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Mysteries of John, by Charles Fillmore, [1946], at sacred-texts.com



Abraham, 33, 34, 89, 92

Adam, 12, 13, 37; vs. Christ, 123

Adam man, 36, 61, 181, 182

Adversary, 158

advocate, 133, 134

affirmation, 17, 18, 27-29, 98, 99, 138, 139, 168; and love, 180; appropriation of Christ life through, 173

America, 126

ancestors, worship of, and its limitations, 89, 90. see heredity

Andrew (strength), 20, 21, 68, 69, 119

angels (spiritual forces), 23

Annas, 154

apostles, 24, 25, 140, 143, 146, 155, 171

ascension, 167

at-one-ment, 129, 149. see Jesus

baptism, 17-19, 35, 41. see Holy Spirit

Barabbas, 158

Bartholomew (imagination), 21-23

Being, as impersonal principle, 76; spiritual character as foundation of, 122

Bethany, 109, 110, 115

Bethesda (pool), 57

Bethsaida, 21

Bible, bears witness of Saviour, 66; not sufficient to impart spiritual understanding, 65, 66; vs. living Word, 65, 66

birth, new, 33, 34, 37, 38, 82

blessing, 67-70

blood, of Jesus Christ (spiritual energy), 101, 102, 123,

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124; purification, 57, 58

body, as temple of God, 29; building indestructible, 96, 97; human, as dynamo, 174; man's soul encased in, 103, 104; of Jesus, transparent, 181; quickening life centers in, 111, 112; restoration of, 109; transformation of man's, 173, 174. see God; Spirit; Temple

Caesar, 161, 162

Caiaphas, 154

Cana, 24-26

Capernaum, 28, 73

character, spiritual, 122

Children of Israel, 75, 96, 97

China, 126

Christ, 66, 76, 98, 99, 123, 134, 167; and the soul, 47, 48; as church itself, 29, 30; as discerner of thoughts, 48; as fulfillment of existence, 12; as higher self, 17; as life force, 31; as only-begotten Son, 38, 39; as perfect God idea, 64, 65; as Saviour, 101, 102; body of, 75, 112; born anew in, 82; calling on strength of, 70, 71; equal to God, 61, 62; love of, as cleanser of man's mind, 127; moves in secret, 78; must enter every heart, 170; no loss or failure in realm of, 74, 75; putting on, 19, 20, 125, 126, 144, 145; represented by Jesus, 41, 80, 84-87, 114, 128, 156; (spiritual man) cannot experience death, 92; spoke often through Jesus, 92; unity of original Spirit and indwelling, 52; vs. Adversary, 158; withdrawal of the, 59, 105, 144, 145; (Word of God), 11, 14-16. see consciousness; mind

Christ man, 13

p. iii

Christ Mind, 19, 20, 23, 177; vs. Pharisaical mind, 80-83, 113

Christianity, and law of evolution, 35-37; and the Christ consciousness, 169, 170; preservation of, 129

church, as institution, 34

clairvoyance, 21, 22

Comforter, 81, 133, 134, 141. see Holy Spirit

common sense, vs. fanaticism, 119

concentration, and freedom, 88, 89. see freedom

condemnation, 65, 85

Confucius (quoted), 30

consciousness, adverse, 158; and soul unfoldment, 22; Christ, 82, 102; Christ and adulterous state of, 85; discernment of Truth establishes higher, 26, 27; I AM and "five-sense," 57; incorporating body of Christ into, 75; Jerusalem as spiritual center in, 56; Jesus' power on three planes of, 173; mixed state of, 49, 82; sense, 116, 117; spiritual, 125, 126. see denial; Jesus

consolation, 168

crucifixion, 145, 154, 162, 163, 172, 173

Darwin, Charles Robert, 36

death, as wrong conception of life, 62, 63; demonstrating over, 63, 65, 66, 92, 93, 165; denying power of, 109, 110, 168; of personal self, 179, 180; vs. life, 167, 168

demonstration, and the "Sabbath," 59; as a "sign," 118; as "fruit" of thought, 115; crucifixion as, 145; failure in, 177; importance of making one's own, 143

