else, so as to make thy mind, empty of all things else, attentive to
that End, in order that thou mayest learn that End-of-
understanding; for it subsists beyond the mind.
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E L E V E N T H D E G R E E N U M B E R S E V E N T Y - E I G H T P A G E O N E
Beloved Members, Greetings!
I think that if each of you could read the letters that have come to me from the others, you would be surprised at the similar
ity of expressions. You would see at once that aside from the many
individual experiences that each of you have had— which are quite different and distinct from the others— there are a number of re actions and a number of results that are identical in every case
with every member. This shows a fairly uniform degree of d evelop
ment in the members of the Eleventh Degree. I began to notice this
in the last part of the Tenth Degree, and it was very pleasing,
indeed. I have one letter from a frater who says that he has been
reviewing the last half of the Tenth Degree and finds that there were some points he overlooked, and since realizing them now and giving them some thought and meditation, he has improved his status in the Eleventh Degree to such an extent that he is now having
reactions and results that he should have. I think that there are
a few hundred members in the Eleventh Degree who would be benefited by reviewing some of the Tenth Degree in their spare time, and I certainly recommend it.
PROGRESS The last few exercises have been very helpful to the
REPORTED the average member in the Eleventh Degree. Nearly all
report definite sensations from the exercises given during the last three weeks and already notice improvements in eye-
sight, hearing, intuition, and general health. I think we can
proceed in the exercises now with the understanding that all the
previous ones be continued for another week. This means that each
of you will have three or four exercises to do each day; and I suggest that you allow fifteen minutes at least to pass between the exercises; in other words, do not try to do two or three of them
in succession. If you can do one exercise early in the morning,
one an hour or so later, one at noontime, and then do one early in the evening and one later in the evening, it will be better.
The new exercise for this week requires the placing of the forefinger and second finger ..of .the right hand on the gland that is
in tne ^center of t&g throat at the place where we commonly say
t T T e r e i s a n Adam's apple. This inSTTh'S p'utting the tips of the first
cfrTd'secgjicT fihsfirs f(not the ~thumbs gently on the aland in the cen ter olT the throat, and leaving the tips of the fingers there while
three deep breaths are taken and held and slowly exhaled. About a
full minute, or__£5fc&n two minutes, shouldPpass between the long EreaSIs^- In other words, place the fingertips on the proper point
of the throat, take a deep breath, hold it as long as you can conveniently7~an<T~at the same time, center your~^ft§le tfonsHiousnesS and mind up5n the gland commonly_known as
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exhale very slowly, keeping the fingertips on the same place, and
wnen the breath is completely exhaled, ~ remove-T h e - finggtTips~folt:
atroilt two ini mites and breathe normally. Then rep l ace HEfie^firicrefr-
tips'and start over again for the* second time r doing the same
thing. Once aCTainua u s f T f o r twa.jDainutes'with no r m a l breathing, and
repeat for the third time. After the second or third day when you
begin to feel an exhilarating and strengthening sensation in the throat, you m a y do this exercise five or six times instead of only three times^ at one sitting, always having two or three minutes^Tpe “
tween eacH~exHalation and the taking of another deep breath. I
would not suggest doing it over sj.x times at any one sitting, although if you happen to have a little cold or hoarseness in the throat, you may do it six times and then wait a half-hour, and do it six times again.
It is advisable that you concentrate your mind and your whole consciousness upon the thyroid gland while you are doing this
exercise. You will find that a warmth will be produced in the
gland, and a vibratory tonic effect that is very pleasing. Do not
use the left hand, but be sure that only the fingertips of the right hand are used.
Remember that this gland is connected with other glands in the body and has a very definite relationship to the emotional nature and the psychic centers, as well as a relationship to the health of the body.
It may be interesting for you to know that this particular exercise this week also h as a very important bearing upon the pro- cesses o f regeneration, an3 w i 11 do more to bring a youthfuT7 ex
hilarating effect to the Body than any we have had so far. It
redirects some of the creating, healing, vitalizing forces of the Body, to" import a n t 'centers ~w~Here this creative power will manifest in _the building up of the strength and harmony of the body; and it will awaken other ^ e n t e rs that may have become more or less dormant
in their application of tonic effects to the body. Eventually this
exercise and others which you will have will strengthen the psychic body, as it may be called, and will create a very definite sense
of your duality by making you conscious of the fact that y q u hav e
tffQ-bodies, the physical and thq psychic, each independent of the o ther in^ many waysT This will help you in many valuable psychic experiences, and at the same time will have a marvelous effect upon the health and the increase of the years of life.
