OR, THE FINDING OF CHRIST.

IN presenting an American edition of THE PERFECT WAY, OR THE FINDING OF CHRIST, to the reading and inquiring public, we have been actuated by the conviction that a comprehensive text-book of the new views," or the restored wisdom and knowledge of the ages regarding religion or the perfect life, was imperatively required, wherein the subject was treated in a manner luminous, instruc tive, and entertaining, and which, without abridgment, or inferiority of material and workmanship, could yet be sold at a price that would bring the work within the means of the general reader.

THE PERFECT WAY will be found to be an occult library in itself, and those desirous of coming into the esoteric knowledge and significance of life, will be richly repaid by its study or perusal; and especially will those who feel that they cannot afford the means or time to purchase and read many books, do well to make this one of their first choice. To such, and all who are seeking new light, life, and higher inspiration, the American edition is respectfully dedicated.

Arife, fhine, for thy Light is come:

The Perfect Way:

The following are a few of the subjects treated in this work: THE recovery of the original system, which was the basis of all religious systems. Intuition as the complement to intellect. The knowledge of the Soul in all its past experiences.-Revelation a proper prerogative of Man.-God the Supreme Reason; Understanding the "Rock" of the true Church. Nature and relation of Spirit and Matter.-Relation of ancient to modern systems of Religion.-The Kalpa; Nirvana; Rudimentary Man; The Sphinx.Persistence of religious ideas due to their reality. - Future development of Christianity foretold by its Founder. The need of new revelation to preserve not only Religion but Humanity from extinction.-Substitution of the Gospel of Force for the Gospel of Love. One name by which is salvation, but many bearers. -The Christs.

The Soul the supreme subject and object of culture.-To know self involves the knowledge of God.-Matter a mode or condition of Spirit.-The ascent from Nature's seem

The Path of the Juft is as ye fhining Light

that fhineth more and more unto ye Perfect Day.

ing to God's Being.-The recovered system and Materialism, respectively as Phoebus and Python.-The genesis and nature of the Soul.-The Divine breath; the celestial Nirvana versus the end of the persistently evil. Upward working of the Soul, and return to pure Spirit.-God as Living Substance; evil resultant from limitations in Matter. The invisible, original, and primitive Light.-As Life, God is He; as Substance, She; respectively Spirit and Soul -The Seven Spirits or Prin ciples of God.-The heav enly Maria or Soul by whom true manhood is attained.Man as an expression of God. Why the Christs have been called Sungods.

The various orders of

Spirits and how to discern them.-The sphere and the circulus of the astral.-The Shades, Purgatory, Hell, "the Devil," Souls in prison.-The elements subject to the human will.Anima bruta and anima divina.-Metempsychosis and re-incarnation. Cause of the Soul's loss. Need of a positive, and danger of a negative attitude of mind. Spirit, Elemental and Elementary. The Genius or guardian angel; the Gods or Archangels.-Priestly degradation of the character of Deity.-The occult side of the sacrificial system.-Astral spirits personate the celestial. The nature and constitution of the Ego. Psyche or the soul individualized through matter.-Karma, or the result of past conduct and knowledge.-The soul of the planet, like that of the individual, transmigrates and passes on.-The evolution of the Ego and the Church.-Sixfold state of the first Church; "Paradise." Allegorical character of the Scriptures.-The parable of the Fall. -A new Annunciation.-Interpretation of Scripture intellectual, and intuitional.-The Soul of the Woman, through whose aspiration Man in a mystical sense becomes the image of God.-The Soul's History allegorized in Genesis and Revelation, Rise and Fall of the original Church.

Redemption of spirit from Matter.-The Adept and the Christ.-Cause of Materialism.The Sacred Mysteries; the great pyramid.-The Divine Marriage.-Relation of Christian gospels to Pythagoras and Buddha.-Buddha and Jesus.-The Religion and Humanity of the future. The des tiny of Islamism.

God as the Lord; or, the Divine Image.-Doctrine of the Bible; Kabbala, Bagavat, Gita.Swedenborg; the Hermetic doctrine.-The "Mount of the Lord."-The "Spirit of Understanding." The Mystery of Godliness.-Woman according to Paul, Jesus, Plato, Aristotle.-Conspiracy of modern science against the Soul.-Christ as the culmination of Humanity and point of junction with Deity. With fifteen appendices from Hermetic writings. Pp. 368. Cloth, $2.00. Esoteric Publishing Company,

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THE ESOTERIC.

A Magazine of Advanced and Practical Esoteric Thought.

SOME OCCULT PHENOMENA AND FORCES FROM

THE SCIENTIFIC STAND-POINT.

DEDICATED TO THE G.....R DEPT. NO. 1 OF COLLEGE ESOTERIC.

BY VIDYA-NYAIKA.

