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  existence。
  Leave   self   and   the   world   behind   you   for   the   present;   and;   for   the
  moment; leave your life; with its manifold vanities; in the outer court; and
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  together let us cross the threshold and enter the door of the Temple。 There!
  At last we have entered the Sacred Sanctuary;  my brother; and we stand
  face   to   face   with   the   imperishable   truth   of   our   beingthe   truth   which
  makes us free; the truth which must ultimately prevail; by virtue of its own
  inherent Divinity; and we realize Man as he really is; not as he outwardly
  seems to be。 We view him as a molecule; composed of a congregation of
  separate atoms; all of them held in their places by the centripetal force of
  the   central   human   atom   of   life。   And   yet;   small   as   he   is;   small   as   his
  kingdom is; compared with the mighty creation of which he is a part; he
  possesses   all   the   inherent   qualities   of   the   whole。   This;   then;   is   our   first
  conceptionMan; is a microcosmic molecule; an atom of divine life。
  The   scene   changes   within   the   chamber;   and   upon   the   shimmering;
  luminous veil; yet before us; we view the large and mighty planet called
  the  Earth。  Not   as   a  revolving satellite of   the  Sun; but   as   she  really  is;   a
  vital   organ   of   the   macrocosm;   the   stellar   womb   of   the   solar   system;   the
  matrix which produces the material organic form of humanity。 When the
  Earth   was   without   form   and   void;〃   as   we   are   informed   in   the   mystical
  language   of   Genesis;   the   human   soul   had   not   yet   reached   the   state;   or
  grade; in the celestial university that desired the Earth and its temporary
  illusions。     Hence    this   state  was    void;   an   unborn     idea;   the  To   Be;   and
  darkness; symbolical of complete lack of life and intelligence; 〃was upon
  the face of the deep;〃 silent space。
  Again   the   scene   changes;   and   one   by   one   the   numberless   planets;
  planetoids;      moons;     meteors;     comets;     and   other    attendant    bodies;    pass
  before   the   eye   of   the   soul   as   we   gaze   upon   the   curtain   of   this   Sacred
  Penetralia;   each   orb   belonging   to   some   portion   of   the Astral   Man;   each
  great planet constituting some vital function of the macrocosmic organism;
  and conferring those qualities upon each and every single atom pertaining
  to that degree of life; so that the solar system becomes individualized as a
  grand cosmic organism; its attendant satellites constituting its vital organs;
  and the shining Zodiac its outward form。 So; also; each planet is a living;
  cosmic individual; intensely alive; living; moving; breathing; and bringing
  forth its offspring of like substance; matter; in obedience to the potential
  demand   of   incarnating   spirit。   The   Sun   is   alive;   glowing   with   life;   and
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  constitutes the heart and arterial center of all the circulating fluids of the
  stellar anatomy。
  Scientists   may  continue  to   predict;  as   they  have been   predicting;   the
  day   when   solar   radiation   will   cease;   but   their   predictions   will   prove   as
  worthless as the sighing of the summer wind; so far as reality is concerned。
  〃It is an incomprehensible mystery to science;〃 says Sir Robert Ball; in his
  〃Story of the Heavens;〃 〃how the Sun has been able to maintain its heat
  with such regularity in the past; for there has been no appreciable change
  in the Earth's temperature for thousands of years。〃 What it is to…day it was
  ten thousand years agoyea; Sir Robert Ball; and will be in ten thousand
  years to come。 You may wonder; and the Royal College may wonder; but
  in   the   meantime      the  mighty;     pulsating    Sun   continues     beating    out   its
  rhythmic      vibrations    of  spiritual   and    dynamic     lifecontinues;     and   will
  continue;   to   send   the   exhilarating   current   throughout   every   atom;   to   the
  remotest part of his solar dominions; and the same current RETURNS TO
  HIM AGAIN; UNDIMINISHED; for the purification which his glowing;
