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SEPTEM BER , 1910. NO. VI,

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beautiful. T he one Great Taw ® H o w m ig h ty m en are born.

M ystery of M ary’s Conception fu lly exp la in ed . T h e Sons of

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cubi or Succubi. Intercourse b etw een man and th e demons.

The Rosicrucian Taw. Som eth ing th a t ev ery O ccult student

mystic and spiritualist m ust kn ow for th eir ow n protection.

H ow man is saved, and how th e E lem en ta ls can be saved.

H ow the H oly Fathers understood B eastia lity and Demon

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Eternal Death. Sins against nature. Proof of intercourse

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Great Taw. T his Taw is g iven for th e first tim e, and must

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God. A glorious list. G reat T aw of H erm es. Immaculate

Conception— th e challenge. V am p ires and Onanism. A

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The Council of N icea and T ateran . T h e four elements,

Elementals can becom e im m ortal o n ly th rou gh man. Food

of the E lem entals. A m ystery so lved . T h e reason of

drunkards. N egatives and dan gerou s m ediurnsliip. Orig

inal sin. M eaning of th e w ord D em on. B lack magicians.

Salvation and regeneration. H o w th e E lem en ta ls become

visible. T o th e student. Q uotations o f th e church. Per

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nam es g iven them by Paracelsus. Friends and ene m ies of m ankind. T he sub-mineral, mineral and vegetable worlds; N am es of each one; the Great Law; the Occult and M agical Master: the First Step; the Potent Law; the Magic K ey; Love; the Natural Way; how to command the Kie- mentals; our Guardian Angels; the special Intelligence; the zodiacal and planetary angels; the personal guardian; the Four Steps; reason why men do not recognize the guardian angels. Invocation— method of coming into personal con tact w ith the elementals; Magical invocation; seal of Solo mon— this g ives the method of invocation of the four masters of the elem ents— Paralda, Gob, Nicksaand Djin—absolutely no special room, or regalia is needed— it is all work of the soul; the command of the mind; the Holy Breath; man’s lost kingdom; time of invocation: claily exercise; the three Breaths, ortrue Beatitude; the Onmific word; sacrifices; the ancient article.

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E v i d e n c e s o f t h e T r u t h o f A s t r o l o g i c a l P r e d i c t i o n s

Those who deny astro logy hav e su re ly n ev er contem

p la ted the m ysteries of th e ir ow n ex is tence , n o r the common

occurrences th a t a re in se p a ra b le fro m it, m an y of which are

inexplicable when a b s tra c te d ly co n sid ered , an d only cease

to strike us w ith w onder, because th e y a re obvious and

fam iliar to ou r senses. I f we reco llec t th a t the m ost triflint?ninc iden t in n a tu re c an n o t come to pass w ith o u t a cause, and th a t these causes a re in cessan tly g iv in g b irth to a new

fa te , which a t one tim e b rin g s u s co m fo rt, an d a t another

overwhelm s us w ith m is fo rtu n e —t h a t to -day gives us the

fu ll en joym ent of o u r wishes, a n d to-m orrow confounds every im ag ination of o u r h e a r ts — it is s tra n g e we should deny th a t such causes exist, w hen every h o u r ’s experience

confirms the fac t, by tin* good o r ill success th a t constantly a ttends all hum an p u rsu its .

Now, a ll m ank ind have each o f them , m ore o r less, a cer t a i n share of wisdom, pow er, o r w ealth , w herew ith they occupy in th is life , a n d c a r ry fo rw a rd all th e ir under

takings. T hus we see some m en, by m eans o f riches, cour age, o r contrivance, grow m ig h ty , a n d pu rpose as if nothing’ could im pede the fu ll accom plishm ent o f th e ir designs; and yet we find there a re two th in g s w hich confound the wisest, the g rea tes t, and th e p ro u d est of them all, even in th e very sum m it of th e ir g lo ry . These a re Time and Chance—two m ighty lo rd s u p o n ea rth , w hich b ring to pass m any strange and m arvelous events. T im e is th a t motion

o f apace w liicli proceeded out of eternity when the world

b egan , arid, hnhlelh on unto etern ity, which is to succeed to

th e w o r ld ’s end. O ut o f th is one long time are engendered

in fin ite sp a ces o f tim e o f various sorts, and these arc either

g en era l or specia l, and each o f them either fortunate or un

fo r tu n a te . T here is a time for every purpose under Heaven

— a time, of pleasure, and another time of pain and grief— a

tim e to rise, and a time to fa il—a time to lie horn, and a

tim e to die. There is, moreover, a certain lucky time in

m a n ’s life , wherein (the. stars favoring) if he go out to

b a ttle , though with hut few men, yet he earrieth the vic

to r y ; and there is also another time, wherein, though lie go

ou t w ith ever so complete an army, yet shall lie gain noth

in g b u t disgrace. So also there is a time when overtures of

m arriage shall he successful, hut a man s desires answer it

n o t; and, again, there is a time when desires ol marriage

shall strongly urge, and all overtures prove ineffectual; hut

there is also a time when desires and overtures shall exactly

correspond and suit together. In like manner, there is a

tim e when prosperity and riches shall offer themselves., and

he attained, whether a man sleep or awake; and by and by, though he pursue them with wings, yet so unlucky a time

occurs as renders all his endeavors fruitless. Some men come into the world in a lucky hour, so that, let them he

w ise or foolish, they shall he buoyed up on the wings of fate, in all matters of wealth or honor, and succeed in all th at they attem pt: while, perhaps, wiser and better men, sm itten with an unlucky time of nativity, shall be as u n deservedly disparaged, and all their undertakings shall prove unsuccessful and unhapp y! Some, again, shall he lucky in the van of their enterprises, and as unfortunate in the rear, and others, again, the reverse. And thus tin e seems to mock and sport with the man ol this life, and to advance or counteract all their skill and contrivances, even to a degree infinitely beyond whatever we could reasonably conceive or expect; and yet time itself is. but a dead tiling, and a mere instrum ent; but the wheels of the H eavens turn-

