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A M O R C C O L L E G E

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INCORPORATED

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA

School of 6

Term No. /

Lecture No.. /



L E C T U R E No. 1.

In addr essi ng our students at t h is time and br in gi ng b ef or e them thef i r s t and elementary p ri n c ip le s of Cosmogony, our students must fe e l

as we do, the overwhelming impression of the deepness, the profundity,ol the su bje ct, Perhaps, most l i k e ly , there is no other subje ct, noother study, embodying so many s c ie n t i f ic p r in c ip le s, fraught with somany s c ie n t i f i c proofs and yet so d i f f i c u l t to master complete ly , asis this subject, Yet i t is fundamental ; i t is e lementary; i t is basic.Even the subj ect of God’ s laws, yea even the study o f God, is not asd i f f i c u l t to present as the very world we l iv e in, and, tr ul y, we can-not study God or Gods works without a thorough comprehension of theUniverse ,

But, bef or e we can properly take up th is s u b je c t or any other im-po rta nt s c i e n t i f i c su bj ec t we must understand how the knowledge weseek may be conveyed to us.. We must analy ze , o.nd p rope r ly va lu e, the

variou s methods of arriving, at fac ts and of s ub st it u tin g th eo rie s whenfa ct s are not av ai la bl e or known, Theor ies have th e ir place in theconstruction of comprehensible teachings on any subject, but state-ments made as part of a theorietical explanation should be clearlyla be le d as THEORETICAL and not pe rm it te d to pass as fa c t s . This isthe great error in our present day system of education, and the moreprofound, because arcane, the su bje ct , the more li k e l y are we to haveth eo ri e s gi ve n to us in the garb of f a c t s . When fa ct s ar e NOT knownand the true facts cannot be easily found or proven, theories are soe a si ly subst ituted without fear of contr adic tion , and for years, evencenturies the theories may remain in the teachings as facts and neverappear in th ei r true l ig h t because the l ig ht o f trut h has not been

cast upon them.

I f a l l th is is true of any subject, i t is most cer ta in ly true of our system of cosmogony as taught during the past hundred years ormoreand being taught even now in the most advanced universities and collegeclasses of the world .

Copernicus was the man, his was the mind, that tried to give us asystem whereby v/e might understand the uni verse as it i s , th at i s,that part of it which he considered as being of interest to us. Certainfac ts were known to him and to ot her s. The phases o f the moon wereseen constantly and were in accordance with some lav/ regulating thechanges so accurately that future changes could be easily predicted

al though the law causing the changes was not known. Sun r i s e andsunset were other observ abl e fa ct s not understood, Uan wished to knowwhat caused these phenomena, and in his desire for an explanationvar iou s th eo ri es were conceiv ed, and some adop ted, But Copernicusevolv ed a complete t h eo re ti c al explanat ion o f a l l the phenomena, anexpla natio n which was so sa ti s fy in g , accounted fo r near ly every mys-terious cosmic and earthly occurence, that mankind seized upon it,taught it to his children and now his great, great, great grand child-ren are s t i l l studying the same exp lan ati on and ac ce pt in g i t as LAV/and FACT.

You may ask; "Have not more advanced sc i e n t i s t s , equipped wi thtelescopes and modern devices, added to, modif ied or altered the ex-

planation of Copernicus? Do we not teach our children now v/hat sciencehas discovered since the time of Copern icus? We may answer yes, to thesecond question, and even yes, wi th some m od if i ca ti on or qu a li f i c at io nto the f i r s t question . But** and here l i e s the danger in a l l thepresent day schools of sc ien ce each and every in ve st ig at io n and teston the p a r t to f scienc e and s c ie n ti s t s since the day o f Copernicus, hasbeen primarily for the purpose of PROVING the theory of Copernicus tobe tru e, and a l l fa ct s and sug ges tio ns seeming to .contr adict the theoryof Copernicus have been either rejected or held in doubt.



