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 INTRODUCTORY 
 
 The two articles making up this booklet formerly ap- 
 peared in the monthly magazine, "The Initiates and the 
 People." 
 
 The demand for these articles in book form has been 
 so great that it ha,s been considered wise to issue the bock- 
 let, to be used as propaganda work. In fact, so great has 
 been the interest in these particular articles that one student, 
 a Mason of high standing, has ordered 1,000 copies of the 
 booklet, which he promises to sell to his fellow Masons. 
 
 This, coming at the present time, is to be viewed as an 
 encouraging sign — a time in which the peoples of the na- 
 tions seem utterly to forget their God and to accept nothing 
 except what eye can see and touch feel, a time in which the 
 nations are torn asunder in the most bloody warfare that 
 has ever been known to man. 
 
 Why has this cruel warfare between the nations be- 
 come necessary? The reason for this is to be traced to the 
 fact that the people^ of one nation had forgotten their God, 
 had lost sight of the true and living God and had become 
 enamoured with the idea of a material god, the god of war, 
 the god of materialism. This people, well meaning and 
 home loving, as time went on, came to accept the philosophy 
 of its savants. And so cleverly had this pagan philosophy 
 foeen inculcated that its adherents little realized to what 
 limits it would lead and to what extremities of disaster it 
 would tend 
 
 If this destructive philosophy were confined to one 
 
 Copyrighted 1914 by 
 The Philosophical Publishing Co. 
 
2 THE DIVINE SPARK 
 
 country alone, the situation would no:t be so bad. But as it 
 is, here in America, our large Universities are under the in- 
 fluence of these teachers. Their philosophy is not the phil- 
 osophy of the ancient wise men. If it were, all would be 
 well But, sad to say, the prevailing ideas and principles 
 are the outgrowth of pagan philosophy — a philosophy that 
 advocates the necessity of war in order that one nation may 
 become great at the expense of other nations. 
 
 It is admitted that the present war has become a neces- 
 sity. And why? 
 
 Because one among the nations, under the influence and 
 power of pagan teachings, accepted the doctrine that if mil- 
 itarism should rule (and they implicity believed that mili- 
 tarism is the true ruling power), men in great numbers 
 would be necessary Thus it was that during many years of 
 peace the propagation of offspring was encouraged. The 
 impulse was obeyed, with the result that, as years went by, 
 the population became so great that an outlet had become 
 unavoidable. 
 
 Not how good and how great the children, but how 
 many, was the cry. Nature became outraged. There had 
 to be an outlet, for Nature always evens things up, as her 
 Law is Balance and Equilibrium. 
 
 There are several ways by which Nature may effect 
 the balancing of conditions. One way is through famine; 
 another through pestilence; another still through war. 
 
 Her own inherent wisdom directs Nature to use the 
 easiest method. She well knew that the powers ruling on 
 this mundane sphere hungered for war, and that they had, 
 in both thought and deed, been preparing for war. War, 
 then, became the easiest and most natural method by which 
 to reduce the population of the earth, by which to restore 
 balance after a period of stress and strain in the world of 
 human thought and desire. 
 
 Terrible as /the war is, under the circumstaces, it had 
 become necessary. And when it is over, militarism will be 
 
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THE DIVINE SPARK 3 
 
 no more. No longer will the cry be for "the god of war 
 and destruction," but for the God of love and peace and ad_ 
 vancement through development. No longer will the cry 
 be for more children, but for "better and nobler children," 
 though fewer of them. No -longer will men clamor for ma- 
 terial power and mere physical prowess, but the cry of the 
 heart will be for life and power on the higher plane of de- 
 velopment and service to others. 
 
 The philosophy that has exalted the god of material- 
 ism and militarism is at last doomed. Men, both in this 
 and in other countries, are awakening. Even in those coun- 
 tries in which religion seemed to have died out, there are evi- 
 dences of a great and mighty awakening. And there is 
 every reason to believe that the pagan philosophy of mater- 
 ialism and militarism is doomed forever 
 
 This mighty scourge of warfare among the nations 
 is the culmination of certain conditions, the death blow to 
 an age in which negative and destructive philosophies have 
 held sway in men's minds. The ideals and standards of 
 heart and mind have been false and perverted. It is only 
 to be expected that the reaction of perverted principles 
 phould be disastrous. Through the mighty force of their 
 own recklessness and turmoil, a bitter crisis is necessitated. 
 
 To be sure, the articles reissued in this booklet had in 
 their inception no specific connection with (the war that is 
 raging. Indirectly, however, there \s a connection of no 
 trivial import. The war, with its destructive effects, must 
 necessarily lead to an awakening. The wanton destruc- 
 tion of the treasures of the earth, occasioned by the war 
 spirit, has also had the effect of making the cry for this 
 type of literature felt, and thus it is that the war indirectly 
 affect,s the Great Work which this booklet represents. 
 
 When men once come to know that temporal power 
 is not desirable unless it also confers eternal power, then 
 will they change their mode of life, and this change will 
 affect all the people. 
 
4 THE DIVINE' SPARK 
 
 But this awakening will not come until men have been 
 taught, and have come to realize, that they are more than 
 flesh and blood. They must understand that within the 
 house of flesh and Mood there is a mighty Being, potential- 
 ly powerful, loving, kind, and immortal. They must un- 
 derstand, further, that this potential Son of God does not 
 awaken and come forth by himself, but that he must be 
 awakened by the man of flesh and blood. 
 
 And it is this awakening, this mighty philosophy, that 
 the Illuminati would teach, not only to its members, but to 
 people generally. It is for this reason, furthermore, that 
 the article on "The Divine Spark" was written, that there 
 might be an awakening, that man might seek and find "the 
 Way, the Truth, and the Life." 
 
 The article, "The Divine Spark," contains fundamen- 
 tal teachings of {the Temple of the Illuminati, and that 
 the philosphy of the Illuminati i,s practical and well re- 
 ceived is proved by this other fact, namely, that there is 
 a demand, an ever growing demand, for it. 
 
 The other article forming part of this booklet is as 
 important, in its way, as is the first one, and for many rea- 
 sons. 
 
 That the Great Pyramid was a Temple of Initiation is 
 a fact that concerns Masonry. It has been well said, how- 
 ever, that Masonry ha,s lost the key to its own mysteries. 
 The vast majority of its members know nothing but the 
 Ritual, and have not even an idea that beyond the Ritual 
 there is a mighty, a sublime Philosophy, and that in it is 
 contained the very foundation of Religion itself, as well 
 as the basis of all true Science. 
 
 But thousands of the craft are beginning to ask, 
 "Why is Masonry?" And these thousands will not give 
 up until they know. 
 
 In this article the author attempts to show not only 
 that Masonry is as old as mankind, but that it has been the 
 guiding hand of the ages past, though then under a M-- 
 
THE DIVINE* SPARK 5 
 
 ferent name. 
 
 A careful study of this treatise on the Great Pyra- 
 mid will reveal many sublime truths. Especially ,should 
 the sincere lover of Masonry be amply rewarded for a 
 careful perusal of these pages. The devout Mason may 
 well be overpowered by the sublimity of the symbology 
 and the ritualistic ceremonies of his craft and creed. 
 
 This article contains fundamental teachings of the 
 Fraternity, "Sons of Osiris," an Order not Masonic, but 
 Philosophical, and dating back to the time of Egypt. The 
 Fraternity is philosophical in that it teaches a religious 
 system — not contrary to true Christianity, but individual 
 and mystical — and explains much that would be profitable 
 for all Ma,sons to know. 
 
 It is admitted by the most serious of the Masonic 
 students that, if Masons, the majority of them, could be 
 awakened to the sublime philosophy, to the mighty truths 
 contained in its symbolic lessors, Masonry would become 
 one of the most powerful factors for bringing about a 
 higher civilization. 
 
