ing among the fifth race people who will not understand or will afflict them, but they will come out of the fifth root race with great substance (great wisdom), “And in the fourth generation they shall come hither again." That is, the sixth root race will begin to differentiate from the fifth root race in the fifth sub-race, and they will stay among the fifth root race until the first subrace of the sixth root race is completed, then that will bring them up to the point of development in the new race that you, Abraham, represent now. And a smoking furnace, symbolic of the physical, and a flaming torch, symbolic of the spiritual, passed between the pieces, consummating the covenant after the ancient fashion. Now comes another promise and another covenant, this time it is not the material things that Jehovah sees, but because of all that this covenant implies, he foresees that the true inheritance of the seed of Abraham will be all the land or planes of consciousness between the river of Egypt, or the river of wisdom on the Physical Plane, and the great and abounding river, the river Euphrates, the wisdom of the Buddhic Plane. In other words, they shall ultimately conquer all of the planes of consciousness. It is the destiny of the fifth root race to fully develop the mental faculties, destined for this round, but the sixth root race will develop the higher mental and Buddhic faculties.

Sarai (my princess) is yet in the bondage of the flesh,, so of her handmaid Hagar is born Ishmael, the child of the flesh, destined not to be circumcized or to begin purifying his vehicles till the race reaches puberty; but his time will also come, so that his hand will no longer be turned against every man and every man's hand against him because his mother, or his race, at once starts for the well of wis

dom in the wilderness of ignorance, and "Jehovah seeth, yea and Jehovah careth for them, and will truly bring them forth into the promised land in due season." (They will also be brought into full consciousness of all the planes in due time.)

Ishmael was born when Abraham was four-score, perfected quarternary, symbolic of the perfected physical, and six, symbolic of physical but balanced karma. But when he was ninety years old and nine, here the triplicities are suggested in the age, three threes, and three threes, suggesting complete development of the triune nature; at this time he has another vision. This time it is El Shaddai, the Almighty God, the God of the higher planes, who speaks. Abraham is old, therefore symbolically pure. He has conquered the animal propensities and is here given a second Initiation, for he receives his new name. Abram becomes Abraham, and Sarai becomes Sarah. "Be thou perfect" is the command. The Great One will give him the "land of his sojourning," the land of Canaan, or the four planes of consciousness for his inheritance. His covenant is to be an everlasting covenant, and the sign of this covenant is not slain animals but circumcision, a sign of purification.

Abram exalted Father becomes Abraham the father of multitudes; Sarai becomes Sarah, free princess, a princess no longer bound by the physical, but free to bring forth the child of the Spirit, the happy, laughing Isaac; happy because of the prospect of the happy upward tendency of the race. He is happy because he can be of service to the race. He, the help of Jehovah, is to train the race to develop the purity of life that will enable them to give birth to the Christ Child in the cave of their hearts. Happy, laughing Isaac, ultimately to

become the scapegoat of the race in the most literal manner. I am assuming, of course, that Isaac was an incarnation of the entity whom we call Jesus. To my mind this is plainly indicated by the fact that Abraham circumcised 318 men in his household, the number of Jesus. Isaac, (Jesus) is the Spiritual son of Abraham, and Jacob (Christ), of Jesus. The Race Builder, or Abraham, is the manifestation of IHVH in the flesh, in the VH department of work; Jesus develops the H, or the higher creative energy, or wisdom; and Christ brings the father I, God into the Trinity of Manifestations, making the perfect whole IHVH, Jehovah, the perfected Christ, the Messiah. God limited. Himself to manifest. In Christ he has conquered matter, and is God free from fetters if he chooses to be. He sits upon the right hand of the Father Almighty.

Jehovah in Abraham, is willing to place his beloved Isaac upon the altar in perfect consecration, and Isaac carries the wood willingly, the material to make the fire of the Spirit on the Mount of Initiation that shall consume his own lower nature, not then understanding the sacrifice that will be required. Abraham when asked by Isaac where was the lamb, said God would Himself provide the lamb, and then taking the boy he put him upon the altar; but the physical life was not to be taken at that time, so another lamb was provided, symbolizing the fact that the lamb that was slain from the beginning of the world, the IHVH, was again consecrated, and this time to the second stage of its development in the flesh. The Master Isaac (Jesus) is not to die, but is to live all through the ages for the assistance of the race, teaching them to provide pure vehicles to bring forth the Christ. "And he shall be satisfied: By the knowledge of him

self shall My righteous servant justify many; and he shall bear their iniquities." (Not in the sense of relieving them of their responsibility, but in the sense of sympathizing and assisting when possible.) "Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great" (He will make him one of the Great Ones who manifest the Trinity of God in the flesh, for the assistance of the race); "and he shall divide the spoil" (or the fruit of such service) "with the strong" (with Lord Jehovah and Christ); because he poured out his soul unto death" (held it here in the lower regions for the sake of the race), "and was numbered among the transgressors; yet he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors." Isaiah VIII, 11, 12.

How true, how beautifully true this is when we read it right. How heavy a load the dear Lord Jesus has borne. Think of the Spanish Inquisition and all of the other atrocities that have been done in His name. All through the ages has He worked in this middle place in the great scheme, trying through the exoteric religion to guide man to the realization of his true destiny, the development of the IHVH life within him. May the Infinite One reward this child of the Spirit, this fruit of Abraham's last covenant, according to His marvelous deserts. We will handle this life more at length in another chapter.

CHAPTER VIII.

MOSES.

As one ponders upon the allegories dealing with Moses guiding the great Aryan race, one is impressed with the wonderful depth of mystic meaning hidden behind the symbols, meanings so rich, so full of significance that one scarcely knows where to begin, or what to select from the wealth of riches, to bring before the reader anything like a comprehensive idea of the whole, in the space at our disposal. At best we can hope to touch but the high places, and possibly to place in the hand of the reader the golden key that will open to him the doors concealing the vision splendid. Just in proportion as he purifies himself, and turns it with clean hands, with a heart full of holy aspiration, and a mind steadied by meditation, will the vision open before him. The writer makes no pretense of having gained more than a glimpse but that glimpse has convinced her that nothing else can compare with the glory that is hidden from our gaze by our own impurity, and that no sacrifice is too great to secure a closer view of the wonders of the Temple of God.

Some remarkable symbols are used in these allegories, symbols as old as humanity itself. In a former chapter it was mentioned that IHVH were the symbols representing the Trinity of manifestations of God, and that these four letters are sometimes used to designate the Three Great Streams of creative activity as they flow; sometimes to designate one of the three