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                 WORKBOOK FOR "ANCIENT AND MODERN INITIATION":

PART I:  THE TABERNACLE IN THE WILDERNESS

Chapter 1

1-1]     Who designed the ancient Atlantean Mystery Temple?

1-2]     Which of the following was not one of the purposes of the Atlantean 
         Mystery Temple?
         a)   It was a place in which the masses of the original Semites 
              held worship services.
         b)   It was a place where the original Semites could meet the Lord 
              when they had properly qualified themselves.
         c)   It served as a symbol which spoke to the inner or Higher Self.

1-3]     Next to each item on the left put the letter of the item on the 
         right which indicates which rays are working or in the indicated 
         object.
         Mountains surrounded by blue       A.  The rays of the Holy Spirit
         haze ______                            
                                            B.  The rays of the Son
         Green plants ______                    
                                            C.  The rays of the Father and
         Purple blood in animals ______         son

         Blue and purple curtains in the    D.  The rays of the Father
         Tabernacle ______                      
                                            E.  The rays of the Father and
         The golden "wedding garment"           and of the Holy Spirit
         of the mystic Bride ______             
                                            F.  The rays of the Father, Son
                                                and Holy Spirit
Thought questions:
1-A]     How is it possible for one to build a temple inside of oneself?


1-B]     Why does the mystic mason strive to build a temple within himself?

Chapter 2

2-1]     Which of the following is not one of the lessons which is contained 
         in the symbolism of the Brazen Altar?
         a)   Sin is man-made.
         b)   The animal nature in man must be consumed by a divine fire.
         c)   The feeling of remorse required to expiate sins need not be 
              painful.
         d)   Man advances by sacrifices.

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2-2]     What must we do if we would build the Altar of sacrifice within 
         ourselves, and live through the ritual of service there?

2-3]     Which of the following is not important in performing the exercise 
         of retrospection?
         a)   The exercise should be done each evening after one has lain 
              down for the night.
         b)   The body should be completely relaxed while the exercise is 
              being performed.
         c)   The scenes of the day should be reviewed in the order in which 
              they occurred.
         d)   We need to feel the fire of remorse for wrongdoing burn to the 
              very marrow of our bones.

2-4]     What effect does deep and sincere sorrow for wrongdoings have on 
         the pictures of our life which are stored in the seed atom in the 
         heart?

2-5]     In the Ancient Atlantean Mystery Temple, what did the divine 
         Hierarchies who guided humanity do to the water in the Brazen 
         Laver?  Why?

2-6]     What does the symbol of the Brazen Laver remind us what we must do?

Thought questions:

2-A]     What effect will the regular performance of the exercise of 
         retrospection have on the daily life?

2-B]     What effect will the consecration of ourselves to following the 
         Christ within have on our daily lives?

Chapter 3

3-1]     Next to each item on the left put the letter of the item on the 
         right which gives the position in the Temple of the item on the 
         left.

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         The veil through which one enters  A.  The north side of the
         the East Room from the outside ______  East Room

         The Golden Candlestick ______      B.  The south side of the
                                                East Room
         The Altar of Incense ______            
                                            C.  The east side of the
         The Table of Shewbread ______          East Room

         The veil between the East Room and D.  The west side of the
         the Holy of Holies ______              East Room

                                            E.  The center of the East
                                                Room

3-2]     Match each item on the left with the item on the right which is 
         most closely related.

         The cosmic knowledge and           A.  The Burning of Incense
         planetary energies which man is        
         given to work with ______          B.  The Incense

         Opportunities for service          C.  The Seven-branched
         which come through the 'houses'        candlestick
         in the horoscope ______
                                            D.  The Shewbread
         The essence extracted from acts
         of service ______

         The building of the soul body ______

Thought questions

3-A]     What do the furnishings in the East Room remind us that we need to 
         do in order to obtain soul growth?

3-B]     How are acts of service transmuted into soul?

Chapter 4

4-1]     In the Holy of Holies there was no external source of light.  How, 
         there, is the candidate to see where he is going?

4-2]     How do the Altar of sacrifice and the East Room prepare the 
         candidate to be able to see where he is going when he reaches the 
         West Room?

4-3]     What do the Tables of Law within the Ark of the Covenant symbolize?

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4-4]     What does the Golden Pot of Manna symbolize?


4-5]     What knowledge is represented symbolically by the Tree of Knowledge 
         in the Garden of Eden?

4-6]     Which of the following do we not need to do in order to develop the 
         spiritual powers symbolized by Aaron's Rod?
         a)   Shun the lust of the flesh.
         b)   Use the vital energies for generation.
         c)   Use the vital energies for regeneration.

