This document” is a metaphysical and spiritual exploration of the second chapter of the Gospel of Matthew. It delves into the spiritual depth & symbolic meanings and symbolism of the events and teachings in this chapter, focusing on themes like faith, spiritual awakening, and the journey towards enlightenment. The material includes discussions on the visit of the Magi, the flight to Egypt, and Herod’s response, emphasizing their spiritual and symbolic significance.

Matthew 2:1-7

Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east and are come to worship him. When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet, and thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel. Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, enquired of them diligently what time the star appeared.

S This, then, is the establishing within each and every individual the fact that they are Israel, that they are Bethlehem, that which can bring forth the Christ, bring forth that which is the path of God. But they also contain that which is Herod, the lower, baser elements. That which is represented in Herod are the lowest qualities of mankind. Therefore, this, then, is establishing, if ye would be wise as the Magi and seek and find and follow, you shall find in Bethlehem of self. As represented here, Bethlehem is that which is the pituitary in which is born the Christ within self, that it may flow forth and become even that which will save the people, or self, too.

Q What is meant by ‘‘we have seen his star in the east”?

S This is that which means the search has raised within self that which are the forces of God in action, the forces raised by meditation and prayer.

Q Did the wise men actually see the star and follow it, or is this symbolic?

S There was a star. There was that which was the flaring forth, not of a star, though. Some would have it a nova, but not so. We have here a physical light that held for seven days. But the wise men, the Magi, were on their way for five years prior.

Q Where did they come from – the three Magi?

S There were seven to begin with, each representing that which is as a center of the body, from seven kingdoms, or seven points on the compass, or not of the compass but on the land, coming from the Near East, from that which is the Arabian Peninsula, from that which is the Crimea area. But three, representing the three higher centers, are those who arrived, who finished the trip, as representing here, you see, then, that it is the three higher centers that control the search – though seven are necessary.

Q What happened to the other four?

S The other four, because of circumstances of each and every one‘s being representational of the lower elements within self, or the lower centers, could not or were not allowed to reach that which is the final destination, but acted as that which was the base of  impetus for the three that arrived.

Q We’ve been told through the Cayce channel that one of the wise men was from the Zoroastrian faith and one was from the Indian faith, and one was from a third faith. Is this correct?

S This is correct.

Q Which centers did they represent?

S The three higher centers.

Q Could you relate the Zoroastrian to one of the centers and the Indian to one of the centers?

S The Indian was that which is the pituitary, the Zoroastrian to that which is the pineal, and the third which came from the area now known as the Mecca area of Saudi Arabia was that which is the thyroid.

Q Why did the twelve maidens go through the preparation period as given in the Edgar Cayce readings when it was already known that Mary was the chosen one?

S They are representational of twelve being three, that all things must be in harmony, or with three there is no balance unless there is harmony, two always going to one axis or one pole. lt must be in threes – representational of a people or an entire body being in harmony to achieve the goals or keep the goals in sight.

Q When Herod inquired of them diligently what time the star appeared, what was the significance of the time?

S The significance of the time was that Herod, the body, or the lower inclinations of the body and of the mind, being subject to each other, knew that time was running out.

Matthew 2:8-16

And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also. When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him; and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way. And when they were departed, behold, the angel of the Lord appeareth to Joseph in a dream, saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and flee into Egypt, and be thou there until I bring thee word: for Herod will seek the young child to destroy him. When he arose, he took the young child and his mother by night and departed into Egypt: And was there until the death of Herod: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken of the Lord by the prophet, saying, Out of Egypt have I called my son. Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth, and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coast thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently enquired of the wise men.

