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The Archives of the Eloists TThhee AArrcchhiivveess ooff TThhee EEllooiissttss Walter DeVoe (1905-1939) 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS A Brief History of The Eloists ━ 10 Principles and Purpose ━ 13 The Secret Spring of Health ━ 16 You Will Not Die! ━ 18 Daily Service in The Eloist Ministry ━ 46 Creative Joy ━ 51 What the Angels of The Creator Reveal ━ 53 Where Spirits Live ━ 58 Spiritual Science ━ 72 Bless and You Shall Be Blessed ━ 90 Unveil The Glory of Your I Am ━ 93 Three States of Mind ━ 95 Discovery of Latent Forces by The First Eloist ━ 99 What Are Blessings? ━ 106 Bless and Embrace only Goodwill ━ 111 The Creator in Humanity ━ 113 A Silent Partner ━ 115 Thought and Matter ━ 120 Your Spiritual Battery ━ 123 Meditation in The Sanctuary: The Creator‘s Love ━ 125 2 Heard in The Sanctuary (1) ━ 127 How to Believe The Creator ━ 131 From Darkness to Light ━ 138 What About Prophesies? ━ 144 The Spirit World ━ 151 Grow by Giving ━ 157 The Joy of Service━ 160 Meditation in The Sanctuary: I Am ━ 163 Immortality ━ 166 Healing through Soul Culture ━ 168 You Can Outgrow The Effects of Emotional Stress ━ 171 Be Creative ━ 173 You Grow Like that which You Study ━ 175 A Letter of Advice ━182 An Inspirational Message to a Friend and Teacher ━ 185 Learn Self-Expression ━ 190 We Are Radiant with The Creator‘s Blessings ━ 193 Principles of Power ━ 199 The World‘s Hope ━ 208 Meditation in The Sanctuary: You Are a Blessing, Love Is Your Power ━ 215 Set Your Soul on Fire ━ 220 3 The Dawning of Kosmon ━ 224 Blessings for Distant Friends ━ 228 Assert Your Self ━ 237 Why Cooperation Is Difficult ━ 240 On Mediumship ━ 233 The Younger Generation ━ 246 The Great Day ━ 250 A Promise of Progress ━ 254 Cooperate ━ 259 Angelic Inspiration and Protection ━ 262 Contemplation and Communion ━ 268 Heard in The Sanctuary (2) ━ 274 How to Gain Protection ━ 279 Meditation in The Sanctuary: Consecration To The Almighty ━ 283 The Ministry of Angels ━ 290 A Place of Celestial Radiance ━ 312 What Shall We Do to Be Saved? ━ 316 Your Relation to Your Creator ━ 327 Your Influence ━ 334 What The Angels Reveal ━ 345 A New Heaven and A New Earth ━ 348 4 Exalt Wisdom ━ 355 A New Dispensation: Blessings for Those Left Behind ━ 363 A Message of Goodwill ━ 367 A Meditation on The Home Within ━ 372 The Spiritual Is as Natural as The Material ━ 378 A Plethora of Stars ━ 381 Your Silent Influence ━ 386 Daily Meditations ━ 389 Divine Providence Is Human ━ 400 Ally Yourself with Victorious Immortals ━ 404 Inspiration (1) ━ 408 An Age of Enlightenment ━ 410 The Angels of Harmony ━ 421 Marching to The Music of The Spheres (1) ━ 429 Marching to The Music of The Spheres (2) ━ 437 Marching to The Music of The Spheres (3) ━ 451 Marching to The Music of The Spheres (4) ━ 456 Thoughts of The Angels of Inspiration ━ 472 Soul Culture ━ 483 The Inspiration of The Moment ━ 484 Inspiration (2) ━ 488 Peace and Prosperity for Everybody ━ 492 5 The Unknown Art of Blessing ━ 496 Going into The Silence ━ 503 A Brief Outline of The Beliefs, Practices and Principles of The Eloists ━ 510 The Celestial Realm ━ 513 The Almighty Will ━ 517 Heard in The Sanctuary (3) ━ 527 Face It with Courage ━ 536 There Is a Spirit in Man ━ 544 Reciprocity Is The Golden Rule of Love ━ 547 The Concerted Action of Affiliated Wills Generates Spiritual Power ━ 549 The Administration of The Almighty Shall Be Organized to Govern on Earth as in Heaven ━ 551 The Eternal Will of The Creator Is Organized into Our Immortal Souls ━ 553 The Creator Has Provided a Spiritual World For the Development of Our Spiritual Nature ━ 555 There Shall Be a New Heaven and a New Earth ━ 556 You Are a Wonderful Being ━ 557 Words of Counsel (2) ━ 614 What Every One May Experience ━ 565 The Daily Inspiration of Walter DeVoe ━ 568 6 To One Bereaved ━ 593 Of Birth And Death: From Whence To Where? ━ 597 Prospering Power Almighty ━ 605 Weave a Garment of Light ━ 609 Know Thyself ━ 610 A Thanksgiving Meditation ━ 561 Words of Counsel (1) ━ 563 Humanity Harmonized ━ 578 Serving Together ━ 534 Words of Counsel (3) ━ 674 Prospering Thoughts ━ 618 Outgrowing Limitations ━ 622 Healing Harmony ━ 625 The Blessings Of Unselfish Prayer ━ 627 Growing Old Gracefully ━ 632 A Glorious Prophecy ━ 635 Soul Strength ━ 640 Creative Thinking ━ 642 This Is My Name Forever ━ 647 The Place of Radiance ━ 649 The Globe of Glory ━ 652 Wisdom From Earthly Experience ━ 662 7 Messages of Encouragement ━ 664 The Ideal Becoming Practical ━ 666 The Manifestation of Mightiness ━ 671 The Secret of Happiness ━ 685 The Quality of Mercy ━ 689 The Awakening ━ 693 Prayer Is Answered When Efforts Are Made ━ 697 The Organization of Angels ━ 702 Subliminal Inspiration ━ 712 A Message from The Victorious Immortals ━ 715 Clairvoyance ━ 720 A Call for Cooperation ━ 727 The Celestial Presence ━ 738 What Must I Do to Be Saved? ━ 742 Benevolence ━ 