The passion of the author is clear, although he writes in a florid, formal style which might have seemed old-fashioned or stilted even in 1930 when the book was written. There are some valuable wisdom teachings here, though the writing style and continued repetition of the same ideas and phrases made the reading tedious. Channeling a book of Enlightenment teachings in 1930 took a lot of courage, and I applaud the author for publishing his work.
There is a call I respectfully disagree with, to concentrate only on the heart, throat and brow chakras. " 'In this New Order, the discipline for the neophyte will be focusing and maintaining his attention entirely upon the three highest centers of the body, and he will do all his work at these points. ...only by looking away from the lower centers will he ever be able to rise out of misery and limitation.' " (No mention is made of the crown chakra).
This is a practice I specifically caution my students and clients against. As incarnated beings on the Earth plane, we need to integrate the entire chakra system as a whole to achieve and maintain balance and health. Cutting off the root, sacral, and solar plexus chakras not only cuts off the flow of feminine energy, it prevents a person from being grounded and securely anchored in the lifetime. The root chakra is a source to both receive nourishing energy from the Divine Feminine and also to release for transmutation the dense energies which harm body and spirit. The sacral chakra is the seat of creativity, procreation, sexuality, and sensuality. The solar plexus is the base of our personal power and the seat of the personal identity.
Rather than viewing our primal, Earth-based, and magnetic feminine chakras as representing those parts of humanity we need to abolish, they should be seen as necessary parts of the total incarnated beings we have chosen to be. Work in the upper chakras is very taxing on the body and spirit when there is no outlet for grounding this powerful energy. For example, long periods spent channeling, in astral travel, performing mediumship, or even giving healing sessions can lead to migraines, anxiety, and nightmares if the intense energies being used in the higher chakras are not moved through the system and released through the root. Grounding is essential health maintenance and even medicine for all of us!
Perhaps what is being discussed is a process of Ascension rather than a path to Enlightenment. This would make more sense -- cutting off the three lower chakras if the body is being transcended at the time of soul transition which occurs at physical death.
Even though the author describes a powerful bond and interaction with a panther, an animal who communicated directly with him and the Ascended Master and performed a Divine purpose at the Master's instruction, no mention is made of animal spirituality or of the God-self inherent in animals. Generally, they seem to be regarded as "lower" beings which is a disappointment, and probably a reflection of the cultural milieu of the author in 1930. I assert that God-self or Godspark is not "higher" or "lower" in any creature -- human or not -- as all emanations of God/Goddess are equally Divine.
I particularly enjoyed the teachings about manifestation and co-creation which must have seemed quite radical at the time. Definitely a book to ponder and provoke deep thought!