 We are informed that "our anfceient brethren wrought 
 in both operative and speculative" masonry, "while we 
 work in speculative." But there is no reason why we can- 
 not become operative as well as speculative, as our an- 
 cient brethern were. Operative, in the sense of practical 
 freemasons, builders of our spiritual buildings, "that house 
 not made with hands, eternal in the heavens." From the 
 outset we were presented with our working tools and ex- 
 plained their uses, yet how many freemasons of to-day 
 make u^e of their working tools, how many care to under- 
 stand what is meant by "the working tools ?" 
 
 The Temple of the Illuminati teaches the meaning of 
 the working tools, and how to use them to build your spir- 
 itual temple. This is only hinted at in the ma,sonic ritual, 
 and while it reveals, it yet so conceals that the explanation 
 ha,s become ''lost." The temple of the Illuminati has the 
 
6 THE DIVIN© SPARK 
 
 "key" that will unlock the mysteries of freemasonry. We 
 teach you how to become practical freemasons, how to de- 
 velop the innate, latent powers of the soul, which lead to- 
 ward real "mastership." 
 
 Will Masonry awake? Will Masons accept the truth 
 when it is presented to them? 
 
 These are mighty, these are important questions. 
 The author believes that Masons will gradually come to 
 accept and understand the truth embodied in their sublime 
 ,symbology. He has faith in them and their Fraternity. 
 
 May this little booklet do much good; may it be the 
 means of awakening many. This is the one desire of the 
 author. Fraternally, 
 
 R. SWINBURNE CLYMER 
 "Beverly Hall," October 14, 1914. 
 
THE DIVINE SPARK 
 
 When in normal and perfect condition, a human being 
 is a complete and finely adjusted engine and electric motor 
 for generating power, force, vitality — call it what you will. 
 
 An engine require,s several things in order that it may 
 run smoothly and perfectly, and in order that it may gen- 
 erate the maximum amount of power. Two of the most 
 important requirements are the spark and the suction of 
 air. 
 
 On examining the engine run by gasoline and the elec- 
 tric coil, we find that that which causes the engine to run 
 is the spark produced by the spark plug in the cylinder 
 cf the engine. Here, when the two points come together 
 through the revolution of the wheel, the spark is created; 
 and when the spark is created, or when ignition takes 
 place, the gasoline drawn into the engine is set afire. Thus 
 a force is produced, which causes the engine to run. Every 
 new spark gives new life, and there is a steady motion of 
 the engine, a steady generation of power, which continues 
 as long as there is a spark and as long as there is gasoline 
 to give life to the engine. 
 
 There is another important factor in the generation of 
 power, or in the running of an engine. Though this fac- 
 tor is something that is entirely free, yet it i,s none the less 
 necessary, just as necessary as the spark and the gasoline. 
 For, without it, and even without just the right propor- 
 tion of it, the engine either will not run at all or, if it does 
 run, will not produce the maximum amount of power. 
 
 This important factor is air. At each revolution of 
 
8 THE DIVINE SPARK 
 
 the wheels, at each movement of the cylinder, back and 
 forward, a certain amount of air is taken into the cylinder 
 at the same time that gasoline is drawn in or up; and the 
 gasoline mixing with the air produces gas, which is ignited 
 and which, when set afire by the spark, produces the power. 
 This much concerning the engine, for the reason that 
 the gasoline engine is, in principle, an exact prototype of 
 the human body, and, exactly as power is generated in the 
 engine, so it is generated in the human body. 
 
 As already stated, the engine must have air in order 
 that it may produce power. Furthermore, it must have 
 the proper amount of air in order to produce the maxi- 
 mum amount of power. If there is too little air, the en- 
 gine will not produce the proper amount of power. Or, 
 with an insufficiency of air, it may smoke or manifest other 
 "contrary ways" of a gasoline engine- 
 Other conditions also may interfere with the perfect 
 running of the engine and with the generation of the 
 highest amount of power. The batteries may be weak, 
 so that the current producing the spark is weak. In this 
 case, there will be missing sparks, and the energy is there- 
 by reduced. Again, the spark point may be coated with 
 smoke. In this case also, there will be missing of sparks 
 and reducing of energy. Indeed, the spark plug may be 
 coated to such an extent that it is no longer possible for the 
 contact to produce a spark, and the engine may stop run- 
 ning altogether, or its running may be so unsteady that 
 there is practically no power. 
 
 In the human body, we find conditions exactly like 
 those of the engine. And it is for the purpose of better 
 explaining the Divine Spark in man that the engine has 
 been taken as an illustration. In fundamental respects, the 
 analogy between them is perfect. Let it be clearly under- 
 stood, however, that the illustration is used as an analogy 
 merely, and that analogy is never absolutely exact in all 
 details, Therefore, the reader must not pre,ss the cor^ 
 
THE DIVINE SPARK 9 
 
 responding features too far, lest he become bewildered in 
 a maze of questions that might occur to his mind. 
 
 The Divine Spark is the name by which Initiates des- 
 ignate the soul in embryo. Few people understand the 
 mystery ,surrounding the soul of man. In fact, it can- 
 not be understood through mere intellectual comprehen- 
 sion. Growlth and development of soul itself is necessary 
 to a ^satisfactory grasp of the mystery surrounding the Di- 
 vine Spark. Nevertheless, the analogy existing between 
 conditions on the material plane and those on the spiritual 
 furnishes a reliable basis from which to view the subject. 
 To some minds especially, the analogy existing between 
 the human organism and the engine and electric motor is 
 suggestive and helpful. 
 
 It has already been noted that the condition of the 
 spark plug in the cylinder of the engine has much to do 
 with the generation of power. If the spark plug is cov- 
 ered over with soot or smoke or other foreign matter, the 
 action of the machinery is impaired. Creation of the 
 spark is the secret of generating power; consequently, the 
 spark plug, or the instrument by which the spark is cre- 
 ated, is a crucial feature in connection with the genera- 
 tion of electric power. Similarly, the condition of the 
 Divine Spark in man is the crucial test of his power. If 
 the soul is covered over with the soot and smoke of ig- 
 norance, materialism, and unbelief, there can be no true 
 power. 
 
 The engine in itself may be in satisfactory order; yet 
 the one item of dust or smoke or soot clinging to the,spark 
 plug may be the one thing that prevents proper generation 
 of power. A similar state of affairs may exist in the 
 human organism. The body may be in good condition, 
 healthy and strong and functioning properly; the vital or- 
 gans, the muscular system, and the telegraphic network 
 of nerves may be true, each to its particular part in the in- 
 tricate mechanism of the human frame; the lungs, which 
 
10 THE DIVINE SPARK 
 
 correspond to the air-intake of the engine, may be in a 
 normal state ; the vital forces, which correspond to the bat- 
 teries, or the current that gives the spark, may be of full 
 strength — yet, if the Divine Spark, or the soul in process 
 of awakening, is smouldering under a heavy coating of ig- 
 norance and carnality, the highest power is impossible. 
 For let it be remembered that only soul power can be 
 classed as the highest power in man. 
 
 Now, in this condition, unlike the engine, the human 
 machine keeps on running. So far as material conditions 
 are concerned, it may do good work. Though, to al! out- 
 ward appearances, it may do satisfactory work in propel- 
 ling human interests, yet this wonderful machine may be 
 producing only a minimum amount of power because it is 
 running on low pressure, running on a force that is pure- 
 ly material or physical. Under these conditions, the great 
 spark which gives the maximum amount of power is miss- 
 ing- 
 
 In case the engine misses sparks and does not generate 
 the highest power, we at once proceed to take out the spark 
 plug and clean it, brightening the points — and lo, there is 
 a pure white spark, a ,spark of fire, which, igniting, pro- 
 duces the desired amount of power. 
 
