pages 1-13 'The Path' and pages 14-19 'Meaning of the Symbol'
Voice of Isis - by the Order of Christian Mystics - 1926


Voice of ISIS: CHAPTER XXII.
THE PATH P. 307

-the Path, chief of which is the consciousness of our Divine Guidance and the realization that you are but following in the steps of every Great Soul 'ho has attained Mastery. And the very fact of determinately facing this Fourth Gate brings you into a thought-current, which has been both created and strengthened by the many pilgrims 'who have passed this way, so that it may be said that they have left behind landmarks and guideposts for your direction. There is scarcely a temptation that can assail you that many of the loving Elder Brothers have not passed through and conquered, hence They are stretching out guiding hands to help you.

The very force with which They conquered remains as a sacred aura around this Gate; in fact, the thoughts They have left behind light be compared to a golden thread reaching all the way. And as long as you hold to this thread you cannot lose your way. ~
"Ere thou canst near that goal, before thine hand lifted to upraise the fourth gate's latch, thou must have mastered all the mental changes in thy Self. ~ 1d slain the, army of the thought sensations that, subtle and Insidious, creep unasked within the Soul's bright shrine. . . . . . Strive with thy toughts unclean before they overpower thee. Use them as they will use thee, for if thou sparest them ~ and they take root and grow, know well these thoughts will overpower and kill thee. . . . . O fearless Aspirant, look deep within the well of line own heart, and answer. Knowest thou of self the powers, o thou perceiver of external shadws? . . . . For, on Path fourth, the lightest breeze of passion or desire will stir the steady light ~ the pure white walls of Soul."
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