Chapter 8

Acts of the Apostlesreferred to;281À Kempis, Thomas;115Afterword;376Allegory;66Allegories, Old Testament;121All-wide Consciousness;281et seq.Ammonius Saccas;28Animal Symbols of Zodiac;165Anselm and Redemption;195Answers to Prayer;277"        Subjective Prayer;290Apollonius of Tyana;31Apostolic Fathers;70Appearances of Divine Beings;93Aquinas, Thomas;112Arians of the Fourth Century, quoted;103Aristotle, Effect on Mediæval Christianity;112Ascension, The;231,250"      and Solar Myth;231"      of the Christ;249Asiatic Researches, quoted;258Aspects of theOne;262Athanasius, Story of;353Athanasian Creed, quoted;263,367Atlantis, Continent of;18At-one-ment;209Atonement as one of Lesser Mysteries;200"    Early Church on the;195"    Calvinistic View of;197"    Edwards on the;197"    Flavel on the;196"    Luther's Views on the;196"    Dr. McLeod Campbell on the;199"    F. D. Maurice on the;199"    Vicarious and Substitutionary;196Atonement—Views of Dwight, Jeune, Jenkyn, Liddon, Owen,Stroud, and Thomson;198"    Truth underlying the Doctrine of;199"    Pamphlet on, quoted;198"Nineteenth Centuryquoted on;205Augöeides;27Barnabas;71Baptism, A Mantram in;350"    A Minor Form of;349"    Belief in Death-bed;352"    Infant;353"    In the Early Church;352"    In Other Religions;348"    of Initiate;53"    of Holy Ghost and Fire;188"    of Jesus;133"    of the Christ;186"    Tertullian on;349Beatific Vision, The;95,295Bernard of Clairvaux;112Bel-fires;164Bhagavad Gîtâreferred to;50,202,270,306,318Bible Account of Creation;179Birth, Second;247Blavatsky, H. P., referred to;127Blood of Christ symbolised in Eucharist;359Böhme, Jacob;115Body, Causal;239,247"  Desire, Changes in;244"  Meaning of a;234"  Mental;236"    "    Building of;245"  Natural or Physical;236"  Natural, of St. Paul;237"  of Bliss;240"  of Desire;236"  Physical, Changes in;243"  Resurrection;240Body, Spiritual;239Book of Job, quoted;268,332"of the Dead, referred to;339"of Wisdom, quoted;266Bread, General Symbol in Sacraments;358Brihadâranyakopaniṣhat, quoted;50,202Brotherhood of Great Teachers;9Bruno, Giordano, referred to;5,113,115,225,322Buddha, Birth Story of;164Buddhist Trinity;258Calvinistic Doctrine;197Cardinal Nicolas of Cusa;115Cathari, The, referred to;113Cave of Initiation;186Celsus—Controversy with Origen;88Chhânaogyopanishat, quoted;253Chrêstos and Christos;174Christ as Hierophant of Mysteries;231"  Baptism of;186"  Crucifixion of;183"  Disciples of;223"  in the Spiritual Body;137"  Life of the;217"  of the Mysteries;191"  The;132,134"  the Crucified;182"  the Historical;120,140"  the Kosmic;179"  the Mystic;170"  the Mythic;145"  Sufferings of the;223Christian Creed, referred to;180,181"                quoted;206,207,229Christian Disciples—their work;223Christian Records, quoted;348Christian Symbols, &c., not unique;148Christianity has the Gnosis;36Christmas Day;159,161Christmas Festival, rightly regarded;164Clarke's Ante-NiceneLibrary, quoted; viii.,21,58,71,72,73,74,77,78,80et seq.,87,88,90et seq.,103,150,151,266Classes of Prayers;283Clement of Alexandria, quoted; viii.,20"  "    referred to;73"  "    on the Gnosis;83,84"  "    on Scripture Allegories;83"  "    on Symbols;80"  "    and Catechetical School;73"  "    a Pupil of Pantænus;73Colossians, Epistle to, referred to;58,65,81,177Comparative Mythologists;7"  "  Theory of;8"  Religionists;7,8"  Mythology;147Consecrated Objects;382Consecration of Churches, Cemeteries, &c.;385Constant, Alphonse Louis;118Conversion, Phenomenon of;313et seq.Corinthians, Epistles to, quoted; ix., x.,6,32,55,64,67,124,175,177,232,239,240,241,251,253,270,356,373Creed, taught after Baptism in Early Church;352Cruden's Concordance, quoted;33Cur Deus Homoof Anselm;195Dangers to Christianity;125Dark Powers in Nature;186,187Dean Milman, quoted;255et seq.Death of Solar Heroes;166De Principiisof Origen;101,102Deuteronomy, quoted;96,253Diegesisof R. Taylor, quoted;350Die Deutsche Theologie;114Dionysius the Areopagite;110Disappearance of the Mysteries;184Disciples, The;136"  Work of the;223"  Writings of the;140Divine Beings, Appearance in Mysteries;93"Divine Grace," What it is;224"  Ideation;359"  Illumination;377"  