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This website is devoted to presenting a comprehensive data base on Paul Twitchell's plagiarism. Paul Twitchell was the founder of Eckankar (in the mid-1960s) and was succeeded by Darwin Gross and Harold Klemp respectively. Eckankar is a very successful "New Age" religion and has branches worldwide.

In the 1970s Dr. John Sutphin (an Eckankar member and Professor of Philosophy and Religion), T.S. Khanna (general representative for Kirpal Singh and Ruhani Satsang), myself, and others discovered that Paul Twitchell's writings contained large chunks of appropriated materials from other authors. In particular, it was noticed that Paul Twitchell had extensively plagiarized the writings of Julian Johnson, author of THE PATH OF THE MASTERS (1939) and WITH A GREAT MASTER IN INDIA (1934).

In 1977 and 1978 I documented some of these plagiarisms in two term papers I wrote while an undergraduate student at California State University, Northridge. I specifically focused on Paul Twitchell's 1970s book, THE FAR COUNTRY, since it contained hundreds of cribbed passages.

Over the years I have proceeded to document other plagiarisms, as have other interested Eckists and non-Eckists.

Recently, a poster named "Rich" on the alt.religion.eckankar newsgroup issued a challenge to me concerning Twitchell's plagiarism. Essentially he and certain other Eckists argued that Twitchell's appropriations were about 1.5 percent of his total output (recently the figure has increased to "less than 2 percent") and that reports of his extensive plagiarism have been exaggerated.

To honor Rich's challenge, I have created this depository to keep an official record of Twitchellian plagiarisms.

In order to keep the record accurate and simple, I have cataloged the plagiarisms by book.

My hunch is that certain books authored by Twitchell carry more appropriations than others. For instance, I don't think Twitchell's novels (like TALONS of TIME) will have nearly as much plagiarized material as his more doctrinal texts (like THE SHARIYAT-KI-SUGMAD).

Whether a statistical percentage for the entirety of Twitchell's corpus can ever be determined is debatable. However, a conservative estimation (numbering the verifiable minimum) of Twitchell's plagiarism PER BOOK can be determined, as I did with THE FAR COUNTRY (400 plus paragraphs and still counting).

I invite Eckists and non-Eckists alike to contribute to this depository. Your discoveries will be duly cited and marked.

ALREADY DISCOVERED PLAGIARISMS (as found in The Making of a Spiritual Movement):

PARAGRAPHS: 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 97, 98, 110, 111, 115, 123, 124, 125, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157.

[Compare with The Path of the Masters (pages 283-285) and With a Great Master in India (pages 199-206)]

Chapter Three, "The Disinterested Works" PARAGRAPHS: 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 49, 50, 51, 52, 55, 56, 57, 88, 89, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 99, 100, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118.

PARAGRAPHS: 31, 32, 33, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113.

PARAGRAPHS: 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87.

PARAGRAPHS: 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 78, 80, 99, 100, 102, 103, 104, 105, 107, 108, 109, 110.

PARAGRAPHS: 33, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 59, 60, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108.

PARAGRAPHS: 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 88, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 102, 103, 104, 107, 108.

PARAGRAPHS: 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41.

PARAGRAPHS 31, 32, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 47, 48, 49, 53, 54, 56, 57, 58, 59. 66, 67, 68, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 80, 81, 82, 83, 88, 89, 94, 95, 96, 99, 100, 108, 109, 113, 114, 116, 117, 118, 121, 122, 126, 128, 131, 132, 137, 138, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144. 158, 159, 160, 161, 162.

Compare with Julian Johnson's PATH OF THE MASTERS ("The Creation and Order of the Universe") and WITH A GREAT MASTER IN INDIA (Letter Fourteen, July 4, 1933).

It is this divine current, wave or stream going forth from God himself, and flowing throughout the universe. But when God speaks, he not only sets in motion etheric vibrations but he himself moves in and through those vibrations. In truth it is God himself that vibrates all through infinite space. God is not static, latent; He is superlatively dynamic. When he speaks, everything in existence vibrates, and that is the Sound, the Shabd; and it can be heard by the inner ear, which has been trained to hear it. It is the divine energy in process of manifestation which is the holy Shabd. It is in fact the only way in which the Supreme One can be seen and heard--this mighty, luminous and musical wave, creating and enchanting. Now, this great fact of Nature, so little known to either ancient or modern thought, is the vital substance of the Science of the Masters. It is cardinal and central in all their teachings. It is the one thing which distinguishes Santon Ki Shiksha from all other sciences or systems. It is the very foundation of their system of yoga. It is the key to all of their success in unfolding their spiritual power and controlling their minds. It is the one sign by which a real Master may be known and recognized from all others. No one is or can be a genuine Master unless he teaches and practices the Audible Life Stream; because it is impossible for any one to become a spiritual Master of the highest order unless he consciously utilizes the Life Stream to gain his development.

It is the divine current, wave, or stream, going forth from The ALONE ITSELF and flowing throughout the universe. This is what is called spirit or the Holy Ghost or what we know as the ECK! When the ALONE speaks, it not only sets in motion etheric vibrations, but it Itself moves in and through those vibrations. In truth, it is The ALONE Itself that vibrates through in finite space. The ALONE is not static, but it is superlatively dynamic and therefore everything in existence vibrates and that is the Sound, the ECK. It can be heard by the inner ear which has been trained to hear it. It is the divine energy in process of manifestation which is the holy ECK. It is in fact, the only way in which the Supreme One can be seen and heard--this mighty, luminous and musical wave, creating and enchanting. This great truth so little known to either ancient or modern thought, is the vital substance of the science of the masters. It is cardinal and central in all of their teachings. It is the foundation of all systems for spiritual unfoldment. It is the key to all of their success in unfolding their spiritual powers and controlling their minds. No one is nor can be a genuine master unless he teaches and practices the spiritual exercises of ECK; because it is impossible for anyone to become a highly developed spiritual person unless he consciously utilizes the ECK to gain his unfoldment.

It is called Sound Current in India, among those who speak English. But the best translation which we have been able to discover is: Audible Life Stream. This appears to carry its deeper meaning and is more comprehensive and inclusive. It is, in fact, a stream, a life-giving, creative stream and it can be heard. The fact that it is audible is extremely important and that idea must be conveyed, if possible, in any name that is applied to it. This current or wave contains the sum of all teaching emanating from God. It is his own Word. It includes everything that God has ever said or done. It is God himself in expression. It is the method of God in making himself known. It is his language. It is his Word. This Sound sometimes is called Name; in Sanskrit or Hindi , Nam. But in English, we are not accustomed to put so much meaning in the word "name." It is only correct if we understand that "name" or Nam stands for all that the Supreme Being is. To distinguish God in action from God as divine Essence, we call him Shabd or living Word. This divine Nam, or Sound, or Word, stands for all that God is or has ever said or done. It includes all of his qualities. As said before, it is the only way in which the universal Spirit can manifest itself to human consciousness. So when the supreme Being manifests himself as Sat Nam in Sach Khand he there becomes fully personified, embodied, and brings into manifestation all of the qualities of deity. As Sat Nam he becomes the Fountain out of which the Audible Life Stream proceeds. This stream may be perceived and heard by all who participate in it throughout the worlds.

It is commonly known to most westerners as the Life Stream--this appears to carry its deeper meaning, and is more comprehensive and inclusive. It is in fact a stream, a life-giving creative stream, and it can be heard. The fact that it is audible is extremely important, and that idea must be conveyed, if possible, in any name that is applied to it. This current or wave contains the sum of all teaching emanating from the Alone. It is Its Word. It includes everything that the Alone has ever said or done. It is the Alone itself in expression and it is the method of the Alone in making itself known; it is Its language and it is Its Word. This sound is sometimes called Name in Sanskrit or Hindi, shortened many times to Nam. The western world isn't accustomed to putting so much meaning in the word name. But in India the word means among certain sects that name, or ECK all that the Alone is. It is the whole Divine Being in action. To distinguish the Alone in action from the Alone as divine essence, He is called the ECK or Living Word. The divine Nam or Sound or Word stands for all that the Alone is or has ever said or done, therefore it includes all its qualities, and is the only way in which the universal Spirit can manifest itself to human consciousness. So, when the Supreme Sugmad manifests Itself as the ECK, it becomes fully personified, embodied, individualized, for the first time and bring into manifestation all of the qualities of deity. On this plane It becomes the Fountain out of which the ECK, Audible Life Stream, flows.

He (Jaimal Singh) at last heard of a sadhu who lived in a distant jungle. He went to him. The sadhu was much pleased and told him to go to Agra where lived a perfect Mahatma who could instruct him in the five melodies. His long search was ended. After some time with Swami Ji, Jaimal Singh had problems with his inward progress. .Baba Ji asked: "What is the proof that I have already done the practice?" Swami Ji replied: "If you want proof, then sit down for Bhajan and close your eyes." Then Swami Ji drew his soul and took it as high as Daswan Dwar; and Swarup the master 5 radiant form was with it all the way.

--Extracts from the "Preface" to Sar Bachan by Shiv Dayal Singh; translated by Sewa Singh, with Preface by Dr. Julian P. Johnson

Sudar Singh, the guru in the Eck line of masters, was a follower of Rebazar Tarzs. When a very young man, he was told by a sadhu to make his way to Agra where he was to find Rebazar, who would lift him into heaven via soul travel. In the year 1885, he found the master and asked for proof. He was told that if [he] sat down for meditation and closed his eyes, he would see the proof. Then, according to the records, Sudar Singh was lifted as high as the third place Daswan Dwar in the presence of his guru's radiant form.

