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Chapter I
Spiritual Man
1. Give the metaphysical interpretation of the name Genesis.
2. What is the one and only logical key to the beginning of
man and the universe?
3. Why has the Bible been preserved and prized beyond all
other books?
4. Explain the threefold character and purpose of the Bible.
5. With what three phases of man's development do the Bible
allegories deal?
6. What is the key to an interpretation of these allegories?
7. Explain the real purpose of these allegories.
8. What is a "day," as the term is used in Genesis 1?
9. How are numbers or figures used in allegories?
10. What is the "heaven" mentioned in the first creation?
The "earth"?
11. Describe the nature and character of the first man God
created.
12. Explain God as Divine Mind.
13. How does Divine Mind create?
14. What is the first step in the awakening of man to
spiritual consciousness?
15. Did God create man and the earth as they appear today?
16. What is meant by "The Spirit of God moved upon the face
of the waters"?
17. What, in terms of mind, is "darkness"? "Light"?
18. What is the central idea in the second day's creation?
19. Why is the word heaven capitalized in Genesis 1:8?
20. What is the third step in the creative process?
21. Does Divine Mind deal directly with things or ideas?
Explain.
22. How does man form his world?
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23. Explain the symbology of the development of the "two
great lights."
24. What qualities were developed on the fifth day?
25. What kind of ideas are "creatures" and "sea-monsters"?
Compare them with fishes and fowls.
26. What is the sixth step in the creative process of which
man is the grand culmination?
27. Explain the cause of which sensation is the result.
28. In what sense is man the "image" of God?
29. When is man the master of ideas and their expression?
30. In what attitude of mind can man truly call his
creation "very good?"
Chapter II
Manifest Man
1. What is your conception of Elohim God?
2. Explain the relationship between Jehovah God and Elohim
God.
3. What is meant by "I in them, and thou in me, that they
may be perfected into one"?
4. What is the true body of Christ?
5. How is the temple or body of Spirit formed?
6. How do we "keep" the Sabbath?
7. Explain something of the Jesus Christ man.
8. Is there a difference between "creating" and "forming"?
If so, what is it?
9. How was the breath of life "breathed into" man's
nostrils?
10. Was the giving of life a single, complete act, or is it
a continuous process?
11. Metaphysically what does the Garden of Eden represent?
12. Symbolically what does "eastward" mean?
13. What is the "tree of life . . . in the midst of the
garden"?
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14. What is the "tree of the knowledge of good and evil"?
15. Give the metaphysical interpretation of "river."
16. Give the source and course of the river Pishon.
17. The river Pishon is described as encompassing "the
whole land of Havilah." Explain.
18. What is the office of the river Gihon?
19. The river Gihon "compasseth the whole land of Cush."
Explain.
20. What is the function of the river Hiddekel in man's
being?
21. The river Hiddekel "goeth in front of Assyria." Explain.
22. Explain how the Euphrates keeps the garden fruitful.
23. Explain the relationship between the Garden of Eden
and the human body.
24. How may one "dress" and "keep" the Garden of Eden?
25. In what way does man "eat" of the substance of ideas?
26. How was materiality as the obverse of spirituality set
up?
27. How are soul and body the "help meet" of man?
28. How does man "name" "every living creature"?
29. How does man attain consciousness in mind and body?
Chapter III
The Fall of Man
1. From what estate and into what condition did man fall?
2. Does time or states of mind bring about events?
3. Give the symbology of the man and woman and the
serpent in the Garden of Eden.
4. What three fundamental factors are the basis of all
manifestation?
5. What does the serpent represent?
6. What is the result if man fails to exercise mastery and
dominion over the forces of his being?
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7. What is the remedy for this condition?
8. Is it necessary for man to experience "evil" in order to
understand life and appreciate the good?
9. Metaphysically what does woman symbolize?
10. What is represented by the "nakedness" of Adam?
11. Jehovah spoke to Adam and Eve in the garden "in the
cool of the day." What does this mean?
12. How is the "holy marriage" consummated, and what are
its fruits?
13. When and how may sensation be pronounced "good"?
14. Explain the meaning of Jehovah God's curse on the
serpent.
15. What do the "seed" of the woman and the "seed" of the
serpent represent?
16. What is the "promise" of redemption? How is it
fulfilled?
