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3KI8Cy lCONTENTSPageIntroduction7Foreword13Chapter OneThe Fire Upon the AltarChapter15TwoThe Sacred Cityof Shamballa.25Chapter ThreeThe Mysteryof the Alchemist35Chapter FourThe EgyptianInitiate.45Chapter FiveThe Arkof the Covenant55Chapter SixThe Knightsof theHoly Grail63Pyramids73Chapter SevenThe MysteryWof theS"
» « jili iHILLUSTRATIONSPage14The Cube AltarThe Everburning LampThe Masonic.18Censor.The Grave Digger's SpadeThe Candle20.J.22:.28.The Lotus.,The Rod That Budded16.30The Philosopher's Stone34The Five Pointed Star38The MarriageTheof theSun andMoon.Pillars of the Temple.4042The Serpent44The Masonic Apron46The Scepters48of Egypt.The Sacred ScarabThe50Priest before theArkof the Covenant54The Rod that Budded, the Pot of Manna, and theTablets of theLaw585
iQc tffl' »EfilILLUSTRATIONS(Continued)PageThe HolyiffGrail62The Stone and the Sword64The Rosicrucian Rose66The Sacred Spear68Cross Section of the Great Pyramid of Gizah74The Pyramid76The Sphinx78The Key and the Cross82The White Grail86The Black Grail87
mffl*//m\*The Initiatesof the FlameINTRODUCTIONFewrealize thateven at the present stage ofcivil-ization in this world, there are souls who, like thewalk the earth andpriests of the ancient temples,watch and guard the sacredaltar of humanity.renounced thelifefiresthat burn upon thePurified ones they are,who haveof this sphere in order to guard andprotect the Flame, that spiritual principle in man,nowhidden beneath the ruins of his fallen temple.As we thinkof the nations that are past, of Greeceand Rome and the grandeur that was Egypt's, we sighweasrecall the story of their fall;and we watch thenations of today, not knowing which will be the next todrawitsghostlyshroud aroundfileBut everywhere, evenweitselfand join that greatof peoples that are dead.in the riseandfallof nations,see through the haze of materiality, justice; every-where we see reward, not of man but of the invincibleOne, the sternal Flame.Hifi
51''AQ »— Efi]great hand reaches out from the unseen and regu-man. It reaches out from that greatFlame which nourishes all created things, thelates the affairs ofspiritualnever dyingCosmosthat burns on the sacred altar of—that greatwe turn againIfwefirewhichfireisto the racesthe spirit of God.nowwedead,shall, ifThe lighthad gone out. When the flame within the body is withdrawn, the body is dead. When the light was takenfrom the altar, the temple was no longer the dwellinglook, find the cause of their destruction.place of a living God.Degeneracy,lust,and passion, hates andinto the souls of Greeceand Rome, and Black Magicovershadowed Egypt; theTheweaker and weaker.nameout,of the Flame.and as theLittlelightupon the altar grewpriests lost thebylittlespark grewlastWord, thethe Flame flickeredcold,beneath the dead ashes ofdied, buriedfears, crepta mighty nationitsownspiritualfire.But the Flame did notthe essence,itcannotIncannot cease to be.itdie.die,Like spirit of whichbecauseit issome wildernesslife,andit islifeof land or searested once again, and there rose a mighty nationSo history goes on through thearound that flame.As long as a people are true to the Flame, itremains, but when they cease to nourish it with theirages.lives, itgoes on to other lands and other worlds.Those who worshipheathens.Little doourselves untilifiliwethisweFlame are nowrealize thatwecalledare heathenare baptised of the Holy Spirit,iQ r »E
tfiwhich is Fire, for fire is Light, and the children of theFlame are the Sons of Light, even as God is Light.There are those who have for ages labored with manto help him to kindle within himself this spark, whichishis divine birthright.It isof self-sacrifice and servicethis fire,thesewho bytheir liveshave awakened and tendedand who through ages of study have learnedthe mysteryitof the Flame.contained, thatwe nowcallthe "Initiates,,For ages they have labored with mankind to help himto uncover the light within himself, and on the pagesof history they have left their seal, the seal of Fire.Unhonored and unsung they have labored withhumanity, and now theirtoamuseworldlives areused as fairy storieschildren, but the time will yetknow the work theyshallour present civilizationisallourlore,realize thatraised upon the shoulders ofthe mighty demigods of the past.stood, withcome when theanddid,Westand as Fausta fool no wiser than before,because we refuse to take the truths they gave us andthe evidence of their experiences.Let us honor theseSons of the Flame, not by words, but by so living thattheir sacrifice shall not/BeGn vain.us the way, they have ledunknown, and therehind the Veil.asitmanThey have showngateway of theto thein their robes of glory passed be-Their lives were the key to their wisdom,must alwaysbe.They have gone, butthey stand, milestones on the road ofhumanin historyprogress.Let us watch these mighty ones as they pass silentlyby.First,lyre of hisOrpheus, playing upon the seven stringedownbeing, the music of the spheres.Thenif? fi\9
