25 And Jesus was the master of the phantom forms of prejudice and of treachery.
CHAPTER 50.
Jesus passes the third brotherhood test, and receives the third degree, FAITH.
The Logos waited seven days, and then was taken to the Hall of Fame, a chamber rich in furnishings, and lighted up with gold and silver lamps.
2 The colors of its ceilings, decorations, furnishings and walls were blue and gold.
3 Its shelves were filled with books of master minds; the paintings and the statues were the works of highest art.
4 And Jesus was entranced with all this elegance and these manifests of thought. He read the sacred books, and sought the meanings of the symbols and the hieroglyphs.
5 And when he was absorbed in deepest thought, a priest approached and said,
6 Behold the glory of this place! my brother you are highly blest. Few men of earth, so young, have reached such heights of fame.
7 Now, if you do not waste your life in search for hidden things that men can never comprehend, you may be founder of a school of thought that will insure you endless fame;