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             WORKBOOK FOR "THE ROSICRUCIAN CHRISTIANITY LECTURES":

Lecture 1

1-1]     How is it possible to obtain information about life after death 
         even if we ourselves cannot yet see that state of existence?

1-2]     Next to each item on the left put the letter of the item on the 
         right which would help support a belief in the item on the left.

         Mind cannot be destroyed at             A.   Children of criminals
         death. ______                                are frequently honest,
                                                      children of geniuses
         Man may alternately live and                 are frequently medi-
         die. ______                                  ocre.

         During each earth life man may          B.   Each year a tree grows
         further progress toward                      some.
         perfection. ______
                                                 C.   Man's ultimate goal is
         God is just and gives to each                to attain perfection
         what they have earned in past                and reunion with God.
         lives on earth. ______
                                                 D.   Scientists have ob-
         Heredity does not account for                served that matter and
         morals or intellectual behavior.             energy are indestruc-
         ______                                       tible.
         Man needs to be reborn in order
         to learn more. ______                   E.   Some people are born
                                                      into environments
                                                      which are full of re-
                                                      sources and opportu-
                                                      nities, others are
                                                      born into barren 
                                                      environments.

                                                 F.   Trees alternately grow
                                                      during the summer and
                                                      go into a state of 
                                                      inactivity during the
                                                      winter.

1-3]     When we feel already well-acquainted with apperson when we meet 
         them for the first time, what is the probable origin of this 
         feeling?

1-4]     Why does each Ego usually incarnate once as a male and once as a 
         female in each interval of 2100 years?

Thought questions:

1-A]     Describe something which you or people you know have observed which 
         would give evidence that consciousness can exist independently from 
         the dense body.

1-B]     Describe some evidence that there is intelligence in the universe 
         higher than man.

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1-C]     a)   In what ways will someone who believes in the theory of 
              rebirth live differently than one who believes the 
              materialistic theory?
         b)   In what ways will someone who believes the theory of rebirth 
              live differently than one who believes the theory of theology?

Lecture 2

2-1]     The following is a list of things which are invisible to most.  For 
         each, give some evidence that it exists.

         a)   Electricity
         b)   Steam
         c)   Very distant stars
         d)   Bacteria
         e)   The Spirit subsequent to demise of the dense body
         f)   Thoughts

2-2]     The material scientist extends his ability to perceive things by 
         developing mechanical instruments.  What must the occult scientist 
         do to extend his ability to perceive?

2-3]     Give two reasons why it is valuable to know about the after-death 
         state.

2-4]     Which of the following are reasons why those who claim to be able 
         to see the spiritual worlds often bring back different stories?
         a)   Different people may view different parts of the spiritual 
              worlds.
         b)   Some people may have personal bias which affects what they 
              see.
         c)   The spiritual worlds have no objective reality.  Those who see 
              them suffer from hallucinations.
         d)   Some people who have seen nothing make up stories in order to 
              impress others.

2-5]     Will all people some day be able to see the spiritual worlds?

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Thought question:

2-A]     a)   What can cause water to pass beyond our range of vision?
         b)   Can steam be returned to a visible state?
         c)   If we have water, then it disappears, then it reappears, is it 
              reasonable to postulate that it existed in between its two 
              appearances?  Why?
         d)   Under what circumstances does Spirit cease to give us evidence 
              of its existence?
         e)   Does the Spirit sometimes return and resume giving evidence of 
              its existence?
         f)   In between the two situations of appearance of the evidence of 
              Spirit, is it reasonable to postulate that the Spirit 
              existed?  Why?

Lecture 3

3-1]     Next to each item on the left put the letter of the item on the 
         right which is most closely related.
         Someone who has no control over         A.   Invisible helper
         when he sees the spiritual worlds
         or what he sees in them. ______         B.   Negative involuntary
                                                      clairvoyant
         Someone who can control when he
         looks into the spiritual worlds         C.   Negative voluntary
         but cannot control what he sees.             clairvoyant
         ______
                                                 D.   Voluntary trained
         Someone who can control both                 clairvoyant
         when he looks into the spiritual
         worlds and what he sees. ______

         Someone who can leave the dense
         body at will and can not only see
         but also work consciously in the
         spiritual worlds.

3-2]     What vow must one take before one can become an Invisible Helper?

3-3]     Do people who have clairvoyant vision sometimes make mistakes when 
         they make statements about the spiritual worlds?  Why?

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3-4]     Next to each set of materials given on the left put the letter if 
         the item on the right which tells what could be accomplished be 
         means of bodies made of those materials.
         Dense physical matter and chemical      A.   Formation of bodies
         ether. ______                                which can grow, propa-
                                                      gate, and feel incen-
         Dense physical matter and                    tive to action, but
         etheric matter. ______                       cannot reason.