Therefore p ra c t ic a b ly a l l o f the Ideas and theor ies o f Coperni cusare embodied in our present day teaching's regarding the universe andthe earth, except that they have been enlarged, exaggerated and otheradded to , The gre at s tru gg le in th is sub ject today on the part of those engaged in such re se ar ch work i s to make the great mass of newlyd iscovered fac ts f i t in to the theory f i r s t out l ined. That th is istrue and not an opinion, you w i l l disc ove r be fore thi s su oject isha lf wa y completed in th is course of le ct u re s, The mass o;f evidencefound and revealed by science and scientists which they have rejected

or ignored because it does not prove, coincide with or substantiatethe old worn out Copernican th eor y w i l l be used by us, wi th much ethermat ter no t known to. them, as p ro o f o f the t ru th re ga rd ing the universeand the ea rth on which we l i v e .

Bear in mind that Copernicus did not intend to give the world ahoax. It was not his in te nt io n to de ce iv e, but to help us understandour universe by g iv in g us an explanation which would sa ti s fy our de -s i r e to work out the unknown problems, And th eo ri es , fa ls e and truea li k e , of tn c help to so lve a problem only to shov; us la te r tha t thefa ls e theory served a mute and ignoranjr purpose, f a l s e though it was,Copernicus warned the readers of his theory by stating in his manu-

s c ri p t t hat he was submitti ng only a working hypoth esi s, and that i f p r o o fs , act ua l, ta ng ib le proo fs were demanded cf the corre ctnes s of his t he or ies , or i f in the future sc ience demanded facts to substan-t i a te his system or ex pl an at io n, there were no proo fs, no fa ct s!It is this system, questioned and doubted even by its originator,giv en with qu al ' if ic at io n and apology by it s sponsor, that we ares t i l l using, and, what is more p i t t i f u l , the children of our schools,the adults of our Colleges, are not told when taking; up this sudy of the Copernican theo ry: ’’Beware, fo r t h is is only theo ry and the manwho f i r s t outl ined i t died centurie s ago and apol ogized fo r it then andwe have not learned the trut h to gi ve you ." bio, the students aretaught the subject as LAW and TRUTH,

A l l th is explanat ion is made to you so that you may be preparedfp r the trut h that is to be to ld to you in these l ec tu re s, someday,a f t e r taking ha l f o f th is course, you w i l l not rest without putt ingsome pretty heard questions to some of your learned friends who havebeen made believers in the Copernican ideas, and they may put someques tions to you reg ard ing Copernicus, so i t is w el l f or you to knowa l l t ha t has !:een said in the above words, and fu rthe r, to l ook in anyla rg e e ncy clopae dia or in the new 11th Edi ti on of the Encycl opaed iaBr ita nn ica (at home cr in any pu bli c li b ra ry ) under the heading of COPERNICUS and read of his l i f e and his ideas. This w i l l prepare youto argue many po int s, but,most important, it w i l l help you to 'u nd er-stand how we came to have the cosmogony now taught and why we pointto i t as a complete fa i l u re .

And, now l e t us see,what is the es se n ti a l d if fe re n c e between a THEORY and the PACTS regard ing any phenomenon. This w i l l be in t e r e s t -ing we f e e l sure. Let us suppose tha t we, assembled in our Co ll eg eH al l, have made a gre at s c i e n t i f i c d is co ve ry . Someone has broughtinto this h a ll a l i t t l e thing which we c a ll a MATCH.



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But, suppose that we did not know i t as a NATCH, did not have anyname fo r i t , did not know what i t was, and we looked at the l i t t l epi ec e of wood wi th i t s st ra n ge ,c o lo r e d , hard end, and hepan to spec-u la te , I t was e v id en t ly made f o r some purpose, V/e weiahed i t andfound i t weighed 7 g r a in s . We r o l l e d i t between our hands and nothinpseemed to> happen. We did many thinps w it h i t u n t i l one of our ’ sc ie n-t i f i c " members (siipposinp now we are a proup of learn ed s c ie n ti s t s

