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A Series of Lessons in Mystic Christianity986
aid and assistance. But not until after He had remonstrated that these things
were of no concern of His—that His powers were not to be trifled away
in this manner. But His love for His mother, and His desire to reward her
devotion and faith in Him, prevailed over the natural disinclination of the
mystic to be a “wonder worker” and to exhibit his occult powers to grace a
wedding-feast. He had long since learned the necessary but comparatively
simple occult feat from His old Masters in far off India, that land of wonderworking.
He knew that even the humbler Yogis of that land would smile at
the working of such a simple miracle. And so the matter seemed to Him to
be of but slight moment, and not as a prostitution of some of the higher
occult powers. And feeling thus, He yielded to their requests for aid.
Then moving toward the court in which were stored a number of great jars
of water, he fixed a keen, burning glance upon them, one by one, passing His
hand rapidly over them, in a quick succession, He made the Mental Image
that precedes all such manifestations of occult power, and then manifesting
His power by using His Will in the manner known to all advanced occultists,
He rapidly materialized the elements of the wine in the water, within the jars,
and lo! the “miracle” had been wrought.
A wave of excitement passed over the crowded house. The guests
flocked around the jars to taste of the wine that had been produced by
occult power. The priests frowned their displeasure, and the authorities
sneered and whispered “charlatan”; “fraud”; “shameful imposture”; and
other expressions that always follow an occurrence of this kind.
Jesus turned away, in grief and sorrow. Among the Hindus such a simple
occult occurrence would have caused but little comment, while here among
His own people it was considered to be a wonderful miracle by some, while
others regarded it as a trick of a traveling conjurer and charlatan.
What manner of people were these to whom He had decided to deliver
the Message of Life? And, sighing deeply, He passed from the house, and
returned to His camp.