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Mysteries of Genesis, by Charles Fillmore, [1936], at sacred-texts.com



p. I

Abel (mind), 60-62, 65, 70

Abel-mizraim (meadow), 273, 374

Abida, 203

Abimael, 107

Abimelech (will), 172-174, 180, 181, 213, 216

Abraham, 11, 113, 120, 122, 128, 130, 136, 138, 143, 144, 155, 156, 160, 164, 167, 189, 191, 200, 211; as demonstrator of Christ in man, 116; call of, first step in redemption of Adam race, 115, 116; (faith), 116-119, 123, 124, 127, 134, 135, 140-144, 148, 151-152, 157-159, 161, 162, 165, 168, 169, 171-187, 192-195, 199, 201, 202, 204, 214, 216; (spiritual ego), 137

Abram ("exalted father"), 118, 122 (see Abraham)

Accad (city), 98

acquisitiveness, represented by Judas, 237

Adah (daughter of Elon), 277

Adah (wife of Lamech), 63, 64

Adam, 28, 33, 34, 41, 70; and Eve, 42, 55, 56, 65; as co-creator with Jehovah God, 30; as generic man, 67, 68; as personal man, 3, 4, 12, 78; (life), 52

Adam man, awakening of, 41

Adbeel, 206

Admah (city of the Plain), 102, 130

Adullam (city), 302, 303

adultery, spiritual, 220

Adversary (personal ego), 109

affirmation, 158, 360; for body regeneration, 122; value of, 77, 78, 320

Aharah (or Ehi), 350

Ahuzzath, 216

Ai (place), 120, 123

Aiah, 286

Akan, 287

allegory, definition of, 231

Allon-bacuth (burial place), 271, 272

Almodad, 105

Alvah, 291

p. II

Alvan, 285

Amalek, 280

ambition, 98

Ammonites, 170

Amorites, 101, 135, 364

Anah, 284, 286

Anamim, 99, 100

Andrew (strength), 238

Aner, 135

angels (spiritual thoughts), 165-167, 228, 255

Aram, 103, 104

Aran, 288

Ararat (mountain), 81, 82

Ard, 350

Areli, 347

Arioch, King of Ellasar, 129

ark, as saving state of consciousness, 77, 78

Arkite, 101

Arodi, 347

Arpachshad, 103

Arvadite, 101, 102

ascension, 71

Asenath, 319, 348

Ashbel, 349

Asher (understanding), 239, 240, 276, 347, 369

Ashkenaz, 94

Ashteroth-karnaim (city), 131, 132

Asshur, 103

Asshurim, 202, 203

Assyria, 37, 38, 98

astrology, 103

Atad (threshing floor), 373

attention, 116, 117 (see "I")

awakening, spiritual, 41

Baal, 349

Baalhanan, 290

Babel (city and tower), 98; exemplifies ephemeral character of man's work, 108-111

p. III

Basemath, 217, 218, 277

beauty, soul's delight in, 200, 208, 271

Becher, 349

Beeri, 217, 218

Beer-lahai-roi, 149, 200, 205

Beer-sheba (place), 179-181, 185, 217, 341

Being, spiritual man and law of, 117; wisdom and love as expressive and receptive side of, 27

Bela (King of Edom), 289

Bela (son of Benjamin), 349

Bela (or Zoar) (city of the Plain), 126, 131

Ben-ammi, 170

Benjamin, 335-337, 340; (faith), 236, 273, 275, 327, 328, 331-334, 349, 350, 370

Bera, King of Sodom (sense man, physical ego), 130, 136, 137

Bered (place), 149

Beriah, 347

Beth-el (house of God), city, 120, 123, 229, 248, 270, 271, 359, 360

Bethlehem (or Ephrath), 273

Bethuel, 186, 199, 208, 226

Bible, an allegory, 231; as guide to spiritual unfoldment, 10, 11; as history of man, 4, 5, 10, 159

Bilhah, 235, 237, 238, 240, 274, 275, 294

Bilhan, 287

Birsha, King of Gomorrah, 130

birth, new, 174, 175, 177

blessing, significance of Jacob's, 362-365; value of, 223, 229, 258, 259

blood, importance of living element in, 85; stream, 37, 38

body, and soul, 60, 61, 257, 258; bringing forth ideal, 33, 34; co-operation between mind and, 263; danger from intellect's neglect of, 259; elemental life forces of, 47, 48; importance of attitude toward, 260; innately spiritual, 292; obedience of, to conscious or subconscious mind, 262; psychical and spiritual attributes of human, 38; saving, 179; treasures of Spirit locked up in man's, 36, 37; vs. mind, 224, 225 (see Spirit)

p. IV

breath, 34, 37

Buz, 185

Byron, Lord George Gordon (quoted), 85

Cain (body), 60-65, 70

Calah (city), 99

Calneh (city), 98

Canaan (son of Ham), 84, 85, 89, 90, 96, 266, 284

Canaan, land of, 103, 144, 146, 152, 153, 248, 264, 265, 269, 273, 276, 277, 324, 325, 339, 341, 342, 353, 354, 374, 376

