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In addressing our students at this time and bringing before them the first and elementary principles of Cosmogony, our students must feel, as we do, the overwhelming impression of the deepness, the profundi­ ty, of the subject. Probably there is no other subject, no other study, embodying so many scientific principles, fraught with so many scientific proofs and yet so difficult to master completely, as is this subject. Yet it is fundamental; it is elementary; it is basic. Even the subject of God's laws, yea, even the study of God, is not as difficult to present as the very world we live in, and, truly, we cannot study G o d of God's works without a thorough comprehension of the Universe. But before we can properly take up this subject— or any other impor­ tant scientific subject— we must unde rst an d how the knowledge we seek m ay be conveyed to us. We must analyze and properly value the vari­ ous methods of arriving at facts and of substituting theories when facts are not available or known. Theories have their place in the construction of comprehensible teachings on any subject, but state­ ments made as part of a theoretical explanation should be clearly labeled as THEORETICAL and not permi tte d to pass as facts. This is the great error in our present-day system of education, and the more profound, because arcane, the subject, the more likely are we to have theories given to us in the garb of facts. When facts are NOT known and the true facts cannot be easily found or proven, theories are easily substituted without fear of contradiction, and for years, even centuries, the theories may remain in the teachings as facts and.never appear in their true light because the light of truth has not been cast up o n them. If all this is true of any subject, it is most certainly true of our system of Cosmogony as taught during the past hund re d years or more and being taught even now in the most advanced universities and college classes of the world. Copernicus was the man, his was the mind, that tried to give us a system whereby we might u n d er sta nd the universe as it is— that is, that part of it which he considered as being of interest to us.Cer­ tain facts were known to him and to others. The phases of the moon were seen constantly and were.in accordance with some law regulating the changes so accurately that future changes could be easily p re ­ dicted although the law causing the changes was not known. Sunrise and sunset were other observable facts not unders to od. Man wished to know what caused these phenomena, and in his desire for an ex­ planation various theories were conceived, and some adopted. But Copernicus evolved & complete theoretical explanation of all the phenomena, an explanation which was so satisfying, accounting for nearly every mysterious Cosmic and earthly occurrence, that mankind seized upon it, taught it to his children, and now his great - greatgreat-grand-children are still studying the same explanation and accepting it as LAW and FACT. You may ask:

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scopes and modern devices, added to, modified or altered the explan­ ation of Copernicus? Bo we not teach our children now what science has discovered since the time of Copernicus? We may answer yes, to the second question, and even yes, with some modification or quali­ fication, to the first question. B u t — and here lies the danger in all the present-day schools of science— each and every investigation and test on the part of science and scientists, since the day of Co­ pernicus, has been primarily for the purpose of PROVING the theory of Copernicus to be true, and all facts and suggestions seeming to contradict the theory of Copernicus have been either rejected or held in doubt. Therefore practically all of the ideas and theories of Copernious are embodied in our present-day teachings regarding the universe and the earth, except that they have been enlarged, exaggerated and otherwise added to. The great struggle in this subject today, on the part of those engaged in such research work, is to make the great mass of newly discovered facts fit into the theory first out­ lined. That this is true and not an opinion, you will discover be­ fore this subject is half-way completed in this course of lectures. The mass of evidence fo un d and revealed by science and scientists, which they have rejected or ignored because it does not prove, coin­ cide with, cr substantiate the old worn-out Copernican theory, will be used by us, with much other matter not knownto them, as proof cf che truth regarding the universe and the earth on which we live. Bear in mind that Copernicus did not intend to give the world a hoax. It was not -his intention to deceive, but to help us under­ stand our universe by giving us an explanation which would satisfy our desire to work out the unknown problems. Theories, false and true alike, often help to solve a problem only to show us later that the false theory served a mute and ignorant purpose, false though it was. Copernicus wa rne d the readers of his theory by stat­ ing in his manuscript that he was submitting only a working hypothe­ sis, and that if pr oofs— actual, tangible proofs— were demanded of the correctness of his theories, or if in the future science demanded iacts to substantiate his system or explanation, there were no proofs, no facts ! It is this system, questioned and doubted even oy its originator, given with qualifica.tion and apology by its spon­ sor, that we are still using, and, what is more pitiful, the childr e n o f our schools, the adults of our Colleges, are not told, when taking up this study of the Copernican theory: "Beware, for this is only theory and the man who first outlined it died centuries ago and apologized for it then and we have not learned the truth to give you." No, the students are taught the subject as LAV/ and TRUTH. All this explanation is made to you so that you ma y be prepared for tne truth^that is to be told to you in these lectures: some day, a.' ter taking half of this course, you will not rest without putting f-ome pretty hard questions to some of your learned friends who have ooen made believers of the Copernican ideas, and they may put some questions to you regarding Copernicus, so it is well for you to know

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all that has Leen said in the above words, and, further, to look in any large encyclopaedia or in the new Eleventh Edition of the En­ cyclopaedia Britannica (at home or in any Public Library) under the heading of COPERNICUS and read of his life and his ideas. This will prepare you to a.rgue many points, but, most important, it will help you to understand how we came to have the Cosmogony now taught and why we point to it as a complete failure. N o w let us seo what is the essential difference between a THEORY and the FACTS regarding any phenomenon. This will be interesting, we feel sure. Let us suppose that we, assembled in our College Hall, have ma.de a gceat scientific discovery. Someone has brought into this hall a little thing which we call a MATCH. But suppose that we did not know it as a MATCH, did not have any name for it, did not know what it was, and we looked at the little piece of wood with its strange, colored, hard end, and began to speculate. It was evidently made for some purpose. We weighed it and found it we ig hed seven grains . We rolled it between our hands and nothing seemed to happen. We did many things with it until one of our "scientific11 members (supposing now we axe a group of learned scientists making famous "discoveries" for school children and adult minds to ponder over and marvel at)— one of these "scientists" accidentally rubbed the end of the match against a piece of marble on the laboratory table. My, oh my! There was fire at once and a flame I Fire I Fire ! Can you nc-t hear that word being repeated by each one in the assembly? Then someone, who is very learned and very careful in his wide assertions and opinions, says: "Let us find another miraculous or strange thing like that I" And then the man who brought the match says, "I have some more. Here are seven." And then, we try another and rub it very carefully— "scientifically11 — on the same piece of m a r b l e , and 1 o, again there is a flame and Lire. In silence and AWE we do the same thing with a third and in­ stantly we have the same result. Then we hastily get out our "dis­ covery" note books and write down that "the results are uniform". That is our first scientific notation. Then another scientist sug­ gests that we rub the next match on wood. Doubt is expressed as to the result and w e fear to throw away one of the little things in a possible failure. But we try it, and lo 1 we have fire and flame again. Then up speaks one of the "scientists',' who says: "I am dis­ appointed, gentlemen; I would rather have had it fail that time be ­ cause I had an idea well established in my mind that I had discovered the SOJRCE and ORIGIN of all the fire in the Universe, and I was pre ­ paring my mind to write a learned book on how fire is produced through the coming into very close proximity of a certain unknown hardness to the known hardness of marble, white in color, lying flat in the day light with the sun shining upon it at an angle to be de­ termined. by the sun's rays after careful measurement with instruments of precision. But now I find that common wood, over here out of the sunlight, and not white in color, also assists in producing fire, and I am at a loss; in fact, I am dumbfounded— I cannot advance my theory and explanation of fire if this last experiment becomes known

