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occasion that we are now considering was the time when the final degrees
were imparted to them.
It must be remembered that the Apostles were endowed with the
mastery of the occult forces of nature which enabled them to perform the
“miracles” of healing similar to those of Jesus. And it must not be supposed
for a moment that an occult Master of so high a degree of attainment as
that reached by Jesus would have allowed His disciples to use such mighty
power without also instructing them fully in the nature of the forces they
were using, and of the best methods of employing the same. And such
knowledge could not be imparted without the fundamental truths of nature
being understood by them, which understanding was possible only to those
who had grasped the great Basic Truths of the Science of Being.
In short, the traditions are that the Twelve Apostles were gradually
initiated into the great degrees of the Occult Brotherhoods of which and
in which Jesus was a Master. He gathered together a great store of occult
information and mystic lore, and condensing the same into a plain, practical,
simple system, He imparted it fully and thoroughly to those whom He had
elected to be His chief co-workers and His successors after His death, which
He knew full well was not far off.
These facts must be fully understood by the student of Mystic Christianity
who wishes to grasp the secret of the early Christian Church after the death
of Christ. The wonderful headway manifested by the movement could not
have been given by mere followers and believers in the Master. It usually
follows that when the great head of an organization dies the movement
disintegrates or loses power unless he has been able to “communicate
his spirit” to some chosen followers. And this Jesus did. And it was only to
men who thoroughly grasped the fundamental truths and principles of His
teachings that such “spirit” could have been imparted.
There was an exoteric teaching for the multitude, and an esoteric teaching
for the Twelve. There are many Scriptural passages which go to show this
fact, which was well known to the early Fathers of the Church. And upon