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Light of Egypt
or
VO
LUM
EI
BY
THO
MAS H.BURG
OYNE
ZAXO
VI , if
"W
rite thethings whichthou hast seen, andthethi ngs
M
YSTERYO
FTHESEVENSTARS, whichthousawest
inm
y right hand. "
H.O
. W
agner
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as H.Burgoyne.
H.O
. W
agner.
O
S'
Dedication
TheRisingG
enius of theW
est ernRace,
Thisworkisrespectfullydedicated.
Thesym
bol upont hecover of thisbookTHELIG
HTO
F
EG
YPT iscom
plex inm
eaning. It isthesym
bol of Spiritual
of m
at ter, andI amconscious that I amDivine." Theseven
representstheobjectivephenom
enaof li fe, andthe arrow
Thenam
eZanoni means: â Zan, astar; oni, achil dof
Thedoublezee( ^ ) m
eanscom
pletion.
iv
PREFACE
Herm
et icphilosophyastaught bytheHer m
eticBrotherhoodof Luxor,
Egypt.
wester nm
ind, and tofastenuponitsm
edium
isticm
entality, thesubtle,
delusi vedogm
asof Karm
aand Re-incarnat ion, astaught bythe
sacerdotalism
sof thedecayingO
rient.
Fromt heforegoingstatem
ent it will be seenthat t hisworkis
connectionbetweenG
odandm
an, thesoul andthest ars, andto reveal
m
ents m
adeinregardtothese subjectsareabsolute factsinsofar as
em
bodi edm
ancan understandt hemthrough thesym
bol ismof hum
an
m
inds of thosewhoconstitute thebrethr enof light , thefact was
m
ental andspirit ual development. Alsoat thistim
e thesunleft the
signPiscesandenteredthesignAquariusthususheringinthe Atom
ic
andspiritual sensesandisalsoexperiencingthesecondcom
ingof the
m
indt hat theO
ri ent isdesti tuteof spi ritual trut h. O
nthecontrary,
stores of m
ystical knowledge concealedwithintheastral vorti cesof
dogm
as, traditionsandexternalism
sof t hedecaying past, whosereal
beneat hthesym
bolsintheastral light arehidden fromtheir viewby
sires toim
press uponthereader'scandi dm
ind, the fact that hisearn
ological dogm
aupontherisinggeniusof thewester nrace. It isthe
delusi veO
riental system
sagainst which hisefforts aredirect ed, and
them
; for "om
nia vincit verit as" isthe lifem
otto of theauthor.
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anuscriptswritt ensom
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eet
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eticAdeptsandtheGuardiansof "TheW
isdomof theAges,"
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otto of Thom
asH. Burgoyne( Zanoni).
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CO
NTENTS
PrefaceV
PARTI
Introduction1
TheG
enesisof Li fe
Chapter II TheRealmof M
atter 11
ProgressiveExpressionsof Polarity
Chapter IVTheM
ysteriesof Sex28
Chapter II TheHerm
eticConst itutionof M
an54
ContradictionsReconciled
Chapter IVM
ediumship72
viii
Chapter VLaClef Herm
etique 86
TheHerm
eticKey of Urania's M
ysteries
LaClef Herm
etiqueâ Section 189
TheCyclesandForcesof CreativeLife
LaClef Herm
etiqueâ Section II 103
TheSacredCycles andNum
bers of the
Ancient Hindoos
AKey totheW
ork of theAbbot Trithem
ius
TheRealitiesof Life
Chapter II M
ortal ityandIm
mortality145
Nature'sProcesses
TheAppearanceandtheRealit y
Adeptship, ItsNatureandHowAttainable
Chapter VQ
uotati onsfromLet tersAnswer ingQ
uestionsof
PARTI I
TheScienceof theStars
Introduction199
ix
PARTI I
TheScienceof theStars
Hum
an Brain219
AlchemyandtheStars
TheAl chem
ical Natureof M
an 231
CO
NCLUSIO
N
TheM
ystical Chai nor theUni onof the
THESCIENCEO
FTHESO
UL
INTRO
DUCTIO
N
of Nat ure'sm
ysteries, heis m
et faceto facewith thisstartl ingfact,
m
ateri alisticwisdomareunabletoaccount for the m
ost sim
ple phe
nom
ena that transpireinthe actionand inter-actionof theli feforces
atom
s of forceuntil theybecom
elost withintherealm
sof the im
tened am
idthegr oansof scientifictravail, "theachingvoid. " But he
vibrat ionsbecom
e alarm
edas it wereat m
an'sdaringpresum
pti on, and
known im
ponderabl esistheuniversal ether, aninfi niteocean of
som
ething, which sciencecreatedinher franticendeavorstoaccount
for them
aterial phenom
enaof light and heat, andf or atim
eshewas
arest lessphantom
, agrim
, unlovelyspectre, which hauntsthe labora
tories of her par ent, night andday, unt il at last sciencehas becom
e
tim
id vibrations of thissubl unaryspher e.
opinionandscientificdogm
as that hem
ayhaveonboard. If he does
onlyequipm
ent that will bef ounduseful , andwill repaythecost of
transportation, i sanunbiasedm
ind, logical reasoning, genuinecom
mon
lum
ber . Hence, so far asm
odernscience andtheologyareconcerned,
scient ificacquir em
entsm
erel yasaidsi nclim
bing thespiritual steps
of O
ccultism
. If hecandothis, thenhe will find scienceamost valu
Hence it isalwaysasafecoursetom
ist rust theabsoluteim
partialityof
wem
ust drawthe reader'satt entiontot hechief obstacleof t hevoyage,
Thishiddenrock uponwhichsom
anyotherwiseprofoundstudent sof
theO
ccult havebecom
eshipwrecked, ist henon-real izationof the
dualit yof truth, vi/., thet ruthof appearances, andthetrut hof realit ies.
Theform
er isrel ativeonly. But thelat ter isabsolute.
W
edo not m
eanm
erelytaking for granted that truth isdual, and
soassentingtot hestatem
ent ; but wem
eanthat the great m
ajorityof
O
ccult studentsf ail toreali x.cthisconceptionwithinthem
selves. Know
half andnom
ore. Further, whenwelook at anyknownthingwe know
hasby whichtoguidehim
self inhiswinding, unevenpathupon the
endeavorstoknowthetruth.
som
ewell knownhandsom
especim
enof thi sstructural conception.
it is onlytrueupontheexternal, transitoryplane of m
aterial phe
nom
ena. W
eseethat, inaddit iontobeingtheresul t of m
an's trained
m
echanical abilit y, it isalsotheexter nal formof hism
ental ideal. It is,
infact, thephenom
enal outcom
eof hiscreativeatt ributes. W
henwe
weknowthat ther em
ust bean inside, we m
ust enter theinteri or plane
crum
bl etodecay, fall, andf inallynot onem
aterial atomwill rem
ain
m
ouldi ngforcesof m
an'sm
echanical abil ity. Assoonastheforces
m
agnet ism
, it wil l dissolveandfinally vanish"likethebasel essfabric
of adream
." But thoughtheexternal str uctureof stoneandm
ortar is
of m
at ter, while them
aterial structure appearsto betheonly thing
alm
ost hopelessconfusionregardingthe exact m
eani ngof thet erm
s
som
eof theundiscoveredforcesof "M
att er," while theologyrefersall
weknowthem
, are but thedual expressionof theoneDeificpr inciple,
correspondences, whichscienceisbut a m
aterial systemof symbolism
Just assym
bolsaretheproduct of ideas, so, intheir turn, i deasare
thesym
bolsof thought, andt hought itself isbut t hesym
bolic response
soul of theInfiniteO
ne. Backof thiswecannot penetrate, evenin
our m
ost exalted conceptions. Henceall seriousstudyandm
edi tation
ideas andsym
boli cform
stot heir source.
THEG
ENESISO
FLI FE
CHAPTERI
THEREALMO
FSPIRIT
Involution
ever pennedam
or esublim
etr uththanis contained intheabovewords.
being. Silent, m
otionless, unconscious, Divinity; possessingi nitssub
lim
epuritytheonesoleDeif icattribut eexpressibleinhum
an language
venience, hasbeenterm
edby theO
cculti st "therealmof unm
ani-
fested being." W
i ththefirst em
anation of thisinconceivable statewe
toO
ri ental m
inds areunsatisfactory, andinm
anyr espectsm
isleading.
Thefi rst em
anati onfromthis realmof spirit (formlessbeing) claim
s
Crown, m
eans, whenstrippedof itsm
ysti cal veil, sim
pleandnaked
activi tyor m
otion. Thusweseethat the first acti onof Divinity(un
consci ousm
ind) i sthought, andthought im
pliesvibrationor motion.
At the m
om
ent the Deificm
ind vibrateswiththought therespri ngs
intur nm
eanthe attributes, attraction andrepulsi onof force and
m
otion. Theyare m
aleandfemale, co-equal andco-eternal, and express
them
selvesexternallyasacti vityandrepose.
Nom
at ter howreconditeor abstruseour speculationsm
aybe,
theoneprim
al forcecontaini ngunlim
itedpotential itieswithi nitself.
studentsandinvestigatorsof Nature'soccult m
ysteries, wem
ust rest
for theatom
sof differentiat edlife. Consequently, theim
mort alityof
m
an.
followingprim
ary doctrines, taught byt heO
ccult i nitiatesof all true
experi m
ent.
form
less, spirit of Divinity.
inconceivablecenter of life em
anatethe spiritual raysof the Father,
theawful universeof G
od'ssilent, formlessspirit , becom
esalive\\ ith
aninf initenum
ber of subordi nateuniver ses." W
hich m
eans, the rays
exam
pl eof thiscanbeseenuponour m
at erial plane byobser\i ngthat
prim
ar ysunsthrowoff aseri esof secondary' suns. Thesesecondary
Rem
em
ber thosefacts.
THEREALMO
FSPIRIT7
scious form
lessOne, andthe grandoutcom
eof this divinepurposeis
theul tim
ationof DeificIntelligencies; separatemindsreflectingthe
possessingim
mort al soulscapableof eternal progression, who, asdif
becom
e them
selves secondarycreatorsand thearbitr atorsof the
m
ayappear tothe uninitiated, it is, nevertheless, adivinet ruththat
theEvolutionand ultim
ation of spiritual lifeisaccom
plished bya
series of sym
bols. Accordingl y, weconceivethedivinefocusof the
prim
al essenceas thespiritual center of auniverse. ThisDei ficray
light of theformlessO
ne, or inother words, this center constitutesa
m
otionlessbosom
. But thetimenowapproacheswhen itsm
ission in
theschem
eof creationm
ust com
mence. Them
om
ent ar rives, and as
of m
ot ionless, form
less, whit elight flashesforth sparklingwithliving
andthem
otionlesshascom
mencedtom
ove, traversingthevoid of
inthe m
ystical l anguageof t heKabbalah astheevolutionof t heseven
THELI G
HTO
FEG
YPT
THEREALMO
FSPERIT
Sym
bol ical Illust ration
of the
Divine Harm
onyof Nature'sLaws
Victor y
Inlell iffvnce
V?^
Kingdom
M
ichael
ABeauty
Anacl
fbvruf afton.
M
ercy
(<G
reatnfsvAJkfienfe
ffabri el
"INTHEBEG
INNINGW
ASTHEW
ORD,
ANDTHEW
ORDW
AS W
ITHG
OD,
ANDTHEW
ORDW
AS G
OD."â St. John, Chap. I, vi.
THEREALMO
FSPIRIT9
whose divinem
atr ixissueall thelifeatom
sof their universe.
anyuniversecom
mences, thepureform
lessessencei sindrawnf rom
therealm
sof the unm
anifestedintothei r sun-spher eof creati velife
andby suchcontact it im
medi atelyunder goesachange. It isf orm
less
anecessaryattendant upontheother in m
anifested existence. O
neis
raythat constituteseveryspeciesof m
atter, so-called, fromthein
dense m
etal intheearth.
spirit isnot pur espirit, but onlythe positiveor activeatt ributeof t hat
which wetermm
at ter. Hencematter isso far unreal , it isonl yan
W
itht hisbrief but necessary digression weresum
e. Fromthe
inm
ental power andpotential itytothei r parents. Then, inturn, are
correspondence, i t becom
eslessinsize, m
orem
ater ial; thespiritual
theyarem
oreand m
oreinvolvedwithinmatter astheydescend inthe
im
possible, andt heinfinitel ygreat has becom
ethe infinitely sm
all.
usheredintoexistencethefam
ousgolden ageof m
yt hological celebrity.
EXPLANATIO
NOFTHEDIAG
RAM
of G
od. Theseven-pointedstar, thesevenraysissuingtherefr om
. The
nam
es for thesephiroth(the secondaries or ruling intelligencies, who,
after G
od, actuat etheuniver se), while thewordsaboveandbelow
THEREALMO
FMATTER
Evolut ion
ThetermevolutionisfromtheLatineandvolvo, whichm
eans to
roll f rom
, or unr oll, andthe evolution of m
atter meanspreciselywhat
thetermim
plies, viz., unfol ding, expanding, openi ngandevol ving.
Thewholeof whichcanbesumm
edupint hewordprogression.
M
atter , per se, i sthepolar oppositeof m
anifested spirit. It isthe
andm
otioninan exact state of equilibr ium
; inshort, m
atter sim
ply
m
eans solidified spirit. W
hen twoim
ponderableequal forcesfr om
opposi tedirectionsm
eet each other, bot hpowersbecom
epolari zed,
Thepr ogressionandultim
ationof theli feforcesl atent withi n
m
atter , m
ust beaccom
plished byaprocessof unfoldm
ent. Thepoten
m
ust EVO
LVE, and thisisso, becausetheyhavebecom
eincarnat ed
thedegradationof them
ateri al, bythe fall, andcast into"t hebottom
cyclic pathwaysof m
aterial unfoldm
ent.
Theevolutionof m
atter, like everything elsewithi ntherealms
of m
anifestedexi stence, m
ust havesom
e point of com
mencem
ent. If
m
atter is, aspreviouslystat ed, but the m
anifestat ionof spir it â the
m
atter m
ust bethefirst offspringof spirit, andbothcom
binedm
ust
com
pri setheall of all things, yea, evenDeityitself; for an infinite
hisowndivinenature. Consequently, HE m
ust alsobegoverned by
theself sam
elawsandprinci pleswhich control his creativeactivities,
12THE LIG
HTO
FEG
YPT
suchprim
al laws are, viz., " W
isdomand Love," and, convertibl y, m
ale
andfem
ale, posit iveandnegative,'activityandrepose. Briefl ystated
there isbut one law,onepri nciple, one agent and oneword. This
anim
at edNature. Thissam
esexual lawoperatingthr oughout Nat ure
lim
its thesourcesfromwhich our knowledgeof Naturecanbeobtained;
latter givesthe m
aterial side, whichis theworld of effects, onaccount
"Theoutwarddoth fromtheinwardroll,
Andtheinwarddwellsinthe inm
ost soul ."
W
ehavenowcom
pl etedthecyclicoutline of our present resear ch,
realm
s of spirit, of whichrealmwehave alreadyspoken, inchapter one.
m
ent of m
atter, a careful studyof thesevencreati veprincipl esisvery
them
selvesintell igent, but aresim
plypowersdirectedbyintelligence,
telligence, becomesam
ediumfor theexpressionof that intell igence
andcapableof tr ansm
ittingi tsm
aster's thoughtsanddesires, instan
them
. Theintelli gencewhich directsthesepowersbythelaws of
harm
onyarethesevenangelic worldsm
entionedint heprevious chap
som
ethingtoact upon, apoint of contact or rappor t, at thepoint or
place of m
anifest ation. Asst atedinthe aboveillustrationof the
(if we m
ayusesuchaterm
) of theobjectiveworld beingaper fect
im
possibility, becausenosubjectivepower, stateor principle canact
that f orm
.Wem
ust carrythis lineof reasoningal ittlefurther.
M
an, i nhisphysi cal body, is aperfect epitom
eof theplanet upon
m
oniousM
other Natureis, eveninher m
ost secret parts. Shehasm
ade
m
anis dependent upontheear th. All containthesam
eeternal seven
andm
eetingpoint betweenthe twogreat worlds, treasuresupt he
seven m
ineral qualitiesinhi sbodyand their m
agneticcounter parts
ities tothesevenprism
atic raysof the solar spectrum
, andalsopresent
14THE LIG
HTO
FEG
YPT
W
aves. " It isthesewavesof cosm
iclife energiest hat carryout the
grand ascendingscaleof m
aterial evolut ion.
W
hena "wave" comm
ences, it, at once, setsinm
otion, itsevol u-,
followingorder;
III. TheG
aseous or realmof force, sym
bolicof The Power.
IV. TheM
ineral or realmof phenom
ena, sym
bol of TheJustice.
VI. TheAnim
al or realmof consciousness, sym
bol of TheLove.
VII. TheHum
anor realmof m
i nd, sym
boli cal of The G
lory.
theor iginal im
pulsefirst emanated. Thi sspiritual im
pulsetr avels
of al essethereal force.
temto ultim
ate.
m
undane, sub-m
undaneandsuper-m
undanef orces, with which
m
agnet ism
, univer sal ether, electricity, andchem
ical, atom
ic andsolar
energy.
world of m
atter.
V. The worldof l ifeisthef luidic, the first formsof all things, that
is, or ganicform
s "whereinthereislife" areveget ables, and theyorigi
m
al ki ngdom
. It i sintelligent m
indexpr essingitself through thelower
form
s of ethereal izedm
atter.
VII. Theworldof m
indcontai nsthehum
anprinciple, M
anbeing
theculm
inatingpoint of m
aterial evolut ion. Inthi srealmthe m
ind
begins oncem
ore toassert it ssuprem
acy over m
atter, herelif econ
saryconsequence of theform
er.
Before attem
pting toexplain thoseoccul t processes connected
witht heevolutionof m
atter, whichare silentlyat workwithi ntheun
seenwom
bof Natureproducing theendlessseriesof causes, theactiv
ities of whichexternalizethem
selvesin aninfinit evarietyof form
s, it
hadno m
aterial objectiveshape; that pr evioustoi tsexternal m
anifes
tation, it m
ust haveexisted subjectivel yasanideal form
; andthat this
m
itted togoalongthelineof actual spiritual facts. But in carryingout
thesam
echainof reasoning, weareled totheconclusionthat if we
Nature'sgreatest of all m
yst eries, weshouldfind that event hought
Thepr im
aryideas whichwederivefromChapter I, areasfollows;
I. That them
acrocosmisthe objectivei m
ageof the divinesubjective
idea, andthem
icrocosmisa reflection of them
acr ocosm
. II. That the
form
er , asawhol e, isessent iallywithout form
, not onlybecauseit
lesssuccessionof progressivem
anifestationsof theseform
s; hence,
16THE LIG
HTO
FEG
YPT
aformasasym
bol of itslimitations.
NO
TE: W
edonot claimanyori ginalityfor theideas put forth uponthissubject,
isfromG
od, and m
anisfromtheUniverse," whichmeans, themacrocosmis a
render ing.
m
atter is, where didPlato's teacher obt ainhisPyt hagoreanwisdom
?Theonly
ant daem
on. O
ur conceptionof theteachi ngsof Pythagorasand Socratescanonly
"Theprim
ordial essence," saysPlato, "i sanem
anat ionfromtheDem
iurgic m
ind,"
which m
ind, "cont ainsfromet ernitythe ideaof the natural worldwithin itself."
him
sel f bythepower of hiswill."
Herm
es at thever ydawnof O
ccult philosophy.
Sofar , wehavesim
plyfollowedout the ideaspresentedinchap
form
s of energy, term
ed"Spir it" andM
at ter." Havingreachedt his
graduallyexternalizingthem
selvesassolidform
scognizablebyour
crystals; prim
ary, m
olecular crystals; whichconsti tutethefi rst physical
foundationof m
at erial phenomenafromwhichissuet heinfinite variety
NO
TE: Thepolarizingpoint, aswetermi t, seem
sto beanim
penetrablem
ystery
tom
ost O
ccult st udents. The chief diffi cultyisin graspingt heessential ideathat
it becom
esexhaustedit will becom
estat ionaryfor onesingle instant, andthen,
hended, wem
ust stateat the com
mencem
ent that crystallization m
eans
theterm
, but we m
eanthelowest possibl em
inim
umi ntheactivities
assum
edtobeat thebeginningof our subject, and alsoof physical
creati on.
thefaintest rippleor im
pluseof thedi vinem
indt oset it in vibration,
m
inor raysradiat eat everypossibleangletotheaxial ray. Wehave,
m
iles per second throughthe form
less, motionless, ethereal, medium
of space.
m
atter , toproduceinusthe sensations werefer to m
atter, m
ust possess
at least threedi m
ensions, vi z.; length, breadthandthickness, andeach
of thesedim
ensionsrequires at least twoequal for cesfor its expression;
im
penetrableatomicpoint, and, lastly, thisim
penetrableatomicpoint
m
ust alsoconsist of twoequal forces. Therefore, t oproducea single
grain of solidm
atter, asoli tarym
inute crystal, i t requires thecom
plet e
O
ur fi rst duty, t hen, istodiscover our im
penetrableatom
.When
bothbecom
epolar ized, astat eof inerti aisproduced, andan atom
,a
veritablem
aterial atom
, ist hephysical result of thischange of energy.
lim
itednum
ber of m
aterial at om
sfromtheequallyunlim
itednum
ber
18THE LIG
HTO
FEG
YPT
Thispolarizedsom
ething, however, gives usthefir st dim
ension
of m
at erial form
s. It isapoint inspace, andif wenowtake twom
ore
witht heseconddim
ension, vi z., astrai ght lineor apoint extendedby
I,
Fig. 1
consistingof asingleatom
, andsuppose that four equal forcesare
second dim
ension. But, insteadof four, let usnowsupposethat we
point. Inadditiontothosewhichcom
ef romabove, below,right and
left, wehavetwo m
orewhich com
efromt herear and thefront, (see
fig. 2) Force1com
esfromtheright, it sopponent 2fromthe left; 3
com
es fromabove, itsopponent 4com
esf rombelow; 5com
esfromthe
unknowableatom
ic som
ethinghasbecom
et ransform
ed intoanult i
m
atemolecule, whosecrystall izedsubstanceisacube. It has all of the
elem
entsof asol idform
, thoughit can bem
easured onlybytheim
agi
nation, sincem
icroscopesare not yet powerful enoughtoreveal the
som
eelectrical or atom
ical i nstrum
ent sensitiveenoughtodet ect an
original atomof m
atter. But suchwonder ful transform
ationsas take
THEREALMO
FMATTER19
sight canpenetratethem
ysteriesof Nat ure'sW
orkshop, theastral
W
esee, therefore, that logicallyit requiressixequal forces, m
eet
ingat anatom
ic or im
penetrablepoint, toproduce soliddim
ensional
m
atter . It m
ay, of course, be m
anym
ore thansix, j ust sothey approach
canbe m
adebyforcesfromal l possible directions, youwill seethat
m
atter howsolid anyexternal object m
ay appear, it isnot so, for every
m
oleculeof which it consists form
sanextrem
elysmall atom
ic system
form
s theim
penet rablepoint of everycr ystal. Ther eisspace between
dim
ensionof m
att er. Note; theabovewas writtensom
eseventy years
brought tolight. O
nlytim
ewill showhowfar m
anmaygoinexploring
theuniverse.
Tode- m
aterialize objectivematter andr esolveit i ntoitsori ginal
elem
entsrequires theapplicationof an external forcepowerful enough
thisstatem
atter canbem
ade topassthroughm
atter, andthe instant,
them
agneticdissolvent iswithdrawnthe object wil l reassum
e its
original objectiveshape.
W
eneedscarcely add, that, i nthisnatural fact li esthesecr et of
spirit ual m
aterializingphenom
enaof m
odernspiritualism
, and it form
s
20THE LIG
HTO
FEG
YPT
Astrongphysical m
edium
, eventhougha helplesstool under thecon
m
ediumcannot control either thespirits or thephenom
ena, whereas
theadept com
mandsbothat will andthus accom
plisheshisdesi re. O
f
all cr eatures, M
ANalone, has theG
odgi venability toconsciouslyde
errors, raisethe m
oral andspiritual st andardsof m
enandthusaidin
onear th.
If it werepossibletoreduce m
agical sciencetoa technical
form
ul athefollowingwouldbe, withincertainlim
i ts, scienti fically
m
agical receipt andyouwill beableto workwonder s.
tallizationisthenegationof m
otion. I t isdeath. Inour next chapter,
THEO
RIG
INO
FPHYSICALLIFE
"M
ight yoaksfromlittleacor nsgrow."
W
henwespeakof thegenesis of life, we m
ust beunderstoodto
m
ean" theorigin of physical life" andnot thegenesisof life within
M
an, hisconstitution, fromwhencehecam
e, andwhi ther his
exaltedadept cravesnom
ore, infact he cannot obt ainanyabsolute
anythi ngbeyondhim
self. The perfect m
an, whileincarnatedwit hin
hem
ust beforever translated fromtheastral spher eof thepl anet
m
ighti est hierophant (Herm
es Trism
egistus) thiswor ldhasever pro
m
ony, areasvalueless, when usedasthe foundation for asyst emof
arebaseduponabsolutelaws, whichm
an m
ayrealize for him
sel f.
form
. Thisbeing so, andweassert of our ownspiri tual experi ences
"Fromnothingwe cam
e, andwhatever our station,
W
hatever wedo, or whatever welearn,
plausi blenam
eof Agnostic, wereplywit hthefully realizedcon
Fromaninfinite sourcem
idst realm
sof light,
Anoff springfromG
od, m
ysoul tookits flight;
Togai nam
idst m
atter, withi tstrialsandpain,
Theimm
utablelawsof Nature m
aybetracedbackward into
rem
ote erasof sunform
ation, or carried forwardbeyondthepurview
Thegenesisof li fem
ust beviewedfromthesevenplanesof it s
m
anifestation, to bethoroughlyunderstood. Theseplanes, takenin
theor der of thei r cyclicevolution, are asfollows; I. Celest ial; II. Spir
being com
posedof tengreat cycles, corr espondingt othewell known
arise.
O
f thi sstateit isim
possibl etogivemorethana general out line,
purely em
bryonic center inthedivinear cof progressivebeing.
spirit becom
esdi fferentiated andatom
ic; yes. wer epeat theword;
im
possibletoalt er, transfor m
, absorbor annihilat e, fromthe suprem
e
m
om
ent of itsdif ferentiation. It isas eternal and im
mortal asthe
cessi sconsum
mat edwithinthecelestial m
atrixof angelicpar ents.
By"angelicparents" wem
ean thosedivineentities whodwell within
NO
TE: W
edonot usethetermangel inthesenseim
pliedbyordinarylexi
it to m
eanthehi ghest andm
ost interior stateof l ifewhichi t ispossiblefor m
ortal
m
indt ograsp. It isinfinitelyabovetheso-called spiritual sphere.
Thetwinsouls, maleandfem
ale, or heavenlyO
siris andIsis,
(father andm
other) formtwo halves, the m
asculine andfem
inine
tionwhichcreatesaninflux of theformless, m
otionlessspiri t intothe
external sparksof im
mortal l ife. Inother words, t heseangeli cvibra
intoactiveeternal Egos. As m
anoneart histhenatural outcom
eof
let us assum
ethat twoof the sixforces arelesst hantheir opposites.
that weshouldhavem
otionin acurve. But inasm
uch asall the others
arethesam
easwhenweassumedour point, it ispl ainthat thism
otion
O
ur or iginal point withthree of itsfor ceslessthantheir opposites.
descri beacircle, but will f ormaspiral. Thisspi ral islife. That ist o
say, i t isthem
otionof life. Just keep clear inyour m
indthat if one-
half of theprim
i tiveforces that m
akeanim
penetrablepoint areless
Chem
ical forceis death, that is, balanced, still andm
otionless.
Thespiral m
otion isthetype of life. I t isthem
otionof lif e. It isa
tratingtheuniverseof m
atter. Thespir al variesi nm
agnitude from
alm
ost aneternit ytoreachi tsculm
inat ingpoint. O
nthecont rary,
wehavetheinfinitesim
allysm
all spiral that will culm
inatealm
ost
astral universe.
Since wehavefoundthat m
oti onisthel ifeof m
att er, wem
ust
W
ethereforeask thestudent tom
entally bridgethe distancebetween
theform
ationof acrystallizedatomto theevoluti onof aplanet with
lifef romwhichprim
al form
s all theinf initevarietyof thevegetable
kingdomareevolved.
Having m
adetheassertionthat thespiral isthem
otionof lif e,
26THE LIG
HTO
FEG
YPT
of plantstheleavesaresoplacedthat alinewoundaroundthestem
,
variouschangesof atom
icpol aritym
ust alsobeclearlyapprehended.
m
able states. Fromthischangeof polari tywehave clouds, oceans
andri vers. W
hen thevapor fr omthesewatersisdrawnupwardby
thesam
easthey werepreviously, after com
biningi nthesubst ance
W
hereasbeforetheyrotatedi nacircle, theynowascendandr evolve
attractedbythe atom
sof car bonicacid gas, andinstantlyaviolent
rotati onam
ongthevariousat om
sisproduced. They com
bineand lo-
duced, viz.; am
oleculeor germof physi cal life. Under thecontrol
com
er e-attracted totheeart h. Here, water or m
oisturereceivesthem
,
atom
s ariseintheir spiral and, inturn, becom
eat tracted, or them
selves
attract, som
eone or m
oreof theatom
sof air with whichthey havea
som
eslight variation, anda still higher germof l ifeisevol ved, viz.;
izedgerm
sbring forththenext higher f ormof vegetablelife. Thus,
andfam
iliesof vegetation, andfromtheseevolve, throughthe m
edium
anim
al , andlastl y, M
AN.After agesof developm
ent, wehaveM
anof
today.
ceedinglyinterestingsubject . Volum
esmight befil ledinrecounting
M
ucht hat hasbeenleft unnot icedhere, shouldbemadethesubject
THEM
YSTERIESO
F SEX
Insomedepartm
entsof Nature thisistr ue, andprobablyinno
other "m
anifested" departm
ent of hisbei ngisthis truthm
ore strik
fem
ale, but heknowsalm
ost nothingof t hespiritual principleswhich
theactual germ
s of life. He ism
oreor lessacquai ntedwitht hefact
m
anifestedam
ong m
en, asseen intheher m
aphrodite, but heis quite
betrulysaidthat "m
anism
ost ignorant of thoset hingswhich are
m
ost manifest." Therefore, in order toenablethegeneral reader to
relati onof thesexestoeach other; and, lastly, present abr ief appli
tality of theSoul.
I. The O
riginof Sex
Theinfiniteoceanof form
lessspirit withinitslatent bosomcon
tains all that is, was, or ever canbe. Thereforei t contains all theele
m
ents of sexint heir prim
al state. W
hen thefirst pulsations of that
current, thusbecam
edifferentiatedfor all eternit yasthepr im
ary
fundamental principleof M
ani festedBeing. TheKabbalistical i nitiates,
andW
i sdom
. Love, asthenegativeor feminineray, iscontent and
encircletheatom, andthem
asculinefor cesstrivingtopropel it ina
W
ecannot attem
pt anyexplanationof howthefirst Deificforms
of sexual lifebecom
eultim
at ed, nor of thewhyand wherefore of this
of the m
ysteries of sexaswe seethemmanifestedi nhum
anity, we
m
ust descendfromthesepract icallyinconceivableheightsof celestial
im
port anceasaf actor inthe im
mortalit yof thehum
ansoul. Thefirst
cannot tell, but that theywill bear aperfect corr espondence tothe
ation andrespiration.
W
eneednot, ther efore, repeat anyof thedescripti ontheregi ven, but
wewil l addthat it m
ust bea self evident fact that eachEgo contains
for their evoluti on. Inthis state, then, thereis neither lovenor wisdom
m
anifestedwithin theEgo. It cannot knowhappiness whenit is
since it possessesnom
eansof arriving at atrueknowledgeof itsvar
prim
al condition whereinthe power of G
odhathjust createdit . It
thenecessarym
eansbywhich theinternal potential itiesof sexm
ust
beawakened. W
hen thistranspires, thedivineEgobecom
espregnant
born, them
aleandfem
aleelem
entsof it sbeing, whicharerepresented
inG
enesisasAdamandEve, knowingneit her goodnor evil. Abeauti
of the m
asculine qualitiesfor thesam
e reason. Thesetwinsoulscon
theyareaseternal andim
mor tal asthe EG
Owhichcalledthem
upont hisearth.
NO
TE; Thisstatement requires som
eslight qualification. W
emeanthat no foreign
or soul m
ate, and bytheintenseselfhoodof itsowndom
inant forcesvirt ually
destroyher m
anif estedexistence. Thisabsorptionhowever, is averyrare oc-
THEM
YSTERIESO
F SEX31
becom
e theconcentratedcentersof spiri tual selfishness, but teachtheexternal
m
asses that self isthevery dem
onthey haveconquered. These occult processes
havet ransform
ed themintosexlessbeings, whoare neither humannor divi ne,
science."
since theyareself-m
agnetizedandself- deludedby their ownpositiveideaof
ceptionsof G
od's infiniteresources. It isfromthism
agical school of t hought that
m
ankindhavereceivedthedoctrineswhichteachthat sexisonlytheappearance
of m
at ter, andnot aspiritual reality; whereas, nothinginthism
ightyuniverse
isso m
anifest andsoeternal asthem
al eandfem
al eexpressionsof thedivinesoul.
fem
ini ne, andcreatedaconsciousselfhoodof theother.
It is im
possible for theabsoluteEgo(t hetwinsoul) todescend
expressedasthe m
aleandfemaleelem
ent s; eachuni t isprojected
passingthroughi nnum
erablespheresand statesof l ife, eachf inally
clim
ax of m
aterial form
s.
W
esee, therefore, that thenatureof sexistogiveperfect expres
ferent iatedasm
aleandfem
al e, eachconsciousof i tself, each aperfect
thisdifferentiat ioniscom
pl eted, then, theyexist asthedivineideaof
them
i crocosmand constitute itsuniverse, evenas them
yriad creations
thesym
bol of its internal nature. Like producesli ke.
wesee theharm
onyandthephilosophyof thetwinf orm
sof lif e
'52THELIG
HTO
F EG
YPT
toexpresstliern. Bothm
ale andfem
ale, aswehave endeavored
gation of m
aterial forces. Henceit is, thai, when thetwinsoulsare
projectedonthei r journeyintom
atter, theytravel upondiver gent
eral t rianglewit hm
ineral as abase, whiletheapexwouldindicatethe
m
ineral andm
anf orm
sasim
il ar triangle, inreverse, whichwouldindi
com
binedtheyrepresent themystical seal of KingSolom
on, the
grand dram
aof li fe. Theclosingtableau inthefir st act repr esentsthe
stationaryforces of thecrystallizedm
i neral andt hesecondact the
The£90M
ineral
"M
iner al M
anV
SubjectiveArcO
bjectiveArc Solom
on'sSeal
spheresof disem
bodiedexistencefromm
antotheangel.) But, inits
celest ial m
arriageof thelamb. Thus, we beginwith theonedi vine
m
onad or Egoand inthecourseof itsexpressionandof thegr adual
of sex beginswit hG
od; that thenature of sexist hem
anifest ationof
It nowbecom
esour dutytoconsider the thirdsecti onof our
M
aleandfem
aleexist inNatureasther epresentati veexpressi ons
center of theloveelem
ent of hum
anity. Her thought sanddesir es
center of m
aternal careandaffection. Sheistheweaker porti onof
wem
ay thinkthat her truepl aceisthat of subject iontom
an, but, on
thecontrary, her m
oredelicateforcesbecom
eher most potent weapon,
queror . M
anbecomesapliable m
ediumin her hands, andisled a
Inm
an webehold thepositive, aggressiveLordof Creation, that
seekingfor wisdom
.Man'swil l iselectr ic, penetratinganddi sruptive.