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to the public. May we not carefully conceal this last test of the little thing? it was not truly scientifically done any \va.y. And there were three demonstrations of the contact with the marble and only one with the wood, so the preponderance of scientific evidence favors the idea I wish to advance that fire is caused SOLELY by bringing that unknown mineral element against the smooth surface of the marble, in the rays of the sunshine, etc, etc, etc." But some of the other "scientists" object. They, too, have an idea in mind. They wish to have fame and glory as discovery announcers and they insist that the next little piece of wo o d — the fifth piece — be struck or rubbed against a piece of VERY ROUGH, unpolished stone, Lo i again there is fire and flame, and the man with the marble idea stands aghast. Science in its wild hunt for truth is defaming him and his ideas. He will leave our institution and seek a more conservative o n e . Then someone suggests that the piece of wo o d be rubbed against a piece of metal. Ah, let us try common iron, rusty and unclean, and over in the darkest room, far away from the sun light. Lo I again a fire and flame, but the light of the fire seemed brighter, it even illuminated the beclouded countenances of the group. The seeming brighter light of the flame (because of the darkness of the room) was mistaken and another notation was placed in the "discovery" note books; "darkness as well as sunlight assist in making fire." A n d now the last little piece of wo o d is to be tried, for the eighth piece must be saved for the great museum of scientific discoveries, and never used. It was suggested that we rub this one on cloth; that would be a wonderful test, for cloth is softer than any of the other substances used. And, lo ! again the fire came as the match was rubbed on the sleeve of the coat of the directing professor. N ow what was to be said? Ah, we must at once retire individually to our studies, our sanctums, and devote at least a month to deep thought. We must find the LAW; yes, the Law, the great Law that underlies the almost supernatural phenomenon we have witnessed— FIRE PRODUCED. Fire produced wher e there was no fire. Not by flint and steel, not by the methods known then, but by some unknown method. But we can­ not announce our discovery to the world without be ing prepared with a very learned explanation of the law. Yes, yes, let us have a law. (They might just as well say "any law").

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Continuation of Lesson Number One. LESSON NUMBER ONE-AMonths later we read in the most advanced scientific papers the following startling announcement: The Phvsio-genesis of Spontaneous F i r e . Professors Sulphur-Head and Birds-Eye, Dean and Chief Instructor, re­ spectively, of the Theoretical University of Fabricated Science, an­ nounce at last the startling discovery which has occupied the daily attention of the entire class in neo-cheinistry and pseudo physics at Luna Park during the last session of the Convention of Profiteering Text-Book Writers. It appears from the learned explanations offered very guardedly by those who can be induced to speak regarding this revolutionary, or revolutionizing, discovery, that one of their n um­ ber has been at w o r k for eighty-nine years on the problem of spontan­ eous generation of combustible minerals hypothetically approximated in their proximity to conditions energizing the latent causticity, the acrimony and ebullition and effervescence of which is made to splutter and. forthwith manifest a most excitable condition of ambi­ tion after its lethargy in the close confines of a mineral combina­ tion which adheres to the far-away end of a slender piece of wood of the species r ah ra hw ah kob is . The necessary manifestation is caused by what may be termed agita­ tion; however, it more closely resembles persuasion in its applica­ tion; for the hybrid end of the piece of wood was firmly, though quite scientifically, stimulated or awakened, as it were, to use lan­ guage which the unlearned lay mind may quite comprehend, by rubbing it on a foreign substance unassociated with it in any perceptible chemical manner. As mediums for such stimulation the following arti­ cles were used; Lohogystro, known commonly as marble, rahrahwaftome or another specie of wood, hard-water, known as glass, pig-metalis, known as common iron, and cementutus, known as stone, and lastly, fas hi on - st uf f- us , known as cloth. The unanimous finding of the learned scientists who participated in the experiments and processes is that all the fire in the world is caused by "friction". This includes the sunlight, all heat and flames and all light, including the light of the mysterious firefly, whose secret process science is now about to steal and use in other ways than amusing children at night. The name "friction" is given to the gentle process of rubbing the aforesaid unknown mineral element on the various specified elements. The word is derived from the name of Professor Frick, who was the first scientist to discover what agitation really is by announcing to the world, as he did some­ time ago, that there was no man in the moon and that lovers must look to Venus for their star-gazing invocations. It is intended by the University to demonstrate that all fire must be generated through the use of this device plus the assistance of

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friction. "Without such friction this strange mineral will not pro­ duce fire and we have tested every other method of causing the miner al to explode into fame without result," said Professor Shortsight­ ed, in an interview last night. "Friction on just the few elements we mention is the only method of producing a flame or fire at the end of the piece of wood. This is the great LAW we sought for and now that we have found it our latest text books on fire and heat will contain this law and it will mean a great commerical boost for the sale of pieces of marble, pieces of dark wood, pieces of iron with rust, pieces of rough stone, and certain kinds of coat sleeves in or­ der that every housewife and every factory and institution may have fire from these things plus the mineral and the agitation called friction."

Here, friends and students, we have an excellent example of how theories are made, manufactured and sold— sold in text books as LAWS for you and me and others to study. Someday someone will hold one of chose mysterious matches near a hot stove and the little mineral end of the match will explode and produce flame without any friction, without marble or wood or stone or iron or cloth--without contact with any thing and then, ah J then the professors will invent a new theory and publish the "very latest text book on the production of fire" or, if that is not PROFITABLE, they will keep in darkness the fact that their theory is wrong and vie shall have to go on without knowing the truth. But we have made the point clear. Theories are invented to explain what is not known. Theories cover a multitude of sinful omissions in the study of facts. A theory is usually the most plausible ex­ planation of a condition or manifestation which requires some sort of explanation. A good theory saves much time in hunting for truth. Now we will apply all this to our study of the theories and laws and principles of COSMOGONY. We will be able to see the theories now that we know them by their method of manufacture. No w let us be very serious for a few minutes and look with true rev­ erence upon the subject to which we are to give our entire thoughts for a while. During the various lectures on this subject we will use a process of impressing our minds and memories with the thoughts which should re­ main uppermost. This process will have as its basis the psycholog­ ical phenomenon known as "visualizing". Therefore, whenever in the lecture you are told to "visualize" what has been described or is b e ­ ing described, you are to stop reading for a few minutes at that point in the lecture, close your eyes and mentally picture the scene, idea or conception given to you in the words. This will permit the picture, and with it the thought, to pass into your deeper conscious­ ness for future use.

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N ow if it were possible for us to lift ourselves into space, far away from and above the surface of this earth, and view this earth as though we were mid-way between the earth and the mo on — what do you suppose we should see? As once we think of the ideas given to us by our school books and by the pictures therein. Let us review what we have been told: The picture we would see would be that of a round body, a huge ball, floating in space, covered by land and water, it wou ld appear to be revolving and at the same time slowly moving through the space all around us. Off in the distance we would oee a greater ball of fire which we call the sun, and in different places in the space we would also see smaller spheres, or balls, while back of us is the white sphere we call the moon. But in every direction we w o u l d see in the space hundreds of smaller spheres, or bodies, with more or less brightness, and these we are told are other planets and stars, etc. And as we look around us and peer into the distance we notice that as far as we can see there is space and nothing but the little dots or points of illumination representing distant planets or stars. There seems to be no end to the space, no end to the universe, no end to the planets in it, and THE LITTLE EARTH ON WHICH W E LIVE AND WHICH WE LOOK AT, FLOATING IN SPACE, is only one of the many planets and it is not even the largest of the many. Now close your eyes and visualize that picture for a moment.