         Dense physical matter, etheric          B.   Formation of bodies
         matter and desire matter. ______             whose actions can be
                                                      controlled by means of
         Dense physical matter, etheric               reason.
         matter, desire matter and
         thought matter. ______                  C.   Formation of crystals,
                                                      which can undergo
                                                      chemical reactions,
                                                      but which have no life
                                                      or feeling.

                                                 D.   Formation of struc-
                                                      tured bodies which are
                                                      able to assimilate,
                                                      grow and propagate,
                                                      but are not able to
                                                      move under their own
                                                      volition.

3-5]     a)   Which of the ethers are utilized by the plant?
         b)   What role does each of these ethers play in the plant?

3-6]     In which ether does the Ego make the record of its experiences 
         which we call memory?

3-7]     a)   What types of things do animals desire?
         b)   The desire bodies of animals are composed of materials from 
              which regions of the Desire World?
         c)   What types of feelings are humans capable of which animals are 
              not capable of?
         d)   In what ways do the desire bodies of humans differ from the 
              desire bodies of animals?

3-8]     What directs the archetypal forces in the building of bodies?

3-9]     On the average how much distance would one need to travel to get 
         from the Physical World to the World of Thought?

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Lecture 4

4-1]     a)   What is the Ego supposed to be learning to control?
         b)   Which of the bodies is most difficult for the Ego to control?

4-2]     a)   What activities are expressions of the Holy Spirit?
         b)   When someone is hypnotized, what are they unable to do?
         c)   Why is hypnotism a sin against the Holy Spirit?

4-3]     If one considers the volume occupied by the physical heart of a 
         person, which of the following of the person's bodies would 
         intersect that volume when that person is awake:  dense body, vital 
         body, desire body, mind?

4-4]     In each blank insert one of the words:  desire, vital.
         Impulses from the ______ body impell the dense body to action, 
         which causes wear on the dense body.  The ______ body then works to 
         repair the dense body.  The ______ body specializes the solar 
         energy which pervades space, and sends it along the nerves of the 
         dense body.  The ______ body has direct control of the voluntary 
         nervous system.  The ______ body works mainly through the 
         involuntary nervous system.

4-5]     During sleep, when the desire body and mind are withdrawn from the 
         dense body, what scenes do they review?  Why?

4-6]     During sleep, what pumps rhythmic energy into the vital body in 
         order to revive it?

4-7]     During sleep, what works on the dense body to cause elimination of 
         the products of decay?

4-8]     From each parentheses choose the word or phrase which correctly 
         completes the sentence.
         When the desire body has (partially, completely) withdrawn from the 
         dense body, it may see some solution to a problem of life or it may

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         see some impending trouble.  If the desire body then (stays outside 
         of, returns to) the dense body, it may be able to transmit this 
         information to the brain.

4-9]     What advantage is there in having a strong will?

4-10]    If a drunkard is cured of his drunkenness when a hypnotist 
         superimposes his will on that of the drunkard, does the drunkard 
         benefit from the treatment in the long run?  Why or why not?

4-11]    Mediums are often controlled by Earth-bound Spirits.
         a)   What are Earth-bound Spirits?
         b)   Are Earth-bound Spirits qualified to be spiritual leaders?  

              Why or why not?

4-12]    When the mind is not properly inserted into and connected with the 
         dense, vital and desire bodies, what type of behavior results?

Thought questions:

4-A]     a)   Give an example of a desire which may impell one to action.
         b)   In what way will the resulting action cause wear on the dense 
              body?

4-B]     Why is it wrong for us to control others by the exercise of our 
         will power?

4-C]     Why is it wrong to let others control our bodies (as in hypnotism 
         or mediumship)?

4-D]     If an Earth-bound Spirit takes permanent control of a medium's 
         dense and vital bodies, what effect would this have on the 
         evolution of the medium?

Lecture 5

5-1]     Insert one of the words, birth or death, into each blank.
         From the point of view of people living on earth, entrance of a 
         Spirit into a physical body is viewed as ______, and departure of 
         the Spirit from its dense body is viewed as ______.  From the point

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         of view of an inhabitant of the spiritual worlds, entrance of a 
         Spirit into a physical body would be viewed a ______ and departure 
         of a Spirit from its dense body would be viewed as ______.

5-2]     Next to each item on the left match the letter of the item on the 
         right which is most closely related.

         The person who dies at a "ripe old      A.   As a sun rotates, the
         age" finds it easier to pass on              denser part tends to
         into the spiritual worlds than               be moved toward the
         one who dies in the midst of a               surface (by centri-
         vigorous life. ______                        fugal force).