Thewill of wom
an ism
agnetic, attractiveandform
ative. Hence they
thetwohalvesof thesam
edi vineEgodo m
eet, love isthenat ural con
itsown. Shouldcircum
stances inlifeor anyother m
aterial considera
thesecret cham
bersof theheart theim
ageof thel ovedonewill be
which pertainstowardanephem
eral affectionfor another. If a fem
ale
should m
arryunder thesecircum
stances, andbecom
e them
other of
lifewill betransm
ittedbyt hisabsent one. Theexternal husbandonly
itual bridegroom
, isthereal father, andveryoftenthechild bornwill
resem
bletheim
ageof itstrueparent.
Byfar them
ost i m
portant of thevarious relations of thesexes
Untold m
isery, sufferingand crim
earebornintotheworldthr ough
thesensual depravityof m
ankindonthe onehand, andtheir benighted
ignoranceof hum
annatureupontheother . W
earesorrythat sucha
will onlyaddthat m
anandwifeshouldharm
onizewitheachother,
m
onioussoulsevolvestheseedsof every speciesof wickedness and
sexual disorder. It m
aynot becom
eappar ent tothe producer thereof,
actionsleadtomadnessandactual death.
ThepurelyM
artial m
anwill proveacont inual curse tothecol d-
THEM
YSTERIESO
F SEX35
naturedSaturnine wom
an, and viceversa. Thism
aynot beanyf ault
of the m
anor woman, but it i sthediscordant polar itiesof their astral
jugal harm
onyor discord. Now, thevarioussections of our subject
arecom
pleted, andit onlyrem
ainsfor ustoapply thelogical outcom
e
m
ortal ityof the soul.
Aswe viewtheoutwardform
s of m
anand wom
anwecannot fail
toobservetheperfect harm
onybetweent heexternal appearance and
Under thesecircum
stancesit m
ust besel f-evident t hat everymale
organi smistheabsoluteoutcom
eof m
asculineforces, andever yfem
ale
prisonedwithint hem
asculine body. TheseareNatur e'ssim
ple facts,
within thehum
an form
,manm
ayincarnate inthefor mof awom
an,
m
ost beneaththe noticeof anysanem
ind, andthose whom
akesuch
Science.
fem
ini nenatures, andwom
enwhoseemto bem
asculineintem
per a
m
ent, but thisis not really thecase. I t isonlyanappearancecaused
bythe com
binedi nfluenceof pre-natal conditions, andstellar positions
Thehum
anform
, asm
aleandf em
ale, ist hem
aterial culm
ination
for beyondthisl im
it westep withinthe spacesof theether where
witht heform
sassum
edbym
an, wem
ust brieflynoti cethosevi tal
kind. Thesem
inal fluidsare them
ost et hereal of all physical secretions,
andcom
pletelysuppresstheir natural functionswil l doagreat deal of
pressi onisalm
ost asbadas excessiveuseor lustf ul indulgence. It is
fluids areabsorbedbythem
agneticconstitutionandtheether ealized
atom
s helptobui ldupthespiritual bodyof m
an. But whenthi sis
not so thesesem
i nal germ
s, i f not passedoff am
id theother secretions
Theref ore, there isgreat spi ritual danger inacel ibatelife, andnine
tenths of them
ystical m
anias andspirit ual saturnaliaof past history
haveoriginatedam
ongcelibat es. It iswell torem
ember thisat the
itself .
Celibacy, asaquickm
eansof artificial lystim
ulat ingandproduc
ingcertainso-calledspiritual powersandm
edium
isticstates, isa
successful m
ethod, sofar as m
erepsychological resultsareconcerned,
sem
inal fluidwhi chhasbecomedem
aterializedbythem
agnetic activ
ities of O
ccult t raining.
m
anifestationsweakandunhealthy, hence liableto error anddelusion.
m
anyoriental m
ystics. Their severeasceticismrendersthemtheun
suspectingpreyof everyim
aginablespeciesof O
ccult delusion. Celi
bacy, then, m
ust onlytakepl acewhentheanim
al naturehasbeen
of fur ther O
ccult progress. Herein, weseeoncem
or etheparadoxof
that nothingm
ore thanthegeneral principlesof O
ccult traini ngcan
Andonlythosewhoarethem
selvesspirit uallyenlightenedcan seethe
truestateof the soul and, physician-li ke, scienti fically, pr escribefor its
variousdisorders.
W
henweregardthem
ystical r am
ificationsof sexas represented
sam
eprinciplesat workthroughout every departm
ent of their being,
andconsequently becom
ethef ruitful wombsof progr essivelife. The
m
oons areneither theonenor theother; theyaret heconflict ingoff
m
aleandfem
aleevolutionis theoutcom
e. Eachsoul roundsout and
com
pletes, soto say, itsown sectionof theEgo, andindoing thisit
becom
esindividualizedasacom
pleteexpressionof onerayof the
andfem
alecom
pletethewhole, andarer elatedtoeachother as
O
siris andIsis; brother and sister; their individuality, int heformof
im
mort ality. W
ithout sexther ecannot be eternal li fe, andto absorb
m
anity of itsdeathlessim
mor tality.
IV. TheM
ysteryof Isis
Thehum
anorganism
, initsm
oreinterior sense, is them
ystical
theperiodof gestationiscom
pleted, (t hecycleof evolution) , shall give
birth totheSon of G
od, whosekingdomi snot of thisearth, but of
Heaven (thism
eans, thesoul whichhasattainedits im
mortalit y, isa
Sonof G
od, etc., whosefutur estateof beingistheboundless realmof
tical Atonem
ent of theChrist (Spirit) withinthehum
ansoul, (youare
m
aculateconcepti on. Theidea of thehumanorganismbeingthe
m
ystical wom
bof Nature, was thecauseof theAncient Priests of the
sanctuaryelaboratingthem
agnificent funerals, the crem
ation of the
Hindoo, theG
reek andRom
anr ites, andem
balm
ingof theEgypti ans.
It was them
ost i m
portant cer em
onyof Ancient tim
es, becauset hem
ost
m
ysticallyim
port ant andthe m
ost sublimeritethat thesoul canpass,
fem
ini neandm
asculine. Themanor wom
an whocannot loveisan
inhum
anm
onster; thereisnot hinghum
an about them
, except the
withnothinghum
anabout it, andwoebe tothosewhoselovecannot
ished vam
pires, t heywill ger m
inatewithintheodyl licsoul-sphere.
anim
al portionrem
ains, andt heybecom
e thespiritual elem
entariesof
allowedtorem
ain. If psychic powersare developed insuchastate,
theyareabnorm
al andim
pure, m
erespiri tual fungi of thesoul , m
ore
trous resultsalwaysfollow.
Read, m
ark, learn andinwardl ydigest thesegreat f undam
ental
alm
ost acertaint yof final extinctioni ntheelem
entaryspher esof
thesoul-worlds.
tom
an. Thereare sevengradesof themcorrespondingwiththe seven
becom
e incarnated inthehum
anorganism
. Theclass of persons who
m
ost f requentlyarethem
eans of incarnatingthese beingsare thoseof
large anim
al propensityandsm
all spirit uality. The conditions are
or bot hm
aybeso. W
henthus inflam
edwithdrink, l ust andother
hum
an. W
henconceptiontakes placeunder theseconditions, an in
hum
an soul isthe result. It isfromsuchunionsas thesethat the
inhum
anNerosand NanaSahibs of history originated. Rem
em
ber,
that social posit ionor artif icial education, cannot alter the natural
Thesecondclass of individualswhom
ay bethem
eansof such
byelem
entariesduringsexual union, because, bysuchobsessions, the
elem
entariesseemtorealize andenjoyt heexcitem
ent of their lustful
wom
an m
ay, during theperiod of gestation, m
agneticallyattach an
m
agnet icattachm
ent iscaused bysom
esudden, extrem
eexercise of
her passions.
thegr eat m
ystery of sex, completely. He nowknows theuseand abuse
of sex; understandshowtobecom
etheparent of good, noble, i ntel
lectual hum
ansoulsfor hisf am
ilyandhowtoavoid causingthepro
ductionof m
onsters.
Continuingthesam
elaws, we nowleavet hephysical andenter
thespiritual or m
agneticstatesof beingandfind sexstill r em
ainsthe
supremelaw.That sam
eprinci plewhichmanifestsit self aspar ental
instinct andferociouspassionintheanim
al; andasaffection andlust,
jealousyandhatr edinthehum
an; bloom
s out intoi tsownpure state
42THE LIG
HTO
FEG
YPT
m
ost i nterior state. Itsattr ibutesinall exterior statesof angelicor
linequalitiesof eachhum
an soul.
M
agnet ismisof t wokinds, vi z.; anim
al andm
ineral , andeach
kindi sdual, or m
aleandfemale, positi veandnegative. It is the
variousphenom
ena areproduced, it istheactual causeof ever yeffect
inbot hthem
ater ial andspir itual planesof existence. Thisf orceisthe
cause of all m
agneticandoccult phenom
ena. It pervadesevery atom
hum
ani tyfromthe day'sactivity, doest hisforcer estorethe equilibrium
Them
agneticand Astral fluid isandrogyneor bi-sexual, (exactly
liket hehum
ansoul) because equilibriumisbut the resultant of two
twoforcesexpand andrem
ain solonginactiveasto equal each other
andcom
etocom
pl eterest, thecondition isdeath. Thesam
esoul-
Nowwe com
etothelast m
ysteryof theGradeof Eros. It isthe
clim
ax of thepot ential power sof sex, andem
braces all thepr evious
m
ystical uterusof Nature. It isthesacredYoni of thegloriousIsis, the
Univer sal M
other. It isthis m
ysterythat explains theim
macul atecon
m
ortal soul begot tenof theFather, encl osedor incarnatedin theflesh,
(thehum
anorgani sm
.)
TheVi rginW
om
b, whichshall givebirth totheim
mortal Sonof
G
od, whentheper iodof gestation(hum
an incarnationinor on this
m
ateri al plane) i scom
pleted. Thisperiodof gestat ionis, of course,
andis freeagain.
canyousparethe tim
etoclosethebook andcalm
ly, quietlyand
seriouslycontem
plateonwhat sexreally m
eans?
m
enandwom
enare highabove theproduct sof thesoil, thebir ds, the
fishandtheanimal kingdom
. W
ehavefreedomof thought andaction,
andshouldkeepout of them
i re. If wehonestlydesirethegood, noble
andwom
en; freeof greedy, selfishandi m
moral stri feandill will
toward eachother . W
hynot tr yfor it?
tohavepeaceand harm
onyher eonearth.
THESCIENCEO
FTHESO
UL-SECTI O
NII
THETRANSITIO
NOF LIFE
CHAPTERI
INCARNATIO
NANDRE-INCARNATION
Probablynotruth hasbeenm
orecom
pletelyinverted bytheig
theuneducatedm
assesbysom
e speciesof piousjugglery, andt hepop
NO
TE: Thereader m
ust bear in m
indthat thedoctrineof hum
an re-incarnat ion
Thissam
ethought isexpressedbyRanga Hilyod, averyancient sageof India, in
hisbook, Illum
inatedBrahm
inism
, TheTr ueTheosophy.
becom
esoneof thegreatest delusionswithwhichthem
ystical student
possessesanalm
ost irresisti bleattract ionbecause it appears toac
count, inam
ost rational and philosophi cal m
anner, for thewidedif
ferencem
anifestedinthem
ental, social andm
oral conditions of hu
m
anity. Uponthe external planeit seem
s tosettle thequestionof
goodandevil, andharm
onizes all our inequalities withwhat seem
s
shadowsof thephenom
enal wor ld. Theycanonlydeceivethosewho
twom
ethodsof verification; one, theactual experi encesof thesoul, the
if over-sensitive m
aybesuperficial enoughtorespondtoanerroneous
InversiveBrethrentoenable themtofastenuponthesensitive m
inds,
andm
edium
isticnaturesof thewesternr ace, these erroneous, delusive
spirit uallysick, m
ystical writerstoexplain"the gloriousm
ysteries" of
theyt hem
selves, inreal trut h, knowver ylittle, apart fromt he
m
ediumisticideas whichareprojectedtowardthembytheInver sive
M
agi. Thewholecrazeism
erelyam
etaphysical delusioncast over
their m
entalities bym
eansof am
agnetic glam
or to deceivethemand
their readers.
Thereader m
ust not supposet hat because apersonstudiesthe
variousbranches of O
ccult science, triestoleadanideal lif e, and,
of cer tainO
ccult leadersuponthephysi cal plane, andtheir sensitive
naturesbecom
eabsolutelybli ndtother eal spiritual truth. Wehave
seennum
erousexam
plesof thi sam
ongthe popular writersupon
M
odern Theosophy. Thesoul al oneiscapableof penetratingthe
thereal truth.
It seem
sverystr angethat theexternal followersof "thepath"
m
uchmoreconsciouslifethan hereonearth. Surely, then, the soul
being m
adetosuf fer, but thi sisnot thecaseaccordingtothefallacies
of esotericBuddhism
. But alas; thespir ituallybli ndareblindindeed.
4THE LIG
HTO
FEGYPT
veil of e»ternal m
atter.
ions, TheM
ystery of theAges, byM
arie, Countessof Caithness. In
"Karm
a isthelawof consequences, bywhicheven.' act receivesits
exact recom
pense inthenext lifewhent hesoul is bornagain. But
unless thesam
esoul passesonthrougha succession of earthl ivessuch
arecom
penseisi m
possible, andneither couldit expiateor m
ake
am
ends for theinjuriesit m
ayhavedone toothers unlessagai nbrought
intocontact-with them
."
Sothoroughlym
at erialisticaretheideasconveyed intheabove
m
ateri alismrunt oseed. Accordingtosucherroneoustheories weare
cal re-birth. Suchwritersar esodestit uteof the higher spir itual per
m
ateri al organism. W
ecanonl ysaytothefollowers of such, t hat when
vestigatedthem
ysteriesof l ifefor them
selves, we challenge their right
variousunseenrealm
sof life for him
sel f, givestheworldthe brief
of m
y longyears of wandering throughspirit spheres, whereteaching
INCARNATIO
NANDRE-INCARNATION47
spirit sandblessedangelsguidedm
ysoul'sardent explorations, this
brief sum
maryof our pre-existent states explainsall that the re-incar-
andreiteratedassertionsof m
yriadsof spiritsin everystage of apro
justice, andadvancem
ent, are suppliedbytheoppor tunitiesof fered
NO
TE: At thetim
e thesebooks werewritt en(1875-76) m
oderntheosophists knew
subtle delusions.
Thesam
eauthor concludesthe chapter of hisexperi encesinthe
lands, wherem
yeyescouldperceivethe radianceof celestial spheres,
them
emoryof whosebrightnesswill warn andbeckon m
eupwards
forever."
delusi ve?M
ust theresult of our ownper sonal researchandact ual
reliable, sim
ply, becausetheyconflict withanold fossilized theoryof
som
epriestlym
et aphysicians? Not so, dear reader; not so. "Pr ove
all things," sait htheapostl e, "holdfast that whi chisgood; " andsuch
isour hum
bleint ention, and our advice toall studentssearchingfor
truth.
W
erepeat what we havesooft ensaidto thosewhohavestudied
them
etaphysical outcom
eof i ntellectual forcedest ituteof spiritual in
andevil andnothingm
ore. It containsnothingappr oachingto the
theW
hyandW
hereforeof its present dif fusionof error, wechallenge
m
ediumwhohaspenetratedthe realm
sof spirit for him
self, whocan
incarnationandKarm
adoctrineof Buddhi smisapur elyexternal
ernthought asemanatingfromsupposedholy(?) m
ahatm
as. But
versiveM
agi, are beingsweconsider not worthyof thenam
eof Adept,
areonlyadeptssofar asthe m
ysteries of practical m
agicare con
andm
agneticelementals, hencetheyknowabsolutely nothingof the
dream
y Nirvanaof nothingness intheir place.
pecial lytrueregardingre-incarnation.
W
enowcom
menceat thepoint whereweleft off inour previous
andanim
al lifewavesof the planet. In obediencet othehigher and
m
orei nterior lawsof itsown especial r ound, thedivineattri butesare
m
orecom
plexini tsstructure anddiversifiedinit sfunctions. Thus,
tionar ylifeiscarriedforwardslowly, im
perceptibly, but alwayspro
organi smtoocom
plex, for the inconceivablym
arvell ousadaptability
of the hum
ansoul initsdivi nestrugglesof progressivelife.
elem
ents, Fire, Earth, Air, andW
ater. Yet, asam
atter of pur ification
alone, eachatomm
ust passthroughandbeapart of all these states
canpossiblyattaintheclim
axof itsm
aterial evol ution, whichisthe
grand term
inusof itsearthly incarnations, it m
ust alsohave passed
itsm
i crocosm
icnatureinthe em
bodiedmanshall bear am
athematical
chain of cosm
icbeing. Event heinsects count, int helinks, asprogres
thesoul m
onadm
i grates, and fromwhatever point or planet it com
m
ences itstoilsom
ecosm
icjourney, the seventhplanet isthe endof
itsm
aterial orbi t, andthespherewhereinit attai nsthehum
anform
attain untotheanim
al or humanplaneuponthesam
e planet. It rests
or becom
eslatent oneachalt ernateplanet. For instance, the m
ineral
atom
s uponthisearthwill undergoapur elyim
personal cycleupon
eral atom
sof the planet M
ars, whenthey reachthe Earthwill be
purely im
personal beingsand will not incarnateher easobject iveform
s
viz.; them
ineral , vegetable, anim
al and m
an. Thesubjectivestatesare
After thehum
anstate, Nature shutsthe door behind her. Eternal pro
NO
TE: W
ehaveom
i ttedtonote theexcept ionstothe general lawsof re-incarnation
within thehum
an organismm
ay betheusual course.
com
er e-incarnated.
Class II. Casesof natural bor nidiots. Thoughit isveryrar ethat even
M
essiahshipthese glorioussoulsareconsciousof t heir m
issionfromthe m
om
ent
sam
espirit isnever soincar natedm
ore thanonce. Hencethestoriesof Buddha's
num
erousincarnat ionsarepur efiction.
W
henweapplytheselawstoexternal lif ewecangaugethesoul's
instance, thetrulyM
artial i ndividual belongstot hat stateof lifeknown
inO
ccult phraseologyasFier y, andconsequentlythosepeculiar and
variousorganicf orm
sduring itscycleof incarnati onuponthe planet
of M
ar s. O
ntheother hand, a Saturnine individual, duringits sojourn
upont heM
artial planet wasbut littleattractedto theM
ariti al form
s
form
s of organic being. Thesam
emaybe saidof eachplanetary char-
INCARNATIO
NANDRE-INCARNATION51
reveal stotheinitiatedm
ind thewhole of thesoul 'spast historyduring
thevariousstagesof itsim
personal planetarylife. Acareful studyof
harm
onizewithhi sconditions.
theobjectivem
ineral statei sreached. Theprocess of them
onad's
eachstepthesoul becom
esm
oreandm
ore involvedwithinthemater
form
, itstransient lifether e, thendeath, andthen, thesam
e soul's
betweentheM
iner al planeand M
an. Betweenthesetwoplanes, t he
hereachesthisone. M
yriads of worldsswarminspacewherethesoul
inrudim
ental statesperform
s itspilgri m
agesuntil itscyclic progress
enablesit toreachthem
agni ficentlyor ganizedplanet, whose glorious
cosm
ic journey, i t isbut an em
bryonicbeing, afleeting, tem
porary
shape of m
atter, anim
personal creature inwhicha part, but onlya
part, of theim
pr isonedsoul shinesfort h; arudim
ental formwith
rudim
ental functi ons, ever li ving, dying, thensust ainingabr ief spir
soul asam
eansof further developm
ent. W
eseeit i nthefire of the
them
i neral soul, wecansee it burst forthtothe sunlight i nthegarb
anim
at esthearomaticgloryof therose. It isthe butterflyspringing
INCARNATIO
NANDRE-INCARNATION53
Chapter IV.
Eachstateform
ed bythelaws of itskar m
a, andthe lawsof it sform
,
Chapter V.
acorn becom
esthe oak; andas theoakgi vesbirtht om
anyacor nsor
em
bryonicoaks, sodoesm
an, inhisturn, becom
ethem
eansof giving
birth tom
anysouls. Thereis acom
plete correspondencebetweenthe
two.
round of hum
anity becom
esm
or enum
erous. Asthepopulationin
creasestheexpandingm
aterial knowledge of eachsucceedinggener
ation m
akesit possiblefor our earthto sustaina greater number upon
agivensurface.
CHAPTERII
THEHERM
ETICCO
NSTITUTIO
NOFM
AN
Thereader, bythistim
e, shouldbesom
ewhat fam
ili ar withthe
spirit m
onadof man. All thingsoriginat eastheobjectiveout com
eof
m
aket hesepoints asclear as possible, becauseof their prim
aryim
form
at ion, isnot so, but is, infact, onlythegreat turning point, the
itsascent anddescent.
TheTheosophists of thehum
an re-incarnationschool , whilead
m
ittingtheabsol utedivinity of theEgo, fail toaccount for thegenesis
m
ateri al evolution, theyconsider that t hefirst spiritual m
anifestation
exam
ined. Sucha stateisas m
uchabove andbeyond thegraspof
their m
indsasthedoctrineof Nirvanai sbeyondthegraspof the
Africanbushm
an. Theyarepar ticularlyf ondof appl yingtoout siders
that proverbwhichintim
ates that there arem
orelawsinheavenand
im
port ant featureswereom
itt edwhichappear tobel ongtothat sub
m
anyi gnorantlyi m
agine. If t hisweretr ue, andm
an alonewas the
soleobject of developm
ent, i t wouldconstitutethe basisof absolute
selfishness. W
ecansafelyassert that suchhum
anexclusivenessis
creati vedesign. W
henwepenetratebelowthisplane of appearances,
wefindcountless realm
sof beings, equallyasim
mortal asm
an, going
selves. Theserealm
sconstitutestepping stonesfor external hum
anity
these sam
erealm
s passthroughtheir cyclesof progressivelif e. If we
m
akeuseof certainplanesfor our soul' sadvancem
ent, it only follows
M
an, aswebehold himbym
eansof our physical senses, appears
infini telym
oresouponthei nternal plane. Here, bone, flesh, blood,
tution, asfollows;
iscomposedof an infinitenum
ber of separateorganiccells, eachcell
consti tutingam
i nutesystemof itsown, whichini tsturnhas been
form
ed bythecrystallization of im
ponderableforcesarounda living
spirit entity.
theor ganism
. The branchesof thenerve system
, spr eadingout in
colum
n, present t othetrainedspiritual sight the appearance of an
wewil l illustrat e. W
esaythat water is theuniver sal m
aterial fluid.
thisslight digressionweresum
e. Thisastral formpresentsa perfect
im
age of theexternal personality, even tostyleandcondition of the
cal or ganism
, and constitutes thetrueor real personality. By person
wem
eanthepersona, or appearanceassumedbythesoul during its
ideal im
ageor formwithinthegraspof thedom
inat ingm
ind. When
THEHERM
ETICCO
NSTITUTIO
NOFM
AN57
perfor m
swhatever it m
aybeengagedindoing, ina purelyautom
atic
or m
echanical m
anner. At the sam
etim
ei t issusceptibletoanypain
speciallysuscept ibletom
agi cal operati ons. Probablyninetenthsof
all bl ackm
agical injuryare operatedby m
eansof or uponthis ethereal
form
.
D.The anim
al soul isthat sectionof theanim
ating entityin
hum
an countenance. It isthe seat of the selfish, brutal desir es, which
are, i nthem
selves, lower thanthehum
an spherebut areevolvi ngup
which inthem
ajorityof the present generationis either latent or em
bryoni c. Thisbodyconstitutesthehum
an formdivineinthehi gher
thepurifiedm
an.
them
i crocosmwhi chconstitut esthehigher arcof i tsuniverse. This
G
. The purespiri t entityitself, called thedivine Ego. This isthe
sunof them
icrocosm
. It isnever incarnatedwithin theformuntil the
astral or m
agneti cbody, the anim
al soul , andthedivinesoul. Body,
andG
) . Andsom
ayweproceed withevery systemof whichwehave
prim
al source. Thesam
emaybesaidof t heBuddhist constituti on,
their grossm
isinterpretation of theone fundam
ental law;one truth,
W
emust nowbrief lysketchtheHerm
etic constitution, andpre
G
. The trueEgo.
m
icrocosmof the Herm
eticschools. This isthem
ost perfect system
that canbeform
ulatedinwor dsbecause theduadst ravel inpairs.
hum
ani tyCandDaregraduall ythrownof f. Not separated, asone
astheyareready tom
ovefor wardupont heir progressivejourney.
Theunpreparedat om
sareliberatedandsent forward upontheir own
E, FandG
, theSpiritual for m
, theDivi nesoul, andthetrue Ego; or
thispoint, m
ani sthepositi veor m
ale spirit of t heEgo; woman, the
bothprinciples.
M
an, asheappear stotheout wardsight, is, aswe haveshown,
within hisorgani sm
; countlessm
yriadsof spirit at om
sareevolving
throughhimandareasindependent of hi m
, inreali ty, asm
an isof
m
onad hasconquer edandsubjectedtoits im
perial r uleduring its
reflectionsof thoseelem
ental statesm
ouldedm
ore or lessrudelyby
thehum
ansoul af ter itsown divineform. Them
illi onsof separate
forty m
illioninhabitantsof Francewere Napoleonwhoruledthem
withhisim
perial will.
Afewwordsnowr egardingthe W
ILLandt heREASO
N, andwe
m
ust close. W
ILL isuniversal , andit is asim
possi bletopoint out
rainbow.Thepower of theW
ILLuponthe external pl anedepends
stitut ionE. W
ithintheastral planethe potent W
ILLm
ust have both
Under thesecircum
stancesnot hingbut m
edium
shipcanbeattained.
thoW
I LLasauni versal power , it naturallyfollows that thestrength
of our W
ILLm
ust dependentir elyuponthecapacity wepossess for
absorbingandreprojectingthispower. I nfact, M
an'sW
ILLis only
lim
itedbyhiscapacitytoabsorbtheoneUniversal W
ill. This W
ILLis
m
atter inrapidmotion. Everythingutili zessom
eportionof thisW
ILL
Thereason, m
anas, or m
ind, i ssim
plym
ental capaci ty, andlike
theW
I LL, isnot aprinciple but aresul t. Intellect istheof fspringof
innum
erableandconstantlychangingcausesor com
bi nationsof force
twopeopleareexactlyalike. Theseat or m
ainspringof reason, intellect ,
understanding, andm
ind, isconsciousness; andwhet her it will begood
Fromt heforegoingthestudent m
ust perceivethat a m
anm
aybe
tim
ebeaveritableidiot in aspiritual sense. Ver ym
anyintellectuals
KARM
A
wem
ust bereleasedfromthe body,
them
selvesastheyreallyare." Socrates.
W
eneedscarcely saythat we fullyagree withtheaboverem
arks
of Plato'steacher. W
hilein thebodywe arecom
pletelyfenced inby
prom
inent individualswhoso loudlyand gliblyspeakandwrite upon
thesubject of Karm
awouldhavebeenver ygreatlyi nconvenienced
"Karm
a isthelawof consequences,â of m
erit anddem
erit", saythe
tocome." W
eare alsofurther inform
edt hat "Karm
a isthecold, in
flexiblejustice whichm
etes out toeach individual theexact sam
e
m
easur eof goodandevil at hisnext physical re-bi rththat he m
easured
tohis fellow-m
en inthis." Not onlyso, but thiskarm
aat deathre
m
ains som
ewhereor other down upontheastral planesof thepl anet,
likeanavenging dem
on, waiti nganxiousl yfor theperiodof Deva-
m
ent f or thesins andwrongs it inflicteduponothersduringa pre
havestartedoni tshum
anjourneywithout anykarm
a tosuffer for.
O
neis naturally ledtoask, then, howi t first begantocom
mi t sin?For
chapter.
W
ehavegivenageneral idea of theKarmaof Theosophical Budd
hism
, andbefore revealingtheoriginof thisO
riental delusionwewill
present theHerm
eticdoctrine of Karm
a.
I. Kar m
aisnot anactivepri nciple, but , onthecontrary, it is
II. Karm
aconstit utesthescenery, essenceandm
ent al im
agery
that becom
elivingrealities tothemin thesoul world.
III. Thekarm
icsphereof an individual' sexistence, existsas the
com
ecrystallized form
s, expr essiveof t heactions andthem
ot ives
which prom
ptedthem
. Therefor e, our past karm
aconstitutesthe soul's
trainedlucid, andevenbysom
emedium
isticclairvoyants.
IV. Karm
aisthe offspringof everything; everythingpossesses
It is bym
eansof thiskarm
a that thePsychom
etric sensitivecanread
theunwrittenpast of sm
all karm
as. W
ithout karm
a, thepowers of
Psychom
etrywould beuseless. O
nagrander scaleexiststhekarm
a
of m
oons, planets, sunsandsystem
s. Racesof m
en, speciesof anim
als
V. The harm
onies anddiscords of cosm
ic evolutiongeneratetheir
special karm
ajust thesam
easthoughts andem
otionsproducecor
respondingreacti ons.
VI. Karm
aisabsolutelyconfi nedtothe realm
sof t heastral l ight,
planet . W
henasoul leavestheplanet it skarm
adisintegrates. Asoul
realm
s of spiritual happiness andre-project it int othem
ire of earth
isto exalt m
atter tothethr oneof Deit y, anddegr adepurespirit to
Fromt heabovesevenstatem
entsit will beseenthat theHerm
etic
Nature'sridiculousm
istakes. Naturenever yet m
ade am
istake. O
n
thecontrary, kar m
aisshown tobearesult; thesubjectiveoutcom
eof
innum
erablelaws andforces, andinthis lifeit is utterlypowerlessto
external plane. But, uponthe interior plane, that is, uponor within
ownkarm
a. W
eare forcedbyt helawsof m
agneticaf finitytowork
of everyinjusticeandwrong wehavecomm
itted. The onlyredeem
ing
greet us.
W
ehaveasserted that karm
ai sutterlypowerlessto effect
W
hile thisistruewithincer tainlim
its becausekarm
aisbut the
nessor m
isery, benefit or m
i sfortuneto theperson, but it is the
im
medi atem
aterial results. Theprecise effect whichanyactionwill
havedependsenti relyuponthepeculiar m
ental stat essurrounding
usat thetim
eandour ownintentions. For instance, inoneageit
KARM
A
65
m
aybe considered averym
eri toriousact iontoroast apoor helpless
m
ediumunder the nam
eof awitch, but at another periodsuchan
agebecom
ethecr im
inal acts of another. W
esee, therefore, that
physical, m
oral, m
ental andspiritual developm
ent of therace. This
isnot thecase, however, wit hintheast ral soul world, where absolute
com
es facetofacewiththef earful real itythat he is, nevert heless,
salvat ionam
idtr ial andsuff ering. His purgatorial statewill depend
inagreat m
easur euponhismotives, and theconsci ousnessof his
oppressionsim
ply for theloveandliber tyof hiscountryand people,
andm
artial glory werehischief m
otives, andconst itutedthe greater
part of hiskarm
a, thensom
uchtheworsefor him
.
undergoingthefi erytorm
ents of their oldfossilizedkarm
a, andare
com
pletelyignorant of thefact. Howcan theaveragem
ortal work
off hi sbadkarm
a whenhedoesnot knowthat hehas any, nor
Thesam
emaybesaidof infli ctingpunishm
ent upon them
aterial
66THE LIG
HTO
FEG
YPT
m
anfor som
eforgottenoffenseof hisinfancy. The reader should
ever r em
em
ber that nopunishment isjust , whenthe onepunished
justiceof hum
ani tycondem
ns suchaproceeding. If thisistrue, how
m
uchmoresevere m
ust bethe condem
nationof that j usticewhich
isdivine?
hum
an sufferingi snot theresult of previouskarm
a, what ist hereal
cause of som
uch m
iseryintheworld?" Tothiswer eply, hum
an
hum
an developm
ent . For all pr actical pur poses, they m
aybeclassed
under twoheadsasprim
aryandsecondary. Theprim
arycauseis
special m
eansby whichacert ainoneof thesoul's attributes is
m
anity, nor cant heybesaid tohavebeenreallyincarnatedin gross
m
atter at all. For thisreason, their penetrativepower wasvery
sm
all; hence, thoughhighlyspiritual, t heywerecorrespondingly
sim
ple; theylivedanideal l ifeam
idsem
i-spiritual surroundi ngs.
m
atter thantheir G
oldenAge forefathers, andtheir bodies, conse
quentl ybecam
emoredenseand lesssensi tive. Towar dtheterm
i na
them
selves; em
igr ationsandpartingstookplacebet weenwhat had
interestsbegant oevolve. W
henour eart hreachest heequinoct ial
it is thesam
ewiththeprogr essof m
an aroundthe cycle. W
ith the
that of thefam
il y. Kingsascendedthronesandsacerdotal syst em
s
weref orm
ulated; thestrongbegantoassert their greater force, and
becam
e truedespots, andthe peoplewere helplessandoppressed.
Next com
esahigher evolution. Thefifth race, begi nningat
m
ental arcinthe ascendingscale, andconsequently another st orm
y
period com
mences. All isstri feandturmoil. It is thestruggl eof the
dem
ocr acybattlingfor thedi vinerights of m
anagainst usurped
it. W
e areat the present day passingthroughthis fearful equinocial
glorioustruth.
thescientificworldisproducingm
iracl esintheir effortsto annihilate
tim
eandspace, andsolvethe m
anyhiddenm
ysteries of life. See
m
ateri al evidence tosupport their knowledge, yet will findthetruth
Thesecondarycausesof hum
an suffering arem
an'si gnorance, and
there-actionsof hisanim
al nature. That istosay, m
anm
akes the
of M
ot her Nature' srequirem
ents. M
ighty causesproducem
ighty
for equilibrium
. Nature'send, istheveryopposite of equalit y; for
thegr andultim
at eaimof everyforceis theproductionof var iety.
m
arks off their souls' respectivepolari ty. It isonlyaquest ionof per
civili zedsham
sandpersonal adornm
ents of society m
aym
orethan
ignorance; for m
anysavagesarem
orelearnedinthe real laws of
Nature thansom
e of our collegeprofessors. But be that asit m
ay,
com
par everyfavorablywitht hem
orality of our populouscities.
