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1the true foundation of all magical manifestations of a physical nature. A strong physical medium, even though a helpless tool under the con¬ trol of a very questionable class of invisibles, can produce phenomena equally as well as the living adept. The only difference is, that, the medium cannot control either the spirits or the phenomena, whereas the adept commands both at will and thus accomplishes his desire. Of all creatures, MAN alone, has the God given ability to consciously de¬ velop his spiritual senses (become an Adept, truly understand life) so as to be able to use them in observing the operations of the true laws of life and thus learn the causes of what we experience here on earth. If rightly used, this occult knowledge could correct many human errors, raise the moral and spiritual standards of men and thus aid in the actual establishment of a sincere fraternal society of all men here on earth. If it were possible to reduce magical science to a technical formula the following would be, within certain limits, scientifically correct; “As the density of the atoms is to the mass of the substance, so is the power of cohesion to the form of the article.” Master that magical receipt and you will be able to work wonders.
2From the principles elucidated in this chapter, the reader will per¬ ceive that if all the forces of the universe were balanced, the external result would be a complete stop in the progressive work of creation. The variety of substance would be endless; there would be an infini¬ tude of crystals, and our earth would be nothing but a dead crystallized sphere. All forces, when balanced, make crystals, but no motion. Crys¬ tallization is the negation of motion. It is death. In our next chapter, our energies will be directed toward the polar opposite of the inert crystal, therein will be disclosed the origin of physical life. gitized by Google UNIVERSITY QF MICHIGAN CHAPTER III THE ORIGIN OF PHYSICAL LIFE “Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.” When we speak of the genesis of life, we must be understood to mean “the origin of physical life” and not the genesis of life within the divine super-celestial sphere of God’s infinite creation.
3Man, his constitution, from whence he came, and whither his cyclic journey will carry him, is all that embodied man can hope to understand during his sojourn upon the external planes of matter. The exalted adept craves no more, in fact he cannot obtain any absolute knowledge beyond this, because it is impossible for him to realize anything beyond himself. The perfect man, while incarnated within the astral vortices of humanity, cannot pentrate and know the details of truth belonging to the purely angelic state. Before he can do this he must be forever translated from the astral sphere of the planet which gave him birth, and, he himself, become the angel. The mightiest hierophant (Hermes Trismegistus) this world has ever pro¬ duced has only been able to speculate as to details within these exalted states, and such speculations without corroborative testi¬ mony, are as valueless, when used as the foundation for a system of thought, as the speculations of any religious enthusiast. The only difference between the two consists in the different planes occupied by the respective speculators.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
1the true foundation of all magical manifestations of a physical nature. A strong physical medium, even though a helpless tool under the con¬ trol of a very questionable class of invisibles, can produce phenomena equally as well as the living adept. The only difference is, that, the medium cannot control either the spirits or the phenomena, whereas the adept commands both at will and thus accomplishes his desire. Of all creatures, MAN alone, has the God given ability to consciously de¬ velop his spiritual senses (become an Adept, truly understand life) so as to be able to use them in observing the operations of the true laws of life and thus learn the causes of what we experience here on earth. If rightly used, this occult knowledge could correct many human errors, raise the moral and spiritual standards of men and thus aid in the actual establishment of a sincere fraternal society of all men here on earth. If it were possible to reduce magical science to a technical formula the following would be, within certain limits, scientifically correct; “As the density of the atoms is to the mass of the substance, so is the power of cohesion to the form of the article.” Master that magical receipt and you will be able to work wonders.
2From the principles elucidated in this chapter, the reader will per¬ ceive that if all the forces of the universe were balanced, the external result would be a complete stop in the progressive work of creation. The variety of substance would be endless; there would be an infini¬ tude of crystals, and our earth would be nothing but a dead crystallized sphere. All forces, when balanced, make crystals, but no motion. Crys¬ tallization is the negation of motion. It is death. In our next chapter, our energies will be directed toward the polar opposite of the inert crystal, therein will be disclosed the origin of physical life. gitized by Google UNIVERSITY QF MICHIGAN CHAPTER III THE ORIGIN OF PHYSICAL LIFE “Mighty oaks from little acorns grow.” When we speak of the genesis of life, we must be understood to mean “the origin of physical life” and not the genesis of life within the divine super-celestial sphere of God’s infinite creation.
3Man, his constitution, from whence he came, and whither his cyclic journey will carry him, is all that embodied man can hope to understand during his sojourn upon the external planes of matter. The exalted adept craves no more, in fact he cannot obtain any absolute knowledge beyond this, because it is impossible for him to realize anything beyond himself. The perfect man, while incarnated within the astral vortices of humanity, cannot pentrate and know the details of truth belonging to the purely angelic state. Before he can do this he must be forever translated from the astral sphere of the planet which gave him birth, and, he himself, become the angel. The mightiest hierophant (Hermes Trismegistus) this world has ever pro¬ duced has only been able to speculate as to details within these exalted states, and such speculations without corroborative testi¬ mony, are as valueless, when used as the foundation for a system of thought, as the speculations of any religious enthusiast. The only difference between the two consists in the different planes occupied by the respective speculators.
The source text as printed, transcribed diplomatically. Where the source language uses a non-Latin script that reaches us only through a Victorian romanisation, this layer is labelled transliteration, because that is what we hold.
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