and protection that the occasion may require, he being the wise and
strong man that we have supposed him, and having this assurance she is
able to pursue the avocations of her own sphere undisturbed by any fears
or anxieties.

It is this relation of protection and guidance that is implied by the
word Hephzibah. It is the name of those who realise their identity with
the all-ordering Divine Spirit. He who realises this unity with the
Spirit finds himself both guided and guarded. And here we touch the
fringe of a deep natural mystery, which formed the basis of all that was
most valuable in the higher mysteries of the ancients, and the substance
of which we must realise if we are to make any progress in the future,
whatever form we may adopt to convey the idea to ourselves or others. It
is the relation of the individual mind to the Universal Mind, the
combination of unity with independence which, though quite clear when we
know it by personal experience, is almost inexpressible in words, but
which is frequently represented in the Bible under the figure of the
marriage relations.

It is a basic principle, and in various modes pervades all Nature, and
has been symbolised in every religion the world has known; and in
proportion as the individual realises this relation he will find that he
is able to _use_ the Universal Mind, while at the same time he is guided
and guarded by it. For think what it would be to wield the power of the
Universal Mind without having its guidance. It would be the old story of
Phaeton trying to drive the chariot of the Sun, which ended in his own
destruction; and limitless power without corresponding guidance would be
the most terrible curse that any one could bring upon his head.

The relation between the individual mind and the Universal Mind, as
portrayed in the reciprocally connected names of Hephzibah and Ishi,
must never be lost sight of; for the Great Guiding Mind, immeasurably
as it transcends our intellectual consciousness, is not another than
_ourselves_. It is The One Self which is the foundation of all the
individual selves, and which is, therefore, in all its limitlessness, as
entirely one with each individual as though no other being existed.
Therefore we do not have to go out of ourselves to find it, for it is
the expansion to infinity of all that we truly _are_, having, indeed, no
place for those negative forms of evil with which we people a world of
illusion, for it is the very L