exp ftctw J; and flitm Heaven breathe* into sill linn,:m notion*

on in f in ity o f i h m t chance* that overturn sill the power and

g ra a tr ie m of man, l low . ('Jinnee* nre uniformly managed

\>y si certa in kind of look, either good or bad, which drive*

til ft n a il, and this by some heavenly inlluenee, that infuses n

secre t v iriu" or poison into our notion*., a* courage into

tliftir hearts ori our si do, or dismay on the other, and skill

in to som e irion’s bead* to pursuo the right. course to be ri<di,

or fo lly into other*, whereby they run headlong into winery

am i w ant, or also fortunnteth, or infortunsiteth, hy mistake

<rf' worrls, signals, or arts, that turn to the frost or worst a d v a n ta g e fry strange liits or miscarriages; and thus it hap* pons that a slight mistake in si hsi.tt.Ie beget* often sin utter r out, af'tor a viofory mado almost complete, hy the mere

u tteran ce o f a wrong word, or ht.eering ari improper course. H ut whioh way mover i t happens, the whole mutter is w rought hy si good or ill- luck, nnd the hand o f (led is at the

bottom of it, according to the regular order of nature.T hus both 'l iine and Chance sire the servants of Nature,

u n d er whom command* they sway the world and its in habitant*, hut hy their laws are both o f them disposed; and thus, hy the ir united sendees, Suture perform* nil her great sind seeret operation*, whether upon collective bodies, or place*., o r person*. It may he thought. *1 range hy home that S utu re should bring forth men and women at a great dis t a n t o f years, houra, ami place*, all destined to die at one time, and hy Ihe same manner of death, either hy war, plague, pestilence, or shipwreck; and that l ime and Chance should, as it were, piek them lip, and draw them together, from a variety o f different pursuits, to partake, at last, in one and the same destructive fate. Yet this is no more strange than true ; fo r these things frequently happen, and that hy the imperceptible influences of those heavenly as pects and stars, whieh the Inspired Volume tells us “ in the ir courses fought, against Hiserah.” And hy tin* same rule as men, women, and children are, on the other hand, gathered together fry a similar force and virtue, to enjoy

in# upon it, im print riddle# in it# face, and carve a r)(j (f .

out the various shapes of prosperity and adversity n .)0f the minutes and portion thereof. A nd w onderful jj js ^

observe that a child, the moment it draw s breath,

time-smitten by the face o f H eaven , and receives an im.

pressicn from the stars therein, w hich, tak ing rise from the

ascendant, sun, moon, and principal significators, operate

as the impressors stand, and point out, as w ith the (itiLor

of God, the causes whence the fate and fortune of the new.

born infant proceed, and whether it com e before, or j i|

full time, or in what part o f the world soever it is horn

it matters not; for as the nature o f the Higm ficatorl are that

ascend upon the horizon at the birth , such shall certainly

be the fortune of the native. T his is a truth well known to

astrologers, and which will hear the m ost m inute inquiry

being the ordination o f an all-w ise and in d u lgen t Provi

dence for the speculation and im provem ent o f his creature man.

The second great lord over hum an invention is Chance; and these chances proceed from a great variety o f rare and

secret operations o f H eaven, w hich throw i n the way of men

those strange and fortu itous turns o f fortu n e that surpass

all human foresight or conception. And yet there is really

no such thing as chance in nature, much less can there be

anything that comes by chance in respect o f God; but all

those curious hits that strike in betw een the cause and its

effect we call chances, as best su itin g hum an ideas, because

of the (indescribable properties they possess; for in shuf

fling a pack of cards, or in la s t in g the dice, it; seems to us

a mere chance what cast shall happen upperm ost, or what card will go to the bottom of the pack; and yet it, is evident,

by experience, that there is a certain luck in nature which

presides over all these adventures, so that a m an shall either

win or lose in a methodical course. It also happens in the

tim e of battle, and in every pursuit a fter wealth and honor,

that chances fall in upon us, and turn the scales by a secret kind of fate beyond all th at could reasonably have been

great and good fortu n e.

T herefore, the science w hich w e c a ll a s tr o lo g y is nothin®

more than the stu d y or in v e s t ig a tio n c f n a tu re , w hereb y

we acquire a know ledge o f th e secret v ir tu e s o f th e heavens

and the sh in in g lu m in a r ies th ere in co n ta in ed . I t is a

science w hich a ll m ay a tta in to b y d il ig e n c e a n d perse

verance. I t con ta in s n o th in g e ith e r su p e r n a tu r a l or d ia

bolical ; and the more we d e lig h t in it , th e m ore rea d ily do

we foresee the m otions o f fu tu r e ev en ts , a n d th e cu r iosities

o f chance and n atu ra l accid en ts, a n d th e co u rses o f luck

by w hich both are govern ed , a n d th e o rd er o f fa te unto

which a ll c f them are su b serv ien t, to g e th er w ith a ll the

most curious and secret op era tion s o f th e u n iv erse . A n d as

by a sk ill in th is s tu d y w e a tta in to see an d experience

th ings that are past, so by th e sam e s k ill w e a tta in to the

knowledge o f th in g s w hich are to com e, an d , b y know ing

the tim e o f our b irth , are en ab led to read in th e heavens

the story o f our w hole liv es , ou r b le ss in g s an d crosses,

honor and dishonor, p rosp erity and a d v ers ity , sick ness and

health, and a ll the years o f our l i f e , a n d tim e o f our death,

even as thongh we had seen th em tran sacted ' an d come to

pass in their several tim es and sea so n s; fo r G od hath as

suredly g iv en th is know ledge u n to th e “ w ise m a n ” “ to

knew' the tim e and the ju d g m en t, a n d th e nu m ber o f cur

days, that w e m ay be certified how' lo n g w e have to l iv e ”

(E cel- 1:5— P sa l. 3 9 :4 ,5 ) ; th a t w e m a y be tim ely prepared

for a ll states o f prosperity an d a d v e r s ity for a lon g and

happy life , or a calam itous sp eed y death , and th a t we may

support ourselves w ith fo r titu d e an d resign ation in pro

portion to our foreknow ledge o f th ese even ts.