denial, 98, 99, 168, 169; baptism through, 17; cleansing

p. iv

consciousness by, 29; of self, 17, 179, 180

desire, and fulfillment, 139; intemperate, 88, 89

Devil. see Adversary; Satan

disciples, nerve centers represented by, 24, 25

Divine Mind, Jesus' union with, 172, 173; perfect-man idea in, 39, 97, 98

divinity, believing in one's own, 38, 39

dreams, 22

Drummond, Henry (quoted), 117

El Shaddai (Almighty), 73, 74

energy, spiritual, 101, 102, 109-112. see blood

Ephraim (city), 114

ether, 69, 70, 174, 175

Eve, 24

evil, as parasite, 4, 5; God's responsibility for good and, 3, 4; impregnability to, 150, 151; Jesus on the nature of, 5

evolution, law of, 36, 37. see Christianity; man

faculty, detriment from nonuse or overuse of a, 137

faith, 37, 54, 70, 128; and healing, 54, 55; and life, 110, 111; and substance, 74, 75; established in love, 179; blind, vs. "higher criticism," 172; represented by Peter (Simon), 20, 68, 69, 126, 127, 153-155, 179, 180; Spirit of life and understanding, 81. see love

fanaticism, 119

fasting, 51, 75

Father, 74, 75, 86; as God-Mind, 137; as principle of life within man, 131, 132; connection of man's indwelling life with, 168; going direct to, 146; Jesus' at-one-ment (unity) with, 129, 131, 132;

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man's oneness with, 133, 134; Son, and Holy Ghost, as principle, ideal, and formative word, 92, 93, 136

Father-Mind, 18, 19, 73, 162, 163

Fenton, Ferrar ("Complete Bible in Modern English"), 12

flesh, vs. Spirit, 112

forehead, as seat of intellectual perception, 44

forgiveness, on, of sins, 17

"fourth dimension," 23

freedom, 88-90; imprisoned life and, 112

front brain, as seat of understanding, 171; as seat of will, 162, 171

fulfillment, 111, 139. see Spirit

Gabbatha, 161

Galilee, 24-26, 46, 47, 52, 77, 169, 170

Garden of Eden, 61

Genesis, 12, 73

Gethsemane, 152

gift, blessing behind, 143

giving, law of, 119

glorification, 147-151

God, as Christ in man, 62; as Father, 60, 89, 90; as male and female principle, 73, 74; as principle of life immanent in universe, 125, 126; as Spirit, 46, 47; body as temple of, 29; finding one's being in, 150, 151; intimate relation between man and, 130; not a person, 4; practicing the presence of, 74, 88, 89, 110, 111; Son (the Word) ever existing in, 16; subject to own laws, 36; tribal, 141. see body

God-Mind, as creative power, 59, 60; Jesus' personality

p. vi

submerged in, 65, 66; Son as idea in, 61

Golgotha, "place of a skull," 162

good, vs. evil, 3-5, 36, 37, 150, 151

gratitude, as magnet, 67, 68

greatness, difference between divine and human, 124, 125

grief, 167-169

healer, true, 100

healing, importance of faith in absent, 54

heaven, 37, 46

heredity, freedom from race, 89, 90. see ancestors

Holy Spirit (Ghost), as activity of living Word, 18, 19; as Comforter, 143; as dispenser of substance, 143, 144; as formative word, 92, 93; as God's law in action, 141; as teacher, 103, 104; baptism of, 17-19; descent of, 128, 129, 136, 181, 182; was before time of Jesus, 136. see personality; prosperity

houses in the air, 174, 175

hypnotism, 101, 102

I AM, 24-26, 32, 35, 44, 49, 57, 58, 110, 119, 128, 152, 153, 155, 162, 170; abiding in, 138, 139; and spoken word, 132; as Christ, 134, 158, 167; as door, 102, 138, 139; as "good shepherd," 100, 101; as Saviour, 87; as Spirit, 68, 69, 169; as supermind, 105; ("Word"), 18, 19