Such is the picture we have been told to keep of our universe and the relation of our earth to the other elements of the universe. Think­ ing, then, of ourselves, of each of us individually, as a simgle human^bei ng on one of the many planets in that great endless space, we begin to wonder if, after all, the individual destiny of a human life ca.n be of any considerable concern to the scheme of the universe and TO GOD WHO RULES IT ALL. Pondering over this thought of the individ­ ual relation of man to the whole universe causes us to slowly feel and realize that man is an insignificant element, a mere grain of sand, a hardly necessary element or part so far as one individual is concerned. A n d this idea belittles our place in the world and makes us feel that we cannot truly have any specific attunernent, any deep or ponderous connection with God and the universe and that, therefore, Gods and nature's concern in and for us is very, very small J-f at- all.

This is, essentially, the greatest error, the greatest Bin, the greatest obstacle against our advancement, our comprehension of God, and our relation to God and to other humans on this earth. It is this mistaken idea that must be removed from our intellect before we Proceed a proper understanding of even the first elements of Cosmology and Cosmogony. In the first place, let us consider or name the conception of the ^ ^ - ^ erse as ^ was just pictured to you, as the COPERNICAN CONCEP­ TION, for reasons which will be apparent very soon. Whenever, in future lectures, we refer to the Copernican Conception, you will know

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that me mean the picture of the universe with its limitless space and millions of planets just referred to. Now this conception of endless creation, endless space, continous nothingness, beginning nowhere, ending nowhwere, formless, conforming to nothing, following no rule as to form (for endless space cannot have form or be according to any scheme or plan)— all this, mi n d you, is the ONLY SIMILAR CONDI­ TION TO BE FOUND IN THE WHOLE OF GOB'S SCHEME OF THINGS, and is the ONLY EXCEPTION to Nature's p l a n s and methods in the whole world of creation. Perhaps you have heard of the terms MACROCOSM and MICROCOSM? Per­ haps you have heard of the phrase: As above b o below? Perhaps you have heard of the term: The Infra World? Each of these terms and phrases will mean much to you very shortly, but if you try to fit them with the picture of the Copernican Conception you will fail utterly to see any sense in them. And so, preparatory to our next lecture and during the time that elapses, if you can find it con­ venient to look up these terms and words in the dictionary or any encyclopaedia, it will repay you. Incidentally we will introduce here our first symbol to be used in our study of creation: the symcol of the triangle— a triangle with three equal sides, with its point upward, so to speak. This is one of the most ancient of sym­ bols and it has always represented creation and it will help us to understand one of the fundamental laws of God and all nature: that law is: "The progression of creation moves in a cycle of evolution and devolution, the apex of evolution being the beginning of devolution and the last point of devolution being the first point of evolution again. And midway between the point of the beginning and the apex of evolution, and m i d ­ way between the point of the beginning of devolution and the last point of devolution there are lines which separate the great wo rl d of manifestation from the lesser world of manifestation. The Infra Wo rl d is the lesser world of manif estation. 11 Speculate upon this. See what you can find in this regard in any book and keep these thoughts in your mi nd every hour until our next lecture. This ends the first lecture of this Term.

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In our last lecture a law was given to you which most naturally form­ ed itself into a symbol having a triangle as its basis. That we may have this symbol clearly established in our minds, and at the same time definitely pictured in our lessons, we shall draw it and retain the symbol in our notes. Undoubtedly it is best to evolve this symbol and show how it comes to be so significant. First we will make the triangle in this manner, referring to illus­ tration No.l:

W e see that if the one side of the triangle, approaching the apex, is the side representing evolution, and if the other side represents devolution, we must divide the triangle in two parts. This we do by drawing a straight line from the apex down to the base, as shown in Illustration No. 2. The apex of the triangle— the very tip of it— is the point where the evolution ends and devolution begins. On the base line of the triangle, where the straight line touches it (as in­ dicated by the letter A in Illustration No. 2 ), we have the point where devolution ends and evolution begins. Thus we have two points of ending and begin nin g— at A and B in illustration No. 2. N o w our law, given in the last lecture, and which we will call CRE­ ATIVE LAW NO. ONE, says that midway between the beginning of evolution and the ending of evolution there is a line which divides the lesser w o r l d of creation from the greater world of evolution. So we will put a point on our triangle on the evolution side half way between A and B. This gives another point which we will call _C (in Illustra­ tion No. 3). And the law also says that midway between the beginn­ ing of devolution and the end of devolution there is a line which di­ vides the greater world of devolution from the lesser world of devo­ lution. So we make another point on the DEVOLUTION side of the tri­ angle, half way between B and A> and rnaxk this point with the letter D. (in illustration No. 3.) N ow if we connect the points _C and D w i t h a line we have the symbol show in illustration No. 4.

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In the symbol shown in Illustration Ho. 5 we have the great creative laws well symbolised. Here we see that the upper half of the triangle represents the UPP ER WORLD of manifestation— and the lower half rep­ resents the LOW ER WORLD, or, in other words, the Infra World. W e also see that one side cf the triangle represents the progress of EVOLU­ TION and the other side the progress of DEVOLUTION. Before we go any further let us analyze these terms and be sure that we have clear definitions of them. EVOLUTION is the process, operating according to definite laws, whereby the c o n structive forces of nature work harmoniously to buil d up, improve and. refine all of nature's manifestations, evolving and developing them in specie and function to the highest manifestation or naiure possible. DEVOLUTION is the opposite process, also operating according to defi­ nite laws, whereby the seemingly destructive process of forces of nature work harmoniously to tear down, break into lesser and smaller or primitive elements, all of nature's manifestations which have already h a d full and complete perfect expression, and thus supply trie primitive elements for evolution to begin vfith again and aga>.n. THE INFRA WORLD or LESSER WOP.LD is that domain or world of nature's manifestations where alul that is and has existence or expression in it is of microscopic?,! or minute form, too small to be seen

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by the na k e d eye, too elementary to have complete or independent existence, or too primitive to have specie and function. It con­ tains all the el'ements produced by devolution in its process of breaking up, and all of evolution's elements in the first stages of being built up and revitalized. The UPPER WORLD contains all of nature's highest manifestations on the earth plane. It contains the elements of evolution which are still being developed to reach to perfection in specie or function, and also all of the elements in process of evolution which are in perfect manifestation and have reached the last point of evolution (the apex of the triangle). It also contains all the elements of devolution which have ended their evolution and are now being disintegrated and separated preparatory to be­ coming the very lowest and most primitive elements in the lower world. DISINTEGRATION is a process whereby matter of a complex form or na­ ture becomes separated into the elements composing it. In this way minerals br ea k down into molecules, atoms and electrons. The trunks of trees, for instance, pass through what is common­ ly called "rotting" and become simple elements "of the dust of the ground". All plant life, all mineral life, and all animal life finally disintegrate and form thousands of primitive ele­ ments which find their way into the earth and there, after a certain p e r i o d of complete rest and separation from the form in which they m a n i fes te d before, are slowly re-united by nature's forces and begin evolution again in a new form. Eefore we can have any proper and comprehensive understanding of nature*s manifestations in the UPPER WORLD we must know what is fund­ amental in the Infra World. W e are safe in saying that the greatest mistake made in studying the phenom ena of the upper world— which in­ cludes the study of Sciences generally, such as C o s m o g o n y , Cosmology, Man, and all that is on or above the earth— is in studying these things first and from them trying to glimpse some conception of the Infr a world or of both worlds united. A great scientist once said that he could spend a lifetime in the study of the Infra Wo rld as he found it on the point of a needle. He meant by this that enough of the Infra World's manifestations could be placed on the point of a needle so that, under a powerful mic ro­ scope, it would afford a lifetime of study. That is true, if the in­ tention of such study w o u l d be to discover some of nature's secrets as revealed on the point of a n e ed le— for even a lifetime would not reveal nature's secrets b y such mere examination of the manifesta­ tions. A drop of water which we can plainly see by the n a k e d eye has evolved to the size and manifestation of something which is properly one of the manifestations belonging to the UPPER WORLD. But by placing

