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TRUTHS FROM HUMBLE SOURCES.

11 T!i1 Rtllglon o/llu Anc-;:::;;i1 lht Rt!ig-i'o11 of tilt Fuluk . A few centuries more, and there will linger no sectarian • liefs in ch her or the i;:.reat religions of humanity. Brahmani and Buddhism. Cbrl.'tianity and will all appcar before the mighty rush of fa

d by the planets . called aspects?.;

:ause cold \vhen -,: ·I e than 63 or 65 · I .vhich gives heat , 1 ed by the lluid ·, (

'go! varies in itssioned by the vhich flows at

r: ' s found in the' • I lverisation -Those insects\· . ! y the streanl or.:"· n. Electricity:· -sorts of stones'·

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irius--and vhat beautiful·: ill butterllies; ·: ods, $parkling'

of dilferenf: :imes as large'':: ions.; and all; ·Ids like ouij;· • romeda, neat:·dy, and go away, and yet my life remains, and m}··' mind ; but when the soul ls

the body not feel inuch; it is like a\1 animal then .•••• 1' et the soul in this life through the mind and the body. " • \

1'he substance of her dec]arations on this head\ is, that in the Mesmeric trance her soul Jea,·es the body, and visits any part of· the unh.·erse in a few moments. Thus she was asked to see the Asteroids, Ceres, Pallas, etc. She replied, "Yes, I have been

to see; yesJ they are earths like oursJ all four of those planets; only they have different trees and vegetation, and in some other respects differ from our Earth, and even from each other; but they are inhabited by men." ••••

She savs that after death some men will be superior 10 any of the angels; because men have overcome trials, ten1ptations, and sorrows ; that memory ren1ai11s after death in a far clearer manner than it exists no\v; that they.can remem-ber every event of their whole being-but the good do not wish to call to ren1embrance their sinful actions ; and that their sins are never 1nade known to others.

EXTRACTS FROM THE HERME:rJC WRITINGS OF THE ANCIENT SAGES.

DISCOURSE ON INITIATION, OR ASCLEPIUS. CHAPTER VII.

LET us now speak of the and of other things similar. There was God, and Hyle,• thus did the .Greeks call the Matter or Substance or the world. The Spirit was with the world, but not in the same manner as with God. 'fhose things of which the \Vorld is composed are not God, nor did they exist before their birth, although they were already in that which was to produce them. 1 For outside of Creation there is not only that which is not yet born, but also that which is o(

fecundity, and from \Vhich othing can be born. A.II that which ha.th the pow r of ,beget-ting, containeth the germ of all that can be born therefrom, for it is not difficult for that which is born of another to produce again that which repro-duceth. Therefore the eternal God cannot be, and was never born; He is, has been, and ever \viii he. The nature of God is His being a self-existing Principle. The substance or the nature of the Worlu and the Spirit, ahhough it appears to be born from the origin, possesses the power to be born and to pror-reate, the po\ver to be fruitful. For the beginning is in the quality of the nature which possesseth in itself the power of conception and of production. It is then \\•ithout foreign intervention, the Principle of Creation. It is otherwise "'ith that which possesseth only the power of conception, by the intern1ixing with another nature. The place of the \\lorld, and of all that is contained therein, seemeth not to have been born, and it hath in itself all the powers of Nature. I call place. that which containeth all things, for they could not exist without ha\'ing a place to contain them. All that which existeth hath need of a place; neither qualities, nor quantities, nor positions, nor effects, could be distinguished in things that were nowhere. 1'he \Vorld, therefore, although not born, hath in itself the Principle of all Generation, sin·ce all