  transmuting photosphere alone; can give; to be sent forward again; upon
  its mission of light; life; and love; around the vital; organic worlds of the
  astral   organism。   There   is   nothing   lost;   no   radiation   of   energy   dispersed
  upon     the   unformed;     lifeless   ether。   From    the   radiating    solar   focus   of
  Divinity it comes; and to him; undiminished it returns; and so on forever
  and ever; until the last Deific atom has won its laggard way back to the
  shining throne of God。
  The     Sun   breathes。    The    pulsating    process     of  dynamic      respiration;
  eternally repeated during the grand period of a solar lifetime; renews   its
  vital   energies;   and   supplies   itself;   with   the   full   abundance   of   the   ever…
  living spirit; transmitted from the shoreless ether in which it lives。 It needs
  no other food; except the magnetic nutriment it receives from each   vital
  organ; or planet; in return for the electrical life current it transmits to them。
  Just   as   the   human   lungs   inflate   themselves   with   the   vital   atmosphere;
  (which   is   only  the   ether;   dynamically  diluted   by  the   Earth   to   harmonize
  with   our   conditions);   to   oxygenate   the   blood   and   add   fresh   fuel   to   the
  physical furnace; or supply finer essences to the nervous centers。 Just as
  the human heart; with its continual; rhythmic pulsations; propels forth the
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  circulating   fluid   to   every   part   of   the   human   frame;   so   does   the   central
  heart and lungs of the Grander Man of the Skies; (the Sun) send forth its
  vitalizing energy to every part of the universe。
  Such are the crowding thoughts; born of interior knowledge; that flood
  the mind as we view these sacred revelations within the sacred chamber of
  the soul。 As yet; we are gazing upon the undulating flow of the astral light。
  We yearn within our utmost being to become the center of the Penetralia
  and gaze upon the glorious radiance of the Adonai; from whose ineffable
  presence we are only screened by the last shining veil of semi…transparent
  matter; that waves and trembles with every spiritual aspiration。 The soul
  sends forth its pleading cry for light: 〃Who and what is God?〃 Faintly; as
  the distant vesper sounds upon the cooling eve; comes the answer: 〃Who
  and   what   art   thou?   What   canst   thou   see?   What   delectable   blessing   does
  Nature   vouchsafe   to   the   pure   in   heart?〃   We   tremble   with   the   awful;   yet
  thrilling;   revelation。   We   know   dimly;   yet   fail   to   realize   in   our   outward
  consciousness   the   full   import   thereof。   We   realize   wherein   the   mistaken
  selfhood hath become the only begotten of the Father; but the revelation is
  too much; and too little。 We know that; faint as the voice seemed to the yet
  unprepared soul; an echo only; IT WAS THE VOICE OF THE ADONAI
  BEHIND THE VEIL。 And now we crave the knowledge of the Where and
  Whither。
  Again;   we   see   the   Earth   as   the   vital   function   of   the   interplanetary
  being。 It is composed of substance termed matter; which substance is the
  aggregation   of   countless   atoms;   which   science   has   not;   and   never   can;
  resolve into their individual selves。 These atoms are rings of the atomless
  ether; which; thus differentiated from the formless ether; become centers
  of force; the center of such force being a vacuum within the atomic ringa
  center     so  small    that  a  microscope      with    lens   one   thousand     times   as
  powerful   as   the   most   perfect   modern   instrument   would   fail   to   reveal   it。
  These atoms form systems; under the control of another apparent vacuum;
  or; rather; this vacuum seems to be the focus; or center; about which they
  revolve。   THIS   SYSTEM   CONSTITUTES A  SCIENTIFIC   MOLECULE
  OF MATTER; and; in response to the innumerable vibrations; they assume
  different   forms   or   dimensions;   and   become;   indifferently;   molecules   of
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  oxygen; hydrogen; nitrogen; or carbon; as the case may be; all of which
  are but different modes of motion of the same primitive atoms; there being
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