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Art 7. 96.
Beauty 96.
Blasphemy 21.
Brevets & Missions 5. 8. 11. 18. 22. 88. 105. 116. 130. 142. 207. 257.
Celestial Administration 12. 19. 60. 69. 79. 91. 92. 137. 138. 165. 198. 209.
Change 41. 45.
Children 37. 63. 196.
Circumspection 212.
Communion 1. 62. 178. 199. 200. 201. 206.
Comportment 40. 44. 97. 129. 134. 142. 241. 244. 249. 251.
Divine Instruction 23. 25. 35. 78. 95. 97. 122. 140. 194.
Dogma 25. 91. 163.
Etheric Vacuum 66.
Evil & Ignorance 5. 11. 23. 36. 47. 89. 97. 98. 144. 159. 215. 222. 236. 237. 238. 249.
Experience 8. 9. 27. 86. 152. 186. 193. 253.
Faith 78. 210. 211.
Fear 27. 31. 111. 241.
Force : Physical 128, 169. Cosmic 151. Moral 80.
Giving 70.
Growth 148.
Humility 155.
Impatience 226.
Justice 231.
Knowledge & Wisdom 37. 86. 122. 163. 189. 232. 256.
Leadership 81. 133. 215.
Light 25. 30. 109.
Love 43. 46. 50. 57. 58. 147. 148. 217. 218.
Matter 109. 152.
Mediums 75. 76.
Numerology 85.
Omens, Symbols & Miracles 35. 55. 73. 74. 96. 126. 146. 168. 195. 203.
Pact, Plan & Program 14. 17. 78. 142. 178. 180. 215. 233. 257.
Parables: Figs 104, Five Sons 156, Gardener 163, Mustard Seed 156, Ravens 160, Roses 101, Small Mishiefs 175, Two Bounties 182.
Pattern 149.
Patience 9. 22. 84.
Patriotism 15.
Peace 230. 234. 246.
Personal Choice 14. 16. 29. 93. 153. 157. 168. 246. 253.
Prayer 32. 131. 241.
Promise 10. 16. 24. 28. 42. 117. 166. 192. 205. 248.
Prophets & Prophecy 65. 66. 67. 83. 172.
Reincarnation 6. 12. 25. 31. 72. 76. 81. 152.
Rewards, Recompense & Money 39. 40. 82. 87. 143. 144. 201. 247. 250.
Sacrifice 34.
Self Command 93. 147.
Science & Inovation 14. 166.
Second Coming 25. 26. 29. 36. 72. 81. 106. 114. 120. 146. 181. 219.
Service 2. 33. 69. 107. 114. 156. 177.
Space 65.
Spirit 20.
Suffering 13. 176.
Thought 57. 66. 148.
Time 41. 45.
Tolerence 27.
Tranquility 38.
Vibration 67.
Victory 223.
War 18. 47. 230.
Others 3. 4. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 56. 59. 61. 64. 68. 71. 77. 90. 92. 94. 99. 100. 102. 103. 108. 110. 112. 113. 115. 118. 119. 121. 123. 124. 125. 127. 132. 135. 136. 139. 141. 145. 150. 154. 158. 161. 162. 164. 167. 170. 171. 172. 173. 174. 179. 183. 184. 185. 187. 188. 190. 191. 197. 198. 202. 204. 208. 209. 213. 214. 216. 220. 221. 224. 225. 227. 228. 229. 235. 239. 240. 242. 243. 245. 252. 254. 255.

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Chapter 55:

All Auguries Are Not Omens

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1. MY BELOYED, be tranquil; that which cometh, cometh of its augury; wouldst ye have it otherwise?

2. Hath the Father not provided that there should be seasons, that there should be omens?

3. Why think ye, beloved, cometh the omen in its season? hath the Father not provided that ye shouldst be warned, that ye haste in preparing for that which is to be?

4. And yet harken, my beloved: all omens are not auguries, all auguries are not omens.

5. The omen hath its witcheries, the augury hath its benefits; the omen saith, Prepare ye for a woe; the augury saith, That which appeareth, cometh of abundance; that which happeneth to us giveth cause unto our reason that it should thus happen.

6. Beloved, be wise! The augury hath its omen when men are diseased, when they screech a foul tocsin, when they give or take a lechery, when the proud are cast down, when the morning hath its darkness.

7. I say the augury is blessed when men are cast upward, when they can lift up their faces, when their voices chant in unison, when the world hath a fairness, when the Light cometh in.

8. Ye have a fell suspicion that augury is omen, that the Light hath a bursting only to shatter, that man hath his redemption concealed in his woes, that the cruel one plagueth him, that his race holdeth rottenness, that the funeral pyre receiveth him and there are none to mourn him.

9. I tell you the denizens of darkness have said that this should be.

10. Omen is omen, verily, verily; I say augury is blessed in that it conceiveth you in radiance, it lifteth you up, it giveth you a gladsome song, it portendeth great triumphs, it singeth as the linnet, it giveth grace as one who hath suffered but hath come to perceive the glory of his strivings.

11. Augury hath augury unto itself: it perceiveth the fair scene and the bright countenance; it saith, The Father hath desired that ye shouldst know talkings, that by the speech from deft lips ye mayest visit your inheritance and behold its goodly substance.

12. Beloved, I talk with you further of augury:

13. I say that augury hath a blessedness in this: it prepareth the wise man to behold his own wisdom, it raiseth the fool and giveth him sound reasonings, it striketh no false note within the corridors of spirit but saith unto the righteous:

14. Thus hath transfiguration come to be known of us; thus have we battled and thus have we triumphed; we have gained to a knowledge of effects out of causes; our eyes have gained talent; we rise up in the morning and lo, it is our treasure to know the day's holdings.

15. Little men of little manners do say: All days have a blackness; there is no profit in them; we see only evils; there is no track through the tumults.

16. Great souls say: Behold we have striven and gained accolades by strivings; we have come to our own spirits and discovered their talents; we have opened the cover of a goodly dish and behold by its fragrance do we know its containings.

17. Augury is incense burned before the altar of the pleasure which cometh; augury is prescience born out of tumults.

18. Ye have striven on many battlefields, beloved; ye have looked on many corpses; behold ye have seen the enemy strike at mankind in his blackness.

19. Augury saith, The battle turneth presently, the victory cometh in.

20. What is to be, will be: the Father hath decreed it.

21. I tell you that in that He hath decreed it, beloved, come the signs and the seasons opportuning you to valors. . . .

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