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. 299

-Divinity that you pass through the turmoil and inharmony of life without permitting them to upset you.
At this Gate you must conquer fear, for this is a necessary part of the attainment of harmony, for only perfect love casteth out fear.

Many pupils knock a long time at this Gate and wonder why it does not open to them. They desire harmony above all else and cry out continually that they are sending out nothing but love to their fellow men yet receive in return inharmony, unkindness and cruelty.

If such candidates would look within themselves instead of around them for the harmony they seek they would find that the great specter Fear held them enthralled. They fear a thousand things, chiefly that the world does not understand what they are striving to manifest, for if it did it could not send back so much inharmony. They fear the opinions of friends, poverty, sickness, death. In fact their fears are too numerous to mention and in their hearts, although the beautiful flower of love has been planted, yet the many noxious weeds of fear have sprung up so thickly that the plant is un- able to bloom and send out its perfume to harn1on- ize the conditions in which it grows. Therefore they will knock at this Gate in vain until they have vanquished fear or until they nave learned to trust and believe in the divine overshadowing Love which casteth out fear. When this is attained they will awaken to find the Gate of Harmony already ajar.

This specter, Fear, while it seems a giant is in reality but a shadow of the night. Let the candidate realize the divinity of his Real Self, that it is deathless, immortal and cannot be harmed. Let him repeat constantly "I am fearless because my Real Self .... (next page)