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How Does Prophecy Work? Question: Can
you say something about the mechanism through which prophecy is possible, and
does prophecy contradict the idea of free will? Answer: The
Great Pyramid at Gizeh is prophecy written in stone, using a mathematical
language. This prophecy was made about 6,000 years
ago and deals with a progression of events in human affairs starting about
3,000 years ago. The advanced being who foresaw the future
which is recorded in the pyramid really perceived it as a “history” of
the end results of many persons’ free will. Major events affecting
mankind being predictable does not in any way contradict that it is
man, through his own choices, successes and failures, who is bringing about
these events. The Holy Spirit does not control nor arbitrarily change the course
of humankind. God’s Universe is benign, allowing the outworkings
of all our potentials. The Brothers do conspire, however, to provide us with goals and the information we need to help us make the
best possible decisions. Hundreds of Brothers incarnated at the time
of the American Revolution. Few of Them were leaders or historical figures
with whom we would be familiar, but They were instrumental in bringing about
the kind of liberal attitude toward religion which
allows the Philosophy of the Brotherhoods to be accepted or at least
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