FATHER FORGIVE THEM, FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO!

                        THE  DIVINE  LOVE  OF  PUREST  JUSTIFICATION (JUSTICE)

                                                                FATHER FORGIVE THEM, FOR THEY KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO.

WHO DOES not know these momentous words which Jesus of Nazareth uttered when He hung on the cross? 

They are one of the greatest prayers of  intercession ever spoken. 

Clear and explicit! 

And yet, despite this, for two thousand years these words have never been understood! 

They were interpreted ''one - sidedly'', and only ''in that'' way which appeared to be agreeable to men.

 There was not one person to raise his voice and call out their proper meaning in all clearness to mankind, and especially to Christians!

 But not only that! 

''Every'' soul - stirring event in the earth - life  of the Son of God was put into a false light by the one - sidedness of the transmission. 

But these faults are not only exhibited in Christianity, they are to be found in ''every'' religion! 

It is understandable if disciples place first and foremost all that is personal about their teacher and master, especially when this master was so abruptly and brutally torn from their midst and, although utterly innocent, exposed to the most terrible suffering and coarsest mockery, and finally put to the most agonising death! 

Such events would be deeply engraved on the souls of those who had come to know their teacher in the most ideal way while they lived together, and would quite naturally cause them to place the personal element foremost in everything they remembered.

 But the sacred ''Mission'' of the Son of God lay in ''His Word'', in bringing the Truth from Luminous Heights, in order to show mankind their way to the Light! This had been closed to them up till then, because their spiritual development had previously made it impossible for them to ''walk'' on that road! 

The suffering thereby wrought upon this great Bringer of Truth by mankind stands entirely on its own! 

However, what was quite understandable and natural with the disciples resulted in many great errors in the later religion! 

The ''essence'' of the Divine Message receded far into the background before the personal cult of the Bringer of Truth, which Christ never intended!

 For this reason mistakes are now evident in the Christian religion which will lead to the danger of a breakdown unless the errors are recognised in time and, through open confession, are courageously set right.

 It cannot be expected otherwise than the smallest amount of serious progress must make all these gaps visible!

 But then it is decidedly better not to avoid them, but to tackle them boldly. 

Why should not this purification be instituted by the leadership itself, freshly and cheerfully, with a free upward gaze towards the Supreme Godhead? 

Great numbers of men would feel as if freed from a pressure, which they had indeed perceived but never really recognised as such, and would gratefully follow a call leading them into the light of joyful conviction! 

In following the habit of ''those'' who blindly subject themselves to an unlimited control of their intellect, and who thereby severely diminish their ability to comprehend, they placed the same value on Christ's earth life as on His Mission. 

His family relationships and all the earthly events received even greater attention that the main purpose of His Coming, which consisted of bringing enlightenment to the matured human spirits about all the ''real'' happenings in Creation, wherein alone they would find the Will of God, which is woven into it and thus make available to them! 

It was the bringing of this Truth, up till then still unknown, which ''quite by itself'' necessitated Christ's coming upon the earth. 

Nothing else! 

For without truly recognising the Will of God in Creation no man can find the road of ascent to the Luminous Realm, much less walk upon it! 

Instead of simply accepting these facts as such, becoming absorbed in the ''Message'' and ''living'' accordingly, as the Bringer of Truth repeatedly and emphatically demanded, the founders of the Christian religions and churches created a ''personal'' cult as the principal foundation, which forced them to make the suffering of Christ mean something entirely different from what it really was! 

''They needed it for this cult''! 

Finally, in the course of further development, this quite naturally produced one great error after another, which became obstacles for a great number of  people, preventing them as yet from properly recognising the ''right way''. 

This wrong structure, based on ''lack of objectivity'', alone brough about the distortion of all happenings, it being inevitable that factual impartiality was bound to cease from the moment when the principal cult became purely personal! 

Thus the urge developed to anchor the Mission of the Son of God mainly in His ''life on earth''. 

Indeed this became a necessity! 

That this is a ''wrong'' step to take Christ Himself proved by His whole attitude. 

More than once He clearly and sharply rejected the personal attitude taken towards Him! 

In every word and every action he continually pointed to God the Father, Whose Will He fulfilled and in Whose Power He stood and acted. 

He explained how mankind should henceforth learn to look up to God  ''the Father'', but He never spoke of Himself in this connection. 

Since His words dealing with this point were not heeded, it became inevitable in the end that Christ's ''suffering on earth'' was supposed to be regarded as ''necessary'' and as ordained by God, and it was even declared to be part of His main task in ''coming'' to earth. 

According to this view He came from the Luminous Heights only in order to suffer here on earth! 

As He had not burdened Himself with ''any'' guilt, there remained only one explanation : He must have taken the sins of others upon Himself in order to redeem them from those sins! 

What else was there left but to continue to build ''in that manner'' on the foundation thus established?  

And the exaggerated self - esteem which is not altogether unknown, and from which all mankind suffer, provided the nourishing power and fruitful soil for this. 

It is the result of the great Fall of Man, which was directed against the spirit, and which I have often explained in detail.

 In evaluating his intellect too highly man only comes to know himself and not his God, all the bridges to Whom he has thus destroyed. 

Only a few here and there have a very weak connection with the Spiritual Sphere which, however, allows them to perceive very little, and ''never'' really to ''know''. 

Thus the right and natural thought completely ''to separate the earthly sufferings of Christ, as personal happening, from the Divine Message'', occurred to no one! 

Nor did anyone recognise all the enmity, persecution and torment as the serious and grievous crimes they really were! 

It is a new and great wrong to gloss over them as a necessity! 

Indeed His sufferings and agonising death on the cross deserve the radiant light of highest glory, because the Son of God did not shrink from an evil reception among the tyrannical and revengeful people! 

This was anticipated after the Fall of Man, but in spite of this He brought His so urgently needed Message of Truth to earth for the sake of the few who were good! 

This deed is to be appraised  all the higher, because it is actually a question of only a small proportion of mankind who thereby wish to save themselves! 

But it is a new sacrilege against God when the crimes mankind committed at that time are supposed to be so mitigated through false assumptions as to make it appear that men had only been the tool of a necessary fulfilment! 

These ''errors'' give rise to a feeling of uncertainty among many ''thinking'' men about the consequences of Judas Iscariot's deed. 

With full justification! 

For if the death on the cross was necessary for mankind, then Judas and his betrayal provided the necessary means towards it, and in the spiritual sense he was not really punishable for what he did! 

The truth about the actual happening, however, abolishes all these disagreements, the justified appearance of which only confirms the fact that the assumptions accepted in the past must really be false! Where the ''right'' view prevails there is no room for such unexplained questions, and the quite natural happening can be considered from every point of view without meeting any hindrance.

 Man should at last have the courage to recognise the cowardice in this glossing over, which is only kept concealed by the sagacity of his earthbound intellect, the greatest enemy of everything that is able to rise ''above'' it, a fact that is always clearly visible with every base companion! 

Or let him consider it a veiled self - aggrandisement which springs from the same source! 

It is wonderful to have such an imagination as to consider oneself so precious that a Divine Being would fight for one and take upon Himself every kind of suffering only in order to be allowed to offer poor wretched man a place of honour in the Divine Realm of Bliss! 

Such, plainly and bluntly expressed, is ''really'' man's basic view, which looks no different if one removes with a firm hand all the frippery from its outer forms!

 I need hardly point out that such view can only arise through a most seriously restricted capacity to perceive all non - earthly happenings. 

This again is one of the grave consequences of the glorification of the earthly intellect which intercepts every free, and broad outlook. 

The worship of this idol ''intellect'' has naturally grown steadily since the Fall of Man, until it has now developed into the powerful earthly Antichrist or more explicitly, into all that is ''anti - spiritual. 

This is clearly evident today wherever one looks, and does not require a keen eye to observe it. 

And since the spiritual ''alone'' can provide the bridge by which to approach and understand all that is Divine, the granting of supreme power to the earthly intellect, to which all the sciences proudly confess today, is nothing but ''an open declaration of warfare against God! 

Not only the sciences, but ''all mankind'' today move under this sign! 

Even everybody who calls himself a serious seeker carries this poison about with him! 

Thus it is not unnatural that the Church must also have much of this within it. 

