Esoteric V10: July 1896 - Iapsop.com

1896.) Goo's REn:Au:o W n.L. 253
as sht~ saw them with her eyes, she doted upon them, and sent
messengers unto them into Chaldea. And the Babylonians
came to her into the bed nf love, and they defiled her with
their whoredom, and Abe was polluted with them." Ezekiel
XXIII. 14-17. Here we find that lst·ael was polluted by the
images or pictures which she saw portt·ayecl upon the wall:
these came to her bt-l! and defiled her.
'1'11 comprehend this we must know what is meant hy tbo11e
images upon the wall. "And be sai1l unto me. Uo in, and behold
the wicked abominations that they do here. So I went in
and 11aw; and belwld every furm of creeping things, and abominable
beasts. and all the idols of the house of Israel, portrayed
upon the wallt·oundahout. .A.nd there stood before them seventy
men of the ancients of the house of Israel, and in the midst
of them stood Jaazaniah the son of Saphan. with evet·y man his
lleuser in his hand; an1l a thick cloud of incense went up.
Then said he unto me, Son of man, ha.'lt thou seen what the
ancients of the house of l11rael do in the dat·k, every man in
the chambers of his imaget·y?" Bzekiel VIII. 9-12. Here we
find that the images portrayed upon the wall were the imaginatimts
of the he1ut: and, referring to the images of the Chaldeans
upon the wall, we are confrontecl with the fact. that the pictures
of the imagination t•an and do come to Jlenple in the dark hours
of the night, and cause their defilement: they awake to find
themselves polluted.
This is simply one wav in which the 1:\w of mind, so well
known tu mental healt-lrs. is expresse1l, that the body manifest.'!
the mental states. This law i" referred to in the following
words: ·• Hear, 0 earth: lwhuld. I will hring evil upon this
people, even the fl'llit of their thnughts." .Ter. VI. 19. Again •
• Tesn" refe1-red to the same law when he said: "Whosoever
lnoketh nn a woman to }u!lt &frer her hath committed adultery
with her alrea1ly in his heart" (Matt. v. 28): for, in accordance
with this law of mind. the cle11ire toward that image gives
it the power to cnme to him in his sleep and to cause him to
lo11e the seefl. thn~ defiling him in adultery. Years of experietwe
in striving to overcome have taught that this is no idle
thought.
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