That the hum an u n d erstan d in g is a lso capable o f attain

ing to a very high degree o f k n ow led ge in the h idden works

of fu tu rity , is likew ise proved and recorded by the most

celebrated historians, a few in stan ces o f w hich I shall here

m ention.The Em peror D om itian required th e P rofessor Largius

Proculus to calculate h is n a tiv ity from the supposed time

o f h is b irth , which was done and delivered into the Em p eror's ow n hands. Aselatarius. a most famous astrologer o f th ese tim es, procured a copy of the horoscope, rectified it. and foreto ld tiie hour and manner of the Emperor's death , w hich, when Dcm itian heard, he commanded the astro loger to he brought before him. when he affirmed his p red ic tio n s would prove true. Dcmitian asked him if he could forete ll the manner c f his own death? Aselatarius rep lied that lie knew he should shortly be torn in pieces by degs, but. to confute the astrologer, the Emperor ordered him to be burnt alive. The cruel sentence was accordingly p u t in execution; the body was bound and laid upon the p ile , and the fire kindled: but at that instant there arose a d read fu l storm c f wind and rain, which drove the spec tators aw ay, and extinguished the fire, and Aselatarius was afterw ard s torn in pieces by dogs, as he had tcretold.' W hen L atinus inform ed the Emperor c f this event, he was greatly mortified and very melancholy: and on the day his assassination had been predicted, he feigned himself indis posed. and locked himself in his chamber. Stephanus. the captain c f his guard, went to his doer, pretending he had received some important despatches, which he wanted to deliver to h im ; but Dcmitian declining to admit him till a certain hour was past. Stephanus persuaded him it was then much later than the time specified. The Emperor, in consequence, concluding the danger to have passed by the hour, or looking upon the prediction as a mere fable, seeing no conspiracy or danger about him, opened the door, upon which Stephanus stept lip to him with a drawn dagger, and stabbed him to the heart in the very hour that had been predicted by the astrologer. The same writers add that the fam ous A pollonius Tyaneus was at that instant of time at Ephesus, standing in the presence of the magistrates, and. in a kind o f eestaey, cried out. “ Courage. Stephanus— strike the ty r a n t!” and. after a pause, added, “ "Tis well thou has killed him. ’ This art of rectifying nativities was a discovery which brought the science to a very high per-

fection, and has enabled its professors to be astonishingly exact in predictions of consequence. Thus Lucius Taru- tius Finnianus, by the act of Rom ulus’ life, and the time of bis death, found that he was born in the first year of the second Olympiad, the twenty-third day of the month, about sun-rising; and hence he discovered that the building of Rome was begun when the Moon wasnin Libr% the. Sun with Mercury, Venus in Taurus, Jupiter in P iscffljan d Saturn with Mars in Scorpio. The archbisll$p of P isa consulted several different professors of astrology concerning his destiny, and they all calculated his n ativ ity at differel® times, and without any communication w ith one another; but they' all foretold h im . that he would be hanged. It seemed highly' incredible at the tim e, because he was in so much honor and power; but the event justified the pre- distions; for in the sedition of Pope Sextus IV ., in the sudden rage and uproar o f the people, he was actually seized and hanged. Petrus Leontius, a celebrated physician and astrologer o f Spoletanum , Cast his own nativity', and foretold that his death would be occasioned by- ’w ater; and many years afterwards he was found drowned in a pond, into which he had fa llen the preceding n igh t by mistaking his way. Josephus, the fam ous Jew ish historian, tells u s |@ J east the nativities of Vespasian and his son Tigus, and pre dicted that they both would be emperors, and so it turned

out. Cervinus calculated the n a tiv ity o f his son Marcellus, and foretold that he should come to great preferm ent and dignity' in the ch u rch ; and his m other afterw ards entreat in g him to m arry one Cassandra B enna, he very resolutely

declined it, saying he “ would not, w ith the bands o f m atri mony', bind h im self from the better fortune which the stars

had prom ised him, i f he continued to liv e single and un

m arried ;” and he was afterw ards really m ade Pope. W hat

renders th is instance o f p lan etary influence more remark

able is, that th is prediction was printed at V enice, and pub lished J)y C urtius T rojanus in a book of nativ ities, w ritten

by Gauricus upwards of three years before he was pro�

c la im e d P o p e . B u t tlie m ost noted instan ce, perhaps, o f

a ll, a n d w hich , e v in ces th e a sto n ish in g pow er o f the heavenly-

h o st w a s th a t record ed , b y veritab le historians, o f P icu s

M ir a n d u la . T h is p erson w as a severe w riter aga in st as

tr o lo g y , in so m u ch th a t he w as term ed F laggelu m A strolo-

g o ru m (th e sco u rg e o f a s tr o lo g e r s ); and, to stop the h itter

m a lig n ity o f h is p en , L u ciu s B ellan tiu s, and two other as

tr o lo g e rs o f em in en ce, procured the tim e of his birth, and

c a lc u la te d h is n a tiv ity , w hich th ey afterw ards sent him ,

w ith th is p red ic tio n enclosed, ‘‘That he would die in the

th ir ty -th ir d year o f h is a g e .” This exasperated him so

m u ch , th a t he began to w rite a new tract, w ith inconceiv ab le asperity1-, against the poor astrologers, attem p tin g to

p ro v e th e ir calcu lations “ a mere bubble,” and th eir art Sura m ere d e lu sio n .” B u t w hen the fa ta l appointed hour

arpsved, he saw the fo lly of his own conceits, recanted his op in io n , and sealed byr his death a standing m em orial o f the

u n err in g tru th of this celestial science. M any other extra ord in ary instances m ight be here adduced to prove the truth and v er ity of the art, did my lim its p erm it; but it is su f fic ien tly obvious that the intellectual facu lties o f man, w h en cu ltivated by study and im proved by observation and experience, are capable of attain ing a very extensive degree of know ledge in the doctrine of planetary^ influence, and w hich m ust invariably have a tendency to exalt the m iud above sublunary and terrestrial objects, and thus fu lfill one c f the chief purposes for which m ankind was undoubtedly' created.