I AM THAT I AM, 91; Christ as, 92

idea, Christ as divine, 11, 61

ideas, dealing with, 74, 76; forms as manifestation of, 22

identity, man's divine, 134

p. vii

imagination, constructive vs. destructive use of, 21, 22; represented by Bartholomew, 21-23

incarnation, of Jesus, 35, 36, 137. see Jesus; reincarnation

increase, and Christ substance, 177, 178; gratitude in relation to, 67-70 see substance; vitality

India, 126

"inheritance," mental, 33, 34

inspiration, spiritual, 48-50

intellect, 44, 59, 91; and Spirit, 41, 42, 49, 50; arguing, 113, 114; vs. Christ, 114

intelligence, light representing, 31

intuition, 24

Isaac, 33, 34, 89

Israel, 21, 22, 34

Israelites, 47

Jacob, 33, 34, 44, 47, 89

Jacob's well, 44, 47-49

Jeans, Sir James (quoted), 69, 70

Jerusalem, 46, 56, 80, 109, 110, 114, 158, 172, 181, 182

Jesus, and Christianizing of all nations, 169, 170; and faith, 70; and fasting, 51; and freedom of individual, 140; and Galileans' unbelief, 52; and healing, 53-55; and His part in opening man's way into glory, 149, 150; and man born blind, 96-99; and Nathanael, 21, 22; and persecution, 142; and power of spoken word, 76, 93, 135; and substance, 68-70, 74; and the Comforter, 81, 134, 135; and the draught of fishes, 177, 178; and the Fatherhood of God, 59, 60, 73; and the law of thought and word affinity, 135; and the Pharisees, 77, 78; and

p. viii

the raising of Lazarus, 107-112; and the Samaritan woman, interpreted, 46-54; and the seamless garment of Truth, 162; and triumphal entry into Jerusalem, 118; as "a King," 158; as Christ (Saviour), 41, 80, 84-87, 114, 128, 149, 156; as example to human family, 162, 163; as God manifest, 130; as God's idea of man, 3; as I AM, 24-27, 44, 49, 57, 58, 68, 69, 87, 103, 107, 110, 133, 134, 153; as "Lamb of God," 18-20; as living Word, 65, 66; as man in regeneration, 109; as product of former cycle of time, 149; as "the way," 131, 132; at-one-ment of, 128, 129, 149; body of, resurrected, 171-173, 181; crucifixion of, 145; entered spiritual realm alive and entire, 15, 173; entering into mind of, 30; following example of, 38, 39; glorification of, 147-151; Gospel of John as a symbolical life of, 12; higher law at work at death of, 164; incarnation of, as pattern for man, 35, 36; man same spiritually as, 134, 135; mission of, on earth, 120; on being "born anew," 33, 35, 37; on demonstration, 143; on denial of "self," 17; on overcoming death, 92, 93; on relation of works to spiritual power, 105; part played by intellectual and pseudospiritual forces in crucifixion of, 161, 162; power of, on three planes of consciousness, 173; sacrifice of, 123-125; service exemplified by, in washing disciples' feet, 126; Truth (Comforter) vs. personality of, 134, 135. see Father; Lazarus

Jesus Christ, asking and receiving in the name of, 132, 133; projection into race consciousness of life energy of, 123, 124. see Jesus

p. ix

John, 12, 167; (love), 20, 155, 162, 180; parallel between Genesis and, 12

John the Baptist (intellect), 35, 42, and Jesus (Spirit), 12, 14, 18-20, 41; (natural man), 12, 13, 17, 18

Jordan (subconsciousness), 105

Joseph (Jacob's son), 44

Joseph of Arimathea, 165

joy, as positive force, 139

Judas Iscariot (adverse ego, or mind), 123, 127; (life principle), 128, 152; (sense consciousness), 116

