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1III. Disembodied shells. These are the magnetic forms of those who have lived, died and been buried upon the earth. They are perfectly lifeless; they hover around the grave which conceals the corpse to which they are bound, and as this decomposes the mag¬ netic shell or phantom also dissolves. They cannot be drawn away from the grave. They cannot, in fact, be made to answer any mediumistic purpose whatsoever, and those who assert, as some Theosophists do, that they can be regalvanized into a temporary life and made to simulate the deceased individual, are sadly in error, and know not whereof they speak. The Buddhistical theory of disembodied shells and their influence upon the mediums of modern spiritualism is only another of the oriental delusions, dis¬ seminated to poison the budding spirituality of the western race. IV. The Mesmeric influence of living individuals. Of this potent factor we need not speak, as it is evident that any spirit medium will feel, and to some extent respond to, the mesmeric will of a potent, positive, magnetic mind. iy Google ¥ O CHAPTER V LA CLEF HERMETIQUE THE HERMETIC KEY OF URANIA’S MYSTERIES Written in the year 1880 PREFACE Esteemed Brother Students of the Occult;
2In preparing this peculiar work, I have been requested by those in authority over me to avoid all superfluous matter, and present the facts and teachings of the Hermetic Initiates as con¬ cisely as possible in the form most suitable for private meditation and study. But for this request, I could probably have made the work much more readable and interesting to many who dislike the dry facts and figures of original research. As it is, each one must supplement the scenery and sentiment for him or herself, and thus gain the credit of intensifying their own special pleasure, knowledge and Spiritual Advancement. It is most important to remember that the Original Manuscript of the first portion of this work was written and issued to several in the month of January, 1881, before “Esoteric Buddhism” ever saw the light, and that the supposed “marvelous and original doc¬ trines,” issued by A. P. Sinnet, Esq., as from India, were all in black and white in England at the time. We have not copied from “Theosophy,” but it is they who have stolen their jewels from us. In corroboration of this fact, read “Coleman’s Review” of “The Secret Doctrine.”
3In trying to explain the Esoteric Numbers of the ancients, there is one great difficulty to be met with, namely, to be esoterically understood. Therefore, those who cannot understand or appreciate the sublime significance of the mighty Cycles and Periods we are about to reveal, had better, by far, leave all studies tending in the direction of the occult alone, seeing that it is not their sphere of thought. Their souls are not sufficiently etherealized for their humanly-divine attributes to come into action, and in spite of any THE HERMETIC KEY OF URANIA S MYSTERIES 87
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.
1III. Disembodied shells. These are the magnetic forms of those who have lived, died and been buried upon the earth. They are perfectly lifeless; they hover around the grave which conceals the corpse to which they are bound, and as this decomposes the mag¬ netic shell or phantom also dissolves. They cannot be drawn away from the grave. They cannot, in fact, be made to answer any mediumistic purpose whatsoever, and those who assert, as some Theosophists do, that they can be regalvanized into a temporary life and made to simulate the deceased individual, are sadly in error, and know not whereof they speak. The Buddhistical theory of disembodied shells and their influence upon the mediums of modern spiritualism is only another of the oriental delusions, dis¬ seminated to poison the budding spirituality of the western race. IV. The Mesmeric influence of living individuals. Of this potent factor we need not speak, as it is evident that any spirit medium will feel, and to some extent respond to, the mesmeric will of a potent, positive, magnetic mind. iy Google ¥ O CHAPTER V LA CLEF HERMETIQUE THE HERMETIC KEY OF URANIA’S MYSTERIES Written in the year 1880 PREFACE Esteemed Brother Students of the Occult;
2In preparing this peculiar work, I have been requested by those in authority over me to avoid all superfluous matter, and present the facts and teachings of the Hermetic Initiates as con¬ cisely as possible in the form most suitable for private meditation and study. But for this request, I could probably have made the work much more readable and interesting to many who dislike the dry facts and figures of original research. As it is, each one must supplement the scenery and sentiment for him or herself, and thus gain the credit of intensifying their own special pleasure, knowledge and Spiritual Advancement. It is most important to remember that the Original Manuscript of the first portion of this work was written and issued to several in the month of January, 1881, before “Esoteric Buddhism” ever saw the light, and that the supposed “marvelous and original doc¬ trines,” issued by A. P. Sinnet, Esq., as from India, were all in black and white in England at the time. We have not copied from “Theosophy,” but it is they who have stolen their jewels from us. In corroboration of this fact, read “Coleman’s Review” of “The Secret Doctrine.”
3In trying to explain the Esoteric Numbers of the ancients, there is one great difficulty to be met with, namely, to be esoterically understood. Therefore, those who cannot understand or appreciate the sublime significance of the mighty Cycles and Periods we are about to reveal, had better, by far, leave all studies tending in the direction of the occult alone, seeing that it is not their sphere of thought. Their souls are not sufficiently etherealized for their humanly-divine attributes to come into action, and in spite of any THE HERMETIC KEY OF URANIA S MYSTERIES 87
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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