Perhaps you may be interested in having me quote from an ancient record regarding this exercise and the others
which are to follow. It appears that even the alchemists
had spent many years of their lives searching for the process of transmuting base metals into gold, and had
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succeeded in discovering the law of vibrations as we know it today. They no longer found any interest in making gold because, in the first place, most of the old mystics couldn't use much gold even if they had barrels of it, for gold would not buy what they were seeking; especially it would not buy knowledge and the secret
principles of nature, for this was their principal quest. Second,
the gold that they produced cost them more than it was worth in actual money or buying power.
So they turned their attention from the art of transmutation of matter in a metallic sense to the transmuting of the grosser
elements of the physical body of man. This led them into seeking
for an elixir or some product of nature, which, when taken into the body, would increase life, produce a continued condition of
youthfulness, and prevent disease and old age. It was natural for
them to assume that the building up of the physical body was d e pendent upon the food eaten plus the action of the Cosmic upon that
material food. Therefore, they began to study very minutely the
nature of the chemical elements that went into the human body in
the form of food. They thought that perhaps they would find among
some of the food substances certain mineral elements, or in the liquids from the juices of plants and vegetation a chemical element
that constituted the earthly vitality in the blood. Years were
spent by these alchemists in their laboratories studying the chemi cal nature of all foods and extracting the juices from every known
living plant. Unquestionably they evolved wonderful knowledge
through their experiments, and the art of medicine today owes its beginning to this study of the juices and mineral elements of plants; however, modern medicine has gone too far and pinned all of its faith in these elements and has ignored the power of the mind and the cosmic power.
It is interesting to note, though, that the alchemists— always seeking for truth and never being fooled by any results that seemed to be surprising— abandoned their search among the elements for the elixir after making a remarkable discovery that even modern science has not considered and does not seem even to understand. The alchemists discovered that the secret of life and the vitality and regeneration of the body did not exist in the chemical elements or juices of vegetation of themselves, but only after they were put into the human body and properly mixed in the human b o d y 1s own
inner laboratory. In other words, they discovered that the finest
chemical laboratory man ever thought of was inside the human body and not outside of it, and that no matter how they mixed certain elements together or mixed certain plant juices, they could not
mix them and purify them in the same way that the human
body did it. They found, then, by studying the secretions
and blood in the human body, that somewhere in.. the^ human body there was a laboratory which manufactured a creative
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chemical/ or a number of creative chemicals, which it p u t intojthe blood or sent to various~~gTSnSs', such as the thyroid, and allowed
the s«f "glands to distribute this creative chemical throughout the
body and in places and on occasions when needed.
Immediately the alchemists began to discover ways and means of controlling that creative essence in the human body so that it could be stored up and used when necessary to invigorate the human body to build up certain parts of it without resorting to the use of medicine.
Now the exercises that we are starting during this week are
the exercises which these alchemists discovered. The old records
tell many tales of men and women past seventy or eighty who used these exercises and became youthful looking and so strong.and healthy tTTa:t people ±trcrught they were only thirty or thirty-five y^Irs" of a g e , and who at the same time seemed to be immune to most
disease s . Next week I will tell you more about this in connection
with these exercises.
F r a t e r n a l l y /
Summary of This Monograph
V V V
Below is a summary of the important principles of this monograph. It contains the essential statements which you should not forget. After you have carefully read the complete monograph, try to recall as many as you can of the important points you read. Then read this summary and see if you have forgotten any. Also refer to this summary during the ensuing week to refresh your memory.
1f The purpose of this week’s exercise is the stimulation of the thyroid gland.
The forefinger and second finger of the right hand are placed on the
Adam*8
apple
while three deep breaths are taken, held, and slowly exhaled. f This exercise is to be added to the exercises of the previous weeks, but notwo should have less than fifteen-minute intervals between them.
f The thyroid gland is connected with other glands in the body and has a definite relationship to the emotional nature and the psychic centers, as well as the bodily health.
U So far as the ancient alchemists were concerned, the greatest alchemical laboratory was found within the human body, where various glands had important functioning.
The Weekly Application
Whatsoever thou resolvest to do, do it quickly. Defer not till the
evening what the morning may accomplish.—UNTO THEE I GRANT
The preservation or restoration of a youthful appearance is an age-old dream. The application of the exercise in this monograph has done wonders for members who persisted in its application. Too often we try our exercises for only a short time, then give them up, either because of procrastination, or because we see no results in the few days or weeks that we applied the exercises. This is an unfortunate turn of events, for any goal that is worthwhile takes many, many applications before results are realized. In this exercise, more than any other, try to stay with it day in and day out, so that in a period of one year you and others around you actually see a marked change. When performing the exercise, it will help you to think y o u th as you center your consciousness on the gland.
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