17. In what sense is Eve the "mother of all living"?
18. What is the "coat of skins," and by what is it
supplanted?
19. Explain "good and evil" as opposite poles of being.
20. How does man unite with the inner word or sacred life?
21. What in consciousness is represented by Abel? By Cain?
22. How do we offer up sacrifices?
23. What action is indicated by Cain's slaying of Abel?
24. How may every man be said to be his brother's keeper?
25. What action is represented by Cain's going out from the
presence of Jehovah and dwelling in the land of Nod?
26. What does the birth of Seth denote?
27. What state of consciousness is represented by Enosh?
28. When does man begin to "call upon Jehovah?"
29. What was the original state of Adam? How did he "fall"
from this estate?
30. How does man form an Adamic consciousness?
31. Give the method used to lift up the Adam man.
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Chapter IV
The Reaction to Sense Living
1. Explain the reaction called "chemicalization."
2. In what mental attitude should one receive the new ideas
of Spirit?
3. What is the real cause of trials and reverses in the
life of the individual?
4. Is there any good to be found in such conditions? If so,
what is it?
5. How do the "sons of God" wed the "daughters of men," and
what is the fruit of such a union?
6. What is the reaction to living in sense consciousness?
7. What is represented by Lamech and by Noah, and what is
their metaphysical relationship?
8. What are the causes and results of crosscurrents in the
body consciousness?
9. How is a balance maintained between the positive and
negative conditions in the body?
10. Discuss experimentation versus spiritual revelation.
11. What and where in consciousness is the "ark" of Jehovah?
12. What is the significance of the dimensions of the ark?
13. What are the animals, why "two of every sort," and how
are they fed?
14. Discuss the symbolism of Noah and the Flood in relation
to the unfoldment of a certain faculty of being.
15. What do "day" and "night" and the number 40 in the 7th
chapter represent?
16. What is the general theme of Genesis 8:1-3?
17. What does Mount Ararat symbolize?
18. Noah first sent out the raven, then the dove, in search
of dry land. Explain.
19. What is the metaphysical significance of the altar as
used by Noah in Genesis 8:20? What and how do we sacrifice?
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20. Of what does "the flood" cleanse man?
21. Explain the statement "Flesh with the life thereof,
which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat."
22. Once the consciousness has been cleansed and man has
awakened to his spiritual nature how is he saved?
23. Of what is the rainbow a symbol?
24. What do the three sons of Noah represent?
25. What does the drunkenness of Noah symbolize?
26. What state is denoted by the nakedness of Noah?
27. What is meant by the "curse of Canaan"?
28. How do we get the most from physical man?
29. To what is the 10th chapter of Genesis devoted?
30. What does the building of the tower of Babel and the
scattering of its people symbolize?
Chapter V
The Initial Step toward Redemption
1. What do we mean by going into a new "country"? What
is the first step in this process?
2. Why is the call of Abraham significant for us today?
3. Why is Abraham taken as a symbol of faith?
4. What is meant by a plane of consciousness?
5. Describe three planes of consciousness.
6. By what was Abraham characterized before he was
"called," and how did he resemble the individual today?
7. What place does the state of consciousness represented
by Terah occupy in man's unfoldment?
8. How does the Lord "call" the various faculties into
activity?
9. What is the result of this "call"?
10. What quality does Lot represent?
11. What does Canaan symbolize?
12. What is the inner meaning of Abraham's journey down
into Egypt?
13. What causes the plagues of bodily disorder and death?
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14. Explain the relationship of Abraham and Lot
metaphysically.
15. Symbolically what relationship does Beth-el bear to Ai?
16. Of what is the return from Egypt representative?
17. Why must we separate Lot from Abraham in our
consciousness?
18. In what way does the inner meaning of the name Canaan
suggest the immortality of the body?
19. Explain the statement "Lot chose him all the Plain of
the Jordan"?
20. Is it necessary to change one's residence in order to
enter a new country? To what does the "land which thou
seest" refer?
21. What is signified by Lot's captivity?
22. When may Lot and his possessions be said to be carried
away by Chedorlaomer and the other kings?
23. Abraham and his confederates rescued Lot. Explain.
24. What is the error belief that man must put aside before
he can overcome sensuality?
25. How do we sow "according to belief in the flesh" or
"according to Spirit?" What is the harvest in each case?
26. What is the result when the Christ consciousness rules
in both mind and body?
