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The Kosmon ManualThe Essenes of Kosmon

(1942)

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Table of ContentsChapter One — The Name — page 3 Chapter Two — Individuality —page 5 Chapter Three — Harmony — page 7 Chapter Four — Revelators — page 9 Chapter Five — Priesthood — page 12 Chapter Six — Communion — page 14 Chapter Seven — A Synthesis — page 16 Chapter Eight — Worship — page 18 Chapter Nine — Ritual — page 21 Chapter Ten — A Song of Joy — page 24 Conclusion — page 26 Attitude — page 26 Worship — page 27 Afterword of Destroyers and of Builders— page 30

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CHAPTER ONETHE NAME

THERE is a UNIT in Whom all things are a UNITY. This UNIT IS

LIFE. This Life is the ONE FACT, IS Timeless, Transcendent,

Ever Present and Ever Active. This Life is the Fount and

Container in their Primal Pureness of all Qualities manifested in

Creation. All such Qualities or Essences are such by reason of

the Quality of Apprehension which manifests in the Human

Mind. They have no existence per se, but are divisions of

convenience used by the mind to indicate the manifestations

proved by experience to be unvarying and are therefore called

Principles.

We attribute to this UNIT the Perfection of every expression

known to human experience. Hence this Unit (LIFE) IS FATHER,

MOTHER, LOVE, WISDOM, POWER, JUSTICE, MERCY,

HARMONY—in short, ALL. Since we cannot deny to IT any of

these, but must attribute the Whole unto IT, we will name it—

HIM.

This we dare claim because we claim to be ourselves persons.

In positive acts of Creation, or Forth-Going, we say HIM. In the

capacity of Sustainer and Harmoniser, we say HER. He is

Power; She is Love: He is Justice; She is Mercy, and so on. All

things, in order to be known by man, have names. Therefore the

ALL must have a Name; it must be a name which contains all

names. This Name is JEHOVIH.

This Name must not be confounded with Jehovah, which has a

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more limited meaning. It will be seen that it is compounded of the

three primal vowels: E-O-I and the JHVH (Jod-He-Vau-He) of

ancient Hebrew teaching. This Name finds a ready response and

acceptance among thinkers. Nevertheless let none be caused to

stumble thereby. Call Him what ye will—but name Him. Make

Him real unto your mind, and let none be before Him. He cannot

be second in your life. He is The One: The I AM.

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CHAPTER TWOINDIVIDUALITY

Jehovih (for convenience we will use this appellation) being the

Life of All Life is my Life. He is my Father. Being my Father, I

can confidently approach Him. I should not feel this need to

approach Him were it not that I have a self-sense. This sense of

self enables me to realise Individuality. This is Jehovih’s most

precious gift unto me. By it I realize, at one and the same time,

my separateness from Him and my Unity with Him, by it I realise

that by increasing my knowledge of Him I can the better

apprehend Him. Thus I can diminish the sense of division from

Him and increase the sense of unity with Him.

Seeing that Jehovih can only be known by His Manifestations—

by Created Things, that is—I can only grow to know Him better

by increasing my knowledge of His Works (Creation). In seeking

this knowledge I will not forget that He manifests in ALL things

and will, therefore, not seek Him in things material alone, but in

all things beautiful. Wherever I see Beauty, I will see Jehovih

made manifest. When I see the Sacrifice that Love makes then

shall I know that I see the Presence of The Father-Mother

expressed in the child. The Vast and the Magnificent shall tell me

of His Majesty and His Awful Extent.

The Minute Perfections shall bring Him very near to my limited

understanding. O Thou Ever Present and Afar Off, there is none

beside Thee! When I look upon the ways of men I will

endeavour to judge as with the Eye of the Creator. Then when I

see shortness and self-seeking I shall know that such men have

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not the understanding of the essential oneness with which I am

blessed, I shall know that I may not judge them, but rather must

know that they too are reaching out unto the same destiny and

that the same Life lives within them and sustains them. I shall

know that they also will know this when they have completed

their self-quest because they will then realise that they are also

within the All-Self.

