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To the Cosmic Spirit of the Resurrection and all her embodied Messengers:

The Archangel Gabriel, our Lord Maha Chohan, the Master Jesus, Holy Mother Mary, Lord Serapis Bey of Luxor, Amaryllis (Spirit of Springtime), Beloved Virgo and every God Being, Angel and Elemental who has availed himself or herself of the currents of Resurrection, we humbly dedicate and consecrate this issue of "The Bridge to Freedom." 

Preparatory to the celebration of the Easter Victory, let mankind deeply consider the power of Resurrection that is available to all. How few have availed themselves of its Presence and ascended on its Flame to the fulfillment of the circle of being! 

To those who have remained voluntary exiles from the Heart of the Perfected Spheres to which they have attained the right of access, in order that mankind and the nature kingdom might have the currents of Resurrection when they chose to accept such renewal, resuscitation and revivification, we give the gratitude of our hearts. 

Let the Resurrection Flame become an actual part of the sublimation of the human nature and the resuscitation of the Divine, through all who call themselves students on the Path during this season when the natural tides of renewal flow strong, sweet and vibrant from the Consciousness of the Lord Maha Chohan into the atmosphere of Earth and all her peoples! 

THOMAS PRINTZ, Editor. 

The Homes and Retreats of The Masters of Wisdom

March 15 through April 14, 1955

THE RESURRECTION TEMPLE OF JESUS AND MARY 

The beautiful circular Temple built around the Cosmic focus of the Resurrection Flame for the planet Earth, is located in the Etheric Realms over the Holy Land. This area was sanctified by the life, teachings and Presence of the Beloved Master Jesus, his Mother Mary and those who assisted them in establishing the initial impulse for the Christian Dispensation. 

The Resurrection Flame became a necessity for mankind and elemental life from the time when disintegration, degeneration, decay and involuntary dissolution of form issued out of the imperfect causes set up through the consciousness of the race. While the angelic, human and elemental kingdoms consciously controlled the vibratory action of their vehicles, dissolution of form was a beautiful, rhythmic and natural activity. When the form, human or elemental, had completed the service for which it was designed, it was consciously dissolved. The component parts (electrons) released to the accompaniment of music, color tone and sweet perfume, for return to the Sun of the System for repolarization. Thus, during the entire time of manifestation, the vibratory action of the form was held in the rhythm set by the consciousness. This rhythm was harmonious, beautiful and part of the Music of the Spheres. Although some forms vibrated more slowly than others, to provide certain condensations of substance required for specific service, no form was disintegrating, decaying or dissolving while it had a service to give. 

However, when the individuals from other planets and systems conveyed the capacity to generate seeds of decay into the consciousness of mankind, slowly the individual consciousness lost the capacity and power to govern the vibratory action of the physical and inner bodies. The causes that bred fermentation, rust, disintegration and decay manifested through the etheric bodies and finally on the flesh forms of mankind; also through the etheric bodies and manifest forms of the Nature kingdom and even inanimate form. 

Thus, was born the specific requirement for an activity of quickening, bringing back to life, resuscitating the Divine vibratory action in the Nature kingdom and in man, when he should desire it. 

A Cosmic Being, Krishna by name, chose to draw through his own consciousness a powerful momentum of this restorative, life-giving Flame from the Source of all life. He then came Earthward, the Resurrection Flame anchored within his own Cosmic heart, establishing this Flame in the Etheric Realms over the Holy Land. 

Later, the momentum and power of that Flame became a very real and efficacious part in the Victory of the Master Jesus. Jesus and his Mother Mary offered to become the Guardians of this radiating focus of light to release the previous Sponsor for service in higher realms. Someday, among the sons and daughters of men, others will rise who will show great affinity to the vibratory action of this Flame. From among them will be chosen Guardian Spirits to relieve Jesus and Mary of this self-chosen activity of guarding and sustaining the Resurrection Flame for those among mankind and the Nature kingdom who will require its assistance. 