         Apperson generally experiences          B.   On a sunny day, some
         some unconsciousness subsequent              difficulty in seeing
         to birth and to death. ______                is experienced when
                                                      one passes from a
         After death, when the Spirit                 darkened room to the
         enters the Desire World, the                 street or from the
         coarsest matter in the desire                street to the darkened
         body gets thrown outward. ______             room.

                                                 C.   The seed clings to the
                                                      flesh of unripe fruit,
                                                      while it is easily and
                                                      cleanly detached from
                                                      the ripe fruit.

5-3]     What observation gives evidence that the vital body leaves the 
         dense body at death?

5-4]     Which of the following is not a proper procedure to use when 
         someone is dying?
         a)   Avoid embalming, cremating or organ removal for three and one-
              half days after the heart stops beating.
         b)   Cremate the body after three and one-half days has passed 
              since the time the heart stopped beating.
         c)   Give the dying person stimulants to delay death as long as 
              possible.
         d)   Maintain an atmosphere of prayer and quiet in the vicinity of 
              the body for three and one-half days after the heart stops.

5-5]     Which of the following is not true concerning the seed-atom?
         a)   The forces of the seed-atom have seen immanent in every dense

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         body ever possessed by the Ego.
         b)   All the atoms in the body must vibrate in tune with the seed-
              atom.
         c)   All the experiences of all the lives of an Ego are inscribed 
              on the seed-atom.
         d)   The seed-atom is located in the right ventricle of the heart, 
              near the apex.

5-6]     Can the Ego feel what is done to the dense body for the period of 
         three and one-half days subsequent to the time when the heart stops 
         beating?  What connects the higher bodies to the dense body during 
         this time?

5-7]     When a desire body makes its appearance at a spiritualistic seance:
         a)   How is it able to state incidents about the past life of the 
              Ego?
         b)   How is it able to produce phenomena, such as various 'pranks'?

5-8]     Why is suffering experienced in Purgatory more acute than here on 
         Earth?

5-9]     For which of the following does the archetype cease activity at the 
         time of death?
         a)   The person who dies by accident
         b)   The suicide
         c)   One who has been murdered

5-10]    For which of the following does the continued post-mortem activity 
         of the archetype cause intense suffering?

         a)   The person who dies by accident
         b)   The suicide
         c)   One who has been murdered

5-11]    What desire body does the murderer encounter when he enters the 
         Desire World subsequent to his death?  What does this cause the 
         murderer to feel?

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Thought questions:

5-A]     If you were able to speak to the Ego of a miser after it had 
         departed from its dense body (in death), what would you say to it?

5-B]     What type of suffering will a smoker experience subsequent to 
         death?

5-C]     A murderer owes a debt to his victim.  In what ways might the 
         murderer pay this debt in subsequent lives?

Lecture 6

6-1]     When people die as children they go directly to which of the 
         following?
         a)   The Etheric World
         b)   Purgatory
         c)   The First Heaven
         d)   The Second Heaven
         e)   The Third Heaven

6-2]     When people die as children and then enter the heaven world, they 
         receive instruction.  What are they then instructed about?

6-3]     When someone dies prior to the age of (about) fourteen, what bodies 
         does it retain and use in its next incarnation?


6-4]     Mark each of the following true or false.
         a)   In the First Heaven we feel the mental and physical relief 
              felt by those whom we helped during life.
         b)   If someone does not know that it was we who helped him, we 
              will not receive his feelings of gratitude when we reach the 
              First Heaven.
         c)   It does not matter whether or not we feel grateful, as long as 
              we receive the help we need.
         d)   It does not matter whether or not we feel love, as long as we 
              give to others the material goods which they need.

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6-5]     What effect may materialistic thought in one life on earth have on 
         the dense body of the next life on earth?

6-6]     Which of the following is the most prominent feature of the Second 
         Heaven?
         a)   Form
         b)   Light and color
         c)   Tone

6-7]     In Purgatory the evil habits and acts of life produced suffering 
         which in the Second Heaven are transmuted into
         a)   Right thoughts.
         b)   Right feelings.
         c)   Right actions.

6-8]     What do the Angels and Archangels and other Divine Hierarchies help 
         us learn when we are in the Second Heaven?

6-9]     What service do "dead" people who have reached the Second Heaven 
         perform for those who are still in dense bodies on earth?

Thought questions:

6-A]     What kinds of forms have you built in the upper regions of the 
         Desire World (the First Heaven)?  When others come in contact with 
         the forms which you have built, what sort of effect will those 
         forms have on them?

6-B]     When you enter the First Heaven after death, what would you most 
         like to do there?

6-C]     If in the First Heaven you had the opportunity to talk to a 
         business man who had no other desire than to do business, what 
         would you say to him?

6-D]     If in the First Heaven you had the opportunity to talk to a 
         materialist who still believed that life is just a prelude to 
         oblivion, what would you say to him?