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CHAPTER THREE HARMONY

Thus we come to the realisation that the story of the growth of

the self-sense (identity) is the story of human progress. Yea, and

of human stumblings and failings. Oppression and cruelty have

manifested where man in his shortness has put himself before

the All-Self as expressed in the good of all. As in the race so in

the individual. Self expression realises the individuality. Is

suffering caused? Then must the balance be redressed. How

else shall the Universal Harmony be manifested?

By some subtle sense man has ever felt this to be the case.

When an injury has been done means of reparation have ever

been sought. Feeling his ignorance and separation from

Jehovih man has ever been inclined to feel that he has offended

Him. Imputing to Him the frailties of humanity instead of the

perfections, he has sought to placate Him. Hence religion,

especially in times of darkness, has largely consisted in

observances and sacrifices suggested by this belief. In time

men began to seek for the perfections in Him. Thus they

conceived Him capable of Mercy. But so great a hold had the

older idea of stern justice that they could only consider mercy

possible on conditions. Hence the Sacrifice, the Atonement.

To-day we have outgrown these ideas, which only had their basis

in separateness. In the Unity we realise must reside an ever-

active power of adjustment which works unceasingly, to make

perfect the harmony of all manifest creation. In a condition of

separateness— many gods in a condition of unity—One God,

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Whom we have called Jehovih. None can keep us from Him,

though they may hinder our approach if we heed them, even as

we may hinder ourselves if we pay the greatest heed to

ourselves, as selves. On the other hand, though none may

stand between us and Him, yet any who manifest toward Him

instead of away from Him may help us toward Him. This is the

power of harmony, the harmony of creation, apprehended by

human minds. How great a thing is this! What can stand before

it? Not senates, nor armed powers. Not theologies, nor false

doctrines.

In the light of this great universal harmony all oppositions must

be resolved. All that is of self must fall away in the light of Unity,

the manifested expression of the All-Self.

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CHAPTER FOURREVELATORS

It is in the light of this conception of universal unity we stand to-

day. Whether we know it or not, it colours all our judgments.

Brotherhood—the Brotherhood of all Mankind—is the slogan of

all constructive thought to-day. When nations forget it, we remind

them; we remind ourselves. It is a new thing in the world's

thought. Old interests; old prejudices work against its

establishment. But it has come to stay with us. Paul, in the

Book of Acts said that "The Father has made of one blood all the

nations on the face of the earth." Biology proves this to be true.

Were the different races of men distinct, the progeny of any two

dissimilars would be barren, as with animals of different species.

It is not so. But though Paul taught this great truth it has only

recently become a racial concept. Now it wars within us against

our self interest against our "business instincts." Whence has it

come? Logically, it has always been with us. Practically it has

been ignored. Is it a new impulse that has come to the race? If

we consider the enormous number of earth-children to whom this

planet has given birth, without taking any wider aspect, and the

progressive nature of the human soul, assuming survival to be

the fact, what opinion can we form concerning this fact save that,

as a body, they must certainly be concerned in our (racial)

welfare If this be so we have a basis for inspiration at least, if

not for revelation. We are not concerned, at this point, with

personal communication with persons, but with the larger issue

of the race and its needs from the point of view of those who,

having risen from its body into states and conditions of superior

power and vision) still have the "love of kind"(the unity sense)

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strong within them. It would surely be entirely in keeping that

they should find ways and means of influencing racial thought for

its own further development.

Following this line of thought we come naturally to the idea of

"special manifestations;" that is, special as to time, manner and

content or purpose. These have always been more or less

admitted or recognised, though not necessarily understood.

Great lights have been born, for instance, Zarathustra, Abraham,

Moses, Capilya, Jesus, and perhaps others. A renaissance of

religious teaching and a spiritual life has attended and followed

their appearance. Scriptures have appeared contemporarily,

some of which have had an enormous influence on the race.