mkking famous "discoveries” for school children and adult minds toponder over and marvel a t ) one o f these "sc ie n t i s t s " acc id enta l lyrubbed the end of the match ap ains t a pi ec e o f marbel on the la bo r-a to ry t a b le . My, oh my ! There was fi r e at once and a flame 1 Hire iH ir e ) Can you not hear tha t word be inp repated by each mouth in theassembly? Then someone, who is ve ry learned and ve ry c a re fu l in hiswide a ss er t ions and opi nio ns, says*. "L et us fin d anothe r miraculousor st ranpe th in a l ik e th at ! " And then the man who broupht the match says , " I have some more. Here are se ven. " And then we t ry another andrub i t v e ry ca re fu l l y ------ " s c ie n t i f i c a l l y " on the same p iece o f marb le, and lo, apain ther e is a flame and f i r e . In si le nc e and AWEwe do the same thin g w it h a th ird and instanti »y we have the same r e -s u lt , Then we h a s t il y pet out our "d isc ov er y" note books and wr it e

down that "the re su lts are un iform ", That is our f i r s t s c ie n ti f i cn ot at io n . Then another s c ie n t is t sugpests that we rub the next matchon wood. Doubt i s exp res sed as to the r es ul t and we fe ar to throwaway one of the l i t t l e thinps in a pos sib le f a i l r e , But we try it , andlo , we have f i r e and flame apain. Then, up speaks one of the "s c ien -t i s t s " who says: " I am dis app oin ted , gentlemen; I would rather havehad i t f a i l tha t time because I had an idea w el l esta blis hed in mymind th at I had di sco ver ed the SOURCE and ORIGIN o f a l l the f i r e intie Un iv erse , and I was prepar inp my mind to wr it e a l earned book onhow f i r e is 'produced throuph the comina into ve ry c lo se p ro xi mi ty o f a ce r ta in unknown hardiness to the_ known hardness o f marble, whi te inco lo r, lyin p f l a t in the day liph t with the sun shining upon it a t anangle to be care fu l ly dete 2’mined by the sun’ s rays af t e r ca re fu l

measurement wi th instruments o f pr ec is io n . But now, I fin d that com-mon wood, over here out of the sun lip ht , and not whit e in co lo r, al soass is ts in producing f i r e , and I am at a lo ss , in fa c t I am dumb-fo un de d, ! cannot advance my theory and explanation o f f i r e i f thisla s t experiment becomes known to the pu bl ic . May e not ca r e fu ll yconceal th is las t tes t o f the l i t t l e th ing , I t was not t ru ly s c ie n t i f -i c a l l y done any way. And, there were thr ee demonst rations pf the con-ta ct wi th the marble and on ly one wi th the wood, so the preponderanceof s c ie n t i f ic evidence favors the. idea I wish to advance that f i r e iscaused SOLELY by brinp that unknown mineral element apainst thesrnoothsurface o f the marble, in the rays of the sunshine, et c, etc , et c, "

But, some of the other "s ci en ti st s" o bje ct. They too have an

idea in mind. They wish to have fame and pl ory as di sco very announcersand they ins is t that the next l i t t l e p iece o f wood the f i f t h p ie ce be st ruck or rubbed aa ai ns t a p ie ce o f VERY ROUGH, unpol ished stone ,Lo , apain th ere is f i r e and flame, and the man w it h the marble ideastands aaas t, Science in it s wil d hunt fo r t rut h is defaming him andhis ideas , He w i l l leave our in s ti tu ti o n and seek a more con serv ativeone, Then someone sugges ts tha t the p ie ce o f wood be rubbed apainsta pi ec e o f me ta l, Ah, l e t us t r y common iron , ru st y and unclean, andove r in the darkest room, fa r away from the sun l i p h t , L o , agai n al i r e and f lame, out the l ip h t of the f i r e seems br ig h te r, it even



ill um ina ted the beclouded countenances of the group. The seemingbrigher light of the flame (because of the darknessof the room, wasmistaken and another n ot at io n was pla ced in the " d is cov e ry " note books;

"darkness as w e ll as sunl igh t as s is t in making f i r e * " And, now thela st l i t t l e piece of wood was to be tr i ed , for the eight h piece must besaved fo r the grea t museum of s c i e n t i f i c di sc o ve ri es and never used. Itwas suggested that we rub this one on cloth; that would be wonderfulte st , fo r c lo th is s o ft e r than any of the other substances used, And,lo a ca in , the f i r e came as the match was rubbed on the s le eve of thecoa t o f the d i r e c t in g p ro fe ssor, Now what was to be said? Ah, we ipustat once retire individually to our studies, our sanctums, and devote atle a s t a month to deep though We must find the LAW; yes, the Law, thegreat Law that underlies the almost supernatural phenomenon we havew i tn es sed , LIRE PRODUCED.