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that drop of water under a powerful microscope many things unseen by the naked eye are revealed and we find we have opened another world of manifestation— the IMTRA WORLD, the world contained within the drop of water. 7»'e could see, if our microscope was powerful enough, the manifestation of the cells, the elements composing the water, and in those cells we could see the elements composing even them; and in these also could be seen other elements from the lower world— the smallest cells in existence— the primitive, first form, of nature's manifestations. A drop of blood belongs to the upper world— it is an evolved thing reaching a high state of perfection when it is in nor­ mal condition and healthy but under the microscope that drop of blood reveals another world inside of it, the chemical world of the earl­ iest manifestation, and we could see cells of many forms and tints of color and each-of these cells would contain other cells or elements — those which enter into the composition of blood— minerals of many kinds, magnetic points of vitality. To make the matter picturesque, we may compare the upper and lower worlds in this manner. At that moment and minute of time that the baby chick breaks through the shell of the egg and steps out into the outer world, it, as a manifestation of nature, passes the line on the TRIANGLE at the place marked C in illustration No. 5, and passes from the Infra or Lower world into the upper world. When the seed con­ taining the germ of life is vitalized in the egg, that egg and all its elements are in the Infra World, the Lower World, somewhere along the path of evolution from the point A on the triangle toward C. Up to the point G the egg is evolving in the Infra W o r l d but after it crosses that point in the process of evolution it enters the Upper wo rl d and continues to evolve in the Upper World until it reaches per­ fection at.the point B. It is not our purpose to touch upon the creation of life or to study cell life and the various steps of evolution at just this time in our work and thought on the principles of Cosmogony. But what you should have in mind, as have we who have carefully examined all the laws and principles, is that the statement, previously referred to, "as above £o below" is so true in principle that we must take it into consider­ ation. if you look again at the triangle diagram on the preceding p age you will see that there is a very great similarity in the two halves of the triangle representing the Lower and Upper Worlds, just as identical in action as the two halves representing Evolution and Devolution. ‘ The great lesson learned from a study of both of these two worlds is that the same fundamental laws and principles applying in one apply in the other. Can you imagine, for instance, that the great laws which cause Evolution to carry on its great work in the Lower World would^ ce different or reversed in the Upper world? Or to put the question in another form, can you imagine that any of the great con­ structive principles involved in the process of building up and perpr nation of the world have any exceptions and operate differently in regard to the perfection of some parts of the universe?

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What, then, are the great fundamental laws of creation which operate so universally, so generally, and so wonderfully that man's m i n d must he almost infinite in its thinking to fully appreciate them? This is what we must begin with at once. We must have those laws defi­ nitely stated and clearly comprehended and at once the greatest m ys ­ teries of the Universe begin to reveal themselves in their true na­ ture and finally the MYSTERIES DISAPPEAR. So our next lecture will begin with a new presentation of these laws. W e shall take them, one by one, and note the consistency of them. Here in the vicinity of our College Halls and Campus we have cypress trees. This is the only place in Ame ric a where cypress trees are to be found. (The cypress trees referred to were on the College grounds in California.) Ferhaps they can be found in no other place than here and in the Orient. But as soon as those who are familiar with tree life, vegetable life and botany hear of the cypress trees here in this Valley of Amorc, they say: "There is a particular ki n d of soil there; otherwise cypress trees wou ld not grow there. There must be a certain atmospheric condition exactly like that in the Orient, else the cypress trees could not live there". And examination shows that there is this peculiar soil and this wonderful climate necessary for cypress trees. So exact is the law of nature, so precise her rules and regulations, that though America has many, many trees and has many degrees and natures of climate in her various sections, on­ ly where a certain soil combined with a certain climate exists can the Cypress trees live. The cypress trees could not exist at the North Pole, with its coldness, or in the southern section of Florida, with its warm climate. All of which, leading to speculation and meditation, makes us real­ ize that when someone offers us an explanation or a theory or a pic­ ture or a statement regarding our Universe, or regarding nature's manifestations, which includes man y reversals of nature's fundamen­ tal laws and belies the universal precision of God's plans of crea­ tion, we should reject the offer and cast it aside as ■unworthy, false and misleading. For additional reading during the time between this and the next lec­ ture, our students should read the various definitions in some good dictionary or encyclopaedia of the words: Devolution, Evolution, Disintegration, and any of the other terms u sed in this lecture.

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In our last lecture reference was made to the fact that all of n a ­ ture's laws, all of God's laws operate without ever manifesting an exception to the fundamental principles upon which those laws are based. In the course of study that we are now pursuing it is necessary that we make specific reference to the fundamental laws of the PRINCIPLE OF CREATION. Nowhere do we notice the great COSMIC MIND, the Divine Mind, manifes­ ting itself so plainly as in the process of elementary creation. We may marvel at the wonderful intelligence revealed in the process whereby atoms are u n i t e d to form molecules of matter and in uniting always adhere to some peculiar form of symbol. We may marvel at the intelligence displayed in the action of one element upon or toward another in the processes of chemistry. Our course of study in Ar ­ cane Chemistry and Physics may cause the m in d of man to sense the great Divinity of God's ways and laws an principle after principle is explained and demonstrated by the student. But nothing is so marve­ lous, so wonderful and truly mystifying as the fundamental principles which we shall study in these lessons and which reveal themselves in the most minute forms of creation. The very first principle ^hat we note in the fundamental law of crea.tion is that THE CREATIVE POWER OR ENERGY IS DUAL.

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By this is meant that the power or energy that not only assists in the creation, or building up of creation, but animates all creation, is dual in nature. It has two dualities, or two conditions, each r.ccessary to the other, each having an action or_ the other. The old ph i}o s o n h e r s . the ancient scientists, looked for the power or energy that animated all creation without realizing that it was a dual power, and even today modern science attempts to discover the source of ail life by seeking some energy which is single in nature. Therefore, the scientists of today, like the men of old, find but the tae element, the one part, the one half of the dual energy, and with that separated part they try to make such experiments as will dupli­ cate the creative action of the true dual energy. The reason for this is that this wonderful dual energy u s e d by naall creation is half earth energy and the ether half rs COS­ MIC ENERGY. We might say, just at this time for the sake of clearness, earth energy is a NEGATIVE ENERGY and the Cosmic a POSITIVE ri'i2RGY. The two combined make a complete unit of creative energy; separated, neither one Till create or even manifest. cw the earth plane,