 In like manner, man should examine the igniting point 
 within himself. He should cleanse the Spark of Divinity 
 within his own nature. He should free it of hate, envy, 
 jealousy, malice, and every form of ill-will toward any 
 creature. He should free it of materialism and unbelief. 
 He should polish and brighten it by recognizing himself as 
 a being of Godlike possibilities. As he succeeds in doing 
 this, he sets the Divine Spark free from the smoky and 
 sooty accumulations that have been reducing its power and 
 force. 
 
 Further, as in the case of the engine, there is another 
 item of exceedingly great importance in generating the 
 highest amount of power As it is necessary for the engine 
 
THE DIVINE SPARK 11 
 
 to receive a sufficient amount of air in order that proper 
 combustion may effect satisfactory results, so is it impera- 
 tive that man shall take into his organism a sufficiency of 
 vitalizing air. This is the more necessary in proportion as 
 be frees the Divine Spark of the debris that has been cling- 
 ing to it. For soul power is generated in proportion to the 
 cleansing of the Spark. And, as greater power i,s gen- 
 erated, a greater amount of vitalizing air is necessary to 
 enable man to make proper use of the energy at his dis- 
 posal. 
 
 Man has been able to invent, to perfect, and to use, 
 machinery that is patterned in every fundamental point 
 after the human mechanism. Then, how much more does 
 it behoove him to use, in regard to generating power with- 
 in his own organism, such wisdom as he is compelled to 
 use as a machinist. The electrician learns to note, with 
 exacting care, whether the valves are properly adjusted 
 for admitting a sufficiency of air. So must the student 
 and the practitioner of the Sacred Arts open his eyes to 
 the importance of proper breathing. 
 
 The time is past when one is considered a fanatic 
 because he claims that correct breathing has a close con- 
 nection with salvation of soul. The artificial thinker or 
 the one who wishes an easy path to mastership and attain- 
 ment may regard the subject lightly; but the one who goes 
 deeply into ,soul development becomes thoroughly con- 
 vinced of the absolute necessity of cultivating correct hab- 
 its in this regard. 
 
 Now, more than ever before, man sees geiore his eyes 
 the time-honored command: "Man, know thyself." And 
 he is beginning at least dimly to comprehend that all crea- 
 tions of human skill, all machinery, whether the engine 
 or the wireless outfit, i,s truly a prototype of himself, and 
 that the force that runs the engine is the same force that 
 is within himself, and that it works in the same manner so 
 far as fundamental principles are concerned. And, just 
 
12 THE DIVINE SPARK 
 
 as air, and plenty of it, is necessary to run the engine, so 
 is air, and plenty of it, absolutely necessary to run the 
 human machine perfectly. More than this, air is necessary 
 to the welfare of the Divine Spark and to the generating 
 of soul power. It is impossible for the Divine Spark to 
 manifest the white fire of vital energy and soul force un- 
 less it is fed with the AEthereal essences extracted from 
 the air. 
 
 Through the act of breathing, the human machine ob- 
 tains from the air a current of power, which gives to the 
 body, nerves and muscles, the principle of action and re- 
 action. Through this current of power from the air, the 
 human organism receives "the breath of life." But it ob- 
 tains more than the breath of life. It obtains therewith 
 a certain energy or force, called by Initiates the ABth; 
 and the greater the knowledge of the Initiate, the greater 
 amount of this vital sub,stance he can take to himself- This 
 subtle quality, called AEth, derived from the air, gives en- 
 ergy to the Divine Spark. The record says, "God breath- 
 ed the breath of life into man, and he became a living 
 soul." Thus, it is seen that, through the act of breathing, 
 God accomplishes in man two things — He gives life to the 
 body, and, out of "the 'little point of Divinity within," He 
 makes a living Soul. 
 
 It i,s a fact — and one held by the Illuminati as an ab- 
 solute principle — that, if man lives right and breathes 
 right, he takes in with every breath not only more of life 
 to the physical being, but also a subtle quality of Living 
 Fire, which feeds the soul and generates a divine power. 
 The AEth, the subtle quality of living fire, is indeed a part 
 of the Godhood; and it i,s this which stimulates and feeds 
 the element of Divinity in man. It is this which raises 
 him above the animal plane and lifts his consciousness to 
 the realm of the gods and angelic forces. It is this which 
 makes him more than man. It is thi,s which gives more 
 vitality and vigor, more energy and force, more conserva- 
 
THE DIVINE; SPARK 13 
 
 tion of power, and more skill and efficiency in guiding and 
 in making use of the power thu,s generated- 
 
 Every inspiration of air gives to the blood in the lungs 
 more of the electrical power that is necessary to cause the 
 heart to expand. Under normal conditions, if breathing is 
 as it should be, man breathes one time to every four beats 
 of the heart. The mechanic knows that the machine in 
 perfect running order makes about four revolutions to 
 each explosion, or to each ignition of the spark. If the 
 human machine is not in normal condition, if there is dis- 
 ease, if the Divine Spark is clogged with material foreign 
 to its nature, or if correct habits of breathing have not 
 been established, the intakes of air may be twice as rapid 
 and frequent ; and the result is a loss of power. 
 
 Another item in connection with breathing is not to be 
 overlooked — that is, the value of exhalation. With every 
 exhalation, a certain amount of dead or waste material is 
 thrown out of the system. Were this wa,ste material al- 
 lowed to remain in the system, its accumulation would in- 
 terfere with the normal and regular creation of "the spark 
 of soul power," as well as with the normal and regular 
 creation of "the spark of physical life." This is the very 
 thing that occurs in far too many cases. In many instances, 
 lack of pure, fresh air in the sleeping room accounts for 
 excessive languor and general debility. The necessity of 
 full, deep exhalation cannot be over-estimated. 
 
 Correct exhalation of air has much to do with cleans- 
 ing the thought life. The system may become clogged with 
 the taint of destructive thought and feeling- Through 
 full, deep, steady, slow exhalations, the accumulations of 
 dead and poisonous material are thrown out. Much more 
 effective is the process if the individual understands this 
 principle and if he consciously and voluntarily "breathes 
 out" and "lets go of" the tainted atmosphere of destruc- 
 tive thought and feeling. Through deep, full inhalations, 
 the pure AEthic quality of the air cleanses and vivifies the 
 
14 THE DIVINE) SPARK 
 
 system, and stimulates noble aspirations and pure, whole- 
 some thought and feeling. 
 
 If man comprehends this principle of cleansing and 
 stimulating the thought life through the power of the 
 breath and if he, practices the art of breathing understand- 
 ingly, with this purpose in mind, in time, the Divine Spark 
 will have become cleansed of the poisonous accumulations 
 which have been surrounding it. Then it will be able to 
 manifest the maximum amount of divine power and en- 
 ergy. 
 
 In the engine, we can simply unscrew the spark plug 
 and take it out and cleanse it with the proper cleansing 
 agents, and then return it to its place. 
 
 In the human machine, the process of cleansing the 
 Divine Spark is a different proposition. The cleansing 
 agents are love, forgiveness, and other graces of heart, 
 administered in connection with an abundance of vitaliz- 
 ing air. Exhalation and inhalation are both necessary to 
 the act of breathing. Neither one alone constitutes res- 
 piration. Each is as important as the other; and the full, 
 complete act of respiration requires the one as much a,s 
 the other. Likewise, in the cleansing of the thought life, 
 letting go of poisonous material is not sufficient. Ridding 
 the system of waste matter must be accompanied by a nor- 
 mal intaking of pure, wholesome material. Breathing in 
 . mUjSt supplement breathing out. And an abundance of vi- 
 talizing air is required by him who aspires to power of 
 soul. Welfare of both body and soul demands an abun- 
 dance of vitalizing air. 
 
 Respiration is not limited to the lungs. The whole 
 system breathes. The air taken in imparts to every struc- 
 ture of the organism a certain motional or functionary 
 activity. This constant and incessant intaking of air im- 
 parts a subtle quality, which allows the soul-center to 
 throw out sparks and thereby keep the whole machinery 
 running smoothly and in perfect order. 
 
