Chapter 9

Man's Manifold Nature;234Mandakopanishat, quoted;202"Mantras";335"  essential in Sacraments;338"  in rite of Baptism;350"  in Sanskrit;336"  spoilt by translation;337Mark, Gospel of, quoted; vii.,45,47Martin, St.;117Marriage, Deeper meaning of;365"  in Lesser Mysteries;368"  Mystery of;366"  Sacrament of;364"  type of union between God and Man;366Mary, the World Mother;206Master, Jesus, the;142Matthew, Gospel of, quoted; vii.,45,46,49,52,53,54,92,134,176,177,186,210,216,240,271,274,281,306,319Maurice, cited;254Mead, G. R. S., quoted;26,28,29,30,31,114Mediator, Nature of;274Meditation—What it is;293"  Growth by;299Men at different levels;3Miguel de Molinos;116Ministry of Angels, The;287,289Miracles;145Mithras, Birth of;161Modern Spirit antagonistic to Prayer;276More, Henry;116Mother Juliana of Norwich;117Mount Serbal;130Mount of Initiation;91,188Müller, George, Case of;284et seq.Music in Worship;335,337Myers (F.), St. Paul;378Mystery Gods;25"  of Christ;57Mysteries, Christian, Symbolism of;247Mysteries and Yoga;31"  Christ as Hierophant of;231"  Disappearance of the;184"  Eliphas Levi on the;118"  established by Christ;142"  Greater, The; ix.,1,22,27,63"  in the Gospels;45"  in Egypt;131"  in relation to Myth;157"  Lesser; ix.,1,22"  "  and Prayer;280"  "  as to Bodies;237"  "  Teaching of;251"  Names in Christianity;47"  of Bacchus;21,27"  of Chaldæa, Egypt, Eleusis, Mithras, Orpheus, Samothrace,Scythia;21"  of God;57"  of Jesus;1,42,94"  of the Early Church;69et seq."  of Magic, quoted;157"  praised by Learned Greeks;21"  Pseudo, and Sun-God Story;167"  source of Mystic Learning;108"  The;171,178"  taught,Post-mortemExistence;21"  The True;179"  The Christ of the;184"  Theory of the;22"  withdrawn;108Mystic Christ, The;170"  "  Twofold;178"  Vesture, The;138Mythic Christ, The;145Myth, Meaning of;152,153"  Solar;156Mythology Comparative;147Natural and Spiritual Bodies;232"  Body—of St. Paul;237Natural Body, The;235et seq.Need for Graded Religion;14Neoplatonists;29,112Newman, Cardinal, quoted;103et seq."  Recognises a Secret Tradition;104New Testament Proofs of Esotericism;42et seq.Nicene Creed;181Nicolas of Basel;114Noachian Deluge;19Nous Demiurgosof Plato;255Numbers, Book of, quoted;270Object of all Religions;3Occult Experts;127"  Knowledge, Danger of;16"  Records;18"  "  and the Gospels;129"  side of Nature;279"  use of Sounds;334Old Testament Allegories;121One Existence, The;253One, The, Three aspects of;262"  "  Manifest;261OrigenAgainst Celsus;88et seq."  "  ";95"  on the Need of Wisdom;99"  "  Mysteries;89"  "  Scriptures;372"  "  Tower of Babel;97"  referred to;44"  Shining Light of Learning;87Orpheus, Mead's, quoted;28,29,30,114Owen on Atonement;197Pantænus;73,74Paracelsus;115Paradise;242Path of Discipleship;174Philippians, Epistle to, quoted;62Physical Ailments final expression of Karma;310Physical Body, Changes in;243"  Material in Sacraments;340Pilgrimages, Rationale of;382Pistis Sophia, quoted;46,138,139,302et seq.,319et seq.,340"  "  referred to;137Plato's Cave;153Plato initiated in Egypt;21Platonists of Cambridge;116Plotinus, Dying Words of;31"  referred to;23"  Mead's, quoted;31Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna;70Popular Christianity, Mistake of; vii."  Denial of Esoteric Christianity;1Porphyry, quoted;27,54Prayer;276"  Answers to;277"  as Will;285"  Class B—general principle;292"  Failure of;287"  for Spiritual Enlightenment;291"  for the Student of Lesser Mysteries;296"  Highest form of;293"  Puzzling Facts as to;277Prayers classified;278Probationary Path, The;247"Proclaim upon the houses"—Mystical meaning;79Proclus, Teaching of;26,29,51Psalms, quoted;5,299Pseudo-Mysteries and Sun-God Drama;167Pupils of the Apostles;70Purgatory;242Purification;244Pythagoras, referred to;28"  in India;31Pythagorean School, Discipline of;29,30Qualifications of Disciple;175Quietists, The;116Regions of the Invisible Worlds;239Re-incarnation;239Religion, Need for graded;14Religion of Ancient Persians, quoted;347Religions, Common origin of;7"  Custodians of Sacred Books;369"  Essentials of;4"  fitted