Infact; m
akingallowancefor theplanes of lifeoccupiedbyeach,
will, or rather, m
an'scapaci tyfor util izingthegreat will-f orceof
thecosm
os. Ignor ancealonel im
itshum
an possibilit iesinthis direction.
It is m
an'splace inNaturet oswaythe m
ightypendulumof for ce
andsub-m
undaner ealm
sof bei ng) andin sodoinghi sm
issionconsists
m
ayin thislife, dependupon it that what thesoul suffersfr omdis
itstr ueworth.
KARM
A 69
W
ehavenowpresented, asconciselyaspossible, theHerm
etic
explanationof karm
a, andshownthat it isnot the all-ruling force
that Buddhismwouldm
akeusbelieve.
im
port ant factsr egardingthe esotericphilosophyof thedreamyO
rient.
m
onarch.
andthechurch, i t becam
enecessarytof orm
ulatethedogm
athat
asdivinetruth.
Edward G
ibbon, in hishistori cal classic, "TheDecl ineandFal l
of the Rom
anEm
pi re," publishedin1776, recordsa thousandyears
control; religiousdogm
awas forcedont hepeople, theyhadno choice;
statementsonkar m
aandre-incarnation. AndHerm
eti cinitiates assert
m
ost em
phatically that bothkarm
aandre-incarnationarenothi ng
m
oret hantheological dogm
as of aninter estedsacer dotal system
. That
incarnationandkarm
awereor iginallyconcealed, andthenforgotten
inthe lapseof t im
e. It isveryeasyindeedtoprovethat the accepted
70THE LIG
HTO
FEG
YPT
Brahm
i nism
, thet ruetheosophy" byRanga Hilyod, an ancient sage
of India.
andkarm
awerethepopular doctrinesof thepeople. Uponthis m
atter
at any tim
e." Cer tainly, this isexactly what Herm
eticinitiat esclaim
.
It is adogm
aof theBuddhist church, andwasnever concealed because,
wasexceedinglypotent asameansof m
akingthepeoplesubm
it quietly
theTaleyLam
aof Lhassa. "EveryLam
a," saysM
adamBlavatsky,
"issubject tothegrandTaleyLam
a, the Buddhist popeof Thibet,
theological dogm
asof achurchandteachingthemfor truth. Buddhists
passed throughthetrialsof m
aterial incarnationandthefiresof
m
ateri al organism, andendure fromaget oagethehell of aG
r and
Lam
a's life. For theform
ulas, cerem
oniesandusagesof areli gious
W
eshall bem
et f acetoface withtheassertionthat withvery
saythat suchstatem
entsare false; they areof the sam
estam
p asthe
KARM
A 71
Rom
an CatholicBullsof thepast, nothingbut priestlyword-juggling.
sucha dom
inant mindcoulddo wouldbet oobsessandm
ouldan
partiallyinhabit thesam
e. Under these circum
stancesthephysical
byBuddhism
, esot eric(?) or otherwise, ispurelydogm
a; it is
m
ateri alismrunt oseed, com
binedwithoriental speculations. It
M
OTIVE ALO
NEist heproper causeof acti on, accordi ngtothe
Herm
et icdoctrine. Dogoodfor thesake of sim
plegoodnessand
karm
a. Aprosperous, self-righteousPhar iseegloats over hisprevious
goodkarm
awhenheseeshisdowntrodden brother and whenhe
him
. Thenagain, whenanyser iouscaseof suffering ispresent edto
beenpersonallyverifiedwithinthereal m
sof spiri t whenfree from
of the kind.
CHAPTERIV
M
EDIUMSHIPâ ITSNATUREANDM
YSTERIES
W
hose bodyNature is, andG
od thesoul."
"W
hat ism
edium
ship, andwho arethem
edium
s?" was the
inthe m
indof theauthor the certainty that every wordisan
absolutefact.
W
efindthroughout thevast i nfinitudeof our universethat the
M
odern sciencecom
menceswith m
atter, andconfines itsre
searchesstrictly tothedom
ainof m
ater ial forces andform
s, theplane
of m
anifestation. It term
inat esat theverym
om
ent itspathimpinges
thewholeuniverseof m
atter. Inm
atter it recognizesall the different
attributesandm
anifestations of theone DivineFor ceinevery form
m
ateral form
. Spi rit isthemovable, ever active, positivepri nciplein
m
otion, andbetweenthesetwo statesthereram
ifies everygrade
of bei ng.
M
atter rangesand transform
s itself fromthelowest densestat e
of the m
ineral upwardtothe aerial and invisiblegases, term
i natingin
M
EDIUMSHIPâ ITS NATUREANDMYSTERIES73
transf orm
edinto creativefor ce. Hencei t m
ust beapparent to the
that i s, that was, or that ever will be. Suchbeing theactual facts
Theyarebriefly asfollows;â
words, thepassivebecom
esthem
ediumof theactive, state; conse
quentl y, m
atter i sandm
ust betheabsol utem
ediumof m
ind.
wherebytheactivespirit of Divinitycanm
anifest itself, and upon
bythe im
perial soul of m
an, istheone truecenter of all m
agical and
around whichrevolveseveryphaseof m
agical, m
agneticandm
ental
phenomenaem
bracedwithinthe realm
sof m
undanepsychology.
It has seem
ednecessarytothewriter to re-im
press all of the above
facts uponthem
i ndof thereader, notwithstanding thefact, t hat they
theyconstitutet heveryfundam
ental ver ities,â theactual pr inciples,
which underlietherealities of m
edium
ship, andtherefore, are of
prim
ar yim
portancehere.
M
ediumshipisawell-knowntermtothepresent generation. It
natural insom
ei ndividuals, hasbeenar tificially developedi nothers.
Inthi sstatetheyareenabledtocom
eenrapport withinvisible
their odylicsphere(m
agnetic aura) has receiveda degreeof sensitive
nesscom
patiblewiththeir becom
ingm
edi um
sof com
municationf or
saidf orces. Am
edium
, proper lyspeaking, isapersonor object in
asto becom
eof practical val ueinelici tingphenomena. After what
isespeciallyso whenwecom
prehendthe different t ypesof m
en
andtherelation of hum
anity toDeity. I nasim
ilar m
anner all
m
ateri al substancesare"m
edi um
istic" in thissense of beingcapable
of receivingand transm
itting force. Therefore, whenconsideri ng
thevariousform
s andphases of m
edium
ship, instead of viewing
of the hum
ansoul . Thevariousform
sand degreesof m
edium
ship
andholdthesam
e relationto thespirit asour fiveexternal senses
thegovernm
ent of correspondi nglytranscendental lawsequally in
harm
onywithits purelysubjectivenatur e. Theselawsconstitutethe
them
, guardourselvesfromit sterrible dangersand enjoywithout
fear i tscountlessandunlim
i tedblessings. Bythe aidof this glorious
reneweddelight t hem
arvelous transform
ationsof m
edium
isticadapta
stim
ul atingtothenerves, is aperfect em
blemof Nature'sfaultless
m
ediumship.
tothe hum
anbody, andof their spiritual portiont othesoul; for the
arom
a of theflower isspirit ualizedto suchadegr eeastoact upon
anutr im
ent of thefinest qualitythat physical substancecan afford.
Herein m
aybeseensom
eof them
ysteries of incense, andthegreat
Inthi sstudyof m
edium
shipi t m
ust ever berem
em
beredthat
andm
otion. It is attendant upontheethereal currentsthat perm
eate
M
EDIUMSHIPâ ITS NATUREANDMYSTERIES75
being theclim
ax of m
aterial vitalizationisreached. Here, spirit
blends withm
atter insuchrequisitefor ceandgradeasaresufficient
tofor mtheastro-m
agneticli nkof connectionbetweenthetwo
Sym
pat hyandAffectionarederivedfromthesam
eDeificfountain,
developedhum
anbeing, andthat radiant gloryflashingfromthe
above totheplanesim
mediatelybelow,t hus, iseachonefaithfully
fulfil lingitsdutyasam
edi umintheschem
eof li fe.
verybowelsof m
atter, m
idst stratasof coldgranit erocktot he
m
ineral lodesof densem
etal, oneeternal andharm
oniouschain
of spi rit m
edium
shipprevails. Eachplanedependsuponthenext
W
hent hewholeof thism
ighty schem
eis takeninto considerati on,
O
ccult studentswill seehownecessaryi t isfor thosewhowishto
andpi necladm
ountains, ist heonlyexi stencethat canfit them
ind
andrelatives, becom
esubject tothever ylowest pl anesof spi ritual
76THE LIG
HTO
FEG
YPT
absolutelyim
possible, andthoselaboringunder suchadversecircum
andm
edium
ship, astheywould avoidcom
i ngincontact witha
deadly pestilence.
andthussavem
uchsuffering anduseless wasteof vitality.
it nowbecom
esour dutytoel ucidateits lawsandmysteries, and
herowearem
et withthem
ightiest subject withint hewholerange
of O
ccultism
. No branchof st udyisof greater im
portanceint he
bythat largebodyof m
odern m
ysticsand thinkersof thepresent
known subject of m
edium
ship.
M
ediumship, thoughgovernedbywell defi nedlaws, sofar as
them
oreprom
inent andapparent form
sthat weshall attem
pt to
berequired. Asa m
atter of convenience, weshall dividethegeneral
lawsof m
edium
shi pintotwogeneral classes; that of thecontr olling
Thelawsof Transm
ission. The lawsof Reception.
m
ust bebornein m
indthat thelower statesof life arealwavs the
M
EM
TM
SHIPâ ITSXATCT6EANDMYSTERIES
m
ediumsof andconsequentlysubject tot hehigher states. Ther efore-,
every realm
, fromDeitydown tothecrystallizedm
i neral, m
ust not
m
atter , Toillust ratethisidealet ust aketheorganismof m
an. M
an,
aswe knowhim
. i sthem
ediumisticinstr um
ent throughwhichhi gher
states m
anifest t heir wisdomandpower. Thisrnedm
mship, ongeneral
thetwoisthat of developm
ent Thisisanabsolute fact. Theexalted
adept isactually am
edium
, i nonesense, for theexpressionof still
m
eremystical pretendersalwaysdo. Inother words, thediffer ence
M
an, accordingto hisstate, assim
ilates thespecif icgradeof life
thecoarser atom
s arerepelledandtransm
ittedtol essperfect organ
ism
s. Thistransmissiongoes onuntil thelowest st ateof hum
anityis
reached, andfromthencethe M
eessence istransm
it tedtothe sub-
m
undanerealm
sof life, which thus, becom
ethem
edi um
sfor the
G
odto them
ineral. Them
iner al isthet erm
inus, so tosav, fr om
theschem
eof creation, where forcecom
estoafocusandfromwhich
it reactsinboth directions. W
ithineachrealmthe sam
elaws arealso
com
et hem
edium
s for thosewhichareact ive. Ascendingtothe m
ental
thenf orm
ulatest hesam
einto system
scom
posedof moreor less
itsforceuponthelessposit ivem
indsof them
asses. Theignorant,
78THE LIG
HTO
FEG
YPT
m
erit suchanam
e, however, bycom
paring it withtheignorance by
ancemayalwaysbefoundbyexam
iningit slaws, constitutionand
religi on. W
efind thesam
elawinforce inpolitics. Agreat political
lesspositivem
inds. These, i nturn, react uponothers, transmitting
thesam
epower of thought to them
, andsoonuntil that central
m
ind;â likeasun, swaysthe destinyof m
illionsof itsfellow-crea
tures. Thesem
ill ionsaresimplythem
edium
sfor theexpressionof
m
ental force. Again, thevisi bleheador center of thisforce m
ay, in
itsturn, bethe m
ediumof som
eother invisiblehead, whether suchin
visibl epower be m
ortal or spiritual, embodiedor disem
bodied, m
akes
chologyif onthe m
ental plane. All of t heseform
s andphases, how
ever, aretobeclassedasunconsciousmedium
ship; becauseit seldom
jection. W
ethink thesebrief illustrati onswill conveytothe reader's
m
indsom
ethingof them
agnitudeof thepresent subj ect.
W
ewil l nowbrief lynoticea fewof the m
ost prom
inent form
sof
m
ediumshiprecognizedashavi ngam
oredirect connectionwith
practi cal O
cculti smat thepr esent tim
e; them
ediumshipof spi ritual
ism
, andthenconcludewithsom
eof its m
orereconditephases.
upont hebrainconform
ation, andsecondl y, uponthe m
agnetict em
peram
ent of thebody. Som
eindividualsaresocom
pl exthat they
m
aybecom
eeither oneor the other, accordingtotheprevailingwill
form
s of m
edium
ship, isthat theytendt owardthedestruction of in
dividuality, the m
ediumbecomesaslave tothosein control. Theycan
m
eans towarddest royingwhatever am
ount of will power thepoor
m
ediumm
ight have originally possessed. Thisdestructionof the
M
EDIUMSHIPâ ITS NATUREANDMYSTERIES79
hum
an will (subjectiontospi ritual intelligencesasspiritual istsignor-
be"developed"?standsupont hepublicplatform
, andissupposedto
becontrolledby som
edisem
bodiedintell igence. But inninecasesout
culiar sem
i-m
esm
ericstateknownastrance. Under suchconditi ons
W
orld" of translatedhum
anity. Spiritual istsshould learnthe fact,
that medium
swho canbecontr olledbya spirit can beequally con
spirat ionwhichem
anatesfromascendedhum
ansouls.
Those form
sof m
edium
ship, knownasPsychom
ctryand Clair
brain form
ationandm
agnetic tem
peram
ent possessonlysecondar y
beings m
aypossessthesephases. Their characterist icsaretoo well
W
emust nownoticetwoof the m
ost subtl e, andsof ar alm
ost en
tirely unsuspectedform
sof t histypeof spirit m
edium
ship. Thefirst
"thought diffusion."
m
ains positive, becom
esatruem
edium
, sofar asthesoul sphereis
scorns theideaof m
edium
ship, but inreal truthhe isasm
uch am
e
withcertainthought form
swithintheastral karm
as of thedisem
andhe seem
stoexist insom
e previousage. Hebecom
esidentif iedwith
thekarm
icformcontrollinghissensitivesphere, andunder thesecir
cum
stanceshebecom
esdeceivedbyhisignorance, andim
agines that
heis recallingsom
eincarnat ionof the past, if he isacquaintedwith
thedogm
asof the re-incarnat ionschool. If ignorant of these doc
trines, thenhesim
plyputst hewholem
atter downasasort of day
dream
i ng. Esoteri cBuddhists, andothers of thesameschool of
for suchphenom
ena, haveinventedtheir "re-awakenedm
em
ory" t heo
karm
a becauseof their m
agnet icm
edium
ship. Thefor m
stheythus
m
agnet ictem
perament. All suchevidences of re-incarnationare due
tothe sim
pleact ionof m
edium
ship. W
hen thesoul r eceivesits true
spirit ual initiat ion, all theseearthly errorsvani sh, andthe fleeting
phantom
sof theastral world appear int heir truel ight. Theauthor
oncebelievedin suchim
ages asevidencesof hispast earthli ves.
Further developm
ent, under st rict discipline, revealedthewholede
which isfundam
entallyfalse, neither is thereany experience that ap
plainedbythelawsof m
ediumship.
sensit ivem
inds, inorder to regainthei r lost sacerdotal power uponhu-
m
anitv. Thought diffusionis thepower of diffusing certainthought
form
s containing certainposi tiveideas. Thesecurr entsof thought cir
ultim
ately(inthem
ajorityof cases) subject that soul totheir dom
inant
cal of fspringdestroysitsm
agical progenitor.
plane; thusonepotent m
indevolvingthought form
s inBostonmay
m
inds upontheot her sideof theAtlanti c. Theybegintothink sim
i
ficati onsof m
ent al m
agic. EsotericBuddhismowesi tsorigint osuch
m
agic, anddependsabsolutely uponsuch O
ccult processesfor i tscon
arethem
edium
ist icsensitivesof O
rient al control. Thereader should
them
agicof the hum
anm
ind.
enaknowntom
odernspiritual ism
, havegivenriset om
uchperplexity
inthe m
indsof manyearnest truthseekers. Thespi ritualist, asarule,
bodied hum
ansoul s(m
anyadvancedspirit ualistsnowfreelyadmit
m
ediums); whilet heTheosophi st utterlv deniesthe possibility of such
elem
entaries), andassertsthat all the variousfor m
sandphasesof
spirit ualisticphenom
enaare producedby oneor m
or eof thefollow
I. Elem
ental spir its, term
ed spooks.
II. Hum
anelem
ent aries(thel ost soulsof depraved m
ortals).
82THE LIG
HTO
FEG
YPT
III. Disem
bodied shells(the lifelessform
sof disem
bodiedm
or tals).
IV. Them
esm
eric influenceof livingindividuals.
It is, indeed, a m
ost gloriousfact that disem
bodiedhum
ansouls
cananddoreturn andcom
mune throughvariousm
edium
isticnatures
withem
bodiedhumanity. Still , theactionof these soulsischieflycon
planes of m
edium
ship. Insof ar thespir itualist is correct. Thereis,
however, m
uchtruth, together withm
uch that isfal se, inthe Theoso-
I. Elem
ental spir its, term
ed spooks. Thereareinnum
erableclasses
istic phenom
ena. Thefirst andlowest in thescale of intelligence, is
ism
;â Fire, Eart h, Air andWater. These creatures cannot deceivethe
m
edium. Theyare incapableof personatingor im
itat inganything
beyond them
selves, unlesstheyareim
pel ledtodosobythem
edium
's
pulse of them
edi um
'sm
ind. Astheyare com
pletely subjective tothe
hum
an will, they possessnor eal individualityof t heir own. When
m
ental s. Thesebeingsarethe soulsof anim
al form
s of lifeunder
going them
agneti ccycleof t heir im
personal existencewithin the
becom
e attachedt ohum
anbeingsonearth withwhomtheyhavesom
e
peculi ar m
agnetic affinity, or towhomt heybecom
e attachedduring
strum
entsof fraud. Theyrespondtothe desiresof them
ediumor to
these circum
stancesit will i nvariablyt ranspirethat whonaperson,
elem
ental perceivesinthem
ental sphere of theinquirer. This "con
chargedwhofulfi lshism
aster'sdesire. Thebenightedignoranceof
M
ediumswhobecometheinstrum
entsof thisclassof intelligencesare
ideat hat their spirit guides cannot be anyother t hai i themost exalted
personages. Abraham
, Isaac, Jacob, M
oses, Aaronand thewhole ol
thisclassof m
edium
s. Suchi snot thecase, except inthem
ost rare
instances. Theobligingim
itativesoul of theanim
al elem
ental feels
ately respondstheretoandfulfilsthis m
ental idea. EvenJesusChrist
andBuddhahavebeenthusper sonatedby im
personal controlswho
easily deceivethem
edium
. But nom
atter whothoyclaimtobe
existi nginthemedium
'sm
ind. If them
ediumbeignorant of the
life, tim
esandcircum
stantial surroundi ngsof thei r ideal gui de,
ignorant of him
self. Thewrit er hasfrequentlym
et withspirit s
claim
i ngtobePythagoraswho didnot com
prehendthefirst pri nciples
of O
ccultism
, and whohadent irelyforgottentheor der heinst ituted
plays, andthehum
blecircum
stancesof t hepoet'searlylife. Nearly
im
personal creaturerespondingtoevery latent thought inthei r
m
edium'sm
ind. W
henweform
ul atedthepositivethought that
com
menceblam
ing "theconditi ons" for thepoor report. O
ur per
France, G
erm
any, Austriaand theUnited States, wit hvarious
types andphases of m
edium
s, provem
ost conclusivel ythat near ly
of ani m
al elem
ent als, or "spooks." Thet hirdclass inthescal eof
aretheinterm
edi ateagentsof thephysi cal results of planetary
influencesm
anifestedonthe earth. They aretheat tendant familiars
of cer tainclassesof m
ystical students, especially thosedevotedto
visionsincrystals, m
agicm
i rrors, or vasesof wat er, andin conse
quence of thistheyhaveoftenbeenwronglyterm
ed planetary
toour ownorbequallyasm
uchasm
anhi m
self, and cangivem
uch
of deception(m
isunderstanding) existing inthem
indsof those who
usethem
. Theydo not andcannot control m
edium
sby m
esm
erism
II. Disem
bodiedHum
anElem
ent aries. This classismadeup
of the anim
al soulsof depraved, wicked m
ortalswho havesunk
beneat hthehum
an planeandt huscaused theseparat ionof thei r
lowas thisaregenerallyevi l m
agicians andsorcer esses, who are
far m
orenum
erous thancivili zedsociety hasanyconceptionof .
M
EDIUMSHIPâ ITS NATUREANDMYSTERIES85
Thisclassarereallym
agneti cvam
pires whoprolong their vici ous
tocompletelydemoralizethe m
edium
sand plungethemintoall
excitem
ent arethevictim
sof elem
entary obsession. It isneedless
III. Disem
bodied shells. Thesearethemagneticfor m
sof those
m
ediumisticpurposewhatsoever, andthosewhoasser t, assom
e
lifeandm
adeto sim
ulatethe deceasedi ndividual, aresadlyi n
of disem
bodiedshellsandtheir influenceuponthe m
edium
sof
m
odern spirituali smisonlyanother of t heoriental delusions, dis
sem
inatedtopoisonthebuddi ngspiritualityof the westernrace.
IV. TheM
esm
eric influenceof livingindividuals. Of thispotent
potent , positive, m
agneticm
i nd.
CHAPTERV
LACLEFHERM
ETIQ
UE
THEHERM
ETICKEY O
FURANIA'S M
YSTERIES
W
rittenintheyear 1880
PREFACE
workmuchm
orereadableandi nteresting tom
anywho dislike
m
ust supplem
ent t hesceneryandsentim
ent for himor herself,
It is m
ost im
port ant torem
ember that theO
riginal M
anuscript
inthe m
onthof January, 1881, before"EsotericBuddhism
" ever
Secret Doctrine."
thesublim
esigni ficanceof t hem
ightyCyclesandPeriodsweare
hum
anl y-divineat tributesto com
eintoaction, and inspiteof any
THEHERM
ETICKEY O
FURANIA'S M
YSTERIES87
ephem
eral curiosi tytowardsmystical research, they will never
would becom
eascourgetom
ankind. Happi ly, onlya veryfewof
will obtainasm
uchastheydeserveand nom
ore. "Askandyeshall
im
mort al soul. Thedoorkeeper of theTempleof Trut hisasdeaf
Satan triedthis m
eansof obt ainingpower onceupon atim
eand
daring presum
ption, andthat insteadof theKingdomof Heaven he
obtainedthebott om
lesspit asafitting rewardfor hism
isdir ected
am
biti onandlabor. Thereis m
orereal t ruthinthi sreligious fable
inner lawswesay, rest assur edthat you will recei veafull measure
88THE LIG
HTO
FEG
YPT
ultim
atelyshine uponyour darkanddiff icult path, andyoushall
drawasidetheveil of them
ysticIsis, andbehind thism
agic curtain,
of time.
It is toyou, m
y faithful and eternal br ethren, that I present
that youm
ayuse your psychic powerswisely, worthi lyandwell , and
wishingyouG
od-speedupontheupwardpathof your soul'seter nal
destiny, I rem
ain withfrater nal sym
pathiesandbrotherlylove,
M
ost f aithfullyyours,
LACLEFHERM
ETIQ
UE
SECTIONI
THECYCLESANDFORCESO
FCREATIVELIFE
Inatt em
ptingto explainthe sublim
esystemof Esot ericCycles,
astaught inthe O
ccult schoolsof theEgyptianM
agi, weshall notice
thencom
pare, or rather introduce, for t hestudent' scom
parison,
andreactionof t heCosm
icli feforceshaveform
ed thetruthful
NATURE'STRIUNEI NDEX
her m
ysteries, in thedual formof intui tionandintellect, andof
m
easur ingher m
ightyforcesi ntheform
s of tim
eandspace. The
first indexof ti m
eistherotationof t heEarthuponher axis, the
conver tedintodays, m
onthsandyears. Thethirdindexisthat of
them
otionof the Earth'scenter (theSun) through space, around
m
agnet icpoint is thegreat f inger of Nature'sCycl icTim
epiece,
andit scircuit.
90THE LIG
HTO
FEG
YPT
Rem
em
ber thissignificant fact, then, that them
oti onsof the
andPhysical.
PO
LARM
OTIO
N
W
hent hisbeautif ul m
otionof theEarth' sPolehas becom
e
fam
ili ar, thestudent will begintosee thedivine harm
onyof Nature's
tobecom
ealternatelyafruit ful plainor barrenwaste; drylandor
ocean bed.
TheEarth'sPole m
ovesinone uniformdi rection, withaslow,
im
perceptiblem
ot ionthat for m
saspiral pathintheheavens, con
sistingof anum
ber of sm
all spiral orbi ts, or circles, oneoverlapping
Them
otionof inclinationof thePoleis at therat eof fifty seconds
it requires7,200 yearstom
oveover one degree, andasthere are360
equal to2,592,000years, to m
akeacom
pleterevolutionof its orbit,
sm
all spiral orbi t, andasthereareexactlyonehundredof theseSpiral
O
rbits inthecompleteorbit, therefore 100tim
es25,920years equals
O
nePolar DayequalsonehundredSolar Years.
W
ewil l nowgive afewbrief exam
plesof Polar M
oti on:
them
ountainousportionswill betheseat of hum
an life. This condition
LACLEFHERM
ETIQ
UEâ SECTIO
NI 91
will alsocauseequal dayand night all over thegl obe, but as werecede
inthe twelvehoursfrom6a. m
. to6p.m., hence, darknessand uni
Again, im
aginetheEarth'sPole, after a lapseof 648,000year s,
of fossil rem
ains of theseal , walrusandpolar bear intheburning
m
idsumm
erseachyear; nam
ely, whentheSunascended north, and
iceandsnow,m
ust havecausedthem
ost frightful i nundations upon
Thewallsof the m
ightyBabyl onandthe eight-volvedTower
of Babel or cloud-encom
passed Bel werenever constr uctedtoresist
anym
ortal foe. NO
. Thosecit ywalls, whichwere60 m
ilesincircum
strengthof arm
ies, but toresist thefearful forcesof Nature, the
These m
ightym
onum
entsof old areindeed thesacred relicsof
andpeopleswhomour historiansdenom
inate"ancient " werebut
"thecloud-encom
passedBel," arequitemodern. The grand, scientific
Tem
plesof theSunandM
oon, then, were erectedat aperiod
agescanbeeasil ycom
putedbythefollowingsim
ple form
ula. Our
built withsom
esignificant occult purpose. Eachzonewasconstituted
bythe G
reat Solar Cycleof 25,920years, duringwhichperiod the
Poles m
ovedover onevolute, whichthey, inroundnum
bers, reconed
latitudecorrespondswiththeir sym
bol. For instance, theTower of
tim
es roundit. Thism
eansthat iswasbuilt whent hesunwas vertical
Noble O
rder, 63yearsago(1822), speaki ngof theawful IronAge, says;
"Inthisdreadti m
eChim
erahadher birt h;
Inthi sdreadtimetheCyclopscursedtheearth.
AndG
i antshuge, of horrid, monstrousform
,
W
horavagedEarth, andstrove e'enHeaventostorm
.
W
henPolar-sunsburnt upthe goldengrai n,
Andsuddenthaws inundateeveryplain.
Hence Towersand W
allsandPr yam
idsarose,
W
hose ponderousbulkm
ight al l their rageoppose.
LACLEFHERM
ETIQ
UEâ SECTIO
NI 93
O
nShi nar'splain, aspiringt otheskies,
W
hose eight-volveddragon, turninground thewhole,
W
hich proveslati tudewasthi rty-two.
Anhoaryageof t wicetwohundredthousandyears."
It m
ay benotedt hat thevery ancient sacredtowers inthePagodas
Agreat deal m
ore m
ight besaidastothedifferent clim
ates
about byPolar M
otion. Rem
em
ber that the great Polar Day(2,592,000
years, m
ovingoncearound, li ketheindexof thecl ock) determines
W
ave. ThisLifeWavepassesaroundtheseptenarychain, or cir cuit,
inwavesor im
pul ses. For instance, supposetheLif eW
aveof t he
m
ineral evolution com
mences, uponplanet num
ber 1; it will her e
culm
inatingpoint , it com
mencestoflow, or passon toplanet num
ber
student toM
r. Si nnett'svaluablebook, EsotericBuddhism
, but
rem
indingyouthat, although therearemanyoutlinesinthework
sim
ilar tothese teachings, t heyare, in reality, widelydifferent, as
revelation.
andharm
oniouspr ocessfollowedbyNatur einthecom
pleteevol ution
of aplanet, sim
i lar inconst ructionto our earth.
Kingdom
s, SevenPrinciplesandSevenRul ingPowers inNature,
rem
ote expression of spirit. Thefurther astateis rem
ovedfr om
inm
et allicformandbecom
ematerialized asveinsandlodesof
m
ineral oreinthebodyof a planet, and tower itself uponthat
TheSevenKingdomsaretheThreeElem
ent al andinvi sible,
andtheFour O
bjectiveandvi sibleplanesof Nature, whilethe order
6, the Anim
al; 7, theHum
an; seechapter II of sect ionI.
TheSevenG
overnors, or Power srulinga planet, are theSeven
THESI XDAYSO
FCREATIO
N,
m
entionedinG
enesis, eachDaybeingone Polar Day, asbefore stated,
Thewords"theeveningandthem
orning" signifythe twohalves
im
pulse, or wave, m
ust of necessitypass roundthe orbit that has
ultim
atelytobe traversedby thefuture planet bef oreanythingcan
equivalent tothe W
ordor DivineIdeaof certainancient writers.
andtr ansform
sit intotheembryonic, nebulouslight, thestar dust
descri be
theintenseconcentrationof theDeific W
ill of the G
overnors ina
andformwater, whichelem
ent wasrapidl yproduced duringthe
during thefirst dayof creat ion; thefi rst half, t heevening, wasgiven
tothe dom
inionof firealone, andthel atter half, or m
orning, was
bythe HindoostheTretaYug.
andtheevolution of acom
pletebut denseatm
ospher ewasther esult.
action; m
ountain rangesconti nuallyrose andfell, andtheocean
bedswerealways shifting.
tide-wavecom
menced, andthe spirit atomsof future egosbecame
96THE LIG
HTO
FEG
YPT
incarnatedindensem
atter for thefirst tim
e, nam
ely, inthe stratas
of rocksandm
ineral lodeswhichconstit utethestonyribsand m
etallic
form
ed; theland abovetheoceanlevel sank, andthebedof the
ocean becam
edry land. Now,f or thefirst tim
e, the seasandoceans
thethirdday." I t m
ust beaddedthat duringthisperiod, also, the
m
ental form
sof vegetablelif e, whichdevelopinto them
ost gr oss,
agegi vingm
oreperfect form
s. "Andthe eveningand them
orning
weret hefourthday."
rudim
ental form
s of lifesuccessivelyevolvethevariousorder sof
anim
al life, race after race appearing, runningits courseand becom
ing
extinct, givingplacetom
ore com
pleteorganism
s. " Andtheevening
andthem
orningwerethefift hday."
theevolutionof thehum
anform
,Man, for at thisageweread;
"Andt heLordm
adem
anout of thedust of theground, andbreathed
theLordcreated m
aninHisownim
age, maleandfemalecreated
Hethem
."
andthem
orningwerethesixt hday." And herewem
ust digress.
LACLEFHERM
ETIQ
UEâ SECTIO
NI 97
Som
estudentsof theoccult i m
agine(for certainly theyarenot properly
or fir st hum
anform
, theconnectionbetweentheani m
al andhuman,
wascausedbyaspiritual im
pulseunion, which, act inguponthehighest
formof anim
al, anape, for exam
ple, producedanentirelydiff erent
species, quitehum
anintheir organism
, but hairy, etc., andt hat
fromt hism
issing linkthehum
anrace, asat present, hasbeen evolved.
beenevolvingupwardfromthe m
ineral, t hespiritual formhas been
andm
orecom
pact, until, at t heendof t heThirdRaceof theFirst
Hum
an Round, the spiritual m
anhadacompact, well- organized
body, andthecomm
encem
ent of theFourth Race, (the center of
M
atter andspirit m
et andfor m
edthefir st real physical m
anof
thehum
anrace. Thisisthegreat m
yster y;â thelowest point inthe
nating point, of m
aterial evolution, and form
sthe originof man.
Theevolutionof therem
ainingroot raceshavingtakenplace, the
lifei m
pulsebegi nstoebbandslowlyquitsour shores, andour Earth
NO
TE: Thisneeds alittleexplanation. Thefirst raceof hum
an beingswho existed
com
par edwithour grossorganism
s, but weresuffici entlym
ater ial tobeobjective
Vril. Theelem
ent alsandnaturespirits were, bytheir art, renderedobjective,
andperform
edthe dutiesof servantsto them
. This wasthetrueG
oldenAge. It
thepsychiccurrents, andG
odsincom
par isontoour selves, wer efar infer ior to
their bodieswere im
mediately disintegratedbythe currentsof vril. Ther ewere
Silver totheG
ol den. M
ankind wasonthe downwardcycle; lies, deceit and
98THE LIG
HTO
FEG
YPT
Black M
agic. Int hisagethe first elem
entsof that curse, Caste, arose.
