In his manuscript entitled “The Cusp of the Ages,” a part of which we have already reproduced in this Introduction, we find the following copy of the Commission, which Levi received from Visel, the Goddess of Wisdom, or the Holy Breath.
“And then Visel the holy one stood forth and said:
“O Levi, son of man, behold, for you are called to be the message bearer of the coming age--the age of spirit blessedness.
“Give heed, O son of man, for men must know the Christ, the Love of God; for Love is sovereign balm for all the wounds of men, the remedy for every ill.
“And man must be endowed with Wisdom and with Power and with an Understanding heart.
“Behold the Akasha! Behold the Record Galleries of Visel where every thought and word and deed of every living thing is written down.
“The needs of men are manifold, and men must know their needs.
“Now, Levi, hearken to my words: go forth into these mystic Galleries and read. There you will find a message for the world; for every man; for every living thing.
“I breathe upon you now the Holy Breath; you will discriminate, and you will know the lessons that these Record Books of God are keeping now for men of this new age.
“This age will be an age of splendor and of light, because it is the home age of the Holy Breath; and Holy Breath will testify anew for Christ, the Logos of eternal Love.
“At first of every age this Logos is made manifest in flesh so man can see and know and comprehend a Love that is not narrow, circumscribed.
“Twelve times in every revolution of the sun this christed Love of God is made full manifest in flesh upon the planes of earth, and you may read in Akasha the wondrous lessons that these Christs have taught to men; but you shall publish not to men the lessons of the Christs of ancient times.
“Now, Levi, message bearer of the Spirit Age, take up your pen and write.
“Write full the story of The Christ who built upon the Solid Rock of yonder circle of the sun--the Christ who men have known as Enoch the Initiate.
“Write of his works as prophet, priest and seer; write of his life of purity and love, and how he changed his carnal flesh to flesh divine without descending through the gates of death.
“And you may write the story of Melchizedec, the Christ who lived when Abram lived, and pointed out to men the way to life through sacrifice; who gave his life a willing sacrifice for men.