Canaanites, 269, 306, 373

Caphtorim, 100

Carmi, 344

Casluhim, 100

cause and effect, 351

Chaldea, and history of creation, 3

character, instability vs. stability of, 306

chastity, 269

Chedorlaomer, King of Elam, 129, 133, 134

chemicalization, 71

Cheran, 286, 287

Chesed, 186

Chezib (town), 303, 304

Children of Israel, 145, 178, 374

"chosen people," 151

Christ, 12, 26, 33; as subconscious inspiration, 77; indwelling (Saviour), 82; Jesus' demonstration of, 140; joy and freedom of, 325, 326; man's desire to bring forth, 116, 141, 144; man's true inner self, 207, 208; state of consciousness in man as true body of, 30

Christ man, 25, 26; and seven creative centers in man, 217; Jehovah God co-operating with Elohim God to develop, 34

Christ Mind, 57, 58, 123, 127, 308 (see Jehovah God)

Christlikeness, man's growth in, 65

circumcision, 153, 154, 156

civilization, breakdown of man-made, 109, 110

coat of many colors, 293-295

p. V

communion, 253

conscious mind, 40, 51, 52, 121, 122; and fear, 259; and subconscious mind, 189-192, 204, 308; faith in relation to, 17, 116

consciousness, 107, 108, 128, 155, 156; Adamic, 68, 82; and soul, 157, 158, 165; body, 209, 210, 217, 218, 233, 276-279; Christ, 24, 136, 149; emotional states of, 219, 220; faith, 175; fears in, 132; forming ideas into states of, 116, 117; giving up "mind of the flesh" in, 256; high state of, 82, 83, 167, 195, 248; ideas and thought forms as God's two planes of, 26, 27; in a "new country" a new, 115, 127; intuitive judgment in, 360; man a manifestation of various states of, 293; sense, 24, 25, 45, 46, 49, 54, 63, 71, 97, 113, 124, 125, 131-133, 161, 162, 213, 258, 299, 339, 353; sense vs. spiritual, 88, 89, 115, 211; Spirit in man's, 36, 173; spiritual, 55, 69, 101, 204, 215, 227, 228, 233; three planes of, 84, 85; transmutation of body, 173, 174 (see Malchizedek)

courage, vs. fear, 257, 258

covenant, 85, 86, 123, 124, 155, 211

creation, and time, 44, 45; as evolution of ideas in mind, 45; God as inseparable part of, 13; spiritual, as ideation in Truth, 32, 33; stories of, found in legends of Egypt and Chaldea, 3

Crucifixion, 71

cup, Joseph's, 335

Cush (son of Ham), 95-97

Cush, land of, 37

Damascus, 135, 136

Dan (judgment), 135, 238, 275, 351, 368

Daniel, 188

David, 41, 220, 221

death, 130, 154, 206; as result of separation from God, 39; belief in, 106; good experiences preserved in subconscious after, 358, 360

Deborah, 271

Dedan (son of Jokshan), 202, 203

p. VI

Dedan (son of Raamah), 97

demonstration, 143, 144; affirmation and, 199; and obedience to God's guidance, 87; spiritual, 148, 149, (see God)

denial, 78, 158, 320, 360

Diklah, 106

Dinah, 242, 266, 269, 346, 365, 366

Dinhabah, 289

Dishan, 284, 288

Dishon, 284, 286

Divine Mind, 22, 23, 177, 178, 349; all is good to, 19, 28; and ideas, 11, 17-19, 38, 39, 57, 85, 86; co-operating with, 20, 21, 28; lifting man's consciousness to allness of, 209, 210; man as offspring (idea) of, 12, 13; order in, 241; soul's evolution under guidance of, 218; two phases of mental activity in, 27

divine sonship, represented by Isaac, 141, 144, 148, 149, 204, 205, 214, 216

Dodanim, 95

dominion, 185, 274

dreams, 139, 144, 145, 173, 219, 220, 227, 228, 247, 313, 314; imagination and, 295; interpreting, 293-295, 317

duality, consciousness of, 321, 322

Dumah, 206

Ebal, 285

Eber, 103, 105

Eden (see Garden of Eden)

Eder (tower), 274

Edom (Esau), 210, 211, 279, 290, 292 (see Esau)

Edom, land of, 257, 289

Edomites, 283

egotism, 120, 144, 170

Egypt, 144, 152, 295, 301, 320, 352, 370, 373, 374; and history of creation, 3; as the subconscious realm, 145, 321, 335; plagues of, 122, 172, (seat of the vital processes; sense--body--consciousness), 120-124, 134, 299, 307, 308, 323-325, 327-330, 332, 339-342, 354, 355, 375; (substance), 329, 352

p. VII

Ehi (or Aharah), 350

Elah, 292

Elam, 103

Elam (country), 129

El-beth-el (holy place), 271

Eldaah, 203

El-Elohe-Israel, 265

Eliezer (of Damascus), 144

elimination, represented by Naphtali, 275

Eliphaz, 277, 279, 280

Elishah, 95

Elohim, Elohim God, 192, 193; as creator (or ideator), 15, 78; as creator (ideator) and Jehovah God as executor (former), 28, 29, 32-34

