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at the same time to perform kindly and worthy acts. Not that He used
these wonder-workings as a bid for sensational interest or self-glory—the
character of Jesus rendered such a course impossible—but He knew that
nothing would so attract the interest of an Oriental race as occurrences of
this kind, and He hoped to then awaken in them a real spiritual interest and
fervor, which would rise far above the demand for “miracles.” In adopting
this course Jesus followed the example of the holy men in India, with whose
works He was personally familiar, owing to His sojourn in that land.
And, then let us say, that advanced occultists see nothing “supernatural”
nor incredible in these “miracles” of Jesus. On the contrary, they know them
to be the result of the application of certain well established natural laws,
which, while almost unknown to the masses of people, are still known and
occasionally made use of by the advanced occultists of all lands. Skeptics
and unbelievers may sneer at these things, and many faint-faith Christians
may wish to apologize or “explain” these wonderful happenings, but the
advanced occultist needs no “explanations” nor apologies. He has more
faith than the church-goer, for he knows of the existence and use of these
occult powers latent in Man. There is no material effect or phenomenon that
is “supernatural”—the Laws of Nature are in full operation on the material
plane and cannot be overcome. But there are among such Natural Laws
certain phases and principles that are so little known to the average mind
that when they are manifested Nature’s Laws seemed to be transcended,
and the result is called “a miracle.” The occult tradition tells us that Jesus
was a past-master in the knowledge and application of the occult forces
of nature, and that even the wonders that He wrought during His Jewish
ministry were but as child’s play when compared with those that He might
have manifested had He seen fit to do so. In fact, it is believed that some
of His greatest wonder-workings have never been recorded, for He always
impressed upon His chosen followers the advisability of refraining from
laying too much stress on these things. The “miracles” recorded in the