4-7]     What two ethical restrictions are there on the use of the creative 
         force symbolized by Aaron's Rod?

Thought questions:

4-A]     If you knew for certain that you would not get caught, would you 
         steal from another person?  from a large company?  from the 
         government?  Why or why not?

4-B]     When vital power (creative force) has come under the control of the 
         mind, what can be done with it?

Chapter 5

5-1]     Choose the correct word or phrase from each parenthesis.
         It is only when we have by (mediation, concentration, service) 
         evolved the spiritual light within ourselves, and when we have thus 
         gained admission to the West Room, called the Hall of (Bondage, 
         Liberation), that we can really perceive and understand why we are 
         in the world, and what we need to do in order to (gain economic 
         success, gain power over others, make ourselves truly useful, 
         become famous).

5-2]     Why did eating of the Tree of Knowledge bring pain and death into 
         the world?

5-3]     What ideal does the flower symbol hold up to man?

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5-4]     What do the Cherubim with an open flower (on the door of Solomon's 
         Temple) symbolically indicate?

Thought questions:

5-A]     Why do we have to look again and again into the darkened temple, 
         the Holy of Holies, before we are really fit to stay there?

5-B]     Why is purity needed to unlock the gate to God?

Chapter 6

6-1]     At what phase of the lunar cycle is the amalgamation of the essence 
         of service into the soul body most readily accomplished?

6-2]     At what phase of the lunar cycle is the birth of the Invisible 
         Helper most readily accomplished?

6-3]     Next to each item on the left put the letter of the item on the 
         right which is most closely related.

         The Jehovistic Fire ______         A.  The Altar of Burnt
                                                Offering
         The Christ Light ______            B.  The Molten Sea

         The Father Fire ______             C.  The Furnishings and Light
                                                in the East Room
         We must live a stainless life of       
         holiness and consecration ______   D.  The Furnishings and Light
                                                in the West Room
         Those who have attained                
         Liberation can directly see            
         spiritual truths ______

         The masses learn to control their

         animalistic passions in order to
         escape painful consequence ______

         Through service we make the 
         'living bread' which feeds the 
         soul ______

         Those who serve have their path
         illumined for them ______

Thought questions:

6-A]     Why does the path of holiness narrow as one procedes along it?

6-B]     Give an example of something which might be permitted near the 
         beginning of the path, but not later on.

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PART II:  CHRISTIAN MYSTIC INITIATION

Chapter 1

1-1]     What awakens within the Rosicrucian aspirant the feeling that he is 
         one with all that lives?

1-2]     What urges the Christian Mystic onward and leads him to an 
         understanding of things?

1-3]     Next to each item on the left put the letter of the item on the 
         right which is most closely related:

         The aspirant must work             A.  Angels sang at Jesus'
         constructively with the laws           birth.
         of nature as a servant of              
         humanity. ______                   B.  Jesus was a carpenter

         The Christian Mystic who is        C.  Jesus was born in a
         preparing for Initiation will          manger.
         seek birth through parents who         
         perform the generative act         D.  The mother of Jesus 
         without passion ______                 was a virgin.

         The parents selected for (and by)
         the Christian Mystic are chosen for
         their spiritual qualities, not because
         if their material wealth ______

         There is rejoicing in heaven when a 
         soul is preparing for the Christian
         Mystic Initiation ______

1-4]     In the hour before midnight on December 24, what sign of the zodiac 
         is on the eastern horizon in all northern latitude?

Thought question:

1-A]     Why is it important for the one preparing for the Christian Mystic 
         Initiation to be born of virgin parents?

Chapter 2

2-1]     In the life of Jesus Christ, what happened immediately after His 
         Baptism?

2-2]     When someone is under water and close to drowning, what frequently 
         enters his inner vision?

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2-3]     When people lived in the misty atmosphere of Atlantis, which of the 
         following was not true?
         a)   People could not see their physical bodies.
         b)   People had spiritual sight.
         c)   People were full of Egoism.
         d)   People felt themselves to be children of one great Father.

2-4]     How did the clearing of the mists facilitate the development of 
         Egoism?

2-5]     When a person, through suffering, has developed a sympathy with all 
         others who suffer, what will that person aspire to do?

2-6]     What type of intense longing can lead the candidate to the Mystic 
         Baptism?

2-7]     What does the candidate perceive and feel in the Mystic Baptism?

2-8]     Subsequent to the Baptism, how will the candidate view other 
         people?