S Here you have that which represents even in the action that occurred and had happened that even as ye bring forth within yourself that which is the highest of expectations may be seen. And yet, ye may slip and fall and be destroyed by that which is the return to the carnal desires, to the bestiality that lies within, innately within, the individuals. If ye would be as the wise men, those centers brought forth and found Bethlehem, found that which was will perfected, the idea perfected, allowing the Child to bloom and be, the Christ Force, giving forth, then, of the gifts representational in Christ‘s life, in selves lives: of gold, that which is love abounding, the material or the mental representation of God; frankincense, that which indicates the spiritual nature of things; and myrrh, that which is the death of the body or the sacrifice of same, used in the embalming of the bodies at the time. So then, the body and the material must be embalmed with same.

Q If the children who came in to be killed by Herod volunteered for this event, is it possible that the Jews who were killed by Hitler also volunteered to come in for this happening?

S No. This is a process of building up. For regardless as you would see the world, your world in your time, it is not the same as the Christ in the flesh, in the man Jesus awalking. For there was the giving, the earning, rather than that which is seen as the negative, or even as a positive force within the earth, the earth lives. No. Those that suffered, as ye call it, under the man, Hitler, were there not so much as giving of themselves, though many were there by selection. For it was that which must have been faced and they were there at the proper place, the proper time. Even as in places of the earth, in this time, others face similar situations.

Q When you say selection, I gather that some chose to do this, and others were required to do this and face it. Could you give us some understanding of this and the difference between choosing and being arbitrarily told to meet karma?

S There are those that must come in and face it, and know they own need to progress, into facing the situation. There are others who have learned, or who are ready to learn in the earth plane, that have become as borderline too, that make the choice to be in the place to face that which is the optimum situation   thetime of learning (and may be even more so), that they may gain the greater  amount or greater degree of overcoming that which has been planted by themselves. lt is a form of selection, or choosing of the time and place of reaping – where others have not chosen the time or place but have come to the understanding that they must progress.

Q Is it a karmic need at this time for Israel to solve the question of homeland for the Palestinian Arabs in order to retain its own homeland?

S lt is a matter of that. For you see, those that they drive away at this time are a mixture – some who have sought the promised land and traveled with Moses, and some are those who were driven away by the Israelis, the original Hebrew of the land, in taking that which is the Palestine area. Therefore, there is a doubling in convolution for that which is the peace of the world. They must do this selection at this time. For it bodes ill for all who are about if there is not the meeting of the minds. This is not to say that the land of Israel must give itself totally, but must compromise the more and rejoice in the Lord rather than the arms of a man, or the men, or the women, friends, what have you, as the defense. [10-45, 5-7-78]

Q Is the statement in Matthew 2:9, “and, lo the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was‘‘ a correct statement?

S lt was correct from the aspect of the writer. That star was fixed, or that light was fixed in the heavens – not only at night but in the daytime, too – that guided those. However, even if the light had not been there it would have been in the mind of those who sought. For they had established within selves and were told and followed the word. For they were very aware of their function and of what it was to [where] they were proceeding.

Q Were the right words used by Matthew in saying that the wise men worshipped Him, worshipped the Child?

S What was implicated here was not worship as understood, but worshipping of God within self upon reaching that which is the  epitome, or finding the Christ within self.

Q It has confused mankind for centuries.

S Mankind has been confused since it came into being.

Q I‘m not clear on what kind of a star it was. You say it was not as a nova exactly.

S More as a clustering of that which were particles of light fixed in  orbit above that place which the Infant came to be. More a scintillation or scintillating of that which is an angelic host, if you would have it so, rather than a body. Though it has identity and a self as you would find the sun, or the stars, or even the planets.

Q What caused, what was it that the wise men saw, or what set them on their journey five years earlier?

S They were men of deep faith and understanding, knew of the one God, had the basic beliefs that were developed in Atlantis, and the knowledge therein. They were scientists, mathematicians. They were physiologists, zoologists, what have you. They were physicians. They were priests. They were psychics. They, if they had been among the Hebrew people, would have been noted as prophets or enlightened ones. They were informed not only in meditation but, in actuality, by the messengers, that they were to proceed upon this course. They started their journey five years prior, but knew of their destination twenty years prior.