--Paul Twitchell, Eckankar: The Key to Secret Worlds (San Diego: Illuminated Way Press, 1974), page 123

Not only does Twitchell reveal his plagiarism of Julian Johnson in the above comparisons, but he also shows that the life story of "Sudar Singh" is a composite taken from narratives of previous real-life masters.

Perhaps Twitchell's most revealing plagiarism, and one that cuts at the very root of Eckankar's claim for legitimacy, occurs on pages 110 and 111 of his book The Far Country. For not only does Twitchell appropriate the words of Julian Johnson, as found on pages 32 and 33 of The Path of the Masters, but he also plagiarizes Johnson's quotation of Swami Vivekananda (given on the same pages) - forgetting in the process that two different people are speaking. The following is a comparison of Johnson's 1939 writing and Twitchell's 1966 writing:

Naturally, the authenticity of Twitchell's account of Rebazar Tarzs is seriously damaged by such revelations.

New Plagiarism Excerpt: FLUTE OF GOD (Chapter 6, as it appeared in ORION): pages 43 and 44 by Paul Twitchell and copyrighted in 1967 compare with THE MYSTICISM OF SOUND by Hazrat Inayat Khan, pages 64-65 (original copyright date 1923)

Here we go: Hazrat Inayat Khan writes: "The Supreme Being has been called by various names in different languages, but the mystics have known him as HU. . . the only name of the Nameless. . . The word Hu is the spirit of all sounds and of all words, and is hidden within them all, as the spirit in the body. It does not belong to any language, but no language can help belonging to it. This alone is the true name of God, a name that no people and no religion can claim as their own."

Paul Twitchell writes: "The Supreme has been called various names in different languages, but is known to those who recognize the real wisdom as HU, the name of the nameless one. The word HU is the spirit of all sounds and of all words, and is hidden under them all, as the spirit of soul. It does not belong to any language, but no language can help belonging to it. This alone is the true name of God, a name that no people and no religion can claim as their own." (Sider bar note: This is just a glimpse of that purloined section. Notice how the last few sentences are almost identical.) ------------------

2nd New Plagiarism Excerpt: FLUTE OF GOD (Chapter 6, as it appeared in ORION): pages 43 and 44 by Paul Twitchell and copyrighted in 1967 compare with THE MYSTICISM OF SOUND by Hazrat Inayat Khan, pages 64-65 (original copyright date 1923) Sample 2 Hazrat Inayat Khan writes: "This word is not only uttered by human beings, but is repeated by animals and birds."

Paul Twitchell writes: "This word is not only uttered by human beings, but it is repeated by animals and birds." ---------------

Sample 3 Hazrat Inayat Khan writes: "All things and beings proclaim this name of the Lord for every activity of life expresses distinctly... this very sound."

Paul Twitchell writes: "All things and beings, exclaim this name of the Lord, for every activity of life expresses distinctly this very sound." ------------------

Sample 4 Hazrat Inayat Khan writes: "This is the word mentioned in the Bible as existing before the light came into being, 'In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God.'"

Paul Twitchell writes: "This is the word mentioned in the Bible as existing before light came into this world, 'In the beginning was the Word, an the Word was with God, and the Word was God.'" -----------

Sample 5 Hazrat Inayat Khan writes: "In English the word 'human' explains two facts that are characteristic of humanity: Hu means God and man means mind. . ."

Paul Twitchell writes: "In English the word human explains two facts which are characteristic of humanity--Hu means God, and man means mind."

Sidebar: Mark Alexander argues that Twitchell plagiarized the "quote" of Khan's as found in THE PATH OF THE MASTERS BY JULIAN JOHNSON.

Johnson does indeed quote the above passages of Khan (of course, properly citing the work and its author) and Mark argues that Twitchell lifted Khan from Johnson's quote and did not necessarily plagiarized Khan's original book directly.

New Plagiarism Comparison: In corner one, we have THE THEOSOPHICAL GLOSSARY by H.P. Blavatsky (published in 1892) In the other corner, we have HERBS: THE MAGIC HEALERS by Paul Twitchell (published in 1971)

Here we go: Sample One Paul Twitchell writes on page 32: "Next we find the initiated Brahmans, the priests of the Hindu religion, using what is known as the soma drink. This was similar to the Greek nectar quaffed by the gods of Olympia."

H.P Blavatsky (page 304): "Made from a rare mountain plant by initiated Brahmans. This Hindu sacred beverage answers to the Greek ambrosia or nectar, quaffed by the gods of Olympus." -----------

Sample Two Paul Twitchell writes on page 32: "The cup of Kykeon, which was drunk at the Eleusinian mysteries initiation, was similar to both the Hindu and Greek god drinks."

H.P. Blavatsky (page 304) writes: "A cup of Kykeon was also quaffed by the Mystes at the Eleusinian initiation." ---------------------

Sample Three Paul Twitchell writes on page 32: "He who would drink it easily reached the Brahma, the plane of splendor."

H.P. Blavatsky (page 304) writes: "He who drinks it easily reaches Bradhna [sic], or the place of splendour. . ." -----------------------------

Sample Four: Paul Twitchell writes on page 32: "The soma drink known to the Europeans was not the same as the one the Asiatics knew. Only the initiated can taste the real soma, and even the kings and rajas, when performing the sacrificial rites, received the substitute."

H.P. Blavatsky (page 304) writes: "The Soma-drink known to Europeans is not the genuine beverage, but its substitute; for the initiated priests along can taste of the real Soma; and even kings and Rajas, when sacrificing, receive the substitute." --------------------------------------

Sample Five: Paul Twitchell writes on page 32: "The true followers of the Vedic religion are now deceased, and the soma drink commemorated in the Hindu Pantheon, which was called the King-soma, is gone, too."

H.P. Blavatsky (page 304): writes: "The true followers of the primitive Vedic religion are very few. ... The Soma drink is also commemorated in the Hindu Pantheon, for it is called King-Soma."

BRAND NEW DISCOVERIES OF TWITCHELL'S PLAGIARISM: Part One I want to thank Steve for claiming that Twitchell only copied one percent of his writing. I always have fun discovering new Twitchellian appropriations, so last night I spent a couple of hours trying to track down some completely new ones. Within the first five minutes I found three. Below is just a sample of what I unearthed last night alone:

EXAMPLE ONE: Compare pages 129 and 130 of Paul Twitchell's STRANGER BY THE RIVER (1970) with page 67 of Kirpal Singh's MAN! KNOW THYSELF (first published in 1954) in THE WAY OF THE SAINTS. The following is a glimpse: Writes Kirpal Singh: "The repetition of the holy names is given to the disciple at the time of initiation AS A GUARD AGAINST ALL DANGERS. IT ACTS ALSO AS A PASSWORD TO ALL SPIRITUAL PLANES, GIVES STRENGTH AND SUSTENANCE TO THE BODY AND MIND DURING TROUBLE AND AFFLICTIONS, BRINGS THE SOUL NEARER TO THE MASTER, IS INSTRUMENTAL IN ACHIEVING concentration..." (page 67, Kirpal Singh)

Writes Paul Twitchell: "You must sit in silence chanting the sacred names of the Sugmad. The practice is A WEAPON AGAINST ALL DANGERS. IT IS A PASSWORD TO ALL SPIRITUAL PLANES, GIVES STRENGTH AND SUSTENANCE TO THE BODY AND MIND DURING TROUBLE AND AFFLICTION, BRINGS SOUL NEARER TO GOD, AND ACHIEVES happiness while on this plane." (pages 129-130, Paul Twitchell) Sidebar: Guess who is talking in Twitchell's excerpt? Rebazar Tarzs. -----------------------------------------------------------

EXAMPLE TWO: Compare pages 152 and 153 of Paul Twitchell's THE ECK VIDYA: ANCIENT SCIENCE OF PROPHECY (1972) with pages 444 of Julian Johnson's THE PATH OF THE MASTERS (1939 copyright, but the same edition I used for my term paper comparisons): Writes Julian Johnson: "Tisra Til is also called SHIVANETRA, THE EYE OF SHIVA. ALSO IT IS NUKTA-I-SAVEDA, THE BLACK POINT. IN THE SYSTEM OF THE MASTERS ALL CONCENTRATION IS BEGUN AT THIS POINT AND IS HELD THERE UNTIL READY TO GO HIGHER. ALL THE LOWER CENTERS ARE DISREGARDED. THIS IS ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE SYSTEM OF THE MASTERS AND THAT OF ALL YOGIS, FOLLOWING THE PATANJALI METHOD. THUS THE MASTERS ACTUALLY BEGIN THEIR WORK WHERE THE OTHER SYSTEMS LEAVE OFF, FOR FEW, IF ANY OF THEM, GO ABOVE THIS CENTER. WHILE THE MASTERS KNOW OF THE LOWER CHAKRAS, THEY DISREGARD THEM AS UNIMPORTANT. (page 444 of THE PATH OF THE MASTERS, near the end of the section called "The Microcosmic Centers.")