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in which we find so much power, is overcharged with the NEGATIVE energy. It is easily discovered, uti l i z e d and even measured "by accu­ rate instruments of precision, and for this reason those who are not familiar with the true nature of creative energy find nothing but this negative energy of the earth and with it try to duplicate n a ­ ture's activities. They do not knew of the existence of a separate COSMIC ENERGY and therefore do not apply it or even attempt to unite it with the earth's negative energy— therefore their attempts to stimulate nature's creation fail utterly. It is not our purpose tc study this great creative force at just this time, for there are many lectures pertaining to this later on in the course, when such knowledge will he more fitting. But we are to study at this time some ci the manifestations of that power and the first principle of such manifestation is the next great principle of creation. It is this: THE GREAT CREATIVE ENERGY DIVIDES ITSELF TC COMPOSE FORMS IN ALL ELEMENTS OF CREATION. One may read or hear the above law without realizing its wonderful significance, but finally it will make the proper impression, and we will come to see h o w important this revelation is. To make it more plain at this time, ciple. It is this:

let us take the next great prin­

THE FORM INTO WHIC H THE CREATIVE ENERGY MOULDS OR SHAPES ITSELF IS ALSO DUAL IN NATURE. IT IS CELLULAR IN SHAPE, WITH A NEGATIVE BODY A'T' A POSITIVE CONDITION WITHIN. Now let us review these two principles together. The creative en­ ergy is dual in nature: Positive and Negative. In the process of creation these two Qualities or :onditions of the creative energy separate so that they may unite in the form into which creation will manifest itself. Even a casual examination of the workings of an electric bell, an floctric light, 01 any c J her electric manifestation. irTi..l show us oh at it is necessary for a no si tire and negatjLve. cone it ion or quality v.o come together to give us any manifesta.tion of the power of elec­ tricity. For this reason TV?0 wires are connected with each bell, each, light, and each pie'“e of mechanism operated by c? cctric current; ior an electric current *s also dual in nature. having two qualities or conditions, and these two must come together to make a. manifesta­ tion. Neither one of them alone, like neith"r one c the wires, will make a manifestation. By studying the Infra Wo r l d and examining closely into the process "V nature as revoaTied in the smallest elements of creation at the point of the trieugl„ wheie evolution begins ,see iliusoration N o . 5

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in our last lecture) we f ind that the very first element or form of living matter is a cell— the minute cell that must be examined under the microscope to be seen. This little cell we may call protoplasm or just a cell of LIVING MATTER, but the point we wish to note is that it is in the shape of a perfectly formed sphere, like a perfect­ ly round drop of water. This is the form of all cell life, though under the microscope, because of pressure, some cells may flatten out and appear not to be perfectly round. No w a chemical and analytical study of these cells reveals n a t u r e ’s laws as truly as would a study of the universe or any other manifes­ tation of a great size, and, according to the law that "as above so below", we may very profitably study the Infra W o r l d and note how nature begins her creations. In a cell of protoplasm we have a minature world. All that exists in nature is represented in the small cell of protoplasm. A mystic who was a great scientist once said: "In the cells of life I can find all nature, all the Universe, the Divine Mind, the force that rules the world, and, even G o d . " This is so true J So let us examine the cell from just a casual point of view. In our courses in chemistry and botany, cell life is more completely treat­ ed, but here we shall seek fox just casual facts. Therefore the following facts are taken from various standard books on the subject of Cells. These facts are acknowledged by every scientific authority and are NOT our theories or statements, 1st.

All plants and animals consist of cells and their derivatives.

2nd. In resolving any structure into its smallest division, or com­ ponent elements, it is found that the smallest possible subdivision compatible with life is the cell. 3rd. The Cell is, of structure.

therefore,

considered as the histological element

4th. All cells have certain special functions, some of which are (a) to nourish themselves and grow; (b) to move and have motion; (c) to produce other cells. L o w these facts m a y not seem important except as they relate to a minute study of cell life, but the point to be noticed is that the facts reveal a universal law, one of the fundamental laws of life and CREATION. There is the point. In dealing with cell life we are dealing with CREATION, and if the cells reveal a fundamental law of creation, we have no right to assume, as Histology, Geology and As ­ tronomy assume, that these laws of creation REFER ONLY TO Animal and Plant life. A fundamental law of creation must be fundamental to all creation.

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The principles involved in the creation of the smallest form of liv­ ing matter E7JST ALSO OPERATE in the creation of the largest forms of living matter. And we can eleminate the term "LIVINO HATTER" for, as we shall pce, all matter is LIVING HATTER. The term has always meant a kind of matter that was passing through its constructive p eri od and had^ some form of consciousness. Dead Matter meant matter that was decaying or disintegrating. By refering to the diagram in lecture No.Two we see that the process of disintegration, or of DEVOLUTION, is only a phase of the same law that causes EVOLUTION, and that as matter com­ pletes the entire circle from creation, through evolution, then _ through devolution hack to creation again, matter is ALUAYS ALIVE^ At no time is matter dead. It is the life activity, the action of life in matter, that causes it to disintegrate and seemingly decay, just as life causes it to come together again and evolve into nevrer forms of matter. So the fundamental law of creation of matter is easily observed in cell life and we f in d the cell formation the fundamental form of creation. On the other hand, we f in d similar evidence, indisputable, in even a casual examination of the law underlying the creation of elementary matter. The very first principles set forth in all text books on matter and its composition are those which are proven by demonstration and which are not the result of theories. They are as follows: Ist. Hatter is composed of divisible elements. 2nd. The elements of matter can be divided again into units compos­ ing the elements, 3rd. Those units are atoms,

and the atoms are composed of electrons.

4th. Electrons and atoms, the two primary forms of elements entering into the composition of matter, are cells in form. oth. In the process of electrons uni ti ng to form an atom, and of various atoms forming together to make a molecule, the law of the triangle, square and circle manifests itself. N o w the important points here are that electrons and atoms, the smallest and primary units of matter, are cells in form and shape. Each is cell shape, like the cells in living matter, and each adds itssli to other similar cells, just like the cells of matter, until gross matter is itself made of cells, like the flesh and tissue of the human body is composed of cells of living matter. There is another point, however,

which brings us to a subject which

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we will have to deal with more completely in our next lecture, but, briefly, it is this: Both the cells of living matter (as found in flesh and in plant life) and the cells of gross matter, such as atoms, have similar natures, similar structures, and similar functions. Both have an outer wall, b o t h have a centre point or place of energy, both have certain rates of vibration, and BOTH ARE ENDOWED WITH A CERTAIN COSKIC ENERGY KNOWN AS L I F E . Furthermore, both kinds of cells send forth their vibrations, both revolve in motion, both contain within them a small universe of energy and power, and both have their great energy radiating from the centre out toward the wall of the cell. Reviewing the above statements we find that cell life offers a won­ derful study of creative laws, and these laws reveal certain funda­ mental principles of creation which are universal, absolute, posi­ tive, never changing. Ill the foregoing facts are known as facts because we can observe these things under the microscope. They are facts belonging to the INFRA WORLD. Facts which hundreds have observed and are observing every day in laboratories, in schools and colleges, and which no one n e e d hesitate to accept. So with these facts we will begin our studies in the next lecture.

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'ow we approach the very fundamentals of our newer understanding of Cosmology 'and no doubt our students will be surprised at the state­ ments made and demand much proof and enter into muc h argument. We will not deal with theories, however, but with facts and we will analyze facts, turn them around and look at them from every side, and in every possible way permit them to reveal to us their true m e a n ­ ing in preference to a favored meaning we may wish to take from them. So let us begin with the first statement of fact and then examine it. FIRST COSMIC LAW OF CREATION: , "All that exists in the Universe, and that has / to maintain life, is in the form of a cell."

life and the power

SECOND COSMIC LAW OF CREATION: "The Universe itself is a cell, the counterpart of the smallest X cell, and the smallest cell is a counterpart of the universe." Now our students will hardly challenge the statement of facts con­ tained in the first law, and if any do so challenge we will take up that issue very shortly. But most of our students will challenge the facts contained in the statement of the second law, not so much because of the astounding nature of the facts, or because they con­ tradict what has been taught about the universe heretofore, but be­ cause it seems so logical, true, and reasonable that further facts and proof are wanted. So we will spend our time just now in a review of the facts con­ tained in the second law. i. THE UNIVERSE A CELL ! That means, then, one of you will say, that the earth we live on is the only planet in the universe, or, in other words, that there is no other planet; that the universe consists of only one planet. This is absolutely true and correct, as you will soon discover from even casual inquiry and investigation. »

