The Twelve Powers of Man, by Charles Fillmore, [1930], at sacred-texts.com
The Twelve Powers of Man, by Charles Fillmore, [1930], at sacred-texts.com
abdominal region, as seat of renunciation (elimination), 16, 21, 158-160
Abraham, 92; on sacrifice, 25-27
Adam, 79, 81; and Eve, 35, 37, 41, 43, 57; man, 35
affirmation, misuse of, 108; power of, 128
affirmations and denials, list of, 51, 141, 169
Alexander, 67
Andrew (strength), 16, 18, 34, 45
apostle (see disciples)
appetite, repression vs. redemption of, 155-156; spiritual conquest of, 168-169
Atlantis, continent of (legend), 149-150
Bartholomew (imagination), 16, 20-21, 72
Beecher, Lyman, 144
Being, both masculine and feminine, 53; character of, 52; pleasure as an end contrary to law of, 57; spiritual man as sum total of attributes of, 54
Bible, on "brain of the heart," 90; on physiology, 40
Blackstone, Sir William, on judgment, 48
body, as Garden of Eden, 163; as representative of sum total of animal world, 79, 81-82; denial and affirmation in relation to, 128; faculties, or powers and nerve centers of, represented by twelve disciples, 16-23, 48-50; redemption of, as exemplified by Jesus, 120; regeneration of, not after death, 120; spiritual refining of, 125-129; vs. experience, 45 (see resurrection; Spirit)
cells, as mental entities, 146
child training, 105
Christ, as our Father, 54; as the Son of God in man's soul, 50, 118-119; consciousness of, to be formed in us, 119-120; first and second coming of, in relation to man's mind, 15, 68
communion, with the Father through Christ, 118-119
consciousness, 72, 89; body affected by spiritual forces in man's, 123-128; changing the, 128-129; Christ Mind as resurrecting power in, 170; of good and evil, 42-43; sense vs. spiritual, 120-121, 124-125; spiritual, represented by Seth, 99; three great factors in, 164
creeds, (see dogma)
cross, as a symbol, 156
Daniel, 94
David and Goliath, represented as spiritual and physical strength, 36
Delilah (see Samson and Delilah)
demons, casting out, 66
denial, as redeemer of man's consciousness, 150, 156; power of, 128
desire, basically good, 131
disciples, calling of, 15, 50; twelve, as egos or identities in the body consciousness, 15-16, 45, 48-50, 62
disease, and serums, 147-148; as result of indulgence in sex, 145-147
Divine Mind, 17, 23, 29, 35, 38-39, 61, 66, 79, 113
Drummond, Henry, on love, 41
Eden, prototype of, within the human soul, 56
egos (see disciples)
Einstein, Albert (quoted), 86-88
Elijah, 89
elimination (see renunciation)
emotions, conflict of, detrimental to nervous system, 134
energy, electronic, as related to the human body, 4-6; represented by Gehenna, 6
enthusiasm (see zeal)
Ephraim (see manasseh)
Esdras, 63
faith, and the spoken word, 29-30; intellectual faith vs. spiritual, 27-28; represented by Peter, 17-18, 24-33; seat of, 16, 31; trust as cheaper brand of, 29
Father, communion with, through Christ the Son, 115-118; revealed to us as Spirit, 122
Father-Mind, 113
fourth dimension, as state of existence, 8
Fox, George ("Journal"), 80
Froebel, Friedrich, 39
front brain, as seat of understanding, 16, 21, 91; (between the eyes), as seat of imagination, 16, 20, 71; (center), as seat of will, 16, 21-22, 100-101
Galli-Curci, Amelita, 65
Gaza ("citadel of strength"), 18-19
generative center, as seat of life, 16, 22-23, 161-164
giving and receiving, law of, 26-27
God, and the Sabbath, 112-113, 116-118; as life, love, substance, and intelligence, 131-132, 163; as love, 56; as personality vs. God as Principle, 52; as Spirit, 135; Einstein's views on, 86-87; love of, 26; Principle, 52
God-Mind, 131
Goethe, 101
Goliath (see David and Goliath)
habit (see thought)
hair, as symbol of vitality, 37
Hamilton, Sir William, 83
head, top of, as seat of the I AM, 16
healing, emotion and thought as cause in disease and, 134-136; medical science vs. the Christ way of, 147-148, 157-158; tenseness vs. relaxation in, 159-160; through praise and thanksgiving, 144
