Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the MasterTheosophy / New ThoughtMystical / EsotericEnglishShareMystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 18Project Gutenberg #13143 - EnglishMoreVersion - 1 availableProject Gutenberg #13143LanguageEnglishEspañol‹Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 4Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 5Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 6Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 7Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 9Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 11Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 1Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 13Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 15Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 17Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 18Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 19Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 21Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 23Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 24Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 26Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 28Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 30Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 31Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 32Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 33Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 35Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 36Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 38Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 40Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 41Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 42Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 43Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 44Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 47Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 51Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 52›Lesson, And To The New Testament. He Preached Repentance;Mystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 18ListenPlay this chapter in spoken English.Save chapterListen to chapter1righteousness; the Essenic rite of Baptism; and above all the Coming of the Master. He bade his hearers repent--"repent ye! for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand"!--"repent ye! for the Master cometh!" cried he in forceful tones. 2And when his people gathered around him and asked whether he, John, were not indeed the Master, he answered them, saying, "Nay, I am not He whom thou seekest. After me there cometh one whose sandals I am not worthy to unloose. I baptize thee with water, but He shall baptize thee with the Fire of the Spirit that is within Him!" It was ever and always this exhortation toward fitness for the coming of the Master. John was a true Mystic, who sank his personality in the Work he was called on to do, and who was proud to be but the Forerunner of the Master, of whose coming he had been informed by the Brotherhood. 3And, as we have told you in the first lesson, one day there came before him, a young man, of a dignified, calm appearance, gazing upon him with the expressive eyes of the true Mystic. The stranger asked to be baptized, but John, having perceived the occult rank of the stranger by means of the signs and symbols of the Brotherhood, rebelled at the Master receiving baptism at the hands of himself, one far below the occult rank of the stranger. But Jesus, the stranger, said to John, "Suffer it to be," and stepped into the water to receive the mystic rite again, as a token to the people that He had come as one of them. 4And then occurred that strange event, with which you are familiar, when a dove descended as if from Heaven and rested over the head of the stranger, and a soft voice, even as the sighing of the wind through the trees, was heard, whispering, "This is my beloved son, in whom I am well pleased." And then the stranger, evidently awed by the strange message from the Beyond, passed away from the multitude, and bent his way toward the wilderness, as if in need of a retreat in which he could meditate over the events of the day, and regarding the work which He could now dimly see stretching its way before Him. 5The average student of the New Testament passes over the event of Jesus in the Wilderness, with little or no emotion, regarding it as a mere incident in His early career. Not so with the mystic or occultist, who knows, from the teachings of his order, that in the Wilderness Jesus was subjected to a severe occult test, designed to develop His power, and test His endurance. In fact, as every advanced member of any of the great occult orders knows, the occult degree known as "The Ordeal of the Wilderness" is based upon this mystic experience of Jesus, and is intended to symbolize the tests to which He was subjected. Let us consider this event so fraught with meaning and importance to all true occultists. 6The Wilderness toward which Jesus diverted His steps, lay afar off from the river in which the rites of Baptism had been performed. Leaving behind him the fertile banks, and acres, of cultivated land, He approached the terrible Wilderness which even the natives of that ‹Previous chapterMystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 17Next chapterMystic Christianity; or, The Inner Teachings of the Master 19›Similar passagesBy tradition and source labelFind similarCompare selectedCompare with similarAsk Deep ThoughtSelect passages to search for parallels.Tap any verse to select it, then compare selected passages or ask Deep Thought. Public domain in the USA