The numerous important Laws of Sound by Vidya-Nyaika given in this article are taken, by the permission of the Leader of the S. A. N. Department of the G... K.., from the Association donation to that department. Only a few of them have been selected, in order to give our Readers a general idea of the nature of the training incident to a knowledge of one of the forces; and these laws have been divested of all mathematical expressions of proportion and quantivalence, and of all terms with which our Readers might not be familiar, and made as simple and plain as possible. There should be several long articles written upon each one of the laws and corollaries, but we have been desirous to give the people who are interested in the College an idea of one of the methods at the disposal of the pupils through G..... R Department No. 1. The S. A. N. Department will supply instructors, etc., to this department, as soon as the College is ready.

Now, the highest note of a Piano is about 4230, which, multiplied by 13, to get its highest harmonic, gives us 54,990 oscillations per second. This note lies about two-thirds of the distance above the 16th octave, and onethird below the 17th octave. Its highest harmonics are, therefore, appreciable by good ears. Of course there are very many who cannot hear 50,000 per second: perhaps five-sixths of the race cannot, but the other sixth can. Now there are very few people who cannot hear the seventh harmonic of this highest note of the piano, and that falls within the 15th octave. The majority of those who have occult aspirations, and poetical natures, and sensitive feelings, can easily hear 60,000 per second, and, therefore, have the capacity to hear all the harmonics of the highest note of any piano. The fact that they do not, depends upon more practical matters and more easily removable causes than capacity of the ear. A note of 323,000 oscillations per second has a harmonic that falls within the limit of the sound-gamut; and all notes above that frequency cannot have all the harmonics produced: this note is two-thirds of an octave above the 19th. The first note of the 22nd octave can have its 1st harmonic and no more. Now, a word regarding the significance of the variable capacities of ears. Those who cannot hear more than 25,000 oscillations per second cannot hope to feel the effects of the higher harmonics of the upper two octaves of a piano, neither can they hope to take the same cultures in music as those take who can hear higher notes.

VIDYA-NYAIKA'S 161ST LAW OF SOUND.

The capacity of the ear to distinguish the higher harmonics advances as the mental structure advances, and in direct proportion thereunto." In the Mahopanishada there is a Law which says; "Every advancement in knowledge builds a new mental structure, and develops new sympathies and emotions which, in their turn, develop soul-structure." Now it is obvious that these soul (moral) structures cannot precede the mental structure, and it is also plain that with the growth of soul-structures there must come incarnate emotions and sympathies. These soul-structures give us finer sensibilities, and enable us to detect sounds which before we could not hear, and, therefore, comes in natural sequence the 162nd law.

VIDYA-NYAIKA'S 162ND LAW OF SOUND.

"The ability of the ear to distinguish harmonics depends upon the moral development, and upon the training of the emotions and sympathies corresponding with that given degree of development."

Notice the distinction between capacity and ability in the two laws. The ear generally has a larger capacity than it has ability; by training, the abilities become co-extensive with the capacities.

VIDYA-NYAIKA'S 163RD LAW OF SOUND.

"The emotions and sympathies produced by tones develop the moral nature and produce soul-structures, which will enable the pupil to distinguish higher harmonics."

Surely no one can read these laws and understand them without feeling exalted by the very ideas of the wonderful and momentous culture which they open up.

VIDYA-NYAIKA'S 164TH LAW OF SOUND.

"The normal order in which to develop the ability to distinguish the harmonics, is the natural order of their formation in an oscillating aggregate to develop them in a different order produces abnormal structure, and destroys the musical taste and ability of the pupil."

How often have we seen a lover of music possessed of ability before taking lessons; and how often have we seen all aspiration and ability destroyed by well-meant practice of pieces whose tones were not adapted to the natural wants of the pupil. A structure was produced which obliterated the natural organs in the brain through which the soul was trying to express itself.

The musical instuments of the day possess the ability to produce abnormal sounds to such a degree that their preservation as relics would be a crime, for how should we dare to intrude upon the future the discords which leave a contagion upon the soul. A note produces an emotional effect corresponding to the harmonics present, and according to the laws given in previous articles. Now a melody for eight or ten successive notes should at least preserve the same tone-quality; but instruments are so constructed that every wire, reed, string, and pipe gives off a different relative series of harmonics, and each one a different tone-quality. What would you think of an orator who, in delivering a funeral oration, should pronounce the first word in tones of grief, the second in tones of joyous emotion, the third in anger, the fourth in laughter, the fifth with indifference, the sixth with a sneer, and so on. Well, that is just what we do in music! We play Beethoven's "Adelaida" with as many tone-qualities as there are notes used in

the music of the piece; and not one of these tone-qualities is adapted to the emotional effect which the piece should produce.

VIDYA-NYAIKA'S 170TH LAW OF SOUND.

"In the rendition of a melody the tone-qualities of all the notes should be alike, and they should correspond with the emotional effect naturally produced by the melody, song, or idea of the composer.