W
isdomof theG
odsof theG
ol denAge. Thespiritual raceshad nowreached
m
ighty hunters, andateflesh m
eat, and whoseanim
al passions aloneruled their
enjoyments. Fromthisdatethenationsbecam
emigratorynom
ads, andsoon lost
of years, term
ed G
olden, Silver, etc., r efer solely topolar motionandt hechange
of our Earth'scl im
ate.
of anewweekcomm
ences, for thegaseous tide-wave, havinggone
Theat m
osphereis againreorganized, pur ified, and galvanized with
newli fetom
ake it fit toreceiveandsustainahi gher phase of
planet . Thelife im
pulsethat hasbeenpassiveduri ngtheSabbath
types of thesevenhum
anfam
i liesretreat fromthe sinkingcontinents
andoccupythenew-m
adeland andm
ountai nswhichar ewaiting
toliberatetheir long-im
prisonedspirit atom
s, and thisisaf fected,
direct lythem
ineral wavearr ives, at thecom
mencement of the Second
incom
i ngm
ineral wavebecom
es incarnated intheir place. Bythe
tim
et histidehasattainedi tsclim
axt henewlyli beratedspi rit atom
s
thevegatable, anim
al, etc., toprepare a"NewHeavenandaNew
Round of hum
anity, which, havingagainevolvedits sevenroot races
andtheir innum
er ablesuband offshoot r aces, again passeson its
LACLEFHERM
ETIQ
UEâ SECTIO
NI 99
m
onads that Natur ehasleft behindachanceof incarnatingthem
com
pleteroundsof hum
anity, andthentheG
reat Jubileeof the
hum
an beingson7 planetsis also49; andthe50th. istheyear of
Jubilee, sym
bolizedbytheJewsevery50th. year, whennowork
THECYCLEPERIO
DS O
FTHEG
REATLIFE-W
AVE
O
FMATERIALANDSPIRITUALEVOLUTIO
N
O
nePolar Day, whichisalso thecycleof duration of any
of our Earth'sti m
e, exactly 2,592,000years.
som
ea fewthousandless, theyare, ont heaverage, all of the sam
e
itsreappearance or com
mencement is2,592,000less thantheabove,
producing7tim
es 7, equaling 49, root r acesof im
mortal beings^for
eachr acecontainsitsownimm
ortals), i stheperiodof theli fe-wave
hum
ani ty, then, r estsinthe enjoym
ent of ablissful Nirvana, or The
[x;aix- of G
od, whichpasseth all understanding." f or the50th Period,
7com
pletecircui tsof theli fe-waveroundthechai n, or 49Polar
eachplanetaryfam
ily, or state, becom
ingtheespecial rulers of
spirit s(fam
ilies of spirits) that stand beforethe Lord, termedDhyan
ChohansinEsoter icBuddhism
, ascendsti ll higher i ntom
oreperfect
fam
ily uponEarth. Thusthef irst fam
ily, or that whichform
ed
thefi rst 7root racesafter their cycle, rulesthe first sevenroot races
of humanbeingsevolveandpassthrough thesam
eharm
onious
thuscom
pletingt hegreat cycleof necessity. Theplanet itsel f is
lifewave, or 127,008,000years.
third fam
ilyoriginate, rule andguardt hefourth, thefourth the
LACLEFHERM
ETIQ
UEâ SECTIO
NI 101
7Nirvanas. This m
akesupthe grandperi odof 8times127,008, 000
m
aket heeighth; thetotal ei ghth. This great cycle, 1,016,064,000years,
com
pletedtheper iodof child-bearing; oldagehas graduallysettled
loosensitshold uponthem
ol ecules, and atombyat omtheplanet's
chains com
mences anew.Thedi sintegrated atom
sof f orm
er worlds
arereconstructed withnewcosm
icm
atter , andonce m
oreevolut ion;
Cycles andm
ost awful, incom
prehensible Periodsare but afew
fast-f leetingm
omentsof planetaryexist ence. Thewholeerasof
102THELIG
HTO
F EG
YPT
im
mort al, deathlessreign.
NO
TE: Thiseighth orbisknowntoInitiatesof the highest int erior degreeas"the
Fromt hisnam
ecam
ethat of Oberonandsoevil and infernal is thepower of this
O
bsession. Theburiedcities of theG
obi desert bel ongtoraceswhowere the
devoteesof this O
b. (Thiswasafter the G
obi hadbecom
eapor tionof the
theG
obi wasatr opical ocean.) Henceit snam
e, G
obi, that is, thefollowersof
O
b, or thecountr yof O
b. Thi sisthereasonfor theawful traditionsm
entioned
For, r em
em
ber, thereisnot a classof people, or a societydevotedtoanysubject
onEar th, but what hasaspir itual correspondencei ntherealmof spirit. The
Herm
et icLawisonegrandtruth, viz., " Asit isabove, soit isbelow,asonthe
LACLEFHERM
ETIQ
UE
SECTIONII
THESACREDCYCLES ANDNUM
BERS O
FTHEANCIENTHINDO
OS
of m
or tal beproud?"
It wouldbeawasteof tim
euponour par t, andagr eater waste
of the tim
eof thestudent of esotericscience, if wewereto wadethrough
andenum
eratethe wholesystemof these sacredcycl esandnum
bers,
or wer ehetoatt em
pt thetaskof rem
em
beringthem
. W
eshall supply
thekeytothese num
bers. Thi ssacredm
ystical key will fit every
num
ber s.
TheFi veG
reat Yugas
M
ahaYug4,320,000years, 10 periods, unitsequal 9
theEarth'sPole form
ingthe trineaspect toitstr ueplace, andpassing
Again, youm
ust observether egular, har m
oniousprogressionof
theterm
inatingunitsof each Yug, 2, 4, 6, 8, and of theperi ods
therudegazeof theprofane m
ind. This sacred, guardednum
ber
360, l ess3tim
es 9, equals27degrees, andinits secondaspect shows
them
agical num
ber of Abracadabra, or 666(18equal s9). This
sacred num
ber is theperfect sym
bol of Deity. M
ulti plyit asyou
likebyanynum
ber andit resolvesitsel f into9; andjust as all the
degreespolar m
ot ionissym
bolizedbytheSunbeing enclosedi nSolom
on's Seal
NO
TE: ThePolepassingover 60degreesof itsorbit is, inthe occult, sym
bolized
wem
ust nowenter uponam
ore beautiful seriesof calculations of
degreesintheZodiac. W
itht hisyear theancients usedtovei l their
m
oret reasuredCycles.
LACLEFHERM
ETIQ
UEâ SECTIO
NII 105
W
ewil l nowcom
pare, sideby side, theFiveG
reat Yugas, with
Com
mon Divine
Years Years
M
ahaYug4,320,000, equal 10 periods, equal 12,000
3, 6, 9, 12. W
eexplainall t hesesim
ple m
attersto showthat all the
sacred num
bersof theHindoos areonecom
pleteand harm
onious
theM
anwataresandYugsat hi sleisureandashisi nclination prom
pts.
TheM
anwataresar eportionsof theG
reat Kalpa, whi chis1,000
M
ahaYugsof 4,320,000com
mon years. Thi sisalm
ost toom
uch
for hum
ancom
prehension, and soweleave it, retiri ngcontent with
theknowledgethat it wasbut am
ethodadoptedbyt heancient
NO
TE: TheTenAges, or Cali Yugs, areal so, inthe East, shown under the
sym
bol of theTen Avaters; theG
oddessCali, of the oldHindoos, beinga kindof
geological Isis, or Q
ueenof geological form
ations. Andlastly, whilethe whole
yet it m
ust, byt helawsof correspondence, beconsideredini tstrulyoccult sense.
com
menced. But, of course, al l thesespi ritual veri tieswill openout to your
m
indasyoucaref ullythinkover thisbr ief paper.
106THELIG
HTO
F EG
YPT
W
ewil l nowturn fromthetheoretical to thepracti cal Cycles
THEFOURCELEBRATEDAG
ESO
FANTIQ
UITY
havet horoughlyexplainedPol ar M
otion, etc., therefore, if we calculate
them
otionof the NorthPole fromtheperiodof its beingperpendicular
andat onetim
ewasthecenter of their occult schools; but their
wefindthem
eani ngof thefollowingper iodsor ages;
Com
mon Polar Divi ne
Years M
otionYear s
G
olden Age259,200, 4tim
es9 equals36 degreesand 720
IronAge64,800, 1tim
es9equals9degr eesand180
648,000,10tim
es 9equals90 degreesand 1,800
portionof theanglem
ovedover consists of them
ysteriousnumber
9, m
ul tipliedby 4, 3, 2, 1; thus, 4times9degreesequals36 degrees;
3tim
es9degrees equals27degrees; 2t im
es9degr eesequals 18
degrees; and1ti m
es9degreesequals9 degrees; andbearingi n
m
indt hat our placeof observationisBenares, or 27degreesNorth
Tropical sum
mer andanArctic winter. But, tobetter expressour
m
eaning, wewill brieflydescribethese four ages.
clim
at e, agentle, fruitful, universal sum
mer. This ancient seat of
tim
eduringthis agewasthe m
eridianal titudeof t heSun, on the
Thencam
etheSil ver Age, whi chcorrespondstothe elem
ent of
period. Thesum
merswerehot andthedayslong; the winterswere
angle of 63degrees.
elem
ent of W
ater, whichlastedfor 360DivineYears. It wasindeed
etc. TheTropics m
ovedanother 18degreesnearer thePole, and on
Lastly com
esthe IronAge, corresponding totheEar th; theAge
weeks together in m
idwinter. It wascold, dark, frozenanddeath-like,
com
pleteorbit of 360degrees in7,200DivineYears, or 2,592, 000
108THELIG
HTO
F EG
YPT
com
mon years, fromwhichtake thePrajanathaYugof 2,160,000
com
mon years, and therem
ainder istheCali Yugof 432,000comm
on
m
aking thetotal 72, or themagic9; whi chistheperiodof theSun
G
odof Israel, which, of cour se, wasthe Sun; andt he72Elder s
25,920 years.
ACO
MPARISO
NOFTHEHARM
ONYOF
ESO
TERICNUM
BERS ANDESO
TERICCYCLESIN
REFERENCETOTIM
E ANDM
OTIO
N
TheEarth'sPole m
oves1degr eein7,200 com
monyears
Andal som
ovesonceroundin 7,200Divineyears
TheSunm
ovesthr o' spaceat rateof 108,000M
iles per hour
torise, culm
inat eandset; whilethe
W
hile aPolar Day of 360degr eesis2,592,000Years
AndtheSunm
oves rounditsorbit in25, 920Years
LACLEF
AKey totheW
ork of Abbot Tr ithem
ius, entitled-
After G
od, Actuat etheUniver se."
ashe m
ust havedone, that al l worthyandaccepted Neophyteswould
of the G
reat Solar Periodof 25,920year s, or aseventhpart of the
round hisim
mense orbit is25,920years, hem
ovesor passesthrough
Seven Intelligenceshas12ti m
esbeenthechief governor of this
sublunarysphere.
thereinsof governm
ent toZachariel, theAngel of Jupiter, whostands
theAngel of M
ars, whofor thesam
eperi odsubjects theworld and
itsinhabitantst otheinfluenceof M
art ial force; theninthe fourth
order of theSevenG
overnors com
estheArchangel M
i chael, the
THELI G
HTO
FEG
YPT
VICTO
RY
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THEREALMO
FSPIRIT
Sym
bol ical Illust ration
of the
Divine Harm
onyof Nature'sLaws
LACLEF111
Astral Light and Chief Angel of theplanet Venus, who, after r uling
of the G
ods, and presidingIntelligence of theplanet M
ercury, rules
order andthiscom
pletesthe Sub-Solar Cycleof 2,160years, when
Cassiel oncem
ore takescom
mand, andso on, Cycleafter Cycle,
"adinfinitum
."
NO
TE: Cassiel is theusual nam
egivento theSaturnineprinciple. TheAbbot
Trithem
iuscalls it O
rifiel, asdosever al other writers. Hence, it iswell tonote, that
m
anynam
esareusedKabbalist ically; eachnam
eexpr essingthe nature, or qualities,
sym
bol ically, by thedifferent Hebrewcharactersof whichit i scom
posed, each
term
inatewithO
n; oneissol ar, theother islunar . Thishint will besufficient for
goodandevil by anym
odernconceptionof theseter m
s.
andanyhum
anbei ngwithout anyoneof t hese, would beim
perfect; but, carryone
withMichael receivingtheG
overnm
ent of theworld inthebegi n
W
est r eachtheEquator of Humanprogress, andcarryingour re
searchesforward fromthisdateuptotheculm
inati ngpoint of the
arc; f romwhichpoint W
estern RacesdescendthedescendingCycle,
andoncem
orerel apseintoignorance.
NO
TE: Thestudent m
ust bear i nm
indthat thereare threedifferent kinds of Cycles
of space. W
hentheSunhaspassedthroonesignhe hascom
plet edonesub- cycle,
(It m
ust beborne inm
indthat theSun's m
otionthr ospaceis exactlythe reverse
of successionof theSevenG
overnorsis suchthat Michael governsthefir st term
it is not m
easuredbysignsor constellations, and, consequent ly, neither begins
nor term
inateswiththesub-cycle, but i sm
easured thus; Fromthecom
mencem
ent
of Cassiel'srule totheterminationof G
abriel'si sonecom
pl eteperiod or Cycle.
andci vilization anddownagain, inspit eof itself , tothegr eatest dept hsof
ignorance.
eachr ound. Thenext, thedur ationof a singleroot race. Last ly, thedur ationof
eachof thenum
er ousoff-shoot racesbel ongingtot hesevenbr anchesand their
m
inor sub-races. But, inany case, theArcm
ovesin thesam
eharm
oniousorder,
obeyingtheDivineim
pulseof theSeven Eternal Pri nciplesof Nature, evolving
itsenergiesingreat, m
ighty waves, whenrulingtheearliest root races, andcom
canbe m
easuredbytensof thousandsof yearswhen controlling thegreat branch
m
inor sub-races, m
easuringat them
ost but afewthousandyear sof Earth' stim
e.
Theyear 1881m
ay appear incorrect toanyoneconversant with m
odern
astronom
y, which m
aintainsthat our Sun will not enter theSignAquarius until
m
istaketheyhave todiscover .
Thepr esent G
reat W
esternRaceisoneof theseven branchesof theFifth
com
pri seor includethewhole of theG
reat W
estern Race. It will besuffi cient to
typical exam
ples of thesub-r acestherei nreferred to. Several other Europeanraces
areal soincluded.
resum
edtheG
over nm
ent of the world.
under them
elancholyinfluenceof Cassiel'sRule; andinthevery
LA. CLEF113
destroyedbythe G
reeks, and m
anyother eventsfait hfullyindi cate
becam
e Regent of theworld, andherewe notetherem
arkabledi f
ferencebetweent hetwoG
over nors. Inthebeginning of thisAngel's
reign, Rom
e, the M
istressof theworld, wasbuilt, andthefoundation
of amightyEm
pir esubstantiallylaid. All Nations begantopr ogress
rapidl yintoam
oreadvanced stateof ci vilization, andtocul tivate
Aglanceat thehistoryof G
r eeceandRom
ewill suf ficetoshowhow
truet hisis.
After Sam
ael, cameM
ichael, t heSunG
od, theshiningchief of
Clim
ax of power andcivilizat ion. Toward theclose of hisreign, this
rivaled, inm
oral teachingsandexcelled inpractical benevolence,
G
autamaRuddha, t hegreatest m
oral refor m
er theEast hasever
Andit isrem
arkablystrange, that, nosooner didMichael'sRule
cam
et rium
phant, andbrutally m
urderedHim
, asthey havedone
dogm
at icsacerdot al casteshasbeenthe Cross; inverted, it is a
114THELIG
HTO
F EG
YPT
After M
ichael comesAnael, "Princeof theAstral Li ght," the
com
mencedtorule, andwasG
overnor fromtheyear A.D.337to the
NewTestam
ent wer eforged. Christianity, under the ruleof the
Frombeingpersecuted, shebecam
ethepersecutor. Thechurchbe
cam
edogm
atic, cunning, andt horoughlydeterm
inedt osucceedat
becam
e theSupremeRuler, and reigneduntil theyear A.D.954.
Thisperiod, like all Lunar periods, was oneof int ellectual slum
ber.
reignedsuprem
e, until theyear A.D.1263. Thelowest point in the
m
ental arcwasreached, andWesternnati onswerein them
ost dense
Parliam
entswere institutedf or thepeople, thedaysof G
ood
Q
ueen Besscam
et oanend. Pr otestantismflourished, andsopr e
cam
ei ntopower andreignedf romtheyear A.D.1572 totheyear A.D.
Capricorn. M
ichael begantor eignonDecem
ber 23rd. ) Thisrule
Britai n, thesecondRom
e. It wasagaina periodof war, m
echanical
invent ionsandm
artial glory, and, at ti m
es, thewholeof Europewas
M
arsr ulesironandall m
arti al artsand sciences; hencethewon
elabor atem
achinery.
com
es intopower andoncem
or ehasthegovernm
ent of theworld
Em
pireswill shinefull of gl ory, theHum
anintellect will havefull
shiningM
ottowil l be; VeritasExcelsior , TruthAbove. Thiser ashall
proclaimtherightsof m
an. I t isessent iallytheageof reasondream
ed
of by BrunoandThom
asPaine. Duringthe reignof t hisAngelic In
telligence, theMasculineElem
ent will r eceivethe Solar influxand
m
ost of our Social disorders andwom
enr eceivem
ore attention in
byany m
eans.
116THELIG
HTO
F EG
YPT
M
ankindunder thi srule, will becom
ephysicallyand intellec
tually im
mensely superior to what theyarenow.Startlingdiscoveries
inChem
istry, Electricityand all thephysical scienceswill bebrought
M
agnet ism(atom
ic power) asa m
otivepower. Infact anewera of
nihilatedbynewtransportati onandcom
munication; and, last, but not
After theruleof M
ichael, Anael, Prince of theAst ral Light, will
receivetheG
uardianshipof t heworld, andreignfr omtheyear A.D.
perfection. O
ccul tismwill be taught in our Universities, Astr onom
ers
becom
e Astrologer s, anddrugs for thetr eatm
ent of diseasebe con
Dogm
as andScient ificNoodlei sm
sof today. It isat thispoint that I
would warnall W
esternNations. Rem
em
ber that this istheperi od
those m
agneticconditionsthat wouldatt ract intoyour m
idst t he
virtue, m
orality andpureaff ectional love, standparam
ount amongst
FIRST CAUSE.
m
anity, toassim
i lateall the storesof knowledge, treasuredupbythe
cycle of thesub- W
esternraces. Raphael will govern fromtheyear
of Adeptshipwill bethehighest am
bitionof thenoblest m
inds, though
of the W
esternRace.
Fromt hesum
mit webegintor etrograde, for G
abriel , thesev
tionof m
ind, and oncem
oreHum
anityhavingattainedthegreat est
truth will m
ateri alizeitself intoconcr etesacerdotalism
, nor will m
an
kindof theW
est againreach itsclim
ax of civilizationuntil about the
year A.D.7300.
NO
TE: Theculm
inatingpoint of thisCycl eisabout theyear A. D.2800, or sixyears
clim
ax of developm
ent, will graduallydecline, whil ecertainother races of the
W
est will berapi dlyrisingontheir ascendingarc, aswill thenationsof theO
rient ,
whowill culm
inat eabout the tim
eof the Sub-W
ester nRacesreachingthel owest
arcof theCycle.
Flint glasscanbem
adewith atem
per equal tothat sustained bythefinest
EXPLANATO
RYNO
TE FO
RCHAPTERS VANDVI
term
s, Principle, Power andForce, aret obeunderstoodasref erring
Fem
ini neForcesr ulinginthe world, as thecaseof Anael or Michael,
wem
eanthat the prevailingi nfluenceof theperiod issuchas to
prisinginnum
erablehostsof purifiedAngelicBeings. Thereasonwhy
these sevenstatesareterm
ed theSeven PlanetaryAngels, is, because
correspondsm
agneticallywith theforce exertedby theSevenPrinciple
or Pri m
aryPlanet swhosenam
estheybear ; eachstat enam
edaft er its
correspondingPlanetaryNatur e.
O
NERAYof thePRIM
ALESSENCE; andit is thisESSENCEwhom
wecal l G
OD,just asthesevenvariedti ntsinthe raysof the Solar
Spectr um
, constit utethepure whiteLight of theG
l oriousSun.
or m
or eproperly studentsof EsotericChristianity, whohavevery
m
istakenideasandopinionsof what they call thenewera, or the
reign of M
ichael, whichcom
mencedA.D.1881. W
ithout intheleast
student of O
ccult Scienceagainst these erroneoust heories, andsay
upont heO
ccult, thetruthsarehiddenf romtheuni tiated. Fai lingto
percei vethisfundam
ental fact, andtaki ngtheliteral point of view,a
vast num
ber of EsotericChristians, who com
pletely m
isunderstand
thesublim
etruthscontained inthebook, joyfully im
agineand pro
theFem
inineForcesof Nature; andW
om
an shall becom
etrium
phant
during thisera. That theyar egrosslyi nerror "La Clef" will show.
figure of Hum
anit y, thesubli m
eIntuitionof theAge. Howtheseex
understand. Thef em
ininecan never rule them
asculi ne. Aswell
anact iveforce. W
om
anisin possession of am
ajor portionof the
LACLEF119
Intuit ional, or f em
inineprinciplesor powers, and onlyam
inor por
tionof them
asculine. M
anis just ther everse. Henceit will beseen
isdominatedchieflybythef em
ininepri nciple, as inm
ost of the
O
rient al racesof Hum
anityon everyPlanet, during thedescent of
spirit intom
atter, thepeopl earebyfar them
ost spiritual, but at the
sam
et im
etheyar evastlym
or edream
y, i m
practicabl eandsim
pl e, than
that Hum
anityrequirestoundergom
ateri al incarnat ion; not to de
velop thefem
inine, but toevolvethem
asculineatt ributesof theHu
m
anSoul, andthusroundout thepositiveindividualitythat will
enable theperfectedM
onadto sayI Am
. Again, m
any of theEsoteric
m
ost gointohyst ericsof ent husiasmwhentheycont em
platewhat
theyallegoricall ytermthesecondcom
ingof theLord, i.e., t heeraof
M
ichael, theSun G
od, which, astheyare well aware, com
mences in
G
rand G
alleryof theG
reat Pyram
id, asi ndicating, bym
eansof the
Pyram
i dal inch, t hisEra, but , unfortunatelyfor theseindividuals, the
not basedupontheim
mutable lawsof Nat ure, but upontheunsatis
factor yfoundationof m
ereassum
ption. Tobeginwit h, theyassert
that t heindexm
easurem
entsof theG
alleriesof the G
reat Pyram
id, con
tosayingthat thisgrandm
onum
ent of Ancient Egypt wasbuilt for
races or W
estern peoplewhovaluelittle elsebut moneyandposition,
whose m
ottois, " All sinkif I swim
," andwhoseonl yreal G
od isG
old;
of argum
ent, that thegalleri esdopoint tosom
emoderndate, why
far m
orefollower sandaccom
plishedinfi nitelym
ore m
oral puri tyand
Interpolationsfalselydenom
i natedasEsotericBuddhism
, but I m
ean
reverseInevery particular. O
rthodoxChristiantheologyhasalways,
progressiitidreform
ation; i t hasdelugedeverycountryunder its
m
idsword, every opposingschool of thought. It standspre-em
i nent
M
oodof them
urderedProphet. It isthe onlyreligi ontheworl dhas
soont lm
t preachesthecom
for tabledoctr ineof eter nal dam
nati onm
id
Infam
ouspretensi onsof itspriesthood. Thisreligi onbeganwiththe
Hum
an naturerebelledagainst thisinhumanChristianm
onster, and
Art, Scienceand M
anufacture, isanincontrovertibl eproof of the
of O
ccult \A\\\, Thoeastern races, over whichBuddhismholds sway,
O
rient alswill be ahighlypolishedand civilizedr ace, irying perhaps
scendantsarerudebarbarians. Rem
em
ber the"Herm
et icLaw." "That
ushavethesim
pl eteachings attributed tothem
an Jesus, if youwill,
W
erequireanewnam
ethat shall express thecom
ing influxof the
age; a nam
equite unassociatedwithChri stianTheol ogy. But, t ore
thePyram
idstoanythingChri stian. W
ecouldsaywhythePyramid
m
om
ent contem
plat edtheactual personal existenceof Jesus.
Them
ythical Jesusof theChr istianG
ospelsiscom
posedor m
ade
G
host (or theVir ginM
ary). Egyptianfables, inref erencetot he
Hum
ani tyisonly that of the resurrected, glorified O
siris; wholived
G
arden of Eden. Thesecondel em
ent of thistriunecom
position, isthe
referencetohis m
inistryam
ongthepoor , down-troddeninhabit ants
of his country.
Thethirdandm
ost im
portant elem
ent is theactual "Life" and
M
iracl es(socall ed) of Appol oniusof Tyanna. This m
anwasbor n
ishAdept, thewholecom
bined andgreatl yassisted bythepiousfor
iiever existed.
CHAPTERVII
NARO
NIA
THEM
YSTICALCYCLEO
FTHESUN
appliestotheM
acrocosm
, of thesidereal heavens. But of its spiritual
andm
ystical im
portance, asi t appliest othehum
an soul of theM
icro
cosm
, theyareuniversallysi lent. Brief lystated, the"Naros, " inits
astronom
ical and physical aspects, isa Luni-Solar Cycleof theperiod
of the SunandM
oon, andiscom
pletedin sixhundredyears; and,
revolutioninthe m
ental and theological affairsof hum
anity; hence
afewextractsfr omprom
inent writerswill not beout of place topre
M
adamBlavatsky, speakingof theNarosi n"IsisUnveiled," Vol .
I, pages31-33, r em
arks"that he(G
. Higgins) fails todecipher it (the
Cycle) ism
adeapparent; for, asit pert ainstothe m
ysteries of
sym
bol icfigures onlyinthe ChaldeanBookof Num
bers, theori ginal
M
yster yof theAges," m
entionstheNaros onpage361viz. "To the
foundedonastronom
ical science, whichi stobefoundinthedoctrines
lusion."
Cycle isanastronom
ical fact , andassuchiscapableof m
athem
atical
dem
onstration; consequentlyi s, andalwaysm
ust be, totallyindepend
sam
et ruth, upon theplaneto whichit naturallybelongs, whet her the
sition thesupposedRedeem
er isplacedbythem
asses.
m
ust surelybecomeapparent t oall reflectivem
inds.
ThelearnedDr. Kennealy, Q
.C., etc., in hisbook" Bookof G
od,"
m
akes m
entionof theNarosuponpages52, 53where, viewingthe
period asaM
essi anicCycle, herem
arks; "ThisNarosistheLuni-Solar
or 219,146%days, andthissam
enum
ber of days, 219,146%
, gives600
which differslessthan3m
inutesfromwhat thelengthisobserved
tobe at thisday."
dredvears, at thesam
emom
ent andunder thesam
ephysical cir cum
-
124THELIG
HTO
F EG
YPT
of m
ental developm
ent, andtheLuni-Solar conjuncti on, whichcom
m
ences andterm
inatesthisCycle, evolvesforththe em
bryonic con
At the sam
etim
e it will alwaysbefound that som
e veryprom
inent
theybecom
eincar natedtoful fill theCycle, asthe Countessof Caith
nessveryfoolishlyim
agines, but theyappear sim
pl yastheresult
of increasedm
ent al energies, or inthe downwardar cof therace
evil.
bynot ingthat G
uatam
aBuddha appearedi n600B.C. or thereabouts,
years M
ahom
et, withhiswarli keissuescam
eupontheplanesof
hum
an existence. Another Narospassesawaywhenwe haveacom
M
other AnnLee. Ontheother handtheM
orm
onssayt hat Joseph
Sm
ith isthem
odernM
essiah.
doubtl esswell m
eaningsects, arewrong, outrageouslyinerror , be
cause nosuchM
essiahwill appear, at least not to them
. Hewill
m
ovei ntheworld quiteunsuspectedast oHistrue andreal gr eatness;
Hewil l doHisworkcom
parati velyunknowntotheworldat large;
Him
; Hewill suff er thevilest kindof persecution at thehandsof
theInversiveelem
ent whodreadtheforceof thepr inciplesHe will
leave behindhim
. Hisgreatest friends, thoughm
yst ifiedasto His
purview.TheM
essianicM
essenger of the ageswill not befully
thesi gncam
e, but theM
onarchm
ateriali zedunder a verydifferent
signcam
ewiththegreat peri helionof t heplanet i n1880and 1881,
andwe m
aydepend uponit that theteacher wasther e, readyand
wereneededinHisdayandti m
e, but Lif e, Light andLoveare the
great requirem
ent sof to-day; theyaret hepressing needsof t hehour.
m
anyoccult studentshavehintedat, spokenof, and evenattempted
asthe M
ysteryof Naronia, andrefersto theexpansionandcontrac
tionof thehum
an constitution. Asasor t of illust rationlet ustake
126THELIG
HTO
F EG
YPT
them
otionof the tides, the ebbandthe flow.W
hen theSunandthe
M
oonoccupythesam
eplanein reference totheEart h, wehave the
thehum
anbrain. Thebrainof m
an, m
agnetically, expandsandbe
com
es illum
inated bytheLuni -Solar infl ux, fromthenewtothefull
M
oon, at whichti m
ethism
agneticforce isat itsmaxim
um
. It is
calendarsof the M
oon'sincreaseanddecreaseof li ght.
sphere of m
an.
Sunreturnstothesam
esign anddegree of theZodi acthat he occupied
Theyarespiritual ovum
s, or seedsof hum
anpossibi lities, and if con
theHum
anSoul, whichcorrespondinthei r actionto our hidden
W
hent heM
oon, in thecourse of her m
oti on, arrives at thesame
place duringeach m
onth, she im
pregnates theseseedsandendows
themwithm
agneti clife; ther efore, inanoccult sense, sheconfers
uponhum
anitythe powersand possibiliti esof m
agical forces. It is
andoccult power.
Rem
em
ber thesem
ost im
portant facts, then, and, gui dedbyyour
osophy inhum
anevolution, as near asit ispossibl ewithout l eading
arenot yet ready, rest assur ed, it iswiser towai t until your spiritual
nature ism
orehi ghlydeveloped.
CHAPTERVIII
SO
ULKNO
WLEDG
E
THELOG
OS, O
RBO
OKO
FWISDO
M
EXPLANATO
RYNO
TE: TheAtam
aBodhaor Bookof Soul Knowledge, i scopied
therem
oteparts of Indiaand Tartary. I t istheref oreplaced at thedisposal of
NeophytesasavaluableM
anuscript, of anuniqueandexceedinglyrarewor kof
great m
erit. T. H. Burgoyne, PrivateSecretary.
BO
OKI
THELOG
OS, O
RBO
OKO
FWISDO
M
That youm
ayknowtheDivine O
ne,
O
f whi chyour Soul isbut ar ay." Proclus.
approachedbyargum
entation. Thetrulywise, knowingtheubiquitous
m
ourn. TheSoul i spure, becauseit does not participateintheQ
ual
tion." M
ahanirvanaTantra.
"Asin adeam
ond (M
agic) m
irr ow,onecannot seefor m
sre
found inanundevelopedorganism
. Theknowledgeof theDivine
elem
ent beingin us, is, ther efore, the first requi site, andasweacquir e
ATAM
A BO
DHA
final deliverance.
II. O
f all m
eans, thereisbut one, Knowledge, that isefficacious
thedarknessof heavyclouds.
IV. Fetteredinsom
ewiseby ignorance, but againbecom
ingfree
whensheisdestr oyed(Atm
a, Atm
a, Spiri t, or Hum
an Soul and
Brahm
a, divineSoul) becom
es of itself r esplendent of great li ght,
NO
TE: Kalakaisusedinm
any partsof Indiatopuri fystagnant andbracki shwater.
todissolvesim
mediatelywhen placedin water, hencethepassage, "Diffuseseven
asthe G
rainKalakainwater. " Thestudent isalso herereferr edtoaninteresting
Exodus. "SoM
oses brought Isr ael fromtheRedSea, andtheywent out int he
M
orah, for theywerebitter, andthepeoplem
urm
uredagainst Mosessaying, what
shall wedrink?andhe(M
oses) criedunt otheLord, andtheLordshowedhim
VI. Si m
ilar totheim
ageof a dream
, the worldiscontinually
realit y.
VII. Thephenom
enal worldappearsasreal, evenas theoyster
tually becom
esone.
num
ber of five; Fire, Earth, Air, W
ater andVital Breath; produced
of pleasureandof pain.
inthe sam
ewise, asacrystal reflects thecolors of thevari ousm
atters
XV. St rivebyconsecratingthethought ( m
ind) toli beratethe
NO
TE: Theelem
ent shererefer redtoare thesam
eintelligent f orcesgener atedby
theso-calledfour prim
aryel em
entsfire, earth, ai r andwater , andm
aybeappropri
aresoulless, semi-m
aterial, m
agneticbeings, andarethechief, andina great
m
ajori tyof cases, theonlycausesof thephysical phenom
enaknowntom
odern
spirit ualism
. It istheseelem
entals, andinfact t hisAstral Planethat constitutes the
well-knownDwellersonthethresholdin O
ccultism
.
SO
ULKNO
WLEDG
E131
m
anifest itself i nall places; but it becom
esm
anif est inintelligence
XVII. TheSpirit m
ust bedist inguishedf romthebody, theorgans
itsnature, inthesam
ewise asatrueKingwatches hisattendants.
NO
TE: TheDivine Spirit, or Ego, asalso theDivine Soul, m
ust not, under any
isapparentlyact inginthesam
ewise, astheM
oon appearsto bein
m
otion, whenthe cloudspass by.
(M
ind) accom
plish their respectivefunct ions, asm
endotheir daily
workbythelight of theSun.
firm
ament.
theM
anus(interi or com
prehension), are placedint heSpirit, through
caused bytheM
oon'sreflecti ononthewater.
m
ind, inaslong asit exists inreality. Inthest ateof prof oundsleep,
NO
TE: Theonegreat thingneedful for al l Neophytes istothor oughlyreal izethe
beim
pressedast othestate whichwill enableone todistinguishbetween truth
wem
ay termSoul isbut theexternal expressionof theinterior Soul, in itself
invisi ble.
whenhecom
esto understand, "I amnot t heSoul, but thesover eign
NO
TE: O
r inother words, havi ngattained theabsoluteconditionof theAt -one-m
ent,
witht heFather.
XXIX. O
nehaving recognizedt heUpadhis, or attributes, without
unity of theSupr em
eSpirit, andof the Soul, byvi rtueof the great
term
s as, "It is not, It isnot," let hi mstriveto discerntheidentity of
G
od(Brahm
a) and of theSoul, but obsequiedbythe celebrated
words of HolyW
ri t, "Thouart He," This Soul isBrahm
a(G
od),
"I amHe."
nopoi nt of attachm
ent totheir objects, evenlike acircle, whenone
SO
ULKNO
WLEDG
E133
com
es toknowthe Soul bythe intelligenceof Scripture, onearrives
thesecondism
editation, whereinthelanguageof t heSoul is
understood.
NO
TE: Thelanguageof theSoul isnot, i nitsstrict sense, Intuition, but isthat one
Being.
XXXII. BeingfreedfromtheManan, or m
i nd'ssentiments, I do
XXXIII . O
f Brahm
a isbornthe breathof life(Prana), them
ind;
will, without im
purity, without change, without for m
, forever liberated,
perfectlypure.
within. I amwithout im
perfections, ever thesam
ei nall, pure in
passions, im
macul ate, im
movable.
thesuprem
ehappi ness), without duality (undivided) , veritable, real,
NO
TE: Thereisno suchthing assentim
ent recognizedwithinthepaleof pure
occult ism
; sentiment alwayscreatesfor itself, somegrandideal of anapparent
EXPLANATO
RYNO
TE: It m
ust be borneinm
i ndbyther eader that thesecond part
of the Bookof W
i sdomisinr ealityacom
mentary, or explanati onof thef irst Book,
O
ccult ismishere laidbareof itsarcaneterm
sand itsm
etaphysics, sobewildering
toW
esternm
inds. It m
eanstheInitiationof theSoul andassuch, it m
ust becon
it cor respondsm
ysticallywit htheperfect at-one-ment of the earlyprim
i tive
of G
od whichpassethall understanding, or thetrue Nirvanaof our O
rient al
BO
OKOFW
ISDO
M
NO
TE: It isof gr eat im
portancefor Neophytestofullyrealize that theconstant
form
ul ationof anyidea, will , indueti m
e(other conditionsbeingfulfil led), through
fact, or fromthe em
bryonicplaneof the soul state, toexist asareal entity, a
evolvedbyO
ccult training, andwhichin duetim
eproducesthe all potent , perfect
m
an, t heAdept.
m
aster edhissenses, let am
anpicturet ohim
self t hisSpirit, thesu
prem
eOne, theet ernallyInfi nite, without allowing histhoughtstobe
divert ed.