hearing, impaired (see ears)
heart, back of, as seat of love, 16, 20
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm Friedrich, 83
Holy Spirit, baptism of, 61, 88-90, 154; as guidance, 75
hypnotism, 109
I AM, 70, 104, 124-125, 133, 171-172; as Jehovah in action, 103; represented by Jesus, 16
I AM THAT I AM, 54
Ideas, 19, 71-72, 125, 143-144; as "sons" and (daughters) of God, 52-53; as source of things, 34-35; as symbols, 77; evolution as result of, 38-40
imagination, and regeneration, 80-81; as daughter of God, 53; represented by Bartholomew, 20-21, 71-82; vs. visions and dreams, 74-79
incarnation, (see reincarnation)
intellect, reason as arbiter of, 45; represented by John the Baptist, 151-153
intelligence, as son of God, 53
intuition, 45, 47; vs. intellect, 85-86
involution, of mind, preceding evolution of matter, 120-121
Jacob, 92; as symbol of the I AM, 97
James, son of Alphaeus (order), 16, 22, 110-129
James, son of Zebedee (discrimination or judgment), 16, 19-20, 45
"James the Just" (see James, son of Zebedee)
Jehovah, as I AM THAT I AM, 54; as tribal God of Israelites, 106; man, 35
Jehovah-jireh, 26
Jehovah man, vs. Adam man, 35
Jesus, and ecclesiastical ritualism, 110-116; and His disciples, 15, 73-74; and power, 65; and the meaning of the cross, 156; and the will of God, 105-109; as demonstrator of spiritual strength, 37; as every man's name, 47; as greatest genius, 136-137; as I AM or central entity, 16; as "only begotten Son of God," 40; as type man, 4, 40; kingdom of, 67-69; new race of men prophesied by, 3-4; on overcoming death, 9, 91-92, 170, 172-174; regenerative work of Christ through, 119-120; release of electronic energy and its control as taught by, 5
John the Baptist, and renunciation, 151-157; vs. Jesus, 90-91, 151-152, 157
Joseph (dreams), 72; (imagination), 97-98, 100
Judas, generative center, 22-23; life conserver (generative function), 16; representative of generative life, 161-174
judgment (wisdom, discrimination), as represented by James, son of Zebedee, 16, 19-20, 41-51
Kant, Immanuel, 83
kingdom, laws promulgated by Jesus for His, 67-68
knowledge (see understanding)
Lebbaeus (see Thaddaeus)
life, as son of God, 53; represented by Judas, 16, 22-23, 161-174; spiritual, 157-158; vs. death, 173-174
loins, as seat of strength, 16, 18
love, and wisdom, 41-42, 133-134; as daughter of God, 53, 55; as regenerative power, 58-60; blunders made by, 41; represented by John, 16, 20, 45, 52-60; sacrifice of human love to God's, 26; various kinds of, 55-56
lust (see sex)
man, as imperishable Spirit, 130; as male and female, 166; as spirit, soul, and body, 138; evolution of, from sense to spiritual consciousness, 120-121; inventions of, duplicates of body activity, 135-136; natural vs. spiritual, 6-7; wisdom and zeal to be combined in, 131-133
Manasseh, and Ephraim, 22, 100
marriage, and sex, 56-57, 60; as union of soul and spirit, 166
Matthew (will), 16, 21-22, 97-109
meditation (see prayer)
medulla oblongata (base of brain), as seat of zeal, 16, 22, 140-141
mesmerism (see hypnotism)
Mill, John Stuart, 83
mind, as generator of energy, 32; building the body through, 37; continuity of, after death, 173-174; overloading the, 144; universe originated and sustained in, 143; various writers on, 83
Moses, 59; as symbol of drawing-out (evolutionary) process, 120-129; vs. Jesus, 112, 114-116
"Mount of Jehovah" (see "upper room")
mouth, 141
Mozart, 139
Nathanael (see Bartholomew)
navel, as seat of order, 16, 22, 110-129
nose, 141
order, spiritual law and, represented by James, son of Alphaeus, 16, 22, 110-129
Paul, 63-64, 73, 115, 119; awakening of, 92-93
Payne, John Howard, 56
personality, as a means of development, 99-100
Peter, dreams and visions of, 77; (faith), 17-18, 28-29, 45, 134