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6-E]     We have stored in our minds mental images of ourselves--of what we 
         like and dislike, of how we act under various circumstances, of 
         what we are striving for.
         a)   In what way do these mental images affect our actions?
         b)   If we wish to change our character, do we need to first change 
              our actions or our mental images?

Lecture 7

7-1]     Why did Pythagoras demand that applicants for occult tuition should 
         first study mathematics?

7-2]     When an Ego is ready for a new birth, if there are several groups 
         of people on earth with whom the Ego has ties, and with whom the 
         Ego could equally profit from living, how is it decided as to which 
         group the Ego will be born into?

7-3]     When the Ego withdraws from its various bodies, what does it save 
         from each, which it will use as nuclei for forming new bodies?

7-4]     Arrange the following items in the order in which they occur when 
         an Ego is coming to rebirth.
         a)   Conception occurs.
         b)   The Ego clothed in its mind and desire body enters the matrix 
              of the vital body and again sees a panorama of the coming 
              life.
         c)   The mind and desire body seed-atoms draw appropriate materials 
              to themselves.
         d)   The mother alone does work upon the new dense body.
         e)   The Recording Angels form a matrix from the vital body 
              materials, place it in the womb of the mother, and place the 
              dense body seed-atom in the semen of the father.

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         f)   The vital body seed-atom draws materials to itself.

7-5]     Why is it said that birth is a four-fold event?

7-6]     From each parentheses choose the word or phrase which correctly 
         completes the sentence.
         When an Ego is coming into incarnation, the coarsest desire material
         is whirled (inwards, outwards) with the result that that most 
         selfish tendencies tend to be (apparent, hidden) in the child.  To 
         learn of these tendencies one can use (astrology, observation) and 
         can thence help the child to develop the abilities needed to deal 
         with them.

7-7]     Up to the age of seven, what is the best way to get a child to 
         behave in a particular way?

7-8]     Mark each of the following true or false.
         a)   For children, highly seasoned food is better than plain food.
         b)   Too small clothing can rouse the sex-nature.
         c)   Corporeal punishment is a deterrent to sexual immorality.
         d)   A boisterous, hot-tempered nature can be soothed by an 
              environment of red.

7-9]     At what age can a child start to be informed about the origin and 
         purpose of things and be expected to memorize what he is told?

7-10]    At what age can a young person start to be taught to investigate 
         things for himself, and to form his own opinions about things?

Thought question:

7-A]     Give an example of a situation in which a person's feelings might 
         blind them to the truth.

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Lecture 8

8-1]     From each parentheses choose the word or phrase which correctly 
         completes the sentence.
         The major difference in a young body and an old body is that the 
         former contains (less, more) phosphate of lime, sulphate of lime, 
         and carbonate of lime.  The less of these substances that are taken 
         into the body, the (less, more) slowly the body will become 
         clogged.  Fresh vegetables and fruits and distilled water contain 
         (little, much) earthy matter.  Cocoa and water from the ground 
         contain (little, much) earthy matter.  Buttermilk and grape juice 
         will (help unclog, further the clogging of) the body.

8-2]     Why do meat eaters require larger quantities and more frequent 
         meals than vegetarians?

8-3]     What poisonous residues does meat leave in the body of one who eats 
         it?

8-4]     What foods can be used a a source of protein in place of meat?

8-5]     If we chew our food well, will we get more nourishment from it, or 
         less?

Thought question:

8-A]     Animals are evolving beings who will some day reach the human 
         stage.
         a)   When current humans kill the animals for food, what effect may 
              this have on the animal evolutionary development (what may the 
              animals learn from these experiences)?
         b)   When humans take animals as pets and care for them with love, 
              what may the animals learn?

Lecture 9

9-1]     Each item on the left is an allegorical or symbolical 
         representation of an item on the right.  Next to each item  on the 
         left put the letter of the item on the right which is represented.

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         Delilah cut Samson's locks, and he      A.   After the sun crosses
         lost his strength.  Subsequently             the equator at the
         the Philistines put out his eyes.            vernal equinox, the
         ______                                       Sun gives its life
                                                      energies to ripen
         Hiram was killed by three                    wheat and grape.
         murderers. ______
                                                 B.   As the sun crosses the
         Joseph (who had a bow) was with              celestial equator in
         Jacob in Egypt when Jacob died.              the spring, it leaves
         ______                                       the six southern signs
                                                      which brought winter
         Saviors are born of an immacu-               to the northern hemi-
         late Virgin. ______                          sphere.

         At the Passover, the Jewish             C.   On the longest night
         people remember the coming out               of the year, the sign
         of Egypt. ______                             of Virgo, the Virgin,
                                                      is on the eastern
         Subsequent to the crucifixion,               horizon.  This is when
         the disciples partook of the                 the Sun of the coming
         body and blood of the Christ                 year is born.
         through bread and wine. ______
                                                 D.   The Sun's rays become
                                                      weak as they pass 
                                                      through Libra, 
                                                      Scorpio and Saggitar-
                                                      ius.

