Accordance of all the dates with those prophesied--Other coincidences--Why our work has remained so long unknown to the generality--Notable recognitions, by representative Kabalists, Mystics, Occultists and Divines, Catholic, Anglican, and others--Spiritualism, Theosophy, and the New Gospel of Interpretation as fellow-agents in the unfoldment of the world's spiritual consciousness, and the unsealing of the world's Bibles, prophesied to take place at this epoch--"Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob," the Hebrew equivalents for Brahma, Isis, and Iacchos, to denote the mysteries of India, Egypt, and Greece, the Spirit, the Soul, and the Body, and therein the Gnosis of which the Christ is the fulfilment and personal demonstration, and the restoration of which was prophesied by Jesus as to mean the Regeneration of the Church and the establishment of the divine kingdom on earth--Mysticism and Occultism, the distinction between them, and the necessity of both physical and spiritual science to a perfect system of thought and rule of life--Conclusion. 184-204 ABBREVIATIONS. A.K., for Anna Kingsford. B.O.A.I., for "The Bible's Own Account of Itself," by E.M.; second edition, 1905. C.W.S., for "Clothed With The Sun," being the book of the Illuminations of A.K.; edited by E.M., 1889. D. and D.-S., for "Dreams and Dream-Stones," by A.K., edited by E.M.; second edition, 1888. E.C.U., for "The Esoteric Christian Union," founded by E.M. in 1891. E. and I., for "England and Islam; or, The Counsel of Caiaphas," by E.M., 1877. E.M., for Edward Maitland. Life A.K., for "The Life of Anna Kingsford," by E.M., 1896. P.W., for "The Perfect Way; or, The Finding of Christ," by A.K. and E.M.; third edition, revised, 1890. Statement, E.C.U., for "The New Gospel of Interpretation; being an Abstract of the Doctrine and Statement of the Objects of the Esoteric Christian Union," by E.M.; revised and enlarged edition, 1892. BIRMINGHAM: THE RUSKIN PRESS, RUSKIN HOUSE, STAFFORD STREET. 1905. [Illustration: Edward Maitland] [Illustration: Anna Kingsford] THE STORY OF ANNA KINGSFORD AND EDWARD MAITLAND AND OF THE NEW GOSPEL OF INTERPRETATION. CHAPTER I. THE VOCATION. My colleague in the work, the history of which I am about to render some account, was the late Anna Kingsford, _née_ Bonus, M.D. of the University of Paris.