ing vineyards), and the seed Race Builder is naked in its tabernacle, the germ of the new race is not yet clothed about with the vehicles that it is to use, but Shem cultivates the Soul, or mental body, and Japheth furnishes the astral and physical body without seeing what they are doing (going backward). The physical is God's back. Ham has no conception of what is going on. The symbolic curse is simply a prophecy:

"Cursed," or tied by the effect of his lack of development, will he be. "A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren," while "Blessed be IHVH the God of Shem" (the God within, which is building up the soul of Shem).

"Canaan" (or Ham) " shall be their servant."

"God enlarge Japheth and let him dwell in the tents of Shem," that is, come into the spiritual consciousness of Shem.

And let Canaan, in one sense the lower nature, be servant of both of the higher planes of development.

And Noah lived after the flood three hundred and fifty years, or he kept in physical touch with the race three and one-half sub-races. The flood took place in the sixth sub-race and he stayed with them through the sixth, seventh, and the first of the fifth root race, until half of the second sub-race had passed, when he withdraws for a time from their physical sight.

Let us quote from "The Pedigree of Man," page 138: "About a million years ago Vaivasvata Race Builder chose out of the fifth Atlantean sub-race the Semitic, the seeds of the fifth race, and led them to the Imperishable Sacred Land. For ages he labors shaping the nucleus of future humanity. There the fifth sense is added and man is shaped as we know him.

Thither he guides for rebirth the Asuras, to nobler ends. Thither he calls the brightest intelligences, the purest characters, to take birth in the forms he is evolving. When he had established the type of his race, he led them southward to Central Asia, and there another age-long halt was made 'from which in the course of ages several streams issued. Of these emigrations we will speak in another chapter.''

CHAPTER VII.

THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE TWO COVE

NANTS OF ABRAHAM

Let us look at the two covenants of Abram and see what we find in the symbolic reading. Remember we do not for one moment assume that Abram was not a real personage, for we know that he was, and believe that in him we identify the Master Morya that to the Theosophist means so much. But the allegories have spiritual meanings that bring out definite stages in the development of the race as well as the development of the individual of whom it was primarily written.

Noah (if we are right), being the great seed Race Builder of the fifth root race, and Abraham the coming Race Builder of the sixth root race, serving under his great leader, then the stories of Abram stand out with startling clearness.

The reader will remember that Abram has just returned from rescuing Lot from his captivity in the mountain. Undoubtedly from the meaning of the names used, this was a great religious struggle, and Lot had gone into retirement upon spiritual heights. The word is brought to Abram as he is dwelling with the "oaks," or strong teachers of "Mamre." Now note, he takes 318 men of his household,-318 is the number of Jesus, and indicates purification, he takes as his allies. Mamre (manly), Eschol (courage), Aner (youth). So he takes purity (318), manliness, courage and youth,

and he divides his forces at night, or leaves his physical body and goes out in his astral body to Lot to plead for his return to the lower plane people. All through the ages we see the Race Builder in his love for the common people pleading for the great spiritual leaders not to hide themselves in monasteries, but to stay among the people for teachers. He prevails and brings Lot back to the cities. When the king of Sodom, or the Physical Plane, tries to reward him he uses a figure of speech that Roberts tells us is still commonly used in India today, which shows the locality from which the story is derived: "I will not take a thread or a shoelatchet," or the price of a worn sandal thong. But he wants due reward given to youth, bravery and manliness, which is the real cause of the spiritual opportunity being given them.

On the way back he meets Melchizedek, "King of Righteousness," Prince of Peace." The ancient Jews claimed that Melchizedek was a son of Shem. A reincarnation of a person is sometimes spoken of as a son. Undoubtedly Melchizedek was an incarnation of Shem, or of the Buddha, while he was serving as the Bodhisattva, or the Christ, of the fourth root race. Abraham offers tithes to this Great One, who is spoken of as being a High Priest forever, without beginning of life or end of days, and of whom it was spoken when it was said of our Christ, "He shall be an High Priest forever after the order of Melchizedek." Melchizedek blesses Abraham in the name of El Elion (God the Mighty One), and Abram speaks of his protector being the Lord Jehovah; that is, he is a Race Builder and he bows before the Christ.

While he is with the great teachers he has a vision in which the Lord Jehovah appears to him and prom

ises him all the land, or all the physical world, for his seed, and the people to cover it. The reader will notice that at this covenant the slain bodies of animals are used to signify that it is a Physical Plane contract, and that his animal nature must be offered up to God. (Heiffer); his rebellious sins (goat); and work in harmony with the Christ (ram), the lamb that was slain from the foundation of the world; to transmute the lower nature into the higher spiritual, as symbolized by the turtle dove (IH, creative wisdom of higher planes); and pigeon (the symbol of creative energy of lower planes, VH.)

It is really a covenant to conquer his lower nature and assist man to reach the point where he will look to the Christ for assistance to reach the goal of victory over the flesh.

His heirs, or his great fellow laborer, or laborers, ultimately shall come from his line, Isaac (an incarnation or a type of Him who is afterwards known as Jesus), and Jacob (afterwards known as the Christ). Here is the Trinity of the Great Ones who are to assist humanity through its long journey on the way to its eternal destiny, the Race Builder of the sixth root race; Jesus, a type of the Masters (the help of Jehovah); and Christ the Bodhissattva (Messiah) of the fifth root race. At the time of this covenant the Great Race Builder of the fifth root race is in charge of things of the VH degree of work, and the Buddha is filling the office of the Christ in the H degree.

This prophecy is brought out in verse 13, "Know of a surety that thy seed shall be sojourners in a land that is not theirs"; that is, shall live in the land of the fifth root race for a time, for four hundred years, or through four sub-races, will the sixth root race be liv