NO
TE: Solitarym
editationis oneof the m
eansof successinthesoul'ssearchfor
Brahm
a. Hewhosubm
itshim
sel f totheseveredisciplineof the Ancient ri tual of
theInfiniteBeing, "O
ne," "I ndivisible. "
m
ost Holy, interi or plane;â read, work, learn, and inwardlydigest thewords
let them
an, pure inintelligence, contem
platecont inuallythe one
V. W
hensuchunionisattained, thepure Soul canf ullyrealize
theInfiniteO
ne.
theat -one-m
ent, withthesel f existent, perfect, i ntelligent andhappy
Being.
ownli ght.
ism
adeuponthe wordof the Spirit, the flam
ewhichissuesthereform
,
NO
TE: Theancient Sageshave definedthe recom
pense awardedto himwhohas
contemplated. Theyhaverecoursetoacom
parisonwhichfrequentlypresent s
itself totheim
aginationof Hindowriters. Atm
a, or theSpiri t, islikenedtothe
destroyscom
pletelythecom
bustibleport ionof the woodof ignorance, evento
deliveranceisconfirm
edinhisroyalty, andfinds that hehas accom
plishedhisduty.
IX. W
henthepreviousignorancehasbeen dissipated byknow
ledge (com
parable tothelight of dawn), thentheSpirit itsel f m
ani
astrulyaccessible, inthesam
ewiseas jewelson am
aiden's neck,
though shem
ayhaveforgotten them
.
asin contem
pt we attribute, or likentheoutwardphysical for mof m
an
tothat of hisCreator.
NO
TE: Againit is necessaryt osaywem
ust not conf oundtheSoul withthe great
tains tom
e," in thesam
emanner that thelight of theSundissipates
or Soul.
NO
TE: O
ur ancient Author wishestosayhowtheYogi sees, without distinction
sim
ilar tocrockeryplates, vesselsand other utensils, which arem
adeof clay, no
m
atter what their shape, color, andsize m
aybe. At thebottomthereisnothing
but cl ay.
aglassshade, doeshehim
sel f protect.
XVIII. TheM
uni ascetic, althoughhesubm
itstothe attributes
asan ignorant m
anpassingas thewind, detachedfr omall things,
yet m
aterial.
XIX. Fromthem
oment theattr ibutesare destroyed, theM
uni
O
neBeing. All theinterior, m
ovablewor ld, isthe spirit of t heO
ne,
theO
ne, andthis O
neisBrahm
a.
under them
odeof existence, rejectingall that is not for its ownself,
Brahm
a.
XXV. Adm
ittedto aportionof happiness, belonging properlyto
theBeingincessantlyhappy, Brahm
a; and theother G
ods(G
ods of
thevulgar m
asses), becauseat variousdegrees, par tiallyhappy.
onthe O
ne(Intel ligent). Thi siswhyBr ahm
aiseverywheredif fused,
ascreaminthemassof m
ilk.
XXVII. That which isneither bound, nor gross, nor short, nor
Brahm
a.
illum
i nated, let it beknown, â It isBr ahm
a.
without, illum
inatingtheent ireuniverse, Brahm
ashinesfromafar,
XXX. Brahm
ahasnosim
ilarity of appearancewiththeworlds,
Brahm
a, andbya knowledgeof thetruth, thisBrahmaiscontemplated
tocontem
plateit , inthesamewayasa blindm
anknowsnot howto
contemplatethevariedform
s of external naturearoundhim
.
of knowledge, war m
edbythef ireof scienceandpur ified, shinesof
XXXIV. TheAtm
an Spirit (or DivineSoul) , thesumof all know
whencom
paredwit hthevaniti esof this illusionary world, it isthe
Pearl of G
reat Pr ice, andhappyindeedi shewhobecom
esits
possessor.
com
pletelyof wor ks, becom
es om
niscient, all-penetr ating, and
im
mort al.
SO
ULKNO
WLEDG
E-BOO
KIII
THEAPHO
RESM
ATAOFTHELO
GO
S
I. W
hatever exist s, either existsasawhole, asG
od, or isa part,
or an em
anationf romG
od.
II. In theW
hole asanangel, unconsciousof theW
hole, isan
undescendedSpiri t.
III. PartedfromtheW
hole, yet aportionof theW
hole, andun
W
hole, isadescendedor fall enspirit.
V. Par tedfromtheW
hole, wit htheW
hole, yet consciousof the
W
hole, andknowingit hasfal lenawayfr om
, andthat it should, and
can, r eturntotheW
hole, is theLawof Reascension.
W
hole, istheLawof TrueRepentance.
turned totheW
hole, asapar t of theW
hole, rem
ainssoforever asa
CO
NCLUDINGNO
TE
M
ateri alisticSci encedem
onst rates, beyondall disputes, thei n
destructibilityof m
atter, andconsequentlyaids, assistsand verifies
m
atter isbut an objectivephenom
ena, expressingformandweight,
which inthem
selves, arebut relativeterm
s. M
atter isbut the condi
T. H. Burgoyne.
THESCIENCEO
FTHESO
UL-SECTI O
NIII
THEREALITIESO
F LIFE
CHAPTERI
THESOULâ ITSNATUREANDATTRIBUTES
First, wem
ust speakof thesoul. If it werepossiblefor aduad
saythat suchacom
binationwasaperfect typeof " soul" and" spirit."
Theterm
s, "soul" and"spirit " havebecom
einterblendedinsuch
undefi nableentit y. W
henwecom
etodefi nethesoul , wearecom
given.
W
ehavespokenof thespiritual Egoasanatomof divinity, a
scinti llatingatom
icpoint evolvedfromthedivine soul of the Deity.
Thesoul isform
l essandintangible, and constitutestheattri butes
learnedthem
, we shall possessaclear conceptionof thesoul andits
form
less, but theym
ayeasily berenderedvisible, either byt heir
trated uponm
ater ial objects. Herewehavewhat m
ay becorrect ly
term
ed thesoul of arayof l ight. Another exam
ple m
aybetakenas
organi smof m
an. M
an, asat present constituted, possessesfiveexternal
hehas sevensenseswhichm
ay beusedexternally, but thetwo higher
eralit yof m
ankindareconcer ned. Thesi xthraceor atom
icage child
notice m
anashe is, andbecontent with five. All our knowledgecon
cerningexternal phenom
enam
ust com
e, at present, t hroughthe
m
ediumshipof one or m
oreof thesesenses. Theorgansthrough which
thefunctionsof thesensesbecom
emanif est arevisible, but t hesenses
them
selvesareinvisibleand form
less. Weknowthemonlyasthe
asthereisthesam
edifferencebetween thetwoas thereisbetween
im
aginedthat the hum
ansoul issom
ekindof aspir itual organism
,
sim
ilar inm
anyr espectstot hebody, andthem
eans wherebythe
divine spirit m
anifestsitsel f. But, as shown, this ideaisradically
Deity? thereader m
ayask. Al l that weareableto answer is, Abso
Having attem
pted todefinethesoul asdistinct and yet insepar
correspondence.
thusproduceswhat isknownasthehum
an formdivine, uponthe
sound hum
anorganism
; whilet hedifferent anim
alsgenerallytypify
theextrem
eexpressionof someoneparti cular sense, assight, scent,
feeling, etc.
Thishum
anbody, throughthe m
edium
ship of thebrai n, which
world whichiscom
posedof variouselem
ents. Theresult isfor m
,
thoughtsandfeel ings. O
ur thoughtsare thusm
ouldedbythevarious
Thesumtotal of hum
anknowledgeuponspecial subjectsistabulated
m
indwhichutilizestheknowledgesogai ned. Theat tributesof the
theintelligence, them
ind, whichat the backof thesensesut ilizes
andtabulatesthe im
pressions it receivesof theouter world, the
upont hem
. It is thesam
ewit hthesoul, andthespirit. All knowl
bym
eansof thesoul. But at thebackof thissoul, thererest sthe
correspondencesshouldever berem
em
bered. It ism
an'suniversal
reject edaserroneous.
thewordPERCEPTI O
N.Absolute perception im
pliesabsolutecon
which theuniverseof m
anifestedbeingi seternally m
arching. It
isthe clim
axof evolution. But it isa goal that nothingbelow
welearn, them
or ewelearnt hem
orethereistolearn. Progressive
W
ehavenowarrivedat thelast part of our subject , viz.; the
m
ethod of thesoul'sunfoldm
ent or devel opm
ent. O
f thiswecan
onlyspeakingeneral term
s. Therearecertainfundam
ental laws
144THELIG
HTO
F EG
YPT
developm
ent requi redof him
, unlesshecancom
eint ocontact with
givehimthenecessaryinformationsom
uchthebett er.
com
pleteisolationfromim
pur ecurrents of thought. Evolvethese
foldm
ent. Purity isthegreat touch-stone, andasJesushastr ulyob
m
anycanfollowout suchacode?"Not oneinam
ill ion," com
es the
ficient. Purityof m
inddem
andscleanthoughts. W
e cannot beperfect,
Let us rem
em
ber t hat them
aterial lifeof m
anisonlyonesecond
counts m
ust bebalanced.
m
em
ber , andreali ze, thewordsof thewiseProclus; â
Divine O
ne, of whichyour soul isaray. "
CHAPTERII
M
ORALI TYANDIM
MORALITY
itscom
munitywit hG
od."â Al bertusM
agnus.
Inatt em
ptingto elucidatetheproblem
s of "M
ortali tyandIm
m
ortal ity," death andlife, i t m
ust beunderstoodt hat weare dealing
enter intothescientificm
inutiaof theseproblem
s, nor topr esent the
derivationsfromwhichthewordsaresupposedtohavereached us.
Equall yunim
portant toour purposeisthesensein whichour hoary
ancest orsm
ayhaveusedthem
, seeingthat suchquestionsm
ust ever
rem
ain purelym
at tersof speculationand opinion, and"whendoctors
lem
s, andwithlawswhichare sofar removedfromt herealm
sof m
ere
Sim
ply andbriefl ystated, imm
ortalitymeanslife, continuedl ife;
m
ortal itym
eansdeathor the extinction of life, andtherefore standsas
theantithesisof lifeandimm
ortality. At least, suchisthe generally
m
ortal ityinthei r external r elationtowardseachother stand aspolar
of G
od'sinfinite creation, upontheout er planesof m
anifestedbeing,
i.e., cosm
icevol ution. Life anddeath, then, formthegrandspiral
axisof tim
e, and itsresultantstothe hum
anm
ind areseenin the
world of phenom
ena.
for hi m
self.
M
ortal ity, aspreviouslvstat ed, m
eansdeathandextinctionupon
them
aterial plane. But when viewedfromthehigher andm
orei n-
146THELIG
HTO
F EG
YPT
Atom
s areim
mortal, eternal andindestructible; but auniverse or an
bound theseatom
s together losesitsfor ceduringt heprocess of
order toseethis, it m
ust be understood that themoons, planets, suns
andsystem
shave their ownspecial individuality, exactlylike anim
als
andm
en. O
nthecontrary, an atomhasno individual ity, sofar asits
m
yriad atom
swhichcom
posetheorganismor theuniversethat con
ance. Thesefacts m
ust bebor neinm
ind, or thereal m
eaningof this
that Natureem
bodies, within som
eexternal form
, everyidea, t hought
andm
otivewhich m
ankindevol ves. Theonlylim
it to her possibil
or divine.
kingdom
;â atree andatiger . Thetree dies, decay setsin, andvery
fluenceuponthe m
aterial plane. Thetree, sofar asitsphenom
enal
cycle of evolutionworksupwardfromthe m
ineral st ate. It is com
posed
of m
il lionsof at om
sof life undergoing their variouscyclicr ounds
karm
ic counterpar t, isfar m
orebeautiful initswonderful det ails, and
m
oreperfect ini tssym
metry andgeom
etr ical propor tionsthan the
ful laboratorybecom
esthem
eansof refl ectingthe outlinesof astill
m
oreperfect vegetableorgani smuponthe outwardpl anesof m
at
thengoestolower form
s.
externalizedini tsoffspring.
m
oved fromtheexternal totheinternal, instrict obediencet othe
W
heneachhasful filleditspurposethe variousevolvingatom
s which
ine, i ntheanim
al kingdom
, t hecaseof thetiger. W
ehavealr eady
som
ef ormor other. Thisstat em
ent m
ust bebornein m
ind. The
148THELIG
HTO
F EG
YPT
W
eall knowwhat thetiger is whenendowedwithphysical life.
acom
pleteexpressionof cruelty. W
hendeathtranspires, theastral
of m
ental force. Bytheinter ior lawsof itsconsti tution, it form
sa
destructiveelem
entsof hum
anity. W
hendeathrem
ovesthephysi cal
tiger, anym
oret hanwecansaythat the caloricof thesunbeamis
inhum
anityof the m
an.
M
ortal ityor deat h, then, can onlyexist andbeat ruthinref er
createdthesefor m
s. Changeof sphereandchangeof actionare the
onlyr ealitiesof death. Ever onward, ever upward, forever and ever
m
ore. Eternal progressionis theanthemof evolution, andthe cycles
thependulumof creation.
posite of deathandm
ortality. Individual form
sand characteri stics
sim
ply changeof sphereandf unction. Deathisthe grandterm
i nusof
forerunner of im
mortality. Thereareexceptionsto thegeneral rule,
im
mort ality, and unconscious im
mortality. O
nerelat estom
ind, andthe
other tom
atter; onetointel ligence, andtheother tosubstance.
herit im
mortality intheO
ccult senseof theterm
. Thisgrade includes
m
anyr adiatingli neswhichconvergetoa point, and arebrought to
afocuswithinthehum
anorganism
. Therefore, every qualityand
form
s apart m
ust findexpressionwithin m
an, this uterusof Nature.
verse inm
iniatur e. Inthegr adesbelowthehum
anstate, wedo not
findcom
pleteorganism
s. They arem
eret em
poraryshapesof m
at
evolvedtoexpressareexhausted, andthusgiveplacetosom
et hing
m
oreperfect. Theyarenot soulsinthe truesense, but refractedat
not or ganism
s.
Com
mencingat the verylowest point of anim
atedexi stence, we
theor gansbecom
emultiplied, andthedesiretoliveincreases. This
sive, toilsom
ejourney. Andi neachstat eevolvedf romwithin itself
acom
pleteattributecorrespondingtothestate, by virtueof which,
m
anar em
ortal, andall above im
mortal. M
an, alone, of all G
od's
m
arvel ouscreations, contains withinhimself theforcesof lif eand
death, of im
mortalityandm
or tality. M
an, then, contains"the prom
infini teprogression.
Toatt ainuntoimm
ortalityit isnecessary, aswehaveshown, for
thent obecom
eexternalizeduponearthasanindivi dual hum
an being,
toundergothetr ialsandbecom
esubject edtother esponsibili tiesof a
andhum
an. It is not apreviouskarm
athat determ
inesanindividual's
or har m
onizingwithexternal conditions. Thisturm
oil of life, this
ceasel esshum
anwarfare, isj ust asnecessaryfor t hesoul'sf inal de
possessesthepossibilitiesof im
mortal lifeinsuchapotent degreeas
After m
anhaspassedthrough thetravail of hum
anl ifehethen
m
eets thestruggl eof hiskar m
ainther ealmof spi rit. Herehem
ay
onlyt heprom
ise or possibili tyof it. After thefour realm
sof theas
heshouldbecom
e re-unitedwithhissoul m
ate, his m
issinghal f. Until
life.
CHAPTERIII
THEDARKSATELLITE
W
henwelookabout uswiththephysical senses, Nat ureseem
st o
tim
ei m
mem
orial, form
ulatedt heideaof twogreat powers, viz. , "good"
and"evil". Fromthisideathegranddogm
aof theol ogyâ "G
od" and
there issom
ebasictruthin thisidea, asinevery popular conception,
since m
ankindas awholecannot form
ulat eanyidea that iswholly
m
ateri al plane, cannot grasp thedivine ideaof AbsoluteTruth, nor
realizethelogical absurdity of m
orethanoneAbsolute. He, t here
behar m
onizedint oabsolutegood. Accordingly, tot hem
ajority of
m
ankind, thism
ightyproblemof goodand evil isst ill unsolved. Few,
havebeenevolved, toem
body thefactsandtheprocessesconnected
witht hisarcane m
ystery, but them
etaphysicsof theselegends have
orbneedtobecorrected. M
anyearnest studentshavethought i t tobe
"TheLost O
rb" of theG
recian m
ysteries, hencesim
i lar tothe
Another m
isconceptionhasregardedtheMoon, our Earth'svis
sert, inaverymysteriousm
anner, that theM
oonis not onlyt heeighth
sphere, or theor bof deathanddissolut ion, but that it is"t hedust bin
regardstheM
oon, althoughit approaches therealm
s of truthi nsom
e
respectsregardingthenature of them
ysteriousdar ksatellite itself.
W
itht hesebrief introductory rem
arksit nowrem
ainstopoint
world' shistory.
W
hent hestudent bringsbefor ehism
ind theteachingsof the
stitut ion.
thesevendivisionsof m
an, t hen, bearinginm
indt hefact that the
planet whichm
an inhabitsis alsoanindividual, possessinga seven
m
an, l et himstri ctlyapplyt heHerm
etic lawfor hi m
self,
him
sel f for thepresent toaccept therevelationswhichwill bem
ade
M
an," occursadescriptionof theanim
al soul, asi t iscalled. Now,
anim
al soul of m
an, iswhat i sO
ccultly term
ed"the DarkSatel lite."
tionof theanim
al soul of m
an, together withitsr elationsto theother
THEDARKSATELLITE153
which heform
s, asit were, anatom
icpart towards anorganic whole.
W
hent heaboveis understood, it will thenbeseen that this
dark, m
agneticor bconstitutesthegrand center or focusof theEarth's
anim
al force; in other words, it isthe realmof theundevelopedgood
During the"G
olden" and"Silver" periods of our Ear th'sevolut ion,
gradingforcesbecam
emoreandm
orebewilderingand potent unt il
1881wastoseet hesecondcom
ingof the Lord. M
any sectsexpected
Jesus tocom
ein person, select their gr oupasthe chosenfew, guide
m
orer am
pant than ever before inthewor ld'shistor y, yet the crisisis
planet 'sm
ental equilibrium
; andconsider thisspherewithspecial
referencetothe im
plications of responsibilityfor ceduponeverysoul
seekinglight and im
mortality.
154THELIG
HTO
F EG
YPT
beings; m
anyof t hempossessi ngthehighest form
sof cunningand
areneither elem
entalsnor el em
entaries, but treacherousbeings; who
hum
ani ty. Theyar etheactive O
ccult agentsof that potent fraternity
respondenceinthebrotherhoodknownuponEarthas the"Black
M
agi," or "InversiveBrethren." Thesetwofraternit ies, viz: t hespirit
andtheschoolsof Blackm
agi c, viceand crim
e, uponthephysi cal
thespirit of lies, m
urder, crim
e, fraud andreligi ousim
postureis
first form
ulated, andthenpr ojectedto theearthly fraternity asthe
m
eans of itscont inuedexistence. Fromt hesecenter sit isre- form
u
consti tutethem
agneticplanesof hum
an life. Fromthence, these
unseen O
ccult cur rentspenetr atetheinnerm
ost recessesof the
hum
an m
ind, andpossessthesoul tosuch anextent, that deep
downi ntheheart of m
an; no m
atter howpureanddi sinterested
hem
ay appear; therelurkstheslim
yreptileof sel fishness, yea,
eachaspirant to O
ccult truth seekstoconquer. W
henthisG
oli ath
of im
mortalitywon. "Tothevictor belongthespoil s."
W
ehavepointedout thefact that it is thedarksatellitefrom
m
agical worksof Herm
esTrismegistuswil l show.Speakingof the
m
agical rulersof thedarksatelliteas theysit in council, creating
"Sotheycalledf orthaform
Toem
bodytheir evil desire."
"O
bedi ent it cam
e
Fromt herealm
sof thedead,
Arrayedinitsm
agicattire."
perm
eatedthewor ld, that the fair flowersof disinterestednesshave
becom
e analm
ost entirelyext inct species, andshouldthereal state
uponwithsuspici onasanim
poster, acti ngfromm
ot ivesm
oresubtle
thangoverntheordinarym
ort al.
Them
anner inwhi chthispoisonousm
agneticenergy ispro
therulersandm
agical hierophantsm
ake useof this inversive force
becom
emanifest uponearth. Thepowersandinfluencesattribut ed
whom
ercilesslydistort every arcanetruthintotheological dogm
a,
half i nform
edof Nature'sm
ysteries; the half-initi ated, soto say;
form
ul atedandtaught bythe decayingpr iesthoodsof thedreamy
O
rient . Viewedin itstrueli ght, thisgiganticm
ovem
ent of the
inversivebrethrenwasaim
ed asadeath blowtothe rapidlyspreading
disem
bodiedsouls andexternal hum
anity. Sucham
ovem
ent, how
ever, isdoom
edt oultim
atef ailure, as therearecertainabsolute
m
ental ityof the East, sooner or later, issureto set in. The W
estern
m
atter -of-fact m
i nd, will tear thegrimm
askfromt hesewould- be
them
eansof prol ongingtheir external existencewhileoneart h,
com
e; aswill be m
adem
anifest fromthe Herm
eticlawsof death
given below.AccordingtoHer m
eticlaws, deathisnot what is
hum
an beingtopolarizetheatom
swhich constitute hissoul so he
m
ayrealizeim
mor tality. It i s, therefor e, afallingfromthe hum
an
longed indefinitelybym
eans of darkm
agical arts.
taught byHerm
es Trism
egistus.
THELAW
SOFDEATH
im
mort al."
passawaylikea m
ist inthe m
orning."
THEDARKSATELLITE157
IV. "Anim
mortal bodyisanessencewhichiseternal and
incorr uptible."
cam
e."
VI. "Them
ortal bodyissensi ble, but theim
mortal isreasonable."
nothingthat isi m
perfect; for theonei stheessenceof thematter,
balanceof thetwain."
asanoblestate bythehigher."
ism
or tal, hetherebyaidsthelower im
perfect powerstoopposethe
higher whichisi m
mortal, and m
ust suffer thepains of slavery for
X. "Shouldm
an, after beingattractedby thevaniti esof the
XL"Shouldam
an after knowingthethingsthat are becom
e
fromhim
, andhe will becom
e theslaveof thelower essencewhich
evil ways."
XII. " W
henm
anhasthusim
piouslydisobeyedhisCreator
am
ong thechildrenof G
od, becausehehasbecom
ean evil, perverse
punishedwithdeath."
XIII. "Andsodeathism
eted out toall thosewhor ebel against
their Creator im
piously, becausetheyknowthethingsthat are. But
andwe m
ayalsoaddsodivinelyjust, that toattempt inanywayto
error andm
isunderstanding. Wewill, therefore, leavethemwit h
m
ortal being.
above thehum
anareim
mortal, andthat t hosebelowthisplane
arem
ortal, or, t heyonlypossessthepossibilities of im
mortalityin
arudi m
entaryfor m
.Man, alone, possessestheelem
entsof both life
soul whichevenonlyim
perfectlyobeyst hemwill, " after it has
beenpurifiedby m
uchsufferi ng," ultim
atelyreapt herewardof
those soulswhoarereallyhum
anbeings, will inher it im
mortal ity
which thoughfewinnum
ber, com
parativel y, require special not ice.
These exceptions m
ay, for the sakeof convenience, bedivided into
of im
perfectlyor ganized, sensitive, weak-naturedi ndividuals, with
little or nom
ent al bias, who possessst rongm
ediumisticm
agnetism
s.
worse, it m
aybecom
etheslaveof som
eviciouselementary. In this
veryearlyinfancyof theorganism
'sphysical exist ence, how, when,
tem
per am
ent isconcerned, but thesoul i sutterlywantinginspiritual
THEDARKSATELLITE159
bethe result of m
ental condi tionsof them
other duringpregnancy,
or of am
ental com
a, sotosay, of both parentsat them
om
ent of
conception. This m
ental com
a externalizesitself in theoffspr ingas
alack of vim
, nerveandfire. Hence, we oftensee thiscondit ion
m
anifestedinthe childrenof kings, noblem
en, and thoseof gr eat
them
agneticconstitutionis alwaysstronglym
ediumisticandt he
parlance, "aspir it m
edium
," inspirational, physical, or clair voyant,
accordingtohis peculiar m
agneticgrade. Thisist hereasonwhy
existence. W
hena suitablem
edium
isticbodyisfound, theybri ng
sucha changeim
plies, nor cantheypossiblybebrought toful ly
understandthat t heindividual m
ovingamongthemas usual has
nothingwhatever incom
monwiththeir si lentlydepartedfriend.
their unboundedam
bitionand desirefor power, precipitatethem
headlongintothe m
ost fright ful practices, where, surrounded by
them
. Their only m
ottoissel f, their onlydesirei stolive, andthis
sim
ply becausedeathtothemisdeathin reality.
world againbym
eansof re-incarnationi nm
atter upontheoutward
num
erouscasesof thiskind, wherethesoul of som
e unfortunat e,
m
ediumisticorganismwassym
pathetically attachedt otheorganism
of al ivingindividual, asa m
eansof pr ogress, and of com
plet ing
It is am
istyfor m
, incapable of personatingitsor iginal owner, or
them
agneticexistencewithin theelectr o-vital spacesof the planet,
thenbecom
eattachedtotheeighthspher e, theDark Satellite or
hum
an, andwhenoncetheybecom
eenclosedwithinthefatal
m
agnet icwhirl of death, they losethepolarityover thefeebl e
atom
s whichconst itutetheir onlybeing, andgraduallydissolve,
THEDARKSATELLITE161
atombyatom
, likethepoisonousm
iasm
at icm
istsbeforetheri sing
sun. WhiletheDeiflcAtom
st hem
selves, whichthese lost personalities
failed torealize, im
perishableasever, enter upon anewcycl eof
involutionandevolution, thusslowlybuildingupnewindividualities
for them
selves. Not onthisplanet, the sceneof their failure and
THETRIUM
PHO
FTHESO
ULâ ADEPTSHIP
hum
an- anim
al soul , intheprecedingchapter, wenowcom
etothe
trium
phof thehum
ansoul over theforcesof m
atter , knownas
of our m
ystical studies, inwhichwehaveincluded, thoughbri efly,
every im
portant sectionof O
ccult scienceem
braced within"the lesser
m
yster ies" of Nat ure.
Thetr ium
phof thehum
ansoul over thef orcesof m
atter, term
ed
aspreviouslystated, thevast m
ajority of m
ankind inherit im
mor
of their im
mortal ity, whileyet livingoutwardly, uponthehuman
plane of em
bodied existence.
verysim
plereasonthat, nohum
anbeing candescribethenatur e
m
agnet icrapport withthem
aster towhosestatehe istosucceed
whent hat m
aster ascendsunto astill hi gher sphere of spiritual life
andpower.
realm
s andstates of spiritual existence, necessary for theacquisition
arem
ostlyinferenceandsurmise, rather thanconsciousknowledge.
attainable.
I THE VARIO
USG
RADESO
FADEPTSHIP
of W
isdom
. These principlegr adesm
aybe designated, ingeneral
term
s, asthenat ural, thespiritual and thecelest ial states, of the
elem
ental spheres of theplanet, andthe astro-m
agneticcurrentswhich
control them
. The powersof t headept of thisgrade extendfrom
theel em
ental zonesof m
atter inthewor ldof effects, uptot heastro-
m
agnet icspheres intherealmof cause. "Beyondthi sastral world
theybecom
epower less. Hence, their highest achievem
entsarewithin
therealm
sof ext ernal m
agnet icphenom
ena."
of the m
aster or teacher tot hosewhoar estill graduatingin theouter
em
bodi edhum
anity. Beyondthesestatesof spiritual lifethey cannot
Iftl THELIG
HTO
F EG
YPT
of disem
bodiedexistence. O
ccupyingast heydo, the interior degree
of comm
unication withtheext ernal world aretheadeptsof the exterior
grade, throughwhomtheytransm
it suchportionsof spiritual t ruth
hum
an m
indcancom
prehend; andrelatest othehigher statesof
those hum
anpossi bilities, constitutetheboundary lineof Nat ure
concealed. It alsostandsm
idwaybetween them
anandtheangel ,
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PHO
FTHESO
ULâ ADEPTSHIP165
andthuspresents toustheequipoisebetweenthehum
anandthe
divine.
planes of m
atter uptothehi ghest grade, or theperfect m
an, there
im
port anceof thi sgradeof l ife, or spi ritual adeptship, isalsom
anifest
perm
anentlyandeternallyuni ted. Thetwinsouls, maleandfemale,
wherei nthem
anbecom
estheangel, thehum
anbecom
esdivine,
em
bodi edm
ankind.
II THE NATUREANDFUNCTIO
NOF ADEPTSHIP
second, hem
ust him
self attai nuntothe first grade. Therefore, to
avoid anym
isconception, let it bedisti nctlyunder stoodthat the
adeptshipwhosemem
berslive, m
ove, and havetheir being, and
interi or toit.
for us tocom
prehendwhat is thenature of hisperf ection, in what
doesi t consist? W
ehavealreadyfullyexplained, t hat, inthe O
ccult
sense of theterm, m
anisacom
positebeingpossessingaseven-fold
m
an, t herefore, i shewhoevolvesinful l hiscom
positebeing and
condit ions. W
hile ontheother hand, the ordinaryhum
anbeing is
166THELIG
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F EG
YPT
com
pel ledtoattainwhatever helacksof perfection after hel eaves
producedbythecom
binationof thetwo; forcethegreat m
ajori ty
of m
ankindout of thecentral lineof m
archm
apped out byprogressive
ablet om
akem
uch useof them. Theperfect com
posit em
anpossesses
PHYSICAL
SENSES SO
ULSENSES
3. Sm
ell 3. Thepower todist inguishthe spiritual
arom
as of Nature
brationsterm
edclairaudience
W
hent hehum
ansoul hasattai neduntothesesevenstates, his
perfectlyuseless topreachsom
uchabout cultivati ngthewill , since,
that i saccom
plishedbyevolvingthesoul qualities or senses. The
m
agical powersof theadept, whichenabl ehimtopartiallycontrol
theel em
entsand toproducevariouskindsof physical phenom
ena,
asent im
ent tom
anydrawing-r oomocculti sts, but, t heyarethe m
ild
inthe spiritual im
ageryof t hought. Thereisnothi ng"trem
endous,"
m
oreextensiveandpotential thephenom
enainthesublunaryworld
of eff ects.
THETRIUM
PHO
FTHESO
ULâ ADEPTSHIP167
tainablebythehum
anrace, whenthespi ritual attr ibutesof t heir
thecl im
axof our Earth'spossibilities uponher outwardplane. A
trium
phof theSoul over the forcesof matter.
W
ewil l nowproceedtoexplai n, asfar asperm
issible, "them
odus
benecessarytoconsider who m
ayandwho m
aynot possessthe
"born andnot m
ade." Theadept isaborn kingof hi skind. He isa
tobe overcom
etoogreat, dur ingthepresent cycle, for theadept to
bem
anufacturedout of therudim
entaryf orcesandem
bryonicsoul
claim
s thehonor of adeptship, that "the adept ist herareeff lorescence
thegoodof hum
anity; but suchsoulsalonepossess thepossibi lities;
cations.
andto m
aster eachandevery branchof Occultism
. Sim
ultaneously
beevolvedentirelyabovethe anim
al soul; i.e., thesphereof un-
168THELIG
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F EG
YPT
developedgoodin m
an'sconst itutionm
ust bedeveloped. Theanim
al
transf orm
edor evolved, into hum
anquali ties, insteadof being con
towor kinharm
onywithhisspiritual desires?
W
ehavelabored, over andover again, to im
pressuponthe
student, that m
an isacom
positebeing, andthat perfectionconsists
inhar m
oniousevolution. It ought bythi stim
etobeself-evident to
anycandidm
ind, that thosef earful practicesintheEast, of asceticism
,
celibacy, self-m
ultilations, etc., arecrim
inallywrong. They sim
ply
perfect m
an'sseven-foldnature.
rem
ove gradually andyet asr apidlyaspossiblethe desirefor anim
al
beencom
pletelypolarizedtowardtheani m
al soul, hence, when taken
intot hehum
ansystem
, theyt endat once tobuildupandforti fythat
veryportionwhichwewishto transformandelim
inate. Fish, however,
aresufficiently rem
ovedfromthehum
an tobeallowedtothebeginner,
therequisiteam
ount of physi cal nourishm
ent.
which seemdem
andedbythefearful danger arisingf romtheill usive
ly, pr oduceacontem
pt for sexandlove, all tendt owardthedark
with. Thetrainingm
ust beharm
oniousto properlydevelopthe
sevenf oldnature.
m
agical powersfor him
self, andwhoentersuponacold, rigid useof
these regards; but, hewill f indout too late, that hispowers over the
elem
entsandforcesof Nature havebeen purchasedat theawful
bygradual absorptionintohi m
self of thebeinguponwhosedevel
opm
ent , inharm
onywithhisown, depends hisim
mort ality. He,
anddevoteshim
self toasyst em
aticdissem
inationof thedogm
asof
karm
a andre-incarnation. Kar m
aandre-i ncarnation arethem
ost
subtle andenervatingform
sof fatality conceivable bythehuman
m
ind, sincethey sapthesoul of all trueinspirati ontowardt hehigher
prom
pt m
antoleaveundonem
anythingsuntil hisnext incarnat ion,
m
agi, whoexist upontheir vi tality.
W
ewil l nowgive afewdirect ionsfor theevolution of thesoul
sight. Thism
aybedonebygazingintoa crystal m
agicm
irror, or
m
agnet icdisc, whichisused, m
attersnot, sincespiritual lucidity(if
thepowersof psychom
etry, shouldbeevolved(asof tenaspossible)
becom
estheacceptedneophyte, whether hepersonall yseesthe m
aster
or int ernallyrealizeshim
, makesnodif ference, hi sfuturepr ogress
m
otives, andapurelife.
organi sm
sthanW
estern. There is, however, am
ineof O
ccult lore
in"YogaPhilosophy."
W
itht heserem
arkswebringt hepresent courseof occult study
theor dinaryhum
anm
indwill beableto realize, duringthisage
whose terriblesecretswehavebeenthe m
eansof revealingto the
shadow. O
ur task hasbeenaccom
plishedr ather with thepoint
m
ediumisticuphol dersandsupportersof oriental m
agic, dogm
a
force; for om
nia vincit verit as, constit utesthem
otiveforce behind
thembut calum
ny andslander; but, whatever thesei nversiveoppo
nents of truthm
ayseefit to bringfort hinthefutureinorder tostem
theswellingtide of O
ccult knowledgeandspiritual progress, rest
apparentlytem
por arygain. Hereweclose thispart of our work,
hedesireshisreaderstoalwaysbear in m
indthat, hedoesnot include
anytr ueTheosophist, nor any reallyear nest seeker after the hidden
light of O
ccult l ore, bethey theosophists, Jewsof theorthodoxfaith,
teric, whichm
ake re-incarnat ionandKar m
aanabsol utedogm
aof
Unveil ed."
