Kingdom in which Spirit shall be the ruling factor, and thus the Kingdom of Spirit which is the Kingdom of God.

These considerations bring out into a very clear light one meaning of Daniel's prophecy of "the Stone", cut out without hands, which grew until it filled the whole earth (Daniel 2:34,35). It is that same "Stone" of which Jesus spoke and is bound by the inevitable sequence of Evolution to become the Chief Cornerstone --- that is, the angular or five-pointed stone in which all four sides of the Pyramid find their completion. It is that headstone capping the whole, of which it is written that it shall be brought forth with shouts of "Grace, grace unto it" (Zech. 4:7).

The Fifth Kingdom

The Fifth Kingdom, the Kingdom of spiritually developed Man, is that which is now slowly growing, as one individual after another awakes to the recognition of his own spiritual nature, seeing in it not a mere vague religious sentiment but an actual working principle to be consciously used in everything that concerns himself. This "Kingdom of God", or of Spirit, was compared by the Master to leaven hidden in meal, which spread by a silent process until the whole was leavened. The establishment of this Fifth Kingdom is a natural process of growth, a great silent revolution which will gradually change the face of society by first changing its spirit; and for this reason the Master