Fi re produced where there was no f i r e . Not by f l i n t and s te e l,

not by the methods known then, but by some unknown method. Ah, we can-not announce our discovery to the world without being prepared with avery learn ed ex pla na tio n o f the law. Yes, yes, l e t us have a law. ;(They might ju st as we ll say "any l aw "),

Months la te r we read in the most advanced s c i e n t i f i c papersthe fol lowing start l ing announcement;

The Ph ys ic genesis o f Spontaneous F i r e ,

Professors SulphurHead and Birdseye, Dean and Chief Instructor,re sp ec t iv e ly , o f the Theoret ica l Un ivers i ty o f Fabr icated Sc ience , an-nounce at la st t h e ' s ta rt l i n g dis cov ery which has occupied the da ilyattention of the entire class in neochemistry and pseudo physics atLuna Park during the la st session of the Convention of Pr o f i te e r i n g

TextBook W riters . I t appears from the learned explanations o f fe redvery, guardedly by those who can be induced to speak regarding thisrev olu tio na ry or re vo lu ti on iz in g dis cov ery, that one of the ir numberhas been at work for eightynine years on the problem of spontaneousgene ration of combustible minerals hy po th eti ca l ly approximated inth ei r proximity to condit ions energ iz ing the latent ca us t ic i ty , theacrimony and e b u ll it io n and ef fe rve sc en ce of which is made to sp lu t-ter and for wi th manifest a most ex cia tb le condi t ion of ambit ion a ft e rit s let ha rgy in the clc se conf ines of a mineral combination whichadheres to the faraway end of a slen der pi ec e of wood o f the sp ec ies

rahrahwahkobis. ■; The necessary mani festa t ion is caused cy wnai may be termeda gi ta t i o n , however i t more cl o se ly resembled persuasion in its a p p li -ca ti on ; fo r the hybrid end of the pi ec e of wood was fir m ly , thoughquite s c i e n t i f ic a l ly , st imulated or awakened, as it were, to use lan-guage which the unlearned lay mind may quite comprehend, by rub1inri t on a fore ig n substance unassociated wit h it in any pe rc ep tib lechemical manner. As mediums fo r such st im ul at ion the fo ll o w in ga r t i c l e s were used: Loh ogy str o, known commonly as marble , rahrahwaftomeor another spec ie of wood, hardw&ter, known as gla ss , p ig m et al is ,known as common ir on, and cementutus , known as ston e, and l a s t l y ,fa sh io n st u f f u s, known as c lo th.



The unanimous f ind inp o f the learned s c i e n t i s t s who pa r t ic ip a tedin the experiments and proc esses is that a l l the fi r e in the world iscaused by fr ic t i o n . This includes the sun l ip h t, a l l heat and"f lamesand a l l l ip h t , including the l ip ht of the myster ious f i r e f l y , whosesecret process science is now about to steal and use in other ways

than amusinp ch ild ren at nip ht. The name f r i c t i o n is riv e n to thegentle process of rubbinp the aforesaid unknown mineral element on theva rio us s p e c if ie d elements. The word is de riv ed from the name of Pro fess or Pr ick who was the f i r s t sc ie n t i st to disc ove r what ap ita t io nr e a l l y is by announcinp to the worl d, as he did sometime apo that therewas no man in the moon and that lovers must look to Venus for theirstarpazinp invocations.