VIDYA-NYAIKA'S 171ST LAW OF SOUND.

"Changes in the emotional effect or idea of a musical composition must be accompanied with a corresponding change in the tone-quality of the notes of the instruments upon which it is rendered."

This introduces into music a new realm. Imagine an instrument in which, by means of twelve stops, the performer could change the tone-quality at will from the saddest and most melancholy of tones, through all the intervening twelve kinds of emotion, to the most cheerful and joyous of sounds! Yet such is the wonderful instrument upon which the pupils of the departments shall have the opportunity to practise. This will give the composer the opportunity to express his feeling; and the inspired musician to play the music he hears with the ears of the soul.

VIDYA-NYAIKA'S 165TH LAW OF SOUND.

"The order of the development of the capacity of the ear to hear the higher notes does not take place in numerical order, but, starting with the last highest attainment, the progressive development takes place in the harmonic intervals, skipping those which do not fall in the harmony, until two octaves of capacity have been attained, and their corresponding structures produced in the ear, brain, and soul; and then the development com. mences back at the former starting-point, and develops the skipped intervals."

This law is of the utmost inportance in the regulation of the musical culture, and the determination of the degree of development. Ignorance of this law would cause the teacher to allow the pupil to hear notes which would destroy the very capacity which he hoped to develop. Thus, if the last highest note recognized be called C, the next one will not be E, nor the D preceding it, nor the F, but the G,-a major fifth from the last highest note heard: then the octave, etc. It has previously been shown that if an aggregate divides into two portions, so as to produce the octave or first harmonic, then the third harmonic cannot form, because the oscillating wire cannot divide into two equal parts, and, at the same time, into three equal parts; if it divides into two parts there is a certain order of har monics quite different from those given by its dividing into three parts; and according to these facts, the teacher must regulate his subject matter. VIDYA-NYAIKA'S 166TH LAW OF SOUND.

"The structure developing in response to new emotions called into play by new concepts, at first oscillates sympathetically to the fundamental pitch of the tone it is just learning to recognize; and then this structure in the ear acquires the power to oscillate in submultiple parts of itself, and if the first submultiple be in two segments, the octave of the former highest note will be heard next in order, and then the third, but not the second harmonic; but if each half of the two segments separate into three parts, instead of two, then, instead of the third harmonic, there will next be heard the major third above the third harmonic. The structures formed can be

destroyed in their normal growth by persistently hearing notes and tonequalities which develop abnormal submultiples in the forming structures." Now, the natural order of succession is mathematically determinable and capable of physical measurement; and thus we can foretell the order of the development of the emotions, and, therefore, of the moral and mental structures; and we can, by this same method, classify the people of any of the "twelve tribes" into their corresponding developments, and tell the degree and order of their evolution.

VIDYA-NYAIKA'S 222ND LAW OF SOUND.

"To harbor a feeling which is not normal to the proper order of growth, and to entertain an emotion, sentiment, or impulse which is not harmonious with healthful, mental, and moral conditions, is to develop structures, with a rapidity proportional to the intensity and continuity of the emotions and states, and these structures thus developed will destroy the capacity for further development in the normal direction, and the evil structures being abnormal, will soon destroy the mental and moral power."

This law shows the impossibility of evil-minded persons ever obtaining dangerous developments, beyond a certain degree, for the structures, formed under immoral influences are self-destructive to their own functions, and to all higher developments.

Nuclei leaders will recognize herein an extension of the methods for practically applying certain cyclical laws with which they have become acquainted; and they will observe that the order in which musical progress takes place from the lower to the higher pitches, and from the simpler to the more complex emotions, corresponds exactly with the order of mental progress through the Four Quadrants; and the order of moral growth and moral culture, corresponding with the order of succession of emotional capacities also corresponds sequentially with the order in which we learn the higher harmonics, and that these orders can be experimentally, diagnostically and mathematically determined. It enables us to compute the exact degree of evolution which any one has attained, and to properly appoint the proper physical, mental, moral and spiritual culture for any given individual; it is in accordance with these, and other laws, that the donations of the association will be made, and the cultures of the Nuclei and departments apportioned.

VIDYA-NYAIKA'S 227TH LAW OF SOUND.

"The order in which the emotions and moral aversions and approvals naturally evolve, is the only order in which they can be properly attained; and the methods of training, from the mental stand-point, consist in developing the concepts belonging to a new order of knowledge (new to the pupil,) and these must be brought out experimentally in the order in which they naturally evolve, and which produces new mental and physical structures; and these structures develop new emotions, sympathies, loves and aversions, whose training from the moral stand-point consists in artificially reproducing them by the aid of tones, etc., by daily repetition, in the order in which they should occur to produce natural moral growth in soulstructure,"

Corollary."The mental recognition of the nature and meaning of the tones and harmonics must first be developed by experimental illustration: and the concepts classified and remembered, until they have produced brain growth.