Life and Teaching of the Masters of the Far East ( 5 Volumes ).
Santa Monica, CA: DeVorss & Co., Various [ 1948 - 1972 ]. Mixed. Hardcovers. Small octavos. Five volume set. Vol.1: 158pp.; Vol. 2: 168pp.; Vol. 3: 190pp.; Vol. 4: b&w frontis, 206pp.; Vol. 5: 182pp. Original matching brown cloth gilt-lettered on front boards. The author, Baird Thomas Spalding (1872–1953), was by his own account one of a research party that visited the Far East in 1894, staying for some three-and-a-half years, during which they "contacted the Great Masters of the Himalayas, who aided us in the translation of the records ... [and] permitted us to enter into their lives intimately ...we were thus able to see the working of the great Law as demonstrated by them." Bairds notes of these experiences, and the teachings that he received, form the contents of these volumes. Contents include: Volume 1: Introduction of the Master Emil. Visit to the "Temple of Silence". Astral Projection. Walking on Water. Visit to the Healing Temple. Emil Talks about America. The Snowmen of the Himalayas. New Light on the Teachings of Jesus. Volume 2: Visit to the Temple of the Great Tau Cross. Visit with the Master Jesus. Jesus discussed the nature of hell; the nature of God. The Mystery of thought vibrations. Jesus feeds the multitude. An account of a healing experience. Volume 3: One of the masters speaks of the Christ consciousness. The nature of cosmic energy. The creation of the planets and the worlds. The trip to Lhasa. Visit at the Temple Pora-tat-sanga. Explaining the mystery of levitation. A doubltless convinced of the existence of Jesus. Volume 4: "The India Tour Lessons." Chapters: The White Brotherhood, The One Mind Basis of coming social reorganization Prana. Each chapter has text for study as well as guides to teachers for developing and interpreting the material. Volume 5: Lectures and articles by Spalding; also a brief biographical sketch. Contents: Camera of past events. Is there a God? The divine pattern. The reality. Mastery over death. The law of supply. The gilt on the first three volumes is duller than that on the last two (they were printed at different times, and there was a variance in that used. Light rubbing and marks to covers, spine ends and corners lightly bruised and chafed, page edges darkened and lightly foxed, pages toned but internally clean, name and ink stamp on first blank of Vols I, II and III. Overall a tight, unmarked VG+ set. Item #62937
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