There seems every reason to believe that such births were

provided for the good of the race. They have generally been

called the Sons of God (meaning of the God Who is above all

gods). To his own day and time each was The Only Begotten

Son, full of Grace and Truth. Arising out of man's limited

understanding of Jehovih, and his sense of separateness from

Him, these Sons, so obviously nearer to Him, have been, sooner

or later, usually against their will and teaching, elevated into

Saviours and Mediators, without whom none can come unto the

Father. Churches have risen from their teachings and dogmas

formed which have had the effect of keeping man from the true

understanding they came to establish. A natural love for them

caused their followers. to expect their personal return and also

made them the objects of their devotions and supplications. To-

day thousands are expecting the personal return of Jesus,

instead of realizing that Life (Jehovih), being infinite variety,

never repeats the form, but always provides a manifestation in

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keeping with the need of the moment.

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CHAPTER FIVEPRIESTHOOD

THE effect of the understanding of unity will always be to direct

the attention away from the individual. The good of all will be

the good of each. The good of the individual may not be to the

racial good. The latter standpoint is self, the former is universal.

In the vaster unity of mortal and risen humanity the same will

also be true. Hence none of the great lights permitted

themselves to become the objects of worship. Their aim was

always to direct worship, adoration, devotion, aspiration,

supplication only to the Central Cause, LIFE, Whom we call

Jehovih. We therefore suggest that it will be a characteristic of

religion in the future that man will rise above limitations and

exercise his birthright in approaching his Father in the spirit of

sonship. What a clearing away of dogma and effete doctrinal

teaching will result when man has the courage to do this thing!

How will it not put priesthood in the place of priestcraft? Will it not

bring into being a natural appreciation of the spiritual office of

those men and women who seem "destined" for spiritual things

and their administration, by a peculiar aptitude for the things of

the spirit rather than the things of the world, say, of commerce?

Do we not, in our limitations, need those who can interpret for us

those things to which they seem more nearly allied than we?

Can we not admit, and welcome to a place in the human

economy, with its infinite variety, those who express in

themselves those things which we all long for but do not,

perhaps, so fully grasp or understand?

However we may view this question (of priesthood) we know that

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all ages have had their priests and their prophets. Tis true the

latter were generally either opposed to, or obviously in advance

of the former. But we must not forget the tendency of the human

mind to limit to its experience that which is presented to it, on the

one hand, and the temptation to realise for self's sake the power

which the claim to priestly office affords on the other.

Undoubtedly many fine souls have succumbed to this subtle

temptation, but that does not invalidate the office any more than

a forgery invalidates the true and genuine.

The function of priesthood, however, is not that of substitute or

mediator. Rather is it that of interpreter. The prophet is the seer;

the reader of the vision. The priest is the ministrant and

perchance the administrator. Both should complement each

other. Unto humanity both should alike minister in humility and in

joyfulness, as interpreters of the Greater Unity toward which they

are privileged to lead the human race.

Of one thing we may be sure the New Race will be purged,

which is rife in the world as at present constituted, and that thing

is humbug. In the world to which we believe we are tending we

shall not see the humiliating spectacle of priests of religion

blessing arms, troops and ammunition whose only purpose is the

destruction of human life. In that day we shall not invoke the

blessing of any god on such degrading undertakings, much less

have the laughable spectacle (if it were not too sickening to

laugh at) of opposite sides invoking the same god and through

the name of the same mediator. Nothing that is not of the

universal harmony will be able to live in the name of religion in

that day. Jehovih, Father, hasten its coming!