27. What is the lesson taught by Abraham's refusal to
accept the gifts of the king of Sodom?
28. How may we fully realize our sonship?
29. Does God ever grant man a degree of immunity from the
effects of his transgression of the divine law?
Chapter VI
The Promise of Salvation
1. For whom is the promise of salvation?
2. What avenues does Spirit use in imparting real
understanding?
3. When and how do we attain the kingdom of the heavens?
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4. Why is the history' of Abraham and his experiences
significant for us?
5. What is symbolized by the nomadic life of Abraham's time?
6. What is the deeper import of God's promise of a son to
Abraham?
7. How is Christ, the Son, formed in the individual?
8. How is the seemingly barren soul (Sarah) made to bring
forth fruit?
9. What is the one sure method of protection?
10. What causes delay in the manifestation of desire?
11. How may one bring about fulfillment of one's faith?
12. What is man's greatest desire?
13. Why do God's promises sometimes seem vague to us?
14. In what way can we co-operate with God in bringing
about their fulfillment?
15. Why is the power of the will important in the
management of one's body?
16. Give a brief interpretation of Abraham's vision when he
fell into "a deep sleep."
17. What does Hagar represent in man?
18. What is the significance of the contention between
Sarah and Hagar?
19. Why was Ishmael not recognized by Jehovah as an heir of
the promise?
20. What does Beer-lahai-roi represent?
21. Explain God as El Shaddai.
22. What new name is given to one who overcomes sense
consciousness; that is, what name is on your "white stone"?
23.Does the second appearance of Jehovah to Abraham have
any spiritual import for us? The third appearance?
24. What does the Promised Land symbolize?
25. Metaphysically explain circumcision. Toward what is it
the first step?
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26. What does Sarah represent?
27. Does God hear the outer man of flesh as well as the
inner man of Spirit? Explain.
28. In what way is our religion based on practical
principles?
29. When did God's triune nature become known to Abraham?
30. How is a new state of consciousness produced?
31. Why does the Abraham of our consciousness plead for
Sodom and Gomorrah?
32. What do the incidents, men, and places in Abraham's
life represent?
Chapter VII
The Fruits of Faith
1. Why did Jehovah appear to Lot as two angels instead of
three, as He had appeared to Abraham?
2. Lot escaped to the little city of Zoar. What does this
mean?
3. Metaphysically how do you account for the destruction of
Sodom and Gomorrah?
4. Is anything ever really destroyed? What is the change
that takes place in it?
5. What states of consciousness are represented by Moab and
Ben-ammi?
6. How is faith developed in the spiritually awakening
individual?
7. When faith makes union with the unregenerate will what
is the result?
8. How is one to avoid plagues during the process of
transmutation?
9. Why was the birth of Isaac delayed so long?
10. How is Christ "formed" in the individual?
11. In what way are joy and laughter helpful in soul
unfoldment?
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12.How is the conviction established of the presence of
divine substance within?
13. In what way are Ishmael and Isaac opposed to each other?
14. How are these two phases of mind harmonized?
15. What is the result of disregard of divine law?
16. What is denoted by the banishment of Hagar and her son?
17. Explain the relationship between faith and will as
illustrated by Abraham and Abimelech.
18. Abimelech's servants had taken Abraham's well by force.
How does this apply metaphysically to soul unfoldment?
19. Must there eventually be agreement in consciousness
between the spiritual and the so-called material?
20. What do we really lose and what do we gain when we give
up sense pleasures?
21. What in consciousness is represented by the "land of
Moriah," and how may it be productive of good?
22. What is the fruit of faith and obedience to divine law?
23. What or who is the real source of prosperity?
24. What state of mind results in a demonstration of
prosperity?
25. What characterizes the soul of man on its feminine side?
26. What attitude of mind is productive of a new line of
thought?
Chapter VIII
The Mental Supplants the Physical
1. Do the higher activities of the soul ever die?
2. What is denoted by Sarah's death at Kiriath-arba?
3. What do we mean by saying that our spiritual ideals are
"buried" in the cave of Macpelah?
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4. What is the reaction of the human mind to the letting go
of states of consciousness that have fulfilled their
usefulness?
5. What attitude of mind is helpful in overcoming this
tendency?
6. Is is wise to insist on giving value received for
everything?
7. Explain the symbology of putting the hand "under my
thigh" and swearing.
