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to extend their boundary and to _refine and elevate the powers of the Soul_. In the first case, that of co-ordination, the ancient Wisdom admonishes the student or _chela_ to "_make the mind one pointed, like a light burning in a quiet place_." Light a candle and put it in a corner where no draught can reach it, and the flame will seem as though cut out of solid fire, and "one pointed." It is at the point of refining and elevating the individual consciousness that Ethics or Morals come in. It is just at this point also that the _Path_ is determined. What our ancient Brothers called "the power of Will and Yoga"--self-control--_may_ ignore Ethics. Here the paths separate, and are called "the Right-hand Path" and "the Left-hand Path," determining the "White" and the "Black Magician," about whom so much is said in all ancient scriptures and traditions regarding "Sorcery" and "Black Magic," of which Egypt and Rome and Modern Mediumship and Hypnotism, are illustrations. The _supreme importance_ of this natural division or "parting of the way" reveals the real and final reason why the Masters of the "right-hand path" conceal their knowledge from the profane and reveal it only after an ethical formulary has been learned and once for all _ingrained_. The "Thugs" of India are no more an idle dream nor a bugaboo to frighten children and old women than are the Mafia and the Roman Jesuit to-day. In Egypt the time came when these "Black Magicians" dominated the people and drove out those of the right-hand path who built the great pyramid and gave to Egypt the wisdom and glory of its prime. The consciousness and power of these evil men, however, was limited to the lower planes. Whenever they wished to transcend these lower planes they were powerless. Hence arose the _Sibyl_; young boys or virgins were hypnotized, and being pure, they could thus be inducted into a somewhat higher plane. (See Mabel Collins' "Idyll of the White Lotus.") Margrave, in Bulwer's "Strange Story," is a fine picture of an "adept of the left-hand path." He would sacrifice the whole human race in order to gain his personal and selfish ends, just as would "Mother Church" to-day. The Master of the White Lodge would readily lay down his life for the benefit of his fellowmen. Herein is the vital difference. Here lies the meaning and the complete antithesis represented by _Christos_ and _Satan_. Both names are generic and Avataric, and yet, may be
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