Incarnations;273,274Duality of Manifested Existence;235"  of Second Person of Trinity;265Easter Festival;159Eckhart, Teachings of;113Edwards on the Atonement;197Egypt and the Mysteries;131Encyclopædia Britannica, referred to;22,23,117"  "  quoted;110et seq.Ephesians, Epistle to, quoted;57,65,67,366Epistle of James, quoted;276"of Peter, quoted;64,121,194,354,371Esoteric Christianity, Popular Denial of;2"  Teaching in Early Church;2Essentials of Religion;4Eucharist, Bread and Wine of;357"  Change of Substance in;361"  connected with Law of Sacrifice;357"  Meaning and Use of;357"  Sacrifice of;355"  Unworthy Participants in;362Exodus, Book of, quoted;91Exstasy;295Faith Needed for Forgiveness;312Fathers, The Christian, on Scriptures;371Festivals;147Fish Symbol in Religions;166Flavel on Atonement;196Fludd, Robert;116Forgiveness of Sins;301"  in Lesser Mysteries;323"  in most Religions;303"  ultimately refers toPost-MortemPenalties;307Fourth Manifestation Feminine;261"  Person;263Free-thinking in Christianity;123Friends of God in the Oberland;114Friends, Society of;117Future of Christianity;41Galatians, Epistle to, quoted;64,65,66,124Genesis, quoted;18,180,268,269,271,279,358Germain, Comte de S.;117Gestures in Sacraments;338Gibbon'sDecline and Fall of R. Empire, quoted;162Giles, Rev. Dr., quoted;347Gnosis, The; viii.,9,108"      " in Christianity;36Gnostic, The, of S. Clement;84et seq.Gnostics and their Remains, quoted;162Gods in the Mysteries;25Grades of Hierarchies;331Grand Lodge of Central Asia;31Greek Cross, The;267Guyon, Mme. de;116Haug, Dr.,Essay on Parsis, cited;202Hebrews, Epistle to, quoted;53,67,81,91,175,176,205,216,222,223,247,270,274,280Hebrew Trinity;254Hell-fire Dogma, The;48Heroic Enthusiasts, The, quoted;323Hidden God, The;207"  Meanings in Jewish and Christian Scriptures;100"  Side of Christianity;36"  Teaching in all Religions;20Hierarchies of Divine Beings;331"  of Superhuman Beings;23Hindu, Trinity, The;257HistoryversusMyth;153Holy Spirit as Creator;269Holy Water;343,349,351Human Evolution repeats Kosmic Process;271Huxley, T. H., quoted;282Hyde, Dr., quoted;347Hymn to Demeter;22Iamblichus,On the Mysteries, quoted;22,23,24,25,27,29,296et seq.Iamblichus,Life of Pythagoras, referred to;28Ignatius;71Incarnation of Logos;179Initiation and Rebirth;51,53"  Cave of;186"  Ceremonies of;247et seq."  Conditions of;173"  Mount of;91Inspiration, True;378Intelligences in Invisible Worlds;279Inviolability of Law;305Invisible Helpers;280Invisible Worlds interpenetrate the Visible;279Irenæus,Against Heresies, referred to;105Isaiah, quoted;210,295,366,377Isomeric Compounds;361Jeremiah, Book of, quoted;262,357Jesus at Mount Serbal;130"  Baptism of;133"  Date and Place of Birth;130"  His Work in Christendom;143"  in Egypt;130"  Inner Instructions of;137"  Master of the West;147"  Sacrifice of;133"  the Divine Teacher;183"  the Healer and Teacher;127"  training in Essene Community;130"  the Master;142Judges, Book of, quoted;97Juliana Mother;117Justin Martyr;148"  "  quoted;149et seq.Kabbala, Five Books of, referred to;34Karma;288,309Kathopanishat, quoted;32,33,49Key to Theosophy, quoted;294Kingdom of Heaven—real meaning;52Kings, Book of, quoted;33,354Kosmic Christ, The;179"  Process of becoming;268"  Sacrifice;183Lang, Andrew, referred to;11,12Language of Symbols;153Latin Cross, Origin of;206"  Use of, in Roman Church;337Law of Sacrifice;201"  "  in Hinduism;202"  "  in Nature of Logos;204"  "  in Zoroastrianism;202"  "  or Manifestation;203Law, William;117Left-hand Path;17Lent;167Levi Eliphas;118Leviticus, quoted;358Light on the Path, quoted;220"Little Child";65Logos, Birth of the;205"  and Sacrifice;204"  Life of, in every form;208"  Meaning of the Term;172"  of Plato;182"  Perpetual Sacrifice of;209Loss of Mystic Teaching in Christianity;37Luke, Gospel of, quoted;45,48,175,176,264,289,302,312Luther on the Atonement;196Madonnas;160Magnetic Cures, Secret of;342"  Change in Sacramental Substance;342"  Energies in Ether;341Magnetisation of Substances;341MakingofReligion, The, referred to;11Man as Microcosm;271"  and Woman Complementary;365"  develops Second Aspect;272


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