I t is intended by the Un ive rsi ty to demonstrate that a l l f ir emust be generated throuph the use of this device plus the assistance of f r i c t i o n , "Without such fr ic t i o n th is strancre mineral w i l l not producef i r e and we have te st ed eve ry other method of causinp the miner al toexplode into f lame without re su lt , " sa id Profe sso r Sho rts iphte d, inan interview last nirht, "Friction on just the few elements we mentionis the onl y method of producrinr a flame or f i r e at the end of thep iece o f wood. Th is is the preat LAW we soupht fo r and now tha t wehave found i t , our le a te s t t ex t books on f i r e and heat w i l l co ntainth is law and i t w i l l mean a pr ea t commercial boos t fo r the safhe of piec es of marble, p iece s of dark wood, pi eces of iron with rust, pie cesof rouah stone and certain kinds of coat sleeves in order that everyhousewife and every f a ct o ry and in s ti tu ti o n may rave f i r e from thesethinps plus the mineral and the ap ita t io n ca l led f r i c t i o n . u

Here, friends and students, we have an excellent example of howth eo ri es are made, manufactured and s o l d , sold in te xt books asLAWS fo r you and I and others to study, Somday somone w i l l ho ld onethose mysterious matches near a hot st ove and the l i t t l e mineral endof the match w i l l explode and produce flame without any fr ic t io n ,without marble or wood or stone or iron or c lo t h without contactwith any thinp, and then ah then, w e ll the pro fes so rs w i l l venta new theory and publish the "very latest text book on the productionof f i r e " or i f that is not PROFITABLE, they w i l l keep in darkness thefa c t that th e ir theo ry is wronp and we sh al l have to ao on withoutknowinp the truth.

But we have made the po in t cl e a r, Th eo rie s are invented to ex -p la in what is not known. The ori es cove r a mult itude of si n fu l . omiss-ions i r the study of fa c ts . A theory is usu ally the most pl au si bl eexpl anati on o f a co nd itio n or ma nife sta tio n which req uir es some sorto f ex pl an at ion. A pood the ory saves much time in huntinp fo r tru th,

Pow we w i l l app ly a l l th is to our study of the t he or ie s and lawsand p r in c ip l e s o f COSHOGCFY, We w i l l be able t o see the theo ri es nowthat we know them by their method of manufacture.



Now l e t us be ver y ser ious fo r a few minutes and loo k w it h truereve rence upon the sub jec t we are t o gi ve our en ti re thoughts f o r aw h i l e ,

During the various lec tur es of t hi s s ubje ct we w i l l use a processo f impress inp our minds and memories w ith the thoughts wh ich shouldremain uppermost. This process w i l l have ?s it s b asis the psy chol og-

ic a l phenomenon known as " v i s u a l i z i n g , ' ’ Th er ef or e, whenever in thelectu re you are to ld to "v is u a li ze " what has been desc ribed or isbeing described, you are to stop readinr: for a few minutes at thatpc int in the le ct ur e, clo se your eyes and menta lly pi ct ur e the scene,idea or conception giv en to you in the words. This w i l l permit thepicture and with it the thought, to ]$ss into your deeper conscious-ness for future use.

Now, i f i t were po ssib le fo r us to l i f t cutselves into space, faraway from and above the surf ace c f thi s e arth, and view t hi s eart has though we were midway between the ea rth and the moon, what do you suppose we should see? At once we think o f the ideas g iven tous by our school books and by the p ic tu re s t he re in , Let us rev iew

what we have been to ld : The p ic tu re we would see would be that o f a round body, a hume b a l l , f l o a t i n g in space covered by land andwa te r, I t would appear to be r evo lv in g and at the same time sl ow lymoving through the space a l l aroundus. Of f in the di stanc e we wouldsee a gre ate r b a ll of f i r e which we c a ll the sun, and in d if fe re n tplacesin the space we would also see smaller spheres or balls, whileback o f us is the whit e sphere we c a l l the moon. But, in eve ry d i r e c -ti on we would see in the space hundreds o f sm al ler spheres or bod ieswi th more or les s b rig htn ess and these we ?,re to ld are ether pl ane tsand s ta rs , e tc . And, as we look around us and peer i nto the di stan cewe notice that as far as we can see there is space and npthingness butthe l i t t l e dots or pc ints of i l lum inat ion represent ing distant planets

or s ta rs . There seems t a be no end to the space, no. end to the un i-verse , no end to the p lnets in i t and, THE LITTLE EARTH ON WHICH WELIVE AND WHICH WE LOOK AT FLOATING IN SPACE, is only one o f the manypl an et s and i t is nest even the l a rg e s t o f the many, Now, c lo se youreyes and visualize that picture for a moment.