Prophet Sp irit! thou ca n ’st sweep W here the unborn nations s lee p ;Or from the ancient ages shroud To judgment call their sceptered crowd Earth has to thee nor birth, nor tomb,Nor past, nor present, nor to co m e!Thou can’st take the lig h tn in g ’s wino-g A nd see the deep forbidden th in g s ; ° ’WitlBjthy starry sandal tread On the Ocean’s treasure b e d ;Or make the rolling clouds thy own H eight and depth to thee are one. ’

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HERMETIC BROTHERHOOD.

THE TOUCJI OP SUGGESTION.

All conscious life seeks expression of its t h o u g h t , feeling vitality, and through the -form tiiis takes indicates it: nature. All forms of life are animated by an i n s t i n c t t h a t

reaches and towers above its present plane for l igh t .When two or more persons discuss ideas as o l d as crea�

tion, that are impressed with the nature of truth, flowing

ever with fresh newness, they speedily arouse by suggest ion

a reminiscence of knowledge stored in the soul memory of which they may have previously been unconscious. The

thought touch of each acts as an open sesame in to the

psychic substance packed around the mental consciousnessthat has been checked in its flow by the mental inability to give it expression.

In the d a y s o f E g y p t ’s m ig h ty p o w e r , th e w h ole country I

w as cu ltiv a ted a n d th e so il y ie ld e d a n a b u n d a n t fru itage I

u n d er the l i f e su s ta in in g to u ch o f N ilu s w a t e r l A netw ork

of canals covered the la n d th ro u g h w h ic h th e flow o f water

w as evenly- d is tr ib u ted by m ea n s o f g a te s a n d locks to irri

gate the fields. T he hu m ble fe lla h to i l in g a ll d ay fo r small w ages could en joy w ith th e g r ea t on es th e blossom , fruitage and beauty o f the land , a n d be l i f t e d up in sp ir it by moving on and b reath in g th e ir a tm osp h ere . l i e liv ed and wor shiped am id the exoteric form s o f th e m ysteries whose in fluence enabled E g y p t to w ie ld a m ig h ty pow er am ong the nations.

Som ew hat akin to th is system o f can a ls w ith gates and locks th at kept the soil o f E g y p t w e ll w atered and fertile by stirrin g and u p tu rn in g to u tilize its rich possibilities,

tlie mystical touch of suggestion acts in stirring the veined psychic substance of the subconscious organism and open ing to the mind the rich seed sown soil in its realm ready to be upturned and cultivated.

Pleasing surprises occur as reminiscence is aroused of what one was previously unconscious of having in stock, that tastes so good as to increase the desire for more of the same kind. An aroma of the unknown seeking to express adheres to them. The true mystic keeps In’s mind poised and alert to these touches of suggestion that ever leads on with the attraction and fascination of the unknown.

The ideal realm presses for expression in as many forms as respective minds are capable cl: giving it. As its reali ties are impinging everywhere, seeking outlets for an in finite flow of fresh, new things, the most indolent, sensation worn mind may be speedily cured of ennui by opening and inviting them to enter. (

The Hindoo ascetic misses nothing of the world's busy life while dwelling in the delightful silence of his chosen mental solitude, where a multitude of ideal forms attends his enlarging consciousness. Mobile the Occidental mystic seeks solitude also, he finds it is made sweeter by meeting with other minds that dwell much in solitude to whom to

say ’tis sweet.As the essence of ideal things is absorbed it fills one’s

organism with the effect ol. an intoxicant which vanishes rapidly unless expressed in some form leaving a feeling of disappointment that so little of it could be absorbed. The solitude of contemplation is free from the feeling of alone- ness that afflicts unrefieetive minds living in a rush of sensa tion produced by material objects and pleasured This place cf peace is full of delicate forms and inspiring vibra tions that the mind turns from it to sense activities with an acute perception of alorioness, whose reach is distinctly defined at the instant of conscious return of them.

The silence back of the sounds of life is full of springs of thought flowing through the network of psychic veins,

that ofttimes it seems as if the intense loudness of pulsations must reach other minds and other ears. y (|unless the face, voice or muscles indicate what is trail,spi| ing in the mind, other entities may he in actual physic,*] contact without living conscious of the keyed up vibration) that stir cur mental sphere. This common experience demonstrates how entirely alone one is in the silence of thought or of deep emotion that none can penetrate or be come aware of what is there transpiring except as it may he expressed through the sense channels.

A mind inflated with a sense of its own largeness and importance to society in general, dwells in a self-main tained, complete isolation, even when moving through a rush of business-affairs. One who holds this attitude of mind oft finds his solitude tinctured with bitterness that his sphere of large self-importance fails to receive the full measure of respect it demands from the contacting t h r o n g .

Socrates and his countrymen sought expression of the great truths they realized in the silence of meditation through open forum discussion. Their reasoning faculties were developed and kept alert by question and answer, after contemplation had stored their reservoirs with the essence of reason of which the higher nature is composed. Reasoning discussions suggested to their acute minds turns of thought or fine lines of analysis, that opened new thought veins and channel leading on into the labyrinths of truth, that tasted so good they were ever eager to pursue them and open more; nor were they ever lost in the mazes with reason as their guide.

Who shall say that the souls of Greeks and Egyptians of the garden and temple schools may not be reincarnated^ at present and walking the American continent clothed in conventional garb, shaping commercial life in a practical way, cr giving a mystical touch to the deeper phases of its intellectual life. Truly one may meet their- brethren the Sophist at every turn.

