1. The universe is one, therefore, all are united in universal brotherhood.2. The existence of a supreme Deity.3. Man is a spiritual being, and as such is responsible for his actions.Principles of Development1. The ascendancy of the spiritual man.2. The development of the individuality or soul nature.3. The entire submission of the personality, or man of emotion and desires, to the higher nature.4. The cultivation of the will and its practice in the daily life in harmony with the Divine will.5. Nonresistance of the law of love.6. The realization of positive thought force and the rejection of the negative states of fear, doubt, and morbidity.7. The strict accomplishment of all the duties of the daily life without any thought of reward, leaving the results to the Divine.8. The order does not teach or indorse [sic] hypnotism, spiritism, or any negative, psychic practices, but teaches and points out their dangers."The beginning of our souls journey is the contact with the Light and Sound of God, the two primary manifestations of the power of God. It is said that when God desired to bring about creation, that thought resulted in a current emanating from God. That current was manifested as Light and Sound. It was a divine stream that brought all creation into being. As it moved further from its source, the vibratory rate changed. Thus, different regions of varying vibrations were brought into being and sustain all creation.The Light and Sound principle ultimately brought the physical universe into being. Our physical universe is operating at the densest vibratory rate, so dense that it manifests as matter. It is only in the last few decades that scientists have begun to understand that what we thought was solid matter are really dancing packets of energy. At the core of matter is an energy, which is light and sound. We know that when we split an atom, there is a tremendous burst of light and sound. This light and sound energy within our physical universe is the densest vibration of the current of Light and Sound emanating from the Creator.The Light and Sound current flows out from God. It also flows back to God. We can catch this current at the point known as the third or single eye, or the sixth chakra. That is the connecting point between our soul (or attention in the body) and the Light and Sound current. If we can concentrate our attention at that point, we can contact the Light and Sound current and soar on it back through the higher regions of existence. The Light and Sound will ultimately lead us to the Source, back to God.