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EOSICEUCIAN PHILOSOPHY
vehicles in the ordinary way, by going through the womb to
birth, or we may extract ether from the body of a medium
and temporarily use that to materialize, or we may use
the fumes of incense. In the Catholic Church, where cer-
tain spirits are invoked, incense furnishes the vehicle
whereby they may operate upon the assembled congregation
as the discarnate spirits did to favor the Servian
regicides.
Thus we see that the gifts of the wise men are spirit,
soul and body, devoted to the service of humanity. To
give oneself is to imitate Christ, to follow in His steps.
QUESTION Ko. 96.
Was not Jesus a Jew? If so, what did he mean by say-
ing " Before Abraham was, I am"? For even if lie rein-
carnated, Abraham was the father of the Jewish race.
Answer: In olden times, and even up to the present
day, patriotism is looked upon as one of the prime virtues,
but from the occult standpoint there is of course but the
One Spirit, and the races are but an evanescent phase of
the scheme of evolution; in fact, a very dangerous phase,