A small white country church in the snow, seen from above, a road running past it
A young woman reading by the glow of a lantern in a dark wood
Round rustic loaves and buns, fresh from the oven, heaped together
A long row of small candles burning on an iron stand in a quiet church
A smiling older couple embracing in a sunlit spring wood, wrapped in a warm blanket

The Mystery School · Course Four

The Temple Within

Seven flip-book lessons on the tabernacle as a map of the inner life.

The lampstand

Keep the lamp burning

Light for the path, tended day by day.

The bread of the presence

Fed by His hand

What truly feeds us, shared around one table.

The altar of incense

Let my prayer rise

Prayer as a daily, simple offering, rising like incense.

A living temple

All one house

Each of us a temple, built together in love.

Begin Lesson INew here? Start with Course One

Course Four · The Temple Within

Seven flip books that walk through the tabernacle as a map of the inner life: from the gate and the altar, past the lamp and the bread, to the Presence within the veil. If you are new, you may wish to begin with Course One.

Two white canvas tents pitched in a clearing at the edge of a dark pine woodLesson IThe Pattern on the MountA blueprint of heaven, and of usA woman standing in a green field at evening with her arms open wideLesson IIBody, Soul and SpiritThe three rooms of a personA wood fire burning brightly inside a ring of rough stonesLesson IIIThe Altar and the LaverSurrender and cleansingA small oil lamp burning with a steady flame in a dark roomLesson IVThe Lampstand and the BreadLight and nourishmentA ribbon of smoke rising and curling in the darkLesson VThe Altar of IncenseThe practice of prayerA red curtain drawn back from a small attic window, bright daylight pouring inLesson VIWithin the VeilThe presence at the centreAn old stone church on the shore of a still lake at dusk, its windows litLesson VIIA Living TempleEach a temple, all one house