THE DIVINE SPARK 15 
 
 Here we must note a difference between the material 
 machine and the human organism. 
 
 In the engine, we have simply a material structure, a 
 material unit, which, with the proper amount of air and 
 fuel and with the proper current, or creation of electric 
 sparks, will run until it is worn out and then stop ( short. 
 Or, in case some particular part of the machinery is brok- 
 en or worn out, it may be replaced with a new piece, made 
 to fit exactly in its place. 
 
 In the human machine, there is the power to re-create 
 new parts or new cells as fast as they are worn out. The 
 process of re- creation i,s simultaneous w ith, or immediate- 
 ly succeeds, the process of disintegration. Indeed, so re- 
 markable is the process of re-creating worn-out cells and 
 tissues that the highest authorities recognize it as bound- 
 less and endless in possibility; and even scientists of mate- 
 rialistic inclinations admit that there is no rea,son why man 
 should not remake and renew the physical organism in- 
 definitely. Through the infusion of the breath with holy 
 thoughts and passions, man may so energize both body and 
 soul as to make them continually existing. This constant 
 renewing of body and soul constitutes immortality. 
 
 The choice is ours. The ideal is ours to choose — ■ 
 whether we will have a physical machine as generator of 
 power which runs satisfactorily for a time and then stops, 
 or whether we will constantly infuse into our organism 
 air that has been vitalized and charged with a force that 
 enables the Divine Spark to manifest itself as an immor- 
 tal individuality. The choice is ours — whether we will 
 practice the art of a twofold breathing, thus accomplish- 
 ing a twofold purpose. It is ours, if we will, to breathe 
 in more than mere air which sustains physical life. Si- 
 multaneously with the process of normal physical respira- 
 tion, we may, if we will, breathe in, or extract from the 
 air, a subtle force or essence produced by the thought with 
 which the inbreathed air is charged. This ,subtle quality 
 
16 THE DIVINE SPARK 
 
 or essence enables the Divine Spark to attain conscious- 
 ness as an individualized soul. 
 
 There is this difference between the perfect physical 
 being and the perfect soul being. He who is a perfect 
 physical being merely, lives in the material only, and 
 breathes in physical life and strength only. He who lives 
 in the soul also breathes in physical life and strength 
 and may be a perfect physical being; but, in addition, he 
 charges the inbreathed air with (the mighty potency of his 
 thoughts and desires and passions, thereby producing a 
 subtle quality which quickens the element of divinity in 
 his nature into an immortal being. 
 
 The (Student should make careful note of this princi- 
 ple in the very beginning; for, if he does not, if he thinks 
 it unimportant, he will find in good time that it is nec- 
 essary to retrace his steps and master elementary prin- 
 ciples. 
 
 The contraction of the brain, which is the creator of 
 mental forces, takes place simultaneously with the inhaling 
 of air. Thus, brain and lungs, or thought and power-cre- 
 ating organs, work in unison. And, as is the depth of res- 
 piration, so is the depth of thought. At the same instant 
 that the cortical glands of the brain are inspiring the nerves 
 with vital force and energy, the lungs are imparting to 
 the same fiber their motion. This rhythmical co-opera- 
 tion between brain and lungs, between thought and breath, 
 is of va,st significance. Harmony of thought, constructive, 
 wholesome thought in unison with the inhalation of vital- 
 izing air gives to the whole being the maximum amount 
 of power and energy. If the thoughts are destructive or 
 agitated and if the mental state is gloomy while the lungs 
 are being inflated with air, inharmony results, and vitality 
 is thereby depleted. 
 
 Right thinking and right breathing are the two es- 
 sentials of health, perfection, and happiness. Without 
 these two factors, the perfect life is an impossibility. 
 
THE DIVINE SPARK 17 
 
 For this reason, the true schools of Initiation have 
 always insisted on proper breathing and wholesome think- 
 ing. The u ( se of Sacred M'antrams in connection with ap- 
 propriate breathing exercises is based on the principle of 
 co-operation between brain and lungs. The importance of 
 such exercises cannot be over-emphasized. 
 
 It is at this very point that students in large num- 
 bers fail. They treat the subject lightly, and consider 
 breathing exercises a non-essential, and even unworthy of 
 the attention of one who is aiming at Initiation, or Soul 
 Development. They have the mistaken notion that ab- 
 stract thought and mysticism alone are sufficient to build 
 up power of soul. They have yet to learn that true mys- 
 ticism recognizes the physical as well as the spiritual, that 
 true mysticism is not weak and inane, and one-sided in its 
 methods. The true mystic is alive, alert, and eager to ap- 
 propriate all that is beneficial to both body and soul. The 
 matter of right breathing and right thinking seems to the 
 student simple and elementary, hence he regards it light- 
 ly. The methods that aim at right thinking and right 
 breathing are indeed simple; but in simplicity there is 
 power. A student manifests profound wisdom in trying 
 to perfect himself in the art of right thinking and right 
 breathing. And, when he becomes thoroughly interested 
 in the work, he will find that to establish habits of right 
 thinking and right breathing is not such an easy under- 
 taking after all, but that it demands as much skill and 
 power of execution as any other fine art. 
 
 The thought, the mental state, may be changed, modi- 
 fied, by the type and the quality of one's respiration. Every 
 mental state has a respiration answering to it, or corre- 
 sponding to it. Who does not know the short, quick 
 breath that accompanies an excited state of mind, the sus- 
 pended breath of fright, and the steady, even inhalation 
 and exhalation of the mind that is calm, peaceful, and 
 happy? By exercising voluntary control over one's rqs- 
 
18 THE DIVINE' SPARK 
 
 piration, it is possible to make practical use of the law of 
 correspondence existing between states of mind and types 
 cf breathing. To induce the habit of calm, even, regular 
 breathing, tends toward the habit of calm, reposeful think- 
 ing. To cultivate habits of deep rhythmical breathing, 
 is to cultivate habits of constructive, harmonious thought. 
 The man who breathes deeply and rhythmically is the man 
 who is gradually developing and manifesting the greatest 
 possible amount of true life and power. He who be- 
 comes proficient in thought-control and in breath-contro 1 ! 
 is on the road to Initiateship. He who can accompany in- 
 halation and exhalation each by an appropriate thought 
 manifests mystic power. 
 
 Whenever you find a human being that is weak, men- 
 tally or physically, you are almost sure to find a human 
 being that breathes superficially, one that does not take in 
 enough air to mix with the energy-giving material. Con- 
 sequently, there is an improper combination, there results 
 a certain amount of energy and life, but there is also a 
 large amount of unused material, which clogs the system 
 and covers the Divine Spark, reducing the ignition spark. 
 
 And usually, pqssibly without exception, you find that 
 the artificial breather is one who takes in an over-suffi- 
 cient amount of food. In this we have an exact parallel 
 with what takes place in case of the engine. Through the 
 inexperience of the operator, the engine is given too much 
 gasoline and not enough air. The result is, while at every 
 ignition of the spark there is a certain amount of energy 
 produced, yet there is al,so, on account of the improper 
 combination, the imperfect ignition, a certain amount of 
 smoke. Not only does the improper ignition fail to pro- 
 duce the full amount of power, but the smoke gradually 
 coats over the ignition point so that in time it is complete- 
 ly covered over, and the spark can be no longer produced, 
 then the engine stops short and there is no power at all. 
 
 Now, food is to the body what gasoline is to the en- 
 
THE DIVINE SPARK 19 
 
 gine. And he who does not breathe sufficiently, but takes 
 in an unnecessary amount of food, gradually congests the 
 system. The center of life-giving spark becomes coated 
 over with waste material, and disease and suffering result. 
 Furthermore, the Divine Spark, the soul itself, becomes 
 more and more sluggish, and incapable of manifesting its 
 individuality. 
 
