1. Blessed are the poor in spirit: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Keynote: Humility, signifying the Christ power to control all manifestations and phenomena of the earth.
2. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted. Keynote: Comfort. Mourning pertains only to the present stage of manifestation. Man's eventual elevation to the Christ consciousness will bring that great peace which passeth all understanding.
3. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Keynote: Meekness or Impersonality, that complete renunciation of self which is won through Gethsemane and which later lifts one to the consciousness of the Ascension.
4. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Keynote: Putting God first, the power of the superman or adept.
5. Blessed are the merciful: for the), shall obtain mercy.
Keynote: Mercy, a divine compassion which manifests on all planes in a unity or oneness of all life.
6. Blessed are tile pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Keynote: Purity through transmutation, the Christ within awakened in order to contact the Christ without.
7. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Keynote: Harmony, which is the underlying law of all constructive works of adeptship.
8. Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Keynote: Persecution. Most subtle of all tests, and one passed so gloriously by all the Disciples excepting Judas.
9. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and say all manner of evil against vou falsely, for my sake. Rejoice and be exceeding glad, for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
Keynote: Self-mastery. Self-control is the keyword given to every disciple of the Christian Mysteries. In the words of Solomon: "Better ... (is) he that ruleth his spirit than he that taketh a city."
1. Blessed are the poor in spirit for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Mercury. Humility through the Christed mind.
2. Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Venus. Love is the great antidote for evil. "Perfect love casteth out fear." Faith and Hope are combined in Love.
3. Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.
Moon. Attracts and increases. The meek are impersonal.
"He who loses his life for my sake shall find it."
4. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.
Uranus. A divine yearning for the highest. Passion becomes compassion; self-love becomes altruism; the goal is all for one and one for all. The sole object of life is to make the ideal real.
5. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.
Jupiter. Knows only mercy, charity, beneficence. "Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." The Jupiterian ray of mercy and compassion attracts to itself benefits of like nature.
6. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Mars. The principal work of Mars is transmutation. The red of the lower nature becomes the pure gold of the higher. The only key to heaven is purity, chastity. Only a life of purity makes it possible for the spiritual centers to flower upon the cross of the body.
7. Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
Sun. The Sun is the Christ vibration upon the earth: only as the Sun or Christ is awakened within ourselves will we come into perfect peace.
8. Blessed are they who are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
Saturn. The place where the Path becomes narrow like the church steeple. Saturn is the whiplash of sorrow for the neophyte; the thorn-crown becomes the halo of radiance only through Initiation.
9. Blessed are ye when men shall revile you and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.
Neptune. Planet of divinity. The higher we aspire the more likely we are to be misunderstood by others.
10. Rejoice and be exceeding glad; for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.
The synthesis of the highest qualities of all planets. The attainment of man at the end of the present earth cycle. This path leads to the Great Lord of compassion. It is here we shall meet Him face to face.
— Corinne Heline