to the end, when he shall deliver up the kingdom to God,
even the Father; when he shall have abolished all rule, all authority, and
all power."

Unquestionably, if all men on earth in the flesh and in the astral, were to
come into the light of the cosmic consciousness, there would be no need for
laws, for authority or power. The kingdom, which signifies the earth as a
planet, would indeed be delivered to God, which means Love, and "Love never
faileth."

And while we admit that these words of St. Paul may be applied to
individual attainment of cosmic consciousness, and not refer to an era of
earth life, in which the fruits of this larger consciousness are to be
gathered in the physical, yet we maintain that the argument for such an
hypothesis is strong indeed. He says:

"For the earnest expectation of creation waiteth for the revealing of the
sons of God."

For the term "sons of God" interpret "those who have attained cosmic
consciousness," and we may readily parallel this with the many allusions to
the earth's redemption, with which history is strewn.

To "redeem" the earth is quite comparable with the idea of redeeming any
part of the earth's surface--either as a nation, or as a tract of
land--which is not yielding the best that it is capable of.

In the cosmogony of the heavens, the planet earth may well be likened to a
territory that has possibilities, but which needs cultivation;
encouragement; work; to bring out its possibilities and make it a place of
comfort and enlightenment.

So we have been informed--and an understanding of deeper occultism will
bear out the information--that this earth is being made a "fit habitation
for the gods" (i.e., cosmically conscious beings, to whom love is the only
authority necessary).

Paul clearly alludes to the redemption of the body, as well as the
continuance of the life of the soul, when he says:

"For the creation was subject to vanity, not of its own will, but by reason
of him who subjected it, in hope that the creation itself also shall be
delivered from the bondage of corruption into the liberty of the glory of
the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groaneth and
travaileth in pain together until now. And not only so, but ourselves also,
WHICH HAVE THE FIRST FRUITS OF THE SPIRIT, even we ourselves, waiting for
our adoption, to wit, the redemption of the body."

St. Paul declared that even those who had glimpsed that wonderful
Illumination (whic