 From these comparisons, let us review the most im- 
 portant points- 
 First, in order to reach the highest stage of devel- 
 opment, it i,s necessary for the student to practice deep, 
 full breathing; for this is an essential, the very foundation 
 of a'll power, both physical and spiritual. 
 
 Second, one must learn to free the mind of evil, de- 
 structive thoughts, desires, and passions. He must .substi- 
 tute in the place of undesirable mental states Sacred Man- 
 trams, and constructive, holy desires and thoughts. 
 
 Third, the student must learn not to take in more food 
 than the system requires in order to form a perfect com- 
 bustion and give the greatest amount of energy with the 
 least amount of waste. As the electrician or engineer finds 
 it wi,se to use the best grade of gasoline, so must the as- 
 pirant after soul power give attention to his food in re- 
 gard to quality, and select only the best and the purest. 
 Would we not consider him a foolish man, who, having 
 bought an expensive . automobile, uses a cheap gasoline, 
 mixed with water or other energy-reducing material? We 
 well know that in this way he would reduce the power and 
 the speed of his machine. And yet, thi^s is just what the 
 majority of mankind is doing with the human machinery. 
 
 No longer is it. regarded foolish to teach that correct 
 breathing is an essential, the first essential to immortality; 
 for we are learning a few things of importance from the 
 skilful electrician. 
 
THE GREAT PYRAMID 
 A TEMPLE OF INITIATION 
 
 There has alway ( s been, among people generally, more 
 or less of a mystery attached to the Great Pyramid of 
 Egypt. This will continue to be, except among the few 
 who have given serious study to the problem. 
 
 There are, one might say, two "schools of belief" con- 
 cerning this wonderful piece of work. One school holds 
 to the belief that the Pyramid was pimply a burial place. 
 The other teaches that it was a place of secret Initiation, 
 that in every detail ft represents a system whence all true 
 Initiation takes its origin. 
 
 The fact is, the Great Pyramid was a dual institution. 
 It was a burial place for Initiate-Priests. It was also a 
 Temple of Initiation, the highest form of Initiation ever 
 known to man. More than this, the pyramid was a sym- 
 bol, a representation, of man. 
 
 The Great Pyramid, often called "Cheops," stands 
 directly at the center of the land surface of the entire 
 earth. At one time in the year, the sun shines on the 
 apex of this wonderful structure, and no shadow is cast 
 on either side- It is then bathed in the rays of the sun, 
 and there is neither shadow nor darkness. 
 
 Why was the Pyramid built at the center of the earth? 
 Or why built in Egypt? 
 
 It is a remarkable fact that Egypt has never been 
 subject to floods or earthquakes, cataclysms or devasta^ 
 tions by the elements, such as other lands have known., 
 w This consideration alone makes Egypt a suitable spot foij 
 
THE GREAT PYRAMID 21 
 
 the erection of a Temple that was designed to ,stand 
 through the centuries as a monument of power and wis- 
 dom. 
 
 Call to mind the exalted type of civilization and learn- 
 ing which characterized Egypt during the period in which 
 the Temple was erected and in which it was the center 
 of power. This consideration also makes Egyptian soil the 
 spot of all spots the mo,st appropriate for yielding a prod- 
 uct that was to endure the tests of time. No one, not even 
 the most extreme materialist, questions Egypt's right to 
 the title often given it, "Egypt, the divine, the land blessed 
 cf God and the gods." Who denies Egypt's superiority 
 in wisdom? Much can be said in favor of the keen intel- 
 lects of modern mathematicians, much can be said in favor 
 of their mathematical instruments and mechanical devices 
 and of dexterity in the use of them; but what has been 
 added to the Laws of Geometry since representatives of 
 Egypt formulated them? 
 
 Egypt was the cradle of material and spiritual arts. 
 Hers was the art of colors. Hers was the art of work- 
 ing in brass. Hers was the art of burial of the dead. 
 What people pretends to claim ma,stery of the art of em- 
 balming as was Egypt master of it? But, in an especial 
 manner, wa,s she master of spiritual arts. Her Initiate- 
 Priests were permitted to come into direct touch with the 
 fountain of Wisdom. They held communion with the an- 
 gelic hosts. Adept,s they were in the science and the art 
 of Hierarchic Invocations. Healers of the afflicted, and 
 teachers of wisdom and spiritual truth were they. They 
 understood the laws of nature, and realized that their land 
 was the spot to be honored with a material token of wis- 
 dom, which should stand undisturbed by the elements 
 through the centuries. This material token of wisdom 
 they constructed with such precision and with such solid- 
 ity that, even though their civilization might fall, the struc- 
 ture itself, as a symbol of their mighty civilization, might 
 
22 THE GREAT PYRAMID 
 
 endure, faithful witness to the truth embodied in its work- 
 manship. 
 
 A great task, an exalted undertaking, is assigned to 
 him who, by nature and by training, is best fitted for it. 
 P'or this reason, the divine economy of the universe metes 
 out to Egyptian wisdom and dexterity the honor of per- 
 fecting an enduring symbol of man in his work of redemp- 
 tion- Likewise, the wisdom that "causes all things to 
 work together for good" 'locates a monumental symbol in 
 the land in which, for reasons physical, climatic, and at- 
 mospheric, it is most likely to endure. The brief consid- 
 eration already given to these two points answer the ques- 
 tion as to why Egypt t should have been chosen as the land 
 of pyramids. 
 
 But there is another, a deeper, reason why the Great 
 Pyramid, the mighty Temple of Initiation, should be lo- 
 cated at the center of the earth's land surface, and why 
 its apex should annually mark the sun's direct rays. 
 
 In this respect, the Pyramid is a perfect symbol of 
 man when he has reached the state called Illumination of 
 Soul, or Soul Consciousness. After man has passed 
 through a system of training in self-mastery, after he has 
 endured the tests and the ordeals of such a training, and 
 has perfected in his nature the qualities of love and for- 
 giveness, he comes to the point in his experience in which 
 the Sun of Righteousness shines upon his Temple and 
 casts no shadow either to the right or to the left. The 
 soul within man has become the Sun of Righteousness 
 and Perfection. Its rays fall upon the Temple, the puri- 
 fied body, and neither is there shadow nor is there dark- 
 ness. Man reaches this state only through living the ex- 
 alted life, and through enduring the tests and the strug- 
 gles and the experiences necessary to the purification of 
 his nature. 
 
 Once more, corresponding to the fact that the Great 
 Pyramid stands at the center of the land surface of the 
 
THE GREAT PYRAMID 23 
 
 earth, let it be stated briefly, that the physical seat of soul 
 power in man is also situated at the center of his physical 
 frame, thu,s giving him greater advantage and greater pow- 
 er and greater possibilities. 
 
 In this respect again, are the two alike, the body of 
 inan and the great pyramid: both are temples; ^the one a 
 temple of living, throbbing flesh; the other a temple of 
 stone — stone which, however, crystallizes in its form the 
 vital significance of the temple of flesh. The temple of 
 stone is perfect in its dimensions and in its proportions, 
 perfect in its appointments, and in its every detail, as well 
 c.s perfect in its mechanical structure. For this reason it 
 withstands the ravages of time. In this point again, it is 
 a fit representation, or symbol, of man. When man shall 
 have attained perfection, or Illumination of Soul, he will 
 possess the qualities and the essences that endure for all 
 time — he will then have attained Immortality and Life 
 Eternal. 
 
 But why should the Egyptian temple of Initiation be 
 pyramidal in form? Why not conical? And, if pyra- 
 midal, why should it be of four sides rather than of eight 
 or some other number? 
 
 In the fact that it is a four-sided structure, it is a per- 
 fect representation of man in his four natures. The four- 
 foldness of man's mechanism was clearly understood by 
 the Egyptian Priest-Initiates. 
 