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CHAPTER SIXCOMMUNION

WHETHER the majority of seekers after true religion are ready

for it or not, it is fairly certain that some kind of communion with

the "souls" that have passed on from mortality to immortality will

be an important feature of the New Religion. The fact is scarcely

longer open to doubt. What men are not so sure about is not the

fact in itself so much as the conditions under which

communication of a reliable and useful character can be

established. So much that has claimed to come from "spirits "

has been the merest trifling. But we need not be surprised at

this! Those most closely in touch in both spheres are not

necessarily those most fitted for the demonstration on a high and

useful basis. Our western consciousness has so long denied and

even derided the possibility of such inter-communion that the

mind of man is hardly fitted yet for the task. The same applies, of

course, to those who have "passed on." Both have much to learn

about a possibility of the human mind that has been denied for

generations past. May we not comfort ourselves that here is

one of those very avenues through and about which we may

confidently expect that the superior intelligences—the over-

watchers of the race—may "reveal" something to us? Even as

there have, in the past, been "times and seasons " of special

revealing, so on this momentous matter, why not?

Of this we may be assured: Any communications worthwhile will

not concern themselves with the individual, except so far as the

efforts of the individual recipient are in the interests of the whole.

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We must remember that the keynote of the New Age is Unity!

Remembering this will rule out all the low grade nonsense that is

written and spoken for, as well as against, this highly important

factor in human progress. Let us at least remember, in seeking

such proof or such communication, that the most humble and

ignorant of those discarnate have experienced something we

have not—mortal death. They are living, if at all, in a condition

vastly different from our own, if only because it manifests four

dimensions to our three. To accommodate our understanding to

theirs, we have to take this important fact into our consideration.

History indicates to us that there have been times when the

government of nations largely depended upon the indications

received from spirit sources, and though it is indisputable that

most such recorded guidance was toward war and the like, the

fact is not invalidated thereby, only the desirability. The "matter "

received indicated its origin. What was sought was received, in

kind if not in identical detail. Similarly if we seek guidance for

humanity's sake, why shall we not receive it? Wisdom must

reside with experience. Shall not Wisdom speak for sake of

progress, and aid a suffering humanity on its way? At least let us

banish prejudice and admit the possibility. Then may the voice

speak to those best qualified to hear its message. By this means,

may man recover much of good that the race has already

possessed but lost in times of darkness and through inherited

prejudices. Speak Thou, O Father, for surely thy children await

Thy Voice!

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CHAPTER SEVENA SYNTHESIS

WE have now arrived at a point where it will he possible and

desirable to codify our conclusions in succinct form. This we will

endeavour to cast into the form of an Affirmation.

1. I affirm that I am.

2. I affirm that I am a self-conscious entity manifesting in the

limits of personality: the Qualities, Essences or Principles

attributed to the Central Fact—Life—Jehovih.

3. I affirm that all life-expressions on all worlds are

manifestations of that tine life-Jehovih.

4. I affirm that up through the varying grades of manifestation,

the consciousness of “self” increases. When man has reached

his higher and finer “self,” his senses will become intensified as

to be capable of surviving the loss of the external

manifestation—the body of flesh—and continue its conscious

identity in a new "body" comparable to the new

condition into which the "self" has entered.

5. I affirm the unity of all human consciousness, past, present

and future, as parts of the Great Whole.

6. I affirm the presence of a "purpose," a harmony,

running through all creation.

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7. I affirm that that purpose cannot be frustrated, being the

Presence of the Ever Active Unit of All Things—LIFE.

8. I affirm my Faith in that Presence and rest secure in

the certainty that it cannot be denied.

9. I affirm that all things that express Universal Harmony

are in accord with that Purpose and contribute to its full

manifestation. All things contrary to that purpose must fall

away. Partaking as they do of the One Life they must live out

theft span, but will be brought into harmony at the last.

10. I affirm that my whole allegiance is due unto this Unit,

Jehovih, nor will I give worship or allegiance to any other.

11. I affirm the possibility of receiving assistance from

other children of the One Father toward the establishing of that

universal harmony within me as a measure of its

establishing in the Human Race.