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It. is therefore the store of .the and of the substan. ces that are

of creation, although not as yet created. Mauer, being fruitful in all qualities, can Jso

beget evil. I avoid, therefore, 0 Asclepius nd A111n1on, the question Jaid do\Vn by so n1an "Coulf things?" 'l'here is absolutely nothing in rep1j\; but for )'OU I will pursue the discourse I have commenced, and will give the explanations. They say that God should have preserved the world from evil; DO\V1 evil is in the \\'orld as one of its own members. The Sovereign God hath provided thereunto, so far as it was reasonab)e and possible, when he hath been pleased to grant unto humanity, sentiment, knowledge, and intelligence. By these facuhies, which place U$ above the other anima1s, we alone are enabled to avoid the snares of evil and vice. The \vise man, protected by Divine 1nte11igence, knowrth holv to avoid it when it is first perceived, and before he hath been Jed away by it. The beginning of Knowledge,is the sovereign excellence. The Spirit governeth and causeth tj> live all that which is in the "'orld; it is an instru· meat, a machine, employed by the n1ind of the Sovereign God. By Him is directed ihat other sensible God,* in whom is contained all space, all

the rpaterial of all thal which is begot-ten or! produced j in one \VOrd, all that which is. · As (or the Spirit, it causeth to move or governeth

all the particular beings whict1 are in the world, according to the nattire which God hath assigned unto each. Matter, Hyle, or the \Vorld, is the receptacle, the movement, the repetition of all

. things that are governed by God, dispensing unto, each that of which it hath need, and filling them with the Spirit according to their qualities. 'fhe form of the earth is that of a hollow sphere, having within Itself the cause of its form, or of its quality, entirely invisible: if, seler.ting any point whatever on ·i.ts 'surface, and lVishing to look towards- the bottom, we would perceive nothhig. It is only visible by the special forms, the images of appear to be engraved upon its surface; it appeareth in effigy, but in reality is invisible for itself. Therefore the centre, the inferior Part_ of the sphere, if however it is a p_lace, is called in Greek d.817;, invisible, from liBnv to see, for one cannot see the centre of a sphere. Also the species, or appearances, are calJed ideas, l8la.t, because they arc the forms of the invisible. This l>ottqn1 or the sphere, which the Greeks call Ades, because it is invisible, the Latins call Hell, on account of its inferior state. Such are the prim· ordial Principles, the priinary sources 0f all things. All is in the1n, or Uy theru, or proceedeih frorn th_em.

Astle/ni1s. -'fhese Principles are then, 0 Tris. megistus, the U nh·ersal Substance of all particular a11pearances.

•The Akasa or Astral L1g.h1.-Eo.

' Htrma.-Tho World sustaincth the bodies, the Spirit sustaineth the Souls; the Idea, that heavenly gift, which is the blessed privilege of humanity,

• sustainetlt the mind; but there are only a fe" whose minds are cap:ible of receiving such a gift. It'is a light which illuminateth the mind, as the Sun enlighteneth the \vorld, and even more, for the

. light of the Sun is ofteh intercepted by the Moon, or by the Earth. when the night cometh; but when the Idea hath once perietrated into the human soul, it unites intin1ately irs nature, and the nlind can be no more obscured by any cloud, Therefore, it is said with truth, that.the souls of the Gods are minds; as for me, l do not allude to all, but to the great and superior Gods.

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CLAIRVOYANOE.-A FRAGMENT.

BY ZA;VONl; IT would serve no other purpose but that of

wasting valuable space, were we·: to- attenipt an e:laborate or detailed account of the various sub-divisions of Clairvoyance, its nature, what it really consists_ of, why some individuals possess. the gift naturally, others o.nly after careful training, and why. qiany· can. never attain unto the. state at all J .et QS formulate in outline the subject brieHy.

qa!rvoyance is the natural result of a. highly sen11uve state of the sensorium. \Vhen the Psy· chic atmosphere becomes so refined aod sensitive as to; respond .harmoniously to the ethereal vibra· tions of the Astral Light, Of spiritual aura, which p_er1neates and surroQ.nds e.verything in Nature, the Lucid state is arrived at, and- this in strict obedience to natural Jaw. Certain nervous dis· orders always tend to evolve the clairvoyant state• simply Uecau_se disease subdues anlinal vitality, and diminishes the volun1e of material force within the human system, thus naturally making suitable conditions for the action of spiritual forces to play

. upon. the nervo-vital !luids. Like Spiritual train-ing, certain classes of diseases have in some respects the same effect upon the body, and act as real puri·

. tiers of the Odylic sphere. This is' one great reason why many of the Oriental ascetics enjoin Jong periods of fasting upon their Chelas, in certain stages of their Occult studies and training, and as an aid to,vards the attainment of the Lucid state, fasting is certainly or great value.

