Max Heindel - Gleanings of A Mystic
Max Heindel - Gleanings of A Mystic
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BY
MAX HEINDEL
A SERIES OF ESSAYS ON
PRACTICAL MYSTICISM
FIRST EDITION
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The contents of this book are among the last
fering humanity.
Strong souls are usually endowed with great energy
and impulse, and through these very forces, they
forge to the front ranks though they often suffer
much. As a result they are filled with compassion for
others.The writer of these lessons sacrificed his phys-
icalbody on the altar of service.
In writing the books and monthly lessons of the
Fellowship, in his lectures and class work, and in the
arduous pioneer work of establishing Headquarters
within the short span of ten years. Max Heindel ac-
complished more than many who are blessed with per-
fect health could have accomplished in a lifetime. His
first book, his masterpiece, "The Rosierucian Cosmo-
77
Conception, was written under the direct guidance
of the Elder Brothers of the Rose Cross. It carries a
vital message to the world. It satisfies not alone the
Chapter L
Initiation : What It Is and Is Not Part L 7
Chapter II.
Chapter XVII.
of the Rose Cross 130
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The Mysterium Magnum"
Chapter XVIII.
Stumbling Blocks. 138
Chapter XIX.
The Lock of Upliftment. 147
Chapter XX.
The Cosmic Meaning of Easter Part I. 153
Chapter XXI.
The Cosmic Meaning of Easter Part II. 160
Chapter XXII.
The Newborn Christ. 167
Chapter XXIII.
Why I am a Rosicrucian. 173
Chapter XXIV.
The Object of the Rosicrucian Fellowship. 180
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Chapter II
PART II
till the soil and the life will then be barren of fruit.
Conversely, as diligence and care in cultivation in-
crease the productive power of garden seed enor-
mously, so earnest application to the business of life
improvement of opportunities to learn life's lessons
and extract from our environment the experience it
holds brings added opportunities and at the end of
;
makes.
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Chapter III
SACRAMENT OF COMMUNION
PART I
parents.
But on the day when he finally emerged from the
dense atmosphere of Atlantis; when he first beheld
the mountains silhouetted sharp contours
in clear,
Chapter IV
PART II
Chapter V
seeking.
That was the rape of the Rhinegold, and sorrow,
sin, strife, treachery, and murder have given place to
the childlike love which existed among humanity in
that primal state when they dwelt in the watery
atmosphere of long ago. Gradually this tendency is
becoming more and more marked, and the curse of
selfishness grows more and more apparent. "Man's
inhumanity to man" hangs like a funeral pall over
the earth, and must inevitably bring about destruc-
tion of existing conditions. The whole creation is
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Chapter VI
marriage had its beginning and will also have its end.
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of life But life has neither beginning nor end, and
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qualification. We
shall best understand the case if
we go back into the history of mankind and view the
experiences of some who have transgressed, for they
will furnish us an example of what may happen. In
order to establish the point properly we shall reiterate
a few of the Rosicrucian teachings regarding the
genesis of the earth and of man upon it. Three great
stages of unfoldment have preceded the present Earth
Period. The Father is the highest Initiate of the Sat-
urn Period, inhabiting particularly the Spiritual Sun.
The Son, the cosmic Christ, is the highest Initiate of
the Sun Period, inhabiting the Central Sun and guid-
ing the planets in their orbits by a ray from Himself,
which becomes the indwelling spirit of each planet
when has been sufficiently ripened to contain such
it
Chapter VIII
efficiency.
There are times, however, when the exigencies of a
case require a female body, such as, for instance, pro-
viding a body of the highest type to receive an ego
of superlatively high degree. Then a high Initiate
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Chapter IX
righteousness.
In early Atlantis we lived in the deepest basins of
the earth where the mist was densest ;
we breathed by
means of gills and would have been unable to live in
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ether.
Thus each age has its own peculiar conditions and
Chapter X
THE COMING AGE
Chapter XI
Chapter XII
A LIVING SACRIFICE
Light was the next step God 's work with us, which
in
culminated in the birth of Christ, who as the bodily
presence of the Father, bore about in Himself that
Light, for the Light came into the world that whoso-
ever should believe in Christ should not perish, but
have everlasting life. He said,
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I am the Light of the
World." The altar in the Tabernacle had illustrated
the principle of sacrifice as the medium of regenera-
tion, so Christ said to His disciples Greater love hath
:
no man than this, that he lay down his life for his
friends. Ye are my friends. And forthwith He com-
menced a sacrifice, which, contrary to the accepted
orthodox opinion was not consummated in a few
hours of physical suffering upon a material cross, but
is as perpetual as were the sacrifices made upon the
altar of the Tabernacle in the Wilderness, for it en-
tailsan annual descent into the earth and an endur-
ance of all that the cramping earth conditions must
mean to such a great spirit.
