This is a special autographed copy by the Managing Editor.

EDITORS NOTE

The growing popularity of True Occultism and Mysticism throughout the whole world has at last induced us to try and issue a series, books that should be an honor to the Universal Father, to True Occultism and Mysticism, and to those who stand for all that is good in humanity. There is also another matter which has induced us to try to see whether such an effort would be appreciated. 

This demand we will, therefore, meet, and "The Initiates" will be such a series of which every true student will be proud. We shall not, and will not, cater to that class of sensationalists who would make you believe that by studying a course in hypnotism, which they will sell you for a few dollars, you can be able to make men be your slaves or cause dollars to roll into your hands, for such things are impossible, and not only are they impossible, but it is this class of human ghouls who have brought down shame and disgrace upon a science which holds within itself all the religions ever known. 

Not only does Mysticism hold within itself all religious teachings, but it holds the histories of such religions, and it can point the way from the lowest step upon the ladder up to the very highest, which is Imperial Initiation-the finding of the Christ. We shall stand for all that is pure and good in all religious beliefs. We shall try to give to our readers the truth concerning all religious beliefs and will at all times try to get the truth concerning all matters which concern our work. While on the one hand we shall not uphold anything, nor anyone whom we know to be a fraud, yet it will not be our desire to tear down any system of thought, but rather to build up a pure and sublime system of philosophy, which shall appeal to the heart of mankind instead of to the mind, as so many do. It is not our desire to destroy, but to build up. Ours shall be an evolution and not a revolution. We believe that we are in a position to give to our readers that which none other can give them, for we are in touch with men and orders in every civilized country in the world, and we are in a position to obtain true facts concerning these matters from any part of the globe, and at short notice. Regarding the orders of this series, we need only say that the true teachings, so far as they may be given to the profane world, will be given from time to time, and one of our greatest desires is that the old Egyptian religion may be explained in these pages, so that all men, and more especially all Christians, may know that the Egyptian priests did not teach idolatry, but that the people themselves, not understanding the greater mysteries taught, formed idol worship in spite of the teachings of the priests. These are but a few of the things that we shall hope to give to our readers, and all that we shall ask in return is that each and every one truly interested shall do all in his or her power to help and make this series a success. We all know that at the present age of commercialism, nothing can be accomplished without the current coin of the realm. It will be our duty to do the work and obtain the material, but we must ask all those who have this great work at heart to do all in their power, so that we may receive the "sinews of war" wherewith to carry on the work, and if all will help in this, we can assure each and every one that we will try to give them much more than they pay for. 

The Initiates

Book Contents

Introduction 11

THE FIRST 13
THE ANCIENT FAITH 18
PURIFIED SPIRIT IN MAN 27
THE MAGIC RITES 27
PLANES OF CONSCIOUSNESS 31
TEMPLE TALK 34
CONCERNING “LAW” 37
THE HOLY BIBLE 40
METAPHYSICS AND UNIVERSAL BROTHERHOOD 42
THE OCCULT AND FRAUD 46
A COMPARISON BETWEEN SOLOMON’S 50
TEMPLE AND THE “GRAND MAN” 50
THE MYSTIC AND THE OCCULT 58
CONCERNING FAITH 62
MYSTICS 65
THE OCCULT SCIENTISTS 67
CONCERNING A NEWSTATEMENT OF THEOLOGY 70
MYSTERIES 85
INITIATION 86
THOUGHT 88
IS THERE NEED FOR A NEW RELIGION? 90
THE NEW THEOLOGY DUALISM 94
KARMA 98
PROMETHEUS 104
THE NEW THEOLOGY-DUALISM 107
INTUITIONAL LIGHT 109
THE WORLD’S CONDITION 112
THE ROSICRUCIAN’S HISTORY 117
THE HIGHER KNOWLEDGE 127
SPIRITUAL EVOLUTION 130
THE TWELVE SONS OF JACOB 132
CONCERNING THE TRINITY 140
THE AQUARIAN AGE 144
IS MAN COMING TO HIS OWN? 146
CONCRNING THE SOUL 150
ESOTERIC PROGNOSTICATIONS 167
MYSTICAL INFLUENCE OF THE NO. 7 168
THE NEW THEOLOGY-DUALISM 170
PERSONALITY 171
FREEDOM OF THE MIND 173
WHAT IS A MASTER OR ADEPT 175
THE SUN AND THE SOUL 176
LIFE AND DEATH 180
THE SOUL’S ETERNALITY 183
CONCERNING THE TRINITY 194
IS THE SOUL PROPHETIC? 197
DISAPPOINTMENTS 201
HOW CAN WE HOPE TO ATTAIN PERFECTION 203
THE METAPHYSICAL ASPECT OP IMMORTALITY 206
KARMA AS INFINITE PATIENCE 213
THE PRE-EXISTENCE OF THE SOUL 215
FORM 218
A THINKER 221
THE OCCULT 221
THE CAUSES OF SUFFERING 225
SOUL SCIENCE 230
REFLECTIONS 238
THE RELATION OF THE INDIVIDUAL 239
TO THE UNIVERSAL MIND 239
SEED THOUGHTS 242
ONE OF THE NINE INESTIMABLES 243
THE SPIRITUAL WORLD 245
THE NEW BIRTH 252
ROOM FOR THE SOUL 255
THE FIRE MYSTERY 257
THE ELIXIR OF YOUTH 265
STORMS 268
THE ORIGIN AND THE SEAT OF EVIL 270
GOD IN MAN 278
GOD AND MAN 280
PROPHECY INTELLIGIBLE 282
METAPHYSICAL LAWS 288
CONCERNING EVIL 292
ALL THINGS WORK TOGETHER FOR GOOD 295
EQUAL TO THE OCCASION 297
THE ART OF DEFEATING ADVERSITY 300
THE MESSAGE OF THE GREAT INITIATES 307
THE SEVEN NATURAL LAWS 310
HARMONY 312
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 316
Author and Managing Editor 319
Books by the Author 320
The Artist and Illustrator 321

BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Occultism
PHILOSOPHY / Metaphysics
RELIGION / Mysticism

Size: 6x9, Page Count: 324

ISBN: 979-8-88556-048-1