The Perfect Way: Or, The Finding of Christ

unity and trinity Referring to the philosophical concept of the divine as both a single unity and a threefold manifestation, and the mode of individualization and development. The true doctrine of creation by evolution; found in all religions, as also that of the progression and migration of Souls The doctrine of reincarnation or the soul's journey through multiple lifetimes; personal and historical testimony to its truth; recognized in the Old and New Testaments. Rudimentary man. The Sphinx A symbol representing the riddle of human existence and the union of the animal and spiritual natures . . . . . . . pp. 1-25

PART II. Relation of the system recovered to that currently in possession. The true heir. Religion, being founded in the nature of existence, is necessarily non-historical, independent of times, places, and persons, and appeals perpetually to the mind and conscience. Objections anticipated. The persistency of religious ideas is due to their reality. The apparently new is not necessarily really new. Christianity is not exempt from the influences which caused the deterioration of Judaism. Its future development by means of new revelation was foretold by its Founder. The need for such new revelation to preserve, not only religion, but humanity from extinction. The man of sin and abomination that maketh desolate Biblical terms from the New Testament and the Book of Daniel, here used to describe the corruption of spiritual truth and the rise of a purely materialistic worldview. Substitution of the Gospel of Force for the Gospel of Love. One name whereby there is salvation, but many bearers. The Christs The author suggests that the "Christ" is a state of spiritual perfection achievable by many, rather than being limited to a single historical figure . . . . . . . pp. 25-37

LECTURE THE SECOND.

THE SOUL; AND THE SUBSTANCE OF EXISTENCE.

PART I. The Soul, whether universal or individual, is the supreme subject and object of culture: the essential self, to know which is the only true wisdom, involving the knowledge of God. Mysticism or Spiritualism, and Materialism, are the doctrines respectively of Substance (Spirit) and of phenomenon (Matter). Matter is a mode or condition of Spirit, and is indispensable to its manifestation. The object of all religion and the subject of all revelation is the redemption of Spirit from Matter. The necessity for the idea of a "No-God" A philosophical concept where the absence or denial of God serves as a necessary stage for the soul to define its own existence in the process of creation. The ascent from Nature's Seeming to God's Being. The recovered system and Materialism are compared respectively to Phœbus and Python In Greek mythology, the sun-god Phœbus Apollo (representing light and truth) slew the serpent Python (representing darkness and the crude forces of nature) . . . . pp. 38-44