Each personality moves through the activities of daily

l ife unconscious hh h rule of how m a n y th o u g h t w a v o h jm,

p in g c upon his au ra , <• vorj when Ik * w a y he drawing needed su s te n a n ce from (.licrn, n n l i l perhaps sugge'dions f ro m o th e r

m inds) rouse; h consciousness of if,

T h is notion and interaction form an element <>f jm,

pleasure; o f com panionship with other minds, that have in

tin; silence of m editation assimilated to things of a lihe

nature; th a t respond te> the; touch of suggestion, I I ' dis

cussion is sought for the; p u rp le ; of //lacing one's own ©pinions, which are assumed to he the; whole; truth, irrita tion usually results if they are not accepted hy others who a re ev iden tly in the wrong, unmindful that to le ra t io n of w ha t others; may have assimilated as t r u t h opens w id e r its channels to ourselves.

Those; who are able to meet in the; power ami spirit of the oneness of tru th anel hy the Hocralic m e th o d o f question ariel answers, unfold hy reasoning m e th o d * the mystha th o u g h t forms hae;k of all se nse; activity, realize how t m held <d' knowledge* expanels away to infinity through a w ildering network of inspiring truths which sugg'^hof

freon each one opens in a way that ine;reases the joy ^ ' ing on.

The sincere tru th seeker ever finds, as in the ages f ’ the greatest joy of joys to he-, tli<; joy of going on am h* ceiving with a sense of unlimited freedom, how the hoft^

, „ , r v is ion,o f the; fields o f Adrastia moves on from Ins center oi

yj.wivr Kuc h a CaAwroao-

Given at Headquarters,892 Fu lton Street,

San Francisco, Cal,May, 1910,

T H E IN IT IA T E S ./

A S T R O L O G Y .

C H A P T E R X I I .

T h e Pr o j e c t io n o f a P l a n i s ph e r e .

Phrenology, ph ysiognom y, a n d a stro lo g y , w ill be found

by experience p erfectly to harm on ize, an d bear testim ony

alternately to each other; th e p h ren o lo g ist ou gh t to be an

astrologer and an astronom er; th e a stro lo g er ough t to be a

phrenologist and p h ysiogn om ist; a n d th e physiognom ist

ought to stud y both, in order to fo rm a so lid basis where

upon to bu ild and gu id e h is ju d g m e n t. A y o u n g person

who has a desire to obtain a p e r fe c t k n ow led ge o f either of

these am using stud ies, shou ld be w e ll able to delin eate his

ideas, and have an excellen t, correct, a n d exp ert m ethod of

draw ing projections o f v a r io u s k in d s ; p a r ticu la r ly that

kind of projection know n b y th e n a m e o f M ercator’s, in

order to be enabled to m ake a correct p lan isp h ere of the

heavens, the eclip tic , and th e earth , b y w h ich m eans the student w ill be assisted v e r y m u ch in h is id eas relative to

the positions o f the p la n ets a n d stars, b oth in respect of

their zodiacal and m u ndan e p o sitio n , w h ich , i f properly

done, w ill show th e difference b etw een lo n g itu d e, la titu d e ,,

right ascension and d eclin a tion , a t on e viewr; the practice

of the different p rojection s n ecessa ry fo r astrological and

astronom ical purposes w ill so fa r a ssist to render the most

difficult problem exp lic it, an d so ea s ily im p rin t on the mind

o f a clever stud en t, th a t he can th ereb y , as it w ere, survey

the heavens, the earth, and a ll p la n eta ry an d other significa

tions, to guide h is ju d g m en t th ere in , a n d p reven t him from

en terta in in g an y fa llac iou s or am b igu ou s notion s which are

contrary to nature, science, an d tru th . I n the true pro

jection o f a p lan isphere, th e d egrees o f d ec lin a tion are to be

c o r r e c t ly m ea su red accord in g to number, from a line o f

t a n g e n t s ; th e reason I th in k th is necessary to mention for

th e n o t ic e o f th e y o u n g stu d en t, is, there have been many

d is p u ta t io n s am on gst persons, declaring some methods to

be m o re co rrect th an others; the fact is, there can only be on e tr u e m eth cd . The degree measured on the line of tan g e n ts w ill ex a c tly com pensate for the loss a given angle (w ith th e p la n e o f the equator towards the poles) must su s ta in , i f on ly th e equatorial degrees are measured from th e eq u ator to the north and south as a scale of the declina tio n s , w h ich is a very incorrect idea; when the right ascen s io n s an d declarations are drawn correctly, the student m u st n e x t proceed tb project the ecliptic line upon and fro m th e scale of right ascensions and declinations: the said ec lip tic lin e w ill form an angle of twenty-three degrees, tw en ty -e ig h t m inutes, or nearly so, with the plane of the equator. The student will find from tables, the right as cen sion and declination that correspond with every five d egrees cn the ecliptic line, which must be marked with a fine p o in t; a strip of flexible brass, or lance wood, bent to take these p o in ts; by drawing a line through the centre of a ll these points, it w ill-give the ecliptic line complete; the righ t ascension will give the place of every degree, which m u st he marked with the signs, etc., etc. The lines on which the latitudes are to be measured must he drawn through every degree on the ecliptic line, at right angles with the said ecliptic line, which line of latitudes so drawn will poin t to the pole of the heavens. A ll right lines which arc drawn through a circle from the centre, make right angles with the circumference; therefore all right lines which point to the centre of a green circle, will form right angles with its circumference. A planisphere of the heavens and earth should not he made shorter than three feet, nor longer than five feet; the first would he too small if made shorter, and the latter may be ineonvenient if longer: tiie student can do as he pleases in this respect. The tables of the planetary transits, or ingresses in this work, will be a