In the rendering and interpreting of all words of the Saviour, therefore, much has crept in which has its origin only in the earthly cleverness of the intellect! ''This is also the serpent of which the Bible story warns and which entices man ever - again - the serpent of intellectual sagacity which alone is always confronting man with subtle question : Yea, hath God said, ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?'' 

As soon as every decision is left to the serpent, i.e., to the intellect alone,  it will always, as has been rightly indicated in the Bible, choose what is ''hostile to or what leads away from God'', that which is purely earthly and much lower, to which the intellect belongs as its highest manifestation. 

Thus it cannot grasp what is higher! 

Man has been endowed with the intellect so that in every life on earth he has ''a counterpoise pulling downwards to balance the upward - striving ''spirituality''. 

It was given to him for the purpose of preventing him from floating in spiritual heights only, and thereby forgetting his task on earth. 

The intellect is also meant to facilitate his whole life on earth. 

But, above all, it is intended to transmit the strong upward urge for what is sublime, pure and perfect, which is ''an absolutely inherent quality of the spirit'', to the small earthly, so that it has a visible effect in the material world! 

It should act as the handyman of the living spirit, as its servant, not as the one to make decisions and take the lead.

 It is to help create the earthly or material opportunities for the carrying out of the spiritual urges. 

The intellect is to be the tool and the servant of the spirit.

 If, however, all decisions are left to the intellect ''alone'', as is done now, then it ceases to be a counterbalance and helper, but throws ''only its own weight'' into the scale of every decision. 

This can quite naturally ''only'' be followed by a ''sinking downwards'', because the intellect draws down. 

No other course is possible because the intellect belongs to the World of Matter and is firmly bound to it, whereas that which is spiritual comes from above. Instead of extending a helping hand to the spiritual, and becoming strong and great in so doing, the intellect, as soon as everything is left to it, rejects and repudiates the stronger hand proffered by the spiritual. 

It cannot do otherwise and acts in these matters only in accordance with the laws of its own nature! 

It should be noted that the earthly intellect becomes an enemy of the spirit ''only'' when it is elevated ''above'' the latter, not before! 

For it stands ''under'' the dominion of the spirit, as it naturally should in accordance with the Creative Will, it remains a faithful servant which can be ''appreciated'' as such. 

But if, contrary to the Laws of Nature, the intellect is given a position of authority, where it does not belong, the consequence is that it will supress everything that could disturb it in order to maintain itself on the usurped throne. 

It automatically closes the doors which, if kept open, would throw light upon its deficiencies and narrow limitations! 

This a counterpart of the actions of ''those'' people who feel their abilities developing in well - ordered circumstances and under good leadership, and who then over - estimate them and, in throwing over the old order, through their inability to achieve what is higher plunge a nation want and misery! 

Just a these can never realise their error and, both to themselves and before others, always try to blame past circumstances alone for their own incapacity, so will it be equally hard for the human intellect to recognise that it can never undertake the work of the higher - ranking spirit without causing grievous harm and finally bringing about destruction. 

It is always the same picture everywhere, an eternal repetition of the same happening! 

Man himself should meditate deeply and calmly upon this process! 

Everything would then soon become clearly understandable, and must also appear very natural!

 It was the same with the founders of the churches and religions; this condition drew a veil over the great simplicity of Divine Truth and prevented every possibility of a right understanding.

 Mankind could not burden themselves with anything more terrible than this voluntary limitation, this incapacity to perceive all that lies beyond earthly matters, i.e., by far the greater part of all happenings. 

However, as a consequence, this literally lies ''above'' their so narrow horizon! 

Now let a man try to fight against the impenetrability of  this wall! 

He would be very soon obliged to acknowledge the truth of the poet's words : ''The gods themselves fight ''in vain'' against stupidity!'' 

This stout wall can only be penetrated by each individual personally  from within, for it was built up from within! 

''But they do not wish to do so''! 

Therefore there is failure everywhere today! 

A picture of desolate confusion and much distress wherever one looks!  

And on top of the pile of ruins there stands, hollow and puffed up with pride, the author of all this wild confusion . . . ''modern man'' as he most of all likes to describe himself! 

The ''progressive'' who in reality has constantly retrogressed! 

The man who also calls himself a ''sober materialist'', expecting to be admired for it! 

To this must now be added the many schisms and ever - increasing hatred for one another, despite the uniformity of their voluntary enslavement! 

The cause lies neither with employer nor employee, neither with capital nor lack of it, nor is it due to the church or the state, or to the different nations, but it is only the wrong attitude of each individual which has brought about the present state of affairs.

 Even the so - called seekers for the Truth are now seldom on the right road! 

Nine - tenth of them turn into nothing but Pharisees who look arrogantly down upon their fellow - men and criticise them, while at the same time quarrelling among themselves! 

Everything is wrong!

 First of all there must come the inevitable fulfilment of a dreadful end before some few can awaken out of their sleep! 

As yet it is still possible for everyone to turn back! 

But soon and at last there will come a ''too late'' for all time, contrary to the hopes of so many believers who favour the erroneous view that it probably needs a longer or shorter period for the necessary purification, depending on the individual  himself, but that in the end his path must again lead to the Light, to eternal joy and to happiness in God's proximity! 

This thought is an agreeable consolation, but it is not correct, and it does not correspond with the Truth! 

Let us once again calmly and clearly, but in broad outline, survey the great evolution of Creation and of man who belongs to it! 

In so doing observe closely the operation of the ''Primordial Law of Homogeneous Species'', and all it  embraces in the way of immutable and necessary consequences in every happening, as I have so often explained! 

The World of Matter is like a huge cultivated field which, being the heaviest section, moves in a gigantic circular course at the ''lowest'' part of the entire Creation. 

There, beginning with the primordial seed, all is in constant motion, perpetually developing, increasingly uniting and forming, right up to the visible globes, of which the earth is one.

 In the process of maturing they reach the greatest perfection and bear fruit, a condition which corresponds with our present time, only automatically to decay again in the approaching state of over - ripeness according to the Laws of Creation, and to dissolve back into primeval seed, which in turn will continually receive opportunities of entering into fresh combinations and of evolving anew. 

Such is the overall picture presenting itself when quietly viewed from On High! 

Matter as such is nothing but the substance used to ''create forms'' or coverings.

 It only comes to life when it is penetrated by the non - material animistic substantiality in the sphere ''above'' it.

 Through this union it is set aglow! 

This amalgamation of matter with non - material animistic substantiality provides the basis for further development. 

All the souls of animals are formed out of animistic substantiality. 

''Above'' the two basic divisions of matter and animistic substantiality lies as the highest division of Creation the ''spiritual''. 

As my readers already know, this has its own special nature.

 From this spiritual substantiality issue the seed - germs which are intent on developing into self - conscious human spirits. 

It is ''only'' in the field of matter that such a seed - germ of spiritual substantiality can develop into self - conscious human spirit, much the same as a wheat seed will grow in the soil of a field into a ripe ear of corn. 

Its entry into the field of material substance, however, is not possible until the latter has reached a certain stage of development, when its nature is suited to absorb the spirit, which ranks highest in the entire Creation. 

''That'' is the time which Creation produces the most highly developed animal body, after which it is no longer possible for any further development to take place through an animal soul issuing from animistic substantiality! 

A small counterpart, a repetition of this great cosmic event, is for example continually provided later on by the earthly birth of the human soul. 

Indeed, with man who is the crown of Creation, and thus the highest created being, the whole course of cosmic events is reflected. 

The human soul, too, can enter the child's body developing in its mother's womb only when this body has reached a certain stage of maturity, not before! 

In fact it is only the requisite stage of development as such which opens the way for the soul to enter. 

This moment lies ''in the middle'' of pregnancy. 

Thus in the great cycle of the cosmic events the time of the highest development of the animal body also falls in the middle, i.e., midway in the cycle of all matter! 

Let the reader mark this closely! 

When the ''animistic substantiality'' and of the animal soul had at this particular point achieved ''the highest it could achieve'' in the development of the body from the World of Matter, this automatically opened the way for the entrance of the ''spiritual'' standing ''above it''. 

The spirit - germ, on the other hand, being the lowest of its spiritual - species, could only enter into the highest masterpiece that animistic substantiality below it had produced, i.e., into the most highly developed animal body.

 Due to its higher quality the spiritual naturally takes over all direction immediately upon entering and can henceforth lead the body it inhabits, as well as its entirely earthly environment, further along the road of development, something which animistic ''substantiality'' would have been unable to accomplish! 