Elon (son of Zebulun), 346

Elon (the Hittite), 217, 218

El-paran (region), 132, 133

El Shaddai ("Almighty"), the nourisher, 150

Emim (race of giants), 132

Enaim (or Enam) (city), 306

En-mishpat (or Kadesh) (place), 133

Enoch (son of Cain), 62

Enoch (son of Jared), 67, 69

Enosh, 65, 66, 68

Ephah, 203

Epher, 203

Ephraim (will), 319, 320, 348, 359, 360, 362, 363, 376

Ephrath (or Bethlehem), 273, 360, 361

Ephron, 191-193, 204

Er, 303, 345

Erech (city), 98

Eri, 347

error, brings its own destruction, 217; faithfulness to high ideas defeats, 299, 300

Esau (body consciousness), 209-212, 217, 218, 220, 221, 223, 227, 232, 252, 254, 257-259, 261-263, 276-279, 283, 292

Esek (well), 215

Eshban, 286, 287

p. VIII

Eshcol, 135

ether, 34, 35, 368

Euphrates (river), 38, 146

Eve, as soul of man and mother principle of God, 55, 56 (see Adam)

evil, 35, 36, 39, 43, 45, 46, 48, 57, 68, 123, 129, 265; fear of, 350; sublimation of, 291

evolution, 25, 26, 323; man's 171, 223, 224; mind, ideas and, 13, 14; soul, 140, 218, 299, 301, 320

experience, good out of bitter, 183

Ezbon, 347

Ezer, 284, 287

faculties, development of spiritual, 177, 178, 254, 323, 354; evolved on three planes, 238, 239; (ideas), represented by sons of Jacob: 323-352, and by apostles of Jesus: 11, 12, 232, 243; interrelation of spiritual, 325, 341, 342, 355

faith, 73, 74, 148, 181; has stages of growth, 140; in spiritual reality, 125, 126; negative, 119, 134, 165, 167; Paul on, 116; productive results of active, 142, 143; represented by Abraham, 116-119, 123, 124, 127, 134, 135, 140-144, 148, 151, 152, 157-159, 161, 162, 165, 168, 169, 171-187, 192-195, 199, 201, 202, 204, 214, 216; represented by Benjamin, 236, 275, 327, 328, 331-334, 349, 350, 370; strengthened with each trial, 177, 178

faithfulness, rewards of, 311

Father-Mind, 292

fear, 101, 132, 148, 257-259, 281; vs. love, 281

Fenton, Ferrar, 3, 15, 21, 109

flesh, animal tendencies (soul) acquired by eating animal, 85 "Flood," 72, 74-84, 87, 90

food, 85

forgiveness, true repentance followed by, 337

friendship, 113, 127

front brain, as seat of conscious thought, 127

fulfillment, 143, 144

p. IX

Gad (power), 239, 275, 276, 346, 351, 368

Gaham, 187

Galeed (cairn), 252 (see Jegar)--sahadutha

ganglionic centers, 321

Garden of Eden, as allegory, 25, 45; as divine consciousness, 57, 58; as etheric universe (cosmic ether), 34, 35, 38; in man, 34, 35, 38, 39

Gatam, 279

Gaza (Philistine city), 102

generation, 177, 178, 183; vs. regeneration, 306

Genesis, six days of creation and day of "rest" in, interpreted, 11, 14-28, 31; spiritual man as theme of, 323

Gera, 349

Gerar (Philistine town), 102, 171, 213

Gershon, 344, 345

Gether, 104

Gihon (river), 37

Gilead (mountain), 248, 298

Girgashite, 101

God, as guiding light, 149; as intelligence, understanding, 131, 203, 206, 207; as mind, 3, 4, 13, 14, 18, 25; as partner in financial affairs, 229, 230; as saving power in man, 95; as source of all, 138, 229, 230; as Spirit, 290; body (man) as house (temple) of, 228-230, 260, 262, 271; character of, 13; indwelling power of, 264; joy in serving, 175; man as the image and likeness of, 12, 24-26, 30, 33, 65, 75, 76, 347; man "refracts," 87; presence of, 86, 260; thoughts from, 107; wisdom and love as father and mother (male and female) qualities of, 27 (see demonstration; man)

God-Mind, 29, 30

Goiim (nations), 130

Goliath, 220-221

Gomer, 92-94

Gomorrah (city of the Plain), 102, 115, 130, 161-163, 168, 177, 178

good, vs. evil, 35, 36, 39, 43, 45, 46, 48, 57, 68, 123, 129, 137, 138, 264, 265, 306, 348, 368