CHAPTERV
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ERING
Q
UESTI O
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FPRIVATESTUDENTS
W
here istheDivi neEgo?O
rdi narylanguagecannot convey
anythi ngbut am
ost crudeconceptionof spiritual t hings, and even
offer anillustrationusedsom
etim
eago.
of absolutelyconfiningeverythingwithi nitsowncircum
ference, and
nom
or ecanbeforcedintoit . Let usfurther supposethat the globehas
therm
al condition. Thecapaci tyof our globeisthusexhausted with
thewateryelem
ent, whichwe will sayis onegallon. W
ecannow
our gl obe. W
enowhavethree elem
entsfi llingaglobeof which
not an atomm
ore of either couldbeinsertedif it wasaperfect vacuum
.
other. O
f course, wem
ight go onalm
ost indefinitel y, sothat it am
ounts
M
ineral
VaporAerial
Dynam
ic
Asfral
SpirIf ual
Celesf ial
m
ainvisiblethe onecubeof m
atter, and, tothephysical senses, it
STATE W
ITHINASTATE, asthe soul within thebody, theAstral
m
orepreciselypoint where, astoacert ainpoint i nspace, thanyou
theterm
sWITHO
UT andW
ITHINapart fromsupposingt hat, a
thing withinm
ust besm
aller thantheobject enclosingit, and that
theat om
sof the oneconstituteaworld totallyfreeandapart from
theat om
sof the other, noreal concepti onof atruespiritual reality
canbe form
ed. Theveryworld inwhichwelive, the houseswe
ually asm
aterial ly. Therear eAstral Citieswithin M
aterial Cities, and
lookupontheDivineEgoassom
egreat angelicpower. It isa sim
ple
FO
CUS of whichis theatom
ic point of contact; and youcanno m
ore
spectr umterm
inat e, or where theO
range raysbegin. It isapart of
each. It isnom
oreapart of onethanof theother , andthet woform
onecom
pletewhol e. Thisisasfar aslanguagecan explain.
Yesit is. W
om
an shouldalwayslocateher aspirationsinthebreast.
Her bosomisthe seat of her highest spi ritual vibr ations. The brain
isthe locationi nm
an.
these secondarysuns. W
ecannot seeany other Universethanour own,
being.
M
ankindfaceagl oriousdesti nyandthe sm
all sufferingsof ex
asnot hingcom
par edwiththe endlesspossibilities of thehum
ansoul.
AndO
h, howm
yheart longs, at tim
es, for thebright realm
sthat I
m
ajest yof G
ODin all thesci ntillating gem
sof His flashing, fiery
(G
OD).
Thesym
bol upont hecover of thisbookTheLight of Egypt is
com
plex. It isthesym
bol of Spiritual I nitiation, andm
eans, literally,
Theserpent representstheobjectivephenom
ena, and thearrowpierc
ingtheserpent r epresentsthehum
ansoul whichis consciousof its
eachhum
anheart, that m
ust sinkindespair whentheyreadsuch
wonder ousharm
oni eswehaveheardwithour ears; speaktothem
andImm
ortality. But, alas, i t cannot be. M
enand wom
anm
ust work
likea richm
an, possessingi nover-flowingabundancethefrui tsthat
not com
einandbefilled. But theycont inueontheir way, seeking
of bli ndedprofessors.
your sublim
est idealsarethere, beautif ul, living realitiesentwinedwit h
M
ysci enceandthereligionI teachand worshipis Nature'slaws;
m
yaimistheroyal grandeur that surroundsthetrueperfected m
an.
Thank G
od, I know, m
yteachingsarenot speculations. Theyare the
living outcom
eof what I have seenwith m
yeyes, foundwithm
ymind
andheardwithm
y ears.
If the em
otionrespondstotheexpression, it does serioushar m
;
for theem
otions arethereactionsof them
agnetic vibrations produced
upont heO
dylicSphere; and, likeastor m(it isreallyastor m
) at sea,
em
otionsarebrought intoplay, them
ore susceptibl etheactor be-
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com
es andthem
or ereadilytheywill respondinsternreality tothe
not be toom
uchof this, if t hem
otivebepure; if im
pure, thenhypoc
risyi stheoutcom
e, andthis iswrong.
Never pantom
im
eanyoneexcept for som
everyim
portant reason,
react uponyoufor m
anyyears tocom
e.
O
newordabout facial expression; whena personhas suchcom
soto say.
thetwo. It istheM
ysteryof theTrinit y; G
odthe Father, G
od the
Son, andG
odthe HolyG
host; yet therearenot threeG
ods, but only
O
neG
od.
It is theM
ale, t heFem
aleandtheDivineEgo, or Crown, united
m
ale, or W
isdom
, whichgives forththei deaof all action; the Divine
fem
ale, whichclothestheideaof her Lordwithfor mfromher crea
withevolutionary lifeandm
otion; these constitute oneof the arcane
m
yster iesof life.
O
nsuchsubjects astheseI couldwrite volum
eafter volum
eand
seenandheardin realm
sof brighter bei ngsthanon earth. M
any
m
arvel shavebeen disclosedt om
einm
y wanderings intheO
ccult
I put m
ybodyint othedeepmagneticsleepandinst antlyleaped
forth intotheboundlessether. O
h, howgloriously O
rionandt he
wonfor m
yself al one. O
h, howI drankin them
elodi esof thecircu
thee, OG
od."
O
ur or ganism
sare nothingm
or ethanthe plasticm
ol dsof m
edi-
um
isti cm
atter; external vehi clesof the soul; throughwhichi t m
ay
areform
s, astransitoryast hefleeting cloudsaboveus, whichbecom
e
Deific lifem
ayexpresstheir wonderful transform
at ionsof sensations;
biune soul. Each oneof usis but oneof thereacti ngforcesof abiune
soul, andtheim
mortal Ego; whichbinds together andforever t he
G
od; t heonlyG
od; for Allah inHisown im
agecreat edHehim
; m
ale
andfem
alecreatedHethem
.
W
om
an wasnot the causeof the"fall". Thereal cause, per se,
thedorm
ant atom
i centitiesof itsownbeing. Thef all wasaneces
elem
ental conditi onscouldsubjugatethemfor atime. Thereis noth
theKi ngandQ
ueen, co-equal andco-eter nal rulers over all theele
m
ents inNature. Their will, intheAstr al world, i slaw;and thereason
whythefewsouls whodobecom
eunited, bytheacci dent of m
ar riage
Theyarelikeapoor m
andyingof povert ywithm
ill ionsof dol lars
Eachplanet, m
oon or sun, evolvesKarm
ic zonesfromthelife
m
anifestationof objectivephenom
ena. W
henm
anappearsuponthe
andthem
ental evolutiontowhichhecor responds. Tosaythat the
worlds arecosm
ic individuals, of which, likehum
an beings, no twoare
real zonesor spi rit worlds, theyformi nspacefor their offspring, con
stitut etheKarm
a of their li ves; just astheactionsandm
oti vesof
Theworldsof spacebreatheevenasm
an breathes. " Thebreath
of G
od" inm
anis onlyam
ini atureof "t hebreathof G
od" inworlds.
heavensareform
ed. Thesezonesm
ovewit htheEarth andthesys
lim
its, asism
an'sfreedomof action, andtheseor bital paths, which
tim
ef or our sun tocom
plete oneroundof itsvast orbit.
Thecorrespondencebetweenthehum
anfor mandtheastral body
oneof activem
ind, noblequalitiesand highaspirations, the astral
respondtothequalitiesm
ani fested. It ism
oreDivineinits looksand
countenance; isdem
oniacini tslinesandfeatures.
W
hent hehigher r ealm
sof the spirit spheresarereachedandt he
truespiritual bodym
anifests, thereare thesam
edifferences, theform
becom
i ngm
oreand m
oreDivine andbeauti ful.
m
ore, inconceivablybeautiful asit progresseshigher andhigher. The
functi onsarem
anifestedand perform
ed. Eachorgan, groupof organs,
organi sm
, andin theastral worlddisem
bodiedsouls eat anddr ink
state.
of possession. If youcanvividlyform
ul atetheim
ageof what you
inthe m
aterial world; that i s, if theobject possesssuchproperties; but
If aspirit isnot of m
yvibr ation, hecannot seemenor m
y
surroundings.
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m
edici ne, astrology, etc., Eachhasaheadsuprem
e inthepart icular
vocati onrepresentedbythebrotherhood. O
ver all i sasuprem
e,
vital inhisinternal m
ind, f or hisatomstorevolveabout; a principle
O
nlyt heangelsof thesunreturntothe sun.
W
hat youtrulyexpect will be your desti ny.
thecr im
e.
which isG
od's. Onlyasyoul earntodo that, canyoubejust, andonly
Asoul istruewhenperform
ingitsfunct ions.
externalization.
Hum
an beingsont heearthplanecanconcentratetheir m
indson
som
edefinitethi ngandther esultsare som
etim
esastounding. M
ost
instrum
ent for thedisplayof thecollectedenergy, launchhis ownidea
beaBlackM
agici an; for the onlyformof power that theAdept should
launch ishisO
WNIDEALO
FHIM
SELF, inhigher andbetter states
Soul Mate.
m
onotony, thepanoram
aof all hehasvit alizedswingsaroundhim
.
Herestsnom
ore thanasleepingbodyin awful dream
s; andthese
182THELIG
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YPT
im
ages continuef or ages, aye, for thousandsof years; until t hesoul
canendurenom
or eandfalls asleep, to awaken; if it doesawaken'
labors.
M
antram
, "M
ysoul isonewith theUniver seandm
yspirit anemana
tionf romG
od," t henaskyour self, whoamI?what haveI been? and
Them
onadisincarnatedinthebrain. It m
aybeasl eepwhilet he
soul) m
aybeawakeandtheanim
al soul asleep; or bothm
aybe
Thehum
anheart i stheonlymoral lifet hereis. Li feisneither m
oral
nor imm
oral; neit her G
odnor Devil; and whenthesoul canpenetrate
andseeandKNO
WtheTruth, t heNAKEDTRUTH,it says, "M
y
Thewom
enarelosingtheir fem
inityand thusarelosingtheir
consci ousim
mortality.
Effort isim
mortality. W
hent hesoul seesanideal beyondhis
ownperform
ance, then, at that verym
om
ent, heceasestobeimm
ortal.
andon wom
anthe m
an's, for noonecanmakeanideal of him
sel f. He
receivestheim
agebyreflect ionandthengrowsthe power tobecom
eit
throughlove; thusm
an, byhi sideal, raisesthewom
anof whomheis
theexpression, andwom
an, by her ideal, raisesthe m
anof whomshe
m
atehoodneither onenor the other canbegreater t haneachone's
inherent ideal of theother, and, unless that ideal isrounded out, they
of the blest.
Thesoul m
ust never sleepor diewithout affirm
ing itsim
mortality.
Every im
mortal soul istheseedof aUni verse; but m
illionshave
noim
mortality.
Inlif eM
EANyour sym
pathywithothers; donot SUFFERit.
key, i f youknowhowtousei t.
rest i nthem
onad alone. Then indrawthe thought of your soul ideal
W
henwom
enhavet heir m
onthly periods, t heylosea great deal
Youm
ust continuallyindrawt hethought of your love. Takeit
within yourself.
m
arriage.
M
editation;â !, I am
. 2, The Universei s. 3, Consciousness. 4,
m
ent. 7, Environment.
W
henonehassinnedagainst t heir ownsoul, that oneloseshis
im
mort ality. The Egobudsin thesurvivi nghalf, in them
onad of the
Soul Mate, that hasnot sosi nned; anewhalf, when thefirst hasfailed;
andthejourneyi sagaintobem
adeof I nvolutionandEvolution, while
O
nem
ust havekeenrepentance for past sins. Not to haveit, i s
G
ivet oyour Divi neLovethe soul of your heart. Do youunder
Youin M
e; asyou readinthe G
ospel of the1st. John?
M
editation; Drawintoyoursel f what you wouldhave your ideal
both. M
akethat l ineNO
Tthe boundryof thisworld but theplat
formof thenext.
cross theriver.
would besaved.
Thisi stheO
ccul t Catechism
; Q
.Whoand what isM
an?A. The
answer com
eslike anecho; Thought. Q
. What isG
od? A. M
usic,
rhythm, m
elody, harm
ony. O
f musicisbor nthought, andthought
m
akes M
an.
There com
esatimewhentheseeker becomesafakir or asaint.
G
race beforeEati ng; onlyin thefleshcanoneenter intotrue
m
aster s, just as youtreat them
. Your bodyisrelat edtoall t heking-
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dom
sof m
atter andconsequent lytoall ascendingli fespirits. Sore
welive, breathe, m
oveandhaveour being, consecratethisfoodweare
those m
inistersof thinewho m
aybepresent. Peace bebetween us."
Thent hrowsom
esalt downto thespirit of earth.
W
hent hesoul cal m
lylooksuponvirtueandvice, as power and
nom
istake, vice m
ust beconquered.
TheAvatar, theMessenger, m
ust betheharpwhosenotesvibrat e
um
isti callysensi tive, witha strong, dom
inant soul incontrol , allowing,
TheM
essenger m
ust feel. It i sfeelingt hat creates. Figurethecreation
canimpregnate. Theharp, the chord, the word, havi ngfelt wit hall;
Cosm
ic consciousness, likeanyother flash-light of spiritual in
personal, andm
eansnothingt oanyone, outsideof thisone's person
ality. W
hatever i deaor set of ideashappenstopossessthesoul of the
Em
anuel Swedenbor g; eachof whosecosm
ic at-one-m
entsweretrue;
at least athousandtim
es, in fact, it wasapart of m
ydaily lifeat one
TheImm
ortalityof thehum
an soul dependsuponacti on. The
m
anor wom
anwho livesapurelyignorant , worldlyl ife, whodoesnot
m
ental decayand spiritual rot; andat death, like theoldtree, asit
falls soit lies; but if the treeiscut duringits vital life, whenit i sfull
him
.
Im
mort alitydependsuponm
ent al andspir itual vital ity, not
whose m
ainoffice istheevol utionof spiritual lif e; but m
an m
ostly
m
akes it nothing but thebasi sandcenter of purely m
aterial ends.
wheni ncarnatedasm
anonear th.
M
andoesNot returntoearth asecondor thirdtim
e, tocorrect
form
er errorsand tryanew.Anacornm
ay becom
ean oaktreebut
m
atter . W
iththis fair equipment it begi nsitseter nal roundof being
froma lim
itless statewithin theuniver seof exter nal m
anifestation;
som
ething, andthesumtotal of suchgai nandloss com
prisesi tsHum
an
attractsit tothem
other'swom
b; itsSpiritual statedeterm
inesits
m
ental capacity; andthesetwo, Polarity andSpirit ual Degree of life;
acting inharm
ony or conflict withitsmaterial environm
ent, produce
anim
al thanhum
an andshould not beparents. Som
earedwarfed
belowtheir norm
al state, someareexpandedbeyond their real m
erits.
Hum
an destinybeginsitsharvest, onlyi nthislife; andasli febecom
es
m
oreadvanced, so will destiny.
of soulsof theunborngenerationstocom
e. Fatecanonlyact when
hum
an destinyis powerlessto reproduce them
. Rem
overiches,
condit ionof m
an, destinywil l act upon som
ething higher than
will becom
emanif est. W
heremanW
ILLS, t hefatesthem
selvesar e
haveWILLEDit so. W
e, without knowingi t, havegiventheNod
grace; andwealone, m
ust be thejudge, andbear thejudgm
ent
unless W
EMAKEIT SO
; for "m
anycom
ebut fewarechosen",
wiser em
ovetheself inflictedcursefromthosewhosenam
esar e
not, t herein.
W
hothen, canfor am
om
ent questionFate, or asking fate, who
them
oment of its existencei spast and gone, befor eananswer could
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YPT
starlandshim
mers bright,
Beyond theblazingm
orningsuns.
SELFWRO
UG
HTBYSELFM
ADEBEI NG
.
victor y?"
Rare, veryrareorganism
sare capableof doingthis, but then such
W
eall canm
aket hebodym
ore expressive of thespi rit, thani t
is; but m
ost of all dependsonprenatal conditions, over which we
haveverylittle control.
nessi nonem
anmaycauseanythingfromindigestion tosyphili s,
while inanother it m
ight onl yhurt his liver, his lungsor hi sspleen;
organi sm
s; all dependingonr ace, heredi ty, andast ral influx, and
forty, som
esixty, som
eanhundredfold. " It isright herethat re-in
but not m
an. Also right here, that weexplaintheparadoxof what
ideas areim
potent against purelym
ateri al forces." But, let t hosespir
thehum
anthrone.
tim
atedwiththe sam
eprecisi onasthebirthof achildcanbe fore
not knowW
HENthe birthof an event will occur, but theyFeel that
Thepr im
al foundationof all thought is right here, for instance,
M
. Theonm
aywish acertainr esult; if I amrecepti ve, theideam
ay
becom
e incarnated inm
e, and under anextraspiritual stim
ulus it
m
aygr owandm
atureandbecomeam
aterial fact.
W
hoshall say, withanyactual knowledge, what or whence, of
Being.
sam
equestion. Yea, trulythi sisso; for inthefathom
lesspast, m
il
arose inthem
indsof thosewho, inother worlds, begantofeel the
prom
pt ingsof an im
mortal soul. But it i s, after al l, but the queryof
their dim
lylight edcaveasked, "W
hat is Life?"
chem
istry, therevelationsof theSpectr oscope, we arenot one iota
Lifei sone, G
od isLife", andtherefore, "theoriginof life isinG
od."
upont heunm
anifestedvoid, anuniversal oceanof f orm
lessAet h.
After m
illionsof ageshadpassed, theprim
ordial cell, theor iginof all
things, beganto m
ovewithli fe, andThe Universebegan; but, "how
cam
et heeggther e?" Toanswer that isbeyondm
ypower.
m
indi nsom
edegr ee. Backof this; back, conscious m
indreachesinto
unm
ani festedseed; TheG
reat All Father of All Being; thebiune
Father -M
other, li feof everyt hingthat i s, was, or, shall be; andfrom
Trinit yisthepr im
aryconcept of all thingswhich hasneither begin
purposes; 1, M
IND. 2. SUBSTANCE. 3, M
OTI O
N,m
aybe con
M
otion; andtheoutcom
eof thistriuneconcept ist heevolutionof the
grand som
ethinguponwhichtheentirefabricof the universede-
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pends, andthisi s; CO
NSCIO
USNESS. Thei m
personal becom
es, as
O
neindisputable fact, which is, I Am
, t hisit knows. It believesthat
G
odis andthat t heUniverse exists. It thinksbecauseit sees. It can
being theuniversal m
ind, but anentity or differentiatedatomof it,
always dependon W
hat it does See.
TheG
odIdea, is sim
plytheover-whelm
ingconviction, thecon
trem
endouslygreater thanitself.
thusa conscious m
icrocosmpatternedaft er theboundless, unconscious
M
ACRO
COSM
.
Thisi saverysi m
plelittle prim
er of spiritual andm
aterial truth,
reducedtotheir sim
plest, pr im
al concepts; andwhi lethereis nothing,
m
anhasnofriend but hum
anit y; hisG
ods andDevils arefound use
lessandpowerlessagainst thegeniusof m
an. Thel ive, green earth,
ism
an'sm
other; andtheeart handall t hat dwells thereinare hisby
him
, but thereis nosym
pathy intheir l ight; nocom
panionship, inthe
m
ound of her bosom
, downupon which, the distant st ars, all uncon-
192THELIG
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F EG
YPT
m
anexists; that helivesand m
ovesand hashisbei nginevery stage
Ra.
G
od, Manandthe Universe; andthesethr eeresolve intotwo; as
eternal m
indand eternal substanceor Et her. M
otion itself, is only
andM
atter areat last O
ne, under differ ent form
sof expression. M
ind,
ferencebetweent hesetwo. M
i ndisG
odwithout begi nningandwith
m
easur eof consci ousnessattainedbythe evolvingmonad, when the
state of m
anisr eached, does not or cannot awaken Itself toI tself, but
Lifei sthefinal m
ysteryof G
od. Theol dphilosopher whowrot e
those linesknewm
orethanappearsupon thesurface. It m
eans that,
Lifei sm
otion, saysscience; well, soi sthought; for thinkingim
plies action, m
ental or spiri tual. All actionism
otion; andwithout
m
ind, existencebecom
esablank. Lifem
aybeconsci ouslyor uncon
sciously, active; but inany stateit is still acti on; andit isonlyadif
m
aticallysays, i t istheBreathof G
od; since, nei ther henor anyone
elseknowswhat t heBreathof G
odis. In eachandeveryanswer , we
findt hesam
esor ryattem
pt t oconceal i gnoranceby thejuggleryof
ages, ineverygeneration, m
anthinkstheproblemcapableof solu
ations, I m
adeintothem
ysti cal regions of theunknown, I can see
rungafter rungof m
yspiritual ladder, still there, clear and distinct,
point, not evenGod, He, She, or It can go; because of theever eternal
beyond.
thetheologian, attem
ptingto definethe natureof G
od; andthetran
scendental m
ystic, seekingthePhilosopher'sStone; com
prisea trinity
spends histim
ef ruitlesslychasinga"Will o' the W
isp."
M
anwe know;fromwhencehecam
e, weknownot; that is, not
theW
hereforeof Life, wecan never know; neither hereor hereafter.
wascom
prisedof Aryan, Sem
et ic, Slavoni c, G
reek, Latin, Celt and
com
posedof ablendof theM
acayanandt heM
ongolianfam
ilies.
TheTeutonic; the last blend of andof course, the highest for mor
called G
erm
anicpeoples, ist heAnglo-Saxon; theveryflower of the
194THELIG
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F EG
YPT
Sixth Race.
Zanoni m
eans; Zan, aStar; oni m
eaning, childof or sonof; thus
of G
od. G
od, spir it, per se, isunconsci ousasthe spinal cord isun
consci ous. G
od, Ra, isthebr ainandat theacm
eof consciousness.
G
od, l ikespirituality, retreats, asit were, towar dtheocean of un
vibrat ionwithHim
) calledus fromthegreat unconscious; gave us
G
od-Head.
Yes, Ram
ayfail. Theworldof soulsthat Hehaslaunchedfort h,
m
aynot returnin sufficient num
bers; andthenagai n, woulda new
m
anifest, visible G
odof this Solar Syst em
.
of that am
ount of evolution, that isinvolvedinit . Involutionisthe
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UO
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it m
ay gohigher, thanitsownim
pulse, fromthelatent energy, not
All imm
ortal soul sblendwith Ra, theSuprem
eSeed, inbecom
ing
Creators, withHim
.
Inthat AngelicSunW
orldare foundour DivineParents.
Thespirit isthe M
aster'simagination; thetool; andthebody isthe
plasti cm
aterial. Im
agination isnot fancy. Im
aginationisthe foun
superstitutionandfoolishness. Theim
aginationof m
anbecom
es preg
andregulateour im
agination, andthus, contact spi rits; andbetaught
bythem
. Andbyl ivinganunselfishand purelife, wecanbecom
e
them
edium
sof goodcheer to thosearoundus. Just asthesun con
clouds. W
hoever f ailsingett ingthelessonsout of their experiencesin
sphere. M
an'saspirationsare thespirit ual essencesthat awaken
eternal em
otions. Thusproving, that, m
i ndisuniversal; while will is
them
i nd, but anam
efor acertainpower whichthe m
indpossesses.
Every m
an, plant andanim
al, bearsexter nal andint ernal evi
m
ent. Thusproving, that, everyformof lifeisamediumfor t hem
ani
W
ecannot cultivateW
ill, wit hout Faith. Theyareaslight and
shade, inseparabl e. W
ecanaccom
plisha littlewithout m
uchW
i ll,
M
indsleepsintheplant, dream
sinthe anim
al, and awakesin
m
an. I nm
an, it becom
esconsciousof itself, andcapableof a rela-
Evolved.
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F EG
YPT
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UO
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SUM
MARY
m
ust f orever beunknowableto either M
an or theAngels, andthis
state istheG
reat First Cause; THEUNCREATED,THE ETERNAL,
ALO
NE.
itself asO
NELAW, O
NETRUTH, O
NEPRINCIPLE, O
NEW
ORD.
Theul tim
ateof all thingsis theperfectionof sex.
bolismistheLawof Correspondences.
8. W
hen, through study, youhavepenetratedintotheSanctorum,
9. Remem
ber, ONeophyte, that G
oodnessaloneisPower.
PARTI I
THESCIENCEO
FTHESTARS
198
THELI G
HTO
FEG
YPT
FIG
URE I SHO
WING
W
HATPARTO
FTHE HUM
ANFRAM
E
ISRU1BDRYEACHSIG
NOFTHE ZO
DIAC.
PARTI I
THESCIENCEO
FTHESTARS
INTRO
DUCTIO
N
Incomm
encingthi sbrief elucidationof theAstro-l ogosof the
theancient O
ccul t Schoolsof Egypt and Chaldeaso justlyfam
ousfor
their Esotericlearning.
andm
otion, while thelatter dealswith thespiritual andphysical in
fluencesof thesam
ebodies; first upon eachother, thenupon theearth,
andlastlyupont heorganismof m
an. Ast ronom
yist heexternal life
andhi sherdsm
en wanderedover thedeser t of Arabia, thissubl im
e
bytidal em
igrati onover the Caucasus, acrossthearidsteppes of Asia,
throughthewild m
ountainpassesof Afghanistanand Thibet to the
dusky sonsam
ong theM
ongol andTartar r acesof the still rem
oter
East.
tim
eoncewaswhenthism
ental andintel lectual cur rent wasre
versed, andknowledgetraveledeastward.
Fromt hem
agical schoolsof t helost Atl antis, the sacredstream
itsnativehom
ei ntheW
ester nseas, onl ytobedet ainedupon its
journeyandtofi ndatem
poraryresting placeinthewondrous valley
onward bytherestlessim
pulseof Egypti anenterpri se, alongt he
shores of theM
editerraneanandBlackseastotheCaucasus, and
W
henwecom
etot hinkof the awful vastnessandinconceivable
of our m
idnight skies, undoubtedly, wemust adm
it t hat thecontem
change of form
. But thegorgeouscreationsintheskyarestil l there;
undim
medinbrightness, unchangedingrandeur; perf orm
ing, wit h
andtheir m
ighty cyclicrounds. Uponthe sam
eheavens, just as we
seethemnow;bespangledwith thesam
eplanetsand withthesam
e
fam
ili ar stars; gazedthefir st parents of our race, whenthey began
of lif e. Thesam
e constellati ons; Arctur us, O
rion, andthePleiades,
people haveadm
ir ed. Theyare trulythe onlyobject sintheuniverse
THESCIENCEO
FTHESTARSâ INTRO
DUCTIO
N201
which haverem
ainedunpollutedbythefi nger of m
an. Theypre
m
akehim
self fam
i liar withthegeneral principlesof astronom
y, and
thephenom
enal results, back intothest ellar worldsof cause. The
whole m
ysteryof thissystem
, therefore, m
aybedesignatedin general
term
s asthescienceof cause andeffect . Thetext bookof Ast rology
byA. J. PierceandW
ilson's Dictionary of Astrologyshouldbe closely
Fromt heforegoingrem
arksit will beseenthat the reader m
ust
concisestatem
ent of Nature's im
mutable laws, which requireboth
study andapplicationtom
ast er. Hewill , however, findinthi sseries
of lessonsacom
pleteexposit ionof the O
ccult principlesof Nature,
hum
ani ty. But, theprinciples involvedandtheulti m
atesevolved
understoodbydevotingtim
e, unprejudicedthought, anddeepst udy;
twothirdsof m
an'sso-called m
isfortunesarether esult of hi sbe
nightedignorance. M
an, when ignorant of thelawsof Naturewhich
ingwiththestream
. It m
aybethat the variouscur rentsof theriver
upont hegreat O
ceanof Eternity. But it isfar m
or elikelythat the
troubl ewherehe m
aystickfast for the rem
ainder of hisdays; or,
liberatedbysom
e stronger current, m
ay againtake hischances, either
hisway, sim
plybecausethere are, inthesedays, t oom
anylif eless
logsof hum
anlumber that are constantly throwingt hem
selveswith
andhowenorm
ous thechances of success areuponthesideof t he
onewhohathattaineduntowisdom
; whobystudy, knowshim
self
andthelawsof Nature.
influencesat wor km
ouldingour actions, weshould seethat we were
thefool whoblindlyobeysthem
. Consequently, this Chaldeanscience
for thetim
eand labor bestowedinlearningtheway. It will givehim
atangiblefoundation, whereonhem
aysafelystand am
idthewild
tobeholdthelovelyformof theG
oddess andtoreadtheglowing
eterni tyitself.
sible m
edium
ship. It isadivinescience of correspondences, i nthe
blendedinanatural, harm
oni ousm
anner. Theycom
mencetovibr ate
inuni son. W
hent hisunionbecom
escom
pl ete, theignorant m
an be
com
es theprophet icsage.
m
athematical formula; andnever losesight of thef act that no one
becom
e crystallizedwithintherealmof force, and diewithin the
wom
bof Nature. Andlastly, r em
em
ber that thisanci ent systemof the
andsacerdotal system
shaver adiated. Everyreligionunder the sun
becom
eslost withinthestarr yrealm
sof Urania.
soul.
204
THELI G
HTO
FECYFf
FIG
URE II SHO
WING
THEO
DYLICSPHERE O
FMAN.
CHAPTERI
THEPRINCIPLESO
F CELESTIALSCIENCE
"SoG
odcreatedmaninhisownim
age,
inhis ownim
age createdhehim
."
G
enesi s, Chap. I
M
anis am
icrocosm
, auniversewithinhi m
self, and assuchhe
isaperfect epit om
eof thei nfiniteUni verse, the M
acrocosm
. The
wonder ful m
echani smandsobeautifullyharm
oniousi nall itsparts,
becam
e their architectural designuponwhichtheyconstructed the
G
rand M
anof the starryheavens. Thetwelvesignsof thecelestial
W
hent he3and6 areaddedtogether they m
ake9, whichisthe high
Them
ystical sym
bolismrelati ngtothe12signsof thezodiac
andthehum
anorganismholds anim
portant position inour syst em
.
were, whilethesun, m
oonand planetsconstitutethestrings. O
ur
theperform
anceof their celestial opera, "TheM
usi cof theSpheres."
correspondinglyt rueregardingtheG
rand M
anof the skies, or, in
M
oredependsupon theposition, aspect andpower of thesunand
m
oonat birth, thanuponall theplanets of our sol ar systemcom
bined.
harm
oniouslyor discordantly, according astheyare aspectedbythe
benefi cor m
alefi craysof them
ajor planets. Theonlydifferencebe
andthem
oonismagneticand negative. I nthem
selves, alone, t hey
M
anhasfiveposi tivepoints of projecti onandfour positivecenters
of energy, thusmakingupthe m
ystical nine, thesym
bol of Dei ty. In
thenum
ber of the TenSephiroth. Thehead, handsandfeet, are the
thePythagoreansym
bol of health, andwhenthesefi vepointsr adiate
perfect health.
W
hent roubleor anxietyof m
i ndcrosses our paththefirst place
thest om
ach. This sensitiver egioniswithinthesolar plexus. How
m
anyt im
esdofor ebodingsof com
ingtroubleim
press them
selves
body. W
hensicknessanditsdisagreeable correlationsthreaten to
takepossession, keepthism
i ghtycenter protected, andyouhavethe
tobeginwith, an organismwhosem
ental andphysical forcesar e
evenly balanced.
ablet oassum
eperfect control of theodylicsphere; toconcentrate
of thi sm
agnetic kingdom
, and thusinstantlysubdue anyrevolt of the
warps thebodyout of itsnat ural propor tions, isf atal toany real
of m
agneticpower . Corsetsandsm
all pinchingshoes havedone m
ore
ceivableam
ount of spiritual m
ischief at thepresent day. If our fairer
upwit hcorsets, m
akethemlookm
orelikewaspsthanintelligent
hum
an beings, and that sm
all, pinchedfeet, withtheir cram
ped, ill-
form
ed toesareasm
uchof a real deformityasashrivelledhandor
isthereandisasm
uchther esult of ignorant superstitionas them
aim
ed
lim
bs of Hindoof anaticswho placethem
selvesbeneaththewheelsof
cram
pedwaist m
eansanalm
ost uselesssolar plexus, andausel esssolar
208THELIG
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F EG
YPT
plexus m
eansspir itual incapacity; spiri tual incapacitym
eans bondage
m
ediumof Nature, uponwhich thediscordant raysof theplanet ary
upont hisim
portant subject, andthenwe aredonewithit, for "verbum
them
. W
earesorr ytosaythat thefair sexaresomewhat sim
il ar in
readil yadm
it that othersdo. It isreal lysurprisi nghowblindlyfoolish
though theym
ayhavebecom
eusedtothemsothat theydonot hurt,
W
henweregardtheastral str uctureof manandcloselyexam
ine
hism
agneticorganism
, wesee that heform
sabeaut iful oval or egg
tothe sevenprism
aticraysof thesolar spectrum
. Eachzoneor ring
toits stateof l um
inosity. Whenm
edium
i sticclairvoyantsassert that
theanim
al passions, whenexercised, dul l andbecloudthesoul sphere,
THEPRINCIPLESO
F CELESTIALSCIENCE209
com
pletebym
entallyinsertingwithintheoval odyl icsphere, theseven
prism
aticcolor r ings.
m
agnet icstatesof our atm
osphereat their respecti vem
om
ents of
m
ateri al existence. Thistrue m
om
ent is, generally, whentheum
bilical
of its m
other. Until that timethebody ispolarizedbythesoul force
fromt hem
other's organism
. But whenthe tieissevered, thel ungs
becom
e inflatedwiththem
agneticatm
osphere, chargedwiththe
correspondingto theharm
oniousor discordant rays of theheavens
at the tim
e.
of the m
usical instrum
ent whi chisever soundingforththehar m
ony
or discordof its m
aterial destiny. This keynotei seither hi ghor
uponi t at theti m
e. At onet im
ethelif eforcesm
aybesolowthat
at other tim
esthethrobbing pulsations of lifewil l besostr ongwith
of responsivehar m
ony, their contact wil l producef iercejarri ng
com
mot ionsof discordtothe detrim
ent of both, the weaker bei ng
byits progressivem
otionreachesapoint onthespherewhere it form
s
aninharm
oniousanglewiththeangular vibrationsset inm
otion
at bir th, m
agneti cdiscordis produced. Thism
agnet icstorm
, soto
harm
onyor discor d.
theyt rulyunderstandtheO
ccult principlesof Nature. It isutterly
im
possiblefor antagonisticnaturestobenefit each other m
ent ally,
nom
at ter howgoodor purethey, asindi viduals, m
aybe. Toat tem
pt
todo thisisliketryingto m
akeoil andwater har m
onize; thi sis
indivi duals.
