In this most ancient time, as we have said, the symbol was the Dual Star ensphered, the symbol of the One Truth. There was a flower, a single or primal blossom, having a center of golden light, that was the symbol of that Messianic birth; had you any portion of the record, could you find any trace of it, you would discover twelve petals (six outer and six inner) and a center of gold, all symbolizing the Madonna of the First Dispensation. As the children of that period were perfect in physical life, the Madonna of that period was perfect in expression; and the Dual Christ appearing, expressed all the gentleness, light, beauty and love of the entire race, which was stamped primarily with Divinity; this was to be the type for all coming time, until the Earth fulfill the complete measure of the life of the Divine Mother. This record which has survived all intervening ages gives the Primal Prototype of the Sacred Woman who bears the Truth unto the world; and that Prototype, under varying forms, under different symbols, is expressed in every nation of the Earth today.

In the Messianic periods, those including the lesser Messianic periods known as the Lunar Messianic Periods, relate exclusively to the Earth, and the larger, or Solar Messianic Periods, relate to the Solar system. This Divine Mother presiding over all the planets, has watch and ward of each soul; and appoints such Divine life - Angel - as is needed to guide and guard the children of Earth when they are approaching the culmination of a Cycle. When there is about to be a culmination of a cycle, "premonitions", "warnings", "dreams", "visions", "interpretations", "false prophets" and "Christs", and true Prophets, appear on the Earth; but all the time the Daughters of the Madonna of Earth, keeping sacred counsel in their own Spirits, wearing the symbols of love in their hearts, press forward toward the New Birth. As in that ancient time it was clear to them, it will be made even more potent during the coming interpretation of the mystery of the Divine Mother.

As science and art and religion and all knowledge reach a climax unknown before, woman will participate in their unfoldment. It is known in the history of the past that women have pressed forward unto these climaxes; when they do, when they are prompted from within, when they are to be interpreters of the Love in Wisdom, that either the past has revealed or that the present requires; or when they sit, as did the Ancient One, inspiring Him who gave the records of the planets unto Time; or as veiled in the mystic "Burning Bush", which it is written that Moses saw, but which is the symbol of the ancient Ramesian Flame, the Divine Mother interpreted to him the ancient tablets that bore the records of the wisdom of the skies; or when, this ancient mother still more deeply veiled in symbolism, the "Wise Men" received from her potent breath the knowledge of things divine through the quickening soul of Love; or when any one, ensphered in that Divine Love, feels the new inspiration to give knowledge unto the world, it is because of Her presence and power.

Woman, the Manifester We said in other lessons that when Cadmus went into Egypt searching for "his sister", his "spouse", when he "became aware", he revealed a measure of the secret meaning of language. "Memnon", known to many as "half god, half man", who revealed the mysteries of language, was also inspired by his Divine Arbiter; and such other lives, as veiled in the sacredness of the Divine cloisters of the Madonna, still have yielded their treasures of knowledge unto the Earth, because of the sacred feminine influence, for woman is the Perceiver, the Intuition, of which man must be the Declarer, Revelator. But when it comes to the birth of Truth, to the Impersonation of the Life Divine (as revealed in nature), woman must be the Manifester. Whatever then makes up the expression of her life is inwoven with the Life Divine. Most women of this type and state of growth feel, when a spirit is about to take on the outward form, the tremblings of a higher, diviner presence; something inwoven into their existence that makes them know the mystery of being. When prophets are about to come there is that overbrooding presence of light, that makes the mother know, as did the mother of John, the wonders that are to be declared; but even she knew that there was another Life more perfect when "Mary" appeared.

When the Christ Life draws near and the Mother, unveiling her kingdom of light, communicates to such Angels as have charge of the Earth, the Divine Sacred Mystery, are not the daughters of Earth correspondingly uplifted, and do not the souls that are ready for this knowledge draw nigh, and more nigh unto the outward kingdom? The woman always speaks the word to her companion; she is the one who whispers the Sacred Message first; and when the "Wise Men" knew of the approach of the Messiah it was not only the knowledge of cycles that revealed it, the knowledge of the stars, that turning upon their cycles made known the New Dawn; but it was that within the Sacred Temple where the Divine Mother was adored, angels had whispered the Divine Truth; it had trembled along the aisles and corridors - hosts - of Heaven; had revealed itself in blossoms of thought on Earth; had been communicated in their lives.

So does the Earth declare the message today; and the Mother "Clothed with the Sun" comes out from her Celestial Chambers, and the "Bridegroom" of the "Bride of Heaven" appeareth to Crown the Earth and such of Earth's children as are ready for the knowledge of the New Life.

Such time as the stars are unfolding to your vision in greater splendor as they now are; such time as the skies wear deeper, lovelier tints, and more golden flames; such time as the Northern Constellations, that bend around and o'er the Wonderful Pavilion whence all this knowledge comes, shall again change their places and represent the triune Deity; such time as all the blossoms of earth reveal more beauty in their starry shapes, whether in the simple, lowly, or in the more complex forms, the result of the cultivation of the hand of man; that time is the precursor of the Messianic approach.

All over the Earth are one hundred and forty-four thousand lives stirred by this divine message; all over the Earth are those who are called the "Younger" and "Elder" - two words meaning parent and child, those who have knowledge of the soul and matter; in the language of the Hebrew Church they were obliged to give names to these who knew the ancient Truths and named them "Elders", but they were perfect lives, knowing eternal youth; and while in time, knowing eternity.

Such time as those who are quickened with this life, though scattered over all the Earth, feel the touch of the Heavenly flame and declare the New Truth; such time as false lights appear, and fictitious "prophets", "seers", who consider themselves "anointed" of God, but who perceive only the shadows, you may know that the Divine Mother bendeth toward the Earth; that her golden life, "clothed with the Sun", enspheres the Earth; the Light of her approach revealing the Shadows.

Although there are twelve from among the daughters of Earth who will bear forward the sacred message unto the generation which is to yield the Christ Birth, there are such as sit in the Innermost Temples today who will know the Divine Truth. When the Madonna shall appear on Earth to claim her own she will call her Daughters and her Sons from among those who are now in the kingdom of time and sense to dwell with Her in the land set apart for the Messianic Life.

The Lilies Of Life

Grow they beside any stream of tine, Wear they the petals from the sun enwove,

Or are they born of the star-bells' chime. Are they woven from the light of Love?

By the murmuring stream where the lilies grow The Madonna has pressed them with her foot;

She may walk in ways that ye do not know, She may bring her message in silence sweet.

But such time as the Lilies of Life appear To crown you with their wonderful light.

Is time for the glad and beautiful year Of the Madonna to crown earth with delight,

Aye the Lilies of Life grow white and fair When she draws near where her daughters dwell;

And now above, where Immortals are She waits in silence the story to tell:

That blossoming from the azure skies Her roses and lilies may greet your eyes.

To the "pure in heart" she cometh alway The petals grow where her heart-throbs fall

And they chime their music of life today In rhythmic answer unto her call.

For the Mother of Lilies of Life is here And she crowns the Earth with her perfect Year.