Paul Twitchell: "third eye IS ALSO CALLED the SHIVA-NETRA, THE EYE OF SHIVA. IT IS ALSO THE NUKTI-O-SAVEDA THE BLACK POINT...IN THE WORKS OF ECK, ALL CONCENTRATION IS BEGUN AT THIS POINT AND HELD THERE, UNTIL READY TO GO HIGHER. ALL THE LOWER CENTERS of chakras ARE DISREGARDED. THIS IS ONE OF THE FUNDAMENTAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE SYSTEM OF THE ECK MASTERS AND THAT OF ALL YOGIS, FOLLOWING the PATANJALI METHOD. THE ECK WORKS ACTUALLY BEGIN ITS WORK WHERE ALL OTHER SYSTEMS LEAVE OFF. FOR FEW PERSONS, OTHER THAN THE ECKISTS, IF ANY, GO ABOVE THIS CHAKRA. WHILE THE ECK MASTERS KNOW OF THE LOWER CHAKRAS, THEY DISREGARD THEM, KNOWING THAT THEY ARE UNIMPORTANT." (pages 152-153 of ECK VIDYA) --------------------------------------------

EXAMPLE THREE: Compare pages 125-126 of Paul Twitchell's THE TIGER'S FANG (1965) with pages 502-503 of Julian Johnson's THE PATH OF THE MASTERS (1939): Julian Johnson writes: "WE BELIEVE THAT THE ENTIRE ESSENCE OF THIS SCIENCE MAY BE SUMMED UP IN SIX WORDS. EACH WORD IS A GIGANTIC PILLAR OF LIGHT. THESE SIX WORDS EXPRESSING THREE GREAT TRUTHS, ARE SUBJOINED TO GIVE EXPRESSION TO THE GREATEST SYSTEM OF TRUTH EVER REVEALED TO THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF MAN. THEY ARE LIKE THE THREE GREAT MOUNTAINS OF TRIKUTI, WHICH GROUPED TOGETHER TO FORM ONE GIGANTIC MOUNTAIN OF LIGHT." (pages 502-503 of THE PATH OF THE MASTERS)

Paul Twitchell writes: "THESE SIX WORDS SUM UP THE COMPLETE TEACHINGS OF THE TRAVELERS. THEY ARE THE THREE BLAZING TRUTHS, COMBINED TO PUT TOGETHER THE GREATEST SYSTEM OF TRUTH EVER REVEALED TO THE CONSCIOUSNESS OF MAN. THEY ARE LIKE THE THREE MIGHTY PEAKS OF SAHASRA-DAL-KANWAL IN TIRKUTI (ASTRAL WORLD) WHICH ARE GROUPED TOGETHER TO FORM ONE GIGANTIC MOUNTAIN OF LIGHT." (pages 125-126 of THE TIGER'S FANG) ---------------

Sidebar: If you are curious to know what those six words are here they are: Johnson--Sat Guru, Shabd Dhun, and Jivan Mukti (1939); Twitchell--Spiritual Travelers, Bani (sound current), and Jivan Mukti (1965). You may have also noticed that Twitchell says that "the three mighty peaks of sahasra-dal-kanwal in Tirkuti [sic] which are grouped together." Check Twitchell's other cosmologies, because he is contradicting himself and shabd yoga tradition here. Sahasra-dal-kanwal and Trikuti are two distinct regions, according to Twitchell's other maps and other shabd yoga cosmologies.

Look closely at the following excerpts and see where Twitchell has "reworked" Govinda's passage:

Excerpt from The Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad, Book One, Chapter Nine, The Visions of Lai Tsi, by Paul Twitchell, 1970:

"He did not believe his ears because it seemed impossible for anyone to live in this forbidding place. At first he feared the sound, thinking it might be some demon luring him into its claws. But torn between curiosity and fear, he followed the sound as if it were a magnet drawing him on. Soon he saw the great ECK Master seated before a cave, absorbed in contemplation, his face lit with inspiration and devotion. The sheepherder lost all fear and approached Lai Tsi, and when the Master touched him there was a stream of bliss that flowed through his body. Immediately he forgot all the questions to ask and, instead, requested the Master's blessings."

Excerpt from The Way of The White Clouds: A Buddhist Pilgrim in Tibet, Chapter Two, The Guru's Vision, by Lama Anagarika Govinda, 1966,

"At first he did not believe his ears, because he could not imagine that any human being could exist in this forbidding place. . But when the sound came again and again fear filled him, because if these sounds had no human origin then they could only have some supernatural cause."

"Torn between fear and curiosity, he followed, the sound, as if drawn by an irresisible force of a magnet, and soon he saw the figure of a hermet, seated before a cave, absorbed in devotional practice... The herdsman immediately lost all fear, after the hermit had finished his invocations he confidently approached the Lama and asked for his blessings."

"When the hermit's hand touched the crown of his head he felt a stream of bliss flowing through his body....he forgot all the questions he had wanted to ask...."

Tomo Geshig, "the wondrous ECK master," VERSUS Tomo Geshe, "the Buddhist Rimpoche"

In trying to track down the literary/historical sources for Twitchell's Vairagi order, I was once sent an anonymous letter from a group of "ex-Eckists" in 1989 who hinted to me in a one page letter that Chapter Nine, "The Visions of Lai Tsi," was primarily based (if not straight out plagiarized in parts) from Lama Anagarika Govinda's Chapter two, "The Guru's Vision," as found in The Way of The White Clouds. Naturally, my interest was peaked. After tracking down the book, I found to my chagrin that the Twitchell had plagiarized more widely than I suspected.

I invite anyone to research these two chapters for themselves to notice the striking similarities. I have already included two examples, and I will include three or four more in the weeks to come.

However, a more curious development. In the same Chapter Nine of the Shariyat-Ki-Sugmad, where Twitchell bases much of his writing and ideas on Govinda's text, he goes on to mention another Eck Master, "Tomo Geshig."

Guess what? In Govinda's text, he writes in Chapter Two, "The Guru's Vision" (written four years prior, by the way, to Twitchell's account) of a Buddhist Lama by the name of (surprise?), "Tomo Geshe."

[Sidebar: Before we start using that lame "Akashic" record excuse, please keep in mind that Govinda wrote his text four years prior to Twitchell. It seems as if Twitchell is always a few years behind the original author. Coincidence? Astral Memorex? Or, my favorite, old-fashioned cribbing.]

Excerpt from John Sutphin's (former Eckist, Professor of Philosophy and Religion) letter to Brad Steiger, dated January 8, 1976: ".... How you [Brad Steiger] and your publisher were spared the charge of plagiarism or even breach of copyright laws with some paragraphs in your book, IN MY SOUL I AM FREE, is a mystery to me. If you compare the following pages in your book with those listed from Dr. Julian Johnson's PATH OF THE MASTERS, published in 1939, you will discover almost VERBATIM excerpts. Perhaps Paul Twitchell did not reveal his sources to you..... 1. Compare Pages (IMSIAF) with Pages (PATH OF THE MASTERS)

The following examples were taken from two books, "Awakened Imagination" by Neville - copyright 1954, and "The Far Country" by Paul Twitchell - copyright 1971. "The Far Country" has been taken out of print by Eckankar. These examples are used for illustration purposes only and do not include any financial considerations or other expressed or implied usage.

The examples show first a passage from Neville's book, followed by the relevant sample from Twitchell's book. There are a couple of examples where Twitchell has copied Neville who was quoting William Blake. This is also without reference to the original author.

As I assembled these examples of blatant plagiarism, I was impressed with the degree of pre-meditation necessary to copy an authors works so extensively especially using the sequence that the original author placed them in. It is evident that thoughtful deliberation was employed by Twitchell in this misrepresentation.

All the following passages taken from "the Far Country" are alleged by Twitchell to be the words of a being called Rebazar Tarz who is supposedly speaking these words to Twitchell during visits in his spiritual body to Rebazar's residence somewhere in the mountains of Tibet.

In my mind, the fact that a great majority of these passages containing dialogue from this spurious being, are in fact the words of another writer, causes serious doubt that this key figure in the Eckankar teachings ever existed except in the mind of Twitchell. David Lane has raised the valid point that if this being did in fact exist, Twitchell would have recorded his words rather than appropriating the words of another writer to put in the mouth of Rebazar Tarz.

Neville throughout his writings refers to the imagination as Jesus which he claims is the real mystical intent of the writers of the Bible. Christ and Jesus according to Neville are synonomous with Imagination or Soul. It is interesting to note that Twitchell has taken what Neville has reported to be the free gift of God to man to advance him into physical and spiritual states, and modified and added to this, consequently portraying imagination to be primarily for spiritual pursuits. I quote the following from "The Far Country": " The only desire that man can rightfully have is a right and natural craving to enter into the state of consciousness which will allow him to enter into the Far Country." (P.225 "The Far Country")

By contrast Neville wrote that all states including all possible physical states and desires, are spiritual. He goes on to say that these states (including the physical)are designed by God/Us as themes of experience and all are completely valid imaginal targets for our desired life experiences.

We see Neville's much freer and less limited version that Twitchell has adapted the above paragraph from: " Desire is the mainspring of the mental machinery. It is a blessed thing. It is a right and natural craving which has a state of consciousness as its right and natural satisfaction." (P.52 "Awakened Imagination").