It also means that instead of there being one great central Sun, around which our sun and other suns travel, and that around each Sun many, many planets are also travelling, there is only ONE sun and cu only one planet. S i t means that there is NO ENDLESS SPACE, as we have been taught,^ no endless Cosmic realm filled with stars and planets and moons and suns and comets and clusters of something or other, as modern astronomy tries to tell us in order to explain a iy the things they cannot explain. 5

It means that the Universe is one great ball, if you wish to think it that way, one great cell like the small cell of protoplasm,

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and that within this cell exists ALL THERE IS OF THIS GREAT UNIVERSE. As one closes one's eyes and contemplates such a universe, the first great impression that comes is that of SIMPLICITY and HARMONY. And then as 'one considers further one realizes how all the laws of God and nature w o u l d and could the better manifest and cooperate in such a universe, and how utterly absurd and inconsistent was the old scheme that has been f obteied upon us for so long. It is fitting, therefore, to anticipate some questions that will arise in your m i n d and thereby prevent undue concern regarding points which wiUbe cornered in detail later, and to prepare you for the next steps in our study, that we outline here a few of the facts which most naturally result from the one fundamental fact that the universe is a cell. ' 1st.

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We, as inhabitants of the universe, inhabit the inside of the cell and live on the inside, and not the outside. The sun, the moon and all the so-called planets and stars are within the universe; in other words, on the INSIDE of the cell. All cosmic space is inside the universe, within the definite confines of the universe, and we know of no space or anything else w h i c h MAY or MAY NOT be on the outside of the cell, if there is an outside. In other words, we do not SPECULATE regarding what we cannot investigate.

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All space, all time, and all distance must be measured and con­ sidered as within the limits of this one h u g e cell. We know the circumference of this planet we live in and we know its diameter. These measurements constitute the greatest measurement of space possible in this universe.

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All forces, all energies, all powers, are within this cell and cannot be out of it. This means conservation, greater force, harmony, consistency.

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God and the Cosmic Mind, the all-directing intelligence, is also within the Universe, filling it, pervading it, guiding it, manifesting everywhere within it, and nothing within the uni­ verse can escape contact with God and the Cosmic Mind.

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Therefore all life, all consciousness, is part of the great life force and consciousness which is within the great cell; and this means that all life and all consciousness is attuned, in touch with and in sympathy with all other life, mind and nature existing in the Universe.

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Here we have a mass of facts that are not only startling, but which explain so many things and make clear so much that has been h ar d to understand, that we see we must begin our studies of life and the

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universe all over again. To the chemist, with the problems of n a ­ t u r e ’s manifesting forces, and to the idealist who seeks to find the law of harmony of minds and nature— to these alike will these facts appeal as offering the first solution of the combined mysteries of the universe. But we muet now take each one of the facts, discover, and analyze them carefully. Let us take the first important fact:

and any others we may

The earth is a cell.

This means that the universe consists of a hollow sphere. It means that the earth we live on or in is all there is to the universe, and that it is a huge cell consisting of a sphere with a thick crust or shell. Inside of this ball, on the inside of the shell of the ball, are the continents, the oceans, the mountains, the lakes and the plains — and we, as human beings, wit h all other animal life, live INSIDE of this ball, on this shell. So far this does not upset a single claim of the old schools regard­ ing our relation to the earth and the shape of the earth, except that we live on the inside and that the earth is a hollow sphere. The old school told us that the earth is ROUND. So say we. They have said that the earth is nearly a perfect sphere. So say we. They say we live on the surface of its crust. So say we. But we say that we live on the inside surface instead of on the outside surface. Let us examine the evidence that the other schools give us regarding their claim that the earth is round and that we live on the outside of it. They say the earth is round because we have been able to travel around it in one continuous direction and return to where we started from. This you will fin d in nearly all school geographies to be the principal evidence given to support the statement that the earth is round. But we can grant this, too. Itis good evidence. But it applies equally as well if we are living on the INSIDE of the sphere. It is just as possible to travel in ope continuous direction on the INSIDE of a ball as "it is on the outside of its shell. There is just one other point made by the old school: It is that we live on the OUTSIDE of this sphere, a n d the proof offered for this statement is this: When we watch a ship sail out into the ocean we notice that as it reaches what is called the horizon it appears to sink below the horizon as though it were going down hill; that the horizon itself is due to the curvature of the earth, and the sky and water seem to meet only b e c au se we are living on the outside of the earth. Such is the evidence that is given us to prove that we live on the outside of the earth. It is as reliable evidence as taking you stu-

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dents out into a level stretch of country and saying: "Now we will prove that all rail road tracks eventually meet at a point and are not the same distance apart continuously. 11 And then you are told to look at a long stretch of rail road track and note that in the distance the tracks appear to come to a point and meet. If you did not know better, such evidence might be accepted. But one of you might say: your evidence consists of an occular illusion and at best your evidence is only a testimony of sight and we have learned that sight cannot always be depended upon. N o w if we ask the other schools for better evidence that the earth is round and that we live on the OUTSIDE of the earth, we find a great mass of facts given to us which do not prove anything one way or another. The eclipse of the sun b y the moon, the eclipse of the m o o n by the earth, and various other celestial phenomena are pointed out to us as proof that we live on the outside of the earth. All these explanations were invented years and years ago when astronomy and cosmology w e r e first outlined in theory; and the same eclipse can be explained today b y our facts that we live on the INSIDE of the earth, and w i t h much more reason and understanding. Then we have those who will arise and say: How can the sun be mil­ lions of miles away if it is enclosed within this earth which is not even one m i l l i o n miles in diameter? At first this seems to b e a difficult questi on to answer until we ask the scientists how they know that the sun is so many miles away. They answer by saying that the distance is m easured by a mathematical process, the formula for which begins w i t h the assumption that we live on the OUTSIDE of the earth. If the assumption is changed to the one that we live on the INSIDE of the earth, and the same exact formula used, properly re­ versed, we will f in d that the s u n ’s distance agrees with the assump­ tion that we liv e on the INSIDE of the earth. Such figures, then, that can be chan ge d according to what assumption you begin with, are worthless as evidence. So the s u n ’s distance cannot be brought into the argument at this time. But if you ask: "Have you any evidence for your statments that is better than the other schools give for their claims?" we can say: "Yes, we have evidence that the other schools ignore because it does not fit in with what they claim and yet to us it is the most impor­ tant evidence that one -could ask for." Next week we w i l l take up the study of our new Arcane Cosmology, b a s e d upon n u m e r o u s facts that will be Interest in gly presented.