great guide (n ot only to the stu d en t, b u t to the proficient

in astro logy), o f the effects that m ay be ex p ected a t certain

periods from the ingress o f the su p er iors over the radical

places in the natal figure, th eir tr a n s ito ry good or evil

aspects w ith the significators, and th e ir in g ress over the

place o f a solar or lunar d irection , as a lso w h en th ey transit

the ascendant, or either o f the oth er an g les, th eir effects

are alw ays very pow erful, e sp ec ia lly w h en retrograde. I f

prim ary or secondary d irections w ere ever so good and

prom ising, an evil transit o f H ersch el or o f Saturn , more

particularly over the place the d irection fa lls in , i f near the

ecliptic, or on tlie body o f the prom issor, i t w ill be found

nearly to destroy a ll the good r e su lt in g therefrom . The

student should be aware th at th e slow m otion o f superior

planets operate m ost p o w erfu lly , p a r tic u la r ly w hen they

are retrograde, and i f M ars h ap p en s to retrograde over a

significatcr or d irection in a n a t iv ity as m entioned , he wall

act vrith m ost pow erfu l v io len ce a n d su d d en action ; like

gunshot, or ligh tn in g . I t o ften h a p p en s a t the period that

good directions come in to operation , th a t a com bination of

evil transits, aspects, and p ositn ons, fru str a te or retard the

benefit expected ; w hen ev il is th rea ten ed b y m align direc

tions, the effects o f a good tran sit, o f th e ponderous Jupiter

at the exact period, should i t tra n sit or p a ss over th is part

of the zodiac where the ev il is th reaten ed , w ill by h is transi

tory influence prevent, am eliorate, or n eu tra lize , the effects

an tic ip a ted ; therefore those in g ress tab les are o f the utmost

im portance for the use o f s tu d en ts th a t wrish th eir opinions

of good and ev il d irections to ap p rox im ate as near the truth

as possible. There is m uch am u sem ent and profitable in struction to be derived from stu d ies o f th is class, and by

ju d g in g from the ancient ru les o f th is science, we become

philosophically prepared to m eet an ev il w ith more forti tude, and to take a m ore d ecided ad van tage of a good direc

tion ; th is science affords to the m in d o f the m an of genius

and ab ility a con tin u al fu n d o f am usem ent, by seeing the

rules of th is science and h is ow n p red iction s verified, ac-

TPIE INITIATES. 21

cording to scientific order and principles. There are many th ings to be considered in judicial astrology; one argument against another; one testimany for, and perhaps two a g a in st; at other times several testimonies for and against the expected event; astrological, phrenological, and shysiog- nom ical, judgments ought to be well weighed before an answer is given, or an opinion is formed; for if the student is too hasty in his dicision, he will soon afterwards perceive some argument to neutralize what he, at a hasty glance, considered positive. Students of astrology are very often usefu l to their friends by giving them a timely precaution to avoid an evil, hnd at other times suggesting the propriety of taking the most advantage of a good or fortunate period or expectation. The man who endeavors to study human nature, and to class different individuals by the assistance of phrenology or physiognomy, can never be expected to complete his observations, or even to bring them into a cor rect form, without the aid and assistance of mathematics and astrology, which includes, with the others, four es sential branches for persons to be acquainted with, and of which these will enable the student to gain a correct idea.

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WILLIAM VOGEL.

A STORY W IT H A GREAT DEAL OP TRUTH. READ IT !

The man at the library table laid down the small volume he had been reading and looked at'his watch.

“ B y George,” he muttered, “ one o ’clock. That’s cer ta in ly a queer hook. Let me see—what was it he said about dual personality?” l ie picked up the volume and turned back a fewr pages. “ Here it is.” He held the book under the light of the student lamp and slowly read a paragraph.

“ The normal man has a double personality. There is him self as his friends know him. This is the actual man to outward appearances. Then there is the man the man knows—the man of the actual man’s imagination—the man

tSJ

“ I don't know him very well y e t,7’ lie said, “ but I'm

ure I'm goiusr to like him.”That night after his wife had retired, John Sinclair

brcught cut the little volume and looked it over.

“ I think better of you to-night, H err Vogel,” he said in

a low murmur. “ I think so well of you and your dualities that I'm going to test you still fu rth e r.”

And he laughed and hid the book and went to bed.

The next day he was busy at his desk when a dark little man with stooping shoulders entered the room.

‘‘How do you do, Mister S inclair?” he said with astrong foreign accent.

John Sinclair looked up and the little man bowed low.“ Hullo,” said John. “ You here again? W hat’s

wrong?”“ Nothing iss wrong, Mister Sinclair, sir. I drop in

when I am so near. It iss for the gretting I hope you are healthy, Mister Sinclair, sir.”

“ I am quite well, thank you.’“ You were so kind when the payment on the house was

cot to the day settled, that I am pleased to give you the little bock—with the money for which you so kindly wait. Hid you like the little bock?”

The dark m an looked a t J o h n S in c la i r e x p e c ta n tly , w ith

hi.$ head very m uch on one side .w

“ I t ’s a curious little book ,” J o h n re p lie d .

“ I t iss a wise litt le h o ok ,” s a id th e c a lle r . “ I am

Galician. I le r r W ilhelm Y cgel iss P ru s s ia n . B u t lie iss

known of Galicia. A t N o v itzb u rg th e re w as a sick E ng-

lisher. H e liked H e rr V o g e l’s bock. H e sa id , ‘ I w ill >vrite

it into English and have i t p r in te d in to E n g lish . I t iss a

wise book.’ So he w rote i t in to E n g lish a n d i t was in the

p rin t shop and on the p ress w hen th e fire b roke o u t— such

a fierce fire—and the w hat y o u ca ll sh e e ts w ere ; burned,,

only two of the sets escaping. A n d th e one is m ine which

now iss yours. A nd the o th e r iss in th e b ig lib ra ry by

Novitzburg—for the E n g lish e r is d e a d .”

H e had spoken quite rapidly and with many gestures— now he suddenly paused and again looked expectantly at John Sinclair.

“ I thank you ,” said the latter. ‘‘The book is interest ing.

‘‘Read it again, Mister Sinclair, sir. You find it helps you. Yogel knows. I wish you well, Mister Sinclair.”

B ut he was back again in a moment.“ Keep it to yourself, Mister Sinclair, sir. It iss not well

to have a wise book for everybody. It iss for you, Mister Sinclair— I wish you w ell.”

John Sinclair stared at the open doorway, but this time the little man did not come back. John suddenly laughed.

“ It appears that I possess half of an extremely limited edition of a rare book. Only two copies are known to be in existence and both can be traced.”