8. Spiritually interpreted, why did Abraham want Isaac to
marry a daughter of his own people?
9. Is a declaration of Truth always demonstrated? What
quality of mind serves as a complement to this
demonstration?
10. Is there any inner significance in the state of
consciousness represented by Mesopotamia?
11. What soul phase does Rebekah symbolize?
12. What is represented by Rebekah's journey to the house
of Abraham and her union with Isaac?
13. "Let thy seed possess the gate of those that hate
them." Explain.
14. Explain the Scripture "And Isaac went out to meditate .
. . and he lifted up his eyes, and saw . . . And Rebekah
lifted up her eyes . . . and he loved her."
15. Why did Isaac take precedence over the sons of
Abraham's concubines?
16. How does the individual lay the foundation for the
manifestation of life throughout mind, soul, and body?
17. What phases of life are symbolized by Jacob and Esau?
18. Was the union of mind and body perfectly expressed in
Jacob and Esau?
19. Is age a just claim to superiority?
20. Why did Isaac love Esau more than he loved Jacob?
21. Why did Rebekah love Jacob more than she loved Esau?
22. What is the order of development in the natural world?
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23. How does the intellect gain precedence over the body?
24. What is represented by the mess of "pottage"?
25. What is meant by the birthright that Esau bartered away?
26. Why did Jacob take advantage of Esau?
27. How does man become a citizen of the inner kingdom?
28. What is the result when personal will rules? How is
such a condition corrected?
29. In what way do the "Philistines" of one's consciousness
strive for Abraham's "wells"?
30. Must one be willing to give up the lower for the
higher? Explain.
31. What is the predominant impulse of the will as
represented by Abimelech?
32. What does the opening up of the seven wells symbolize?
33. Why is it necessary to regard Scripture as the history
of soul unfoldment?
34. Why must spiritual understanding determine whether we
should follow our dreams and visions or not?
35. Does the physical body have equal rights with the
intellect to the benefits of Spirit?
36. Against whom or what were the denunciations of the
prophets directed?
37. Can Jacob be said to represent the spiritual man?
Explain.
38. What is signified, in the realm of individual
unfoldment, by Isaac's blessing upon Jacob?
39. Explain metaphysically the meaning of Esau's threat
against the life of Jacob.
40. Compare the results of Jacob's marriage to Rebekah and
of Esau's union with the daughter of Ishmael.
41. What does Jacob's experience at Beth-el denote?
42. Explain God as omnipresence.
43. How can common things and the hardness of one's
experience be made to bless?
44. Explain God as the all-providing One.
45. How does one begin the ascent from self to selflessness?
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Chapter IX
Man Develops Spiritual Faculties
1. Metaphysically what does Jacob's journeying toward the
east represent? How do we "put the stone again upon
the well's mouth"?
2. What effect does unselfish love have on soul unfoldment?
3. What relationship among certain phases of the soul is
symbolized by Jacob's love for Rachel and Leah?
4. What is the first faculty brought forth in man's
spiritual development?
5. What must be our attitude of mind before our good can
come to us?
6. What office does the love faculty perform?
7. Why do we regard praise as an "increasing" faculty?
8. Explain the relationship between Rachel and Bilhah. What
is the fruit of receptivity?
9. What plane of mental evolution is especially portrayed
by Jacob's sons?
10. On what planes do the faculties of man evolve? How is
the divine man developed?
11. How does man attain power over his thoughts and ideas?
12. Explain the difference between knowledge and wisdom.
13. To what faculty is zeal most closely related?
14. What phases of soul do Leah and Rachel represent?
15. Why is it profitable to cultivate the faculty of order?
16. Is the state of consciousness represented by Haran one
to be desired? If so, why?
17. To what quality do we attribute Jacob's rapid increase
in possessions? How can we use this quality in our own
unfoldment?
18. Under what circumstances does the law of equilibrium
adjust all conditions?
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19.In what way was Jacob superior to others of the same
stock, and what effect did this superiority have on his
associates?
20. Jehovah appeared to Jacob in a dream and told him to
leave Haran. What does this reveal when considered in
relation to spiritual growth?
21. Explain the statement "I am the God of Beth-el, where
thou anointedst a pillar, where thou vowedst a vow unto me."
22. When permitted, what effect does Spirit have on one's
power of judgment?