for Stages of Growth;13"  Object of all;3"  Source of all;7Religious Founders;10"  Scriptures;10"  Teachers;9Resurrection and Solar Myth;231,250"  Body;240"  of the Christ;249"  of the Dead;62"  The—Part of Lesser Mysteries;231Revelation;369"  Fragments of in Sacred Books;370"  in Cypher;370"  of Deity in Kosmos;375Revelations, Book of, quoted;50,63,66,249,263,292,322,331Revolt against Dogma;38Roman Empire dying;107Romans, Epistle to, quoted;82,363Rosenkreutz Christian;117Ruling Angel of Jews;96,98Ruysbroeck;115Sacrament, a kind of crucible;326"  a Pictorial Allegory;325"  Change in substance at;343"  link between Visible and Invisible;326,327"  of Baptism;347"  of Eucharist;347"  of Marriage;347,364"  of Penance;340Sacraments;324"  Angels connected with;343"  defined in Church Catechism;329Sacraments, Gestures used in;338"  in all Religions;324"  Lost at Reformation;327"  Mantrams in;338"  of Christian Church;327"  Peculiar Characteristics;324"  Seven, of Christianity;327,346"  Signs, Seals, or Sigils in;339"  "Substance" and "Accidents" of;361"  Twofold Nature of;324et seq."  Two, In Protestant Communities;328,346Sacred Places and Objects;380Sacred Quaternery, The;261Sacrifice as Joy;210et seq."  Law of;201"  "  Four Stages in;212"  Lessons in;212et seq."  of Jesus;133Saint Bonaventura;112"  Elizabeth;113"  Francois de Sales;116"  John of the Cross;116"John's Gospel, quoted; x.,46,52,53,54,56,103,132,133,134,137,177,180,216,240,246,250,262,270,273,292,382"  Paul, quoted;55et seq.,124,184"  Paul an Initiate;61"  "  and Mysteries;57"  "  and Timothy;59,69"  "  on Allegory;66"  Peter, quoted;194"  Teresa;116"  Timothy, referred to;59Samuel, Book of, quoted;33Savage Deities;11Savages as Descendants of Civilisation;12Saviour, The True;219et seq.Sayings of Jesus;53,54,301Scientific Analysis of Vehicles;237Search for God, The;5Secret Teachings of Jesus;90"  Tradition recognised by Newman;104Second Birth;185,247Sepher Yetzirah, quoted;34Sharpe's Egyptian Mythology, quoted;259Shvetâshvataropanishat, quoted;32"Sign of Power";339Society of Friends;117Solar Gods;160"  Myth, Root of;178Sopater, quoted;21Sophia—The Wisdom;138Soul—Dual;233Sound and Form in the Invisible Worlds;333Sound, Occult use of;334Source of Religions;7Spirit and Matter;367Spirit threefold;233"  manifested as triple Self;330Spiritual Body, Divisions of;240et seq."Star of Initiation";186"Strait Gate" term of Initiation;49,50,174,177Stromataor Miscellanies of S. Clement, quoted;58,74et seq.,78,83,84,85,87Sufferings of the Christ;223Superintending Spirits;98Sun God Legend;158"  "  Symbol of Logos;171" Heroes;165" Myths, recurring;169" of Righteousness;249" Symbol of the Logos;154" Symbols;155Survival of Christianity?;40Symbol of Jesus;165"  of Trinity;267Symbols—animal, in Zodiac;165"  Language of;153Symbols of Logoi;266et seq.Tatian and Theodotus, referred to;73Tauler, John;114Taylor, Robert, quoted;350Teachings common to all Religions;146"  in the hands of Spiritual Brotherhood;374Tertullian on Baptism;151The Christ;132,134The Hidden Side of Religions;1"  of Christianity;36The Disciples;136The "Simple Gospel";39The title of Lord;96The Testimony of the Scriptures;36The Tower of Babel;97The Thyrsus;75The True Exstasis;108The Trinity;253"  among the Hebrews;254"  Hindu;257"  in Buddhism;258"  in Chaldæa;259"  in China;259"  in Extinct Religions;258"  in Egypt;259"  in Man;177,233"  in Manifestation;254"  in Zoroastrianism;257The Word of Wisdom, of Knowledge;102Theological Hell;308Theosophical Review, quoted;228Thessalonians, Epistle to, quoted;233Three Worlds, The;241Timothy, Epistle to, quoted;59,60,61,65,134,227Tradition ofPost-mortemTeaching of Jesus;46Transubstantiation—Truth Underlying;360Triangle as a Symbol of Trinity;267Trinity, A Second;263"  of Spirit;233Trinity in Christian agrees with other Faiths;260Triple Aspect of Matter;264Triplicity in Nature;261True Theosophy defined; x.Two Schools of Christian Interpretation;122Two-fold Division of Man Insufficient;232Vaivasvata Manu;19Valentinus;137Vaughan, Thomas;116


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