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the Arcane Cosmology, with these

FIRST: This planet which we have been calling the earth is the only planet in the Universe. It is, in fact, THE universe. SECOND: It is a hollow sphere with a curious crust, miles in thickness.

or shell, many

THIRD: On the inside of this crust are mountains and plains and lakes and rivers and continents and oceans, just as we have been taught existed on the outside of the shell or crust. FOURTH: We and all animal life live on the inside of this sphere and travel around on the inside just as waare supposed to live and travel on the outside. FIFTH: In the very centre of this sphere— in the centre of its great hollow space— is a point or place that the nucleus of all power radiates from, and this centre point gives us what we n o w know as the SUN. SIXTH: The Moon and the so-called planets are within this great space, as also are the "heavens", the clouds and all that exists above the surface of the earth. SEVENTH: The great sphere, or cell, or the shell of this sphere, re­ volves on an axis just as we have been told the earth revolves, m a k­ ing a complete revolution every 24 hours. EIGHTH: One half of the surface inside of this shell is in darkness, called Night, and the other half in light, called Bay; and the re­ volving of the shell causes day to change into night and night into day. NINTH: The so-called poles and magnetic points are points of p o ­ larity on the surface of the shell; and the warm belts and cold poles of the earth's surface exist on account of magnetic -conditions which we will study later on. TENTH: From the centre, where the power and force of the universe radiates through the S u n ’s rays, comes all the energy that is u s e d by nature for creation. This energy manifests in all chemicals and all animal life because of its rates of vibrations. The so-called force of gravitation is NOT a pull toward the earth, but instead a centri­ fugal force resulting from the revolution of the shell or cell, caus­ ing everything inside of the shell to be pushed from the centre of the shell toward its inner surface. Therefore gravitation, as we see it manifested, is NOT a pull, but a PUSH. This means, then, that all such laws and principles as are based upon gravitation be i n g a pull are false, and the laws of speoific gravity and weight are false and therefore the chemical standard of nature's manifestations cannot

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b e properly judged by such a thing as specific gravity. Neither can the nature of any of God's manifestations be judged unless all the old theories be revolutionized. ELEVENTH: The emanations from the centre of this cell, or universe, are in the form of a great VITAL FORCE travelling toward the shell in many forms of undulations and rates of vibrations, and according to the rates of vibrations do we have all forms of matter and life on this earth. The space between the centre point and the shell is f i lle d with these vibrations and this space is the great COSMIC SPACE and it is charged with COSMIC MIND or the consciousness of God. TWELFTH: The emanatations from the centre are of a POSITIVE NATURE and the shell has become charged with a negative polarity, therefore, the universe, or great cell, IN which we live is a huge magnetic ball or sphere and all that exists is a result of this magnetism. Wi t h these TWELVE FACTS, which really contain many more facts, we can see at once how much like the smallest cells of protoplasm the universe really is. We can see now what the ancients meant when they said: "As above so below." We can see now why it was well to u n d e r ­ stand something of what cells are and how they look under the m icr o­ scope, and why we warned that there are no exceptions to n a t u r e ’s laws; for all nature is in the form of a ceil, cells within cells, the universe be i n g the biggest cell, the little cell of protoplasm, that being the life of an animal, being but a minature of the big cell, the universe. In our future lectures we must take u p each one of these facts and elaborate up o n them, even to the minute analysis of the nature of the energy that radiates from the centre and creates all living things as well as all gross matter. But in this First Term of our studies we shall continue with the more or less abstract principles and facts because they will help us to better und er sta nd each step as we progress. A n d so to those of us who in the past have read or heard of the COS­ M I C MIND and COSMIC SPACE, there opens up before us a new vista and a new philosophy. We can see a n d realize now how such a Cosmic Space can be charged with intelligence or a perfect condition of attunement, because that space is NOT AN ENDLESS and LIMITLESS space, as we have been told heretofore, but a limited space, an enclosed space. We know that the space within a room or even a. large hall can be so charged with subtle vibrations of one kind or another that persons entering the room feel those vibrations and sense them in a manner that is unmistakable. It has always been difficult for the student of occult philosophy to u n d e r s t a n d ho w the great Cosmic Space, beginnign nowhere and ending nowhere, limitless and endless, could be charged with vibrations and a Cosmic Mind which would not be chang­ ing or ever pas sin g away.

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So in our next lecture we will study this philosophical aspect of our Cosmogony and learn that the great LOGOS is the LIGHT of GOD in the centre of our Universe and that the DIVINE Mind is the intelligence that radiates into space with the great LIGHT and fills the Cosmic w i t h that Mind, -thereby making the great COSMIC MIND. We shall see h o w the universe was created from this LOGOS and, as we go along step by step, not only will the great material laws and principles of this universe reveal themselves to us in a manner more easily u n ­ derstood than the old schools have ever been able to present them, but we shall also discover the TRUE God and realize the great DIVIN­ ITY that pervades the Universe and is, in truth, in every cell of our bodi.es, in every breath we take, and in every part of our m in d and thinking.

In lecture No. 2 of this course there is a statement regarding the Cypress trees to be found in California. One of our students h a d written to us correcting a statement made therein by casting the light of truth on an unknown fact and we are very pleased to add this . fact to what is said in Lecture No. 2. He writes us: "In parts of Louisana there WER E large areas covered wi t h Cypress. Much Cypress also grew in parts of East Texas and more or less in Ange­ lina County, Texas. These mammoth trees have nearly all disappeared during the past ten to twenty years." Our student who writes thus is a Consulting Civil Engineer and his profession has brought him into contact with these sections where the Cypress once grew.

5ur students will find it very interesting to hunt up some modern school geographies or text books on the simple FUNDAMENTAL principles of geography and astronomy and read what is said about the shape of the earth and how we are supposed to know that we live on the out­ side of it. Our students are also advised NOT to talk about this phase of our studies to strangers, for it will arouse antagonism of­ ten and you have not yet sufficient proof to argue or prove your point, and our teachings should be kept from those who have not h a d all necessary preparation for them.

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We must now complete our brief outline of the Universe as it really is, and completely lay aside all our previous beliefs and false knowledge about it. W e must discern in our picture of the Universe the great principles and laws which prevail throughout the world and come to a simple comprehension of the order, system and simpleness of the Divine Plan. Let us look at this Divine Plan as we would look at some map, some more material scheme of things. We must bear in mi n d that to look at it all in its minute details would mean a life time of analyti­ cal study. We can only take glimpses here and there at those de­ tails which are of the utmost importance to us, our existence and our welfare here on earth. First we have the great sphere, the universe, as a huge ball. It is no t solid, but formed of a thick wall, like a great rubber ball, and undoubtedly as flexible as a rubber ball. What there may be outside of this ball, if there is anything at all, is impossible to conceive. We cannot today conceive of endless space, space going on and on indefinitely. Yet that is what astronomy asks u 6 to conceive in its present-day teachings about the heavens. It is much easier to believe and conceive of there being no out­ side, no anything, outside of the sphere than to believe that space, filled with stars and planets, is indefinite, and that the universe consists of endless planets, endless stars, endless suns and endless things. And, what is more important, it is NOT NECESSARY for us to try to conceive or fathom the mystery of what is OUTSIDE of the great sphere in order to have a perfect understanding of the u n i ­ verse as we know it. In present-day astronomy you cannot hope to have even a meagre u n ­ derstanding of the universe as they teach it, unless you study and b e c ome familiar with the great UNKNOWN SPACE that reaches in all directions without end. Therefore very great student of astronomy reaches a point where he can go no further except through specula­ tion and guess work. Unless he is willing to take for granted the guessed-at theories and facts about the endless space, he is soon through with his study of the universe. The expert professor of astronomy must be able to talk as glibly about the planets SUPPOSED to exist in the endless space as he is able to talk about Jupiter or Mars, which he can see, or thinks he sees, when he looks through the telescope. If an astronomer was to admit that all he knew of astronomy pertained to just our earth, our sun and the planets and stars he could see through the telescope, he would be considered as only one-third educated in astronomy. iB u t in our study of the universe we do not have to go b eyo nd that w h i c h is right at hand. Whether there is space, atmosphere, clouds, indefinite, endless space outside of the sphere or not does not in­ ’ terest us, for we KNQW_that there are no planets, no stars, no