He laughed again and, returned to his work.That night his face beamed upon his wife as she -opened

the front door.“ A little late, my pet,” he said as he fondly kissed her,

“ but you will excuse the delay when I tell you what caused it. Really, i t ’s too good to keep. I must tell you now.”

“ But the supper, John.”“ The supper can w ait.”The little wife stared at him.“ Why, I hardly know you, John dear. You seem taller

and bigger. And you speak so commandingly. What has happened to you, dear John?”

H e flung down his hat and outer coat.“ I ’m elated, dear. I ’m drunk on the elixir of good

fortune. I ’m on very good terms with myself. That’s the explanation.”

The little wife looked at him anxiously.Sit down, dear,” she said. “ I ’m afraid you are not well.

You look feverish.”

It s the gold fever, my dear g ir l,” he laughingly cried. “ I ’ve bought the Edwards tra c t/

Her eyes opened wider.“ Kut 1 thought that would make you very serious— it

meant swell a heavy burden.”“ Do I look serious?”“ No, John .”“ Am I bending beneath a heavy burden?”“ I never saw you stand so straight, dear— but I don’t

like the way your eyes g litter.”“ T hey’re justified in glittering, my dear, sit down and

stop looking scared. I ’m going to tell you in words of one syllable, as far as possible, all about i t .”

She sat beside him and smoothed his forehead gently with her little hand.

“ I t ’s very hot, dear.”“ You fussy little woman,” he cried, and gave her a bear

like hug. “ You can ’t look upon me in any other light than as a child that needs coddling, can you? Never mind. There’s a story to tell and a dinner to be eaten. And there’ll be no dinner until the story is to ld .” l ie paused and suddenly chuckled and the round eyes that anxiously watched him grew bigger. “ You know how that Edwards tract has worried me. W ell, I put the whole case up to W illiam Vogel this morning. W illiam d id n ’t hesitate. W illiam, you understand, is bold and resolute, I am slow and timid. We wrangled there all alone by ourselves and W illiam won. ‘Buy at once,’ said W illiam. I still hung back in my irresolute way. ‘At once,’ cried William.' I had the option on the tract and the other papers in my desk. I rushed out— imagine me rushing, but W illiam was there to hurry me on. I had the papers and a certified check— it cleaned out iny bank balance— at old Garling- to n ’s office at 2 o ’clock and fifteen minutes later the tract was mine. T here!”

She looked at him with a loving smile.“ I ’m glad you bought it, John, but you m ustn’t let it

worry you .”l ie shook her playfully.

“ N o m ore o f that, A ngie. Why shouldn’t 1 be worried? A m T so m eth in g precious that must he kept in jew eler’s

cotton ? I ’m ty r ing to worry all I want to worry. I t’s goad

fo r me. T he mail who never worries is like a torpid snake.

N o a c tio n — n oth in g hut d ig estio n .”l i e lau gh ed loudly at her astonished face.

“ Y ou — you h a v en ’t been drinking, have you, John?”

“ N o th in g hut a little invigorator that William Vogel

g a v e me. No, no, I ’m all right. And I ’m certainly not

g o in g to w orry about that Edwards tract— because I ’ve

sold i t . ”

“ S o ld it , J o h n ? ’’

“ S o ld it to the d e m o n s Realty Co. They bought it w ith in an hour a fter it came into my keeping. They had

h esita ted ju s t as I did. When it was sold they knew they

m u st have it. T in y offered me $2,000 bonus. 1 demanded

$5,000.

I*F ive th ousand, J o h n ? ”

“ Yes* T h in k o f it. ' I f it h ad n ’t been for William Vogel

I w ould have been glad to let the whole thing go lor the

$2,000, A n d say, A ngie, 1 got the $5,000. Five thousand

good hard dollars made in one short hour! H aven’t my

eyes a r ig h t to g l it te r ? ” l i e suddenly caught her up and

w altzed ab ou t the room with her.S h e sto p p ed , h a lf laugh ing, half crying, to catch her

breath.

“ A n d M r. V o g e l’s eommissiun, ./o fin ; how much will

that h e ? ”“ I ’ll fix W illiam Vogel all r ig h t ,” hi; said. “ William

w ill he very reasonable. I ’m going to give him a good

d in n er for one th in g . Come a lo n g .”A n d he p la y fu lly d ragged the little woman to the wait

in g table.T hat ev en in g Jo h n S in c la ir— his wife had stepped out

o f the room — p la y fu lly shook his fist at the row of hooks

behind w hich the lit tle volum e was concealed.

“ i take it a ll back, W illia m ,” he syi<J. “ Y o u ’re a brick.”

James Hospital. A policeman tried to stop us and your ihan swore at the man something dreadful and held up the child—and we d idn’t stop. And when we got to the hos pital the .doctors said we got there ju st in time and Mamie would live—and they saw how had your m an was burned— he didn’t know it—and they fixed him up and he hurried away when I tried to thank him. But one of the doctors knew his name and I ’m sending him these flowers because he saved my baby’s life and your lucky to be the wife of such a good and brave man. Your respectfully, Hannah Moreland.”

That night when John Sinclair came home the little wife gently drew' him into the library and stooping suddenly kissed the white bandage.

“ John, dear,” she tremulously said, “ you have deceived me shamefully. There is no W illiam Vogel—it is just you.”

“ Don’t take him away from me, d ear,” cried John with a queer laugh. “ I need him.' H e ’s my better part. Spare him. Besides you are w’rong. There is a W illiam Vogel.”

He hurried to the bookcase and drewr out the little volume.

“ Here,” he cried: “ Here is W illiam ’s godfather,heaven bless him! Read that, my love.”

And he laid the precious volume in her hands.'— F r o m the C le ve la n d P la in D e a le r.

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TEM PLE TALKS.

STORMS.

