T-was the Night before Christmas 2020 and a Half. As Told from the Perspectives of the Metaphysician and Student of Mysticism — A Stranger in This Physical and Material World of Ours. Happy New Year 2021!

You can enjoy this article all year-long and for years to come.

From the author of the “Mechanics of Life,” and the founder of the Life and Self Mastery Institute.

It does not matter what you believe; it is the actions you take based on those beliefs that matters.

Come, step back from your close view of the obstacles that seem to surround you. Close your eyes to them for a while and create a new picture. Leave the past and the present out of your consideration and make a new life, a new day, beginning with tomorrow. Build it up part by part in your mind and in your conversations and contacts with those around you until you have a perfect picture of the future that is just beyond today’s horizon. Then step forward bravely into this picture; and with determination start your journey along the line that leads to your new life. You will find yourself master of the picture and of those realities, and you will find in it the greatest happiness and rewards, and every effort, every thought devoted to it. H. Spencer Lewis

The year was 2020 AD (Anno Domini — The Year of Lord), two thousand and twenty years after the birth of Jesus Christ. The universe was in reset, preparing for the Renewal of all things known to mankind. And yes, while most humans think of the world as the global earth sphere, or an island within the greater universe, the world as a matter of Life is inextricably interconnected with the larger universal canvas. For the student of universal knowledge and ancient wisdom, the world is viewed through the lenses of the Grand Scheme of Things, encompassing all things living and non-living; All things seen and unseen; And those things known and yet to be known to mankind. Some examples are the billions of lifeforms, animate and inanimate, in the earth’s oceans and other bodies of water, in forests and in space. All of which contribute to human life and health, by providing food, oxygen, essential minerals, crucial medicines, light, and heat and cooling. This cosmic interconnection and interdependence is also…