Goshen, land of, 339, 341, 342, 352, 358, 362

p. X

grace (mercy), 290

grain, 324, 325

growth, spiritual, 169, 179, 183

Guni, 351

habit, necessity of struggle in overcoming, 258

Hadad (son of Bedad), 289

Hadad (son of Ishmael), 206

Hadar, 290

Hadoram, 106

Hagar, 148, 149, 174, 175, 177-179

Haggi, 347

Ham, 70, 84, 85, 89, 90, 92, 95, 97

Ham (district), 132

Hamathite, 102

Hamor, 265, 266, 269

Hamul, 345

Hanoch (son of Midian), 203

Hanoch (son of Reuben), 343

happiness, serving God in spirit of, 175

Haran, 113

Haran, land of, 194, 195, 225, 227, 228, 233, 242, 247, 248, 254

Havilah (son of Cush), 96

Havilah, land of, 36, 37

Hazarmaveth, 106

Hazazon-tamar (place), 133

Hazo, 186

head, top of, and faculty of praise, 305, 306

hearing (receptivity), represented by Simeon, 236, 275, 365, 366

Heber, 348

Hebron (or Kiriath-arba), city, 127, 189, 190, 192, 276, 297

Heman, 285

Hemdan, 286

Heth (son of Canaan), 100

Heth, children of, 189, 191, 204

Hezron (son of Perez), 343, 344

Hezron (son of Reuben), 343, 344

p. XI

Hiddekel (river), 37

Hirah, the Adullamite, 302, 303

Hittites, 146, 374

Hivites, 101, 266, 277, 284

Hobah (place), 135, 136

Holy Spirit, 37; as teacher, 139; man as temple of, 178

Hori, 284, 285

Horites, 132, 283-285, 287

Hul, 104

Hupham (or Huppim), 350

Husham, 289

Hushim, 351

"I," as spiritual man (attention), 116, 117, 264

I AM, 12, 19, 26-30, 32-34, 40, 90, 126, 155, 158, 262, 299, 300, 347; and body consciousness, 323; as provider, 184; divine will in man expressed as, 20; represented by Jacob, 211, 212, 297, 323, 327, 331, 332, 337, 341, 342, 352, 359-364; soul and, 226, 227; symbolized by Adam and Eve, 55, 56; withdrawal of, 372, 373

ideas, all things exist as, 32, 33; as directing and controlling power, 21; bring forth after their kind, 19, 24; Divine Mind deals only with, 17, 18; Genesis as allegory reduced to, 9, 10; involution of spiritual, 335; man's sin as misappropriation of, 51; man's tendency to cling to old, 373, 374 (see faculties)

ills, bodily, 122, 172

imagination, 73, 74, 94, 244-247; and Progress, 301; and sense consciousness, 310, 311; as "increasing" and molding faculty, 293, 320, 321, 355; boasting, 297; constructive vs. destructive use of, 299, 300; I AM and, 299, 300; represented by Joseph, 242, 243, 275, 293-301, 307-322, 324-337, 340-342, 352, 355-360, 363, 364, 370, 372-375; rising above limitation through, 295; uncontrolled vs. controlled, 295, 296

immortality, 263, 264 (see life, eternal)

Imnah, 347, 348

Ingersoll, Robert Green ("Some Mistakes of Moses"), 22

inspiration, spiritual, 34, 37, 76, 77, 139, 223, 241

p. XII

instinct, 271

intellect, 93, 103, 105, 106, 131, 202, 203, 206, 207, 210-212, 218-221, 223, 232-233, 244-247, 258, 259, 261, 262, 265, 267, 269, 273, 294, 300, 301, 358, 372, 373

intelligence, 45, 46, 114, 115, 131, 206, 207

intuition, 266, 269

involution, precedes evolution, 14, 25, 26, 323

Irad, 62

Isaac (divine sonship; joy), 141, 144, 148, 149, 151, 152, 155, 160, 174, 175, 177, 178, 189, 194, 195, 199, 200, 201, 204, 205, 208, 209, 211, 213-216, 218, 223, 224, 276, 323; (divine sonship) as connecting link between Abraham (faith) and Israel (manifestation), 214; giving up pleasures of sense symbolized by Abraham's sacrifices of, 183, 184

Iscah, 114

Ishbak, 201, 202

Ishmael, 149, 155, 177-179, 205, 207, 208, 226, 227

Ishmaelites, 226, 227, 298, 299

Ishvah, 347, 348

Israel(Jacob), 151, 259, 261, 262, 265, 274, 362

Israel, nation of, 123, 124, 352

Israelites, 170, 202, 217, 249, 284, 287, 299, 325, 326, 352, 354

Issachar (zeal), 240, 241, 275, 346, 367

Ithran, 286, 287

Jabal, 63, 64

Jabbok (river), 261

Jachin, 344

Jacob, 189, 226-229, 248, 252, 253, 260, 270, 271, 275, 276, 353, 355, 371; as representative of I AM, 237, 238, 297, 323-327, 330-332, 337, 339, 341, 342, 352, 359-363; (intellect), 209-212, 218-221, 223, 225, 230, 232, 233, 244-247, 254-259, 261, 262, 264, 265, 267, 269, 272, 278, 279, 294, 300, 301, 358, 372-374; (supplanter), 211, 231; twelve sons of, as twelve faculties of man, 231-243, 354, 364-370; "wrestling" of, with angel symbolic of soul's struggle, 258 (see Israel)