In this process the spirit itself naturally develops simultaneously. 

This is a cursory sketch of the activity ''within'' Creation, the exact details of which I shall give in later lectures right down to the most minute parts. 

But let us return to the first entry of the human spirit - germs into the World of Matter, i.e., let us return to the point midway in the cycle of the World of Matter!

 The most highly developed animals at that time, which are today erroneously described as Primeval Men, became extinct. 

Only ''those'' bodies among them were developed towards ennoblement into which ''spirit - germs'' had entered instead of animistic animal souls. 

The spirit - germs in them matured through varied experiences, raised the animal body to the human body known to us now, and separated themselves into races and nations. 

The great Fall of Man lay behind them. 

It was the first act involving a voluntary decision after the spirit - germs had become self - conscious, and was caused by their placing the intellect ''above'' the spirit.

 This in turn permitted the portentous hereditary sin to grow, which very soon made the hollow fruits of the governing intellect become clearly and easily recognisable.

 The hereditary sin is the one - sided development of the brain through the exaggerated activity of the intellect, which as such is then perpetually inherited.

 I have often mentioned this fact and shall indue course speak about it in much greater detail. 

There will probably also be men who, when they grasp the way pointed out to them, will be able to help joyfully with the great work of enlightenment! Without ceasing the great cosmic cycle continued on its course. 

But erring mankind brought standstill and confusion into the progress which was necessary. 

In the midst of this turmoil the Jewish people came under the well - known and oppressive scourge of the Egyptians.

 Their tribulation and great longing for liberation hastened the maturity of their souls. 

Thus they out -stripped all others spiritually, because  this strong emotional upheaval enabled them above all to see themselves as they really were, and also to look into the souls of their oppressors!

 After they had clearly perceived that neither anything earthly nor the keenest cleverness of the intellect could help any longer, whereby they also recognised the emptiness of their own souls, their spiritual eye learned to see more keenly, and gradually there arose at last a conception of the actual Godhead truer and higher than any they had had before! 

And stricken with grief, their prayers rose once again with much greater fervour. 

''Through this'' the Jewish people were able to become ''the chosen people'', who for a period preceded all other people spiritually, because for their time they possessed the purest conception of Divinity, a conception as  high as possible considering the existing maturity of the human soul. 

Maturity of the spirit, however, must not be confused with knowledge acquired by learning, but you must always bear in mind that being ''spiritual'' is the same as having ''deep inner feeling ( gemutvoll ). 

The advanced spiritual maturity of the Jews at that time enabled them to receive through Moses the Will of God clearly expressed in the form of laws, which constituted the greatest treasure and the best and most powerful support for the further development.

 Just as world happenings will quite naturally always concentrate only where the maturity is greatest, so it gradually came to focus at that time upon the human race of the Jews, who were increasing in spiritual maturity. 

But here again world events must not be confused with earthly world history, which is far removed from actual world events, and which mostly only portrays the effects of the often wrongly applied ''free will'' of the human spirit which in turn always casts many stones into the actual happening, thereby often producing temporary distortions and earthly confusion! 

The Jewish people of that time were ahead of the others in their religious cult and therefore stood closest to the Truth in their views. 

The natural consequences of this was that in accordance with the Law of Reciprocal Action the annunciation of an incarnation out of the Light was also bound to come upon this road which, being the most correct, led closest to the proximity of Truth! 

Through their greater distance from the Truth all the other roads were closed to such a possibility, because they were lost in errors! 

Again, in conformity with the and the Law of Attraction of Homogeneous Species, so absolutely necessary for any activity, it was not possible for a Bringer of Truth from the Light to come to an incarnation by any other road than ''that'' which lies closest to the Truth, and which therefore resembles His homogeneity most nearly. 

Only this provides the necessary hold and attracts, whereas erroneous views repel and directly close the road upon which Light might come and enter! 

The Law of Reciprocal Action and the of Law of Attraction of Homogeneous Species must also operate in this case without fail! 

The Primordial Laws either open or close a road in their uniform and unswerving effects. 

When in the course of time the Jews again allowed the intellect to dominate in their religion, breeding sordid place - hunting, the heavy hand of the Roman helped to keep a small group in the right recognition, so that the Word could be fulfilled! 

Just as a spirit - germ in its still unfurnished but yet higher spiritual nature can only enter that part of the world which is in a corresponding state of development, but never one which is unripe, nor one which is too ripe ( as is the case today with our part of the  world where  only souls can live which have already been incarnated several times ), so the process is no different with the incarnation of a Bringer of Truth from the Light.

 His Coming can only take place in that section of humanity which is most matured for this purpose. In the case of a ''Divine'' Messenger the conditions of all the laws had to be observed ''most exactly''! 

He could only be ''born'' among ''those'' whose conceptions came closest to the Truth. 

Just as a spirit - germ can enter the World of Matter ''only'' after the animistic has achieved the highest peak in its working, when standstill and thereby retrogression must occur unless the spirit - germ enters, so just before Christ's Coming a ;point was reached in the World of Matter where the spiritual, through the ''confusion'' caused by hereditary sin, ''could not continue to develop.

 The free will resting in the spirit, instead of furthering all that existed, had ''cut off'' the upward development towards the Heights which is willed in Creation and, through the elevation of the intellect, had ''one - sidedly'' directed all its abilities to what is material only. 

The animistic, which ''does not'' possess free will, had carried out the development of Creation exactly in conformity with Nature, that is, ''completely'' in accordance with the Divine Will of the Creator. 

The spiritual, however, ''with'' its gift of free will, had through the Fall of Man rendered itself incapable of playing its part, and brought only confusion and   standstill into the further development of matter.

 The false application of the ability given to it to direct the Divine Creative Power, as a necessary step forward in the development of matter, was even bound to lead to ''descent'' instead of to the highest development!

 Through the Fall of Man the human spirit forcibly retarded all ''real'' further development, for mundane technical achievements are not actual progress in the sense of cosmic events willed by God. 

''Therefore the quickest aid, intervention by the Creator Himself, was necessary!'' 

With every further century evil would have so increased that the possibility of a way to Divine Help would gradually have become entirely out of the question, because the dominion of the intellect would in the course of time have completely cut off any understanding of all that is truly spiritual, and even more so of what is Divine! 

Thus there would have been no anchorage available for an incarnation from the Light! 

It was out of this distress that there arose the great Divine Mystery that God in His Love made the sacrifice for Creation of sending down to earth a portion of Divinity in order to bring Light to those who had gone astray. 

The ''animistic'' in the World of Matter had ''fulfilled'' its task in the development of Creation. 

The ''spiritual'', however, had completely ''failed'' through mankind. 

But, even worse, the spiritual had used the power of decision, which was granted to it for the furthering of Creation, to achieve exactly the contrary!

 Thus it became ''hostile'' to Divine Volition, using for this purpose Divinity's own power supplied to it to do God's Will! 

Man may well ponder how great is his guilt in  this! 

The birth of Christ was a ''Divine Act of Love'' for the entire Creation, which was in danger of being undermined by the erring human spirit!  

This also necessitated that the Divine part then incarnated in Jesus of Nazareth must reunite completely with the Father, as Christ Himself had repeatedly emphasised! 

He must again become One with Him! 

It was only through Christ's Message that the gates to Paradise were unlocked for ''mature'' human spirits. 

The ability to understand the way there aright did not exist until then. 

This Message was meant for earth - men as well as for those already departed, as ''every'' Divine Message and every Word of Luminous Truth! 

After learning about the severity of the Laws, men also heard in the Message of a Love which up till then they would not have been able to comprehend, but which they were now meant to engender within themselves. 

Yet this Message of Love did not overthrow the laws, but only developed them!

 They were meant to remain as the firm foundation which, in their effects, would produce such love! 

Later on attempts were made to build upon this Word of the Son of God, but I have already pointed out in the beginning of my lecture the errors that crept into these attempts through many wrong assumptions. 

Let us cast a glance at the history of Christianity! 

It will teach us the best lesson and at the same time throw a ray of light upon ''all'' religions. 

We find the same faults everywhere! 

Without exception every Bringer of  Truth, whether great or small, has had to suffer mockery and scorn, persecution and attack by his dear fellow - men, who in just the same way today always like to consider themselves too clever and too wise to accept the explanations of the Will of their Creator from His Messengers, especially since these Messengers never in fact issued from any of mankind's great institutions of learning!