This must continue till a sufficient number have
evolved who can bear the burden of this dense lump
A LIVING SACRIFICE 99
Chapter XIII
Chapter XIV
victory f
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Chapter XV
PRACTICAL PRECEPTS FOR PRACTICAL PEOPLE
ffTF I WERE
do business on the principles laid
to
X down in the Sermon on the Mount
I would be
down and out in less than a year," said a critic re-
cently. "Why, the Bible is utterly impracticable
under our present economic conditions; it is impos-
sible to live according to it."
If that is true there is a good reason for the un-
belief of the world, but in a court the accused is al-
Chapter XVI
Chapter XVII
GOSPEL OF SERVICE.
For our sakes Deity manifested the universe. The
great creative Hierarchies have all been and some of
them still are our servants. The luminous star angels,
whose fiery bodies we see whirling through space,
have worked with us for ages, and in due time Christ
came to bring us the spiritual impetus needed at that
time. It is also significant in the extreme that in the
parable of the last judgment Christ does not say,
''Well done, thou great and erudite philosopher, who
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knoweth the Bible, the Kabala, the Cosmo/ and all
the other mysterious literature which reveals the intri-
cate workings of nature"; but He says, "Well done,
thou and faithful servant * * * enter thou
good :
serve much.
There are many who love to discuss the harmless,
peaceful dinner, oblivious of the fact that the
life at
red roast on the table and the cigar in the mouth dull
the effect.There are others who make a god of the
stomach and would rather study dietetics than the
Bible; they are always ready to buttonhole their
friends and discourse upon the latest food fad. I knew
one man who was at the head of an esoteric group.
His wife was antagonistic to occultism and the meat-
less diet. He forced her to cook his vegetables at
THE "MYSTERIUM MAGNUM" 137
Chapter XVIII
STUMBLING BLOCKS
Chapter XIX
from above until the gate had been closed behind the
spiritual growth ;
therefore all who are desirous of at-
taining the higher levels would do well to put forth
special efforts in that direction during the winter
season.
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Chapter XX
THE COSMIC MEANING OP EASTER
PART I
whispers
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the word into the ears of beast and
of life
bird, until the gospel or good news has been preached
to every creature. The sacrifice is fully consum-
mated by the time the sun crosses its Easter (n) nodo
at the spring equinox. Then the divine creative Word
Chapter XXI
PART II
selling ,
Chapter XXII
Chapter XXIII
WHY I AM A ROSICRUCIAN
and once an act has been done, the reaction will come
I AM A ROSICRUCIAN 177
puts him to sleep that he may rest from his labors until
the dawn when he is given a new
of another life-day,
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body and new
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child Each day Experience,
lessons.
the teacher of the school helps him to learn some of the
lessons of life, and gradually he becomes more and
more proficient. Some day he will have learned the
entire curriculum of the school, which includes build-
ing of bodies as well as using them.
Thus when we see one who has few faculties, we
know that he is a young soul who has gone to life's
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Chapter XXIV
Index
Abel, man of Lemuria, 23.
Action, desirability of, 16.
Action, good, required for soul body, 183.
A. D. M., red earth, 78.
Adam, a Polarian, 22.
Airships of Atlantis, 71.
Albumen not needed by spiritual, 24.
Alcohol, action, 83.
Altar of sacrifice, 96.
America, the melting pot, 112.
Angels, humanity of Moon Period 50.
lived in etheric world 50.
wisely guided man 32.
Anglo-Saxons, pioneers of race, 75.
Animals ruled by group spirits 108.
Aquarian Age, science to rule in 82.
six hundred years until 81.
teacher of 76.
Arche-Tektons, Initiates are 103.
Ark, airship of Atlantis, 71.
Aryan Age, invaders of 80.
Aryana, national segregation of 70.
Assimilation of life experiences 184.
Asteroids, remnants of Moons 60.
Astrology, value of in marriage 53.
Atlantis, destruction of 180.
Atlantean epoch, the nadir of materiality 9.
Atlanteans aspire to light 95.
divinely guided 69.
Atlantis, airships of 71.
atmosphere of 69.
man becomes man in 25.
peaceful conditions of 86.
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