23. Is there a higher source of supply than that symbolized
by the teraphim? Explain.
24. What is the true bread of life?
25. Give the meaning of the name Mizpah and its
metaphysical interpretation.
26. What does the name Galeed mean, and what does it
signify?
Chapter X
The Spiritual Gains Precedence of the Mental
1. What was the "host" after which Jacob named the place
called Mahanaim?
2. Does the river Jordan perform an important work in
consciousness?
3. Explain something of the equalizing process that takes
place between soul and body. Why is such a process
necessary?
4. What is symbolized by Jacob's fear of meeting Esau?
5. What is the "strong man" with which the intellect must
struggle for control of the body?
6. Through what physical avenue does the mind control the
body?
7. Explain the reaction that is indicated by Jacob's thigh
being out of joint.
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8. Why was Jacob's name changed to Israel?
9. Under what circumstances is the intellect willing to
make amends to the body?
10. How can one change the body? Explain.
11. Explain the statement "I have seen God face to face."
12. In what order does the mind project its thoughts toward
the body?
13. Why must man give his body place as a divine creation?
14. What benefit does man derive when mind and body work in
unison? What are the children of the mind?
15. Why must the mind penetrate into body consciousness?
16. What do booths or tents represent as compared with
permanent houses? When will the abiding spiritual body come
into manifestation?
17. Explain the effect of the power of love on the
overcoming of self.
18. Is the "battle" of Jehovah a war? Does the Lord fight
ignorance or evil?
19. When the "mind of the flesh" is given up what replaces
it?
20. Is the intuition of the natural man a true guide to
spirituality? Why?
21. What is the purpose of the illumined intellect's
penetrating into materiality?
22. What is the result when intuitional natural judgment is
united with sense?
23. How can the individual erase thoughts of revenge from
his consciousness? What state of mind supersedes it?
24. God commanded Jacob to arise and go unto Beth-el. What
does this mean?
25. Why did Jacob change the name of Beth-el to El-beth-el?
26. What does the death of Deborah represent?
27. What state of consciousness does Ephrath symbolize?
28. Explain metaphysically the death of Rachel and the
birth of Benjamin.
29. What soul activity is indicated by Jacob's spreading
his tent "beyond . . . Eder"?
30. What does Reuben's union with Bilhah denote?
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Chapter XI
Joseph a Type of the Christ
1. Explain the part imagination plays in manifestation.
2. Compare Joseph's coat with the seamless garment of Jesus.
3. Where is the home of the imagination?
4. Should one take one's dreams literally? Explain.
5. What may result from uncontrolled activity of the
imagination? How is control obtained?
6. Why did Jacob send Joseph down into Shechem?
7. What is represented by Gilead? By the Ishmaelites? By
the Midianites?
8. What is symbolized by Joseph's being sold as a slave
down in Egypt by his brothers?
9. How can such a situation be made to bless one?
10. What is the secret of Joseph's success even in slavery?
11. Can the imagination ever be wholly overcome by error if
one is faithful to high ideals?
12. What is the status of the imagination on the
intellectual plane?
13. Has modern civilization profited by the imagination?
14. What is the significance of the dipping of Joseph's
coat in blood?
15. Why is an attitude of praise helpful?
16. Through what part of the physical organism is praise
expressed?
17. Explain some of the phases through which man passes on
his journey from sense to Spirit.
18. How does one come into the estate of the Jesus Christ
man?
19. What pattern does the imagination follow in forming
substance?
20. What is the first duty of the imagination?
21. Why is it so important to realize and be always
conscious of the unity of spirit, soul, and body?
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22. What is the true nature and function of the solar
plexus?
23. How does Joseph's experience and conduct reveal a sure
way to success?
24. Explain the statement "Joseph was comely, and well
favored."
25. What is the symbology of Joseph's imprisonment?
26. What is the fruit of faithfulness?
27. What subconscious activities are represented by the
chief baker and chief butler?
28. Explain the influence imagination has upon life and
substance.
29. Why is Truth revealed in dreams and visions?
30. How does one "unclothe" dreams of their forms?
31. What lies back of the forms in visions and dreams?
32. What is one sure proof that one is receptive to Spirit?
33. Explain what "things" are.
34. Why must will and understanding be dominant factors in
soul development?
35. In what way was Asenath a complement to Joseph?
36. Why is Manasseh said to represent the faculty of
understanding?