Clairvaya11ce, and C/airaurlintce are the triplet sisters o( the soul, and follow each other as as do the infantile states of creeping, walking, and running.-The first /eels, for it is the spiritual sense, or perception, of touc;h ; the second set's with the eyes of the spirit; and the latter can not only to the 1' sacred music of the spheres," but can hear the voices both of Angels and De-mons. After physical death these attributes merge into one sole sense, which, for want of a better term,. we can 011ly express by the word PERCEP-

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THE OCCULT JllAGAZINE. 63 eng:i.ged in this, his legs app:irently sep:i.r:i.terl from his Uody, :ilong with the boots. 1'his awoke n1e, when l at once- arose anti called upon n1y son.in· l:iw, who lived in the adjoining house, \\·hen I told him that son1e1hing was the n1atter with i\1atty, a.nd tl1at I was firmly convinced he was gone. He, however, tried to dissuade n1e from this1 telling n1e to go .to Ued again. 1'he n1orning 'vas exceedingly l.>dauurut an of Gaul.ill)a and P.i.L1.njali !) as well as Arabic claim its about us. • • • • I called your attention to the As1ral !Jody or that invbable wax Lnot shoem:"lkcr"s we hope!] that is aliout all of us . • • an invisalile ozone of wax permeates all 1hrough our animal body • . like a .S· pointed star. • • • • There is so much to be said on d1f· ferent parts of the Body which does not permh me here but please try and praclic= to le.irn P;;ychometry by warn1ing things in your handi then placing them to the left temple nt"ar the eye or by getting an arlicle of an unknown person and place it on the brest just where the rihs comebine to the brest known as the Sternum then folcw your impressions and let your feet and leg,; carry you to the person who owens the article hopeing to bear from you soon.

" Healing. I must caution you not in any case arter you have prooven to your own mind that you have an ivasable power to forget that its spirit over shaddowing you, study therrougbly the thoughts.

"G- Z- bor!).-22 !1-farch 1843, 11 P.M. Sunday is your un-fortunate day oflhe week. The constellation of Pices {?) insignet )E Pl3nt:l 11ars was in Scorpio which gave you a remarkable life."

J'his is Jµllieh watered down with

etc., is abolll :ts as it would be fvr an aboriginal native o( Aus!ral:isia tu instruct his brethren in, and make them understand, the nonsensical twaddle of the Christian vicarious Atonement, but this learned Teacher hugs ignorance, depending upon the gullibility of the people, and with impudent audacity, pretends to teach which he knows little or nothing about whatsoever. In reality such non· sen5ical verbi::i.ge ought only to attract geueral notice to bis intellectual imbecility and in!.ignilicance. ·

By whate\'er method of or r.retaphysics for that part of it, our Jap::i.nese Cheb and Uieroph:int combined, can -make out that the planet !i.fars was in the Zodiacal sign Scorpio, in !\larch 1343, as he informs his pupil, we knuw not, but in our humble OcciJental system of Astronomy and Astrology, l\!ars w::i.s marching through Sa.i:;ittari111 in icatl..:red throughout the galaxy of 1he heavens, are :,tar-clusters :ilready fashioned.

of tho;,e nd.rnlous clu:,krs :i.re, however, but the mere n1asses in embryo of the prep:ued m:i!ler for the V.·urlds to be. Throut,hout the immense the· vi:>iLle heavens, there is no space dt:\'oid of stellar Worlds, l1olh in!>iJe and outsirle ·•our S) as well as within the atmosphere of thi:> earth. The real bo

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