings of the Christ; 223 Superintending Spirits; 98 Sun God Legend; 158 " " Symbol of Logos; 171 " Heroes; 165 " Myths, recurring; 169 " of Righteousness; 249 " Symbol of the Logos; 154 " Symbols; 155 Survival of Christianity?; 40 Symbol of Jesus; 165 " of Trinity; 267 Symbols—animal, in Zodiac; 165 " Language of; 153 [Pg 403] Symbols of Logoi; 266 et seq. Tatian and Theodotus, referred to; 73 Tauler, John; 114 Taylor, Robert, quoted; 350 Teachings common to all Religions; 146 " in the hands of Spiritual Brotherhood; 374 Tertullian on Baptism; 151 The Christ; 132, 134 The Hidden Side of Religions; 1 " of Christianity; 36 The Disciples; 136 The "Simple Gospel"; 39 The title of Lord; 96 The Testimony of the Scriptures; 36 The Tower of Babel; 97 The Thyrsus; 75 The True Exstasis; 108 The Trinity; 253 " among the Hebrews; 254 " Hindu; 257 " in Buddhism; 258 " in Chaldæa; 259 " in China; 259 " in Extinct Religions; 258 " in Egypt; 259 " in Man; 177, 233 " in Manifestation; 254 " in Zoroastrianism; 257 The Word of Wisdom, of Knowledge; 102 Theological Hell; 308 Theosophical Review, quoted; 228 Thessalonians, Epistle to, quoted; 233 Three Worlds, The; 241 Timothy, Epistle to, quoted; 59, 60, 61, 65, 134, 227 Tradition of Post-mortem Teaching of Jesus; 46 Transubstantiation—Truth Underlying; 360 Triangle as a Symbol of Trinity; 267 Trinity, A Second; 263 " of Spirit; 233 [Pg 404] Trinity in Christian agrees with other Faiths; 260 Triple Aspect of Matter; 264 Triplicity in Nature; 261 True Theosophy defined; x. Two Schools of Christian Interpretation; 122 Two-fold Division of Man Insufficient; 232 Vaivasvata Manu; 19 Valentinus; 137 Vaughan, Thomas; 116 Vehicles of Consciousness, Need for Different; 238 Vibrations; 334 Vibratory Effects of Mass; 338 Virgin Matter; 264 " " and Third Person of Trinity; 265 " " and Second " "; 265 " Mother; 264 Virgin's Womb, Meaning of; 180 Virgo, Zodiacal Sign of; 158, 160 Virtues in the Mysteries; 27 Voice of the Silence, quoted; 249 Voice Figures—Mrs. Watts Hughes, referred to; 333 Williamson's Great Law, quoted; 161, 163 et seq., 166, 167, 203, 255, 259, 348, 358. Will as Prayer; 285 Words of Power; 335 Work of the Holy Spirit; 179, 268 " Second Person; 179, 269 " First Person; 270 Working of Logos in Matter; 182 Workers in Kosmos; 283 " the Invisible Worlds; 152, 280 World Bibles, fragments of Revelation; 374 World Soul, The; 23 World Symbols; 266 Writings of the Disciples; 140 Zechariah, quoted; 268 Zodiac, The; 160

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