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things in existence outside of this great sphere, so why give time and thought to unprofitable speculation. The fact probaoly is that there is no space, no atmosphere, nothing outside of the sphere, but this is so hard to comprehend and so useless we do not try to under­ stand it. So we shall direct our attention and study exclusively to the uni­ verse, the Great Sphere, and what is within it. So far as the wall or CRUST of this sphere is concerned we can easily accept all that science has to say on the subject of geology and the strata of the earth. Science has explored the layers of soil, stone, minerals, oils, water and vegetation that comprise the earth. The only differ­ ence between their statements and OUR statements is this: they b e ­ lieve that they can keep on going deeper into the earth until they reach toward the centre of the earth, and that there is a great heat in the centre. They believe they are on the OUTSIDE of a solid ball, whereas we believe we are on the INSIDE of a hollow sphere. Since this sphere is not solid the crust can only be a few miles in thick­ ness. The exact number of miles is not important to us, just now, but is probably not over fifty miles in thickness. That would mean that the crust is, comparatively, as thick as the skin on an average orange. What is true of the crust is that as it comes nearer to the outside it is in molten heat, like lava, and probably if we could see the outside from distance— the way we look at the moon— we would see that it is a mass of fire, or fire-metal, burning and scintilating, like the sun when seen through glasses. The fire and lava which comes to the inner surface through volcanos is probably from near the the outer surface of the crust. But, as has just been said, no far as the crust concerns us on the inside, we can take as fact all that science has discovered regarding the layers of stone, earth, oils and minerals and vegetation, as published in various textbooks. Only one point n eed concern us right now— a point to be taken up la­ ter on. The earth's crust is composed of matter that has a negative electrical nature. In fact, the whole crust of the earth is a nega­ tive electrical mass and that is why we find radio-active, magnetic minerals in the earth. Even the water upon the surface of the earth is negative in electrical nature. How and why this is we will study shortly. Now in the^ centre of this GREAT SPHERE, in what we call the atmos­ phere, or heavens, there is a central point. This point is where the thing and condition we call the SUN exists. We must warn you at once not to think of the sun as a great ball of fire. That is what we have been taught; that is what we have always believed. But we are to learn that the sun is not a great ball of fire at all. We are told th§,t it is a huge ball, much bigger than the earth itself, and of course if this is true the sun could not be INSIDE our earth. In order to thoroughly u nd erstand the structure of this sphere, we

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will take some actual figures and dimensions. First, the circumference of the earth is about 24,900 miles. This f, means that the measurement inside of the sphere, on the surface, is about 24,900 miles. This also means, therefore, that the whole uni■ verse, the C-REAT SPHERE of the universe, is not quite 25,000 miles around the inside. Second, the distance across this sphere, the diameter of the inside of the universe, is about 7,915 miles. In other words, from one \ side of the sphere to the other side is less than 8,000 miles. That ■ w o u l d mean that from the surface of the earth to the CENTRE of the SFHERE, where the sun-point is, would be about 3,957 miles. This 3. means that we on this earth cannot be farther away from the sunv point at any time than about 3,957 miles. Yet astronomy tells us ) that the sun is millions of miles away from the earth— almost 93,000,000 miles. Science tells us that experts have measured the distance of the sun from the earth a n d that therefore their figures cannot be wrong. But we must take into consideration how that distance was measured. Naturally it was not measured in a way that we can easily demonstrate to anyone on a m o m e n t Ts notice. It was measured by a long process of mathematical configuration, but there is nothing wrong with the mathematical processes involved. All such processes must begin with a premise, a fundamental statement or condition, and the rest is built on that foundation. If the foundation is wrong, if the funda­ mental statement is an error, there will be an error in the result. Science proceeds with the assumption that we are on the OUTSIDE of the earth, and that the sun is also on the outside of the earth. Then these mathematical experts draw a circle on paper and call that the earth. Then they draw a straight line on one part of the circle, a n d calling that a tangent, they p r o c e e d to draw a triangle upon that straight line, which will represent the lines pointing toward the sun. U s i n g the same process, if the straight line, the very first step in the formula, was drawn on the INSIDE of the circle in­ stead of on the outside, the whole result of the figuring would be different. Therefore, if they start with a straight line inside the circle and use the same figures from fact as they now use, they will find that the distance to the sun will be less than 4,000 miles, instead of over 93,000,000 miles. It is all a matter of beginning the figuring with the right premise, the right fundamental fact. But we will have more of this later on. We will go back again to the centre point of the universe, the centre of the GREAT SPHERE. The whole of the sphere is filled with a vibra­ ting energy. Even if we accept the common, though partically in­ correct, theory of the sun, we must realize that if the great sun was in the centre of a closed, sealed sphere, that sphere would be filled w i t h great energy or vibrating force. Let us suppose for the moment that the sun is not a great ball, but nevertheless is something that exists in the centre, and that all around it, filling the whole

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sphere, is this wonderful vibrating energy that we know comes from the sun. We can easily understand that the whole sphere, then, w o u l d be charged with a mighty power or energy of some kind. At this point we begin to realize the practical importance of the in­ troduction of the Rosicrucian Cosmology. We begin to see that there are as many facts substantiating our statements as those substantia­ ting the early theory of Copernicus that has become so popular toLay. We will continue next week with this same lecture, explaining Lbout this energy that fills all space inside the sphere, that we lave been speaking about. In the meantime it will be well for you 30 look up in the Public Library or in some good Encyclopedia the subjects of Cosmology and Astronomy— not deeply but just enough to get an idea of the popular conception of the subjects to-day— so you will have a fair understanding of the two statements; the one we are introducing to you and the one that is so generally understood.

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Nov this great energy that fills all the space inside of the sphere wo u l d have to have seme central point where its vibrations, its power, w o u l d be focalized, centralized, condensed. It would-not make a ball, if would not make a material thing of any kind, but it would create in the centre a very definite point or condition of power which woul d be intense— stronger than the power would be anywhere else in ~he spnere. In all demonstrations of magnetic power we find that where magnetic or electrical energy is confined in a closed space there is sure to be sooner or later a central point where the power is strongest. Be­ cause the universe is a sphere it is natural that the central point of power would soon become an exact point— that is because it would be eop.;i-distant from all parts of the surface of the earth of the universe. Now that is pr ecisely what the sun really is. It is NOT a ball, not a thing, but a condition. You must bear in mind that we do not SEE the son when we think we do. Science is beginning to realize now that when ws look at planets and stars we may not be seeing what we third' we see, because of the refraction of light. But when vie look toward the sun and see in the sky a ball, we are seeing a projection of the sun upon the strata of air in the sky, and not the sun itself at all. ’.Then we see the sun setting in the ocean we think it is the ball of the sun we see, yet science found long ago that the sun is s.t such times far below the possible sight of m a n ’s eyes and that he sees only o projection of the sun. To make this clear, we will use a diagram and illustrate it.

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In this diagram we have the large outer sphere rerjreseating the earth's surface, and within that a. smaller sphere representing the dense atmosphere, a sphere of magnetic vibrations and energy. The outer edge of the atmospheric sphere is called the atmospheric plane. It is like the canopy of the heavens above us when we look toward the sky, and we cannot see through it. Onto this plane the sun is projected into a disk, and we see the disk of the sun on that edge of the atmospheric plane, just as we see the picture of the sun p r o­ jected into a moving picture screen. From the centre of the sphere radiate the energy and light waives which spread out and make that \ projection of the sun-disk. Because the sun is projected so closely v to the earth's surface it makes the sun-disk look very large. V

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The sun-disk remains more or less stationery, but the earth's sur­ face, the GREAT SPHERE, continually revolves and of course this causes the sun-disk to appear at all parts of the earth's surface . every twenty-four hours, because the outer GREAT SPHERE revolves completely in twenty-four hours. '.Ve will have more about the sun and the sphere's movement in another lecture. The only point we wish to make clear just now is that the great sun, which science says is larger than the earth on or in whi ch we live, really can be inside the sphere.

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