It is my opinion having been a former member of Eckankar for 14 years, that this portrayal of imagination and other freely God given elements as only being valid when used in spiritual applications, is confusing and damaging to spiritual students. They see on the one hand that Rebazar Tarz (Neville)is talking about using imagination to bring about ANY desired condition in life, and on the other hand Twitchell keeps trying to swing it back around to the implication that it should only be used for spiritual gain. This is in my estimation a control implant by Twitchell to cause withdrawal from physical pursuits and let spiritual (Eckankar) substance rush in to fill the vacuum created by this unnecessary and experientially harmful withdrawal.

Twitchell successfully created in his writings an artificial division between spiritual and physical that can cause great inner conflict in the spiritual student, as it did in me some fifteen years ago.

I was very pleased to finally find the source of these words on imagination fifteen years later and to see that Neville, the original author, never imposed any of these illegitimate limitations on the use of imagination. On the contrary he states in one of his books that "The purpose of life, is the creative realization of desire." This is a beautiful statement that implies the true freedom of God. This statement from Ricard Bach's book "Illusions illustrates this true freedom of will and desire: "NOT MY WILL BE DONE BUT THINE, FOR THY WILL IS MINE FOR THEE". This is perhaps the true promise of God to its true Sons (individualized expressions of ITSELF).

ONE

NEVILLE: p.19 –"There is only one thing in the world, Imagination, and all man's deformations of it.

TWITCHELL: P.221- "There is only one thing in the world, imagination and all man's deformations of it.

TWO

NEVILLE: P20- "Imagination is the very gateway of reality. Man," said Blake, "is either the ark of God or a phantom of the earth and of the water." "Naturally he is only a natural organ subject to Sense." The Eternal body of Man is the Imagination: that is God himself, The Divine Body. Jesus: we are his members."

TWITCHELL: P221- " It is the gateway to reality. Soul is either the ark of the SUGMAD or a phantom of the earth and of the water. Naturally, it is only a natural organ subject to the senses. The eternal body of man is the Imagination, his spark of the SUGMAD, the Divine body. The ECK is the leader of all Souls, and we are ITS members.

THREE

NEVILLE: P20- " By imagination we have the power to be anything we desire to be. Through imagination we disarm and transform the violence of the world. Our most intimate as well as our most casual relationships become imaginative as we awaken to " the mystery hid from the ages." That Christ in us is our imagination. We then realize that only as we live by imagination can we truly be said to live at all.

TWITCHELL P.221- " By imagination we have the power to be anything we desire to be. Through imagination we disarm and transform the violence of the world. Our most intimate as well as our most casual relationships become imaginative as we awaken to the mystery hidden from the ages. The ECK in us is our imagination. We realize that when we live in imagination, only then can we truly be said to live at
all.

FOUR

NEVILLE: P22- " Imagination is our redeemer, "the Lord from Heaven" born of man but not begotten of man.

TWITCHELL: P221- " The visual faculty of man is the redeemer, the ECK from heaven, born of man but not begotten of man.

FIVE

NEVILLE: P23- " Imaginations's birth and growth is the gradual transition from a God of tradition to a God of experience. If the birth of Christ in man seems slow, it is only because man is unwilling to let go the comfortable but false anchorage of tradition.

TWITCHELL: P221- " Imagination's birth in man, rather his awakening to its power and growth, contains the gradual transition from a God of tradition to a God of experience. If the birth of this faculty seems slow, it is only because man is unwilling to let go the comfortable but false anchorage of tradition.

SIX

NEVILLE: P23&24- " When imagination is discovered as the first principle of religion, the stone of literal understanding will have felt the rod of Moses and, like the rock of Zin, issue forth the water of psychological meaning to quench the thirst of humanity; and all who take the proffered cup and live a life according to this truth, will transform the water of psychological meaning into the wine of forgiveness.

TWITCHELL: P221&222- " When the imagination is discovered as the first principle of religion, the stone of literal understanding will have felt the rod of Moses and like the rock of Zin, will issue forth the water of psychological meaning to quench the thirst of humanity; all who take the proffered cup and live a life according to this truth, will transform the waters of spiritual meaning into the wine of understanding.

SEVEN

NEVILLE: P24- " The Son of God is not to be found in history nor in any external form. He can only be found in the imagination of him in whom His presence becomes manifest.

TWITCHELL: P222- " The ECK, the first true son of God, is not to be found in the writings of man, nor in any external form. IT can only be found in the imagination of IT in whom ITS presence becomes manifest.

EIGHT

NEVILLE: P.24&25- " Man is the garden in which this only begotten Son of God sleeps. He awakens this Son by lifting his imagination up to heaven and clothing men in godlike stature. We must go on imagining better than the best we know.

TWITCHELL: P222- " Man is the garden in which the only true Son of God sleeps. He awakens this Son by lifting his imagination to the heavens and clothing men in godlike stature. We must go on imagining better than the best we know, for it is all there in the upper worlds, and any man can have it.

NINE

NEVILLE: P.26&27- " This conception of Christ Jesus as human imagination raises these fundamental questions. Is imagination a power sufficient, not merely to enable me to assume that I am strong, but is also of itself capable of executing the idea?

TWITCHELL: P.222- " The concept of the imaginative faculty raises fundamental questions. Is imagination a power sufficient to enable man to assume that he is strong? And is it capable of executing the idea?

TEN

NEVILLE: P.26&27- " Suppose that I desire to be in some other place or situation. Could I, by imagining myself into such a state and place, bring about their physical realization?

TWITCHELL: P.222- " Suppose that I desire to be in the Brahm Lok world. Could I put myself in such a state and place and bring about the realization?

ELEVEN

NEVILLE: P.27&28- " Does imagination comprehend reason? By reason I mean deductions from the observation of the senses. Does it recognize the external world of facts? In the practical way of every-day life is imagination a complete guide to behavior? Suppose I am capable of acting with continuous imagination, that is, suppose I am capable of sustaining the feeling of my wish fulfilled, will my assumption harden into fact? And, if it does harden into fact, shall I on reflection find that my actions through the period of incubation have been reasonable?

TWITCHELL: P.222- " Does imagination comprehend reason? By reason I mean deductions from the observations of the senses. Does it recognize the external world of facts? In the practical way of everyday life is imagination a complete guide to behavior? Suppose I am capable of acting with continuous imagination; suppose I am capable of sustaining the feeling of my wish fulfilled, will my assumption harden into fact? And if it does harden into fact, shall I, on reflection, find that my actions through the period of incubation have been reasonable?

TWELVE

NEVILLE: P.28- " Is my imagination a power sufficient, not merely to assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled, but is it also of itself capable of incarnating the idea? After assuming that I am already what I want to be, must I continually guide myself by reasonable ideas and actions in order to bring about the fulfillment of my assumption?

TWITCHELL: P.222&223- " Is my imagination a power sufficient, not merely to assume the feeling of the wish fulfilled, but is it also of itself capable of incarnating the idea? After assuming that I am already what I want to be, must I continually guide myself by reasonable plans and actions to bring about the fulfillment of my assumption?

THIRTEEN

NEVILLE: P.28- " Experience has convinced me that an assumption, though false, if persisted in will harden into fact, that continuous imagination is sufficient for all things and all my reasonable plans and actions will never make up for my lack of continuous imagination.

TWITCHELL: P. 223- " Experience has convinced me that an assumption, though false, if persisted in will harden into fact, that continuous imagination is sufficient for all things and all my reasonable plans and actions will never make up for my lack of continuous imagination.

                                                                          FOURTEEN

NEVILLE: P.30- " Truth depends upon the intensity of the imagination not upon external facts. Facts are the fruit bearing witness of the use or misuse of the imagination. Man becomes what he imagines. He has a self determined history. Imagination is the way, the truth, the life revealed. We cannot get hold of truth with the logical mind. Where the natural man of sense sees a bud, imagination sees a rose full-blown."

TWITCHELL: P.223- " Truth depends on the intensity of the imagination, not on external facts. Facts are the fruit bearing witness of the use or misuse of the imagination. Man becomes what he imagines. He has a self -determined history. Imagination is the way, the truth, the life revealed. We cannot get hold of truth with the logical mind. Where the natural man of sense sees a bud, imagination sees a rose full blown.

FIFTEEN

NEVILLE: p.30- " Truth cannot be encompassed by facts. As we awaken to the imaginative life we discover that to imagine a thing is so makes it so, that a true judgement need not conform to the external reality to which it relates."

TWITCHELL: P.223- " Truth cannot be encompassed by physical facts. As we awaken to the imaginative life we discover that to imagine a thing is so, makes it so; that a true judgement need not conform to the external reality to which it relates."

SIXTEEN

NEVILLE: P.30&31- " The imaginative man does not deny the reality of the sensuous outer world of Becoming, but he knows that it is the inner world of continuous Imagination that is the force by which the sensuous outer world of Becoming is brought to pass. He sees the outer world and all its happenings as projections of the inner world of imagination. To him everything is a manifestation of the mental activity which goes on in man's imagination without the sensuous reasonable man being aware of it."

TWITCHELL: P.223- " The imaginative faculty does not deny the reality of the sensuous outer world of Becoming, but man needs to know that it is the inner world of continuous imagination by which the sensuous outer world of becoming is brought to pass. He needs to see the outer world and all its happenings as projections of the inner world of imagination. Every thing is a manifestation of the mental activity which goes on in man's imagination without the sensuous reasonable man being aware of it."

