esoteric meaning is necessarily hidden.

The phenomenon of the strange mystical light which seems to enfold and
bathe the Illumined one, is concisely expressed in the case of Moses.

"And it came to pass, that when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the
tablets of the testimony in hand, that Moses wist not that the skin of his
face shone, or sent forth beams by reason of his speaking with Him.

"And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses behold! the skin
of his face shone and they were afraid to come nigh him."

Again we find in the case of Moses, a momentary fear of the phenomenon
which he was experiencing, in the influx of light and the sound of the
voice which seems to accompany the light.

The interpretation given the words spoken, and the identity of the voice is
ever dependent upon the time and character of the mind experiencing the
Illumination.

Thus Moses claims to have heard the voice of the God of the Hebrews, but
the probabilities are, that the "voice" is the mental operations of the
person experiencing the phenomenon of supra-consciousness, and this
interpretation will vary with what Professor James calls the "historical
determination," i.e. it is dependent upon the age in which the illumined
one lived, and upon the character of the impressions previously absorbed.

This apparent difference of report, as to the identity of the "voice," is
of small import.

The salient point is that each person relating his experience has heard a
_voice_ giving more or less explicit instructions and promises.

In each instance it has been characterized as the voice of the God of their
desire, _and adoration_.

Certainly, whatever may be our opinions as to whether God, as we understand
the term, talked to Moses, giving him such explicit commands as the great
leader afterwards laid down to his people accompanied by the insurmountable
barrier to dissent or discussion, "thus saith the Lord," we can but admit
that the prophet was possessed of intellectual power far in advance of his
time, and his laws did indeed, save his people from self destruction,
through uncleanliness and strife, and dense ignorance.

The ten commandments have been the "word of God" to all men for lo! these
many ages, and even Jesus could but add one other commandment to those
already in use: "Another commandment give I unto you--_that ye love one
another_."

To sum up the evidences of cosmic consciousness, or Illumination, as
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