 Man is of body, mind, spirit, and ,soul. When he so 
 lives as to harmonize these four natures, he becomes the 
 perfect being. The end and the aim, the goal and the 
 reward, placed before him is this — to make his fourfold- 
 ness arise into Unity- When he has accomplished thi,s, he 
 has ascended to the deific plane of consciousness. He has 
 become in truth as one of the gods, and his body ha,s be- 
 come a temple of the living God. As the Great Pyramid 
 was to the Initiate Priest a temple upon which the heav- 
 enly sun could shine, without shadow, so i§ the body of 
 
24 THE GREAT PYRAMID 
 
 man a temple of flesh in which the Soul, illuminated through 
 the harmonizing of hi,s fourfold being, may shine without 
 a shadow. 
 
 The recurrence of the number four in nature's do- 
 main is significant, and emphasizes the wisdom symbol- 
 ized by the Pyramid of four sides. There are the four 
 seasons and the four cardinal points. Nor i,s the fact that 
 four kingdoms hold sway in nature to be overlooked. 
 These kingdoms are: the mineral, the vegetable, the ani- 
 mal, and the spiritual, or life, kingdoms. The spiritual, 
 or life, kingdom is seldom recognized as a ,separate king- 
 dom. It is in reality the most important of all because it 
 gives existence to the others and is the means by which 
 they subsist. Likewise, man is often thought of as a 
 threefold being, the spirit, or the life element, not being 
 recognized as a part of his composite nature. But it must 
 be remembered that, when the life element leaves man, the 
 other three natures cannot hold together, but are cast asun- 
 der. From many points of view, the Great Pyramid, in 
 its four-square foundation, corresponds to the fourfold- 
 ness of nature and of man. 
 
 In the Great Pyramid, the four sides were joined into 
 one point at the apex, and thus became a temple enclosure. 
 In its exterior, proportion and equality and symmetry are 
 manifest in every detail;: the base being a perfect square; 
 the four sides, triangular in shape, being equal to each 
 other; the triangular faces ascending gradually, terminat- 
 ing and uniting in an apex the same for all. How beauti- 
 fully this symbolizes the ideal placed before man! The 
 ideal of equalizing and harmonizing body, mind, spirit, and 
 soul, and of erecting by means of their symmetrical de- 
 velopment a structure that terminates in Unity! Then is 
 his temple ideal in its symmetry and proportion, and upon 
 its four sides the Sun shines, and there is no shadow. 
 
 The door to the Great Pyramid is in the north. Why 
 is this I 
 
THE GREAT PYRAMID 25 
 
 The sun of the physical world rises in the east, travels 
 by way of the south, and sets in the west. It does not 
 pass by way of the north, for that is the side of nature by 
 v/hich entrance must be effected. For this reason, in all 
 lodges that are governed by exact law, the seat of the Su- 
 preme Master is in the East, and all officers pass by way 
 of the south to the west, and thence to the East again. 
 
 The north is emblematic of coldness and death. No 
 man seeks death knowingly or purposely. He seeks wis- 
 dom and light and warmth. He who entered the Great 
 Egyptian Temple, in the very act of entering, turned his 
 back upon the north with its coldness, and its darkness, and 
 its ignorance, and faced the south with its warmth and 
 sunshine. Even the physical entrance symbolized the 
 mental attitude that must characterize the neophyte of the 
 Temple. He must turn away from and give up forever 
 those things which lead to death. Immediately upon en- 
 tering, he turns to the East, seeking wisdom and true un- 
 derstanding, he journeys by way of the south and finds 
 kindness and mellowness of disposition; he travels toward 
 the west where he reaps ripeness of experience; again he 
 seeks the East. This process he repeats, each time giving 
 up more fully those things which lead to death; each time 
 seeking wisdom and truth more eagerly; each time par- 
 taking more deeply of love and generosity of spirit; each 
 time becoming riper and more mellow in graces of heart. 
 Eventually, he becomes master of his own Kingdom, and 
 takes his place as Supreme Hierophant of his own Tem- 
 ple. If his journeys are successful, he will, in the end, 
 have worked out the proper proportions, and will have 
 equalized and perfected the four departments of his being. 
 His consciousness, partaking equally of the four natures 
 that he represents, will ascend into an apex of Unity; and, 
 with the Sun of Righteousness shining in hi,s soul, there 
 will be "no variableness, neither shadow of turning." 
 
 Strange as it may seem, through the continued process 
 
26 THE GREAT PYRAMID 
 
 of Initiation, or Development, when man has rounded out 
 his fourfold being, he has succeeded in doing the seem- 
 ingly impossible. He has "squared the circle," or made 
 a circle out of the square. His four-square foundaton is 
 crowned in Unity. Of this four-in-one circle, there must 
 be a center, symbolized in Masonry by the dot in the circle. 
 The circle represents the perfect man, the symmetrical 
 being, become such through living the exalted life. In 
 time, the dot, the center around which the circle was f ormj- 
 ed, becomes manifest; and through Illumination, the Sun 
 of the Soul, rises to view, and man has arisen to the plane 
 cf the gods. 
 
 The Egyptians regarded the earth as a ,sphere. "They 
 knew that the radius of a sphere and of a circle must bear 
 certain proportion to its circumference. They therefore 
 constructed the quadrangular pyramid of such a height in 
 proportion to its base that its perpendicular would be the 
 radius of adhere* equal to the perimeter of the base." 
 
 Thus again, we have an accurate representation of man 
 in his perfected state- According to this analogy, man's 
 four natures are symbolized by the cube! Through the act 
 ot harmonizing his four natures, the corners are gradually 
 rounded and smoothed, until he becomes spherical, rather 
 than cubical. As the spherical ,surf ace supplants the cubi- 
 cal, through purification, his nature becomes transparent; 
 and the dot at the center comes to view. This indicates an- 
 other view of the rounding out of the square. 
 
 In these various particulars and proportions, the 
 builders of the Great Pyramid symbolized, to countless 
 generations which were to come, the perfect man, result 
 of symmetrical development. The Great Pyramid like- 
 wise stands as an enduring monument to the superior wis- 
 dom and learning of the Egyptian Priesthood, which un- 
 derstood these sublime mysteries regarding the destiny of 
 men. 
 
 Throughout the universe, throughout all nature, in all 
 
THE GREAT PYRAMID 27 
 
 things that exist, is seen the Law of Hermes: "As above, 
 so below." And, in time to come, as men more and more 
 nearly reach perfection, the laws that rule the visible 
 manifestations of God will be made to correspond to the 
 laws that rule the invisible Hierarchic and Eloimic spheres. 
 The laws of the universe, the laws of nature, the laws of 
 proportion and adaptation in the human organism, man 
 makes use of in all practical inventions and labor-saving 
 device,s on the material plane. The Great Pyramid stands 
 as a constant reminder, to those who understand, of the 
 One Mighty Law of the universe, which, in its many ram- 
 ifications and in its myriad forms, operates on all planes, 
 including the invisible Hierarchic and Eloimic planes, as 
 well a,s the physical and material plane. 
 
 For this reason, the ancients inscribed over their tem- 
 ple entrances, "Man, know thyself." If man thoroughly 
 understood himself, his own nature and his own possibili- 
 ties and capabilities, he would understand the universe and 
 everything in it. For man is himself a perfect prototype 
 of the universe, aye, even an image of God. To be sure, 
 this truth is not spoken of poor, carnal human nature, but 
 of man redeemed from his fallen estate. In proportion to 
 his perfection is man a prototype of the universe; in his 
 possibilities of perfection he represents the universe, and 
 may co-operate with the laws of the universe. 
 
