The Washington herald., 1914-07-19
By DIR. w. w. BAKER.

be disentangled from those with whicl
It is intertwined without any great off
hculty. We may fairly aid our stud!
by reference to those records Of the pas
which experts can verify for themselves
and from which certain details regarding
the Hebrew teacher have been given Il
the world by Nine. H. P. Blavatsky ant
by others who are experts in occult in
vestigation. In the minds Of many ther'
Is apt to arise challenge when thii
word expert" is used in connection
with occultism Yet 1t only means
person who, by special study, by specia
training, has accumulated a special kind
Of knowledge. and has developed power
that enable him to give an opinion found
ed on his own individual knowledge Of tht
subject with which he is dealing.
As q man may be born with a math
ematical faculty. and by training that
faculty year after year may immensely
increase his mathematical capacity, 81
many a man be born with certain fac.
ulties within him. faculties belonging t
the soul. which he can develop by train,
ing and by discipline. When, having de.
veloped those faculties, he applies then
to the study of the invisible world, such
a man becomes an expert in occult
science, and such a man can at hi:
viii reverify the records to which have
referred. Such reverification is as much
out Of the reach OF the ordinary person
as a mathematical book written in the
symbols OF the higher mathematics is out
of the reach of those who are unframed
in mathematical science. There is moth
ing exclusive in the knowledge save as
every science is exclusive: those who are
born with q faculty, and train the fac
lie, ..N-
while those who start life without any
faculty, or those who do not develop II
II they have It, must be content to re-
main IN ignorance.
The occult records partly indorse the
story told in the Gospels, and partly do
not indorse It: they show US the life.
and thus enable us to disentangle II from
the myths which are intertwined there
with.
The child whose Jewish name has been
turned into that Of Jesus was born in
Palestine. B. c. los, during the consul
ate OF Publius Rutilius Rufus and Gnaeus
MaIlius Maximus. His parents were we'll
born though poor, and he was educated in
a knowledge of the Hebrew Scriptures.
His fervent devotion and a gravity be-
yond his years led his parents to dedicate
him to the religious and ascetic life.
and soon after a visit TO Jerusalem IN
which the xtraordinary intelligence and
eagerness for knowledge OF the youth
were shown in his seeking Of the doctors
in the Temple, he was sent to be trained
in an Essene community in the southern
Judaean desert. When he had reached
the age Of nineteen he went on to the
Essene Monastery. near Mount Serbal, n
monastery which was much visited by
learned men travelling from Persia and
India TO Egypt, and where a magnificent
library of occult works-many OF them
Indian Of the Trans Himalayan regions
had been established. From this seat Of
mystic learning he proceeded later TO
Egypt He had been fully instructed in
the secret teachings. which were the real
fount Of life among the Essences, and
was initiated in Egypt as a disciple Of
that one sublime Lodge from which
every great religion has its Founder. For
Egypt has remained one OF the world
centers Of the true Mysteries, whereof all
semi-public Mysteries are the faint and
farof reflections. There the young He
brew received the solemn conservation
which prepared him for the Royal Priest
hood he was later TO attain.
A superhuman purity end devotion fft-
ted the man Jesus. the disciple, to be-
come the temple OF loftleT Power, OF a
mighty indwelling presence. The time
had come for one OF those Divine mani
testations which from are To age made
for the helping OF humanity. when a
new impulse is needed 10 quicken the
spiritual evolution Of mankind. when a
pew civilization is lb at to dawn. The
world of the West WIS then IN the womb
of time. ready fo= the SiTth. and the
Teutonic subrace vas to catch the scep-
ter of empire falling from the failing
asrds of Rome.
-
'esh upon earth. a supreme Teacher
full OF grace and. truth" Lord Of COM
passion and of wisdom-such was His
from His dwelling in the Sc
:ret places He came forth into the world
If men.
Needed m Earthly Tabernacle.
For Him was needed an earthly ytaber-
lacle, a human form, the body Of a man,
Ind who so At to yield his body in glad
md willing service TO the One before
whom angels and men bow down in low
lest reverence as this Hebrew OF the
The man Jesus yielded himself
willing sacrifice, to the Lord OF Love,
who took unto Himself that pure form as
and dwelt therein for three
ears Of mortal life.
This epoch is marked in the traditions
in the gospels as that Of the
baptism Of Jesus, when the Spirit was
seen descending from heaven like q
love, and 1t abode upon Him." and a
celestial voice proclaimed His as the be-
owed Son, to whom men should give ear.
To that manifested presence the name
II the Christ" may rightly be given, and
I was He who lived and moved IN the
Crm of the man Jesus over the hills and
,lsins OF Palestine. teaching. healing dis
,ases and gathering round Him as disci-
,les a few of the more advanced souls.
rhe rare charm Of his royal love, out
'ouring from Him as rays from a sun,
rev round Him the suffering, the
weary, and the oppressed, and the subtly
ender magic of His gentle wisdom puri-
led, ennobled and sweetened the lives
hat came into contact with His own
He healed many a disease by word or
ouch, reinforcing the magnetic energies
to His pure body with the
compelling force Of His inner life.
The teachers and rulers of His nation
oon came to eye Him with jealousy and
niger; His spirituality was a constant
eproach to their materialism. His power |
constant, though silent, exposure OF
heir weakness. Three years had scarce |
y passed since His baptism when the |
storm outbroke, and the hu- |
nan body Of Jesus paid the penalty for |
the glorious presence of a |
eacher more than man.
The Master did not forget His promise |
o come to them after the world had lost /
light of Him, and for something over
fly years He visited them in His subtle |
piritual body, continuing the teachings /
Ie had begun while with them, and
raining them in a knowledge Of occult
ruths. They lived together, for most
art, in a retired spot on the outskirts
{ Judea, attracting no attention among