 An explanation of the Divine Will is fundamentally nothing but the interpretation of the course of His Creation, in which men live and of which they are also a part. 

To know Creation, then, means everything! 

If a man has this knowledge it is very easy for him to make use of all it contains and offers. 

This ability to make use of it in turn brings him ''every'' advantage.

 Thus he will soon recognise and fulfil the real purpose of his existence and, furthering everything, he will rise towards the Light, a joy to himself and nothing but a blessing to his surroundings! 

But men scoffed at every Messenger and thus also at the Message itself.

 Not once did it happen that such a Messenger was made welcome, no matter how much good He did! 

He always remained an annoyance, as can of course be easily explained if one considers the enmity of the intellect towards God, which in itself proves that this enmity towards God is a definite fact. 

Christ clearly sums up all these happenings when He speaks of the master who sent out his servants to collect what was due to him from his tenants.

 But instead of receiving the rent the servants were scoffed at and beaten before they were scornfully sent back empty - handed! 

Once again this is glossed over by calling it a ''parable''! 

In snug comfort one always seats oneself ''beside'' these facts, without ever applying them to oneself! 

Or one has the desire to explain that it is a ''distinction'' conferred by God upon His Messengers if they have to suffer in this manner, instead of regarding it as a crime on the part of mankind which is not willed by God! 

Because the intellect needs tinsel and sham to cover its limitations which would otherwise become plainly visible, it makes almost desperate efforts to look down with absolute contempt upon the simplicity of Truth, ''which'' it fears will become a danger! 

It needs jingling bells for the cap it is wearing, and many great words to keep attention centred upon itself! 

But its contempt for the unvarnished simplicity of Truth has long since turned to uneasiness! 

More and more bells are added to this gaudy fool's cap which, through convulsive contortions and antics, are made to jingle louder and ever louder in order to maintain itself for as long as possible on the usurped throne! 

But of late these antics have become a dance of despair, which will soon become the last dance of death! 

The exertions are increasing, they ''must'' increase, because ever more distinctly the hollowness is forced to reveal itself in spite of all this jingling! 

And in the greatest and most furious antic which is been prepared the gaudy cap will at last fall from the head! 

Then the crown of unvarnished Truth will lift itself, radiant and steadying, up to that place which alone is its due! 

And those serious seekers who have become quite confused by these grotesque and incomprehensible distortions will at last receive a firm foothold and support for their view! 

Without any exertion they will be able fully to comprehend the ''whole'' Truth, whereas up till now it was certain to cost great trouble to unearth even a minute particle! 

Let us return to simplicity in thinking!

 Otherwise no one can ''fully'' grasp that which is great and can thus never attain to it! 

Think as simply as children! 

That is true meaning of the great words : ''If ye do not become as little children, ye shall in no wise enter into the Kingdom of Heaven!'' 

The way there can never be found with complicated present - day thinking! 

Even in the churches and religions it is no different as yet!

 If these maintain that ''suffering'' help one to ''ascend'' and that therefore they come under the mercy of God, this contains a small grain of Truth, but badly distorted in a glossing over sort of way! 

''For God does not will that His People should suffer!

 He wills only joy, love and happiness''! 

The way ''within'' the Light cannot be otherwise! 

The way ''towards'' the Light has stones only if man first places them there!

 The grain of Truth in the doctrine of suffering is that with this suffering a certain guilt may be redeemed.

 This can only happen, however, when a man consciously ''recognises'' that he deserves this suffering, as did the penitent thief on the cross. 

The way all the world goes on living today is just senseless! 

Even those who talk about the redemption of karma in such a clever way! 

They err, because it is still much more difficult than these would - be sages imagine. 

For karma ''reactions'' do not always bring ''atonements''. 

Let every man mark this well! 

On the contrary, they may ''drag him further down''! 

Notwithstanding the reaction due to guilt, the ascent of every man solely depends on his inner attitude. 

How he sets his course inwardly, whether upwards, straight on, or downwards, ''thus'' and not otherwise will he proceed in spite of all he experiences! 

Here it becomes clear that he is not, nor ever can be, the plaything of fortune, but ''must direct'' his actual course alone through the power of his ''free'' will! ''In this respect a man's will always remains free up to the Last moment''. 

In this every man is truly his own free master, only he must never forget that according to his attitude the consequences lead him upwards or downwards! If, however, he sets his course in an ''upwards'' direction with insight and a firm will, evil reactions will hit him less and less, and will finally have only a symbolic effect, because through his ascent he has already been removed from the nether regions of evil reactions, even though he may still be on this earth. It is not at all necessary that a man must ''suffer'' if he strives towards the Light! 

Away, therefore, with the bandage which many placed before their eyes so that they would not tremble at the sight of the abyss that has yawned before them for a long time! 

Temporary relief from anxiety afforded by such a bandage is not strength - giving help, but only a loss of time through negligence which can never be retrieved! 

There has never yet been a right explanation and justification for the suffering on earth. 

Therefore narcotics were offered in the form of palliatives, which over and over again are thoughtlessly handed out to the sufferers in more or less clever language. 

The great fault of one - sidedness in all religions! 

And if a desperate seeker for once requires ''too'' precise an answer, then that which is not understood is simply pushed into the realm of Divine mystery.

 All unresolved questions have finally to end up there, as in a harbour of refuge, clearly showing thereby that they are on the ''wrong'' course! 

For the end of every ''right'' course is clearly visible and does not terminate in something that is impenetrable! 

Wherever the ''inscrutable ways of God'' have to serve as an explanation, there ignorance is unmistakably in evidence!

 There need not and must not be ''any'' mystery ''within'' Creation for man! 

For God wills that His Laws working in Creation should be quite ''familiar'' to man, so that he can adjust himself accordingly, and with their help can complete and fulfil his course through the world more easily and without ignorantly going astray! 

Thus it remains one of the most fatal conceptions to consider the brutal murder of the Son of God as ''a necessary propitiatory sacrifice'' for mankind! 

To think that this brutal murder of His Son would reconcile God! 

Because no logical explanation can be advanced for this peculiar conception, in the ensuing confusion one again slips behind the frequently used protective screen of Divine   mystery, making it something which can never become understandable to man. 

Yet God is so clear in everything He does! 

He is lucidity itself! 

He created Nature out of His Will, and therefore what is natural must also be right, since the Will of God is absolutely perfect! 

But the propitiatory sacrifice on the cross must be ''unnatural'' to every sane mind, because being against the innocent Son of God it is also unjust! 

All twisting and turning is useless! 

Rather should a man frankly confess that such a thing is truly beyond all comprehension! 

However much he likes to exercise his mind he will never come to any conclusion. 

The fact is that in this case he can no longer understand his God.

 ''But it is God's Will that He should be understood!'' 

 And He can be understood, since the expression of His Will clearly rests in Creation and never contradicts itself. 

Only men take the trouble to introduce what is incomprehensible when making religious investigations! 

The structure men so laboriously erected with the fundamentally false idea of a ''necessary'' vicarious sacrifice in the death on the cross is already destroyed by the words of the Saviour Himself at the  time He was nailed to the cross! 

 ''Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do!'' 

Would this intercession have been necessary if the death on the cross was meant to be a necessary propitiatory sacrifice?

 ''For they know not what they do!'' 

This is an accusation of the gravest kind! 

A clear indication that what they were doing was ''wrong'', that this deed was nothing but an ordinary crime! 

Would Christ have prayed in Gethsemane that this cup of suffering might pass from Him if His death on the cross was necessary as a vicarious sacrifice? Never! 

Christ would not have done so! 

It was because He knew that the tortures awaiting Him were ''nothing but the consequence of the free will of man'' that He prayed ''thus!'' 

 For two thousand years men have blindly passed this by, accepting with their empty minds what is absolutely impossible instead! 

It indeed distressing frequently to hear it seriously affirmed that the more favoured ones among today's disciples of Jesus, male as well as female, are endowed with physical suffering, such as stigmata!

 Such a view, of course, only originates in the false interpretation  of Christ's suffering on earth!

 Indeed it could not be otherwise! 

I still have to mention how personally serious these consequences can become! 

How much thoughtlessness and what rigid servility are required so to depict the Almighty Creator that He could be thought to act in such a way! 