As a rule, mankind trembles with fear and holds in un pleasant remembrance all storms and their accompani ment. To some, the lightning and its thunder are the jarring vibrations; to some, the high-pitched note of the irresistible, reckless wind is many octaves beyond the key of their physical, and again, to others the rushing sweep of the tornado-impelled torrents of water bring hours of timidity—a steady agony in their totality. Again, others are on the verge of dissolution, when the rocking earth quake makes our ancient and revered mother insecure foot ing.

To those acquainted along the ways of the mystic realm,

each of these classes only refer themselves to the domains of the F o u r Great Angels of Fire, Air, Water and Earth. The servants of these Angels are the Salamanders, the Sylphs, the Undines and the Gnomes. There is no war be tween the different realms, but, instead, the closest har mony. Man talks of the war of the elements, meaning the E le m e n ta l; hut there is none.

They work as allies. The roar of the wind in its tem pestuous rust tests to their utmost the strength of the works: of m en’s hands; the weak; the unfinished; the too prom inently placed are all at its mercy. Poor, puny m a n ’s efforts for lodgement on the earth’s surface, avail bu t little in the strong grasp of the Wind and its attendant Sylphs, who are the power and potency of the Air.

There is another view of even the most terrific torna does, as the lifting force ,of the most noxious gases and poisonous effluvia out of their birthplaces in the swamps of the forests and the overflown banks of tardily moving rivers; from the haunts of the vile and poverty stricken— the noisome dens of crowded cities, which man has ever conceived and manifested to his own detriment. All these destructive conditions the blessed wind sweeps out into innocuous dissolution, leaving the space beneath, above and around us, free from the awful, soul dissolving touch.

F ire follows the behests of the wind, and the electrical flash disintegrates what the wind cannot release. To all this is added the power of the water, the universal solvent.

The collection of the idle, the inert, the detrimental, the destructive remains of what man names wastage is hunted out of its holes, where if time permitted, the earth would find means to reabsorb and deprive it of its nialific quali ties. Hut in ail hour, the inherent urge of the mobile elements of Fire, Air and Water accomplish what might consume months of the E arth ’s time to overcome. The E arth and the Sea give up their dead. But the Fire and the A ir have no dead to give up. They are the spirit and the life of all things, and therefore can h61d no dead things in their embrace. It is the Fire that quickened! and the breath that renews the physical body and all other forms of manifestation. The Earth aud the Sea are vast charnel houses, in which the lifeless bodies are stored.

I bus we find the Four Builders are over against each other in equipoise and a just balancing. They hold their potency and dominance under the Universal Law of

polarity—negative against positive. The increase or ac cumulation of power at any one pole, upsets equilibrium, and a storm becomes absolutely essential. No one of the Builders can go out on a storm all by itself. The winds blow the water in some form as it rises and falls; the lightning plays its part; while the Earth receives and re acts. Vibration and motion yield the sounds of Chaos be ing marshalled into order. An evenly adjusted peace is the result.

Storms are the safety-valve for the preservation of life upon the.Earth. They are blessings, and they never come in disguise, either. Force is produced1 and stored up, for the continuation of atomic polarity. The stormy outburst is the result cf concentration uncontrolled, sweeping on to Accomplishment, Silence and Rest.

If storms were not, focused potency might destroy mani festation. Storms are like the governor of a steam-engine, which moves obedient to the changing rapidity of the motion, and in turn, regulates the flow of the motor force. A storm does the same thing on a broader scale.

The destruction of life and accumulation is often de plored, as waste. Can there be any waste? Do not all things move in cycles, going forth and returning to the starting point, crossing and recrossing constantly?

But all storms are not on the purely physical plane. All of us know of the tornadoes, cyclones and destructive out bursts that man has permitted to overcome him. The dif ference between an earth storm and a body storm is that the former is not “ personally conducted,” but sweeps on at its own free will, for the fructification of undeveloped good. But the ego has the body given in charge of itself, and should so control the sweeping maelstrom as to add reserve force and potency for use. “ Be ye angry and sin not,” is the injunction of one of the Masters. That is, allow yourself to feel the fire of the unflagging Will; the manifesting of the never dying creative force which is our birthright.

It is not necessary to vent the feeling on some trifling thing or person. But we must control and reserve the force. Emotional storms are of minor importance, but the same impulse of Will lies at the gateway of their appear ance. Anger is a God-given impulse, and is the cyclone of the soul. Blessed is he who can hold his own storm force for his own use and potential energy. W. P. P i i e l o n ,

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“ In the Rosicrucian romance of the C ou nt de G abalis, o r Conversation upon the Secret Science, by the Abbe de Vil- lars,—a volume to which the world is indebted for the aerial personages of the R ape o f the Lock, as weffl. as for many graceful fancies(?) in English and German literature,— occur the following passages 9

“ ‘When you shall be enrolled'-iamong the children of the philosophers,* says the Count de G ab alisJB ft incredulous but inquiring disciples, ‘y ® w ill discoverBhat the elements are inhabited by very holy ciBatuw s, whom,, In coBsequence of the sin of unhappy Adam, his too jrahappy posterity have been forbidden to> see or know. Thaimmense space that is between earth and heaven possesses inhabitants much more noble than the birds and gnats merely; the vast oceans have many mcffi dwellers than the dolphins andBhe whales; the depths of the earth is not created only for the moles; and the elements of fire, more noble than the ^ 9 three, was not made to remain void.

“ ‘The air is full of an innumerable multitude of* creatures of the human form, great lovers of the science^ subtle, benevolent to the wise, but enemies Bo the sB kid and ignorant. Their wives and their daughters are of bold and masculine beauty! such as painters haveirepresented the Amazons.

“ ‘Know also that the seas and the rivers are as fully in habited as the a ir ! the wise ancients have mentioned these populations under the names of undines ormymphs. There are few males among them, but vast numbers of females; their beauty is extreme, and the daughters of men are not to be compared to them.

“ ‘The earth is filled nearly to the center by gnomes, people of small stature, guardians of the treasures of the mines and quarries. The latteifare ingenious, friends of mankind, and easy to command! They furnish the children of the wise with all the money that they reqftre, and ask little for their service, except the glory of being commanded. The gnomides, their wives, are smauy but very agreeable,