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INITIATION
ANCIENT AND MODERN
INITIATION
BY
MAX HEINDEL
[1865-1919]
THE ROSICRUCIAN FELLOWSHIP
INTERNATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
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OCEANSIDE, CALIFORNIA, 92054, U.S.A.
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FORWARD
Within the pages of this little volume are to be found some of
the most
priceless gems belonging to the deepest phases of the Christian
religion.
These gems are the result of the spiritual investigations of that
inspired
and illumined Seer, Max Heindel, the authorized messenger of the
Elder
Brothers of the Rose Cross, who are working to disseminate
throughout the
Western World the deeper spiritual meanings which are both concealed
and re-
vealed within the Christian religion.
The various important steps as outlined in the life of our Savior,
Christ
Jesus, form the general plan of Initiation for humanity. Max
Heindel in
this work gives a deeper and more mystic insight into this
alchemical pro-
cess as it takes place in the body of man himself. For we are but "a
little
lower than the angels...and it doth not yet appear what we shall be."
This volume will be a welcome addition to the libraries of many
ministers
and church organizations throughout the world. It will sound a new
note of
inspiration and encouragement to all those who labor in His name.
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The Rosicrucian School has a priceless heritage in the
opportunity to
promulgate, during this crucial time in the spiritual evolution of
men and
nations, the esoteric teachings belonging to the Christian Church.
"Unto
whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required."
Therefore it is
in the spirit of reverence and humility that the Rosicrucian
Fellowship
dedicates the priceless teachings contained within this little book
to the
service of all humanity.
May its Truth enlighten, its Wisdom guide, and its Love enfold
all those
who come to partake of its Waters of Life. And may each one who
comes find
the Illumined Way that is outlined herein.
"The kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchantman, seeking goodly
pearls.
Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all
that he
had and bought it."
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PART I
THE TABERNACLE IN THE WILDERNESS
Chapter Page
I.--The Atlantean Mystery Temple............................. 9
II.--The Brazen Altar and Laver...............................17
III.--East Room of the Temple..................................28
IV.--The Ark of the Covenant..................................36
V.--The Sacred Shekinah Glory................................46
VI.--The New Moon and Initiation..............................54
PART II
THE CHRISTIAN MYSTIC INITIATION
I.--The Annunciation and Immaculate Conception...............63
II.--Mystic Rite of Baptism...................................75
III.--The Temptation...........................................84
IV.--The Transfiguration......................................91
V.--The Last Supper and Footwashing.........................102
VI.--Gethsemane, the Garden of Grief.........................109
VII.--The Stigmata and the Crucifixion........................114
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ILLUSTRATIONS
Page
The Tabernacle in the Wilderness (Frontpiece)
The Brazen Laver...............................................22
The Holy Place and the Holy of the Holies......................33
The Tabernacle in the Wilderness
"The Shadow of Good Things to Come".........................51
Christian Mystic Initiation: The Path Through the Heart........59
The Nine Steps of the Christian Mystic Initiation..............65
The Process of Transfiguration.................................94
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PART ONE
THE TABERNACLE
IN THE WILDERNESS
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CHAPTER ONE
THE ATLANTEAN MYSTERY TEMPLE
Ever since mankind, the prodigal spirit sons of our Father in
Heaven,
wandered into the wilderness of the world and fed upon the husks
of its
pleasures, which starve the body, there has been within man's heart a
sound-
less voice urging him to return; but most men are so engrossed in
material
interests that they hear it not. The Mystic Mason who has heard
this inner
voice feels impelled by an inner urge to seek for the Lost Word; to
build a
house of God, a temple of the spirit, where he may meet the Father
face to
face and answer His call.
Nor is he dependent upon his own resources in this quest, for our
Father
in Heaven has Himself prepared a way marked with guide posts which
will lead
us to Him if we follow. But as we have forgotten the divine Word
and would
be unable now to comprehend its meaning, the Father speaks to us
in the
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language of symbolism, which both hides and reveals the spiritual
truths we
must understand before we can come to Him. Just as we give to our
children
picture books which reveal to their nascent minds intellectual
concepts
which they could not otherwise understand, so also each God-given
symbol has
a deep meaning which could not be learned without that symbol.
God is spirit and must be worshipped in spirit. It is therefore
strictly
forbidden to make a material likeness of Him, for nothing we
could make
would convey an adequate idea. But as we hail the flag of our
country with
joy and enthusiasm because it awakens in our breasts the tenderest
feelings
for home and our loved ones, because it stirs our noblest impulse,
because
it is a symbol of all the things which we hold dear, so also do
different
divine symbols which have been given to mankind from time to time
speak to
that forum of truth which is within our hearts, and awaken our
consciousness
to divine ideas entirely beyond words. Therefore symbolism,
which has
played an all-important part in our past evolution, is still a prime
neces-
sity in our spiritual development; hence the advisability of
studying it
with our intellects and our hearts.
It is obvious that our mental attitude today depends on how we
thought
yesterday, also that our present condition and circumstances depend
on how
we worked or shirked in the past. Every new thought or idea which
comes to
us we view in the light of our previous experience, and thus we see
that our
present and future are determined by our previous living.
Similarly the
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path of spiritual endeavor which we have hewn out for ourselves in
past ex-
istences determines our present attitude and the way we must go to
attain
our aspirations. Therefore we can gain no true perspective of our
future
development unless we first familiarize ourselves with the past.
It is in recognition of this fact that modern Masonry harks back
to the
temple of Solomon. That is very well as far as it goes, but in
order to
gain the fullest perspective we must also take into consideration
the an-
cient Atlantean Mystery Temple, the Tabernacle in the Wilderness.
We must
understand the relative importance of that Tabernacle, also of the
first and
second temples, for there were vital differences between them, each
fraught
with cosmic significance; and within them all was the foreshadowing
of the
CROSS, sprinkled with BLOOD, which was turned to ROSES.
THE TABERNACLE IN THE WILDERNESS
We read in the Bible the story of how Noah and a remnant of his
people
with him were saved from the flood and formed the nucleus of the
humanity of
the Rainbow Age in which we now live. It is also stated that Moses
led his
people out of Egypt, the land of the Bull, Taurus, through waters
which en-
gulfed their enemies and set them free as a chosen people to
worship the
Lamb, Aries, into which sign the sun had then entered by precession
of the
equinox. These two narratives relate to one and the same incident,
namely,
the emergence of infant humanity from the doomed continent of
Atlantis into
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the present age of alternating cycles where summer and winter,
day and
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