Joel gave several beautiful classes on world work and topics related to world work. Since Joel’s recordings are still under copy protection, we have obtained permission to post these recordings for your online or telephone listening. Each recording will be available for listening at any time for one month after it is posted. There is a list of previously posted recordings at the bottom of this page.
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This month’s recording, 55B, “Isaiah’s Nature and Fulfillment of Christ,” is from the 1953 Second New York Practitioner Class. It was not used as source material for any book.
Preview of the Class
In Joel’s instructions for doing world work, he talks about attaining a “realization of the Christ.” What does he mean by “the Christ”? What is the nature of this Christ? What is Its function? In this class, Joel answers these questions by giving a beautiful mystical interpretation of passages from the Book of Isaiah and connecting them to his idea of the ”Circle of Christhood.”
Joel says, “The day is coming when there will be something like a ring around the world, something like an influence circling the globe, and it will be the Christ Spirit. But it will be available to every individual on the face of the globe, no matter who he might be, where, or under what circumstances, merely by reaching out in consciousness. … This will be the fulfillment of the Master’s mission on earth, the revelation of the kingdom of God on earth, so that the government will be upon Its shoulders.”
The world is seeking security and peace in ways that will not deliver security and peace. Peace, Joel says, can only come from the Prince of Peace, Immanuel, the realization of God with us. Then we have spiritual government and divine grace always at hand. We cannot give this truth to the “natural man,” because he cannot receive it, but we can accept it within our own consciousness and become the light of the world.
The recording will be available for listening through April 30, 2026.
March 1-31, 2026
Recording 506A: 1962 Cape Town Class
“Past and Present Civilizations”
February 1-28, 2026
Recording 8804: 1956 Holland Closed Class
“The Word Made Flesh”
January 1-31, 2026
Recording 507B: 1962-63 Princess Kaiulani Open Class
“1963 New Year’s Message”
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