37. Why is Ephraim said to represent the will?
38. Describe the benefits derived from the use of denial
and affirmation.
39. When does the spiritually awakening man experience an
increase of physical vitality?
40. Explain the seven fat and seven lean years in terms of
the increase and decrease in physical vitality.
41. How can the life energy be conserved?
Chapter XII
The I AM and Its Faculties in the Body
1. How does one effect a reunion of mind and body with the
faculties?
2. Where does one find the substance required to sustain
the whole man?
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3. Explain substance as symbolized by Canaan and Egypt.
4. How does the mind form soul and body?
5. What causes "famine" in the body consciousness?
6. Why is the way of the transgressor hard?
7. What is meant by the Israelites being the chosen of God?
8. Why did the Israelites prosper in Egyptian slavery?
9. What is symbolized by Joseph's concern as to whether his
father still lived?
10. Joseph could not save his people unless Benjamin was
brought down into Egypt. Explain.
11. What other faculty is a necessary adjunct to the
imagination?
12. Explain the command "Give, and it shall be given unto
you.
13. Why are the other faculties treated as "spies"?
14. What does Jacob's grieving at the loss of his sons
represent?
15. Explain the statement "If harm befall him . . . then
will ye bring down my gray hairs with sorrow to Sheol."
16. What is the key that opens the door to the storehouse
of substance?
17. What is meant by "The blessing of Jehovah, it maketh
rich"?
18. Should Joseph's reunion with Benjamin be regarded as
purely historical? Explain.
19. What significance do we attribute to the movements of
mind described in Genesis 43:16-34?
20. What is the significance of Joseph's having his cup put
into Benjamin's sack?
21. What is true repentance, and what follows it?
22. Do all things work together for good to them that love
God? Explain.
23. Joseph's people dwelt in the land of Goshen. What does
this mean?
24. What change must take place before we can truly unify
ourselves with Truth?
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25. Pharaoh joyfully welcomed Joseph's kindred. Interpret.
26. What activity is represented by Jacob's journey to
Beersheba?
27. What is symbolized by the wives, children, goods, and
flocks of the Israelites, and by their descending in a body
into Egypt?
Chapter XIII
The Blessing of the Faculties
1. Explain some of the duties of our mind faculties toward
our vital forces.
2. How are these duties fulfilled?
3. Why is Jacob's blessing on Pharoah significant?
4. How does the Joseph of our consciousness nourish the
other faculties?
5. What is the next step after the developing soul has
exhausted its resources?
6. What is the routine followed when man taps the inner
reservoir of stored-up substance?
7. What is the central thought in Genesis 47:27-31?
8. Metaphysically interpreted, what does Jacob's desire at
this time represent?
9. Explain the statement "And Israel bowed himself upon the
bed's head."
l0. Describe the yes and no powers of the mind.
11. What is implied by Jacob's action in claiming Joseph's
two sons as his own?
12. Why are denial and affirmation so important in our
choice of thoughts to entertain?
13. Explain the transition of love from a lower to a higher
plane.
14. In what way are understanding and will useful when
weakness appears?
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15.Under divine law what is the order of development of
understanding and will?
16. What is the order of development under natural law?
Explain.
17. Unless man accepts divine guidance in unfolding his
faculties what is the result?
18. How does understanding as represented by Manasseh come
into its rightful heritage?
19. What is the final blessing of the I AM upon the
imagination?
20. In what way does the Lord reward a person for
exercising his faculties to the best of his ability?
2l. What does a blessing signify?
22. Does the blessing by Jacob of his twelve sons have any
significance for our own unfoldment?
23. Why did Jacob give his highest blessing to Judah?
24. How can we retain our identity as children of God?
25. Through what means does one put one's latent spiritual
powers into action?
26. Does loss occur to the individual when his thought
forces are said to "die"?
27. What causes man to grieve at giving up his personal
hold on old ideas and objects?
28. Explain how one sifts ideas and thoughts.
29. In what way is the descent of imagination into the
subconscious helpful to the illumined ego? Is the physical
man also blessed?
30. Explain the promise "Fear ye not: I will nourish you,
and your little ones."
31. What is meant by Joseph's seeing Ephraim's children of
the third generation?
32. What does the removal of the patriarch's bones from
Egypt to Canaan represent?
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