The Key to the Universe Or a Spiritual Interpretation of Numbers and Symbols
by
F Homer Curtiss B S, Harriette Augusta Curtiss
FOREWORD
These are days of great unrest in all walks of life. Many are running to and fro seeking a firm foundation on which to erect their Temple of Truth. These are the days foretold by the prophet Amos: "Behold, the days come, saith the Lord God, that I will send a famine in the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord." It takes but little insight to see in present-day conditions the literal fulfillment of the prophecy: "For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ, and shall deceive many. * * * * Then if any man shall say unto you, Lo, here is Christ, or there; believe it not.
But we may not be deceived there; there must be some firm foundation on which we can rest assured and build. Where shall this be found? This is the question that this volume seeks to answer through the interpretation of the spiritual meanings of the unchanging symbols banded down to mankind in the only exact science, numbers. It does not profess to be the 1 and only Book of Wisdom, the only true and satisfying solution of the world's problems, but it does strive to set forth an exposition of the framework on which the cosmic philosophy of the ancient Wisdom Religion was based (subject to the human limitations of the transmitting personalities), together with such inspirational light as has been vouchsafed to the authors, who make no claim to save the office of trans. initiates and distributors of the spiritual food, especially stored and preserved in the storehouse of the King, in readiness for this time of famine.
Today, many are striving to appease this soul-bunger.. ger. Many well-intentioned teachers who have had a realization of a phase of truth strive to fill the need, but because they do not have a cosmic and all-inclusive philosophy, they can give but a few crumbs to a hungry person here and there, while the great majority of those who are not content to take any single phase of truth still seek, hungering, starving, or feeding on the husks of materialistic conceptions. Others, in an effort to be less personal, are telling the hungry ones to cease seeking help from teachers and look only to the inside. In fact, we have in our hands a little circular that voices, in the following words, the note of almost universal despair and disappointment with teachers: "To you, who thought you had found in some great teacher, who was perhaps the acknowledged head of some society, fraternity, or religion, and who appeared to you to be a 'Master,' so marvelous was the wisdom he taught and the works he performed, only to awaken later to the realization that that 'Master' was but a human personality, with faults and weaknesses and secret sins, the same as you, even though' that personality may have been a channel through which was voiced many beautiful teachings, which seemed to you the highest 'Truth.' * * * To you, I AM come.* * * For I AM your real teacher, * * * and the only MASTER."
This idea that all wisdom, comfort, and help can be found within is but a further fulfillment of the prophecy as given in St. Matthew (xxiv, 26): "Wherefore if they shall say unto you, Behold, he is in the desert [of mere intellectual learning]; go not forth; behold, be is in the secret chambers [the Within]; believe it not." Here we find the two opposite poles of teaching, as common in the days of the Apostles as today, anticipated and provided for. Where then shall we find rest, peace, and spiritual food?
Dear Reader, long before the famine was sent into the land, preparations for it were made. Joseph was sent into the darkness of Egypt to prepare for the 7 years of famine by gathering up the surplus of corn and wine during the 7 years of plenty and preserving them in the King's granaries and storehouses, so that when the lean years came, there would be plenty of food for all who asked it of the King. So the Spiritual Teachers of the Race, the Masters of Wisdom and Elder Brothers of humanity, have for our sakes dwelt in Egypt that they might store up in the granaries of the King of Kings the spiritual philosophy, which alone can bring satisfaction when the days of famine of the Word are upon us. It is they who have marked out the way that leads directly to the storehouse of the King of Kings.
Think of the days of famine in Egypt, when those who came seeking the food so lavishly furnished by Joseph caviled at his personality. Did they say, "This man is a Canaanite? He has served time in prison. He has been sold as a slave. He is but human like ourselves, with faults and weaknesses and secret sins, even as we ourselves. He cannot feed us. We will have none of him. The same God who gave him the forethought to store up the corn and wine is our God. We will find Him within, and He shall feed us, for all things are ours."It is obvious that such an individual would have gone hungry and been forced to prove the fallacy of his doctrine. And so must it ever be. For while the I AM is the Christ within every soul, there is no greater sin—by sin we mean mistake—than the great "heresy of separateness." It takes all humanity to complete the expression of the Divine; hence, since the wisdom of no one man has ever evolved a complete science or formulated a philosophy without the aid of his predecessors, no one Soul can unaidedly find the whole truth within himself. All a soul can find within is its own truth, the truth that will make it free. The voice of Christ within giveth testimony unto truth, i.e., the I AM tells us unmistakably what is truth and what is not. Also, it should be remembered that all truth comes to man through a human intellect, either through your own or that of another, while the I AM simply knows and recognizes truth, witnesses to it, and affirms it. Therefore, as long as we listen to this voice within, no personality, teacher, or teaching can deceive or disappoint us, for we will "take, eat" only from the Christ the bread that He has broken and given to His disciples to be distributed to the multitude; we will drink only from the cup that He has blessed and filled with His own spiritual life force. This is the basis on which we ask you to consider the teachings of this volume. If you hear the assenting voice within or feel the thrill of truth confirmed, then partake of it for the upbuilding of your spiritual life. If not, then pass it by until a riper understanding reveals it to you.
The Wisdom Religion is the accumulated wisdom, 1st of Revelation; 2nd of Inner Assent by The Christ within; and 3rd of Experience, not of any one man but of many men in all ages who have struggled, sinned, suffered, triumphed, and finally transcended the problems and forces of life. These have left behind them a well-trodden path leading to the very door of the storehouse of the King, where they ever stand ready to pass on to soul-hungry, starving humanity the life-giving food, for they have eaten of it and found it utterly satisfying and will neither hunger nor thirst any more. Some morsels are offered here. Take it, eat if you will, and be satisfied.
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