12. I affirm my faith in the ultimate establishing of “HIS

KINGDOM” on earth and will order my life toward that end.

These twelve affirmations shall be my guide in my relations with

my fellows.

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CHAPTER EIGHTWORSHIP

So far we have considered only the aspects of reason and

intellect, but have made no appeal to the emotions nor allowed

them to sway our argument. And this because we have

considered the subject amenable to pure reason and having

regard to the exalted place reason occupies in the outlook of to-

day. Nevertheless, emotion occupies so large a place in the life

of humanity that we may not overlook its importance. Nor need

we fear to give it its due place in our enquiry. If any factor has to

be left out for convenience sake, then must we expect to arrive

at false and unsatisfactory conclusions.

Emotion is as easy to understand as it is difficult to define. The

possession of the faculty is one of the essential differences

betwixt man and animal. Like reason, however, its roots seem to

reach down into the sub-human. Fear of singleness, or of

superior strength, and faith in the power of company (the herd

instinct) are instances of its activity in the sub-human species.

But these are far removed from such abstractions as patriotism

and the sense of beauty. Given the necessities for sustaining life

we cannot conceive a cow caring whether she is living in

England or Germany, nor showing a preference for one

landscape before another. The family does not exist in the mind

of the animal, but man scarce ever falls so low as to be entirely

beyond its appeal.

The emotions must, therefore, be considered an integral part of

whatever concerns the race. Health and happiness for instance

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are very intimately related. No man can really be happy who is

not in good health, nor can one who is unhappy for any length of

time be really healthy. Fear saps the foundation of manhood

while faith builds in strength. Low ideals mean a low standard of

requirements. A regard for beauty raises the standard of

requirements. These pairs could be multiplied many times.

Human life without the emotions is unthinkable. We should

consider it insupportable.

In the foregoing chapters we have endeavoured to give religion

an intellectual basis by an appeal to pure reason, mainly

because one of the criticisms against religious observances, etc.,

is that they are of the emotions only, and have no foundation in

reason. We trust we have shown the fallacy of this position, and

now will proceed to give unto the emotions their place and

purpose also. For lust as architecture consists in beauty and

balance of form allied to utility, so does religion need beauty of

form and proportion if it is not to fail of its very purpose as an

expression of man's apprehension of the sublime unity of all

created things.

History reveals that religious observance has always been in

alliance with ritual in greater or less degree. Priesthood has

always been more or less closely allied to robes and vestments.

Singing and even dancing have played important parts, and the

song of joy or the wail of sorrow are inseparable from our ideas

of religion, at any rate from its external presentations. In short, if

man is glad for some reason he tries to say so and how say so

more appropriately than in musical measure. If many are glad for

a common reason they are rendered more glad if they have a

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common way of saying so in unison. The materialist will say that

this is only an extension of the herd instinct. We hope it is a

great extension. But we fail to see that it is therefore either

wrong or silly. On the contrary, might it not be much better for

the human race generally if men betrayed a little more of the

herd instinct when by so doing so much more good might result

to the much greater number?

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CHAPTER NINERITUAL

IN the "affirmations" given in Chapter Seven, the attitude of the

individual only is taken into consideration. Worship —except as

an attitude of life—is left out of the survey. And, we may as well

say at once, that without this attitude of life, worship is an empty

and meaningless thing. But it will be noted that the whole of the

affirmations are based on unity; the unity of all lives in the One

life.

Since life is expressed in infinite variety these life expressions

themselves require an infinite variety of modes for their own

expression. Every conscious being differs in some particular

from every other conscious being. Every conscious being is,

nevertheless, a part expression of the One Conscious Being-

Jehovih. We feel this unity and try to express it; that is, try to

express our appreciation, our understanding of it. It gives us joy!

We express joy. It causes a desire for a fuller realisation! We

express that desire. We not only tell one another about this

desire, which is well, but we tell the Source of that which we

desire, which is better. We find that many others have similar

desires and it is quite natural that we should make a combined

expression of those desires. It gives us added joy to find the

same desires in others. This is because the unity is being

expressed; the essential unity which makes ONE.