                                                 E.   The Sun's rays reach
                                                      their weakest in the
                                                      sigh of Saggitarius,
                                                      the archer.

                                                 F.   The Sun's rays start
                                                      to weaken when the Sun
                                                      enters Virgo, the sign
                                                      of the virgin, and 
                                                      subsequently become
                                                      more and more week.

Thought question:

9-A]     Why have the patterns of behavior of the heavenly bodies been 
         symbolically repeated in the myths of the various religions, the 
         live of the World Light-bringers, and the architecture of the 
         Temples?  What are all these symbolical representations trying to 
         bring to the consciousness of mankind?

Lecture 10

10-1]    Why is it insufficient to tell a person's 'fortune' based only on 
         the sign the Sun was in at the person's birth?

10-2]    Of what value is it to a parent or teacher to know the horoscopes

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         of the children in their care?

10-3]    a)   Is the will of man shown in the horoscope?
         b)   What influence does this have on astrological predictions?

10-4]    How can the physician use astrology?

10-5]    Next to each item on the left put the letter of the item on the 
         right which is most closely related.
         Mercury ______                          A.   Beauty
         Venus ______                            B.   Devotion
         Mars ______                             C.   Justice
         Jupiter ______                          D.   Passion
         Saturn ______                           E.   Wisdom

Thought questions:

10-A]    The horoscope shows some of the problems that we will encounter in 
         life.  How much control do we have over how we react to these 
         problems or how we handle these problems?

10-B]    Why is it better to read horoscopes for ourselves than to depend on 
         someone else to read them for us?

Lecture 11

11-1]    Which of the following will aid one in gaining the type of 
         clairvoyance in which one can control what one sees, and will also 
         aid one in gaining the ability to consciously function in the 
         spiritual worlds.  (There are several answers.)
         a)   Approaching the act of procreation in a spirit of prayer, not 
              for gratification of the senses.
         b)   Taking certain drugs
         c)   Crystal gazing
         d)   Development the qualities of persistence, devotion, 
              observation and discrimination.

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         e)   Finding a teacher who promises to initiate one and paying him 
              what he requests, regardless of how high the price
         f)   Practicing the evening Retrospection and morning Concentration 
              exercises.
         g)   Sitting in a circle with others, with everyone putting 
              themselves in a passive state of mind
         h)   Ceasing to use alcohol, tobacco, and flesh foods.

11-12]   a)   When someone is to travel consciously in the spiritual worlds, 
              what part of the vital body will accompany the desire body and 
              mind?
         b)   If improper methods lead to the whole vital body being lifted 
              out of the dense body, what will happen to the consciousness 
              of the person?
         c)   Which part of the vital body normally takes care of blood 
              circulation during sleep?
         d)   Which part of the vital body must be able to take care of 
              blood circulation before one can safely travel consciously in 
              the spiritual world?

11-3]    Why does increasing the accuracy of one's observation increase 
         one's health and longevity, and decrease one's need for sleep?

11-4]    How is it that one who does the exercise of Retrospection is 
         "living in an attitude of mind, and development along lines that 
         would ordinarily have been reserved for future lives."

11-5]    a)   What is it, in addition to the dense matter, that normally 
              slows down the currents in the desire body when it is in the 
              dense body when one is awake?
         b)   In the exercise, when on has attained good concentration on 
              some idea, what is one then unaware of?

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11-6]    Why does the Rosicrucian method of training aim to emancipate the 
         pupil from dependence on others?

11-7]    Why to Probationers in the Rosicrucian school perform their 
         spiritual exercises in the seclusion and privacy of their rooms?

Thought questions:

11-A]    Make a list of things which have lasting value to your Spirit.  
         Make another list of things which have only temporary value.
11-B]    If someone else is present in the room, close your eyes and try to 
         describe them as accurately as possible.  If no other person is 
         present, this may be done with an animal or an inanimate object.  
         The open your eyes and check the accuracy of your description.
11-C]    The Rosicrucian method of training aims to make th pupil self-
         reliant.  What implications does this have for the organization of 
         the Rosicrucian Fellowship?

Lecture 12

12-1]    Which of the following was not a mistake made by Amfortas?
         a)   He took the holy spear to use in fighting Klingsor.
         b)   He yielded to the sensual temptations of Kundry.
         c)   He deprived himself of the ability to gratify his passions.
         d)   He let go of his hold of the sacred spear when he was at 
              Klingsor's castle.

12-2]    What does the man of the world experience (become wedded to) before 
         he is willing to turn from worldly things and seek spiritual 
         realities?