Such is the picture we have been told to keep of our universeand the relation of our earth to the other elements of the universe.

Thinking, then, of ourselves, o f each of us in d iv id u a l ly , as a s ing lehuman beinp on one o f the many p la ne ts in that p re at endless space,we begin to wonder i f , a f t e r a l l , the i nd ivi du al de sti ny o f a human

l i f e can be cf any co ns idera bl e concern to the scheme o f the univers eand TO GOD WHO RUIES IT ALL, Pondering over th is thought o f the in -d iv id u al re la ti o n of man to the whole universe causes us to slowl yf e e l and r e a li z e that man is an ins i f rn i f leant element, a mere rraino f sand, a hard ly necessary element or pa rt so far as one in d iv id ua lis concerned. And th is idea b e L it t l e s our pl ac e in the world and makes



us fe e l tha t we cannot tr u ly have any sp e c if ic attunement with , anydeep or ponderous can nec tion w it h God and the un ive rse and tha t, th er e-fo re , God and Nat ure’ s concern in and for us is v er y, ve ry small i f ata l l ,

This is , e s s e n t ia l l y , the g rea tes t e r ro r , the g rea te s t sin, theobstacle apainst our advancement, our comprehension of God and ourr e la t io n to God and to oth er humans on th is ea rth. I t is th is mistakenidea t hat must be removed from your i n t e l l e c t be fo re we may proceedwith a proper understandinp o f even the f i r s t elements o f Cosmologyand Cosmogony,

In the fi r s t p lac e, le t us consider or name the conception o f the Universe as it was just pictured to you, as the COPERNICAN CON-CEPTION, f o r reasons which w i l l be apparant ve ry soon. Whenever, infutur e le ctu res we re fe r to the Copernican Conception, you w i l l knowthat we mean the pic tu re of the unive rse with i ts l i m it le s s space andm il l io ns of planets just refe rre d to. Now this conception of endless

cr ea tio n, endless space, continuous nothingne ss,begin ning nowhere, end-ing nowhere, form less , conforminp to nothing, fo ll o w in g no rule as toform (for endless space cannot have form or be according to any schemeor p la n ) a l l th is , mind you, is the ONLY SIMIliAR CONDITION TO BEPOUND IN THE WHOLE OE GOD'S SCHEME OE THINGS, and is the ONLY EXCEPTIONto Natu re’ s plans and methods in the whole world o f cr ea ti on .

Perhaps you have heard of the terms MACROCOSM and MICROCOSM ?Perhaps you have heard of the phrase ; As above so below? Perhaps youhave heard o f the term: The In fr a World? Each o f these terms andphrases w i l l mean much to you ver y sh or tl y, but i f you tr y to f i t themwith the p icture o f the Copernican Conception you w i l l f a i l u t te r ly tosee any sense in them, And so, pr ep ar at or y to our next lec tu re and

during the time that elaps es, i f you can find i t convenient to look upthese terms and words in the dict io na ry or any encyclopaedia, it w i l lrepay you. In cid en ta l ly we w i l l introduce here our f i r s t symbol to beused in our study of cre ati on : the symbol of the t r ia n g le a tr ia n gl ewit h three equal sides, with i ts po int upward, so to speak. This isone of the most ancient of symbols and it has always represented crea-ti on and it w i l l help is to understand one of the fundamental laws of God and a l l nature : th at law is :

’’The pro gre ssi on of c rea tio n moves in a cyc le of ev olu tio nand dev olu tio n, the apex of ev ol ut ion being the beggining of devolu tion and the la st point of devolu tion being the f i r s tpoint of evolution again. And,midway between the point of the beginning and the apex of evolution, and midway betweenthe point of the beginning of devolution and the last pointof devolution there are l ines which separa.te the greater worldof manifestation from the lesser wofld of manifestaion. TheInfra World is the le ss er world o f manifestaion.

Speculate upon th is * See what you can fin d in th is regard in anybook and keep these thoughts in your mind every hour until our nextlec tu re . This ends the f i r s t lectur e of this Term.

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