mi@i lHermes, the thrice greatest, with his emerald tablet ofThrough the shadesdivine revelation.of the pastwedimly see Krishna, the illuminated, who on the battlefieldof life taughtThen wemanthe mysteries of hisownsoul.see the sublime Buddha, his yellow robe nothalf so glorious as the heartdear Master, themanJesus, his head surrounded witha halo of Golden Flame, and hiscalm of mastery.cius, Odin,owncovered, and ouritbrow serene with theThen Mohammed, Zoroaster, Confu-and Moses, and others nolessworthy passThey were the Sonsby before the eyes of the student.From the Flame they came, and to theFlame they have returned. To us they beckon, and bidof Flame.us join them, and in our robes of self -earned glory toserve theFlame theylove.They were without creed or clan they served but theFrom the same place they all came,ideal.and to the same place they have returned. There was;one greatno superiority there.Handinhand they labor forEach loves the other, for the power thathas made them masters has shown them the Brotherhumanity.hood ofall life.In the pages that followwe willtry toshowthis greatthread, the spiritual thread, the thread of livingthat winds in and out throughthem together with a mutualallreligionsidealand bindsand mutual needs.In the story of the Grail and the Legends ofArthur wefind that threadthe King and the Temple ofthread oflifeKingwound around the Table ofMount Salvart. This samethat passes through the roses of theRosicrucians, windsamongfireamongthe pedals of the Lotus, andthe temple pillars of Luxor.S10THEREISBUTa
HONE RELIGION IN ALL THE WORLD,and thatisthe worship of God, the spiritual Flame of the universe.Under many names HeIswari orAmmonof the universe,WeisHeor God,andfire isknownin all lands, but asthe same, the CreatorisHis universal symbol.are the Flame-Born Sons of God, thrown out assparks from the wheels of theAroundinfinite.thisFlame we have built forms which have hidden our light,but as students we are increasing this light by love andservice, until it shall again proclaim us Suns of theEternal.Within us burns that Flame, and beforelowerman mustIts altar thebow, a faithful servant of the Higher.Whenhe serves the Flame he grows, and the lightgrowsuntilhe takes his place with the true Initiates ofthe universe, thosein thenameof thewho havegivenallFlame within.Let us find this Flame and also serveit isto the Infinite,it,in all created things, that all areare part of that eternal Flame, thefirerealizing thatone becauseallof spirit, the lifeand power of the universe.Upon thealtar of this Flame, to the true creator ofthis book, the writer offersit,and dedicate it to the oneFire which blazes forth from God, and isnow hiddenwithin each living thing.3'i@ii jg
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H»'gt jSFOREWORD77/ GREATEST OF MYSTERY SCHOOLSThe Worldschool does notopportunity foristheschoolroom of God.make uslearning.allOurbeing inlearn, but within that school is theIthasitsgrades andand admissionitsclasses, its sciencesandbirthright of man.Its graduates are its teachers, its pupilsits arts,to it is theIts examples are Nature, and itsThose who would go into the greatercolleges and universities must first, day by day, and yearby year, work through the common school of life, andpresent to their new teachers the diplomas they have won,upon which is zvritten the name that none may read savethose who have received it.areallcreated things.rules are God's laws.The hours may seemlong,and the teacherscruel, buteach of us must walk that path, and the only ones ready togo onward are those zvho have passed through the gatewayof experience GOD'S GREAT SCHOOL FOR MAN.33 »Q' E5
m siTheInitiates of theFlameThe Cube Altar:Of the elements of the earthIt isthe great cube of matter.a Flame. Itthings.is thisFlame thatMan, knowthyself.thy bodies are the livingis thisOnisaltar composed.or in this altarthe spirit ofThouallbumscreatedart the Flame, andaltar.ifi14
