The Washington herald., 1914-08-16
The Occult Side of Christianity
THE ADVENT OF A WORLD TEACHER

| the Universal Life-that supreme teach
| ing by symbol, by allegory to the outer
world. and plainly expressed to the IN
ner. is the very central truth which All
| the Mysteries were established to teach,
/ to impart TO their Initiates, which 1
have endeavored to explain each Sunday
for the last month.
Symbols All Meant Same.
Each time the world-Teacher used q
4 symbol a little different, but ever en-
bodying the same fundamental truth. We
| may look over the SUFFRAGE that have
preceded our own, and see how in each
of those the teaching was given which
left traces on the Scripture, on the exc
| teric teaching Of the faith. The great
Aryan people had as the World-Teacher
| the great One known under the name OF
Vyasa, and He taught the one truth by
the figure and the symbol OF the Sun.
The Hindu today will tell you Of the
Person. of the Spirit, in the Sun. and the
most sacred formula, the most powerful
mantra of Hinduism il still cry to that
supreme Sun, and the prayer that II may
| irradiate the hearts OF men.
Then the same teacher came to the
second SUFFRAGE and taught in Egypt
under a different name. the name Of
Thoth whom the Greeks called Hermes.
| and took the light as symbol. and first
| spoke those words familiar to you In
your New Testament today: for He then
proclaimed the Light that lighteth every
man that cometh into the world" the
Light in the heart of man as well as
the Light in the universe outside. The
King was taught to look for the Light,
and the people were taught to Follow
the Light" And the doctrine of the
Light within and the Light universal
was the very center Of the Egyptian or
Hermetic Mysteries.
Then he came to the third subrace, to
the Iranians. under the name Of Zoroas-
ter. and the Fire was the symbol by
which the same great truth was taught;
Fire in the heart Of man, Fire in the
| temple Of the worshipers. Fire in the
sky that gave light to the world. And
in those days, when the priests were
really Magi. and knew the great arts
that control the elements Of nature, then
the uplifted hand OF the priest Of the
Fire-like that of Zarathustra. the Son
of the Fire-lifted up to heaven. drew
down the Fire from the clouds and flung
it upon the altar and made that burst
into flame.
Spoke t0 Greeks in Music.
The fourth time He came was to the
| fourth subrace, the Greeks as Orpheus
but He no longer spoke in Light but in
Music. and by the mysteries OF Sound he
taught the unfolding of the Spirit In
Man. To the Greeks He spake in Music,
and the Orphic Mysteries were those in
which the same knowledge was given,
and the greatness OF Greece was reached.
So by the Sun, by the Light. by Fire, and
by Music the World-Teacher spoke to the
subraces that have gone before.
That Mighty One returned to earth but
once again. to become Lord Buddha. and
to found the religion that still outnum-
bers any other faith on earth. Then he
passed away, never again to take a NOR
tai form. and handed on the duty OF the
world-teaching to His Brother, who had
come side by side with Him through
many ages. TO Him who is the World
Teacher of today, the great Lord Mai
treya, whom Christendom calls the
Christ. Between these two, identical in
teaching. there was yet a difference OF
temperament that colored all they taught;
for He who became the Buddha is known
as the Lord Of Wisdom. and He who was
the Christ is known as the Lord OF Love
one teaching the law. calling on men
for right understanding; the other seeing
in love the fulfilling of the law. 1t is the
Lord of Love who is the World-Teacher
OF today.
Christ first showed Himself to His an
cient people. in India. The philosophers
may worship the Mighty God: the intel
lectual thinker may speak Of the One All
PervsSing Self; but the Form under
which is poured out a devotion and a pas
sionate love that no religion on earth can
possibly eXceed-is the Form of Shri
Krishna; not the statesman. the war
rior, whom you think of when you read
the great story Of the Mahabharata but
the Shri Krishna who was the Lover OF
men, the Child and the Youth who is to
every Hindu heart today exactly what
the Hebrew prophet spoke of when he
said: Thy Maker is thy Husband. y
Lover and beloved. Such is the divine
Form that holds the heart Of India cap
tive today, and while they call Him
Krishna We call Him Christ. but He is
the one Lord Of Love that is worshipec
by both.
Stayed Three Years.
Then Krishna, or Christ, came to ouI
fifth SUFFRAGE. to give a new religion and
to shape the spiritual growth of the Teu-
tonic peoples. For three brief years OF
perfect life He carried on His ministry
among the Jewish people; but it was pa
thetically said: He came to His owr
and His own received Him not" and
though it was said that He spake as
never man had spoken, only for three
years could they tolerate the Lord OF
Love amongst them After they had Slalr
Him, the records of His Church declare
that only some poor hundred and twenty
gathered together as disciples A strange
record for the coming Of a World-Teach'
er; but history has indicated the power
of the teaching. for II His own generation
rejected Him, hundreds of generations
since have done Him homage, and ovel
Christendom today His Name is taking
on a mightier and ever mightier power
for men are beginning to realize thai
Christianity is not a church, not a book
not an organization, but is the recogni'
ton of a living Christ, and the develop
ment of the Christ-life in man. (See The
Herald of August p
Now when in our own days, by th'
testimony Of ethnologists, a new type o.
SUFFRAGE is beginning to arise what /:
the inevitable corollary? If, during fivt
subraces. the Teacher has appeared &c
teach and help, shall the sixth SUFFRAGE
the one that is now being born in Amer
lea, be alone left without a Teacher
Shall the rld-Teacher refuse to come
as He has come in every similar case be
fore? That is the argument from the ra
tional standpoint that We should consid
er, if it seems so strange and so impos
sible that in our own days, as aforetime
some mighty Teacher should come int
the world TO uplift and to help. We ar,
so apt, with all our pride Of intellect anC
of nationality. to deem ourselves too
small TO be blessed with the presence ot
World-Teacher; and yet IL He hal
come five times before, under exactly
similar conditions why should this sub