It is without doubt the most sinful debasement of the Sublime Godhead, for the conception of Whose Essential Nature the most beautiful cannot be beautiful enough and the best is still not good enough, in order to come only a little closer to reality! 

And to think that this great God should be capable of demanding that man whom He has created is to writhe in pain before Him when He accords him grace! How can anyone holding such views ascend? 

Men shape their God as ''they'' wish to have Him; ''they'' dictate the direction of His Volition! 

And woe to Him if He is not what they think He ought to be! 

Then He is rejected forthwith, just as they condemn and fight against all ''those'' who dare to see God as much greater and more sublime! 

But no greatness is to be found in the past conceptions of man! 

On the contrary they merely bear witness to man's unshakable belief in his ''own'' worth.

 God has to beg for the favour of mankind!

 He Who was allowed to receive back from their blood - stained hands His Son Whom He had once sent to help them with the saving Message - scorned, mocked, scourged and tortured! 

Does one still wish even today to affirm that all this was a necessary propitiatory sacrifice for God? 

When Christ Himself in His agony and absolute despair at their blindness cried out : ''They know not ''what'' they do''? 

Is there any possibility at all to lead mankind on to the right road? 

The most drastic happening is still too weak to accomplish this! 

When will man at last recognise to what depths he has actually sunk? 

How empty and hollow are the conceptions he has conjured up for himself! 

As soon, however, as one digs a trifle deeper one comes upon selfishness in its most undisguised form neatly hidden away.

 Even if now people on all sides speak of seeking God in high - sounding words, this ''again'' is great hypocrisy and the usual self - complacency entirely devoid of any really serious longing for pure Truth! 

They only seek for self - worship - - for nothing else! 

No man seriously strives to ''understand God!''

 With a benign smile they disregarded and quickly push aside the simplicity of Truth, for they imagine themselves to be much too knowledgeable, much too high and much too important as that ''their'' God could still deal with simplicity. 

To uphold their honour He must be much more complicated! 

Otherwise it would not be worth believing in Him! 

In their view how can they possibly be expected to recognise something that is easily understandable to every unlearned person! 

Anything like that cannot be considered ''great''! 

Today they dare not occupy themselves with such things, otherwise they would be liable to make great fools of themselves! 

Let this be for children, old women and the unlettered!

 Anyhow it is not for men with such well - trained intellects, with such intelligence, as are so much in evidence among the ''cultured'' of today!

 Let the ''ordinary man'' concern himself with that! 

Education and learnedness apply their standard of greatness only to what holds ''the possibility of being the most difficult to comprehend!'' 

Ignorant indeed are those who think thus! 

They are not worthy to receive one further drop of water from the Hand of the Creator in the weaving of Creation! 

They have so limited themselves as to preclude the possibility of recognising the radiant sublimity which lies in the simplicity of the Divine Laws. 

They are literally incapable of doing so or, to put it more bluntly, too stupid owing to their one - sidedly stunted brain, which from the hour of their birth right up till now they carry around with them like a trophy of the highest achievement! 

It is indeed an act of mercy if the Creator will leave them to perish in the structure they have erected! 

For wherever one looks all is hostile towards God, distorted by the morbid ambition of every man of intellect, whose incapacity is evident everywhere! 

And this has been going on with increasing intensity for thousands of years! It has inevitably carried the poison into the churches and religions, a corrosive evil which was the inevitable consequence of the Fall of Man, wherein man decided in favour of the absolute dominion of the intellect! 

This wrongly usurped authority has at all times deceived those it has enslaved in everything that concerns the Divine, even in all that is spiritual! 

He who does not cast down this throne within himself and thereby become free must perish with it! 

One can no longer speak of ''poor'' mankind, for they are ''consciously'' guilty, as guilty as ever a creature could be! 

The words : ''Forgive them, for they know not what they do''  are ''no longer'' appropriate for mankind of today.

 They had more than one opportunity to open their eyes and their ears. 

They act in full consciousness, and all reactions must therefore hit them with full force, unabated!

 If now the ring of all the past happenings closes, then the reaping, the harvest, and the separation for this part of Creation will take place.

 Since the creation of the entire World of Matter this has never occurred before! 

                                                                                                            THE   ANTICHRIST.

MEN! WHEN the hour comes in which according to the Divine Will, the purification and winnowing must take place on earth, then watch for the predicted and partly supernatural ''signs in the sky!''

 Do not then allow yourselves to be confused by ''those'' men and also churches who have already long ago surrendered to Antichrist.

 It is sad that until now not even the churches have known ''where'' to look for this Antichrist, although he has been active among all men for so long.

 If they had only been a little on the alert they must have recognised it! 

Who can possibly act in a more anti - Christian manner than those who at that time fought against ''Christ Himself'' and finally also murdered Him! 

Who could have revealed themselves in a worse and also more obvious way as antagonistic to Christ! 

They were the leaders and representatives of earthly religion; and the ''true'' teaching of God, as revealed in and through the Son of God, did not agree with what they had built up. 

Indeed, the true Message of God could not be reconciled with it, because the structure set up by priestly dignitaries was aimed at earthly influence, earthly power and expansion. 

They proved quite clearly thereby that they were servants of the human intellect, which is directed solely towards earthly knowledge and earthly power, and is hostile and obstructive to everything that lies beyond earthly comprehension! 

Now since God remains completely outside the range of earthly intellectual knowledge, as also does the spiritual, the intellect is clearly the only real obstacle thereto! 

Thus by its nature it is opposed to all that is Divine and all that is spiritual! 

And with it logically therefore all men who acknowledge their intellect as of paramount importance, and seek to build only upon ''that''! 

The religious leaders of those days were afraid of losing influence among the people through the enlightenment of the Son of God. 

As everyone today knows, ''this'' was the main reason for the slanders they sought to spread against Christ, and ultimately also for the execution of the Son of God. 

They nailed Him to the cross as a blasphemer of the very God by Whom He was sent to bring enlightenment, and Whose servants they professed to be! 

They tried to make people believe they were serving God; but how little did they really know ''this'' God and His Will, for Whose honour and earthly defence this Son of God, the Divine Messenger, was however . . . murdered by them! 

This was clearly the disastrous result of their enslavement to the earthly intellect, which fought solely to maintain its influence thereby.

 They allowed themselves to become the executioner as tools of the Antichrist, whom they had secretly enthroned in their hearts. 

For this satisfied their human weaknesses -- their presumption, arrogance and vanity. 

Whoever expects clearer proof cannot be helped; for there is nothing more antagonistic to Christ, the Son of God, and His Words!

 And indeed Antichrist signifies the fighter ''against'' Christ, against man's redemption in God's Message. 

The earthly intellect drove them to it! 

This very intellect, as a poisonous product of ''Lucifer'', is an instrument for him which has become the greatest danger to mankind! 

Thus the  disproportionate over - development of the human intellect in the past has grown into hereditary sin for man! 

Behind this, however, stands Lucifer himself as Antichrist in person!

 ''He'' it is who through men was able to raise his head! 

He, the only real enemy of God! 

He acquired the name of Antichrist through his hostile struggle against the Mission of the Son of God. 

None other would have had the strength and the power to become the Antichrist. 

And in his warfare against the Will of God, Lucifer makes use not merely of one man on earth but of nearly all mankind, thus leading them to destruction under the effect of the Divine Wrath! 

Whoever cannot grasp ''this'' most obvious fact, that only ''Lucifer himself''  could be ''the Antichrist'' who dares to oppose God, will never be able to understand anything of all that takes place outside the World of Gross Matter, that is, outside what is purely earthly.

 And as it was then, ''so is it still today!'' 

Indeed far worse. 

Today, too, many religious representatives will wish to fight bitterly to maintain the earthly intellectual ordinances hitherto upheld in the temples and churches.

 It is precisely this human intellect, blunting all nobler intuition, that is one of the most insidious growths of Lucifer which he was able to spread among mankind. 

All slaves of the intellect, however, are in truth ''Lucifer's servants, who are accomplices in the terrible collapse which must thus befall mankind!

 Since no one suspected that Antichrist lurked beneath the intellect, he could extend his sinister influence all the more easily! 

Lucifer triumphed; for he thereby cut off mankind from any comprehending of all that lies outside the World of Gross Matter.

 From ''real life''! 

From that place where contact is first made with the spiritual, which leads to the proximity of God! 

With this he set his foot upon this earth as lord of the earth and of the greater part of mankind! 