12-3]    Why may people reel pain when ideals are held up before them?

12-4]    When Parsifal went to Klingsor's castle he found "how all the world 
         is stirred, tossed, convulsed and often lost in shame."

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         What did he find was the cause of all this upheaval and sin?

12-5]    a)   In what way was Parsifal willing to use the sacred spear?
         b)   In what ways was Parsifal not willing to use the sacred spear?

Thought questions:

12-A]    What type of feeling or thoughts does music stimulate within you?

12-B]    Kundry represents the dense body.
         a)   What is the significance of the fact that if the Grail-knights 
              wake her she must serve them, but if Klingsor wakes her she 
              must serve him?
         b)   What is the significance of the fact that in the last act, 
              when Parsifal has attained the wardship of the Holy Grail and 
              Sacred Lance, Kundry says only one word, 'Service'?

12-C]    Why do worldly actions bring pain?

12-D]    Give some examples of how passion and sensual love stirs, tosses 
         and convulses the world.

12-E]    a)   Why is the one who seeks spiritual things viewed as a fool by 
              those who are worldly?
         b)   Give a specific example of something which a spiritually 
              minded person will do which a worldly minded person will 
              consider foolish.

12-F]    The sacred spear represents creative power.  Although we may not 
         yet have the power to heal people instantaneously or to feed five-
         thousand people, we have voices which can speak words which may 
         have some influence on those around us.  What lesson may we draw 
         from the Parsifal story as to how we should use our voices?

Lecture 13

13-1]    What gave the bodies in the solar system their initial motions?

13-2]    From each parentheses choose the word or phrase which correctly 
         completes the sentence.
         In past periods the bodies of man were (more, less) dense than they

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         are in the present Earth Period.  When man became conscious he 
         could start to (crystallize, spiritualize) his bodies, and to 
         extract from each body a (soul, spirit), which is the power of the 
         body from which it is extracted.  (Higher powers helped us build,  
         We by ourselves built) our bodies, and now (higher powers will give 
         us, we by ourselves must obtain) soul-growth.

13-3]    Out of what type of matter were each of man's bodies originally 
         formed?

13-4]    Each time life emerges from a Cosmic Night what must it do before 
         it starts the work of the new period?

13-5]    In the Moon Period, of what type of material was our vital body 
         then composed?

13-6]    a)   What type of material are the Angels most skilled in working 
              with?  Why?
         b)   What, therefore, are the Angels most suited to help with on 
              Earth today?

13-7]    Which of our bodies are the Archangels currently helping us build 
         and use.

13-8]    What have the Lords of Mind done for us in the present Earth 
         Period?

13-9]    In the Atlantean Epoch, which of the following was the use which 
         the majority of humanity made of the mind?
         a)   It functioned as a tool of the Spirit in governing the 
              threefold body.
         b)   It developed cunning to aid man in achieving his desires.

13-10]   a)   Who is the chief director of all the religions based on Law?
         b)   Who is the chief promoter of the religion which will lead to 
              Universal Brotherhood?

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Thought questions:

13-A]    What was the evolutionary value of the flooding of Atlantis?

13-B]    How does a system of Law with punishments for transgressors help 
         people learn to control their desires?

Lecture 14

14-1]    From each parentheses choose the word or words which correctly 
         completes the sentence.
         The (dense, vital, desire) body of the (plant, Earth) causes in the 
         plant a continuous building up of stem and leaf in alternating 
         succession.  The (dense, vital, desire) body of the (plant, Earth) 
         checks this intense upward growth in a measure.  Then the creative 
         force seeks another channel and builds (brain and larynx, flowers 
         and seeds, limbs and muscles).

14-2]    In the Lemurian Epoch, man obtained his individual desire body.  
         Which of the following was not one of the effects which this had on 
         the dense body.
         a)   The cranium began to form at the end of the column of 
              vertebrae.
         b)   The dense body commenced to harden.
         c)   The dense body developed a circulatory system.
         d)   The dense body became capable of generating a new body from 
              itself.

14-3]    In the Lemurian Epoch bodies began to be unisexual, and in each 
         body only one pole of the creative force was then available for 
         generation.  What, then, was the other pole used for?

14-4]    What effect does overdrawing of the creative force for sexual 
         excesses have on the functioning of the brain?

14-5]    In the latter part of the Lemurian Epoch man was unaware of birth 
         and death.  Why?

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14-6]    While man in the Lemurian Epoch was unconscious of his physical 
         body, how was generation accomplished?

14-7]    What did Lucifer (or the Lucifer Spirits) show women that they 
         could do?

14-8]    When people took generation into their own hands, using it 
         ignorantly and with passion, what effects followed with respect to:
         a)   awareness of the Physical World,
         b)   awareness of the Spiritual Worlds,
         c)   occurrence of pain,
         d)   the needs of the dense body with respect to food and shelter.