                                                                        SEVENTEEN

NEVILLE: P.31- " But he realizes that every man must become conscious of this inner activity and see the relationship between the inner causal world of imagination, and the sensuous outer world of effects..

TWITCHELL: P.223- " It is necessary to realize that every man must become conscious of this inner activity and see the relationship between the inner causal world of imagination and the sensuous outer world of effects. " We will stop here for refreshments"

                                                                        EIGHTEEN

NEVILLE: P.31&32- " It is a marvelous thing to find that you can imagine yourself into the state of your fulfilled desire and escape from the jails ignorance built."

TWITCHELL: P.223&224- " It is a marvelous thing to find that you can imagine yourself into the state of your fulfilled desire and escape from the jails ignorance built."

                                                                        NINETEEN

NEVILLE: P.32&33- " But until man has the sense of Christ as his imagination he will see everything in pure objectivity without any subjective relationship. Not realizing that all that he encounters is a part of himself, he rebels at the thought that he has chosen the conditions of his life, that they are related by affinity to his own mental activity. Man must firmly come to believe that reality lies within him and not without."

TWITCHELL: P.224- " Until man has the sense of ECK as his imagination, he will see everything in pure objectivity without any subjective relationship. Not realizing that all that he sees is a part of himself, he rebels at the thought that he has does not see the conditions of his life, as they are related to his own mental activity. Man must firmly come to believe that reality lies within him and not without."

                                                                      TWEN Y

NEVILLE: P.33- " Although others have bodies, a life of their own, their reality is rooted in you, ends in you, as yours ends in God."

TWITCHELL: P.224- " Although others have bodies, a life of their own, their reality is rooted in the earth world; you are rooted in the world of the SUGMAD."

                                                                  TWENTY ONE

NEVILLE: P.39&40- " The world presents different appearances according as our states of consciousness differ. What we see when we are identified with a state cannot be seen when we are no longer fused with it. By state is meant all that man believes and consents to as true. No idea presented to the mind can realize itself unless the mind accepts it. It depends on the acceptance, the state with which we are identified, how things present themselves. In the fusion of imagination and states is to be found the shaping of the world as it seems. The world is a revelation of the states with which imagination is fused."

TWITCHELL: P.224- " The world presents different appearances according as our states of consciousness differ. What man sees when he is identified with a state cannot be seen when he is no longer fused with it. By state is meant all that man believes and consents to as true. No idea presented to the mind can realize itself unless Soul accepts it. It depends on the acceptance, the state with which we are identified, how things present themselves. In the fusion of imagination and states is to be found the shaping of the world as it seems. The world is a revelation of the states with which imagination is fused."

                                                                  TWENTY TWO

NEVILLE: P.40- " It is the state from which we think that determines the objective world in which we live. The rich man, the poor man, the good man, the thief, are what they are by virtue of the states from which they view the world. On the distinction between these states depends the distinction between the worlds of these men. Individually so different in this same world. It is not the actions and behavior of the good man that should be matched but his point of view. Outer reforms are useless if the inner state is not changed. Success is gained not by imitating the outer actions of the successful but by right inner actions and inner talking."

TWITCHELL: P.224- " It is the state from which we think that determines the objective world in which we live here or in the God realms. The rich man, the Tuza in hell, the thief and a half dozen others are what they are by virtue of the states from which they view the world. On the distinction between these states depends the distinction between the worlds of men and the worlds of the spiritual travelers. Individually, there is a vast difference in the worlds of spirit and men. It is not the actions and behavior of the good man that should be matched but his point of view. Outer reforms are useless if the inner state is not changed. Success is gained not by imitating the outer actions of the successful but by the right imagination, right actions and right deeds."

                                                                TWENTY THREE

NEVILLE: P.40&41- " If we detach ourselves from a state, and we may at any moment, the conditions and circumstances to which that union gave being vanish."

TWITCHELL: P.224- " If we detach ourselves from a state, and we may at any moment, the conditions and circumstances to which that union gave rise, vanish."

                                                                  TWENTY FOUR

NEVILLE: P.50- " Determined imagination, thinking from the end, is the beginning of all miracles."

TWITCHELL: P.224- " Determined imagination, thinking from the end, is the beginning of all miracles"

                                                                  TWENTY FIVE

NEVILLE: P.51- " The future must become the present in the imagination of the one who would wisely and consciously create circumstances. We must translate vision into Being, thinking of into thinking from."

TWITCHELL: P.225- - " The future must become the present in the imagination of the one who would wisely and consciously create circumstances. We must translate vision into Being, thinking of into thinking from."

                                                                    TWENTY SIX

NEVILLE: P.51- " Imagination must center itself in some state and view the world from that state. Thinking from the end is an intense perception of the world of fulfilled desire. Thinking from the state desired is creative living."

TWITCHELL: P.225- " Imagination must center itself in some state and view the world from that state. Thinking from the end is an intense perception of the world of fulfilled desire. Visualizing from the state desire is creative living on any plane in the Far Country."

                                                                  TWENTY SEVEN

NEVILLE: P.51&52- " Ignorance of this ability to think from the end is bondage. It is the root of all bondage with which man is bound. To passively surrender to the evidence of the senses under-estimates the capacities of the Inner Self. Once man accepts thinking from the end as a creative principle in which he can cooperate, then he is redeemed from the absurdity of ever attempting to achieve his objective by merely thinking of it. "

TWITCHELL: P.225- - " Ignorance of this ability to think from the end is bondage. It is the root of all bondage in which man is bound. To surrender to the evidence of the senses under-estimates the capacities of Soul. Once Soul accepts imagining from the end as a creative principle in which he can cooperate, then he is redeemed from the absurdity of ever attempting to achieve his goal by merely thinking of, in hopes of entering into another world. "

                                                                    TWENTY EIGHT

NEVILLE: P.52- " The whole of life is just the appeasement of hunger, and the infinite states of consciousness from which a man can view the world are purely a means of satisfying that hunger. The principle on which each state is organized is some form of hunger to lift the passion for self gratification to ever higher and higher levels of experience."

TWITCHELL: P.225- " The whole of life is the appeasement of spiritual hunger, and the infinite states of the world are purely a means of satisfying that hunger. The principle on which each state is organized is some form of hunger for the full life, some passion for spiritual traveling to even higher levels of experience. "

                                                                      TWENTY NINE

NEVILLE: P.54- " The spanning of the bridge between desire – thinking of - and satisfaction - thinking from - is all important. We must move mentally from thinking of the end to thinking from the end. This, reason could never do. By its nature it is restricted to the evidence of the senses; but imagination, having no such limitation, can.

TWITCHELL: P.225- " The spanning of the bridge between thinking of – desire, and thinking- from satisfaction is the utmost ultimate secret. We must move spiritually from thinking of the end to thinking from the end. This, reason can never do. By its nature it is restricted to the evidence of the senses; but imagination has no such limitations.

                                                                          THIRTY

NEVILLE: P.54- " Desire exists to be gratified in the activity of the imagination. Through imagination man escapes from the limitation of the senses and the bondage of reason."

TWITCHELL: P.225- "Desire exists to be gratified in the activity of the imagination, while satisfaction is in existence because it is the activity of the imagination. Through imagination man escapes from the limitation of the senses and the bondage of reason."

                                                                    THIRTY ONE

NEVILLE: P.54- " He knows that the world is a manifestation of the mental activity which goes on within himself, so he strives to determine and control the ends from which he thinks. In his imagination he dwells in the end, confident that he shall dwell there in the flesh also."

TWITCHELL: P.226- " He knows the world to be a manifestation of the spiritual activity which goes on within himself, so he strives to determine and control the invisible spirit, which we call the ECK. He does this by controlling the ends from which he thinks, lives and dwells in."

                                                                    THIRTY TWO

NEVILLE: 55&56- " He puts his whole trust in the feeling of the wish fulfilled and lives by committing himself to that state, for the art of fortune is to tempt him so to do. Like the man at the pool of Bethesda, he is ready for the moving of the waters of imagination. Knowing that every desire is ripe grain to him who knows how to think from the end, he is indifferent to mere reasonable probability and confident that through continuous imagination his assumption will harden into fact."

TWITCHELL: P.226- " He puts his whole trust in the feeling of the spiritual wish fulfilled and lives by committing himself to this state, which the arts of fortune have placed before him. He puts himself in the ready state of moving in the waters of imagination, knowing that every spiritual state existent is awaiting him, for he has learned to think from the end and is indifferent to mere reasonable probabilities, confident that through continuous imagination his assumption will harden into fact."

                                                                    THIRTY THREE

NEVILLE: P.56- " Life is a controllable thing. You can experience what you please once you realize that you are his Son, and that you are what you are by virtue of the state of consciousness from which you think and view the world."

TWITCHELL P.226- Therefore, life is a controllable thing. Man experiences what he pleases, once he realizes that he has been given the divine gift for his own use and that he is what he is, by virtue of the state of consciousness from which he imagines and views the world."