For exam
ple, any personborn under andcontrolledbythe
M
artial electrici ty, whichcorrespondst otheelem
ent of fire, will
Them
ost gentleandlovingspirit that i t ispossiblefor the healer
thehealingart divine.
CHAPTERII
THESOLARFO
RCE
"Andt heLordset am
arkupon Cain
G
enesi s, Chap. IV
im
port anceinfor m
ingatrue conception of astral l aw.Thereader
m
ust not suppose that theplanetsaretheprim
arycausesof the
fortunesandm
isf ortuneswhichfall tot helot of mankindgenerally.
Thisi sbynom
eansthecase; for thepr im
arycause hasitsor igin
m
anandwom
anhas itslaws, i tsharm
oniesanddiscords. It is m
an's
sowhenwebear i nm
indthef act that thereisneit her m
oralit y
nor sentim
ent in thecoldinf lexiblejusticeof Nat ure. "Unto every
world. It m
atters not what thecircum
stancesor positioninli fem
ay
com
mit theftsuponsom
eplane or other. Rem
em
ber, t hereisno
bysomecom
mercial sharppracticesteals arailroad; andtheone
hisincom
etothe detrim
ent of hiscredi tors; or thepoor devi l who,
of the sam
etermof penancei nthehouse of correct ion. Thefalse
glam
or andartifi cial convent ionalities of m
odernsociety, however,
pityandcondole asunfortunatethem
an who, bylivingabovehis
honest incom
e, term
inateshis career in bankruptcy; but they, with
neither pitynor m
ercy, hurry off tothe jail andt hetreadm
il l the
Ignoranceandaneglectedchi ldhoodm
ay haveintensifiedtheevil
212THELIG
HTO
F EG
YPT
andhe m
ight, if theworldwouldonlylet him
, becom
eabetter and
wiser m
an. It is equallyinaccordancewiththesameim
mutable
M
anhastheprivi legeandpossessesthe possibiliti esof choosing
quences, M
other Nature, whoi snorespecter of persons, will write
m
urder er acrosst hebrowof t heunborni nfant incharactersas
indeli bleasthe m
arksheinf lictedupon Cain.
W
hent heem
bryoni cpotentiali tiesof ahum
ansoul arelaunched
forth intothem
atrixtheyrem
ainthere, slowlyevolvingtheir organic
powers, andarei m
prisonedwithinthewom
buntil their m
agneti c
theheavensareharm
oniouscanthat whichwetermgoodbecom
e
m
anifest uponthe earth. Under theoppositeconditi onof theheavens,
evil, socalledbycom
parison, becom
esexternalized.
Thusdotherisinggenerationsbecom
ewiser thantheir parents.
Thismental evolutionm
ovesf orwardunti l theintel lectuality of
theracebecom
es exhausted; t hen, for a tim
e, m
anki ndrem
ains
of lat ent m
ental force, ther aceoncem
oreadvances, ultim
atel y,
planet s, becom
ing alternately direct, swift, stationaryandretrograde.
M
en, l ikeplanets, havetheir tim
esof germ
ination, growth, m
aturity
change. Theym
ove ingreater cyclesonly. Their cli m
axof civi liza
awaits thenecessarym
agnetic andspirit ual conditi onsfor its glorious
unfoldm
ent.
Thest arsandplanetsarethe m
agnetici nstrum
ents of theseven
sym
pat hiesandrepulsiveanti pathies, thecosm
icli feforcesand
m
eant hat thevar iousphysical orbs, cal ledplanets, stars, et c., act
asso m
anym
agnet iccenters. Theyarem
agneticbysolar induct ion.
withelectricity it becom
esat onceam
agnet, itspower depending
first uponitsm
assandsecondlyuponthestrength or intensit yof
am
agnet. Rem
ove thesunfromour systemandthepl anetswill
im
medi atelylose their peculi ar physical influence. M
odernsci ence,
claim
s it tobeanabsolutef act.
solar rayuponthehum
anorganismandit sm
aterial destinyis neither
harm
oniousnor di scordant, fortunatenor unfortunat e. Tobecome
becom
e refracted andresolved intoitsactiveattri butes. This is
preciselywhat them
ajor planetsdo. Therearesix planets, eachof
absorb theseven rays. Theot her planets react upon higher planes.
thesam
eattribut ewhichthey haverecei vedfromtheir solar parent.
nature, producea m
arkedcont rast inhis m
ental and physical char
THEPLANETSATURN^
THEPLANETJUPITERU
herm
it andtheonetooeasyof access. Theinfluenceischeerf ul, gen
spectr um
.
THEPLANETM
ARS$
M
arsabsorbsanenergywhich isthepolar opposite of theSat
correspondstotheredrayof thespectr um
.
THESUNQ
betweentheenergiesexerted bySaturnandM
ars, so theSunsends
M
ars. It isaffablebut m
ajestic; proud, but gracious; andblends
THESOLAKFO
RCE215
firm
nesswithkindness, am
bit ionwithpaternal consideration, com
-
THEPLANETVENUS 9
fluenceiswarmandim
pulsive interiorly, but exter nallycool and
m
oist, consequent lypliableandreceptive, clinging andfem
ini ne. It
withl ovingsubm
i ssion; hence them
yths of thefriendshipsbet ween
M
arsandVenus. Thisenergycorresponds totheyell owray.
THEPLANETM
ERCURY$
M
ercur yabsorbsanenergywhi ch, inageneral sense, appearst o
beacom
poundof all theother planetsof thespect rumput together;
isext rem
elyinventive, andi stheorigi nator of al l cunningschem
es
anddevices. It i swhat m
ent ermbright andwitty. It isthat which
m
akes thelivem
anof com
merce, andconstitutesthe leadinginflu
enceem
bodiedwit hinthat sharp, clever andcham
eli on-likeindividual
whom
akesafortuneinthereal estatebusiness. Thisenergycorre
THEM
OON>
theinfluencem
ay beuponthe inhabitant sof other worldswecannot
thesolar spectrum
.
216THELIG
HTO
F EG
YPT
m
agnet icgam
ut havebeensounded, thenext notem
ust beupona
action uponthehum
anorganismwill be. Thereisst ill another planet,
m
orer em
otefromour sunthan Neptune, but itsacti ononour organ
m
it of itsinfluencebecom
ing m
anifest. Neither wil l suchapl anet
becom
e visibleto thisEarth' sinhabitantsuntil thereissuff icient m
ent al
Sucharethesubl im
efactsof Nature'si m
mutablelaw,that
W
henUranusandNeptunewere shiningin their distant heavens un
discovered, m
anki ndwas, asa body, im
pervioustot heir action. M
an's
of controllinganddirecting him
.
m
aries. Thencom
esUranus( ¥), form
ingtheeight h, or octaveexpres
sionof thefirst , or M
ercury, andthus dowefind, after long yearsof r e
com
es next inrot ation. W
hen thetenthplanet isdi scovered, i tsac
m
onies anddiscor dswill dependuponits angular positioninr espect
THESOLARFO
RCE217
tothe other bodi es. Itschief influence will bein thecontrol of our
m
inari es, will determ
ineour capacityfor inhaling thefiner ethereal
essencesof theatm
osphere. Fromthisit will beperceivedthat the
race.
action of theplanets. W
eshall deal wit heachorb m
orefully andin
cludingsuggestionwewouldaskthestudent tothinkandreasonout
our usebythethriceillum
inedHerm
esTrism
egistus, whosaid:
THELI G
HTO
FEG
YPT
ASTRO
- PHRENO
LO
CICALCHART, SHO
WINGTHEGENERALPLANETARY
INFLUENCEUPO
NTHEHUM
ANBRAI N.
CHAPTERIII
INFLUENCEO
FSTELLARFO
RCE
areconcerned, it nowbecom
es our dutyt oillustrat e, som
ewhat , the
shall havetodigressalittl e.
Phrenological researchhasnowestablishedbeyonddisputecer
thegr eat m
istake whichthedevoteesof thisbranch of Anthropology
m
ake, isthat theyallowthei r enthusiasmtocarry thembeyond the
Phrenologym
erely pointsout thoserelat ionsestabl ishedbyNa
turebetweengivendevelopm
entsandconditionsof t hebrain, and
correspondingm
anifestations of m
ind. It ssim
plebut com
prehensive
sim
ple knowledge of thesize of theseor gans, it becom
esacomplete
tion; andthism
agneticcondi tiondependssolelyupontheposi tion
organs, m
aybeobtainedbyeachstudent for him
self , bycarefully
com
par ativelysm
all but well balancedheads, com
binedwithaf ine,
Theol dandnowmuchabusedChaldeansageswerethoroughly
sonages, whoincarnatedthem
selvesfor t hebenefit of m
an. ThusM
ars
com
panionCupidwereassigned thecharacter of Love andthe
sym
pat hetictendenciesof the hum
anhear t, whilethebenevolent
Jupiter assum
edt heposition of Father, thekindly, generousparent,
m
eant oconveytheideaof Divineincarnationaswe understand the
doctri ne, but that aportion of thedivi nity, aref ractedray, hadbe
com
ecenteredin m
an, andexpresseditself insom
e special for m
;
of M
ar s, because hisnatureexpressedtheM
artial spirit inwhat was
thepl anetsindicatedarem
ost powerful. Todescend m
oreinto
detail s:
THEPLANETSATURN>?
purely selfishsentim
ents, suchascom
parison, causality, covetousness,
acquisitivenessandsecrecy.
THEPLANETJUPITERU
THEPLANETM
ARS$
M
arshaschief ruleof those activities whichgener allyexpress
them
selvesassel fishlyaggressive. Properly, they arethepassions
passivestate, withineachhum
ansoul, uponthem
at erial plane of ex
THESUNO
expressthem
selvesinm
an'shigher natur easthe"Lord" of m
at erial
andself-esteem
.
THEPLANETVENUS 9
selves asfriendship, m
irthfulnessandconjugality. It alsogovernsthe
societ y.
THEPLANETM
ERCURY£
M
ercur y, inaddit iontobeing thegeneral m
essenger of thegods,
m
echanical, such aseventuali ty, individuality, size, form
, weight,
THEM
OON)
TheM
oongoverns thoseorgans whoseacti vitiesare term
edthe
sem
i-i ntellectual qualities. Theyareverydesirabl eexpressionsof
intell ect will be bright, wit tyandpowerful, but all theener gies, under
thecr im
inal who breaksthel egal codeof laws, and theonewho, upon
andm
anlywill be theresult.
Having m
entioned aspects, it nowbecom
es our duty, briefly, to
explai ntheir nat ure. Thiswe shall doi noutline, at present, deferring all
sym
pat hyandanti pathyarethegreat lawsbywhich theplanets af
fect t hehum
anor ganism
. Thesetwoforces, or rather let ussaythe
which everycosm
i cprinciple expressesi tself, and thetwoact ions,
arecorrelatedas harm
onyand discord.
INFLUENCEO
FSTELLARFO
RCE
223
224
THELI G
HTO
FEG
YPT
m
atter . Thesym
bol of discord isasquar e, andever yinharm
oni ous
degrees. Thesym
bol of harm
onyisatriangle, andeverybenefi c
thuswehaveageom
etricexpr essionof evil andgood, asshown
below.
The
Angle
of
Sorrow
form
ed fromanypoint of the celestial zodiac, both direct and converse.
W
esee, therefore, that when thecom
binationsof st ellar force
reign.
fested existence.
CHAPTERIV
INTER-ACTIO
NOFTHESTARS
em
bracesthesignsof Aries( T), Leo( Si), andSagittarius( &). The
Earthy trigonem
bracesthesi gnsTaurus ( 8), Virgo(nj), and Capri
upont hetem
perament of thenative. The philosophical principl es
far m
oredetailed elucidation thanthespaceof thi schapter will adm
it.
Probablyoneof t hegreatest m
istakesm
adebythemodernun
M
agnet icandelectricforces varyintheir spiritualitylikeevery
higher or m
oreinterior em
anation, will dem
onstrate itssuperi ority
uponeveryplane of itsm
anif estation. For exam
ple; Aries( T ) isthe
m
oveuponahigher plane, m
entallyandspiritually, thanthose born
upont hesensitiveandem
otional planes. Their naturewill be chiefly
excitem
ent. O
nthecontrary, anAriesperson, thoughsusceptibleof
m
ent. Eveninhis m
ost outrageousconduct, anim
par tial observer will
em
anat ionof the fierytripli city, andi llustrates thelawof contradic
andm
ove, whenm
entallyandspiritually considered, uponthel owest
theworld, theyseemtom
ove inthevery highest. Their naturesare
warm
, sym
pathetic andactive, consequent lytheyare generousand
benevolent, am
bit iousandtrulyjovial. Theydoas theworlddoes;
andpastim
es, and assuch, theyaretotallyincapableof graspingany
formof thehigher m
ental and m
etaphysical studies. Theyare, there
andpossessedof soundcom
mon sense, and externally theydoindeed
W
henviewedfromtheir lineof descent, thestudent will per
extremenatures, whenunm
odif iedbyother influences, areeither
InLeo, weseetheem
otionsandsensitivefeelings of thehear t, which
follow, im
pulsively, thelead of som
emental genius, andformthe
enthusiasticfoll owersandadm
irersof t hosewhodepart fromt he
anewpathfor them
selves; theym
ust havesom
egiant m
indtosup
port t hem
. InSagittarius, we seethegenial, sym
pathetic, courteous,
aresi m
plywaitingtobeled inanydirectionthat thestrongest m
ental
thethinkingfor them
.
Thewholeof theserem
arksar etobeconsideredin ageneral
W
atery. Thestudent hasonly tobear in m
ind, when form
inghis
gressi ve, im
perious, com
mandi ngandcour ageousplanesof action.
Theearthytrigon m
anifestsi tself inthepatient, laborious, plod
rom
ant ic, changeable, tim
idandsubm
issi veplanesof action.
donot m
eantoassert that becauseaper sonisborn under awatery
rom
ant ic, or im
pr actical and subm
issive. Thiswill dependenti rely
andm
oonat thet im
eof birth. But what wedom
ean toassert i sthis;
sam
econditionsandcircum
stancesbrought tobear upononebor n
228THELIG
HTO
F EG
YPT
W
emust nowturn our attentiontothepurelyesoter icaspect of
M
ercur y, havebeensym
bolized fromtim
e im
mem
orial, asTheM
an,
one. AdamKadm
on representst heideal m
an, andthe veryfact t hat
goodandevil, andm
etesout rewardsand punishm
ent s. Life, Li ght
throughtheprismof m
atter, Truthbecomesillusion, Lifebecom
es
lim
itedbyassum
i ngtheappearanceof death, andLi ght becom
es ob
fleeti ngtransfor m
ationsof matter.
m
yster iesof the JewishTem
pl e, them
an whowalked withG
od"and
teries. Theym
ake Librasym
bolical of their dayof judgm
ent, when
m
an. TheCabalist ical AdamKadm
on, theEnochof Judaism
, be
com
es theEm
manuel of thenewdispensati on. Jesusi sthesacri fice
requir edbythedivinejusticeof G
od's anger (?) f or theawful errors
inthe m
ost unsuspectedpart of thebody, viz., the tail.
them
ystickeyof thestarry heavensis turnedwith awisehand, the
which risesinthem
idst of t hegarden, canall be locatedand their
virtuesknown.
230
THELI G
HTO
FEG
YPT
THEG
RANDASTRO
LOG
ICALKEYO
F ALCHEM
ICAL SCIENCE.
CHAPTERV
ALCHEMY, THESTARSANDM
AN
Darkness, Sum
mer andW
inter; whichinthetechnical term
sof t he
scienceareterm
edthenorthernandthe southernsi gns. W
hent he
the21st. of M
arch, thesunappearstoenter thefi rst degree of Aries,
inthe southernhem
isphere. Onor about the21st. of Septem
ber , the
darkness. O
ur chi ef reasonfor drawingt hestudent' sattention tothis
perfectlyunm
eani ng, andstudentsareadvisedtopaynoattent ion
25th. of Decem
ber . Inthoset em
peratelatitudeswheresnowand ice
bowof prom
isein theheavens that G
odwill not ent irelydestr oythe
world withwater.
Fromt hetim
eof thewinter solsticethe daysincreaseinlength,
inthe northernhem
isphere; t hesluggish lifeforcesof m
atter begin
thenorthernhem
i sphere) of t hecosm
icl ifeforces. For atim
e, these
forces rem
ainstationary; thenreaction slowlysets in; thetr eesbegin
asthe LifeW
ave recedes.
If acom
pletecensusof thewholepopulationof the northern
hem
ispherecould betaken, andtheactual duration of life, of the
bor n fromDecem
ber toJune, andthosebornbetween Julyandt he
endof Novem
ber. W
eshouldfi ndthat thosewholive thelongest
wereborninM
arch. April and M
ay, that istosay, averygreat
m
ajori tywouldbe foundtohavetheir natal dayin thesem
onths.
W
hile onthecont rary, am
ajorityof the short-livedpopulationwould
befoundtobebornduringthem
onthsof August. Septem
ber and
O
ctober. Thisis onlytrueon general pr inciples, anddoesnot applyto
theindi\idual. Rem
em
ber this.
Alchemyisgenerallysupposed tom
eantheact of tr ansform
ing
thebasem
etal intogold, and assuch, i t hasfound m
oredevot eesfor
itual truthit m
i ght contain. But likeeverythingelseconnect edwith
theO
ccult, "none canobtain thegoodunlesshem
er itsit" and those
Thus, Saturnissym
bolizedby lead; Jupi ter bytin; M
arsbyir on; Sol
M
ars, ironG
oldMoon, silver
Thepr eciousm
etal, then, containsthepotenciesor principles of
contai nssom
eessential principlethat t healchem
ist requires inthe
but theym
ust be m
ixedintheir exact pr oportion, andthensubjected
Som
ei ndividuals are, fromtheir peculiar organizat ionandtempera
m
ent, endowedwit hthepower of generati ngandusingthem
agical
effect swithm
ore easeinthr eem
onthsof training, thanother s, less
m
agicallyconstit uted, could inalifeti m
e. Infact , thereis thesam
e
predispositionrequiredtom
akethesuccessful O
ccultist asthereis
especi allyinregardtoAlchem
y, whichmanyviewin thelight of m
ere
chem
ical form
ula for goldm
aking. Toill ustratethi s, let ust aketheart
known asm
usic; onepersonis bornwhopossessesa natural genius
for harm
ony, not onlyso, but healsohasthefine, sensitive touch
andm
echanical skill toproduceharm
ony; thislatter isequall yasim
portant astheform
er. Another isbornpossessinga natural lovefor
m
usic, but that i sall. Now, aslongas heliveshe will have agreat
lovef or m
usic, andbedelightedtolist entoit, but will never beable
toproducethem
usichim
self, becausehe istotally incapable of m
as
skillf ul m
usician. Probablyt hereader i sor hasbeenacquaint edwith
m
anysuchindividuals. It is thesam
ewithO
ccultism
. Theformer
am
idwayplanebetweenthetwoabovenot ed. It isf or thism
iddle
Thecelebratedal chem
ist, Par acelsus, speakingof t heastrological
Artem
i siathat gr owsinyour garden, and what isir onbut the planet
M
ars;" that isto say, Venus andArtem
isiaareboth productsof the
sam
eessence, whi leM
arsand ironarem
anifestationsof thesam
e
cause. "W
hat ist hehum
anbodybut aconstellation (m
icrocosm
) of
thesam
epowerst hat form
edt hestarsin thesky?Hewhoknows
M
arsknowsthequalitiesof i ron, andhe whoknows what ironi s,
knows theattributesof M
ars. W
hat would becom
eof your heart if
"vasa sperm
atica" (latent ast ral germ
sof subjectivelifeforms) if there
their m
aterial correspondences, tocontr ol, purify andtransm
utethem
bythe ever m
ovingpowersof theliving spirit, thi sistruealchem
y."
chem
ical science whenhecom
parestheaboveextract fromParacelsus
whois dom
inated bytheM
arti al elem
ent andknowsi t, andthen
devoteshiscom
mercial energi estother ealm
sof M
ars, bytrading
m
oney, tim
eandabilitiesin coal m
ining andtradinginlim
e, clay,
whodevotetheir tim
eandtheir m
oneyto studyingandexperim
ent
ingwiththem
ust yoldform
ul asof "Sandivogius," sofar asthetrueal
chem
y of Naturei sconcerned, becausetheyhaveobeyedthecom-
ALCHEMY, THESTARSANDM
AN235
m
ands of truesci enceuponthephysical plane. They areusing the
them
, tosuccessf ullyattract tothem
, t heir natural correspondences
(theoneim
plies theother), andsodoes thecovetedelixir whichre
Thesym
bolical di agramat the beginning of thischapter ex
O
xygen, andHydrogen; andlastly, thevariousquadr antsrepresent
therealm
sof elem
ental life, whichlive andm
oveandhavetheir
Astrol ogy.
236
THELI G
HTO
FEG
YPT
M
ANSASTRALO
RG
ANISM
ASTRO
- KABBALISTICALPLANISPHEREO
FTHESIG
NSAND
CO
NSTELLATIO
NSO
F THEZO
DIAC.
CHAPTERVI
THENATUREANDINFLUENCEO
FTHETW
ELVESIG
NS
Thepoet M
anilius, socelebratedinthe daysof AugustusCaesar,
"Nowconstellations, M
use, andsignsrehearse;
W
hose hindparts first appear , hebendinglies,
W
itht hreatening head, andcallstheTwinstorise;
Andnext theTwinswithanunsteadypace
AndfollowingVir gocalm
shis rageagain.
HimCentaur followswithanaim
ingeye,
W
ithAriesjoin, andm
akethe roundcom
plete."
sam
eapplication m
ust holdgoodinregar dtothecelestial obj ectsin
allow. Beforeatt em
ptingthis, however, it isperhapsnecessar yto
rem
ind thegeneral reader, that it iswell knownto studentsof O
c
veil of extrem
ely vagueallegorical sym
bols; becausethisknowledge
form
ed aportion of "thegreater m
ysteri es," andas such, was neces
theyobtained. Ti m
e, however, whichregulatesall t hings, very har
m
oniously, arrangesthesuppl yof spirit ual truthi nexact proportion
of truthspringingupuponthem
ental horizonof thewesternr ace.
Therecipientsof O
ccult knowledge, who havebeensolongwait ing
num
ber of seekers after truth.
workbyH.M
elvil le, entitled "Veritas. ARevelationof theM
ysteries.",
publishedinLondon, England.
bedesignatedas Sym
bolical, Kabbalistical, Intellectual, and Physical.
beconfoundedin thestudent' sm
ind. The Sym
bolical aspect appliesto
their purelym
yst ical signifi cance; and thevarious form
sand aspects
which theyassum
e intheingeniousim
agi nationsof our earlyances
"inthesky."
grand m
ysteriesof theJewish Tem
ple, thearcanescienceof thewise
KingSolom
on; and last but not least, theTheosophy of later Judaism
,
hum
ani ty, andhas referencet otheintel lectual cal ibreof the m
ind.
passional andm
at erial sideof hum
anity. It showsustheintel lectual
hum
an anim
al, as it were, and therefore, isonlyapplicableto those
ARIES ( T) THERAM
Ramal sosym
bolizesthespringandthecom
mencem
ent of aNew
over t herealm
sof winter and death. The sym
bol of theslainLam
b
thegr andm
anof thecosm
os. It istheacting, thinkingprinci plein
awolf , inthem
orningheshall devour t heprey, andat night divide
M
ars, andthesignAriesisunder thespecial andpeculiar control of
thisf ieryplanet . M
arsisthem
ost fier yof all theplanets, andAriesi s
nature of M
arsby com
biningt hewolf and theram
. " Thewolf in sheep's
signi stheam
ethyst, andthosebornwit hAriesrisinguponthe
of m
ediumheight, longface, andbushyeyebrows, r ather long neck,
am
biti ous, intrepid, anddespotic; thet em
per isfi eryandpassionate.
G
enerallyspeaking, thissign givesaveryquarrelsom
e, irritable, pug
andfevers. O
f pl ants, thissigngoverns broom
, hol ly, thistle, dock,
andpeppers. O
f stones, Aries rulesfirestone, brimstone, ochr eandall
com
mon redstones.
Itsgeniuswassym
bolizedas Aphrodite, whowasgenerallyrepr e
Bull. M
anym
ythol ogistshave beendeceivedbythis sym
bol, and
tended tosym
boli ze, because sherulest heconstell ationof theBull by
her sym
patheticf orces. Apis, thesacred Bull of theEgyptians, isan
bol of husbandry.
throat of thegrandoldm
anof theskies, hence, thissignis thesilent,
lym
phaticsystemof theorganism
. Taurus, ontheesotericplani
earthl yTaurim
>nature, astheassandt heoxareequallyrem
arkable
highest em
anation of theeart hlytrigon, andisthe constellat ionof the
planet Venus.
THENATUREANDINFLUENCEO
FTHETW
ELVESIG
NS241
germ
inatingpower sof silent thought and represents that which is
ablet ochooseandassim
ilate that which isgood. Theyareslowto
gourds, m
yrtle, f lax, larkspur, lilies, m
ossandspinach. O
f stones,
that areopaque.
G
EM
INI ( X) THE TW
INS
Thesi gnG
em
ini, initsSym
bolical aspect, sym
bolizesunity, and
m
ythof Castor andPolluxavengingther apeof Helen, isonly arepe
of Shechemfor theoutragecom
mittedupontheir sister Dinahbythe
sonof Ham
br.
of the grandm
an of theuniverse, andtherefore, expressesthe
projectingandexecutiveforcesof hum
anityinall m
echanical depart
m
ents. Upontheesotericplanisphere, thesignisoccupiedby Sim
eon
m
anner tothefearfullypotent powersof projection that lieconcealed
within them
agnet icconstitut ionof all thosewhoaredom
inatedby
thissign. Them
ystical sym
bol of thetwinsconceal sthedoctr ineof
soul-matesandot her im
portant truthsconnectedtherewith. The
m
ystical gemof t hissignis theberyl, whichm
eans crystal, andcon
sequentlyform
st hetalism
ani cstonefor thoseborn under the in
m
ental stateof em
bodiedhum
anity. They arevolatil e, free, philosoph
force whichim
pel sthemheadl ongintothem
ost giganticenterprises.
sangui necom
plexi on, darkhai r, hazel or greyeyes, sharpsight anda
vervai nandyarrow.O
f stones, G
em
ini governsthegarnet andall
stripedstones.
tom
oveforward, iscom
pelled towalkbackwards; whichillustr ates
thesun'sapparent m
otion, wheninthis sign, where it com
mencesto
m
ovebackwardstowardtheequator again. It alsorepresentsthe
bol of thecraboccupyingaprom
inent positionupon thebreast of the
grand m
anof the starryheavens, andtherefore, representsthe
cates them
agneti ccontrol of thisconst ellationover thespir itual,
inated bythisnaturetoreceiveandassim
ilatethe inspirational cur
tionof thegrand m
an. Thesi gnCancer, upontheesotericplanisphere,
m
anfor all nativesof Cancer , whichis thehighest em
anation of the
reflection.
com
plexion, brown hair andsmall, pensivegreyeyes; dispositi onef
fem
inate, tim
idandthoughtful; tem
per mild; conver sationagreeable
andpl easant. O
f plants, this signrules cucum
bers, squashes, m
elons,
Thesi gnLeosym
bolizesstrength, courageandfire. Thehottest
earth bythem
oistureof Isis.
m
an, andrepresentsthelife center of t hefluidic circulatory systemof
hum
ani ty. It isalsothefire vortexof physical li fe. Hence, thoseborn
em
anat ionof the fierytripli city, andi stheconst ellationof thesun.
heart. Thosedom
i natedbyits influxare generouseventoexcesswith
peculi ar gradeof m
agneticforcewhichenablesthemtoarouse into
ceedinglyfinespecim
enof Leonineoratoryisgiven inG
enesis, 44th.
ch. Thissim
ple, eloquent appeal of JudahtoJoseph, probably, stands
andgr andplans.
thissignrulesanise, cam
om
i le, cowslip, daffodil, dill, eglantine, eye-
garden m
int, m
ist letoe, parsl eyandpim
pernel. O
f stones, Leo gov
ochre.
VTBG
O( TT#) THE VIRG
IN
Thesi gnVirgosym
bolizeschastity, and form
sthecentral idea of
agreat num
ber of m
yths. The Sun-G
odis alwaysborn at m
idnight,
prim
it iveideaof theSonof G
od, being bornof aVirgin. W
hen the
Virgo issym
bolizedasthegl eaningm
aid withtwoearsof wheat in
her hand.
grand archetypal m
an, andtherefore, representsthe assim
ilati ngand
THENATUREANDINFLUENCEO
FTHETW
ELVESIG
NS245
ishighlyim
portant, sincetheintestinescom
prise averyvital section
thissym
bol. It alsoreveals tousthesignificance of thesacram
ent of
theLord'sSupper . Them
ystical gemof Virgoisthe jasper, a stone
possessingveryi m
portant vir tues. It shouldbewor nbyall natives
contentm
ent. Thesedesirable qualities, com
binedwiththem
ent al
penetr ationof M
ercury, which thissign contains, all conduce tom
ake
neat andcom
pact, darksangui necom
plexi on, anddar khair; disposi
per, but m
oreexcitablethan Taurineper sons. Asor ators, Virgopersons
rules endive, m
il let, privet, succory, wood-bine, skullcap, valerain,
Thisconstellation, initsSym
bolical aspect, typif iesjustice. M
ost
asaf em
ale, blind-folded, holdinginher handapair of scales. This
when, asthepoet M
aniliussays:
unificationof thecosm
icfor cesasthe grandcentr al point of equilib
tains them
ystery of thedivi neat-one-ment of the ancient ini tiations.
Itsm
ystical gemisthediam
ond. Asam
agnetictali sm
an, this stone
anced m
ental and m
agneticorganism
, are seldomelevatedintovery
prom
inent positions. Thisis becausetheyaretooeven, bothmentally
andphysically, t obecom
ethe popular leadersof anyradical or sen
golden m
ean, or, asit hasbeenterm
ed, "thehappy m
edium
." Hence,
theygenerallycom
mandrespect fromboth sidesonquestionsof
debate.
THENATUREANDINFLUENCEO
FTHETW
ELVESIG
NS247
am
iabl e, high-m
indedandgood. It isper hapsaswel l tonotet he
fem
ales, veryhandsom
efeatur es. O
f plants, thissi gnruleswatercress,
thym
e andpansy. O
f stones, Libragovernswhitem
ar ble, spar and
all whitequartz.
SCO
RPI O( Tit ) THESCO
RPIO
N
tem
pti ngEve. Hence, theso-calledfall of m
anfromLibra, the point
of equilibrium
, t odegradationanddeath bythedeceit of Scor pio.
Nowonder thepri m
itivem
ind, whenelaboratingthis sym
bol, tr ied
ancient races,
thegr andm
an, andconsequent ly, representsthesexual or pro- creative
systemof hum
anit y. It isthe em
blemof generation andlife; t here
claim
ed, "atroop com
eth." (seeverses10and11) Scorpio, uponthees
"G
ad, atroopshall overcom
e him
, but, heshall overcom
eat thelast;" in
tim
ati ngthefall of m
anfromastateof innocence andpurity, through
them
ultitudeof sensual deli ghts, andhisfinal vi ctoryover the
realm
s of m
atter asaspiriual entity. Thissignrepresentsthephysical
arym
i ndsareever busywith som
enewconception, andtheir br ains
areli terallycram
medfull of inventive im
ageries. Theypossesskeen
theyexcel asm
edical practit ioners, chem
istsandsurgeons. In the
variousdepartm
entsof thesurgical art, nativesof thissign possessno
equal. Inadditiontothism
echanical ability, they areendowedwith
pulent body, m
edi umstature, darkor ruddycom
plexi on, darkhair,
featur esoftenresem
blingthe eagle; dispositionactive, resentful, proud,
worm
wood. O
f stones, lodestone, bloodstoneandverm
illion.
SAG
nTARIUS( /?) THEARCHER
Thisconstellation, initsSym
bolical aspect, representsadual na
autum
nal sports, thechase, etc. TheCentaur wasal soasym
bol of
m
ystical gemof t hisinfluxi sthecarbuncle, which isatalism
anof
power of them
ind; hence, thi sinfluence indicates theexternal powers
of comm
and, disci plineandobedience, to theruling authority of m
a
andrecreations; hastytem
per ed, jovial, freeandbenevolent. O
f
lows. O
f stones, Sagittarius governsthe turquois, andall the stones
m
ixed withredandgreen.
CAPRICO
RN( VS) THEG
OAT
Johni nhism
ysti cal Apocalypse. TheRedeem
er of m
ankind, or Sun
G
od, i salwaysbornat m
idnight directly Sol enters thissign, which
inthe m
anger of thegoat, in order that hem
ayconquer therem
ain
grand m
acrocosmandrepresent sthefirst principle inthetrinityof
locom
otion, viz., thejoints; bending, pliableand m
ovable. It isthe
em
blemof m
aterial servitude andassuch isworthy of notice. Capri-
250THELIG
HTO
F EG
YPT
nificant of theearthly, m
ountainousnat ure, andar efondof high
sations." Them
ystical gemof thisconst ellationis theonyx, som
e
tim
es called"chalcedony." Capricornis thelowest em
anationof the
andthosedom
inat edbyitsinfluxareamongthever ylowest in the
purely schem
ingmentality; theintellect ual nature isdirected purely
tothe attainm
ent of selfish ends; thepenetrating power of them
indis
theref rominthe im
mediatefuture. It is averyundesirableinfluence.
tim
e, nativesof Saturnareoftenm
iserl y. O
f plant s, thissignrules
hem
lock, henbane, deadlynightshadeand blackpoppy. O
f stones,
AQ
UARIUS(^r) THE W
ATER-BEARER
Thissignsym
boli zesjudgm
ent . Thisconstellationf orm
sthest arry
original of theurnof M
inos, fromwhich flowwrath andcondemna
thepr im
itiveChr istians, and theelabor atestonef ontsof the later
archet ypal m
an, andtherefore, represent sthelocomotivefunct ionsof
thehum
anorganism
. It isthe natural emblemof the changeable,
m
ovabl eandm
igratoryforces of thebody. TheW
ater -bearer, upon
dedicatedworks. Them
ystical gemof thi ssignist heskyblue sapphire
andconsequently, thetruthof m
aterial phenom
ena. Thosedom
i
plum
p, well-set androbust; good, clear, sanguinecom
plexion; sandy
gant, am
iable, goodnatured, wittyandveryartisti c; fondof refined
societ y. O
f plant s, thissign rulesspikenard, frankincenseandm
yrrh.
O
f stones, Aquari usgovernsblackpearl andobsidian.
Thissignsym
boli zestheflood; chiefly because, whenSol passes
throughthissign therainyseasoncom
mences; clear ingawaythe
thetwelvesigns.
W
ithAriesjoin, andm
akethe roundcom
plete."
cosm
ic m
an; andt herefore, representsthebasisor foundation of all
252THELIG
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YPT
thenatural em
blemof patient servitude andobedience. Thissi gn,
dom
inatingfireof Aries, and term
inatingwithits polar opposite,
water, thesym
bol of universal equilibri um
. Them
ystical gemof
em
anat ionof the waterytrigon, andist heconstell ationof Neptune.
friends. O
f plant s, thissign rulesall seaweeds, alsoferns andm
osses
that growinwater. O
f stones, it governscoral, rock, pum
ice and
gravel or sand.