 The Great Pyramid, as a symbol of perfection, has 
 still other meanings. In particular, it was to the Egyptian 
 Initiate an emblem of eternal life. The Egyptians were 
 in advance of all other nations in their belief in life eter- 
 nal. Their philosophy and their science had in view one 
 object above all others — the perfecting of man unto life 
 eternal- Training in the Priesthood aimed at bringing the 
 divine spark in man to ,such a state of dynamic conscious- 
 ness and activity that death need not be the end of his ex- 
 istence on the earth, but that continued life should be the 
 reward, or the natural and inevitable result, of his earthly 
 
28 THE GREAT PYRAMID 
 
 pilgrimage. Their art of embalming was for the especial 
 purpose of again drawing the soul to earth into re-embodi- 
 ment so that it might eventually reach perfection. 
 
 To the Egyptian, death, or the giving up of physical 
 life, was simply a passing on to another plane, where the 
 soul should be judged and receive sentence according to 
 its deeds in the body, and be given another opportunity to 
 return to the earth for the sake of continuing its work of 
 self-purification. 
 
 This principle of reincarnation, or re-embodiment, 
 was the basis of the Egyptian custom of embalming the 
 dead. Embalming the dead was not, however, a,s some 
 think, with the idea that the particular body embalmed 
 should be reinhabited. It was done merely with the idea 
 that there might thus be a connecting link between the 
 earth and the soul plane. The custom is based on the prin- 
 ciple that everything man touches receives a part of his 
 personality. What stronger attracting force could be on 
 the earth than the carefully preserved body? Another 
 misconception is prevalent even among scholars, to the ef- 
 fect that the Egyptians believed that, unless the body was 
 preserved through embalming, the soul could not return 
 to the earth plane. There is no evidence, however, that 
 this belief was entertained by any of the Initiate Priests, 
 though it may possibly have been held by some of the un- 
 enlightened people. 
 
 The ba,sic reason for the embalming of the body was 
 this: to the Egyptian, Egypt was practically a paradise; 
 therefore he wished to be drawn back to his own country. 
 It was a law well understood by the Egyptian, that, so long 
 as the body of man remains preserved, the soul is held to 
 the place or near the place of its former existence. Every 
 Egyptian of high birth, loving his country, de,sired to re- 
 turn to that country, and to no other. 
 
 Within the Great Pyramid there were three chambers 
 cf importance. These were the King's Chamber, the 
 
THE GREAT PYRAMID 29 
 
 Queen's Chamber, and the Ante Room. 
 
 The Chamber of the King answered a double purpose. 
 It was used as a place for the bodies of the Initiate Kings; 
 and it was used for purposes of Initiation. 
 
 The Ante Chamber was the actual trial chamber of 
 Initiation. Here is to be found the sacred coffer, or cof- 
 fin. Here the neophyte passed through the tests and the 
 ordeals required to determine his fitness for entering upon 
 training for Initiateship- At the end of a long probation, 
 he was placed in the sacred coffin, remaining there tor a 
 number of days, without food, so that he might become 
 free from impurities, whether of thought, desire, or sub- 
 stance. Not that it was possible to effect a complete puri- 
 fication during this probationary stage, but the experience 
 served as an impressive symbol of the giving up of every-* 
 thing that is carnal and destructive in its nature, and the 
 taking up of everything that is sublime and perfect. After 
 passing through the tests of the probationary stage, the 
 neophyte was admitted to the path that leads to Initiation. 
 Thls~Is~symbolized by the beginning of the erection of the 
 temple structure. The final overcoming represents the 
 completion of the Temple, at which, the Great Pyramid, 
 man, has his apex under the direct rays of the Sun. 
 
 But why should the Egyptian Pyramid be used for 
 two purposes, burial and Initiation? Why not have two 
 buildings, one for each purpose? 
 
 It must not be forgotten that in the Great Pyramid 
 no one could be buried except those who had become Ini- 
 tiates. Also, it must not be forgotten that the Egyptian 
 Priesthood understood the laws of Hierarchic rulership in 
 the universe. They believed in the one true God as ruler 
 over all; yet they associated with Him lesser subordinate 
 powers. These they called Hierarchies, or Eloim. 
 
 The Initiate Priests understood and made use of a 
 system of Hierarchic Invocations, which brought them into 
 direct touch with the Hierarchic powers, They could 
 
30 THE GREAT PYRAMID 
 
 make use of this system of Invocation for any worthy pur- 
 pose, more especially for the healing of the sick and the 
 afflicted among the people to whom they ministered. Thus, 
 in a ,sense, the Initiate Priests were co-workers with the 
 Hierarchies, they served as channels or avenues through 
 which Hierarchic power might reach the people. When 
 an Initiate Priest attained proficiency in the art of Invo- 
 cation, Hierarchic power was at his command; and, as the 
 soul is the agency of command, death of body did not sever 
 his connection with the Hierarchic spheres. His embalmed 
 body, being retained in the Chamber of Kings, served as 
 an attracting power, holding within easy call the soul that 
 had left the body. The soul, having reached an exalted 
 state of consciousness, retained its Hierarchic powers. In 
 this way, the Chamber of Kings was a sacred spot, pow- 
 erful by reason of it,s celestial influences. 
 
 For this reason, the chamber of burial was most po- 
 tent as a Sanctum Sanctorum for the neophyte under 
 training. Here, if anywhere, he could gain entrance to the 
 celestial spheres, and make effective use of Hierarchic In- 
 vocation. Furthermore, records indicate that, when the 
 neophyte was placed in the sacred coffin in the Ante Room, 
 he soon fell into a deep, trance-like sleep. While in this 
 condition, he received instruction from departed Initiate 
 souls and Hierarchic powers- 
 
 In the present day, those who have undertaken definite 
 training in soul development often have a private room 
 which they use as a Sanctum Sanctorum. By the use of 
 Sacred Mantrams and other exercises, accompanied by 
 beautiful symbolic rites, the aspirant may gain acces,s to 
 the Hierarchic powers and influences. In a degree, this 
 is like the Priesthood Initiation. It may be a slower pro- 
 cess; but it can be made in every way satisfactory and 
 profitable. 
 
 It must not be supposed that Egyptian Priests wor- 
 shipped the HierarchAc powers. .Nothing can be farther 
 
THE GREAT PYRAMID 31 
 
 from the truth. They worshipped the one true God. Their 
 devotions, their adoration, their aspirations, their grati- 
 tude, were directed to Him as the "One in whom we Hve^ 
 and move and have our being." But, in case of special 
 need and special interests, such as healing the s sick, or a 
 desire for guidance, direction, and wisdom, in emergen- 
 cies, they appealed to, and invoked, Hierarchic assistance, 
 much as one may ask for the help of a friend that is in po- 
 sition to render help. And who, for a single moment, con- 
 siders that to ask the help of a friend destroys worship 
 of the one true God, or makes a polytheist of him who ap- 
 peals to a friend in time of need. 
 
 The Chamber of the Queen was situated below that 
 of the King. This corresponds to the fact that the child 
 is with its mother before it is with the father, and, for 
 many months, it yet holds to the mother. In the Queen's 
 Chamber no instructions were given concerning the train- 
 ing or the development of ,soul powers, for these instruc- 
 tions are given alone by man. In this chamber, however, 
 instructions were given concerning the Divine Birth, con- 
 cerning the laws of beauty, love, and purity, as a regener- 
 ating power. Here the creative laws were taught, and 
 all that concerns man before he actually enters the Path 
 of Initiation- 
 
 The Queen's Chamber, the Chamber of Isis, played 
 an important" item in ancient Initiation. From Isis all 
 things come. Therefore, Isis, as the Goddess of Wis- 
 dom, Love, and Creation, holds a place in the East, and 
 has often been ca'lled "the Queen of the East." She is 
 the "Woman clothed with the Sun." In this respect, she 
 is equal with man; for man, though being the creative 
 power, is nothing without the receptive power, the power 
 to receive and to bring forth. For this reason, the religion 
 ~of"the- Egyptians was superior to other religions, in that it 
 recognized one equal with the other, and often put Isis 
 in the place of Osiris, and then again Osiris in the place 
 Of Jsis, 
 
32 THE GREAT PYRAMID 
 
 The Lotus was the emblem of Isis, typical of all 
 that is pure, all that is spiritual. To the Egyptian, the 
 Lotus was what the Rose i,s to the Rosicrucian. Like the 
 Rose, the Lotus is emblematic, not of that which creates, 
 but of that which is created. Rather, it is awakened, or 
 unfolded and brought to life, strength, and Illumination, 
 just as the bud of the Rose or the Lotus is unfolded in the 
 rays of the ,sun. 
 