Someone feeling an emotion such as we have alluded to

expresses it in words. These words are possibly rendered more

expressive, more potent, because they have rhyme and rhythm.

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They have music (which is harmony) in them. They appeal to us

—to many of us. Some other one expresses the same idea in

music, or so it seems to us, and we wed the two expressions

together, and in unison we sing them. They give us joy, or

satisfaction. They weld our ideas into one and focus our minds

to the one point. Thus we worship in unison the same Fontal

Source Who, in His infinite variety, has expressed Himself to us,

as well as within us. These are the foundations of combined

worship, whether family or public. Anything that facilitates these

emotional expressions, by affording them a disciplined and

orderly method, is good and worthy to be practised, regard

always being had to the purpose, and not allowing the means to

become the end. When a vestment has ceased to "signify," and

has degenerated into personal adornment, then it is time to burn

it as one would a false god. For such it has in fact become.

Of one thing we may be very sure concerning public worship in

the New Age. It will not only survive, but it will be beautiful! As

the sense of unity grows so will the means of expressing that

sense grow also. As its apprehension by human kind will bring

blessing and joy, so will an appreciation of that blessing, that joy

be forthcoming. As separateness dies and unity advances, there

will be less and less opportunity for hypocrisy or humbug, and

those who worship will do so because they truly desire to do so,

and not to placate a possibly offended deity or to stand well with

their neighbours.

The rituals of the future will be affirmations of joy and of well-

being, rather than of misery and undeservingness. We may be

sure that the idea of a jealous creator whose miserable creation

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has gone into anarchy and defiance—will have no place herein

but instead the joyous utterance of faith in the unswerving

purpose that is forever realising itself in perpetual growth and

never ending variety.

In this spirit our twelve affirmations will be unto us an unending

sun of delight.

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CHAPTER TENA SONG OF JOY

Now, O Jehovih, will I sing unto Thee a song of joyfulness. Thou

hadst set me in the low earth and I felt afar from Thee. But Thou

didst speak unto me and I did hear Thy Voice. By Thy Presence

within me Thou didst declare Thyself unto me, and behold 1 saw

Thee on every hand. In every beautiful thing I saw the perfection

of Thy Form. In the far-off stars and mighty suns I beheld Thy

Majesty. In the love of the mother for her offspring I felt Thy

Tenderness. I listened for Thy Voice and Thou answeredst me,

In the carolling of the birds in their matins I heard Thee and in

the twitterings of their lullabies in the peace of eventide Thy call

came unto me. And peace visited my soul and found an abiding

place within The glory of Thy Presence will I for ever extol, O

Thou Might of all Mightiness; Thou Present and Afar; Thou

Whole Compriser. Where shall I find Thine Extent, or the

Boundary of Thy Person, Thou All Perfection. I will forever reach

out unto Thee, that I may immerse me in Thy Being. All my

shortness shall be swallowed up in Thy Fullness and Thine

Unfathomable Love shall be my theme forever.

The glory of the earth, which Thou hast given unto me, will I

render in worship unto Thee. Unto Thy Sacred Altar will I bring

the choicest of Thy Gifts unto me; in music and in sweet song,

with fragrant flowers and sweet smelling herbs will I make joyous

sacrifice before Thee. In fine speech will I extol Thy Glory and tell

the story of my adoration in covenants of constancy unto Thee,

Thou All-Sufficient One.

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When men wander from Thee into the darkness of self-seeking,

still will I sing my song unto Thee : for Thou hast revealed unto

me that Thou wilt fetch them in the latter days. Though now they

curse Thee yet shall they then find Thee full of delight, and

experience shall tune their souls to sing Thee new songs of great

praise for Thy Glory; yea, they shall testify that Thou dist pursue

them even into the greater darkness that none should be lost.