                                                                      THIRTY FOUR

NEVILLE: P. 60- " Man's inner body is as real in the world of subjective experiences as his outer physical body is real in the world of external realities, but the inner body expresses a more fundamental part of reality. This existing inner body of man must be consciously exercised and directed. The inner world of thought and feeling to which the inner body is attuned has its real structure and exists in its own higher space. "

TWITCHELL: P.226&227- " Soul is as real in the world of subjective experiences as his outer physical body is real in the world of external realities, but Soul expresses a more fundamental part of reality. This existing inner body must be consciously exercised and directed. The inner world of thought and feeling to which Soul is attuned has its real structure and exists in its own higher space. "

                                                                          THIRTY FIVE

NEVILLE: P. 60&61- " There are two kinds of movement, one that is according to the inner body and another that is according to the outer body. The movement which is according to the inner body is causal, but the outer movement is under compulsion. The inner movement determines the outer which is joined to it, bringing into the outer a movement that is similar to the actions of the inner body. Inner movement is the force by which all events are brought to pass. Outer movement is subject to the compulsion applied to it by the movement of the inner body."

TWITCHELL: P.227- - " There are two kinds of movement, one that is according to the outer body and another that is according to the inner, to the Soul body. The movement relative to Soul is causal, to the outer body compulsive. The inner movement determines the outer which is joined to it, bringing into the outer a movement that is similar to the actions of the inner body. Inner movement is the force by which all events are brought to pass. Outer movement is subject to the compulsion applied to it by the movement of the inner body."

                                                                        THIRTY SEVEN

NEVILLE: P.61- " Whenever the actions of the inner body match the actions which the outer must take to appease desire, that desire will be realized."

TWITCHELL: P. 227- - " Whenever the actions of the inner body match the actions which the other bodies must take to appease desire, that desire will be realized."

                                                                        THIRTY EIGHT

NEVILLE: P.69&70- " To realize your desire an action must start in your imagination, apart from the evidence of the senses, involving movement of self and implying fulfillment of your desire. Whenever it is the action which the outer self takes to appease desire, that desire will be realized."

TWITCHELL: P.227- " To realize the desire of travelling in the other worlds, an action must be started in your imagination, apart from the evidence of the senses on whatever plane you are living, to involve movement of Soul and imply fulfillment of your desire for spiritual traveling. Whenever the inner action matches the outer action to appease desire, that desire will be realized."

                                                                          ThIRTY NINE

NEVILLE: P.128- " Blake saw all possible human situations as "already-made" states. He saw every aspect, plot and drama as already worked out as 'mere possibilities' as long as we are not in them, but as overpowering realities when we are in them. He described these states as "Sculptures of Los's Halls."

TWITCHELL: P.228- " All situations, whether human or spiritual, are already made states. All aspects of life, plot, circumstances, and, of course place are in existence whether we believe it or not. They become overpowering reality when we are in them, be they on this plane or in the Far Country."

In honor of Chuck's fine work, here is something I discovered last nite:

Compare the February 1968 Illuminated Way Letter of Paul Twitchell's
with pages 347-351 of Julian Johnson's THE PATH OF THE MASTERS (12TH EDITION). Below is a few comparison:

PAUL TWITCHELL WRITES:

Krodha is a very useful servant of the negative power.
So long as it dominates the mind, it is impossible for
anyone to make headway on the spiritual path. It is a
disease that will hang on for years manifesting itself
as

slander, gossip, back-biting, profanity, fault-finding,
irritability, jealousy, malice, impatience, resentment,
destructive criticism, ill will, haughtiness, lecturing
on mistakes and faults of others, just to name a few.

JULIAN JOHNSON WRITES:

Krodh is a very useful servant of the Negative Power.
So long as it dominates the mind, it is impossible for
that individual to make any headway on the spiritual path.
Some of the minor phases of Krodh are:

Slander, evil gossip, backbiting, profanity, fault-finding...
irritability, jealousy, malice, impatience, resentment.....

From THE MESSAGE OF THE DIVINE ILIAD VOLUME I (p. 128) by Walter Russell (copyrighted 1948):

"Man cannot bear too much of the Light at a time while his body is still new. It is too near its jungle to bear the Light. All who are well out of the jungle have already found enough of the Light to illumine their way out of the depths. They are forever finding all they can bear. He who is out of the jungle and still seeks the Light in the high heavens is forever finding it, and is forever being
transformed as he finds it."

Compare to p. 25-26 2nd ed. of THE TIGER'S FANG:

"Man cannot bear much of the light at a time because his physical being is still new and too near the jungle of materiality. All who are well out of that jungle have already found enough of my light to illumine their way from its dark depths."

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT, p. 8:

"To him whose eyes are in the High-heavens, the Light will forever come, and he will be forever transformed as he finds it."

Compare to THE TIGER'S FANG, p. 26:

"If your eyes are in my heavens, the light will shine forever in you, and you will be transformed as you find it ever widening in your vision."

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell, p. 8:

"One cannot for one moment remove his seeking eyes from his High- heaven, for ever so slight a glimpse below into the dark brings him back to the fears of the dark, which tempt him to plunge back into them."

Compare with THE TIGER'S FANG, p. 26:

"You cannot for one moment remove your seeking eyes from my heavens, for ever so slight a glimpse below into the dark brings you back into the fear of the dark, which tempts you to plunge into it again."

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT (p.2) by Walter Russell, copyright 1947:

"Truth is simple. Balance is simple. Rhythmic balanced interchange between all pairs of opposite expressions in Natural phenomena, and in human relations, is the consumate art of God's universe of Light.

Compare to THE TIGER'S FANG, p. 24:

"Truth is simple. Balance is simple. Rhythmic balanced interchanges between all poles of opposite expression in God, is the consummate art of God's universe of light."

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell:

"Mind thinks what it knows. Mind thinks in two opposed lights simultaneously projected from their centering white Light Source and sequentially repeated in cycles." p. 12

Compare with THE TIGER'S FANG:

"Mind knows and mind thinks what it knows, so therefore mind thinks in opposite directions simultaneously projecting through end opposing end and subsequently repeating in cycles." p. 28-29

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Russell:

"God's knowing Mind is timeless and still. So also are God's thinking and imagining timeless and still. So, likewise, man's thinking and imagining are as timeless and still as is his knowing." p. 13

Compare with THE TIGER'S FANG:

"My inner mind is always still. This is the form of creation which exists within my worlds. My thinking and imagining are the qualities of the knowledge of this inner mind, which is timeless and stillness. Likewise know that man's mind, with its thinking and imagining, is as timeless and still as mind in myself." p. 29

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Russell:

"Stillness can never be motion, or become motion, but it can appear to be. Motion merely seems, but stillness always is. The universal equilibrium can never be other than its own balance but it can seem to be." p. 13

Compare with THE TIGER'S FANG:

"Stillness never can be motion or become motion, but it always appears to be motion. Motion merely seems, but stillness always is. The balance in the universal worlds can never be other than their own balance, but always seem to be in motion, or tipping the scales." p. 29

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Russell:

"The illusion which is motion springs from stillness and returns to stillness. p. 13

Compare with THE TIGER'S FANG:

"Illusion which is motion springs from stillness of mind and returns to stillness; it always does, never fails." p. 29

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Russell:

"This is a universe of rest. There is naught but rest in the universe." p. 13

Compare with THE TIGER'S FANG:

"There is nothing but rest in the whole worlds of my kingdom." p. 29

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Russell:

"Mind knows its One Idea of Creation as One Whole." p. 13

Compare with THE TIGER'S FANG:

"This mind knows but one fact -- that its own idea of creation is the whole." p. 29

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Russell:

"Mind thinks its One Whole idea into seeming parts. Hence the illusion of motion which we call Creation, and the illusion of substance which we call matter." p. 13

Compare with THE TIGER'S FANG:

"But mind thinks this singular whole into seemingly many parts. So the illusion of motion which we call creation, and the illusion of
substance which is called matter are opposites." p. 29

The following are consecutive sentences taken from THE SECRET OF LIGHT and THE TIGER'S FANG.]

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell:

"Form of idea in matter is transient but is eternally repeated as transient form of idea." p. 16

Compare with THE TIGER'S FANG by Paul Twitchell:

"The form of an idea is transient but is eternally repeated as transient forms of the idea." p. 32

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell:

"The foundation of the spiritual universe is stillness; the balanced stillness of the One magnetic Light of God." p. 16

Compare with THE TIGER'S FANG by Paul Twitchell:

"Thus the foundation of the spiritual universe is stillness; the balanced state of the One magnetic light of God." p. 32

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell:

"Balanced stillness is the Positive Principle of stability and unity. In it there are no negations." p. 16

Compare with THE TIGER'S FANG by Paul Twitchell:

"And this being so, then man should be well aware that balanced static, or balanced stillness, is the positive principle of stability and unity." p. 32

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell:

"The foundation of the physical universe is motion; the ever-changing motion arising out of pairs of unbalanced conditions which must forever move to seek the balanced stillness of unity from which they sprang as multiple pairs of units." p. 17

Compare with THE TIGER'S FANG by Paul Twitchell:

"Therefore, on one hand is the foundation of the physical universe motion; the ever-changing motion arising out of pairs of unbalanced conditions which must forever move to seek the balanced stillness of unity from which they have sprung as a multiple pair of units. There is no negative, or reactive, here." p. 32

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell:

"Unbalanced motion is the Negative Principle of instability, multiplicity and separateness which is the physical universe of
electric octave waves of opposed lights." p. 17

Compare with THE TIGER'S FANG by Paul Twitchell:

"Unbalanced motion is the negative, or reactive, principle of instability, multiplicity, and separateness, which is this physical universe of electric octave waves of opposing lights." p. 33

Well over 50 paragraphs in the 2nd chapter of Paul Twitchell's THE TIGER'S FANG closely match the distinctive philosophy and prose style of Walter Russell:

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell, pg. 7
(also quoted in THE MESSAGE OF THE DIVINE ILIAD, VOL. I, p. 128)

"Man is forever seeking the Light to guide him on that long, tortuous road which leads from his body's jungle to the mountain top of his awakening Soul. Man is forever finding that Light and is being forever transformed as he finds it; and as he finds it, he gradually finds the Self, which is the Light. And as he becomes more and more transformed by the God Light of the awakening Self within him, he leaves the jungle farther behind him in the dark from which he is being released by his gradual transformation from the electric awareness of the Spirit."