Chapter 3

3-1]     Mark each of the following statements true (T) or false (F).
         a)   During the Baptism the Christian Mystic hears in all living 
              beings their keynote which sounds their aspirations, hopes and 
              fears.
         b)   During the Baptism the Christian Mystic learns to use sound to 
              mold matter, and thence can turn base metals into gold or 
              stones into bread.
         c)   Subsequent to the Baptism the Christian Mystic will create 
              bread out of stones, so that he will not longer need to grow 
              grain, harvest it, thresh and grind it, and bake it into 
              bread.
         d)   There is little need to partake of earthly bread for one who 
              has access to the Fountain of Life.

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Thought questions:

3-A]     Why is a mental understanding of the unity of all life, by itself, 
         insufficient?

3-B]     Why does the Christian Mystic flee from the haunts of men and seek 
         solitude for a time after he has experienced Baptism?

3-C]     Why is it wrong for the Christian Mystic to turn stones into bread 
         to feed himself?

Chapter 4

4-1]     Next to each item on the left put the letter of the item on the 
         right which is most closely related.

         If a stove were empty but were     A.  A sermon on brotherhood
         endowed with the faculty of            by one who has not
         speech, it might preach forever        experienced the Baptism
         the gospel of warmth but not           will sound hollow.
         satisfy its audience. ______           
                                            B.  Not all Christian Mystics
         A stove filled with burning fuel       reach the same height.
         cannot help heating the surround-      
         ing atmosphere. ______             C.  People whose hearts are
                                                chilled by the cruelty of
         The heated stove attracts those        the world are drawn to the
         who are physically cold. ______        Christian Mystic.

         The stove does not need words to   D.  The Christian Mystic cannot
         warm those who are physically          help radiating the divine 
         cold. ______                           compassion which fills his
                                                heart.
         Different stoves have different        
         heating capacities. ______         E.  The true Mystic need not
                                                preach.  His every act, even
                                                his silent presence, is more
                                                powerful than a sermon.

4-2]     In the alchemical process designated as the Transfiguration, in 
         what way does the appearance of the body change?

4-3]     What planet governs the Fire which is able to purify the body, 
         eliminating grosser substances and rendering the body more 
         permeable and responsive to spiritual impulses?

4-4]     In what part of the body is this Fire mainly located?

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4-5]     What awakens this Fire?

4-6]     Choose the correct word or phrase from each parentheses.
         In the Christian Mystic the regenerative spinal Spirit Fire is 
         concentrated principally upon the (lunar, martial, mercurial) 
         segment of the spinal cord, which governs the (motor, sensory, 
         sympathetic) nerves under the rulership of (Jehovah, Lords of 
         Mercury, Lucifer Spirits).  Therefore, his spiritual growth is 
         accomplished by (faith, reason).  Thereby, his body is gradually 
         transmuted into the (red, white) Philospher's Stone, the (diamond, 
         ruby) soul.  In the occultist, the spinal Spirit Fire is 
         concentrated mainly in the (lunar segment, mars-mercury segments) 
         of the spinal cord, so that the occultist is endeavoring to blend 
         desire with (faith, reason), and thus transmute the body into the 
         (red, white) Philosopher's Stone, the (diamond, ruby) soul.

4-7]     What lesson must the Christian Mystic eventually learn, in order to 
         balance his devotional qualities?

4-8]     What lesson must the occultist eventually learn in order to balance 
         his intellectual development?

Thought question:

4-A      Give an example of a time when you have been inspired by what 
         someone did (rather than by what they said).

Chapter 5

5-1]     In what way are people who do not have knowledge of value to one 
         who does?

5-2]     In what ways are humans indebted to animals?

5-3]     In what ways are humans indebted to plants?

5-4]     Give an example of a situation in which one life wave willingly 
         serves another.

5-5]     Give an example of a situation in which one life wave unwillingly

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         serves another.

Thought question:

5-A]     Why does the aspirant try to live the harmless life?

Chapter 6

6-1]     What makes the Christian Mystic become a Man of Sorrows and 
         acquainted with grief?

6-2]     What do these feeling of grief lead the Christian Mystic to do?

6-3]     When all his friends desert him, to who does the Christian Mystic 
         turn?

Thought question:

6-A]     Why do the friends of the Christian Mystic desert him?

Chapter 7

7-1]     At what points is the interlocking grip between the physical body 
         and the etheric body strongest?

7-2]     What generates the stigmata in the Christian Mystic?

7-3]     In what direction must the creative force travel at the time of the 
         Crucifixion?

7-4]     What effect does the creative force have on the pituitary body and 
         pineal gland at the time of the Crucifixion?

7-5]     What is separated from the dense body at the time of the 
         Crucifixion?

Thought question:

7-A]     Of what value is it to the Christian Mystic to personally 
         experience the Crucifixion?

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