With Praise hast Thou unlocked the prison house of my soul;

with the song of praise hast Thou taught me to have speech with

Thee, Thou Fountain of all Excellencies. The Happiness Thou

hast given unto me will I broadcast throughout the world; yea,

until all men shall know Thee I will rot weary in my songs unto

Thee. Praise be unto Thee, Jehovih, for there is none beside

Thee! Thou, Older than Time, JEHOVIH!

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Conclusion

RELIGION IS the expression of man's apprehension of his

relationship to every other thing in the manifested universe. Like

every other thing it is dual, consisting of an attitude "— the result

of this apprehension—and a mode of expression, contained in

the general term "worship."

Attitude

I acknowledge the Ever Active Presence of Jehovih, Who is the

Life of all life. I acknowledge that it is His Presence within me

which enables me to comprehend an idea of Him. I acknowledge

that All Beauty, All Strength and All Wisdom are manifestations of

His Presence.

I acknowledge the Infinite Variety and Extent of His Presence,

and that all manifestations are expressions of His Being.

I acknowledge that all men are of the same human family and

the expressions of His Life under varying conditions. This I

extend to embrace all beings manifesting in any state of creation

whether within the compass of my experience or beyond it.

I acknowledge the growth of the conscious sense within all

beings and its essential Unity.

I acknowledge no limitation to Jehovih's Power, Wisdom and

Love, but I recognise that He is Infinite Variety.

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I acknowledge that the barriers between His Creatures are those

of varying modes of consciousness and not of Essence; and

that growth and experience will eventually transcend all such

barriers. This is the Essential Unity.

I acknowledge the possibility of other conscious self s being

concerned with human progress and gratefully accept their

ministrations and guidance where the Light of Jehovih within me

enables me so to do.

Worship

I believe that worship, i.e. adoration and contemplation, are

means whereby I can more fully realise my oneness with

Jehovih. This worship is both personal and common.

In such worship I may be held by external things which are in

themselves beautiful and so express Jehovih to me directly by

their presence. or by symbols which have an agreed and

understood significance.

I realise that such things are but adventitious aids and must not

be elevated into objects of adoration.

I realise and admit that some souls do not feel the need for these

aids in the sane degree as others. Public worship should

therefore be varied and liberal so that all who desire may find a

place therein.

The purpose of all worship, public or private, shall be the

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reception of the ministrations of Jehovih through His Infinite

variety of channels of expression, and the extension of my own

powers of apprehension of His Person.

I acknowledge that these considerations will modify my life and

my behaviour to my fellows and are rendered inept and lifeless

unless they do so.

Having accepted the Unity of All Life as being the expression of

the Ever Present Life—Jehovih, I shall hold all life forms as

necessary manifestations in the great whole.

All life will therefore be sacred unto me as being essential to the

whole, and I shall not engage in the wanton destruction of life nor

countenance such destruction.

Holding that all lives are in their own degree conscious I shall

respect the opinions of my fellows and not seek to circumscribe

the liberty of any.

In my life as a citizen and a member of the human family, I shall

seek always to act constructively rather than destructively,

believing that there are always a sufficient number who are

ready to break down. My part shall be to build.

Hence I will not engage in war, nor aid nor abet the destruction of

those whom Jehovih has created alive.

In all matters of the governments of men I will seek ever to

establish an order more expressive of the unity and fullness of

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life.

I will believe in and practise the expression of all the talents

Jehovih has created me with and do my best endeavour to give

opportunity and encouragement unto others to do likewise.

I will ever hold before me, and before others, the vision of a

fairer, fuller life where the unity of all life will be so fully

expressed that want, disease and hunger shall have forever

vanished-in fact, wherein the vision of Jesus shall be fulfilled and

Jehovih's Will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.

