But the evidences regarding the probable Illumination of Moses are to be found in the reports of his ascension of Mt.  Sinai, and what occurred there.

The phenomenon of the great light which is inseparable from instances of cosmic consciousness, and which gives to the phenomenon its name “Illumination,” was apparently marked in the case of Moses.

The “burning bush,” which he describes is the experience of the mind when the illusion of sense has ceased, even temporarily, to obscure the mental vision.

“And the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire, and out of the midst of a bush; and he looked and behold, the bush burned with fire and the bush was not consumed.”

There is a subtler interpretation to this report than that usually given, even by those who realize that this expression is an evidence of the sudden influx of supra consciousness which attends the soul’s liberation from the limits of sense consciousness.

The “burning bush” is synonymous with the “tree of life” which is ever alive with the “fires of creation.”

All who realize liberation are endowed with the power to understand this symbol.  For those who have not attained to this degree of consciousness, the esoteric meaning is necessarily hidden.

The phenomenon of the strange mystical light which seems to enfold and bathe the Illumined one, is concisely expressed in the case of Moses.

“And it came to pass, that when Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the tablets of the testimony in hand, that Moses wist not that the skin of his face shone, or sent forth beams by reason of his speaking with Him.

“And when Aaron and all the children of Israel saw Moses behold! the skin of his face shone and they were afraid to come nigh him.”

Again we find in the case of Moses, a momentary fear of the phenomenon which he was experiencing, in the influx of light and the sound of the voice which seems to accompany the light.

The interpretation given the words spoken, and the identity of the voice is ever dependent upon the time and character of the mind experiencing the Illumination.

Thus Moses claims to have heard the voice of the God of the Hebrews, but the probabilities are, that the “voice” is the mental operations of the person experiencing the phenomenon of supra-consciousness, and this interpretation will vary with what Professor James calls the “historical determination,” i.e. it is dependent upon the age in which the illumined one lived, and upon the character of the impressions previously absorbed.

This apparent difference of report, as to the identity of the “voice,” is of small import.

The salient point is that each person relating his experience has heard a voice giving more or less explicit instructions and promises.

In each instance it has been characterized as the voice of the God of their desire, and adoration.