I AM HERE. Elameros.

I am a Greek, or rather the spirit of a mortal who once was a Greek, and I lived in the days when Jesus walked the hills and plains of Palestine, teaching his new doctrines of the Divine Love and the Kingdom of Heaven.

I was not a follower of him or a believer of his teachings, for I was a disciple of Plato and Socrates. And I was satisfied of the truth of their Philosophy and did not believe that there were other Truths than what it contained.

I was a traveler and, at times, visited Palestine; and, on several occasions, I heard Jesus teaching the multitudes of people who seemed to be so interested in his discourses. I must confess that I was startled by his doctrines, at times, and recognized that while they treated subjects similar to those contained in my philosophy, yet, they were different and gave a new and spiritual meaning to these subjects that I had never before thought of.

I could see that he was not a student of philosophy or an educated man, as we understood educated men to be; yet he dealt with the questions in such an enlightening and authoritative way that I began to wonder at the source of his information. And, at times, when he said that he was not speaking of his own knowledge, but that his Father was speaking through him, I was almost ready to believe that such was the fact.

You must remember that I believed in God and in the lesser gods or demons who executed His Will. And when Jesus spoke of his Father, meaning God, it was not unnatural for me, in a way, to accept what he declared. And, then, I recollect that I was impressed with the fact that he was not speaking from a mind that had been developed by the study of the philosophies, but from a mind that seemed to have in it that which had been lodged there by some great, outside intelligence. He spoke, as he said, with knowledge, and speculations seemed to be no part of his conclusions, or the cause of any of his deductions.

Notwithstanding these impressions on me, in my own conceit that my philosophy was the only true one and that my knowledge of it was without defect, I was too "wise" to attempt to give serious consideration to what I had heard Jesus say. And, consequently, I let the Truths which he uttered pass from me.

I saw and heard him teach only a few times. And then I heard of his crucifixion and death as a malefactor, and forgot about him.

When next I saw him, it was in the spirit world where he continued to teach after he became a spirit. And he was teaching the same doctrines that I had heard him teach on earth, but he was then a wonderfully bright and glorious spirit.

I don't think that I can write more tonight. I will come again.

Your brother in Christ,

ELAMEROS.