p. XIII

Jah, 347

Jahleel, 346

Jahzeel, 351

Jalam, 277, 278

James, 16

James (son of Alphaeus) (order), 241, 242

Jamin, 344

Japheth, 70, 84, 85, 89, 90, 92

Jared, 69

Javan, 93, 95

Jazer, 351

Jebusite, 101

Jegar-sahadutha (or Galeed or Mispah), cairn, 252

Jehovah, Jehovah God, 41, 49, 50, 54, 56, 62, 148, 155, 160-162, 167, 228; ark of, 77; as active representative of Divine Mind, 38, 39; as I AM (Christ Mind, spiritual man), 3, 4, 12, 28-30, 32-34; as law, 60, 61, 310, 311; as the image-and-likeness man, 78; as universal Mind (oversoul of the race), 58, 59; calling on the name of, 65, 66; conscience as voice of, 51, 52; promises of, 151-153; triune aspect of, 157-159, 165

Jehovah-jireh, 184

Jemuel, 344

Jerah, 106

Jeremiah, 170, 221

Jesus, and regeneration, 35, 48, 49, 71, 154; and the Father (inner spiritual entity), 4; and the seamless garment of Truth, 294, 295; and universal substance, 369; as direct descendant of Judah, 366, 367; as restorer of life current between God and man, 39; as the Word demonstrated (perfect man), 44; communing with, 139; inward happiness of, 184; on consciousness and faith, 115; on man's struggle, 36, 37; overcoming of, 258

Jesus Christ (see Christ; Jesus)

Jetheth, 291

Jetur, 207

Jeush, 277, 278

Jidlaph, 186

p. XIV

Job, 37, 362

Jobab (son of Joktan) 107

Jobab (son of Zerah of Bozrah), 289

John, 16; (Spirit), 236, 237

Jokshan, 202

Joktan, 105, 108

Jordan, plain (valley) of, 124, 126

Jordan (river), 126, 255, 274

Joseph, 11, 261, 262, 338, 339, 362, 371, 376; and his brethren, representing twelve faculties of mind, 323-352, 354; (dreams), 293, 294; (imagination), 242, 243, 275, 293-301, 307-322, 324-337, 340-342, 352, 355-360, 363, 364, 370, 372-375; (Truth idea), 339, 353

Joshua, Book of, 376

joy, 175-179, 183, 201, 208, 209, 213, 216

Jubal, 64

Judah, 302, 303, 306, 338, 339; (Jewish nation), 366, 367; (praise, prayer), 237, 275, 300, 305, 331, 332, 337, 343, 344, 352, 366, 367

Judas (acquisitiveness), 237; (life center), 305, 306

Judgment (discrimination), 23, 146, 185, 199, 299; represented by Dan, 135, 238, 275, 351, 368; (vengeance), 266, 269

Judith, 217, 218

Kadesh (or En-mishpat) (place), 133, 171

Kadmonites, 146

Kain (city), 145, 146

Kedar, 205

Kedemah, 207, 208

Kemuel, 186

Kenan, 68, 69

Kenaz, 279, 280, 292

Kenites, 145, 146

Kenizzites, 146

Keturah, 201, 202

kingdom of the heavens, attaining, 139, 140; imagination and, 295

p. XV

Kiriath-arba (or Hebron) (city), 127, 189, 190, 192, 276

Kittim, 95

Kohath, 345

Korah, 277, 278

Laban, 199, 208, 225, 226, 233, 242-245, 247, 252, 253

Lamech (son of Methuselah), 69, 74, 75

Lamech (son of Methushael), 63

Lasha (city of the Plain), 102

law, obedience to divine law, 184; transgression of divine, 46, 47, 65, 76, 77, 138, 325, 326

Leah, 189, 233-237, 239-242, 244-245, 261, 262, 274, 300

Lehabim, 99

Letushim, 202, 203

Leummim, 202, 203

Levi (love, union), 236, 237, 269, 275, 344, 345, 365, 366

life, 45, 46; and substance, 352; as omnipresent and eternal, 205; compared to battle, 265; eternal, 60, 61, 149, 263, 264; love and wisdom in relation to, 24, 25; mental and physical phases of, 209; represented by Judas, 305, 306; sense vs. divine ideas of, 24, 25; struggle of elemental, 36, 37, 56, 96

life forces, and faith, 181, 182; error tendencies within subjective, 284

Logos (God as creative power), 16, 17

Lord, Lord God, 12, 26; (law), 364; (perfect-man pattern), 4, 5

Lot, 119, 122-126, 134, 135, 152, 164-170

Lotan, 283, 284

love, 46, 63, 226, 277, 344, 345; and faith, 126; and wisdom, 25, 27, 32, 33, 41, 42; as unifying principle in consciousness, 236, 237; physical (animal), 97, 202, 365, 366; represented by woman, 41, 42, 49-53; transforming power of, 264, 265; unselfish, 234, 235; vs. fear, 257, 258