No wonder, then, that he could penetrate to the altars, and that representatives of earthly religions, also of the Christian churches, were bound to become his victims. 

For they too expect the Antichrist just the predicted Judgment. 

Up till now the great Revelation in the Bible, like many other things, has never yet been understood in this respect.

 The Revelation says that this Antichrist ''will raise his head'' before the Judgment, but not that he will first appear then! 

If it is said therein that he raises his head, this clearly indicates that he must be here already, but not that he is yet to come.

 It means ''he will have reached the zenith of his dominion'' just before the Judgment! 

Listen to this cry of warning, you who are not yet spiritually deaf and blind! 

Take the trouble for once to think quite seriously about it ''yourselves''.

 If you remain indolent in this respect you give yourselves up as lost! 

If you lift the protecting cover from the lair of a poisonous snake that suddenly realises it is exposed, it will naturally try to rear up and bite this ruthless hand. 

It is no different here.

Finding himself exposed, the Antichrist will quickly protest through his servants; on being unmasked he will make a great outcry, and try in every possible way to maintain himself on the throne which mankind so willingly offered him. 

But all this he can only do through those who inwardly revere him. 

Therefore now keep a sharp watch on your surroundings when the conflict begins! 

By their very outcry you will all the more surely recognise them, everyone who belongs to him! 

For once ''again'', as before, fear of a pure truth will make them side with its opponents!

 The Antichrist will again try desperately to retain his influence on earth.

 Observe his dubious methods in defence and attack; for he will once more make use of slander and insinuations, since his followers are incapable of doing anything else. 

To stand before the Truth and refute it is impossible.

 Thus Lucifer's servants will also fight the Messenger of God, just as they once fought the Son of God! 

Be on the alert where such an attempt is made; for thereby such people only wish to protect Lucifer in order to uphold his reign on earth.

 A centre of Darkness lurks there, even if the people habitually appear in bright earthly garments, even if they are servants of a church. 

Do not forget what happened when the Son of God was on earth, but reflect that still today the ''same'' Antichrist, with a far greater human following, is striving to retain dominion over the earth, to escape destruction and to go on obscuring the true Will of God. 

Therefore watch carefully for all the promised signs!

 Each individual must make his ''final'' decision. 

Salvation or destruction! 

For this time it is God's Will that everything which again dares to oppose Him shall be lost! 

Every act of negligence will rise up against you in the Judgment! -- 

The Divine Insignia will not appear above some church, nor will any priestly dignitary on earth bear the sign that he is the Messenger of God! 

But only He Who is inseparably linked with the Signs, Who therefore also carries them living and radiating with Him, as once the Son of God did when He dwelt on this earth. 

They are the Cross of Truth, living and radiating within Him, and the Dove above Him! 

They will become visible to all those who are blessed to see spiritual things, so that they may give testimony of it to all people on earth; for there will be among all peoples those who will this time be permitted to ''see'', as the last Grace of God! - - - 

These Sublime Signs of the Holy Truth can never be simulated. 

Not even Lucifer, who must retreat before them, can achieve this, much less a human being. 

Therefore he who still seeks to set himself against these Signs of God henceforth sets himself against God as an enemy of God. 

He shows thereby that he neither is nor ever was a servant of God, no matter what he has hitherto pretended to be  on earth. 

Be on your guard, lest you also be found among such!

THOU BEHOLDEST THE MOTE THAT IS IN THY BROTHER'S EYE AND CONSIDEREST NOT THE BEAM THAT IS IN THINE OWN EYE!

EVERYONE believes that he has fully understood these simple words, and yet there will be but few who have grasped their actual meaning! 

It is one - sided and wrong to interpret this saying as if it was only meant to teach man to be lenient with his neighbour. 

If a man really experiences these words, leniency towards his neighbour will come entirely and quite naturally of its own accord, but only in the second place! 

He who searches in the words of Christ in this fashion does not search deeply enough, and thus shows either that he is far from being able to call the words of the Son of God to life, or that he under - estimates the wisdom of His utterances from the beginning. 

And in the interpretation of many preachers, as with all else, these words are associated with the weakness and feebleness of ''that'' love, which the church likes to try and hold forth as Christian love! 

However, man can ''and shall'' use these words of the Son of God only as a measure for his own faults! 

If he looks around with open eyes, and also studies himself at the time, he will soon recognise that the faults which most disturb him in others are very strongly marked in himself and a cause of annoyance to his neighbours! 

In order to learn to observe properly it is perhaps best if you first closely observe your fellow - men only. 

It is doubtful if there will be even one among them who does not have to criticise this or that in others, and who does not also talk about it openly or covertly! As soon as this happens, you should take this particular person who is so critical or even indignant about the faults of others under close scrutiny! 

It will not be long before you discover with surprise that it is just those faults which he so sharply censures in others that are present in him to a far greater degree!

 This fact will amaze you at first, but it is ''always'' so without exception! 

When judging people in the future you may be quite certain of this without fear of making mistake! 

The fact remains that a man who gets excited about this or that fault in another person is sure to have these same faults to a far greater extent within himself!

 Just set about such tests quietly one day! 

You will find you can do so and you will recognise the truth at once, because you yourself are not directly concerned and therefore do not attempt to screen either party! 

Take the case of a person who is habitually morose and discourteous, who seldom shows a friendly face and whom one would gladly avoid for this reason! These are the very people who expect and require to be treated with special kindness, and who become enraged, even to the point of tears with girls and women, if they meet with but a single reproachful glance, however justified it may be! 

This strikes a serious observer as so unspeakable ridiculous, yet sad, that he forgets to be indignant about it! 

And so it is in a thousand and more different ways!

 It will be easy for you to learn and recognise that this so! 

And when you have advanced to that stage, you must also have the courage to assume that you yourself are no exception to this rule which you proved never to fail with others! 

Then at last your eyes will be opened to your true self! 

This means a great step forward, perhaps even the greatest one, towards your development! 

You thereby cut a knot that today holds down all mankind! 

Free yourself, and also joyfully help others to do likewise! 

''This'' is what the Son of God meant to say with His simple words! 

Such was the value of the enlightenment He offered with His plain statements! 

But man did not honestly ''seek'' their real meaning. 

As always he wanted to set himself above them and merely learn to look down forbearingly upon others! 

This flattered his disgusting arrogance! 

The whole wretchedness of his false thinking, the unconcealed hypocritical pharisaism, becomes clearly evident in all his past interpretations! 

It has transplanted itself in identical manner into Christendom! 

For even those who call themselves seekers have taken, and still take, everything much too superficial under their usual and customary illusion that by reading the words they must also have grasped their real meaning! 

They make themselves believe this, just in accordance with ''their'' prevalent opinions! 

That is not honest seeking, and therefore they cannot find the real treasure, nor could there be any progress! 

The Word remained dead for those who were supposed to have called it to ''life'' within themselves in order to derive values from it which would uplift them! And every sentence the Son of God gave to mankind contains such values, only they have not been found because no one has ever sought for them diligently!

                                                                                                          WATCH   AND   PRAY!

HOW OFTEN are those words of the Son of God quoted as well - meant advice and warning! 

But neither the giver of the advice nor the recipient take the trouble to reflect upon the real meaning of these words! 

Every man knows what is meant by ''praying'', or rather he ''thinks'' he knows, although in truth he does ''not'' know. 

He also imagines that he knows what ''to watch'' means, but he is far from doing so! 

''Watch and pray'' is a figurative rendering of the admonition to keep the ability to perceive intuitively on the alert, i.e., to keep the spirit active! 

Spirit in its ''true'' sense, and not the activity of the brain, for the way the living human spirit expresses itself is only and solely through the ''intuitive perception!'' 

''in no other way'' does the spirit of man, i.e., the original kernel which evolved into his true ''ego'' in the course of its wanderings through Subsequent Creation, become active.

 ''Watch and pray'' is therefore nothing less than the demand to refine and strengthen man's ability to perceive intuitively, which is equivalent to vitalising the life of the spirit.

 The only eternal value man possesses is his spirit, which alone can return to the Paradise from which it issued. 

It ''must'' return there, either matured and self - conscious, or again in an unconscious state; either welcome to the Light as a living ego which has become useful in Creation, or as a dismembered and dead ego if it has proved itself useless. 

The admonition '' Watch and pray'' is therefore one of the most serious which the Son of God bequeathed to mankind. 