755 The Power-House ━ 760 Thus Saith The Eternal Being ━ 765 Power of The Golden Glory ━ 770 The Great Purpose ━ 775 A Ministry Message ━ 780 Rediscovery of Mediatorship ━ 792 Mediumship vs. Mediatorship ━ 794 8 Healing Lessons from The Sanctuary ━ 796 Our Friends at a Distance ━ 805 Witness for Truth ━ 810 Creative Visualization through Guided Imagery ━ 816 A Visit to The Ministry ━ 825 The New Earth ━ 830 Vision of Truth ━ 842 9 A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE ELOISTS The Eloists were founded by Walter DeVoe at the turn of the 20th century. Walter DeVoe was born in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1874. As a teenager he became a sincere seeker of metaphysical truth and, in his search, he found his way to the Chicago World‘s Fair and the Parliament of Religions in 1893. At that time he was exposed to the sacred books of all the major religions. There he also became acquainted with many individuals holding similar interests and he became a part of the nucleus of thought that eventually unfolded as the ―New Thought‖ movement. By 1902 he began to work with his newly discovered abilities as a spiritual healer. He successfully pursued this work in Battle Creek, Michigan, and then in Cleveland, Ohio, where he published Healing Currents from the Battery of Life (1904) and formed the Eloist Ministry. In 1916 he was inspired to relocate his Ministry to the Boston suburb of Brookline, Massachusetts, which was a great center of metaphysical activity at that time, and in 1918 the organization was incorporated as a non-profit, tax-exempt religious organization in the state of Massachusetts with the name of ―The Eloist Ministry‖. 10 The Ministry continued its work of spiritual education and spiritual healing in Brookline until 1954. At that time Walter DeVoe‘s health began to fail with advancing age, and it was decided to relocate its headquarters to Duxbury, Massachusetts, where it remains today. The focus and emphasis of our work has changed somewhat over the years and, as a reflection of that fact, our organization‘s name was abbreviated to The Eloists, Inc. in 1972. Unlike a conventional church which emphasizes the seeking of converts and the building of an ever-increasing congregation, the Eloists have remained a group of very limited size because of the personal demands made by our commitment to a very specific spiritual endeavor which may not be for everyone. We certainly do not think of ourselves as ―God‘s spokesmen‖, nor do we think of our path as the only way to the Creator. But we strive to extend a helping hand to other sincere seekers we meet along the path to greater spiritual growth and understanding. Over the years we have published a variety of books, including Healing Currents from the Battery of Life, Mystic Words of Mighty Power, Doors of Life, Concord of Creators, and Pathway of Light. Periodicals have included Religion, Inspiration, Eloist 11 Focus (1993-1994) , the bi-monthly publication, Radiance (April 1983-February 1999), and The Circle of Light (2005-2007). 12 PRINCIPLES AND PURPOSE Individuals from many other religious persuasions may find aspects of Eloist activities familiar, yet when viewed as a whole, it stands in a position all its own. While it is non-Christian, ―New Thought‖ students would find similarities with our perspective on health care and spiritual healing. Quakers would understand our methods of conducting business, our unprogrammed meetings, our absolute commitment to non-violence and our mystical religion. Shakers could identify with some aspects of our ritual, and spiritualists would harmonize with our attention to spirit communion and our interests in developing psychic sensitivity. Our continually evolving spiritual path, however, remains separate and distinct. Our activities include, but we are not limited to, educational instruction, spiritual counseling, publishing, and charitable works. We believe that there is but one Creator who is Ever-Present with all of creation and whom we can never see as a finite entity, but whose works stand in perpetual glory before us, and whose voice can be heard within the consciousness of our own beings when we are open and attuned. We are responsible for our own spiritual growth, and no savior can substitute for good works and soul development. 13 Each and every one of us is a new creation, endowed with an immortal soul from the moment of conception, and our destiny is endless growth and progression throughout eternity. We are angels in embryonic form and we are given the basic tools necessary to begin our journey of growth and discovery through ever-widening avenues of service and delightful labor in worlds that as yet remain unseen to our limited senses. Reincarnation is not the way of soul growth. Thoughts are things. Their powers are real. Their force is potent to accomplish our wishes.
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