"Om: The Jewel is in the Lotos." There is an early tradition which had its origin in the far ancient sources of the Nile; that without being considered other than tradition now, was thought to be at one time the real mystic "story of Isis." It is said that from the cup of the Lotus flower, as quickened by the rays of the sun, which was the breath of Osiris, Isis sprang into full being, and meeting the too ardent gaze of Osiris, rays of the sun, she departed beneath the waves, and at intervals appeared veiled in the image of the Lotus flower. Under the Osirian Dispensation everything associated with the name of Isis always bore the Symbol of Lotus bud or flower. You still have the image of the Lotus flower in the ruins of Egyptian architecture; the Lotus upbearing, or at the head of the column; wherever this is seen it is the symbol of Isis. It is also true, in a transcendental sense, that Isis was upon the earth; that Osiris, symbolizing the son of Wisdom, as Isis symbolized the Mother of all life, walked the earth unseen of all their subjects, yet forever manifesting their presence; and so mysterious were their lives, so baffling their presence, that whenever they were sought that they might be worshiped, they were never found in visible form, always receding, always withdrawing: Osiris unto the light of the sun, and Isis unto her place beneath the waters and enfolded within the heart of Earth. Whenever mortals were sleeping, when they were not aware, this twain did walk the earth, did give forth their blessings, did instruct those who were ready to receive their light The life and impress of their personalities upon the earth was in the image of that child, which is called "Horus," perverted into "Time giver," the God of day, or the divisions of the day. "Horus" was the Divine Messenger, the mouth-piece, the revealed expression of the Osirian Dispensation. It was in Horus more than in the personal presence of Isis and Osiris, that the Egyptians became aware of the living testimony of their Dispensation as the twelve interpreting cycles ascended the scale. It is at the culmination that Horus, the revealer of Osiris and Isis, appears, and while Isis and Osiris dwelt upon the earth when the "young child" was here, still they were not beheld.

The story of Moses, whom the "king's Daughter" found in the "ark in the bulrushes," is the story of Horus, and should be placed back in the Osirian Dispensation. The "young child" was placed in the Lotus by the impersonated and embodied Isis, by the impersonated and embodied Osiris, that their presence personally might not be known. The "king's Daughter" as symbolized in the maiden descending unto the water, and her perceiving the "Life," the "Babe" in real form is the symbol that Truth, when discovered or revealed, always is discovered in silence: in this is the secret mystery of the Christ Parentage'; Truth is thus revealed and made known; so this Infant bearing the expression of Wisdom and Love and all life-giving power was a culmination of the Dispensation which bears the Osirian name. That was the period of time when the Egyptians builded the temples to the sun; at that time the temple of "Om," the sacred city, blazing like the light of the sun, was upon the earth. In that time the temples of Isis, wherein the "Vestals" ministered sacred and apart, were upreared. The maidens were as symbolized in twelve Lotus Blossoms that ever upbore the sacred pillars that upheld the domes of her Temples. The fairest and purest maidens were summoned who served in the temples of Isis. Women as well as men had knowledge then; for it was a period when Osiris gave to the daughters of Isis knowledge of Wisdom; and Isis gave the Love that belonged to her Dispensation; for had not the Divine Mother touched the earth with her Light, had she not given unto all mankind what was first theirs by her presence; and now had not Isis declared what the Mother had revealed? So the maidens served in the temples; women shared in the making of laws; Osiris and Isis, through those who reigned and bore the later cycles, were under their own names, and gave man and woman equal power. This was not for a long period; gradually the maidens and women were withdrawn from the temples and from interpreting the sacred meaning of the sacred oracles; gradually there was perversion by the self-appointed priesthood; and gradually the sacred names and numbers were made to serve the self-seeking of ambition or other purposes; and the perception of Truth, gradually declining, sunk into the worship of symbolism, not the worship of Life. The sun, earth, moon, planets, and stars, and the various forms of life which the earth expresses, were made the objects instead of the symbols of worship, as Osiris and Isis withdrew into the far kingdom where the Messiahs abide.