Judas (not Iscariot), 135

Judea, 41, 46, 47, 77

judgment, 64, 65

Kidron (brook), 152

"kingdom of the heavens," as "fourth dimension," 23

"Lamb of God," 18-20

larynx, as seat of power, 24, 25, 27

law, blind use of, 62; Christ and God's, 64, 65; condemnation and, 66

Lazarus, raising of, interpreted, 106-112, 115, 118

levitation, 174, 175

life, eternal, 47, 48, 61, 93, 147, 149, 154, 181; inner 110-112; losing one's, 119; natural vs. spiritual, 25-27; omnipresent, 52, 63, 110, 111, 168, 174; perpetual activity of, 57, 58; principle of, 125, 126, 131, 132; wisdom in use of, 62. see God

life forces, Judas and, 128

light, 28, 42, 86, 87; and intelligence, 31

loaves and fishes, parable of, 74, 75

Logos, as idea containing all ideas, 76; defined, 11, 12;

p. x

God as creative power, 11. see Word of God

love, 115-117, 127, 128, 139; and faith, 179; as fulfillment of law, 129; balancing judgment with, 65; Jesus' lesson in brotherly, 84, 85; power of, 117; represented by John, 20, 155, 162; willingness to serve as test of, 179. see faith

Malchus, 153, 154

man, as free agent, 140; as God's offspring, 46, 47; as "joint-heir with Christ," 38, 39; as ruling power in universe, 130; as Son of God, 17, 18, 42, 43, 162, 163; as spirit, soul, and body, 32, 149; as spiritual, 37, 38, 134, 135; does not live by bread alone, 180; evolution of, 35-58, 163; fall of, 36, 37 Father principle in, 131, 132; makes own heaven or hell, 76; natural, represented: by disciples, 51; by John the Baptist, 12, 13, 17; not a person in cosmic Mind, 145; omnipresence and oneness of Father and Son in, 16; same creative process used by God and, 11; sevenfold and twelvefold nature of, 68, 69

"many mansions," 130

marriage, as union of two states of consciousness, 24, 101, 102; (in Cana of Galilee), symbolism of, 24-27

Martha, 106, 107, 115

Mary, mother of Jesus (intuition), 24; (source of life), 25

Mary, sister of Martha, 106, 107, 115, 116

Mary Magdalene, 167, 168

matter, false importance of, 126, 127

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Matthew (will), 107

meditation. see prayer

mediumship, 101, 102

mental realm. see realm

Messiah, 17, 65

Mind, as creative force, 13; Christ's love as cleanser of man's, 126; disciplining, 28; idea, and manifestation, 11; intellectual phase of, 112; interflowing of, 123; life in relation to, 57; man's reformation starts in, 98; Paul on renewal of, 182; substance and universal, 73. see Christ; substance

mind readers, 22

ministering, 124, 125

miracles, 42, 52, 53, 74, 112, 172

Moses, 37, 75; as symbol of "drawing-out" process, 66; Book of, 65; vs. Jesus Christ, 15, 16

Mount of Olives, 84, 85

mystics, 150

Nathanael. see Bartholomew

nature, hidden forces of, 174

Nicodemus, 33-35, 37, 82, 83

Nirvana, 151

omnipresence, 146; lesson on, 46, 47, 131, 132

omniscience, 146

open-mindedness, 100

overcoming, daily practice in, 149

Paradise, 37. see Garden of Eden

Passover, Feast of the, 28, 114

Paul, 31, 182

p. xii

peace, 37, 56; of Jesus Christ, 171

persecution, 142, 157

personality, 133, 134; and Holy Spirit, 136; love and wounded, 117

Peter, 167; "as rock," 12, 13; failure of, 129; (faith), 20, 21, 68, 69, 126, 127, 153-155, 179, 180

Pharisees, 33-35, 60, 65, 77, 78, 82, 83, 96-99, 112, 113

Philip (power), 21, 24, 25, 68, 69, 119, 132

Pilate, Pontius, 161, 162

polygamy, 89

power, represented by Philip, 21, 24, 25, 68, 69, 119, 132

Praetorium, 156

praise, represented by Judea, 41

prayer, constructive words and, 76; of thanksgiving, 111, 115, 116; resurrection of Jesus made possible by, 172, 173; unselfish, 150. see thanksgiving

