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A Series of Lessons in Mystic Christianity952
bodies of others, as mere “shells,” to be treated well, used properly, and
then willingly discarded or exchanged for another.
In view of the above facts, you may readily see that any theory or doctrine
which made the Absolute—God—overshadow a human woman’s body and
cause her to physically conceive a child, would appear crude, barbarous,
unnecessary and in defiance of the natural laws established by the Cause
of Causes. The Occultist sees in the conception of every child, the work of
the Divine Will—every conception and birth a miracle. But he sees Natural
Law underlying each, and he believes that the Divine Will always operates
under Natural Laws—the seeming miracles and exceptions thereto, resulting
from the mastery and operation of some law not generally known. But the
Occultist knows of no law that will operate to produce conception by other
than the physiological process.
In short, the Occultist does not regard the physical body of Jesus as Jesus
Himself—he knows that the Real Jesus is something much greater than
His body, and, consequently, he sees no more necessity for a miraculous
conception of His body than he would for a miraculous creation of His robe.
The body of Jesus was only material substance—the Real Jesus was Spirit. The
Occultists do not regard Joseph as the father of the Real Jesus—no human
being can produce or create a soul. And so, the Occultist sees no reason
for accepting the old pagan doctrine of the physical Virgin Birth which has
crept into Christianity from outside sources. To the Occultist, there is a real
Virgin Birth of an entirely different nature, as we shall see presently.
But, not so with the people who flocked to the ranks of Christianity
toward the close of the first century—coming from pagan people, and
bringing with them their pagan legends and doctrines. These people
believed that the Body was the Real Man, and consequently attached the
greatest importance to it. These people were almost materialists as the
result of their pagan views of life. They began to exert an influence on the
small body of original Christians, and soon the original teachings were
smothered by the weight of the pagan doctrines. For instance, they failed