The Hermetic Museum, Vol. II — trans. A. E. Waite (1893)
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MUNDUS ELEMENTARIS -— Elementary World.
The First Circle contains the Zodiacal Symbols.
SECOND CIRCLE.
Capricoruus tenet Genua — Capricorn holds the knees.
Aquarius habet Tibias — Aquarius rules the thighs.
Piscés gubernant Pedes — 'The Fishes govern the feet.
Ardes tenet in Microcosmo Caput — Aries holds the head of the microcosm.
Taurus tenet Collum et Guttur — 'Taurus holds the neck and the throat.
Gemini tenent Scapulas et Manus — Gemini hold the shoulders and the hands.
Cancer regit Pectus et Pulmonum — Cancer rules the breast and the lungs.
Leo imperat Stomacho — 'The Lion governs the stomach.
Virgo tenet Hepar, [ntestina, et circa Ventrem — 'The Virgin holds the liver, the intestines, and the parts about the stomach.
Lzbra continet Renes et Vesicam — 'The Balance contains the reins and the bladder.
Scorpio gubernat Nature Secreta — 'The Scorpion governs the secret parts of Nature.
Sagzttarius regit Coxas — Sagittarius governs the thighs.
THIRD CIRCLE.
JANUARIUS, FEBRUARIUS, Z/e/auckola — January, February,
Melancholy.
MARTIUS, er — March—Spring.
APRILIS, Pzfuzta — April—Phlegm.
MaAYUS — May. JUNIUS, ZZs/as — June—Summer.
JuüLius, BzZs — July—Bile.
AUGUSTUS — August. SEPTEMBER, A4z/u;mus — September—
Autumn.
OCTOBER,
NOVEMBER,
DECEMBER, Z7zezts — Winter.
VOL. If, M
J| Sanguis — Sanguine Temperament.
FOURTH CIRCLE.
Mznere — Minerals. IGNIS — Fire. ZERIS — Air. AQU/E—
Waters. J/etia//a — Metals. TERRE — Earth.
FiFTH TO ELEVENTH CIRCLES.
The Seven The Seven TÀhe'7 Members of The Seven
Planets. Angels. AMzcrocosmus. AMetals.
SATURN. Orzplaer. SPLEEN. Lead.
JUPITER. Zacharzel. LIVER. Tzn.
MAmnSs. Samuel. DIAPHRAGM. 47x.
SUN. JAMichae * | HEART. Gold.
VENUS. Anael. REINS. Copper.
MERCURY. Rapael. LUNGS. Quzceszlver.
MOooN. Gabriel. BRAIN. Szver.
'TWELFTH CIRCLE.
SIESIITAMES OOINSTSP/RSEN GJTEPIIVASSSSIUISSENS RSS UTNGALMSIVIURINTID S BIB ENS UNS TUQP ASEPITVASTUT) S STIS IPS (UIN STEIN SISI (EUN MO There are Three Principles, Three Worlds, Three Ages, and Three iXingdoms.
'THEOLOGIA (Theology). MATICA (Grammar) ^ DIALECTICA (Dialectics). (Rhetoric). MusiCcA (Music). PHYSICA (Physics). AsTRO- NOMIA (Astronomy) ^ ARITHMETICA (Arithmetic). | GEO- METRIA (Geometry). MEDICINA (Medicine). JURISPRUDENTIA (Jurisprudence).
NATURA — NATURE.
GRAM- RHETORICA
ALCHYMIA (Alchemy).
INMOST CIRCLE.
Magna dignitas fidelium animarum ut unaquaeque habeat, efc. — |tis the great honour of faithful souls, that from their very birth an angel is appointed to preserve and keep each of them. .
The Author of the * Handbook of Physical Science
Restored " writes as follows :
8 r. God is an Eternal Being, an Infinite Unity, the Radical Principle of all things. His Essence is Infinite Light. His Power—Omnipotence ; His Will—Perfect Goodness ; His Wish—Absolute Reality. As we strive to think of Him, we plunge into the Abyss of Silence, of infinite Glory. 8 2. Many Sages have held that an Archetypal World existed long before the world of sense, when the Archetypal Light began to unfold Himself, and set forth in an Ideal World a counterpart of the Divine Mind. This belief is borne out by the words of Hermes Trismegistus, who says that when God changed His form, the universe was suddenly revealed and put forth in the Light of Actuality-—this world being nothing but a visible Image of a Hidden God. This is what the Ancients meant when they said that Pallas leapt forth in divine perfection from the forehead of Jupiter, with the aid of Vulcan (or Divine Light) 8 3. The Eternal Father of All Things, being not less wise in the ordering, than powerful in the creation, of the world, has made the whole Universe to cohere by means of secret influences and mutual subjection and obedience, things below being analagous to things above, and vzce versá; so that both ends of the world are nevertheless united by a real bond of natural cohesion. "Thus Hermes tells us that things below are the same as things above, and that things above are analagous to things below. 8 4. He who looks upon Nature as anything but the constant expression of God's Will, is an Atheist; every smallest part of the great universe is constantly vitalized and conserved by the Spirit cf the Divine Master, and there is no life or existence apart from His consciously exerted Will. It was He that in the beginning moved upon the face of the waters, and brought forth the Actual out of the Chaos of Potentiality.