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The Aquarian Gospel of Jesus Christ: Section XI: Caph: Li... | Sacred Texts Archive

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  1. The Logos waited seven days, and then was taken the Hall of Fame, a chamber rich in furnishings and lighted up up with gold and sliver lamps.
  2. The colors of its ceilings, decorations, furnishings, and walls were blue and gold.
  3. Its shelves were filled with books 📚 of master minds; the paintings and the statues were the works of highest art. 🖼️
  4. And Jesus was entranced with all the this elegance and these manifests of thought. He read the sacred books 👓, and sought the meanings of symbols and the hieroglyphs.
  5. And when he absorbed in deepest thought, a priest approached and said:
  6. “Behold the glory of this place: my brother, you are highly blest. Few men of earth, so young, have reached such heights of fame.”
  7. “Now, if you do not waste your life in search for hidden things that men can never comprehend, you may be founder of a school of thought that will ensure you endless fame.”
  8. “For your philosophy is deeper far than that of Plato, and your teachings please the common people more than those of Socrates.”
  9. “Why seek for mystic light within these antiquated dens? Go forth and walk with men, and then with men, and they will honor you.”
  10. “And, after all, these weird initiations may be myths, and your Messiah hopes but base illusions of the hour.”
  11. “I would advise you to renounce uncertain things and choose the course that leads to certain fame.”
  12. And thus the priest, a demon in disguise 👹, sung syren songs of unbelief; and Jesus meditated long and well on what he said.
  13. The conflict was a bitter one, for king Ambition is a sturdy foe to fight.
  14. For forty days 4️⃣0️⃣ the higher wrestled with the lower self, and then the fight was on.
  15. Faith rose triumphant; unbelief was not. Ambition covered up his face and fled away, and Jesus said:
  16. “The wealth, the honor, the fame of earth are no the baubles of an hour 🕰️”.
  17. “When this short span of earthly life has all been measured out, man’s bursting baubles will be buried 🪦 with his bones ☠️.”