 The legend of Osiris, Isis, and Horus is known to 
 students of mysticism. _Osiris, listening to the tempter 
 Typhon, is murdered. Isi,s goes in search of him. She 
 finds him, but discovers that one part is missing. Never- 
 theless, she conceives, and brings forth a son, Horus, who 
 stt,s upon the throne of the father. 
 
 In this, read the story of the soul. The soul in the 
 heavens listens to the voice of desire, and leaves its state 
 of bliss and takes on the body. The one part, the god- 
 hood state, i,s lost. Isis, however, which is the soul hid in 
 the body, allows no rest, but constantly urges on and on, 
 until, at last, man, or the mind of man, listens to the urge, 
 and gradually the Son is born, or the Soul awakens; and, 
 when the Soul grows to strength, to manhood, to power, 
 to Illumination, it sits in the place of the Father. The 
 is the story of the Soul. 
 
 In the Great Pyramid, there is, besides the King's 
 and the Queen's Chambers, the Subterranean Chamber. 
 This represents man as he usually is, one living the carnal 
 nature. 
 
 Man, or the soul of man, came from the pure state. 
 He was Osiris and came down and took on flesh, and is 
 now in the subterranean cave. Here he may remain, 
 possibly never freeing himself from it; but, gradually, if 
 he listens to the Voice, to Isis, within, he will travel up- 
 wards until he reaches the Queen's Chamber. There he 
 is instructed in, and accepts, the life of love, of beauty, 
 of goodness As he masters these lessgns, he will leave 
 
THE GREAT PYRAMID 23 
 
 this chamber, gradually working upwards until he reaches 
 the Ante Room. Here he must remain until he has, in 
 measure, freed the flesh from carnality, and has received 
 divine instructions and guidance, when he will be at last 
 permitted to enter Ithe King's Chamber, there to receive 
 final Initiation, which is Illumination of Soul, or Sonship 
 with God. 
 
 From this we see that the Egyptians had a purpose 
 in their Great Pyramid — their Hall of Initiation, their sub- 
 lime Temple, which stands to-day so that all may see it, 
 not a legend, but a reality. 
 
 As the Great Pyramid was to Egypt, so was the Tem- 
 ple of Solomon to the Hebrew race. Though it is but a 
 legend now, yet its meaning, its message, is the same, and 
 its purpose was the same. 
 
 It has been said that the Great Pyramid was dedi- 
 cated to the Sun God. There is no reliable evidence for 
 this belief. Osiris was not the Sun God of the Egyptians, 
 but the symbol of the One God, while Ra was their Sun 
 God. To the Egyptian, the sun was not something to be 
 worshipped, but an emblem of the soul of man, which, if 
 perfect, would take its rise in the East, follow its natural 
 course by way of the south, go to the west, and thence re- 
 turn to the East, only h appear again in the East, and 
 eternally follow its course to greater perfection and con- 
 tinual growth. 
 
 The symbolization of the Temple of Solomon, which 
 is held to and honored by the Christian, while he regards 
 with suspicion the temples of Egypt, is of like nature. 
 Solomon is nothing more nor less than a word for the 
 sun. "Sol" is Latin, "Om" is Chaldean, and "On" is 
 Egyptian; each designating the sun. 
 
 But as already stated, these are only symbols for the 
 greater Sun, the Soul of man, which, provided the Tem- 
 ple is perfected, will rise in the East, take its course by 
 way of the South, thence to the West, only h rise again 
 and again in the East eternally. 
 
34 THE GREAT PYRAMID 
 
 It is of marked significance that the apex of the 
 Great Pyramid was never finished- This is to be account- 
 ed for in the fact that, though Egyptian Priests had 
 reached Initiation — that is, Soul Consciousness, or Soul 
 Illumination — there was one thing they had not attained, 
 namely, Immortality of the entire being, true Godhood. 
 
 The Pyramid, as it stands, is a symbol of what man 
 had been able to accomplish, what he had been able, up 
 to that (time, to do with himself. The Egyptian Priest 
 knew that the ultimate of man would be entire Immortal- 
 ity. This he had not yet accomplished, though he had 
 been looking forward to it; and the Pyramid was left un- 
 finished a,s to its ultimate point (apex meaning ultimate 
 center), until such time as man would be able to finish 
 the work within himself, of which the Pyramid stands as 
 a symbol. Nor is the time yet ripe when this can be done ; 
 for man has by no means reached the ultimate. 
 
 The reason for this incompleteness is that his phil- 
 osophy was not complete. The philosophy to which he 
 still looked taught that death is necessary in order to reach 
 the essentials of knowledge. He did not take into consid- 
 eration that the number of times death is to be met — 
 whether once or a hundred times — is to be determined by 
 the progress man has made, and that it is possible, if he is 
 willing to make the effort, for him to accomplish with the 
 Soul in one lifetime as much as might be accomplished 
 without due effort in a hundred lifetimes. 
 
 The Egyptian did not understand that, having met 
 death once, a second time would not be necessary, but that 
 in the second life the ultimitae might be reached if he 
 could succeed in banishing the race belief in the necessity 
 of death. It is this race consciousness from which all men 
 must become free in order to reach the Ultimate. 
 
 The incomplete state in which the Pyramid was left 
 should not be a disappointment to the student of symbol- 
 pgy. Let it be rather a cause of more persistent effort to. 
 
THE GREAT PYRAMID 35 
 
 realize in his own experience the ultimate "apex of Unity" 
 and to find "the ultimate cqnter" within himself. In due 
 season, with the march of progress, will come "the fulness 
 of time," which will make it possible for the coming race 
 to crown the Great Pyramid of Egypt with the apex of 
 completeness. It is for us to do our best toward hasten- 
 ing the day when humankind will have earned the right 
 to add its contribution to the World's Greatest Symbol in 
 Stone. 
 
 To the true Mason, the one who has studied his 
 philosophy well, the Pyramid is a symbol of his Initiation' 
 in Masonry; to him also Masonry is an exact copy, step 
 by ,step, of the Pyramid. 
 
 Greatest of all, he will remember that "the Word" 
 has long been lost, that he is now using "a substitute," ajnd 
 that his Initiation, though sublime, is incomplete, as is 
 the Great Pyramid. 
 
 When man has perfected his philosophy, and has 
 learned to live the life that l lead ( s to complete Immortality, 
 or Immortality of the entire being, then is the Great Pyra- 
 mid to be completed; and when Masonry finds its "Lost 
 ,Word," then will Masonry be complete. 
 
 Let this be a prophecy to the Mason's Craft: when 
 Masonry has found "the Lost Word," then will the Pyra- 
 mid be completed; when the Pyramid will have been com- 
 pleted, then will man have found Complete Immortality, 
 or Immortality of the whole being, and the Millenium 
 will then have dawned. Can anyone say that this shall 
 not be? If he can, the Sacred Scriptures of all nations 
 are naught but a fable. 
 
 May we look to Masonry for help in completing the 
 Great Work, or wrll it continue to be purely materialistic? 
 Let this be the mission of Masonry — to perfect the Work 
 for which its outer symbology stands- Shall it be so? 
 
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