Compare to THE TIGER'S FANG, p. 25 (2nd edition)

"Man is forever seeking my light. And when he finds it becomes transformed. And as you find it, you gradually find the Soul of my divine Self, which is the light! As you become more and more transformed by the God-Light of the awakening Soul within you, you leave the jungle of the earth world further below in darkness."

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT, pg. 7

(also quote in THE MESSAGE OF THE DIVINE ILIAD, VOLUME I , p. 128)

"Man cannot bear too much of the Light at a time while his body is still new. It is too near its jungle to bear the Light. All who are well out of the jungle have already found enough of the Light to illumine their way out of the depths. They are forever finding all they can bear. He who is out of the jungle and still seeks the Light in the high heavens is forever finding it, and is forever being transformed as he finds it."

Compare to THE TIGER'S FANG, p. 25-26:

"Man cannot bear much of the light at a time because his physical being is still new and too near the jungle of materiality. All who are well out of that jungle have already found enough of my light to illumine their way from its dark depths."

(also quoted in THE MESSAGE OF THE DIVINE ILIAD VOL. I by Walter Russell, p. 129)

"When all mankind has found the Light, the play will be finished; likewise this planet will be finished as its abode for men. It will then be rolled off into its ever-expanding orbit where Venus is gradually being rolled into place to become the stage for the next repetition of the ascent of man in the solar system."

Compare with THE TIGER'S FANG, p. 26:

"When all mankind has found my light, the play of maya will be finished; also your planet will be finished as a house for mankind. It will then be pushed off its over-expanded path, destroyed by fire so no life force can live upon it in flesh form, and will become a cold orbit to circle in the space of the lower universe. Venus, moving gradually into position, will become the stage for the next repetition of the ascent of man in the solar system."

"Truth is simple. Balance is simple. Rhythmic balanced interchange between all pairs of opposite statements in Natural phenomena, and in human relations, is the consummate art of God's universe of Light.

Compare to THE TIGER'S FANG, p. 24:

"Truth is simple. Balance is simple. Rhythmic balanced interchanges between all poles of opposite statement in God, is the consummate art of God's universe of light."

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT (p.2) by Walter Russell, copyright 1947:

"It is also the Law. In this one fundamental Universal Law lies the balanced continuity of all creative statement in God's electric wave universe of two conditioned lights in seeming motion which record God's One Whole Idea of Creation into countless seemingly separate parts of that Whole Idea."

Compare to THE TIGER'S FANG, p. 24:

"Understand this and you will understand the one fundamental law of my universe which shows you where lies the balanced continuity of all creative statement in my electric-wave universe of two conditiioned lights in seething motion."

"This law records my oneness into an idea of creation which divides into countless seemingly separate parts of that whole which is myself only. The ideal. The idea and God."

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell, p. 8:

"One cannot for one moment remove his seeking eyes from his High-heaven, for ever so slight a glimpse below into the dark brings him back to the fears of the dark, which tempt him to plunge back into them."

Compare with THE TIGER'S FANG, p. 26:

"You cannot for one moment remove your seeking eyes from my heavens, for ever so slight a glimpse below into the dark brings you back into the fear of the dark, which tempts you to plunge into it again."

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell, p. 8:

"Look ye, therefore, forever upward into the High-heavens of inspiration, where glory awaits the fearless, all-knowing seekers of Beauty in the purity of the universal Light."

Compare with p. 26 of THE TIGER'S FANG:

"Look for me, then, forever upward in this high heaven of light, where glory awaits the fearless, the courageous Souls, all-knowing seekers of beauty in the purity of my light."

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT, p. 8:

"To him whose eyes are in the High-heavens, the Light will forever come, and he will be forever transformed as he finds it."

Compare to THE TIGER'S FANG, p. 26:

"If your eyes are in my heavens, the light will shine forever in you, and you will be transformed as you find it ever widening in your vision."

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell:

"Mind thinks what it knows. Mind thinks in two opposed lights simultaneously projected from their centering white Light Source and sequentially repeated in cycles." p. 12

Compare with THE TIGER'S FANG:

"Mind knows and mind thinks what it knows, so therefore mind thinks in opposite directions simultaneously projecting through end opposing end and subsequently repeating in cycles." p. 28-29

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT:

"God's knowing Mind is timeless and still. So also are God's thinking and imagining timeless and still. So, likewise, man's thinking and imagining are as timeless and still as is his knowing." p. 13

Compare with THE TIGER'S FANG:

"My inner mind is always still. This is the form of creation which exists within my worlds. My thinking and imagining are the qualities of the knowledge of this inner mind, which is timeless and stillness. Likewise know that man's mind, with its thinking and imagining, is as timeless and still as mind in myself." p. 29

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT:

"Stillness can never be motion, or become motion, but it can appear to be. Motion merely seems, but stillness always is. The universal equilibrium can never be other than its own balance but it can seem to be." p. 13

Compare with THE TIGER'S FANG:

"Stillness never can be motion or become motion, but it always appears to be motion. Motion merely seems, but stillness always is. The balance in the universal worlds can never be other than their own balance, but always seem to be in motion, or tipping the scales." p. 29

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Russell:

"The illusion which is motion springs from stillness and returns to stillness. This is a universe of rest. There is naught but rest in the universe." p. 13

Compare with THE TIGER'S FANG:

"There is nothing but rest in the whole worlds of my kingdom. Illusion which is motion springs from stillness of mind and returns to stillness; it always does, never fails. Man must watch his mind constantly." p. 29

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Russell:

"Mind knows its One Idea of Creation as One Whole." p. 13

Compare with THE TIGER'S FANG:

"This mind knows but one fact -- that its own idea of creation is the whole." p. 29

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Russell:

"Mind thinks its One Whole idea into seeming parts. Hence the illusion of motion which we call Creation, and the illusion of substance which we call matter." p. 13

Compare with THE TIGER'S FANG:

"This mind knows but one fact -- that its own idea of creation is the whole. But mind thinks this singular whole into seemingly many parts. So the illusion of motion which we call creation, and the illusion of substance which is called matter are opposites." p. 29

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT:

"The CAUSE is real. The EFFECT is but a simulation of the reality." 16

Compare to THE TIGER'S FANG:

"The cause is real. The effect is but a simulation of the reality -- the shadow of the real." 32

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT:

"The Self of man is cause. His self-creating body is effect. God's universe of magnetic Light is static." 16

Compare to THE TIGER'S FANG:

"Soul, the self of man, is cause. His self-creating body is effect. The universe of Light and Sound is static." 32

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell, p. 16:

"God's perpetually creating electric wave universe of two moving lights is dynamic. It forever moves. The two moving lights are projected through each other from the static One to create the illusion of the idea they but manifest. The illusion which manifests the idea of Creation through seeming motion is not the idea which it seemingly manifests."

Compare to THE TIGER'S FANG by Paul Twitchell, p. 32:

"My perpetually creating electric-wave world of two moving lights is dynamic. It moves forever. The two moving lights are projected through one another from the static One, to create the illusion of the idea that they must manifest. The illusion which manifests the idea of creation through seeming motion is not the idea which it seemingly manifests."

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell, p. 16:

"Creation is the product of Mind-knowing expressed in form by Mind-Thinking."

"The product of Mind is not the idea which it simulates. No idea of Mind is ever created. It is but simulated by form and motion. Idea is eternal and belongs to God's still universe of knowing."

Compare to THE TIGER'S FANG by Paul Twitchell, p. 32:

"Creation is the product of mind-knowing expressed in form by mind-thinking. The product of mind is not the idea which is simulated -- no idea of mind created it -- but it is simulated by form and motion. The idea is eternal and belongs to my static universe of knowing."