14-9]    When humanity started to misuse the sex force, why were they forced 
         to leave the Etheric World, which contained the Tree of Life 
         (healing power)?

14-10]   From each parentheses choose the word or words which correctly 
         complete the sentence.
         The Lucifer Spirits influence the (left, right) side of the brain, 
         and there stimulate (altruistic, selfish) mental activities.  When 
         in the future, the heart becomes (an involuntary, a voluntary) 
         muscle, it will be able to send blood only to the (left, right) 
         side of the brain and thereby establish the New Jerusalem, which 
         will be a state of (confusion, peace).

Thought questions:

14-A]    Why would abuse of the generative function tend to be greater if 
         bodies were bisexual instead of unisexual?

14-B]    Give an example of a situation in your life in which pain has 
         caused you to do some thinking and thence brought you some wisdom.

14-C]    a)   When someone steals property from others, what Cosmic Law are 
              they apparently ignorant of?

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         b)   When someone treats others cruely, what Cosmic Law are they 
              apparently unaware of?
         c)   When someone misuses the creative force, what Cosmic Law do 
              they need to be informed of?

14-D]    What will people need to learn before there can be Peace on Earth?

Lecture 15

15-1]    From each parentheses choose the word or word which correctly 
         completes the sentence.
         Jesus is a member of the (archangelic, angelic, human) life wave.  
         Jesus is evolved to a point that is (far ahead of, about on the 
         same level as, behind) that of most other members of his life 
         wave.  Christ is a member of the (archangelic, angelic, human) life 
         wave, who is evolved to a point that is (far ahead of, about the 
         same level as, behind) that of most other members of His life 
         wave.  The lowest vehicle that the Christ ordinarily uses is in the 
         World of (Divine, Life, Human) Spirit, from which World come the 
         (separating, unifying) forces in the world.  The lowest vehicle 
         Christ learned to build was the (concrete mind, desire body, vital 
         body), so in order to function on Earth He needed to borrow the 
         (dense body; dense and vital bodies; dense , vital and desire 
         bodies) from Jesus.

15-2]    When it was customary for people to marry within the family, what 
         was carried in the blood from ancestors to descendants?

15-3]    In the evolutionary process, in what order does mankind develop the 
         following qualities?
         a)   Feeling of Universal Brotherhood
         b)   Individualism
         c)   Patriotism

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15-4]    When Christ-Jesus was killed and the blood flowed, Christ diffused 
         Himself over all the Earth.  What effect did this have of the 
         Desire Body and Mind Body of the Earth?

15-5]    What is Christ currently doing for the Earth?

Thought questions:

15-A     a)   Of what value was it to people of olden times to retain the 
              memory of all that had happened to their ancestors?
         b)   Why is it no longer of value to us to retain this memory?

15-B]    For what should we be grateful to the Christ?

Lecture 16
16-1]    Which of the following does not give the Earth pleasure?
         a)   The breaking of a stone
         b)   The harvesting of grain
         c)   The plucking of flowers
         d)   The pulling of plants up by the roots

16-2]    From each parentheses choose the word or phrase which correctly 
         completes the sentence.
         On the Sun the rate of vibration of matter is (higher, lower) than 
         on Earth, and there is (less, more) crystallization on the Sun than 
         on Earth.  The archangels who live on the Sun are (less, more) 
         advanced than the humanity of the Earth.  On the Moon the rate of 
         vibration of matter is (higher, lower) than on Earth, and there is 
         (less, more) crystallization on the Moon than on Earth.  The beings 
         which live on the Moon are (less, more) advanced than the humanity 
         of the Earth.  Of the vibrations which come to the Earth, those 
         which come from the Sun have a (hardening, spiritualizing).

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         influence, and those which come from the Moon have a (hardening, 
         spiritualizing) influence.

16-3]    In the early stages of our evolution our bodies crystallized more 
         and more.  What stopped this process of crystallization and started 
         a process of lightening?

16-4]    a)   The operation of which of man's bodies tends to cause the 
              dense body to harden?
         b)   What did Jehovah give to mankind to help people gain control 
              of this body and thence to limit its hardening tendencies.

16-5]    What qualities must a man develop before it is safe for him to be 
         freed from externally imposed Laws?

16-6]    a)   In what respect is the Sun the body of the Cosmic Christ?
         b)   In what respect is the Earth the body of the Cosmic Christ?

16-7]    a)   At what time of year are the spiritual impulses from the Sun 
              the strongest?
         b)   At what time of day are the spiritual impulses from the Sun 
              the strongest?

Thought questions:

16-A]    Why did the Earth (and the humanity of the Earth) need to be thrown 
         off from the Sun (in the Hyperborean Epoch)?