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Afterword of Destroyers and of Builders

Chapter XIII (taken from the Book of Discipline, Oahspe)

One goeth about preaching against heavenly revelations, and against the

wisdom of Jehovih; and his daring speeches and good logic fall upon

errors and blunders in the written words, and he draweth the populace,

after the manner of a gladiator. Yet one such man that hath organized a

brotherhood for doing good--the world hath not found. Another man goeth

forth preaching in laudation of heavenly revelations, and on the glory of

Jehovih. The errors in inspiration he heedeth not; the good he treasureth.

He may draw but few unto him and his work may seem little. But in time

to come his work becometh mighty over all the world. He organizeth his

people in love and fellowship. The latter is a builder on Jehovih's edifice.

Let these two examples stand before thee; and when the speech of the

vain man is directed against heavenly revelations, saying: This is not of

God; this is not of Jehovih, or this is not of angels--know thou that that

man is not a builder. But when a man saith all things are of Jehovih,

either directly or indirectly; whatsoever is good in them is my delight--know

thou that that man is a builder. To strive continually to comprehend the

right, and to do it--this is excellent discipline. To be capable of judging the

right, and ever to practice it within a fraternity--this is Godliness. In the

day thou judgest thyself, as with the eye of thy Creator, thou art as one

about to start on a long journey through a delightful country. In the day

thou hast rendered judgment against thyself for not practicing thy highest

light, thou art as one departed from a coast of breakers toward mid-

ocean--like one turned from mortality toward Jehovih! like one turned from

perishable things toward the Ever Eternal--the Almighty. And when thou

hast joined with others in a fraternity to do these things--then thou hast

begun the second resurrection.

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Chapter XIV (taken from the Book of Discipline, Oahspe)

God discourseth on the authority of his own words. First, freedom

unto all people on earth, and to the angels of heaven, to think and to

speak whatever they will. Second, that since no man can acquire

knowledge for another, but that each and all must acquire knowledge for

themselves, thou shalt dispose of whatsoever is before thee in thine own

way; Remembering that one man seeth Jehovih in the leaves and

flowers; in the mountains and skies; in the sun and stars; or heareth Him

in the wind and all corporeal sounds; yea, he knoweth his Creator in the

presence of everything under the sun. And he is happy. Another seeth not

Jehovih, nor knoweth Him. Nay, he denieth there is any All Person in the

universe. He is not happy. One man distinguiseth the harmony, and he

findeth no delight therein. So, of the words of thy God, one man can

distinguish, and another cannot. The revelations of thy God portray the

harmony and glory of Jehovih's creations, and of the organic heavens of

His holy angels. Whether thyself, or thy brother, or thy neighbor, shall

profess to reveal the words of thy God—it is well. Strive thou in this, and

thou shalt improve thyself thereby. In the preservation of my words for

thousands of years resteth the recognition of my authority. I call all people

unto me and my kingdom; happiness proclaim I as a result of right-doing

and good works; whoever do these are one with me in the framing of

words. To be one with Jehovih, this is Godliness; to be one with thy God,

the way is open to all men. To be organic for love and good works—this is

like the fraternities in heaven. Whoever striveth for this hath my authority

already; his words in time shall become one with me and my works. To

improve thyself in these holy things is to discipline thyself to become a

glory to thy Creator. Let any who will, say: Thus saith God, or thus saith

Jehovih, or thus say I. Truth expounded shall never die; the discrepancy

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from truth is short-lived. Improve thyself, O man, to be sincere in thyself

and in all thou doest; and, when thou hast attained this, thy words shall be

with power. Remember thy Creator and seek to discover Him in the best

perfections; remembering that darkness knoweth Him not, but Light

proclaimeth Him forever. For on the foundation of an All Person, and

believing in Him, lie the beginning and the way of everlasting resurrection.

Without Him—none have risen. These are the words and discipline; in

such direction shapeth thy God the thoughts of millions. The twain are the

authority vested in me, thine elder brother, by Jehovih, Creator, Ruler and

Dispenser, worlds without end. Amen!

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