Q It is commonly thought that they were astrologers. Then I take it that astrology did not play a significant part?

S They were also astronomers and astrologers, chemists, too.

Q Where did the family, Joseph, Mary, and the Child, stay in Egypt?

S They stayed in a village now covered by sand near Giza, for the greater part. For the lesser part, or the first few years, they stayed in an area nearer to the present site, or that time of Alexandria.

Q Then that belief in Heliopolis is not correct?

S Not correct.

Q How old was Jesus when the wise men found Him?

S He was ninety days old.

Q Please discuss the three wise men and what part, if any, they will play in the Second Coming of the Master.

S These entities have been back more times than was necessary for them. Have returned quite often to India, Tibet, to a lesser degree among the Christian peoples of the West. At this time, Melchior is in that area bordering to that which is the Himalayas as one who is as a master of that which is the search and the way of the Eastern method or manner. Those two others are in abeyance at this time, waiting that which is the return that they, too, may work their way again in helping to carry the burden of mankind.

Q Were there more than three wise men? I have a faint recollection that Edgar Cayce readings state that there was a second group that came, a third, a fourth, and some from India, etc. Is that correct?

S Not as the Magi themselves. They were wise for they were disciples of those who preceded them.

Q What were the karmic conditions that caused the killing of the children in the Bethlehem area, age two and under, by Herod?

S Karmic conditions for those were not karma as self would understand karma to be. Those who came to fulfill the wailing, the gnashing of teeth, were those who voluntarily entered into the plane at that time to be those who would give up that which was the physical life that no one would have the karmic reaction or burden, even he that did the act.

Matthew 2:17-23

Then was fulfilled that which was spoken by Jeremy the prophet, saying, In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not. But when Herod was dead, behold, an angel of the Lord appeareth in a dream to Joseph in Egypt, Saying, Arise, and take the young child and his mother, and go into the land of Israel: for they are dead which sought the young child’s life. And he arose, and took the young child and his mother, and came into the land of Israel. But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee: And he came and dwelt in a city called Nazareth: that it might be fulfilled which was spoken by the prophets, He shall be called a Nazarene.

S We have here now reference to that which is as the raising the forces within self, from the lower centers through that which is the kundalinic manner, coming up through the body to find that which is as the Nazarene, that which is the force within self of the Christ.

Q How are we to understand the difference between Galilee and the rest of ]udea? Is this significant?

S lt is significant that Galilee is that area that the fishing would be done, or that which would be the gathering in of the real backbone, or following, or followers that were the most substantial and the most productive as disciples.

Q Did many of the Nazarenes have red hair?

S Quite a few, and many blond, also. You find in here a great influx of that which were those peoples from the Hittite origin and they were very fair-skinned and hawk-nosed. Handsome people.

Q There’s been a theory that there was an immigration of Nordic peoples into northern India who became the basis for the blue–eyed people of northern India and that they left their seed en route through Galilee. Is this correct?

S There was at a time, but basically the first peoples in this area were a lighter–skinned, blue-eyed, fair-haired race. Those that you would have as the Dravidian, or that which are the peoples in the southernmost tip of India moved forward, or upward, rather than downward, up into the rest of the peninsula here. There were invasions, counter invasions of, well not Nordic people, but lighter-skinned Indo-European. For the Indo–European race itself was a lighter skinned people.

Q What does Rama symbolize in the quotation from Jeremiah as given in Matthew 2: 18, ”In Rama was there a voice heard”?

S Rama symbolizes that which is the bringing together of those forces within self that have not been cultured, or prepared, or finalized, into that which is the spiritual search or the spiritual being. Rama here, you see, represents that which is still basically materialistic or physically inclined and there was that which was the crying out of the people for that which was lost, the children, you see, not realizing, as they would have spiritually realized, that nothing was lost, that those who were gone had come in only to fulfill this very thing.

Q In going back a little, I‘m wondering why the genealogy begins with Abraham.