Lud, 103

Ludim, 99

Luz (or Bethel), city, 271, 359, 360

p. XVI

Maacah, 187

Machir, 376

Machpelah, cave of (burial place), 189-193, 204, 358, 374

Madai, 93

Magdiel, 292

Magog, 93

Mahalalel, 68, 69

Mahalath, 226, 227

Mahanaim (city), 255

Malachi, 221

Malchiel, 348

Mamre, 127, 135, 157, 192, 204, 276, 374

man, as epitome of Being, 75, 76; as free agent, 76, 77; as offspring of God, 103; as spirit, soul, and body, 99, 231, 307; as spiritual, 62, 63, 68, 263, 264, 271; as the image and likeness (son of God), 12, 24-26, 30, 33, 65, 75, 76, 231, 232, 347; as threefold being, 10-12; desire vs. rational thinking in, 254; divine spark within, 106; establishing the kingdom of the heavens within, 78, 79; fellowship between God and, 277; ideal vs. intellectual, 26; Jesus Christ as perfection made manifest in, 32, 33; lives not by bread alone, 251; must act on own initiative, 363; natural (animal), represented by Lot, 119, 122-126; soul and body as helpmeets to, 40; spiritual, theme of Genesis, 323; spiritual vs. physical, 137; subconscious substance and life in, 103; tendency of, to go to extremes, 281; twelve stages in development of, 231, 232; (wisdom), 41, 42, 49-53 (see God)

Manahath, 285

Manasseh (understanding), 319, 320, 348, 359, 360, 362, 363, 376

manifestation, 242; intelligence, life, and substance as basis of all, 45, 46

marriage, holy (generation of divine ideas), 51-53

Mash, 104

Massa, 206

Matred, 290, 291

matter, soul quality impressed on, 188

p. XVII

Medan, 201, 202

meditation, 254; and ideas of Truth, 228

Mehetabel, 290, 291

Mehujael, 62

Melchizedek, King of Salem (Christ consciousness), 136

Merari, 345

Mesha (place or tribe), 107

Meshech, 93

Mesopotamia, 199

Messiah, 366, 367

Methuselah, 69

Methushael, 62

Me-zahab, 290, 291

Mibsam, 206

Mibzar, 292

Midian, 201-203

Midianites, 145, 146, 299

Milcah, 114, 185, 199

millennium, federation of nations to usher in, 111

Miller, Hugh, 3

mind, active and passive side of, 126; divided, 98, 133; formative power of, 18; how soul and body are formed by, 324, 325; idea, and manifestation, 12-15, 241, 242, 340, 341; learning language of, 317, 318; manifesting itself as trinity of spirit, soul, and body, 157, 158; union (reunion) of body and, 262, 263, 324; vs. body, 224, 225

Mishma, 206

Mizpah (cairn), 252 (see Jegar-sahadutha)

Mizraim, 96

Mizzah, 281

Moab, 170

Moab, land of, 131

Moabites, 170

Monotheism, 319, 320

Moreh (place), 120, 152

Moriah, land of, 183

Moses, and Genesis, 3, 22, 25; doubtful authorship of, 3

Muppim, 350

p. XVIII

Naamah, 64

Naaman, 349, 350

Nahath, 280, 281

Nahor, 113, 185-187, 199

Name, meaning of, 65; relation of character and, 151

Naming, 40

Naphish, 207

Naphtali (elimination), 275; (strength), 238, 351, 369

Naphtuhim, 100

Nebaioth, 205, 226

Neith, 348

Nephilim, 73, 74

nerves, mind controls body through, 258, 259

Nimrod, 97, 98

Nineveh (city), 98, 99

Noah, 108, 109; and the "flood," 74-84, 87, 90; symbolism of (rest), 69, 70, 80, 82; drunkenness of, 88, 89

Nod (east of Eden), 61, 62

numbers, meaning of, 11, 12, 80, 81, 83, 181, 358, 359

Obadiah, 221

Obal, 106

Ohad, 344

Oholibamah, 277

Omar, 279

omnipresence, 229, 230, 244, 245

On (Heliopolis), city, 319, 320, 349

Onam, 286

Onan, 303, 345

Ophir, 107

order, 207; represented by James, son of Aphaeus, 241, 242; represented by Zebulun, 241, 242, 275, 346

Paddan, Paddan-aram (tableland), 226, 248, 272

pain, 178

Pallu, 343

Paran, wilderness of, 179

Pathrusim, 100

Paul, 30, 41, 56, 58, 115, 116, 149, 151, 174, 175, 199, 207,

p. XIX

220, 260

peace, 105, 208, 212-213, 216

Peleg, 105

Peniel (or Penuel) (place), 260

Perez, 306, 307, 345

Perizzites, 146, 269

personality, as representative of states of consciousness, 293

Peter (Simeon), 151

Phallicism, 194

Pharaoh, 301 311, 324, 340, 354, 355; as ruler of solar plexus, 121, 122, 308, 317, 318, 357 (see Solar) plexus