At the same time it is a grave warning to stand as useful beings in Creation, lest damnation inevitably follows through the automatic working of the Divine Laws.

 Look n at  woman! 

She has, as the most precious gift of womanhood, a delicacy of intuitive perception which no other creature can attain. 

''For this reason'' one should be able to speak only of ''noble'' womanhood in this Creation, because womanhood possesses within itself the strongest gifts towards the realisation of all that is good. 

This , however, places the greatest of responsibilities upon woman.

 For ''this'' reason Lucifer, with all the host that belong to him, aimed primarily at woman in order thus to subjugate the whole Creation to his power. Unfortunately Lucifer found only too superficial a basis in the woman of Subsequent Creation!

 With open eyes she flew into his meshes and, in her own way, poisoned the entire Subsequent Creation by changing pure concepts into distorted images, which inevitably brought confusion to all human spirits.

 The pure flower of noble womanhood, the crown of this Subsequent Creation, debased itself under the influence of the tempter and soon became the poison plant which, with its glittering colours and seductive fragrance, attracts all to the spot where it flourishes, to the ''swamp'', into the sultry softness of which the victims thus allured sink. 

Woe unto woman! 

Because she did not make proper use of the highest of all values bestowed upon her, she will inevitably be the first upon whom the  Sword of Divine Justice will fall, unless she decides to use the special mobility of her spiritual intuition, so peculiarly her own, to take the lead in the necessary ascent of mankind out of the ruins of such a faulty structure of perverted conceptions, which only arose through Lucifer's promptings!

 Instead of setting the example of honestly striving for the white blossom of noble purity and adorning herself with it, she chose to indulge in coquetry and vanity, the playground of which is a wrongly cultivated social life. 

Woman fully sensed that she was losing thereby the genuine ornament of womanhood, and grasped at the substitute offered to her by the Darkness. 

She sought to offer her physical charms for sale and became a shameless slave of fashion, as a result of which she sank still further into the abyss, dragging men along with her by stimulating their instincts, which inevitably hindered the unfolding of their spirits. 

All those who thus failed and became rotten fruit in this Creation had planted within themselves the seed which now, in the necessary Judgment, must cause their destruction through the reciprocal action, because it made them incapable of withstanding the roaring and purifying storms!

 Let no one soil his hands by helping the worshippers of the idol of vanity and coquetry if they stretch out their arms to be saved in their hour of need! 

Let them sink, push them away, they have no valuable qualities which could be used in the new building up that has been promised! 

They do not see how absurd and hollow are their actions! 

They laugh at and ridicule the few who try to preserve for themselves the decency and purity of true womanhood, at those who did ''not ''permit the delicate feeling of shame, the most beautiful ornament of girl and woman, to be extinguished, but their mocking shall soon change to cries of dismay and thus be stifled!

 It is as if the woman of Subsequent Creation is standing on the sharp edge of a knife, because of the great gifts bestowed upon her. 

She must now give an account of what sha has done with them up to the present! 

There can be no excuse for her! 

It is impossible to turn and retrace her steps, for the time is up! 

They should all have thought of it before, and should have known that ''their'' opinion cannot oppose the adamantine Will of God, in which there is nothing but ''Purity'', clear as crystal! 

The woman of the future, however, who has been able to preserve herself and her values during the dissolute period of modern Sodom and Gomorrah, together with those who will be newly born, will at  last bring womanhood to that blossom where all who approach her do so in holy awe and ''purest'' veneration. 

She will be ''the'' woman who lives according to God's Will, that is, who ''so'' stands in Creation that she is like the radiant crown, which indeed she can and shall be, permeating everything with the vibrations she absorbs from the Luminous Heights and passing them on undimmed by virtue of her ability, which lies in the delicacy of the feminine intuitive perception. 

The Son of God's words ''Watch and pray'' will be embodied in every woman of the future, as they should already be in every woman of today, '' for in the vibrations of the feminine ability to perceive intuitively lies that perpetual watchfulness and most beautiful praying which are pleasing to God, providing she strives towards purity and the Light!''

 Such a vibration brings the experience of heartfelt gratitude and joy, and ''that'' is prayer as it should be! 

At the same time the vibrations contain  a constant warning to be on guard at all times, that is, ''to watch!'' 

For everything nasty that tries to approach, and every evil volition, is sensed by such delicately sensitive vibrations and is noticed before it can become a thought. 

Thus it is made easy for the woman ''always'' to protect herself in time, unless she herself ''wants it otherwise!'' 

In spite of the fineness of the these vibrations they hold a power which can remodel ''everything'' in Creation. 

There is nothing which could resist this power, for in it is Light and therefore Life! 

This was well known to Lucifer! 

Therefore he mainly directed his attacks and temptations towards womanhood! 

He knew that ''everything'' would succumb to him if he succeeded in winning over woman. 

And unfortunately he succeeded only too well, as everybody who wishes to can clearly see today. 

For this reason the Call from the Light is again addressed in the first place to woman! 

She ''ought to be able'' to recognise to what depths she has fallen! 

She ought to, if . . . her vanity permitted it! 

But ''this'' snare of Lucifer holds all womanhood so fast bound that she can no longer recognise the Light, and even ''no longer wishes to''! 

She no longer wishes to because modern woman cannot forgo her life of frivolous trifling, although she is vaguely aware of what she has lost through it. ''Indeed she knows it only too well!'' 

And to dull this warning intuitive perception, which is the equivalent of ''knowing'', she throws herself headlong and struck with blindness into the newest folly - - ''emulating'' man in his profession and his whole being! 

Instead of returning to genuine womanhood, the most precious possessions in all Creation, and thus to the task allotted to her by the Light!

 It is ''she'' who robs man of all that is sublime and thereby prevents the flowering of noble manhood!

 ''No nation and no people can flourish and  prosper where the man is unable to look up to the woman in her womanliness''! 

Only genuine, purest womanhood can awaken and lead a man to great deeds! 

Nothing else! 

And ''that'' is the vocation of a woman in Creation according to God's Will! 

Through this she uplifts her nation and all humanity, ''yes'' even the whole of Subsequent Creation, for in her gentle working alone lies that sublime power which is irresistible and compelling and, if of the purest volition, blessed by Divine Power. 

There is nothing to equal it, for she carries beauty in its purest form into everything she does and everything that proceeds from her! 

That is why her weaving should permeate the whole Creation, refreshing, uplifting, furthering and animating, like a breath from the longed - for - Paradise! This was the pearl among the gifts of your Creator that Lucifer grasped at ''first of all'', with all his cunning and malice knowing that that was the best method with  which to tear away your hold and your  striving towards the Light! 

For in woman lies the precious secret that is able to set free the purity and sublimity of every thought, the inspiration to the greatest activity and noblest deeds -- provided that she is the woman the Creator intended her to be when He lavished these gifts upon her. 

You let yourselves be duped too easily! 

You succumb to the temptations without a fight! 

As a willing slave of Lucifer woman now directs her beautiful Divine gifts to serve contrary purpose, and thereby brings the entire Subsequent Creation under the dominion of the Darkness. 

Of everything that God wanted to come into existence for the joy and happiness of all creatures in this Creation, only repulsive caricatures are present! 

Of course everything did come into existence, but changed and distorted through the influence of Lucifer. 

Wrong! 

The woman of Subsequent Creation made herself the mediator in this matter. 

A gruesome bog spread over the clear soil of purity, and radiant enthusiasm was replaced by sensual orgies!

 ''Now'' you are willing to fight, but against every demand of the Light, so that you can remain in that state of vain self - satisfaction which intoxicates you! There are not many who today are capable of meeting a clear gaze steadfastly. 

The majority turn out to be leprous, whose beauty - - true womanhood - - has already been eaten away and can never be restored again. 

If after some years many who can still be saved recall all that they regard today as being beautiful and good, they will be disgusted with themselves.

 It will seem like awakening and recovery from the most terrible fever - dreams! 

Just a woman was able to drag the whole Subsequent Creation down deeply, so also has she the power once more to uplift and further it, for man will follow her lead in this. 

The time will come soon after the purification when one can joyously call out : ''Look at woman as she should be, the 'genuine' woman in all her greatness, her noblest purity and power!'' 

Then you will experience through her the words of Christ, ''Watch and pray'', in all naturalness and in the most beautiful form!

                                                                                                                            PRAYER.