THEO
CCULTAPPLICATIO
NOFTHE TW
ELVESIGNS
theday. Sim
ilarl y, prim
arymoltenfire wasthebeginning, or first
of the m
eaningandsignificanceof actionasdisplayedinthe trinity,
m
ation of thetwo; that point whichisneither the onenor the other;
sym
bol of frigidness, hardeni ng, crystal lization, death. It is con
theref rom
. Esoter ically, the earthytrigondenotes thecom
prehension
inthr eem
ystical term
s; Taur us( &), servitudeor spirit of patient
anddead.
elem
ent, air; the great m
ediumof m
otion. Itsesotericsignifi canceis
com
pri sedinthe arcanaof theonetrue science. Af ter first havinga
attainsuntothe adjustm
ent andequilibr iumor balance(===Li bra) of
andwisdom
; thus realizingonlytheripplingwaves (£?Aquari us) of
astwo m
odesof oneandthesam
eeternal m
otion, theonelife of the
univer se.
TheW
ateryTripli city, sym
bol ical of the south, is theexact op
about chem
ical changesandaf finitiesas especially seeninfl uids; and
asso perfectlysym
bolizedin that great distinguishingfeatur eof
generationandregeneration, leadsthei m
mortal soul totheterm
ination
itsm
i ssinghalf or Pisces( ^ ), which issym
bolized, uponthecelestial
arcof m
atter, thesoul enter soncem
ore uponthespiritual pathof
m
ystical significationof AdamKadm
on, t hearchetypal m
anof t he
varied em
otions; Virgo(nj) t hebowels, thenavel or m
aternal, the
com
passionateand form
ulative qualities; Libra(===) theloins or physi-
THENATUREANDINFLUENCEO
FTHETW
ELVESIG
NS255
m
igrat oryinstincts; Capricor n(Vc?) the knees, tokensof hum
blesub
m
issiontothehi gher powers; Aquarius( ^r) thelegsandanklesor
active powersof m
ovem
ent and locom
otion; andlastl y, Pisces( ^)
hum
an tem
plefall totheground. Thuswe beginwith fireandt er
m
inate withwater . Theseconstitutethe twopolesof thehum
an
m
agnet .
NO
TE: Toobtaint hecelestial applicationof theabove, thepointsm
ust bereversed;
north becom
essouth; east becom
eswest, andsoon.
256
THELI G
HTO
FEG
YPT
M
ANSPLANETARYO
RGANISM
THEUNIO
NOFTHE SO
ULANDSTARS.
CHAPTERVII
THENATUREANDINFLUENCEO
FTHEPLANETS
Asat present m
anifested, he hasfivephysical sensesasstatedinSec
Venus, andM
ercur y, represent andexpressthefive physical senses. It
great m
anystudentsof them
ystical sciencefall intoserious error
It m
ust alsobeborneinm
ind, that; whenconsideri ngtheactual
tainoneor m
ore planetswill bethedominant forceswithinthecon
stitut ion; m
ental , physical, or both; accordingto theplaneoccupied
avery difficult m
atter with m
ost students. It can onlybegaugedand
m
an. Thereare, however, m
any degreesof perfection; andther eader,
258THELIG
HTO
F EG
YPT
aswel l asthewriter, m
ust f eel thankful for thedegreewhich hem
ay
THESUNO
Thesym
bolical aspect of the gloriousor bof day, undoubtedly,
races of m
ankind. Everything inNature dependsabsolutelyupon
thesolar orb.
It is utterlyim
possible, in thebrief spaceat our com
mand, t ogive
event herem
otest conception of theinnum
erableramifications con
nected withthevariousm
ythologieswhichtypifythesun. W
ewill,
Chaldea, andO
rm
azdof Persia, arem
erel ydifferent personifications
of the sun.
servat oryof Life, Light and Love. Upon theesoteri cplanisphere, the
Sunbecom
esthegreat archangel M
ichael, whodefeat sSatanand
tram
pl esuponthe headof the serpent of m
atter; andthencefor ward,
controllingforcesof thecosm
os, asthe forcesof thesunare electric.
m
eridi an; or, in other words, duringthe increaseof thediurnal sun
theselfishsenti m
entsandlower groupof them
oral qualities; thefor-
THENATUREANDINFLUENCEO
FTHESTARS259
m
er, r epresented byfirm
ness andself esteem
; andt helatter, byhope
yet m
agnanim
ousandnoble. Hatingall m
ean, pettyandsordidac
isone of vital i m
portance; f or onthis, inam
ale natus, hangsthevital
W
hent hesunisafflictedat birth, his influenceuponthenat ive
thelum
inariesbe well aspect edandfavorablysituatedinthe celestial
figure. W
henthe sunandm
oon areafflictedat birt h, dependuponit,
fering areborn."
will suffer m
uch inhealth, andbecorrespondingly unfortunate. If
afflictedbyM
ars, thenative will becr uel, rashandquarrelsom
e. Such
aone will havel ittlerespect for thef eelingsof others; unl essJupiter
andlovesm
agnifi cence. If evillyaspect edandill dignified; thenthe
native ism
ean, proudandtyr annical to thoseunder hisauthor ity, but
oughly unfeeling.
THEM
OON)
Thesym
bolical aspect of Luna, likethat of theSun, cannot be
veneratedandwor shipedastheuniversal m
other; thefem
inine fructi
brews, them
oonwascalledAsh-nemor Shenim
, thestateof slum
ber
andchange. W
ithout acom
plet eknowledge of astrological science,
m
ental principles of O
ccultism
. Thesecr et of thet ides; themysteries
every departm
ent of Nature; arediscover ableonlybyacom
prehen
thesublim
eattai nm
ent of the sages, "who," saysBulwer Lytton, "first
of the G
reeks; andothers, ar eall, the m
oon.
cation; theem
blemof theAni m
aMundi. Upontheesotericplani
sphere, Lunabecom
estransfor m
edintotheAngel G
abriel. Upon the
soul i ntothesublim
emysteri esof thespirit. The M
oon, also, repre
sents them
oulding, form
ative attributes of theast ral light. She, also,
stands astherepresentative of m
atter. Hence, inher dual character,
shereceivesand transm
itsto ustheint ensifiedinfluenceof thosestars
logical m
ediumof theskies.
THENATUREANDINFLUENCEO
FTHESTARS261
form
s of thedom
esticqualiti es, andthe lower groupof intell ectual
nature, subm
issiveandveryi noffensive. M
agnetical ly, their odylic
sphere ispurely m
edium
istic; hence, theybecom
einactiveand dream
y.
G
enerally, Lunanativesm
aybesaidtoberather indifferent characters,
Theyaregivento roam
ingabout, or constantlym
ovi ngtheir residence
fromoneplaceto another.
positi ontothesunandm
ajor planets. I f them
oon bedignifiedat birth;
sherendersthenativem
orer efined, engaging, and courteous, thanhe
abilit ies. O
nthe contrary, shouldthemoonbeill dignifiedor
ultim
ateinsanity. Verygreat considerat ionisnecessaryupon these
m
entioned; theM
oon, whenrising, usuall yproduces am
edium
-si zed
THEPLANETM
ERCURYg
Inits sym
bolical aspect, the planet M
er curywasm
ost prom
inent
as"them
essenger of thegods." Athousandm
ythshavebeen
tions of theearl yG
reeks, thespirit of M
ercurywasever ont healert
tom
anifest itspowers. Hisactionsthoughsom
etim
esm
ischievous,
m
ercur ial m
ind; hence, wings wereplaced uponhisheadandfeet.
262THELIG
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F EG
YPT
celest ial m
an. It istheacti vepower of self-consciousnesswithinhu
m
anity, andtheabilitytosee, perceive andreason. Uponthe esoteric
planisphere, M
ercurybecom
es transform
ed intotheangelicRaphael,
thegeniusof wisdomandart. W
esee, therefore, that theesot eric
anim
al planesto thoseof the hum
an.
toan alm
ost invi siblestar; theleast andm
ost insignificant of all primary
planet s; thegovernm
ent of m
an'sintellectual natur e. Anyfanciful
application.
Thequalitiesof M
ercurym
ay bewell expressedbyt heAm
erican
restlessenergy, com
mercial enterprise, andschem
ingabilities, of the
typical Am
erican arewell expressedbyt hesingular influence of his
patron star.
qualit iesdenom
inatedpercept ive. Theor atorical powersareli kewise
inthe prom
otion of com
merce.
W
henstronglyplacedat birth, thepersonwill possessavivid im
agina
tionandretentivem
em
ory; andalsobenotedfor m
ental capaci tyand
afflictedbyM
ars; hewill pr oducealiar andanunprincipled, shuffling
m
oral standards. If strongor well aspected, andbelowthehor izon,
heinclinesthenativetom
ystical andOccult studi es; but if abovethe
m
ay, t herefore, besafelysai dthat M
ercuryconfers theideal when
M
ercur ygivesamediumstatur e, strongbut slender fram
e, exceed
THEPLANETVENUS $
Inher m
ythological andsym
bolical aspect, theplanet Venus
LoveandW
isdom
. Thebright star of the m
orning, pr oudLucifer ,
of heavencancomparewiththebrillianceandglory of Venuswhen
prom
inent. Theancient G
reeks alsorepresentedher asAphrodit e,
transf orm
ation, andthe"conservationof forces." AsIsisrepr esents
theM
oonandVenusformthekabbalistic sym
bolsfor thetwom
odes
of m
ot ionwithin thesoul of theuniverse.
tions, possessal m
ost irresistibleattractiontothosebornunder her
thedom
esticqual ities, andalsotheideal, artisti c, andm
usi cal, senti
m
ents. Thosedom
i natedbyher influxexcel inm
usic, art, and poetry,
andbecom
enoted for their refinedaccomplishm
ents. But, at thesam
e
tim
e, theylackt ruem
oral power. Theyareguidedi m
pulsively by
their sentim
ents, passions, anddesires. Reasonis conspicuous byits
m
isled byflatter yandsentimental nonsenseisvery great, whenVenus
them
i ndof thenative; shei nducesast rongpredil ectionfor society,
andinclinestodancing, m
usi c, drawing, etc. Shealsoconfers agood
hum
ored, witty, kindandchar itabledisposition. M
endom
inated by
them
alenativewill oftenfi ndhim
self inawkward affairs; andis
cases woulddom
uchtowardscoolingand steadyingt henative's
character andinducingreflection. W
om
en bornwith Venusinthe
dispositionderivedfromVenusisthat of m
ildness andgenuine good
strong anim
al nat ure, thanconstitutional wickednessor adesi retodo
m
ediumstature, of fair clear com
plexion, bright sparklingwicked
eyes, handsom
efeaturesandbeautiful form
.
THENATUREANDINFLUENCEO
FTHESTARS265
THEPLANETM
ARS$
beent hem
ost sincerelyworshiped, of al l thegods, byour nor thern
blacksm
ith, whof orgedthethunderbolts of Jove. Thisindicatesthe
ruleof M
arsover iron, steel , fire, and edgedtool s.
thegr andm
an, andtherefore, represents thesense of tastein the
hum
an constitution. W
ehavea direct ref erencetot heexpressi onof
these m
artial for cesinrefer encetothe physical sensationsi ntheNew
angel Sam
ael (Zamael), wherei nareshown thehighest attributesof
assim
i lation.
Astrol ogicallyconsidered, M
arstypifies andem
bodi es, inhis astral
m
aybe foundint hehistoryof G
reat Bri tain. Englandisruled by
aM
ars m
an. Nobetter subject for study canbefoundtoillust rate
M
ars, thanJohnBull. Heisalwaysfight ingsom
eone, andhis past
influx arem
echanical inthe highest degree; andpossessanuncon
wayengagedintheproduction of ironandsteel. Al l M
artial men
266THELIG
HTO
F EG
YPT
prefer som
ebusinesswheresharpinstruments, iron or fireare used,
m
anly, appearance. If located inthesecondangle, it causest henative
tobecom
eim
provi dent andto spendm
oney thoughtlessly. Sucha
wecomparethenativeof M
ars withthat of Saturn, wefindthemas
andtheform
er li kearaging fever. Nomatter whoor what they m
ay
of goodcom
pany. Thegeneral description of atrue M
arsm
anis
som
ewhat asfollows; m
ediumheight, strong, well m
adebody, ruddy
com
plexion, piercingeyes, squareset jaw,bolddet erm
inedlook, and
quick, quarrelsometem
per. Thecolor of thehair is variable, but it
hasgenerallyaf ierytinge.
THEPLANETJUPITERU
Under itssym
boli cal aspect, wefindJupiter univer sallyrecognized
am
ong theancient G
reeksasJove, thecelestial fat her of all. Under
therem
oter Aryan sym
bolism
, wefindit represented asthe"Al l father
them
odernEnglishThursday, thedayover whichthe planet was
supposedtorule.
within thegrand m
an. It ther efore, repr esentsthe power of scent
or sm
ell withint hebodyof hum
anity. It isthesensebym
eans of
transf orm
edinto thecelestial Zachariel or Zadkiel , andthus repre
sents theim
parti al spirit of disinterestedness. In thiscapacity, it
adjust m
ent of equilibriumby thewithdrawal of dist urbingforces. As
sym
bol ical of the attributes of ethereal absorption, wearefr equently
rem
indedof this planet bytheKabbalist ical writer s, of thebooksof
M
oses, whointim
atethat "asweet sm
elli ngsavor" wasacceptableto
next t oSaturnthem
ost potent planet in our solar system
. He signifies
pudent forwardnessof M
ars. Thegenuine sonof Jupi ter fillst he
atm
ospherearound himwithgenial warm
th. Hissoul isbrim
ming
of others' schem
esandduplicity. Thisplanet'snat uresuggest sitself,
whenwesaythat, hetakeseverym
anto behonest until heis proven
nature, thehum
anitarianqual ities, and istheauthor of all nobleand
royal inthisplanet'sinfluence, am
ixt ureof the father, pat riarch, and
king. Suchnativesdom
uchto redeemm
ankindfromt heir general
people. W
henthey err, it is alwaysont hesideof m
ercy.
sam
et im
ekindandsym
patheti c. If well dignified, hem
akesthe
untoveryim
portant andresponsibleposi tions, whichtheyfill with
268THELIG
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F EG
YPT
dignit ytothem
selves, andhonor tothosewhoprom
otethem
. This
m
onial felicity; inthellth. house, fai thful andpowerful fri ends; inthe
externallysim
ulatesthem
, but at heart, heisashallow,schem
inghypo
TheJupiter m
ani sgenerally atall, wel l m
ade, rat her fleshy, generous
THEPLANETSATURN>?
O
ldFather Tim
e, withhisskeleton-like formanddeathlyscythe,
m
anyf orm
sassum
edbySaturn inhissym
bolical aspect. W
iththe
ancient G
reekshe wasknownasKronos, holdingthe cycleof neces
m
eans seven. It i scom
posedof Ash-sheb, whichm
eansthestar of
hearing. M
editati onisbut thelistening of them
indtotheinspirations
attent ionthanseem
stobepaidtoit by m
odernstudentsof occult
science.
saidt obethem
ost potent andm
alignant of all the planets. Thisis
THENATUREANDINFLUENCEO
FTHESTARS269
not so m
uchonaccount of the m
arkedcharacter of hisinfluence, as
theimperceptible, subtlem
anner, inwhi chhisinfl uxunderm
inesthe
M
arsandSaturncom
bined. M
ar scom
mitscrim
einapassionate
andunthinkingm
anner, andveryseldomi ndeedisguiltyof prem
edi
carefullybefore heattem
pts toput themintoexecution, andseldom
m
akes am
istake.
theselfishsenti m
ents, andt hewholeof thereflectivequalit ies. Those
dom
inatedbyhis influxarer etired, reserved, slowinspeech andaction.
Theyexcel inall O
ccult studies.
strengthenthem
entality, cool thepassi ons, andm
akethenati veselfish
exam
pl esof this position. Bothwerebor nwithSaturnintheM. C.
(m
idcusp) andbothattained toheights of fam
e, andthensuff ered
fromdisgrace, anddiedinexile. W
henSaturnisexactlyupon the
livet welvem
onths. If inthe ascendant, it m
akest hepersont im
id
andm
i serly, and generallypr oducesaweakcirculat ion. If in the7th.
house, thenative m
ayexpect am
iserable lifewhen hem
arries. W
hen
chiefl yuponthe m
ental plane. Thenativeof Saturn isathin, spare,
lanky person; sm
all, sharpeyesandblackhair; and inclinedt om
el
anchol y.
W
ehavenowcom
pl etedour descriptionsof theseven planetary
princi plesof O
ccult philosophy, andwil l nowaddanoutlineviewof
thetworem
aining orbs, UranusandNeptune; bothbelongtoahigher
octave.
THEPLANETURANUS J#
Uranus, them
ythological parent of Satur n, com
mencesthefirst
series of ahigher roundor cycleof cel estial infl uence. His natureis
that of M
ercuryuponam
orei nterior plane, andthat of M
arsand
Saturn com
bineduponthelower or physical plane. AsM
ercuryi sthe
upont hehigher or m
ental plane. Thisfact m
ust be carefullynoted.
W
henUranusisdi gnifiedand well aspect edat birth, hewill act asa
planet solelyas am
alefic.
befoundinther anksof O
ccult science andspiritualism
. The natives
conventionalities bywhichtheyfindthem
selvessur rounded, al ways
createstheactivehostility of thosewhoadm
iretheform
s, custom
s,
m
ies. Theyareal wayspersecutedbypopular opinion andthe
these circum
stances, Uranusalwaysbecomesadistur bingforce, am
id
andtheim
aginati ontoavery great extent. Thosedom
inatedby his
influx possessthem
ost extraordinaryabilitiesin special dir ections.
theyseldom
, if ever, becom
e appreciated. Theyare inventive,
powers, but m
uch giventoroam
ingover t hefaceof theearth; in
object of com
ment , andthose under hisi nfluencear eoddintheir
stronglyargum
ent ativeandopinionated. W
hat theysayistothepoint,
andassertedwith astartling am
ount of confidence. If well as-
style of Uranus. W
henevilly aspected, etc., thenhebecom
esmaleficin
m
ercial squalls, whichbring downtheri chtotheconditionof
afflictsthesignificator of m
arriagein thenatus, or islocated
theO
ccult, andhisinfluence never fail stoproducem
ystics.
THEPLANETNEPTUNEty
Thisplanet isthem
ost recentlydiscoveredof the prim
aryplanets,
astronom
y. But, i t isnot the last, ast hereareot hersstill m
orere
m
ote, whoseactionuponthemental andnervousconstitutionof m
an
verysm
all, except uponcertainorganisms; therefor e, wearenot
em
otional qualiti es. Thislove, however, ispurely platonic, andat
occur inastro-delineations.
lower m
eridian. At thesepoints, only, will theinf luxbestronglym
an
visibl em
anifestationhasbeensoloudly preachedandtheoreti cally
clam
or ousfor its general recognition. Thosedom
inatedbyits influx
thesi m
plearcadi anlifeof t hegoldenage. Theysi ghfor all things
incomm
on; consequently, they areconsideredbym
odernthinker sas
im
practical visionaries. The worldof Neptune'sinf luxisdeci dedly
Utopian.
books of rom
ance andanaversiontohard, dry, m
att er-of-fact science;
W
henl ocatedint he10th. house, thenat ivegeneral lyobtains som
e
m
oreor lessheavyinproport iontothe absenceof actual work. W
hen
THELOSTO
RB* )
Strangeasit m
ay seem
, it is, neverthel ess, afact , that ther eis
am
issingplanet. It hasbeen allegoricallyexpressedbyJesus asthe
prodigal son; by M
osesasAbel; andbyt heprophets of theScandinav
tial bodiessom
ewhere, viz. t heSunand nineplanet s. At present we
haveonlyninein all. W
here, then, ist helost one?Theexalt edadept
m
issingsoul withinthehum
an constituti on. Pushed out of the line
of m
ar chbydisturbingforces; thisorb becam
e, for atim
e, theprey
of disruptiveact ionandulti m
atelylost form
; and isnowam
assof
fragm
ents. Theri ngof planet oids, betweentheorbi tsof M
ars and
tim
e, them
issing soul will seekitsphysical m
ate invain, except in
rarecases. W
hen thisdayshall arrive, theUtopia of Neptune and
theM
i llenniumof St. Johnwill beginuponearth. Maythat time
speedi lyarrive.
latent ones. W
hen onebecom
es latent, another becomesactive. Re
m
em
ber thisoccul t fact. THEY CO
RRESPO
NDTOTHETEN
SEPHIRO
THO
FTHE KABBALAH.
274
THELI G
HTO
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YPT
first House
TheTenperam
enl
Zenith
Noon
Lower M
eridian
M
idnight
DIAG
RAMSHO
WINGTHETW
ELVEHOUSESO
FTHE HEAVENS
ANDTHEINFLUENCE O
FTHESTELLARINFLUX
REFLECTEDFRO
MEACHHO
USE.
CHAPTERVIII
THEPRACTICALAPPLICATIO
NOF THESCIENCE O
FTHESTARS
fore, wewill fir st present a brief outl ineof the scientific basis, sot o
Them
agneticpolarityof any givengeogr aphical poi nt onour
theearthisaccom
paniedbya correspondingchange intheelectric
andm
oreethereal vital currentsof the atm
osphere. Bothof these
varyingconditionsarecaused, prim
arily, bythedi urnal m
otionof the
positi onsof the earthinher annual orbit about theSun. The prim
ary
basis, thediurnal m
otionof theplanet, claim
sour attention first. W
e
Thereal m
otions of theearth aretheonlym
otions that haveany
These m
otionsdet erm
inethel engthof theday, m
easureout to usthe
m
anifest influenceupontheorganismof m
an.
Asour m
other ear threvolves uponher axis, thewholeof the
towest, areexactlythesam
e asif the earthwast hestationarycenter
THELI G
HTO
FEG
YPT
incomm
onwithei ther noonor sunrise. Then, again, wehavethe
m
idnight stateof theearthandtheatm
osphere, in whichthecondi
m
easur ethisgradual angular change, the ancient astrologersdivided
m
ansions, asthey term
edthem, andtheoppositeor invisiblearc
intot hesam
enumber, m
aking twelveinall, designatedasthe
followout thesam
eprinciples, because, beingfoundeduponthe
istakenintoconsideration.
m
easur edbydegreesof right ascension, or tim
e, insteadof celestial
m
ythol ogy.
sm
aller circlewill represent theearth, thelarger onetheheaven
These arenom
ere fanciful ideas, but theyareexternal sym
bol s
hasbeenm
anifest eduponthe earth, and thousandsof hum
an
differ ingm
oreor lesswidely fromeach other, accordingtothe
influencedom
inant at theexact m
om
ent of m
ortal bi rth. It is
sim
ilar; theperpendicular li neopposite thezenith isthelower
m
eridi anwherethesunissit uatedat m
i dnight; then, still m
oving
andm
oon, arethe polar oppositesof eachother, andsoarethe
inamost philosophical m
anner, for the wonderful diversityin hum
an
exactl ythesam
e positionof theheavens. For instance; supposeone
sam
eprecisem
om
ent of tim
e, thedifferenceinthe latitudeandlongi
Thereader hasonlytobear i nm
indthat , it issunrise, noon, sunset,
andm
i dnight, everym
om
ent; at som
epoint ontheearth; inorder
arebornat thesam
emom
ent of tim
eindifferent partsof the world.
Thesecondarycauseswhichregulateand m
odifythe astral and
given. W
henour earthissosituatedas toappear t oanobserver in
thesuntobem
ovingthrough Cancer; the sunappear s, tothei n
consequently, im
pregnatedwit hthem
agneticqualiti esof Capri corn;
withwhichit per m
eatestheearth. Hence, whenwespeakof the
astronom
ical appearance, wemeanexactly what wesay. Further,
m
agnet iceffects; that som
et im
es, thewholegoodor evil infl uxof
agivenplanet is com
pletely polarizedbythem
; and, alm
ost al ways,
native'shoroscope.
W
ithout these, nothingreliablecanbescientifical lydeterm
ined. And
im
port ant fact, viz.: that, not asingle individual canbefound, who
thefundam
ental principlesof thescienceheisdef am
ing. M
any
of ClaudiusPtolem
ywastheonlyfoundat ionuponwhichtheancient
theancientswas buriedam
id theruins. W
eneedscarcelyaddt hat,
suchsuperficial m
indsarein sadneedof alittle truelight. Theob
form
ul atedtheir wonderful scienceof thestars. Theeclipses of the
SunandM
oon, the conjunctionsof thepl anets, and theexact l ength
of Abr aham
. Inreality, it m
akeslittle difference toastrology; whether
theearthm
ovesabout theSun or theSun m
ovesabout theearth;
upont hem
aterial plane. W
ewouldpoint out toall would-beheio-
280THELIG
HTO
F EG
YPT
systemrestsupon am
erequestionof ter m
s; andis asm
uchan appear
solar system
, are sosm
all andinsignifi cant com
par edwiththe in
rem
oval, theillusionisintensified. W
hat arethe signsof theZodiac
nothingm
orenor lessthanangular distancesinthe heavens, which
m
arkoff theincr easeanddecreaseof thesolar inf lux, upont henorthern
andsouthernhem
i sphereof theearth. Surelythen, thesystemwhich
includethewhole, em
bracing am
apof theheavens. Awaythen
m
uchof realities; wheninverytruth, i t isem
bracingnothing, but
Thevariousm
athem
atical details, which constitute theexternal
fromt henum
erous bookspubli shedupont hesubject. Toguidet he
byJamesW
ilson, and"TheText Bookof Astrology," vol. I, by A. J.
Pearce, aream
ong theveryfi nest works.
O
ur advicetoany onecom
mencingtheser iousstudy of The
thirdl y, m
akeyourself fam
ili ar withthe variousaspects, char acters,
im
post er. It ist heselatter charlatans who, bytheir unprinci pled
m
ethodsandvillainy, havecausedtheverynam
eof astrologyt o
becom
e thesynonymof superst itionandf raudinthe eyesof ni ne
thewisem
enof Chaldeacom
munedwiththebeautiful constellat ions
lives. Thesam
ebookof Natur eisopennow,asthen; but, only the
THESOULANDTHE STARS
Theycom
eandtheygo,
M
ouldi ngthepowersof our weal or our woe.
Nodiscordsnor j ars
Thesoul seem
sto claimthese jewelson high,
But sorrowandpain
Howof t havewedream
ed, when gazingabove,
W
henf reedfromearth'sload,
W
ould findinthe starsitspeaceful abode.
W
here Saturnnor M
ars
CO
NCLUSIO
N
THEM
YSTICALCHAI N;O
R,THEUNIO
NOFTHE SO
ULANDTHESTARS
tween m
anandhis divinesour ce; alsobetweenm
anandthem
yri ad
incom
prehensible, apart fromthesoul. Man, them
icrocosm
, is, in
him
sel f, am
iniat ureuniverse; com
posed of infinite atom
s; whi chare
based uponacom
prehensionof thesehigher relations, whichar eself
congruousandunr elated. W
ith such, all effortsat enlightenm
ent are
W
ehave, therefor e, toregard m
aninasom
ewhat dif ferent light
planes of G
od'suniverse. M
an, broadlyspeaking, is aduplexmirror,
fromhisbodyto theplanesbelowhum
ani ty; 2nd., t hefiner et hereal
m
anto them
ineral, form
ingasit werea lower octaveof exist ence;
THEUNIO
NOFTHE SO
ULANDTHE STARS283
m
anity; insofar asconcerns therealm
s theyinhabit; andthe m
ore
angels m
entioned intheRitual of divine m
agic. Planetaryangelsdo
im
agine; but int heseriesof sevenspheresbetween theplanet sand
ferior tom
an; bothinspirit ual quality, soul power, andpenetrative
penduponthem
or epositivespirit of hum
anity(whi chaloneis
havet hem
ost penetrativefor ce, next to m
an; andare, consequently,
scale becom
eslesspotent (m
aterially); m
oreethereal andrefi ned;
world.
m
undanelife; countlessbeaut iful worlds areopent otheinspectionof
thespiritual sight. W
ewill brieflyrecount what weourselves have
m
ineral, inwhich thelifeat om
sarelat ent, soto say. Therocksand
thesubjectivespacesof the m
ineral wor ld. Thebusyraceswit hin
scinti llatingm
onadknowsnot hingof the greater worldsabove. To
284THELIG
HTO
F EG
YPT
it the m
ineral wavesarethe alphaandom
egaof its ideas. The third
theli ttlecreaturesbecom
e. W
henweascendtothe fourthdegr eeof
elem
ental sprites arebeyond languageto describe. Eachvortex or
andthebright fairiesof the floral wor ld, sport l ikebutterf lies, inthe
lum
inousether of their round. Thefifth degreepassesbefore usas
theanim
al kingdom
. Thesixth degreeof lifeexpressesitself asthe
sem
i-hum
anround, theexternal correspondenceof whichm
aybe seen
inthe apefam
ily. Thisrealmof sub-m
undanelifecontainsthe astral
m
agici ans(after thehum
anpr inciplehas vacatedthem
) for occult
purposes. Theybecom
ethetrainedelem
entalsof m
agical science.
ter's m
indtheywill personat eanything; fromanangel of light toa
goblin dam
ned. Thesixthdegr eeisawor ldinwhich thesoul begins
strugglingm
onad gatherstogether theresultsof past sub-m
undane
it m
ay com
mencet oassum
ethe hum
anform. Theseventhdegreeof
lifei stheem
bryonichum
anr ound; aspi ritual zone or soul world,
wherei nexiststhem
ultitudes of preparedsoulsawaitingthecondi
intoobjectivem
aterial condi tions; fromwhich, it em
ergesto thesur
them
an, m
aybedesignatedas aduplexmirror; refl ectingstel lar and
m
ental existence (correspondi ngtosub-mundanelife); term
edcosm
ic
elem
entals; belongingtothe four occult elem
entsof Fire, Ear th, Air,
andW
ater; 2nd., totheastro-m
agneticzonesof the planet (corres-
THEUNIO
NOFTHE SO
ULANDTHE STARS285
pondingtothesuper-m
undane realm
s), term
edm
agnet icelem
entals.
Them
agneticelementalsarei ntelligent spiritsknownbyvarious
nam
es; suchasfairies, fauns, elves, nym
phs, etc. O
neveryimportant
distinctionm
ust benoticedhere; betweensub-m
undaneandsuper
m
undanerealm
son theonehand; andcosmicelem
entalsandm
ag
netic elem
entals ontheother hand; viz. , that the twoform
er arevari
ousdegreesof hum
ansoul lif e; hencepossessthegerm
sof im
mor
fromhim
; but fromthelatent forceswit hintheplanet, of eachorb,
W
ehavenowreachedam
ost important linkinour m
ystical chai n,
viz.: sinceem
bodiedm
anist hehighest formof m
anifestedexi stence
form
s of existence, wehavebeendescribing. Thehum
anorganism
realm
s, stellar andpsychic, im
pinge; andisthem
aterial link, uniting
andthesacredadytumof the m
ysteries.
influx, astransmittedtom
an fromour solar system; for, when we
com
prehendthat portionof them
ystical chain, then wecanfor msom
e
of the m
ystical chain; (there arem
oret hansevenplanetsint hesolar
grees arecom
plet ed. Eachorb producesi nnum
erable typesof fauna
nating one. Hence it follows, that our earthcontai ns, inaddi tionto
itsowndom
inatingdegreeof life, thel atent forcesof thevarious
M
ercur y, etc., ar eherewith us; just as m
uchastheyareint hefar
fluenceuponm
an; for m
an, as beforestated, isthe highest typeof
lifeupontheglobe; andbecom
esthegreat radiator of thedif ferent
them
; for eachgr adeof planetaryinflux rendersserviceandprotection
tothe correspondinggradeof m
en. Thus; M
arstothem
artial natures,
classesof anim
al s, plants, herbs, trees, m
inerals, preciousstones, etc.
sents him
self to thevisionof theseer. Am
ost wonderousand dazzling
hum
an formdivine. Let usexam
inem
oreclosely. Fir st, weobserve,
baseof hislum
inousbrain; i ssueliving stream
sof vitalizing force;
com
er efractedintotheseven raysof thespectrum
. Theserays of
organi sm
s, andgr avitatesto itsownpar ticular level intheprism
atic
m
an. Wealsoobserve; that theselum
inousoceansgr aduallyassum
e
THEUNIO
NOFTHE SO
ULANDTHE STARS287
itsverycenter; andthenexpandsitself , m
ist-like, withintheplanet's
atm
osphere; where aprism
atic reflection iscast ar oundtheearth;
inare form
edthe astral zonesof them
agneticelementals, of planetary
m
ystic linksint hechainof life; which bindsthe organismof m
an
spinal colum
nand thebaseof thebrain; asherefl ectstheastral in
danebeings.
W
efir st observe, that, theodylicspher eof m
an; whichform
s
portiontoberadiatedtothe sub-m
undaneplanes; t hen, thehi gher
andm
oreethereal principles undergoachangeof polarity; and are
thephenom
enaas it passesin reviewbef oreour spi ritual sight.
W
eper ceivethat, fromthem
i llionsof earth'sinhabitantsthere
atm
osphere). All of theseluminousoceansof etherealizedlight seek
them
athem
atical exactitudeof thesolar spectrum
. W
ealsonot ice
288THELIG
HTO
F EG
YPT
m
otion isonlyan appearance, causedby theearthmovingforward;
theoccupant tobem
oving. But, inflowingbackward, theseoceans
gradualllyascend, assum
ingt hespiral f orm
; thefi rst roundbeing
about thesam
eci rcum
ference astheeart h'sannual orbit about the
O
range, the3rd. Yellow,the 4th. G
reen, the5th. Blue, the6t h. Indigo,
sim
ilar tothebr ight ringsr oundthebodyof Satur n. Theclai rvoyant
m
edium, AndrewJacksonDavis, undoubtedl ysawthese beautiful
thehom
esof disem
bodiedhum
anity. Asthereader hasseen, they
m
ations, withint hespiritual spacesof theastral light; weperceive
M
ANli esconcealedthesacred m
ysteryof thelost word. Heis the
wonder ful m
icrocosm
. Byhisduplexactionof bodyandsoul, he be
com
es thegrandconservator; thegenerat or; andthe radiator; of
of an astro-m
agneticfluid, t otheplanesof lifebelow;andr eflecting,
fromt hem
irror of hissoul, intheformof anastr o-spiritual essence,
awful andunsuspectedm
ysteri eslieconcealedwithi nour being!
Verily, nom
indcangraspall them
yster iesof m
an.
im
mort al realm
sof lifeabove. It isthe spiral cycleof necessity
univer seof m
anif estedbeing, proclaimt heunbroken unionbetween
Them
ysteriesof m
anarethe m
ysteriesof G
od, and whocan
m
an's birth-right isever the sam
e; apr ogressiveconsciousimm
or
cultistshavescarcelydream
ed, andhei sthegener ator of the essences
FINIS