Phicol, 216

Philip (power), 239

Philistines, 100, 102, 214, 215, 217

Pildash, 186

Pinon, 292

Pishon (river), 36, 37

plenty, 321, 322, 340

Potiphar, 301, 308-311, 320

Potiphera, 319, 349

power, 274; represented by Gad, 239, 275, 276, 346, 351, 368; represented by Philip, 239

praise, 237, 275, 300, 305, 337, 343, 344, 352, 366, 367 (see Judah)

prayer 84, 139, 260, 346; man's access to Divine Mind's ideas through, 27; peace as result of, 105; poise in, 302, 303; praise closely related to, 305; (praise) represented by Judah, 237, 275, 300, 305, 331, 332, 337; unanswered, 175

Prince of Peace, 366, 367

principle, divine, 207

Promised Land, 122, 123, 126, 153, 217, 284, 319, 320

prosperity, 230; imagination as source of, 375

psychic realm 37, 38, 93

purification, Christ Spirit, 107

Put (Phut) (people or country), 96

Puvah, 346

p. XX

Raamah, 97

Raamses (or Rameses), 355

race consciousness, 72, 73, 140

Rachel, 233, 235, 237, 238, 240-242, 244, 245, 252, 261, 262, 273, 275, 327, 328, 360, 361

Rameses (or Raamses), 355

Rebekah, 186, 189, 225, 271, 323; (beauty), 199-201, 208, 209, 213, 217-220; (high ideals), 194

redemption, 115, 116, 151, 152, 323

regeneration, 154, 184, 306, 320, 353, 357; method of, 323, 339

Rehoboth (well), 215

Rehoboth-Ir (city), 99

reincarnation, 90, 189, 191, 192

religion, not dolorous thing, 175; teachings of Jesus and, 156 renunciation, 78; dissolving memory through, 168

repentance, and forgiveness, 337; meaning of, 340

Rephaim (pre-Israelitish people), 131

reproduction, physical, 129, 162

Resen (city), 99

resources, imagination as avenue to spiritual, 329, 330

rest, 74-78, 81, 82

resurrection, 71

Reu, 113

Reuben, 240, 241, 365; (discernment), 298; (sight, vision), 236, 274, 330, 343, 344

Reuel, 277, 280

Reumah, 186, 187

Riphath, 94

Rosh, 350

Sabbath, 31, 32

Sabtah, 97

Sabteca, 97

sacrifices, 143, 144, 178, 183, 184, 253; unto Jehovah, 58, 59, (see Jehovah)

Salem (place), 136

salvation, 139, 146

p. XXI

Samlah, 289

Sarah, 158-160, 201; (soul), 140, 141, 148, 149, 151-153, 155, 172-174; 178, 179, 189; submergence of spiritual ideals symbolized by burial of, 191, 192, 204

Sarai (unregenerated soul), 122, 155 (see Sarah)

Satan's way, vs. God's way, 48, 49

Saul, 151 (see Paul)

Saviour, 366, 367

Scofield, Rev. C. I., 150

Seba, 96

Seir, the Horite, 283

Seir (mount), 132, 257, 263, 278, 279, 283

selfishness, 216; vs. unselfishness, 211

sensation, 24, 25, 35, 36, 39, 45-56, 365, 366, 368

sensuality, 129, 130, 135, 136, 161, 162

Sephar (mountain), 107, 108

Serah, 348

Sered, 346

serenity, 208, 213

serpent (life; sense consciousness; subtlety), 45-47, 49, 50, 53-55

Serug, 113

Seth, 65, 66, 68

sex, 101, 129, 133, 134; and the tree of life, 47-50

Shakespeare, 45, 188

Shammah, 281

Shaul, king of Edom, 290

Shaul (son of Simeon), 344

Shaveh, vale of (or King's Vale), 136

Shaveh-kiriathaim (place), 132

Sheba (son of Jokshan), 202, 203

Sheba (son of Raamah), 97

Shechem (son of Hamor), 265-269

Shechem (city), 120, 152, 264, 265, 269, 297

Shelah (son of Arpachshad), 105

Shelah (son of Judah), 303, 304, 345

Sheleph, 105, 106

Shem, 70, 84, 85, 89, 90, 92, 97

Shemeber, King of Zeboiim, 130

p. XXII

Sheol, 301, 330

Shepho, 285, 286

Shillem, 351

Shiloh, 366, 367

Shimron, 346

Shinab, King of Admah, 130

Shinar, land of, 98, 129

Shobal, 283, 285

Shua, 303

Shuah, 201, 202

Shuni, 347

Shur (place), 149, 171

Siddim, vale of, 131

Sidon, 100, 101

Simeon, 269; (hearing, receptivity), 236, 275, 328, 344, 365, 366 (see Peter)

Simon the Canaanite (zeal), 241

Sin (see transgression)

Sinite, 101

Sitnah (well), 215

sleep, subconscious mind and superconscious mind in relation to, 313, 314

sodom, King of (see Bera)

Sodom (city of the Plain), 102, 115, 136, 161-166, 168, 177, 178

solar plexus, as center of subconscious mind, 121, 122, 308, 317, 318, 357; relation of "tree of life" to, 35

