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EOSICRUCIAN PHILOSOPHY
fore it was customary to take neophytes into the temples jn
yon Holy Night. There they were entranced under the
guidance of wise men and taught to leave their bodies consciously
by an act of will. The earth then became transparent
to their gaze and they saw behind it the sun at mid-
night the Hazing star. Not, of course, the physical sun,
but the spiritual sun which is the true Christ-star, for the
cosmic Christ is the highest Initiate among the luminous
sun spirits, the Archangels.
. What
QUESTION No. 95.
were the gifts of the wise men?
Answer: The Bible tells us that they were gold, myrrh
and frankincense.
Gold has always been regarded as the emblem of spirit
in the old legends and symbology. In the story of the Ring
of the Niebelung, dramatized by Wagner, we hear how the
Rhine maidens played in their watery element on the bottom
of the river Rhine. The water was lighted by the
flame of the gold. This legend takes us back to the time
when these children of the mist were living in the beautiful
conditions of early Atlantis, where they were one vast