16-B]    Why does Law (as established by the Race Spirits) necessarily make 
         the interests of the nation have precedence over the interests of 
         the individuals?

16-C]    How do wars between nations help people further learn to control 
         their desire bodies?

16-D]    Why can there not be Universal Brotherhood as long as there are 
         nations?

16-E]    How do you think it feels to the Cosmic Christ (whose preferred 
         home is the Sun) to occupy the dense Earth?

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16-F]    What does it mean to say that the Christ has been born within a 
         person?

Lecture 17

17-1]    a)   Do we ask God for more Knowledge?  What might we better ask 
              Him for?
         b)   Do we ask God for occult powers?  What might we better ask Him 
              for?

17-2]    a)   What food was used to help man forget his spiritual nature?
         b)   Why was it desirable for man to temporarily forget his 
              spiritual nature?
         c)   When man is ready to regain his spiritual vision, what must 
              then be eliminated from his diet?

17-3]    a)   When an animal is killed, what desire is it that clings to the 
              flesh?

         b)   What effect does this desire have on the people who eat the 
              animal flesh?

17-4]    In what respect does man need to emulate the plant?

17-5]    When one treds the mystical path, why is it dangerous to oneself to 
         continue to eat meat?

17-6]    The good cannot use good for direct destruction of evil.  How then, 
         can the good overcome evil?

17-7]    Why is it undesirable to kill all feeling or to cut ourselves off 
         from the expression of all feeling?

Thought questions:

17-A]    When we feel true compassion for all living creatures, what affect 
         will this have on our lives?

17-B]    How can sympathy lead to understanding?

17-C]    a)   Why must one forswear spiritual love in order to obtain 
              material power?
         b)   Why must one forswear sensual love in order to obtain 
              spiritual power?

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17-D]    Why are purity and harmlessness necessary for one who would develop 
         occult powers?

Lecture 18

18-1]    Each item on the right describes a means which God may use for 
         leading people with the characteristics on the left.  Next to each 
         item on the left put the letter of the item on the right which 
         gives the most appropriate means of leading that personality.

         People whose animal nature is           A.   Give material pros-
         paramount. ______                            perity to those who
                                                      obey, and give famine,
         People who are able to learn                 war, and pestilence to
         to control their desires. ______             those who disobey.

         People who are able to give up          B.   Produce fear of dis-
         evil desires entirely and to                 obediance by 
         develop habits of continued                  exhibitions of 
         well-doing. ______                           strength in thunder-
                                                      bold and lightning.

                                                 C.   Reward people in
                                                      heaven for having
                                                      lived a good life.

18-2]    Which of man's bodies is to be subdued by man himself, without any 
         outside assistance?

18-3]    What will be the characteristics of the kingdom of the Son?

18-4]    When we repent of our sins, which of our bodies is purified?

18-5]    a)   Which of our bodies needs to be continuously watched so that 
              it will not lead us into temptation?
         b)   What is it that must do the watching?

Thought questions:

18-A]    Give an example of some belief which you have faith in, although 
         you have no direct knowledge of it.

18-B]    Why is faith in oneself valuable when one is trying to develop some 
         skill?

18-C]    a)   Why should we not attempt to 'kill out desire'?
         b)   What should we do instead?

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18-D]    Give an example of something which your desire body would like but 
         which your mind forbids.

Lecture 19

19-1]    When Graham Bell was inventing the telephone, why was it useful to 
         him to make a physical model of the telephone after having mentally 
         conceived the idea?

19-2]    Arrange the following items in the order in which man learned to 
         exert forces by means of them, starting with the earliest.
         a)   electricity
         b)   gas (wind, steam)
         c)   solids
         d)   liquids

19-3]    Which of the above sources of force is most easily stored, 
         transmitted, and utilized?

19-4]    What is the next, even subtler, source of force which mankind is 
         destined to develop?

19-5]    Waves and wind and steam had to be concentrated and controlled 
         before they could serve man as forces that would do his work for 
         him.  What must we learn to do with Though-power if we are to get 
         it to aid us in our work?

19-6]    The Earth-spirit feels our passions, feelings and emotions.  What 
         ways does it have of reacting to these?

19-7]    In the future, what organ of the body will be used to bring 
         thoughts into manifestation (to crystallize them into things).

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Lecture 10

20-2]    In the Sixth Epoch, will people be divided into races and nations?

20-3]    What will be the universal religion of the Sixth Epoch?

20-5]    In the Sixth Epoch the Life Spirit will be further developed.  What 
         additional qualities will then ripen in mankind?

Thought questions:

20-A]    Why do Egos usually incarnate in different races in different 
         incarnations?

20-B]    How must races now begin to treat one another if the coming of the 
         Sixth Epoch is to be hastened?

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