Son of God, 12, 26

soul, 114, 185; and its journey from sense to Spirit, 307; animal vs. spiritual, 148, 217; as progressive, 218; as sum total of consciousness, 34; evolution of, traced from Abraham to Jesus, 140; (Hebrew nephesh), 85; represented by Sarah, 122, 140, 141, 148, 155, 172-174, 178, 179, 189 (see Spirit)

sowing and reaping, 328

spinal cord, 305, 306

Spirit, 138, 207, 208; as true God, 349; equal right of body and intellect to influence of, 220; life and substance of, 214; man not led astray by, 109; man taught

p. XXIII

dreams by, 317; origin of outer man in, 285; represented by John, 236, 237; soul, and body, 10, 12, 75, 76, 99, 141, 158, 159, 165, 231, 280, 281, 307; subconscious under guidance of, 172, 173

strength, represented by Andrew, 238; represented by Naphtali, 238, 351, 369

subconscious mind, 40, 42, 51, 52, 96, 121, 122, 131-133, 145, 146, 191, 192, 200, 204, 215; and bodily functions, 117, 317, 318; and sleep, 313, 314; animal forces of, 280; as storehouse of energy (substance), 321, 357; as storehouse of plenty, 213, 321, 322; development of Truth ideas in, 113; faith in relation to, 17, 116; good in experiences preserved in, 358, 360; imagination and, 307, 308, 313, 335; represented by Lot, 119, 123; several planes of action in, 258; undisciplined thoughts of, 179 (see solar plexus)

substance, 33, 34, 45, 46, 213, 245, 246, 273, 329, 330, 369; and life, 352; faith and, 331, 332; ideas of, 287; Joseph's superior consciousness of universal, 295; mind, 293; new concept of, 127, 128; two phases of, 324, 325, 334

success, as work of Spirit in man, 308

Succoth (place), 263, 264

superconscious mind, and sleep, 313, 314; faith in relation to, 116; (Spirit), 93

supplanting, man's power of, 211, 220

tabernacle, 120

Tahash, 187

Tamar, 306, 307

Tarshish, 95

Tebah, 187

Tema, 207

Teman, 279, 292

temptation, meeting, 48, 49

Tennyson, Alfred (quoted), 239, 240, 371

Terah, 118

Teraphim, 248-250

p. XXIV

Thomas (understanding), 239, 240

thought, and expression, 45; bondage to personal, 330; divided, 202; error, 72, 75, 78, 79, 84, 135, 289; habits of, 72, 162; man's double standard of, 297, 298; passing judgment on all, 257; projection of, 261, 262; spiritual vs. carnal (material), 165, 166, 214, 215

Tidal, King of Goiim, 129, 130

time, relation of creation to, 44, 45

Timna, 280

Timnah (town), 306

Tiras, 94

tithing, 136, 229, 230

Togarmah, 94, 95

Tola, 345, 346

transgression, 46, 47, 65, 76, 77; immunity from effects of, 138 transmutation, bodily, 173, 174, 178

trinity, as spirit, soul, and body (or spirit, consciousness, and substance), 157, 158, 165

Truth, creative power of, 129; (idea), represented by Joseph, 339; practical application of, 105; seamless garment of Jesus as symbol of, 294, 295

Tubal, 93

Tubal-cain, 64

understanding, 139, 228-230, 245, 246; and will, 20, 319, 320; represented: by Asher, 239, 240, 276, 369; by Manasseh, 319, 320, 348, 359, 360, 362, 376; by Thomas, 239, 240; spiritual, 104, 105, 189, 193, 218-220, 225, 226, 241, 242

union (love), represented by Levi, 236, 237, 275, 365, 366 universe, resolved back into original essence in God, 59

Ur (of the Chaldees), 113

Uz (son of Aram), 104

Uz (son of Dishan), 288

Uzal, 106

vengeance, 266, 269

vice, unmentionable, 162

p. XXV

vision (sight), represented by Reuben, 236, 274

visions, 139, 219, 220, 228, 293, 294, 317

will, 20, 54, 57, 73, 97, 98, 143, 144, 148, 149, 172, 173, 180, 181, 213, 216, 290, 351; represented by Ephraim, 319, 320, 348, 359, 360, 362, 363 (see understanding)

wisdom, 55-57, 185, 199; and love, 25, 27, 32, 33, 41, 42,

206, 207; represented by man, 40-42, 50-53

woman (love or feeling), 41, 42, 49-53

word, power of the spoken, 94, 122, 364, 365

Word of God, Christ (spiritual man) rather than Bible as, 43, 44

Yahweh, 32, 33

Zaavan, 287

Zaphenath-paneah (Joseph), 321

zeal, represented: by Issachar, 214, 275, 346; by Simon the Canaanite, 241

Zeboiim (city of the Plain), 102, 130, 131

Zebulun (order), 241, 242, 275, 346, 367

Zemarite, 101

Zepho, 279

Zerah (son of Judah), 307, 345

Zerah (son of Reuel), 281

Zibeon, 277, 283, 284, 286

Zillah, 63

Zilpah, 235, 239, 240, 275, 294

Zimran, 201, 202

Ziphion, 346

Zoar (or Bela) (city of the Plain), 126, 131, 167

Zohar (father of Ephron), 191

Zohar (son of Simeon), 344

Zuzim (people), 132