pineal gland (center of brain), as seat of faith, 16, 31
pleasure, not an end in itself, 57-58
power, as action of God in man, 68; gained through individual obedience to overcoming law, 69; misuse of, 66; represented by Philip, 16-19, 61-70
powers and nerve centers (see body)
prayer, personal vs. universal will in, 108; release of electronic energy by, 5-6; supplicative vs. affirmative, 27; way to spiritual understanding through, 93, 123
Puritan fathers, and the Mosaic law, 113-114
regeneration, 58-59, 65, 79, 102, 128; and the mystical marriage, 166-167; imagination's part in, 80-81; purification of human life by, 128
reincarnation, 89, 138, 146-147, 171-174; genius as result of repeated, 139
renunciation, represented by Thaddaeus, 16, 21, 142-160
resurrection, of body, not limited to Jesus, 91-92
Revelation, book of, 1st chapter, explained, 7-8; 22d chapter, explained, 164
Sabbath, as man-made institution, 112-116
Satan (see Devil)
Schopenhauer, Arthur, 83
Scriptures, as records of men's experience, 115-116
sensation, 22-23, 37, 41, 43, 57-58, 145; physical vs. mental, 167-169
sense consciousness (see consciousness)
serpent, as symbol of sensation, 57, 167-168
sex, indulence of, cause of depletion and disease, 57-59, 145-147; life force squandered by, 22-23; 166-169; present throughout nature, 53
Shakespeare, 139
sight, impaired (see eyes)
Simon (see Peter)
Simon the Cananaean (Zeal), 16, 22, 134-135
solar plexus (see stomach)
"Sons of God," as divine ideas (masculine and feminine), 52-53
soul, as causative factor of mind, 83; as demonstrated man, 138; as realm of thought, 144; development of, through series of personalities, 99-100 (see Spirit)
soul realm, vs. spiritual realm, 8-9
spinal cord, 62
Spirit, and intuition and inspiration, 45; causative factor of mind, 83; as potential man, soul, and body, 71, 138, 171-172
Spiritual consciousness (see consciousness)
Spiritual understanding (see understanding)
stomach (solar plexus), as seat of discrimination or judgment, 16, 20, 49-50
strength, physical vs. spiritual, 36-38; represented by Andrew, 16, 18, 34-40
subconscious mind, action and reaction of thought in, 65; and conscious mind, 3; and superconscious mind, 3; as storehouse of experience, 80, 138-139; evolution of Spirit through different incarnations in, 124; hidden realm of, 102-103; latent animal propensities of, 79, 81; occupied by a multitude of men, 35
temptation, Matthew on, 6
Tennyson, 84
Thaddaeus (renunciation), called also Lebbaeus, 16, 21, 158
Thomas (understanding), 16, 21-22, 91, 104
thought, and emotion, in relation to nervous system, 133-134; and habit, 128-129; as builder of nerve and brain centers, 136; as cause, 135; as source of disease, 145, 148; change of, necessary to healthy mind, 142-145
throat (see tongue)
Thyatira, meaning of, 94
tongue (throat), root of, as seat of power, 16-17, 62, 64
trinity, and the twelvefold man, 99; as God, Christ, man, 99; as threefold nature of man, 45; of the natural world, 54 (see Spirit)
Truth, as taught by Spirit, 155
understanding, interrelation between wisdom, knowledge, and, 83-84; represented by Thomas, 83-96; spiritual, 91-96 (see will)
universal will (see God's will)
"upper room," place of contact between Divine Mind and man's mind, 27, 135
visions (see dreams; imagination)
voice (see word)
will, and understanding, 97, 101-102; as center of action, 97; represented by Matthew, 16, 21-22, 97-109; personal vs. universal, 107-108; unwise to surrender to another's 107-109
wisdom, and love, 41-42, 133-134; Solomon on, 46 (see understanding)
Word, creative, 29-30; of faith, as transforming power, 31-32; of God, as seed in man's mind, 39; power of the spoken, 18-19, 29-30, 62-65, 128
words, formative vs. creative, 29
zeal, and genius, 136-137; as affirmative impulse of existence, 130-132; represented by Simon, the Cananaean, 16, 22, 130-141; tempered with wisdom, 132-133