"Preparation," 164

Principle, as source of all life, 138, 139

prosperity, and Holy Spirit, 143, 144

psychic phenomena, 47

public work, withdrawing from, 70

purification, 57, 58

race, new, 149

race consciousness, death and, 63; Jesus Christ and, 123, 124

realm, Pharisees in man's mental, 98, 99

regeneration, 34, 109, 173, 174; transmutation and, 27; two states of mind at work in, 17, 18; union of spirit and body in, 25

reincarnation, 96, 97

religion, Christ Spirit vs. formal, 154; "inherited," 33, 34

p. xiii

resurrection, 167, 171-175

"river of life," 93

"Sabbath," 164; as state of consciousness, 59, 60

Salim, 41

salvation, 39, 40, 46-49, 51, 52, 66

Samaria, 44

Samaritans, 46, 47

sanctification, 150, 151

sanctimoniousness, 87

Sanhedrin, 34

Satan (adverse ego), 123, 124

Saviour, 41, 66, 87, 101,102

Scriptures. see Bible

secret place, 144, 145

selfishness, 116, 117

self-righteousness, as greatest sin, 91

sensation, 62, 63

separation, 168, 169

service, in a universal sense, 179, 180; value of, 126, 127

sheep (thoughts), 103, 104, 180

sickness, 61

silence, 152

Simon. see Peter

sin, 17, 29; as ignorance, 90; blood a solvent for, 123; of omission or commission, 96, 97; sickness as result of, 60

Socrates, 4

Solomon's Porch, 103

Solomon's Temple, as regenerated body of man, 96, 97

Son of God, 42, 76, 162, 163; freedom of, 90; Jesus as, 15, 161

p. xiv

Son of man, 124, 125

soul, dependent on subconscious life, 115, 116; kingdom within, 139; "prophet" within, 121, 122; spiritual life and, 47, 48; duality of, 47; unfoldment of taught by acts of Jesus, 124. see Spirit

sowing and reaping, 62

Spirit, 41, 76, 77; born of, 35; equal to any situation, 70; freedom of, 112; immediate fulfillment in, 111; intellect as tool of, 42; lifting body out of matter into, 168; man's thirst for, 81; omnipresence of, 132-134; oneness with, 122; protection of, 80, 81; soul, and body, 32, 149, 180, 181; understanding laws of, 146; vs. human (animal) soul, 47. see birth

Spirit-Mind, 13. see Mind

Spirit of truth, 133, 134, 136, 141

"still small voice," 103, 104

strength, represented by Andrew, 20, 68, 69, 119

subconscious mind, 105; sleeping life in, 110, 111; soul manifestation and, 115, 116; words made active in body though, 76. see soul

substance, 115; idea of, 73, 74; increase of, 68-70; spiritual, 132, 133

success, vs. failure, 177

suggestion, mental, 101, 102

superconscious mind (supermind), 105; human lineage and, 90

supply, 177, 178; dependent on faith, 180, 181

Sychar (city), 44, 49

Temple, at Jerusalem, 172; body, 172; subconscious courts of body, 28

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thanksgiving, 111, 115, 116. see prayer

Thomas (understanding), 107, 131, 132, 171

thought, affinity of, 135; as basis of external conditions, 177; ascending, 167; destructive, 31, 32; good vs. bad, 63; intellectual vs. spiritual, 113; redemption of, 122; repeats itself, 28

thought atmosphere, 30, 31

transfiguration, 149, 150

transmutation, 27

Truth, concrete vs. abstract aspect of, 133, 134; no need to prove absolute, 32; seamless garment of Jesus as symbol of, 162. see Jesus

understanding, 146; represented by Thomas, 107, 131, 132, 171; spiritual, 65

unity, realization of divine, 122, 151

visions. see dreams

vitality, increasing, 67, 69

water (natural life), 25-27

will, 162, 171; personal, 153; represented by Matthew, 107

William the Conqueror, 89, 90

wine (spiritual life), 25-27

wisdom, and life, 62; true source of, 47

woman, Jesus' tribute to, 162

word, man justified or condemned by own, 157; power of spoken, 32, 54, 55, 76, 103, 104, 134, 135. see Jesus

Word of God, 65; as only word, 11; overcoming power

p. xvi

of, 92, 93. see Logos

works, 105, 134, 135, 140. see Jesus

world, withdrawal from, 150

Worship, 46, 48, 50

youth, eternal, 110

zeal, excessive, 29, 30