Mankind has little concept of the loyalty, constancy, love and devotion required to hold a Flame which has been drawn from higher realms into lower realms, because the natural activity of all life is to seek its own level of vibration. The Flames which vibrate at a rate which is one with the perfected vibrations at inner levels, naturally desire to rise and seek again their Source. The magnetizing power of those Beings who continue to invoke, actually nourish by their own attention, love and devotion to these Flames, is responsible for the radiating centers of God virtue which have interpenetrated the astral and psychic realms with enough of God's light to keep the soul alive and the spirit from entirely deserting the personal self in the course of the ages. 

From the Etheric Realms, it is the desire of our Lord Maha Chohan, Lord Maitreya and others, that some among unascended mankind may prove sufficiently loyal, enthusiastic, loving, constant, pure and consecrated so that these Cosmic Flames may be drawn through the veil into the physical appearance world, visible and tangible to the physical sight of all mankind. 

It is for this purpose that the veil has been parted and the Cosmic Law has allowed us to establish a source of communion between the Ascended Host and the outer consciousness of the chelas. Over this line of communication, the students have been made aware of the presence of various Retreats and spiritual Foci. The Transmission Flame Activity was begun to see how much interest and how great a power of constancy would be evolved in these Cosmic Flames. The results are gratifying in the extreme. From among the student body, certain life-streams have been "marked" by the Spiritual Silent Watchers as possible and potential Guardians of these Cosmic Flames. Time alone will tell whether the flame of enthusiasm will kindle the spirit to God maturity or burn the soul to ash. 

The Resurrection Flame is also guarded by the Great Archangel Gabriel. From the Heart of the Circular Temple it flows in a musical rhythm through the circular corridors which surround the Holy of Holies. In each of these corridors, Masters of the Power of Resurrection and their pupils absorb its life-giving essence. They radiate it outward toward the periphery of the Temple to those waiting in the outer chambers, whose light has not yet made them sufficiently advanced to stand within the Heart of the undimmed splendor of the Flame. 

As the pupils advance in purity and the capacity to receive, absorb and direct the Flame, they are allowed to move inward toward the Central Temple. When they are ready for the Ascension, they rise on the Resurrection Flame into the natural realm in which they are destined to abide. 

While they are accustoming their bodies and consciousness to the Resurrection Flame, they are also serving. The Cosmic Law does not allow the receiving of more than ordinary assistance without a balance of impersonal service. Thus from each of these corridors, under the direction of their Master, the pupils are constantly sending forth the Flame and Ray of the Resurrection into the kingdoms of nature. This assistance is also sent into the hearts of those who have been pointed out by the Silent Watchers as deserving of more than ordinary help in individual endeavors to resurrect the Divine from the accumulations of human living through the centuries. 

It is the request of our Lord Maha Chohan that the students deliberately direct their consciousness toward this Temple during the thirty-day period when the Spiritual Hierarchy is present there; further, that the students bring back each day the Ascended Jesus Christ feeling of the power of the Resurrection. They should then use that power of Resurrection consciously to restore, resuscitate and bring to life in their own individual worlds, some specific God requirement which seems lacking. Thus, if the requirement is for health, the student is requested to draw the power of the Resurrection through the inner and physical bodies and attempt consciously to restore the natural rhythm and vibratory action of the Holy Christ Self. If the requirement is for supply, the student is asked to consciously draw the Resurrection Flame through the appearance of limitation and keep at it until abundant supply is within the governing power of the individual. Practical use of these Flames can and will assist the evolving consciousness. Also this affinity thus established will qualify certain ones to assist in the various Retreats and prepare for the day when such ones may become the Sponsors of the Retreats and Guardians of the Flame in the physical appearance world. 

THOMAS PRINTZ 

(Note: For further information and descriptions on the Resurrection Temple, please see The Bridge to Freedom, May 1953, Volume II, No. 2; supplement to The Bridge to Freedom, January 1954; Transmission Flame Book, pages 52-54.)