IF PRAYER is to be  spoken of at all, then the following words are naturally only meant for those who concern themselves with prayer. 

He who does not feel the inner urge to pray may well refrain from doing so, for his words or his thoughts would inevitably dissolve into nothingness.

 If prayer is not felt deeply within, through and through, it has no value, and therefore will have no effect. 

The best foundation for a prayer which may be expected to have effect lies in those moments of spontaneous thankfulness arising out of great happiness or deepest pain resulting from heartfelt grief. 

In such moments a person is filled with one particular intuitive perception which dominates all else. 

This enables the main wish of the prayer, be it gratitude or a request, to receive undimmed power. 

People often have a wrong picture of how a prayer comes into existence, what happens to it, and how it further develops.

 Not every prayer penetrates to the Highest Ruler of the Universe. 

On the contrary, it is a very rare exception when a prayer is actually able to ascend to the steps of His Throne.

 Here also the basic Law of the Power of Attraction of Homogeneous Species plays the principal role. 

A prayer which is seriously and deeply felt will be attracted to and itself attract those of similar nature, and come into contact with a power - centre of a kind identical to the main theme of the prayer. 

Those power - centres can also be called sections of the spheres or something similar -- basically it  all amounts to the same! 

The main wish of the prayer will become effective through reciprocal action. 

It will either bring calmness, strength, recovery, plans suddenly arising in the mind, the solution to difficult problems, or other things.

 Something good will always come of it, be it only increased composure and balance of mind, which will in turn lead to a solution and some way out of difficulty.

 It is also possible that the prayer sent out, having received increased power through the reciprocal action of homogeneous power - centres, will find an ethereal path to people who, being stimulated through this, will in some way bring help and thus fulfilment of the prayer.

 All these happenings will be easily understood by observing ethereal life. 

Here again justice lies in the fact that it is always the inner quality of the one who prays which is decisive. 

The fervour with which he prays determines the power, i.e., the vitality and effectiveness of the prayer. 

In the great ethereal happenings in the cosmos each variety of intuitive perception finds the homogeneous species to which it belongs, because not only could it not be attracted by others, but it would even be repelled.

 Only when meeting its similar kind does a connection take place with a consequent increase in strength. 

A prayer embodying various intuitive perceptions, which still contain a certain measure of strength through the deep absorption of the one praying, will, in spite of its unconnected parts, thereby attract different things, and will also return different kinds of reciprocal effects.

 Whether this results in any kind of fulfilment will depend entirely on the nature of the separate parts, which can either foster or hinder each other. However, in every case when praying it is better to send out only ''one'' thought as an intuitive perception in order to prevent confusion. 

Nor did Christ intend the Lord's Prayer to be prayed all at once, but in it He summarised ''that'' for which a person with an earnest volition may in the first instance ask with the certainty of being heard. 

These petitions contain the foundation for ''everything'' which man needs for his physical well - being and spiritual ascent.

 They even give much more! 

They also indicate the ''lines'' which man should strive to follow during his life on earth. 

The composition of the petitions is a masterpiece in itself. 

The Lord's Prayer alone provides ''everything'' for the seeker if he penetrates into it deeply and grasp it aright. 

He would need nothing more than the Lord's Prayer! 

It shows him the whole gospel in concentrated form. 

It is the key to the Luminous Heights for him who knows how to experience it rightly.

 It can be both a ''staff'' and ''torch'' for the advance and ascent of everyone!

 What it contains is absolutely immeasurable! 

The real purpose of the Lord's Prayer is evident in the wealth of its contents. 

In the Lord's Prayer ''Jesus'' gave humanity ''the key to the Kingdom of God!''

 ''It is the very essence of His Message!'' 

But He did not intend that it should be rattled straight off! 

Man needs only to take note when he is praying to realise how often his attention wanders and how much the depth of his intuitive perception is weakened by repeating the separate petitions one after the other, even when he knows them fluently. 

It is, so that the power of the intuitive perception is impossible for him to pass from one petition to the other with the fervour necessary to a genuine prayer! 

In His own way Jesus made everything easy for mankind. 

The right expression would be ''easy enough for a child to understand''!

 Jesus particularly observed : ''Become as little children!'' 

That is, think as simply and look for difficulties as little as they do!

 He would never have expected anything so impossible from mankind as to pray the Lord's Prayer, with the deep concentration it requires, straight through. 

This should also convince humanity that Jesus wanted something different, something greater. 

He gave humanity the key to the kingdom of God, and not merely a prayer! 

It always weakens a prayer to make it manifold. 

Neither does a child come to its father with seven requests at a time, but only with that which is nearest to its heart, whether a grief or a wish. 

This is the way in which man in his distress should approach his God  with a petition about that which oppresses him. 

In most cases it will be just ''one'' particular matter, not many at once! 

Man should not pray for something that does not really bother him. 

Since such a prayer cannot come to life deep within his intuition, it becomes an empty form and quite naturally weakens some other and perhaps really necessary request. 

Therefore man should only pray for what is really necessary! 

All empty phrases should be avoided, as they are bound to fall to pieces and in time must foster hypocrisy! 

Prayer requires profound earnestness. 

Pray in quietness and purity, so that the power of the intuitive perception will be increased through quietness and receive through purity that luminous lightness which will enable the prayer to be carried upward to the heights of all that is light and pure! 

Then the supplicant will receive that fulfilment which will be most beneficial for him and really advance him in his whole being! 

The ''power'' of a prayer is ''not'' able to impel or force it upward; ''only purity'' with its corresponding lightness can do so.

 As soon as the urge to ask become alive within him, every person can achieve purity in prayer, although perhaps not in all prayers. 

It is not necessary for his whole life already to be based on purity, but while praying he will now and then be able at least to uplift himself for a few seconds in the purity of his intuitive perception. 

Not only do the peace of seclusion and deeper concentration made possible thereby help to strengthen the power of a prayer, but also every strong emotional feeling, such as fear, anxiety or joy. 

This does not mean that the fulfilment of a prayer will necessarily always correspond to and harmonise with man's ''earthly'' ideas and wishes. 

The fulfilment, in his best interests, reaches far beyond these, leading towards what is best ''for the whole'', not just earthly moment. 

If the prayer does not appear to be fulfilled this will be recognised later as the only right and best fulfilment, and the person will then be happy that things did not go according to his wish of the moment.

 Now for the question of intercession! 

People often wonder how the reciprocal effect of a prayer of intercession, i.e., a petition for someone else, can find its way to a person who has not himself prayed, since the reaction must flow back to the petitioner along the way he has paved for it.

 Here also there is no deviation from the firmly established laws. 

During a prayer the interceder thinks so intensively of the one for whom he is praying that his wishes are thereby first ''anchored'' or tied firmly to the person, and then start in their upward course from there. 

They can thus return to the other person, since the strong wishes wishes of the petitioner have already become alive and circle around him. 

The one indispensable condition, however, is that the soil within the person being prayed for is receptive and, being of a like nature, offers an anchorage and puts no obstacle in the way. 

If the soil is not receptive, thus unworthy, the fact that he intercessory prayer glances off reveals once more the wonderful justice of the Divine Laws, which cannot permit that help from outside through another person should fall on stony ground. 

This repulsing or glancing off of an intercession seeking anchorage in the person being prayed for, whose inner state has proved him unworthy, makes it impossible for help to come to him. 

Here again we find something so perfect in this automatic and natural activity that man stands amazed before the unwavering and just distribution of the fruits of what men themselves willed!

 Intercessions by people who have no definite inner urge from their intuitive perception have neither value nor success. 

They are as chaff before the wind! 

There is still another way in which genuine intercession can take effect. 

That is when it acts as a signpost! 

The prayer immediately rises upwards and points to the one needing help. 

If now, in view of the way shown to him, a spiritual messenger is sent to give aid, the possibility of help reaching the person in need is subject to the same laws of worthiness or unworthiness, thus whether he is open to it or will repulse it. 

If the person needing help has an inward leaning towards darkness, the messenger sent to help him in answer to the prayer cannot get in touch with or influence him, and must return without having accomplished anything. 

Thus the intercession could not be fulfilled because the living laws did not permit it.

 But if the soil is suitable then a genuine intercession is of immeasurable value! 

Either it brings help without the person in  need knowing it, or it unites with the wish or prayer of the person in need, thus giving him greatly increased strength.