The earth seemingly, again, was left in darkness; and the Egyptian Cycle was closed and Egypt was dead. Only flickering fragments again appeared under a reflected light you will find in what is called the "Mosaic Dispensation." The word dispensation there is not historical; there is no "Dispensation of Moses." There is nothing in the history of the Jews, contained in the Jewish or Hebrew Bible, that makes Moses other than the Leader, the Prophet, There is an account borrowed from the Osirian Dispensation of the Beginnings of Life, of the typical "Adam and Eve," and even the sacred names of the prophets and seers are names that are handed down from Egypt, while the Hebraic account was that of the life of a people that might bear some resemblance to this record. Uninterpreted by Egyptian knowledge, the books of the Pentateuch mean nothing; uninterpreted by this Osirian Dispensation all that is the supposed history of the "Children of Israel" amounts to nothing. The Inspired Lights which were recorded as living among them was history set forward several centuries.

We will name this dispensation of Osiris and Isis the Fourth Regular Dispensation, as there have been five dispensations, the next will be the Fifth.

To recapitulate: Tonight you have the Egyptian, or Osirian Dispensation, which is dimly handed down to you through Greece on the one hand; through the traditions of the religious (Hebraic) history of Palestine on the other; you have knowledge of that Osirian Dispensation, as preserved in tombs, inscriptions and entablatures in Egypt, which were called "ancient" several thousand years ago; and even six thousand years ago Egypt bore no resemblance to the Osirian Dispensation (for earlier on Earth was the worship of Oresses, not Osiris). There is always a reaction from the Divine Splendor and you are to bear in mind that the foundations of knowledge, which are upon the earth today, have been handed down from the ancient Osirian Egypt; however, bearing the impress of the primal Hermesian period, still not like it, but revealed more fully in Divine tokens. The unknown and unspeakable name of God, the image of that which is born of Osiris and Isis, the Earth form and beauty and power of Horus - what the splendor was to the masses in that period you do not even know by name. It would be useless to rescue the lesser cyclic names from the earthly oblivion where they now rest, except to serve an added purpose in after years with the revelation that is to come in the Sixth Dispensation under the Arch Angel who reigned over that Dispensation. It was enough to know the name of Osiris and the nature of the Divine Mother who preceded that Dispensation. It was enough to know the name of "Isis" under the Sacred Image which revealed the knowledge of the past, as well as a third principle in the Divine Life, the child "Horus," who awakened,, being borne from the Celestial Kingdom to find himself in the image of the clay, being brought forward to the estate of earthly manhood, and coming to reign in Egypt with all power and divinest knowledge. Under that Dispensation and its kingdoms you have the various names of Rulers and "Dynasties" with which Egypt abounds; a great number under the name of "Rameses," handed down from the previous dispensation; other names interpreted under the mystic titles of each lesser Messiah; but all are so dimly veiled, and the distinct Spiritual or Messianic dynasties are so little understood, and even so intermingled with the physical kingdoms, that it is impossible to separate them for the miderstanding of the intelligence of today. You will know, however, that for the first time in this Osirian Dispensation the unseen and "unknown" God was worshipped without form; for the first time the perception of the Divine Infinite was awakened in the human mind as One Soul; knowingly the spirit worshiped; and for the first time removed from the senses and from mere intellectual knowledge, the life like unto that of Divinity, was sought in the kingdom of the Soul.

"Om Hani Padme Hum."

Om the Jewel is in the lotus, Spark, Of that Divine, primeval Flame Whence issuing all spirits came; Breath of All life, when understood, The Infinite Eternal Good.

Om the Jewel is in the lotus Germ, Tenebrous, Isis-veiled and hidden, Waiting until from mandate bidden, Cometh the quicking To-Be;

Sent forth from Life's Infinity.

Om the Jewel is in the lotus,

Root, And stem, and tiny trembling leaf. Girded and swathed in watery sheaf. Shadows darkling around, above,

Murmurous monody of Love.

Om the Jewel is in the lotus

Bud, Whispering of untold mysteries, Voices of wondrous prophecies. Gray of mornings all Divine

Bursting to tints Incarnadine!

Om the Jewel is in the lotus

Flowed White of the Soul; Gold of the Day, Where the iridescent waters play. O breath of me! O heart of me! Life of all life Eternally!

Om the Jewel is in the lotus

Dew! Distilled in the Alembic known By Love's pure Alchemy alone; Sacred Seal and Signet Sign. The Life! The Cross of Light Divlnet "Om Mani padme hum."