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell:

"Form of idea in matter is transient but is eternally repeated as transient form of idea." p. 16

"The foundation of the spiritual universe is stillness; the balanced stillness of the One magnetic Light of God." p. 16

"Balanced stillness is the Positive Principle of stability and unity. In it there are no negations." p. 16

Compare with THE TIGER'S FANG by Paul Twitchell:

"The form of an idea is transient but is eternally repeated as transient forms of the idea. Thus the foundation of the spiritual universe is stillness; the balanced state of the One magnetic light of God. And this being so, then man should be well aware that balanced static, or balanced stillness, is the positive principle of stability and unity." p. 32

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell:

"The foundation of the physical universe is motion; the ever-changing motion arising out of pairs of unbalanced conditions which must forever move to seek the balanced stillness of unity from which they sprang as multiple pairs of units." p. 17

Compare with THE TIGER'S FANG by Paul Twitchell:

"Therefore, on one hand is the foundation of the physical universe motion; the ever-changing motion arising out of pairs of unbalanced conditions which must forever move to seek the balanced stillness of unity from which they have sprung as a multiple pair of units. There is no negative, or reactive, here." p. 32

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell:

"Unbalanced motion is the Negative Principle of instability, multiplicity and separateness which is the physical universe of electric octave waves of opposed lights." p. 17

Compare with THE TIGER'S FANG by Paul Twitchell:

"Unbalanced motion is the negative, or reactive, principle of instability, multiplicity, and separateness, which is this physical universe of electric octave waves of opposing lights." p. 33

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell:

"In the Negative Principle there is no positive. It is composed entirely of pairs of negations which are forever voiding each other, cancelling each other's action and reaction, thus negating each other by never allowing either one to exceed its fixed zero of universal stillness." p. 17

Compare to THE TIGER'S FANG by Paul Twitchell:

"There is no positive in the negative principle. It is composed entirely of pairs of negatives which are forever voiding each other, canceling each other's actions and reactions, thus negating each other by never allowing either to exceed its fixed zero of universal
stillness." p. 33

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell:

"The still magnetic Light universe of God's knowing is an invisible, unchanging, unconditioned and unmeasurable quality from which visible, changing, conditioned and measurable quantities spring to simulate those qualities through two-way wave motion." p. 17

Compare to THE TIGER'S FANG by Paul Twitchell:

"The center of my heart, in which dwells the universal still light of divine wisdom, is the invisible, unconditioned, and unmeasurable quality from which visible, changing, conditioned, and measurable quantities spring to simulate those qualities through two-way wave motion." p. 33

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell:

"There is no one word in any language to express that quality so we must use many words, all having the same meaning but different
connotations." p. 17

"These words are mind, consciousness, love, life, truth, desire, knowledge, power, balance and law." p. 18

Compare to THE TIGER'S FANG by Paul Twitchell:

"The words you can use for the description of those qualities are love, life, truth, desire, knowledge, power, balance, and law. They are the nearest of any description of the true qualities of my heart." p. 33

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell:

"The God-quality of the One Light is seemingly transformed into quantities by being divided into pairs of oppositely-conditioned light pressures of this electric universe. These divided pairs are then multiplied into countless octave wave-units of light pressures and set in opposite directioned motion to create the illusion of sequence, change, dimension, condition and time in a universe where none of these effects of motion exist." p. 18

Compare to THE TIGER'S FANG by Paul Twitchell:

"The true quality of my light is seemingly transformed into quantities by being divided into pairs of oppositely conditioned light pressures of this electric universal world of mine. Those divided pairs are then multiplied into countless octave wave units of light pressures and set in motion in opposite directions, to create the illusion of sequence, change, dimension, conditions, and time in a universe where none of these effects of motion exist." p. 33

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell:

"The calm sea, for example, is an unchanging, unmeasurable quality of oneness, of sameness and stillness. Upon its calm surface there is no change, nothing to count or to measure." p.18

Compare to THE TIGER'S FANG:

"For example, the sea is an unchanging, unmeasurable quality of oneness, of sameness and stillness. There is no changing it when calm--nothing to count or measure." p.33

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell:

"The moment that quantities of waves spring from that quality of calm, those quantities can be measured. Likewise, they are forever changing. Nor are there two points in them which are similarly conditioned." p.18

"This creating electric universe is composed of moving light waves which sprang from a calm sea of the One still Light." p.18

Compare to THE TIGER'S FANG:

"The moment that quantities of waves spring from that quality of calm, those quantities of waves can be counted or measured. Now there are two points in them which are similarly conditioned. So this creating electric universe is likewise composed of moving light waves which spring from the calm sea of my heart, the still One light." p.33

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell:

"The Creator is One Mind indivisible. Creation is One Whole Idea of Mind divided into countless simulated ideas of mind, through motion. The simulation of Idea thus expressed is not the idea that it expresses." p.19

Compare to THE TIGER'S FANG:

"I, the creator, am of one mind. All creation is one whole idea of mind divided into countless ideas of mind, divided into countless simulated ideas of mind through motion. The simulation of an idea expressed is not the idea it expresses." p.34

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell:

"Parts of the One Whole Idea are only seeming. There are no two separate or separable things in the universe. There is but One Whole Simulation of the One Whole Idea." p.19

Compare to THE TIGER'S FANG by Paul Twitchell:

"Parts of the one whole idea only seem to be. There are no two separate parts, or separable things, in the universe. There is but one whole simulation of the one whole self, that is myself--the idea." p.34

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell:

"Every part of the universe moves in interdependent unison as the wheels of a watch move in unison. The watch wheels are geared together mechanically. The rhythmic wave universe is geared together electrically. p. 19

Compare to THE TIGER'S FANG by Paul Twitchell:

"Every part of my worlds moves in interdependent unison, as the wheels of a watch move in unison. The wheels are geared mechanically together, and thus the rhythmic waves of this world and all worlds below are geared together electrically." p. 34

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell:

"The entire universe is one and must be kept in balance as one." p. 19

Compare to THE TIGER'S FANG by Paul Twitchell:

"The whole is myself, and I must keep my body balanced as one." p. 34

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell:

"Changes of condition in any one part are simultaneously reflected in every other part, and are sequentially repeated in it." p. 19

Compare to THE TIGER'S FANG by Paul Twitchell:

"Changes of conditions in any one part are simultaneously reflected in every other part, and are sequentially repeated in it, in cycles of waves flowing from my heart to all my universes, galaxies, and worlds." p. 34

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT:

"We seemingly live in two universes: the still cosmic Mind universe of KNOWING and the moving thought-of-Mind rhythmic wave universe of SENSING." p. 14

Compare to THE TIGER'S FANG:

"Man lives in two universes instead of one: the magnetic mind universe of knowing and the moving thought of mind-rhythmic-wave universe of sensing." p. 31

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell:

"We cannot sense the cosmic universe of God's knowing nor can we know the thought-wave universe of God's thinking. The cosmic Mind universe of the One Light of all-knowing is all that is. The vibrating thought-wave universe of sensing merely seems." p. 14

Compare to THE TIGER'S FANG:

"You cannot sense the magnetic universe of God's knowing nor can you know the electric-wave universe of my thinking. The true mind-universe of the one light of all-knowing is all that is. The vibrating electric-wave universe of sensing merely seems to be, it is illusion." p. 31

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell:

"The one still Light of God is the cosmic Light which watches over all creating things at countless points locatable by man, but invisible to man." p. 14

Compare to THE TIGER'S FANG:

"The one, still light which you contact in meditation is the Light of God, the Master Power, the Christ Consciousness or whatever you desire to call It, that which watches over all, creating things at countless points locatable by man, but nevertheless invisible to him." p. 31

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell:

"Man must know that his power lies in the stillness of his centering Self and not in the motion by means of which he manifests that stillness. He must know that his Self is God in him. Also he must know gradually the dawning awareness of the cosmic Light of God in him, for with it comes an awareness of his purposefulness in manifesting the Light and the power to manifest it." p. 15

Compare to THE TIGER'S FANG:

"You must realize that the power lies within the stillness of Soul and not in the motion by means of which you manifest that stillness. You must know that Soul is God, or myself, within you. Also you must know that gradually the dawning awareness of this light of mine is you, for it comes as the awareness of your purpose in both manifesting the light and the power to manifest it at will." p. 31

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell:

"Man must now know the universe of God for what it is instead of what his senses have made him believe it to be." p. 15

Compare to THE TIGER'S FANG:

"Man must come to know the universe of my body for what it is instead of what his senses have made him believe." p. 31

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell:

"Also, he must know that this forever creating universe which seems so real to him is but a cosmic cinema, conceived by the Master Playwright. It is but an electrically projected, spectrum-colored light and sound-wave motion picture play of CAUSE AND EFFECT thrown on the black screen of imaged space and time." p. 15

Compare to THE TIGER'S FANG:

"Man must know that this forever-creating universe of mind and matter which seems so real to him is but a cosmic motion picture, conceived by myself. It is but an electrical picture play of cause and effect, thrown on the black screen of imaged space and time." p. 32

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell:

"What he mistakes for thinking is but an electric awareness of things sensed and recorded within the cells of his brain for repetitive usage through what is termed 'memories.'" p. 3

Compare to THE TIGER'S FANG:

"What man mistakes for thinking is but an electric awareness of things sensed and recorded within the brain cells for repetitive usage through memories." p. 25

From THE SECRET OF LIGHT by Walter Russell:

"Memories have no more relation to knowledge of Universal Mind which is in man than Victrola records are related to the source of their recordings." p.3 (end)

"What he thinks of as his living body is but an electrically motivated machine which simulates life through motion extended to it from its centering Self-Soul which alone lives and wills the body to move."
p. 4 (top)

Compare to THE TIGER'S FANG:

"Memories have no relation to knowledge of the Universal Mind which is in man; these memories, of course, are no more than an electrical machine. What man thinks of as a living body is but an electrically motivated machine, which simulates life through motion extended to it from its center, Soul, which alone lives and wills the body into movement from my commands." p. 25

From THE MESSAGE OF THE DIVINE ILIAD VOLUME I by Walter Russell:

"To think is to create. I create with Light. Nothing is which is not Light." p. 14

Compare with THE TIGER'S FANG:

"To think is to create--this is why this is the highest plane--and to create one must do so with light. There is nothing which is not Light and Sound." p. 27