@ JE[Efili TkeInitiatesof the FlameCHAPTERI.THE FIRE UPON THE ALTARAsfar back as our history goeswefind that firehasplayed an important part in the religious ceremonial ofthehumanIn practically every religionrace.the sacred altarfires,wefindwhich were guarded by theownmade topriests and vestals with greater care than theirIn the Biblelives.wemanyfindreferencesthe sacred fires which were used as one form of devotioningsby the ancientIsraelites.as old as theistime when thefirsthumanman,mists of ancient Lemuria,The Altarrace,ofBurnt Offer-and dates from thelifting himself out of thefirstsaw theAmongFire Spirit of the universe.sun, the greatthe followers ofZoroaster, the Persian Initiate, fire has been used forcenturies in honor of the great Fire God, Ormuzd,issaidby themtowhohave created the universe.There are two paths or divisions of humanity whosehistory331is closelyrelated to that of the'Q —115Wisdom Teach--j HE
Eifi77 Initiates of theFlameThe Everburning Lamp:Knowthat the Flame that burns within thee andlights thyAsway isthe ever burning lamp of the ancients.their lamps were fedspiritualby the purest ofFlame must be fed by alifeoil,so thyof purity andaltruism. 1ifi16
HThe Fire Uponthe AltarThey embody the doctrinesings.of fireand water, theThose who follow the pathtwo opposites of nature.faith or the heart, use water,ofand are known as theSons of Seth, while those who follow the path of themind andson of Samael, the Spirit of Fire.latterwho wasToday we findaction are the Children of Cain,amongthethethe alchemists, the hermetic philosophers,the Rosicrucians, and the Freemasons.It is wellfor us to understand thatweourselves arethe cube altar upon which and in which burns the altarfire.For many centuries thebeenInitiate of fire hasnourishing and guarding the Spiritual Flame withinhimself, as the ancient priests watched day and nightthe altar fires of Vesta's temple.The ever burning lampof the alchemist,which hav-ing burned thousands of years without fuel in the cata-combs of Rome,fireisbut a symbol of this same spiritualwithin himself.In the picturewesee the everburning lamp which was carried by the Initiate in hiswandering.It representsthe top of whichisthe spinal column of man, atflickering a little blueand red flame,(kAs the lamp of the ancients was fed and kept burning bythe purest of oliveoil,somanistransmiting withinhimself and cleansing in the laver of purification thelifeessences, which,when turned upward, providefuelfor the ever burning lamp within himself.Upon thealtars of the ancientsfices to their gods.sacrifices of spices53'were offeredThe ancient Hierophantsacri-offered upand incense. The Masonic brother ofxw 17
]Oc 1TheInitiates of theiffFlameThe Masonic Censor:As the perfumerisingfrom the incense burner wasmay our wordsacceptable in the sight of the Lord, soand actions ever be a sweet incense acceptablesight of thein theMost High.tfitfi18
i i 1 @iThe Fire Upontoday—rithe Altarhas among his symbols the incense burnerstillor censer, but few of the brothers recognize themselves in this symbol.The ancients symbolized undersuch things as this the development of the individual,and as the tiny spark burning among the incense cubesslowly consumesstudentall,slowly burningisFlame within theaway and transmuting theso the Spiritualbase metals and properties within himself, and offeringup the essence thereof as the smoke upon the altar ofDivinity.It is saidthat King Solomon,when he com-pleted his temple, offered bulls as a sacrifice to the Lord,by burning them upon the templebelieve in a harmless lifeences aremadeThe studentwonder why so manyin the Bible toanimalwasrefer-sacrifice.realizes that the animal sacrifices arewhenthose of the celestial zodiac, and thatthe BullThose whoaltar.offered upon the altar,itman which come throughRam, and Taurus, the Bull in thetheRamorrepresented thequalities inAries, the celes-tialzodiac.In other-words, the Initiate, passing through his tests and purification, is offeringupon the altar of his own higherbeing the lower animal instincts and desires withinhimself.whatcoffin,laidweAmongis calledwealso findIt isa spade, athe Masonic brothersthe Symbol of Mortality.and an open grave, while upon thecoffinhas beena sprig of acacia, or evergreen.In the picturesee the spade of the grave digger,which has beenconsidered the symbol of death for centuries.In theBookof Thoth, that strangehas descended toBD'mandocument whichat his present s
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